think back here to rio, where people met at the first earth summit in 1992. the people at the summit nuke it needed to be changed. all of our systems were failing, coalescing around us. and these people came together to acknowledge these challenges, to work for something better, to commit to something better. they made great promises, promises, that when i read them, still the feeling hopeful. these promises are left, not broken, but empty. how can that be? when all around us there is knowledge that offers us solutions. nature as a design tool offers insight into system that our whole, complete, that give life, create value, and our progress, transformation, and change. we, the next generation, demand change, demand action, so that we can have a future. we trust you in the next 72 hours to put our interests before all other interests and boldly do the right thing. i am here to fight for my future. that is why i'm here. and i would like to end today by asking you to consider why you are here and what you can do. are you here to save face? or are you here to sav

as rio plus 20 earth summit ends in disappointment, we will speak with david suzuki, one of the beating canadian environmentalist. >> the planet is in terrible shape. the difficulty is meetings like this are doomed to fail because we see ourselves at the center of everything. our political and economic priorities have to dominate over everything else. >> david suzuki on the climate crisis, student protests, his childhood growing up, and interment cacamp. his daughter spoke in 1992 when she was 12 years old. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi has been declared the winner in egypt's presidential race one week after the vote was held. morsi picked up 13.2 million votes, or 51%, beating out former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafiq, who received 12.3 million. tens of thousands of people flooded tahrir square on sunday after the result was announced. in his victory address, morsi vowed to respect egypt's international obligations as well as human rights at home. >>

we go inside a rio slum as earth summit 2 draws to a close. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 p.m. in oslo, where anders breivik is about to get his last chance to speak to the court which will determine his fate. he killed 77 people in one horrifying day last summer. that is not in doubt. the court must decide whether breivik can be held criminally responsible, or whether he must be judged insane. for the families of the victim'' and all of norway, it promises to be another day of anguish. our world affairs correspondent has this report. >> a police convoy takes anders breivik to the oslo court house for the last day of his trial, 11 months after he carried out his horrendous mass killings. >> the defense wants to make sure that breivik is not declared insane and that he goes to prison and not a psychiatric ward. he claims he carried out a political act that was cruel but necessary to protect norway from muslim invasion. >> [speaking foreign language] >> who gave did he know it was wrong? yes. this is what terrorists do. they give themselves a right to

it does not even mention the major ecological issues. >> the 1992 earth summit in rio was hailed as a turning point in global environmental efforts. participating nations acknowledged the threat posed by climate change and vowed to combat the core causes. >> we were euphoric, optimistic. we really wanted to achieve something. the illusion was that with the end of the cold war, power could be shifted to combat poverty, environmental damage, climate change, and the hole in the ozone layer. >> for many of those who remember the first summit, rio+ 20 is a sad the disappointing affair. >> the red cross says it is a -- preparing to evacuate civilians from the syrian city of homs. >> opposition groups have agreed to temporarily halt fighting to allow the move. icrc representatives say their priority is to evacuate the wounded and deliver medical supplies. >> now for the european football championships. ukraine is out of the tournament. the country which is coasting europe 2012 needed to win against england. they gave it their all but in the end lost 1-0. >> ukrainian fans were hugely disappo

. >> political unity ahead of the earth summit in rio de janeiro, but environmental groups are alreadyriticizing. >> the g-8 leaders pile on the pressure on europe over the lack of progress on solving the debt crisis. >> germany's highest court says parliament must have more say on bailout funds. ♪ >> we begin with the u.n. system will development conference taking place in rio de janeiro where negotiators appear to have reached a breakthrough. >> expectations were not very high ahead of the meeting in brazil, but now there has been some sign of progress. >> negotiators managed to agree to a joint statement to be submitted for approval to the world leaders meeting. the draft outlines steps to tackle global environmental problems and reduce poverty by promoting green growth. >> the summit kicks off on wednesday with over 100 world leaders coming together in brazil for talks on environmental protection and poverty. >> for more on those talks in rio de janeiro, we're joined on the line by florian. this draft declaration has come together surprisingly fast compared with past summits. what

