tv Documentary RT December 12, 2017 12:30pm-1:01pm EST
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happy about this decision by don't look from the stage ministration this is not the case it's not your process that we've seen of course israel and of course the more i do region is well of course there were those protests outside the u.s. embassy in beirut in lebanon on yesterday and also outside the u.s. embassy in jakarta in that malaysia people incredibly unhappy and there were violent scenes between the security forces and protesters there decision for the moment it seems relatively calm here but there is an underlying tension and people are just incredibly unhappy i find the white house actually address the tensions earlier on today saying that these tensions are the fact that these protests are actually not full to donald trump but the fault of the protesters themselves the protesters who would disagree and say this is all been sparked this tension is open spot in the region because of one man don't trumpet his decision to state that jerusalem is now the recognized competence of israel at least by the united states
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so i'll be sure to do is give reporting live for us many thanks. thanks to you guys for staying with us this evening i'll be back with the very latest news headlines catch up with what's happening at the top of the hour. but politicians. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so you want to be president. i want to be rich. but you'd like. to see what. real people. interested in the lives of. the ship. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the night
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then the soldiers and myself. lose both the house with the prisoner would all go over they all. believe much second close citizens in the. most liked and i think in my head that there is noone to be able to live together without to. come. it's all to see we have a great team we need to strengthen before the free fall world cold and you're better than a legend to keep it so it's at the back. in one thousand nine hundred two that must qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and i'm hoping to bring some of that waiting spirit to the r.c.t.
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the. waiting for the hurricane in the caribbean town is such a time on earth preoccupation it inspired its own pop song let's get. him out of. the strong storm started battering the shores every late summer which locals came to see as the tall but they are otherwise bountiful nature but one night last september prophecy was finally fulfilled in the matter all but few hours seventy thousand citizens of the eastern caribbean nation of dominique learned there was indeed nowhere they could hide. to wait for don as you all know hurricane my rio is heading in the one direction. towards equally on the whole thing i don't want more storm is now merely puerto
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rico it looks to me. so you want all frantic scramble for supply on. this used to be a dream family house by the waterfall tucked in at the foot of the mountain requested by humming birds a place of seclusion and you need to with nature that in the city family thought was strong enough to get any weather. we were all on the expectation of of a storm a serious storm but. in the early afternoon we are expecting a category two or a category three. the rain was very very heavy but we focused with the fire because a couple of years prior we had a very significant reading vent and it was frightening. but by the time we got to four five o'clock the category three became a care they were going to go before it reached. eight o'clock at night it was a category five and we knew we should not be here. if you cars parked outside by
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the hurricane without a trace the house was flooded with a month but if you personal treasures and above all the lives were spared. greg the father had his leg and rapes broken but the boulder is that now dog the backyard a sizable enough to inspire a sense of appreciation for me the most important part of the experience was. raising what's important and the end of it you. you realize you have life you have your family nothing else that important and you start from there. surrendering to fade may be the most natural human response in the face of disaster but in the case of the eastern caribbean it is not that straightforward. many here believe that what turns regular storms into
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a category five hurricanes has more to do with human activity than bad luck domenica used to market itself as a paradise island with its lush and pristine flora some of the scenes from the pirates of the caribbean were shot here at precisely because of the breathtaking views but now it's forest is more akin to mirkwood from the hobbit movies and the overnight change from eden to how is what the global warming in best part of the world is like fast. unfortunately not fictional. temperatures in the caribbean the have risen by one degree centigrade over the last century which as scientists suggest has a supercharging in fact on the storms not only do they become stronger but they also become more frequent obliterating everything in their path. after the hurricane i went to the different sections of the island north so. we had major landslides we had
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a lot of trees on the groan when we norwalk i think every five or. six. the many because forest used to be its biggest pride more than sixty percent of the island's territory had protected status but the hurricane turned the sea of greenery into despondency of grey and brown but just a few working vehicles and a handful of specialists the local forestry department is overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge. we are seeking assistance from abroad. is not what. would hundred. if we have equipment we could get assistance from. underground local communities they'd be willing. to become passive. securing for the trees is not easy especially when people with
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their despair. three months after the hurricane most of the island's households still lack electricity and those are the fortunate ones some lost their homes altogether this is though many because primary school race has been turned into a temporary shelter that houses some of the most vulnerable victims of the hurricane with children the elderly mentally disabled and every day people who leave here has by these signs extolling values like responsibility caring fairness respect and perhaps wondering when some of that would be afforded to them. evelyn is sixty four years old for much of her life she worked just across the street at the botanical gardens in just a matter of hours maria uprooted her family lives for ever living down at the mercy of others. when you are what you know so used to where you will what you can do. so you don't have no land anywhere that you view that anything being. a hope to be