we're going to speak about the environmental conference in rio twenty years after the original earth summit but this time around the agreements already being criticized for a lack of clear details and commitments and so we want to know what you think but listen to the interview first but the question is why is the ability to commit to environmental protections changed in the last twenty years let us know you think on facebook twitter and you do and you know as a response just might make it on air. all right so let's get to what you might not know it or you do now a currently the rio plus twenty conference is taking place and marks twenty years since the earth summit in one thousand nine hundred two for hope and optimism were in full force it took just days to negotiate an agreement that later would lead to the kyoto protocol this time around things are a little different world leaders like barack obama and bill are merkel and david cameron they won't be in attendance the global economy is in crisis is the top priority of the g twenty along with of course a lot of people in the middle east a

you know other than a two minute back i don't someone you do you somewhat ok so it's an earth summit that's happening right now where world leaders are meeting so do you think that the environment a big issue right now yes so i read you some of your sponsors and then you tell me what you think why has the ability to commit to environmental protections changed in the last twenty years well people on you tube wrote in to say nobody wants to commit to environmental protection because the big dogs all think it's frivolous do you agree. i don't feel that this issue is frivolous i do they by i do think that law society is changing in the past twenty or so years and up on facebook wrote in to say an unrelenting campaign by various industries and their lobbyists is what's keeping environmental protections from being enacted do you agree with that meat alex possibility do you think there are other pressing issues happening right now that's why environments on a backseat get in the soldiers home they could be about the economy because you know people are you know hurting i think the environmen

this week we told you about the environmental conference in rio twenty years after the original earth summit was held there not always the conference been overshadowed by then like the g twenty but it's also been highly criticized for a lack of clear details and clear commitments so we asked you why you think the ability to commit to environmental protections and standards has changed in the last twenty years so to produce a person ascending to find out what you had to say. i'm on the streets of d.c. to tell people the nation's capital what our viewers had to say on twitter facebook and you tube and see what comments we should keep or delete. but. do you know what the rio plus twenty conference is not happening i never heard of a two minute back i don't someone you do you someone you know ok so it's an earth summit that's happening right now where world leaders are meeting so do you think that the environment a big issue right now yes so i read you some of their spines and then you tell me what you think why has the ability to commit to environmental protections changed in the last twenty ye

held 20 years after the first earth summit in rio, world leaders promised to take action to protect theow with her impassioned plea to the world. shasta darlington has the story. >> reporter: a quick internet search of the name suzuki brings back more 00,000 hits. all because of the speech the 12-year-old gave to a room full of world leaders at the first united nations earth summit. >> in my life, i have dream of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rain forests full of birds and butterflies. but now i wonder if they will even exist for my children to see. >> her words had such impact, her name is mentioned at earth summits years later. >> definitely surprised by the notoriety. i mean, who would imagine that people would still be talking about a six-minimum speech that a 12-year-old girl gave so long ago. >> reporter: we met suzuki at rio plus 20 marking the 20th year of earth summits and taking place in the same city where suzuki first gave that iconic speech. the canyouth activist is a environmentalist and mother of two little boys. still working to keep the movement al

we have the earth summit urn way. i say, you know, expectations for that are fairly slim.resting the central bank, what they'll do with the growth forecast next week. there is an expectation they watered them down. i have to say, it's time for me to go because i've been here 4 hours. i haven't gone near the sea, the sand, the beach or anything else, so i'll see you again. i'm going to try to get back to london by the end of the week. otherwise, from "worldwide exchange," good-bye >>> good morning. do >>> good morning. do i hear a helicopter circling? is it ben bernanke or andrew coming to work? bernanke preparing to answer questions from reporters. >>> the world remaining on europe watch. in could be the headline every day. probably for the foreseeable future. spain's sky high borrowing rates edging down, though, somewhat today. the country's finance minister again denying the madrid will need a full-fledged bailout of its public finances. >>> and dow component procter & gamble warning investors it will fall short. it's falling short in early trading. june 20, 2012. first

earth summit in rio de janeiro pledged to protect the planet by endorsing treaties on biodiversity andchange. little has been done in the intervening years to reach developing goals in areas like food security, water, global warming, and energy. you and environment program executive director said leaders had to show more commitment now than they did 20 years ago. >> 20 years after rio, after all the negative trends we've described, we cannot stand before people and claim the last 20 years have succeeded in turning these trends around. >> all the negotiators have already agreed on a draft document to be approved by world leaders, many groups working on environmental and poverty issues have criticized the draft agreement saying it is far too weak. this is the greenpeace political director. a >> any progress see here and press conferences is about progress [unintelligible] >> to discuss the rio plus 20 summit and what is likely to come out of it, we go to rio to talk to kumi naidoo was flown in from south africa, its second director of greenpeace. -- he is executive director of greenpeace