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out of here by christmas and there is a good chance of that happening then it'll shortage of building materials is less accurate now to a large degree international help. marie spock is helping to coordinate the dozens of descended on dominique a in recent months in a country where bridges and telephone towers are gone the with the wind the logistics of help is no less challenging than securing how in the first place we have an online system. to track contributions and we're now reaching we've reached forty eight point six percent of the total funding required in different sectors in the in the field of their i know that. it's coming through the level is increasing because everybody realizes that there's a huge. housing crisis here ninety percent of the houses have lost their roofs
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or been destroyed so it's an obvious reconstruct reconstruction but forty nine percent is less than a half that's so for a forty eight point six it's less than half but it's pretty good for for an appeal and here comes the tricky part pulling yourself from the rubble is hard enough when you think the worst is over but what if the worst is yet to come how do you rebuild when the next hurricane maybe even more destructive and who exactly should pay for it the international community has devised a fairly functional system of disaster response once a calamity strikes various agencies and international n.g.o.s descend on an afflicted country to offer immediate support that has been the case in domini but the problem with this kind of pain relief is that it only helps people to live another day what countries like dominique i have been asking for is an international effort to strengthen that defenses specifically in the face of
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climate change and richer countries have know that politely and kick the can down the road. the most recent u.n. climate change conference proved to be one of the largest international gatherings germany has ever hosted over twenty five thousand dollars. it's flew in from all over the world for ten days of panel discussions networking and grandstanding. many visit today is in the admission that the threat from climate change is real. serious and is growing overnight. it was here that a group of island nations who are already leaving the effects of climate change took their plea to the world's biggest greenhouse gas and meters they asked to reframe the debate from what the polluters should or should not do into how the victims should cope. something that could be
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a major game changer for many in the caribbean the practical absence of electricity and the very spotty telecom coverage here means being almost completely cut off from the international news though transmittable warming escapades or the indignation of his critics are equally irrelevant in the way they all are fake news because what matters down here is not what drives climate change and what should be done about it the trumpet ministrations pullout from the paris climate deal has prompted lots of righteous scoring which somewhat obfuscate the fact that even those who support the deal don't quite practice what they preach germany which portrays itself as the champion of climate conscientiousness is likely to see if c o two emissions rise for the second period in the row not surprisingly the big gathering in bonn decided that island nations concerns can wait another year. to
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global dominic as prime minister sas does because the global north and the global south have a different sense of urgency it's a bit depressing. to your friends into those communities with a lot of the political challenges which countries are developed we would need to cool to create employment and to generate energy for the citizens so we're not alone full of the need for them to do what they have to do always is. force me to go to do actions. the. international community may think that it's singing from the same hymn sheet on climate change but devotion is often more rhetorical than practical those who pollute the mole's also happen to hold the keys to salvation. this irony is nowhere more pressing down in dominic as cathedral of our lady of fairhaven in this catholic community maria came to denote the biggest disaster to
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ever before the parish and the biggest hope for the future. in the aftermath of the hurricane people came here in search of consolation but even here there is a recognition that the issue of climate change is not exclusively in god's hands is very important because we do not have the strength to fight. over this position in the face of us. to have a disposition not a loss not. that comes from god but we also have to to to kill. as much as we can. while most churches in dominique over damaged by the hurricane there is one place that escaped the wrath of the elements there on the is known to every islander for her savory broth and equally reinvigorating wrong punch the tea
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secret recipe is that how domini can so keep their spirits up after maria. miranda has seen many powerful storms in her life but says this one felt different. from your. own is. more and more dreams are. known for her biting tongue miranda says people should stop whining and get of their backsides that is of course after having a drink or two. people drink when they're happy and they drink even more when they're sad so it's probably be only business and dominic that wasn't negatively affected by the hurricane but here it's hugh people like me sober when i've comes to changing weather patterns and they have little idea how to pull the rest of their work out complete with. this blessing in disguise attitude is not lost
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on the local government either dominica has long struggled with high youth and particularly male unemployment which at least partially is a consequence of the laid back so common in the tropics. the prime minister hopes that with a little help from abroad he can turn a challenge into an opportunity the task really is to seek to rebuild lives of the people but to go put unity to to create the world's first climate resilient nation and ensuring that what we can do for sales by ourselves to mitigate the good sorts of. from article conditions but we would like to see a greater effort on the part of the international community especially those of us who expose all support for climate change and for the effects of climate change and for. our global leaders to protect.