in just a moment, we will go to rio for all the details of this year's earth summit. >> but first, more headlines around the world. >> pakistan's parliament has elected there prime minister -- thier -- their prime minister. it is not clear whether the election will and deep political crisis in pakistan. -- into the political crisis in pakistan. >> an attack on an afghan -- on the afghan capital of kabul. afghan security forces freed the surviving hostages after a 24- hour assault. >> in paris white, the president is facing impeachment for his role in -- paraguay, the president is facing impeachment for his role in last week's event that left 11 squatters and six police officers ted. -- dead. >> week as water. that is the conclusion of activists at the summit in rio the janeiro. >> not to a story coming in just now. at least 20 have been killed in a hotel outside the capital of kabul. >> afghan security forces battled the gunman all night before killing all five attackers. >> gunfire and explosions echoed throughout the area as government troops, big but -- backed by nato helicopters, ca

development known as rio plus-20 opened on wednesday at the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking earth summit in rio de janeiro. the leaders are discussing how to make the transition to a green economy, or eco-friendly economic development. the conference is split between industrialized and developing nations. orer countries fear that the transition may restrict their economic freedom. the difficulty of bridging that gap means the final text on friday will likely contain no specific road map for the green economy. >>> japan's diet has enacted a law to provide compensation for accidents involving tankers transporting crude oil from iran. the move was made in response to eu sanctions, banning insurance on shipments of iranian oil. the law unanimously passed the upper house planary commission on monday. japanese shipping companies that operate oil tankers typically seek insurance policies from japanese or european insurers for coverage in the case of oil spills or other serious accidents. but concerns have been growing about japan's oil imports from iran after the european union announced a ban

. >>> 20 years after hosting the first earth summit, rio welcomed the world for another one.nable development. this one was not very well attended though, 193 nations sent leaders to rio, many others just skipped it, including the united states. an activists were not impressed with the paltri solutions that emerged from all of the talking over those three days. whether or not politicians believe it exists, climate change is a growing problem. and action can be taken now to stem the damage already done. but the question remains, is there any political will to enact those solutions? making that point forcefully and in the face of those world leaders this week, a 7-year-o17d girl is our foot soldier. she entered the global date with history competition and she won with this video. we could not tear ourselves away from it here in nerd land. here's how she ends it. >> what kind of future do i want? where education encourages innovative thinking and we run with natural processes and not against them. i want a future where leaders will stop talking and start acting. i want a future

. >> today is world ocean day created at the world earth summit to celebrate owings and all the benchey provide. in san francisco this morning there will be a beach cleanup project that nine to noon at aquatic park. bags and gloves will be provided along with coffee and pastries. volunteers are encouraged to bring their own cleaning products from home. it's sponsored by the aquarium at the bay and america's cup healthy oceans project. >>> lisa argen is here now. she nice a thing or two about the ocean, i don't know everything else, the mountains, where am i going with this? >> it will be a great day to be at the beach for sure. a little warmer than yesterday but pleasant. and the weak sea breeze keeping temperatures at the 70s. that's the place to go if you are heat sensitive. we have a red flag warning for the higher elevations of the north and east bay i also hills. the roof camera showing the flag is not blowing at all and it's comfortable in the low 50s. we will be look for the grass and tree pollen to aggravate some people around the bay today and tomorrow and it will continue th

. >> today is world ocean day created at the 1992 world earth summit to celebrate owings and all theisco this morning there will be a beach cleanup project that nine to noon at aquatic park. bags and gloves will be provided, along with coffee and pastries. volunteers are encouraged to bring their own cleaning products from home. it's sponsored by the aquarium at the bay and america's cup healthy oceans project. >> a good day to get out there, lisa. it's going to be nice. >> yes. we have light winds at the surface but breezy winds in the higher elevations and that's what's causing the critical fire weather above 1,000 feet. here's a look from the sutra camera. great visibility looking toward the head lands where it's dryer up in napa with 23% humidity and the air temperatures in the upper 60s. thanks for the shout-outs on twitter as we are looking at changing conditions as a breeze develops above 1,000 feet. we are looking at live doppler 7hd. the radar sweep on top of mount saint helena. you can see not much going on here but always checking for you and we are certainly looking at th

four years later we joined a delegation of senators to attend the first earth summit in rio where weworked with 170 other nations to put in place a voluntary framework of climate change and greenhouse gas reductions. back in 1929 we all came forgot a simple reason: we accepted the science. president george h.w. bush traveled to the climate change talks to help plant the seeds of this new beginning. we knew the read ahead would be long but we also knew this was a watershed moment, that it created the kind of momentum that made people sit up and start to listen and understand the damage that we were doing to the environment and sit up and listen they did. the principals that came out of -- the principles that came out of rheotransformed into mandatory requirements under the kyoto protocol. each nation accepted -- each of the developed nations accepted its own target goal. the union european reduction would be 8%, japan's would be 6%, and so on. we were thinking big back then and our goal was to reach a total decrease in global emissions of 5.2% below the 1990 levels and reach it by the

and pendants party member of european parliament actually expect any earth shattering decisions to be taken during this summit does he expect anything of substance to come from it that can change the current dynamics in europe a rising borrowing costs for the periphery and the possible disintegration of the union well let's see. let me tell you what will happen tonight tonight later on after the twenty seven leaders of had dinner with the bureaucratic bosses of the e.u. they'll be a press conference at that press conference mr barroso or mr van room for the two an elected bosses of the european union will put on the table a paper a paper that suggests that we move towards a common european treasury a paper that suggests that the european union becomes a debt union and either mr barroso almost of a room boy all both echo of each other will say that it's but that it's this story document that has been a wonderful meeting that europe has made a huge stride forward and that the eurozone crisis is near the end that is what will happen and you know what behind that they'll be leaders of countries from northern euro

conference, meeting with world leaders at the g-20, with syria's last friends on earth being pushed to the edge at that summit, pushed to drop their support for the teetering regime in syria that is well over a year into using military force to crush a revolt by their own people, by a russian ship of attack helicopters bound for the syria government being turned back to russia. on a day full of u.s. politics turning its eyes to the world, not just the world economy, but to what is going on in the world more broadly, on this day, this happened, too. this is egypt. this is tahrir square. this is now. tahrir square, of course, the center of the revolt in the country of egypt more than a year ago. the revolt that toppled the three decade long dictatorship of hosni mubarak, he ruled with an iron fist for over 30 years, today, they filled the crowd again to protest against the continued military rule in egypt after the presidential elections there to replace mubarak, with those protests under way, then confused rumors by egyptian state officials and state media and then western media that maybe he has died. or no,

countries, and especially the social movement that lives in harmony with other earth. >> to see our coverage of the rio plus 20 summit, go to democracynow.org. you can also see our past coverage of the u.n. summits. egyptian activists are gearing up for another day of mass protest today against the ruling military council. islamist and secular groups have called for country wide demonstrations in the aftermath of the council's dissolving of parliament and weakening of presidential authority last week. on thursday, supporters of the muslim brotherhood gathered in tahrir square after former prime minister ahmed shafiq declared victory in the undecided presidential runoff. one protester said the brotherhood candidate, mohamed morsi, will be declared the winner when vote counting is complete. >> morsi is the real president. [unintelligible] we have evidence morsi is the president. where is the role for america? we asked america to stand beside, to win the hearts of the egyptian people. >> taliban fighters have ended a 13-hour siege of a lakeside hotel and couple. at least 20 people have been killed. california lawmakers

summit has been an outlet for a huge range of interests. these people are worried about losing there lands -- their land. >> mother earth is not for sale. >> negotiations were difficult and the conclusions were vague. >> the un secretary general told me the key test is whether the governments that signed up for the sustainable development will follow up. >> action, implementation. member states have good evidence. they have a solid outcome. and the transition will be the key to make this. >> one conclusion supports the so-called green economy, including renewable energy. another calls for protection of the high see. again, with no definite plan. a third urges action on a water supply, but there is nothing definite. >> they all came here. did not agree on anything. all these poor people that we work with, they have no food, water, electricity. nothing happened that will make there lives any better. >> meaningful agreement was almost impossible. on top of that, europeans have been preoccupied with the euro crisis and many countries came here hoping for financial support that was never likely to happen. the result? all week outcome. [siren] w