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and some of that has already started regular steve who barely survived maria while trapped in his house is now focused on building his business he simply has owned this hotel for three generations each one of them how to repair the damage inflicted by the raging elements you have a very sure all no connection to your life and you don't want to leave it and you want to continue to invest in the one continue to rebuild and that's still there but certainly if we get something like this in two years and then another two years then it's a question of. whether you continue to invest. hope for that. that's not going to be the case. tourism accounts for about a third of delmonico's income the industry got a kick after previous storms ravaged agriculture and the country decided to diversify its economy now that both sectors look increasingly vulnerable in the
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face of climate change dimon he could count on the international community not only for help but also to let it earn a living. can as green represents the local association of industry and commerce we made by the oil lamp as ninety five percent of the country still lacks electricity but he says dominica citizenship for investment program could be that the rate of hold. this is dominican passport. gives you the ease of travel through one hundred and twenty five to thirty one hundred thirty countries in the woods and these are free. and basically for many people it's peace of mind. trading citizenship currently fills over a third of the country's budget but that income is just as precarious as the changing weather patterns the rich countries battle against offshore and takes
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haven destinations is waged in the name of transparency but it is also guided by self interest in a way it's a lot like the debate on climate change do as they say but not as i do let's be clear. many of the countries who are more. coach of. is. reflective of the united states and germany in. those people who represent a genuine support base who see we need people to be the. core moral. people. but at the same they're. offering services financial services to people from outside the. u.s. the or who. want to. this day now make of
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claiming the gains and loading the paines is as old as the world but it clearly has its limits so far those limits make themselves evident in countries most dependent on nature but when it comes to changing climate a planet is not much different from an island sooner or later there will be nowhere we can hide the dominicans have internalized this in a way that brings together science and superstition prior to my rear hurricane david of nine hundred seventy nine it was the biggest horror story in dominick of collective history the winds were so strong they believe these bear about three dollars on the nobody was hurt but the locals were so that by this near miss they turned it into their. first hurricane monument the one that unlike almost everything else on this island was totally unscarred by hurricane maria.
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as maria was ravaging through the island lowell royer sat in his studio mass mara's by its force one of the many his most prolific artist has long been inspired by the living things around him but the events of that night in september stirred his imagination in a new way out of a long list of ideas based on the hurricane but i haven't started them yet but the thing that struck me the most was that i believe this is a believes were plastered all over the windows on the walls and so on so it inspired me to do a series of been. portraits and so on i'm. sure the history of the wind and the hardship of the hurricane. the hurricane destroyed people's homes but the warm caribbean the winter allowed many to survive under the open sky the water system was damaged but the reverse came to an immediate rescue this way of life may seem extinct to most of us but it took only
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a few hours to bring it back. bringing the extinct back to life is actually domenico specialty the symbol of this country is the sister of parrot now found only on this island with climbers with powerful of wings these birds are also shy and difficult to approach. just before my rear efforts to protect their habitat managed to increase the population to several hundred given the damage to the forest there are fears that the number is a back to few dozen it is one of the most. very important lives on the island we need to to kill because the population is very large the movement very verbal to bring in captivity but a little specialty is you have to be dia you have to be there to be morning to birds because they are very special animals the most. so you have to have good food for that they would use to move the chicks and the makeshift parrot hospital at delmonico's botanical gardens now hosts
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a dozen of injured birds the local joke is that they have better lives than their caregivers which is not dot far from the truth. once their wounds heal they will be released back into the forest which many here are confident will be back to its better self in just a few years provided of course that there is not and now the hurricane supercharge not only by human activity but also human procrastination move. to.
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the local blogs sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings in the the chicken hawks forced me to fight the battles that told me. to do socks for the tell you that would be gossip and publish the most important news today. the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough and let's buy their products. all the hawks along the border walking along. when the. city leader. in the mood to call.
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seemed wrong. just don't hold. any belief yet to shape our disdain to educate and in game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. credit is one of the basic instruments to drive an economy but it can also lead to tragedy i did it i took the whole gist i came to god and meant that the debts tie game and in the spiral. many lives have been broken my picks are the banks got you into trouble and all the big bankers got big. on the
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government by the banks but i didn't think of the ordinary men who lost money for as a back under don't buy creditors people see no future bad things happen you know you become ill get into a job your relationship breaks down you become a casualty is debt a nice long credit or is there a way out of those actually come to a bit of an old market to just build more risk and more.
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