. >> today ernest moniz. us withrters to help questions. we have the national energy environment reporter for the associated press and an environmental reporter for the national journal. >> on friday the intergovernmental panel on climate change came out with its newest report on the state of climate science. said they have maybe five percent certainty that human activities are contributing to global warming. they focused on this 15 year globaln the rate of warning which is something that has got a lots of attention from skepticism -- skeptics. i him into this -- interested in your take on the report, what it means for u.s. >> it is a watershed. the statement about the extreme opulence of scientists in terms of not only warming but the human role is very clear. it also underpins of the importance of the president climate action plan. i might note that the action plan has a very strong emphasis on mitigating the risks of climate change. perhaps we will talk about some of the things the department of energy is responsible for. we also have to

obama's secretary of energy earnisting moniz, is one of the the -- ernest moniz is one of the strongestdvocates of natural gas in the nation and one of the climate scientists that are most concerned about climate change. >> you know brad there has been opposition among environmentalists to nuclear power and to natural gas because there's a lot of opposition to fracking, although it has brought down carbon emissions, punched into the earth in order to bring the gas out, so are you saying that you're in favor of nuclear power and more natural gas? >> unfortunately, what you said there is not -- we don't actually know that's correct. we'ven only seen measurements of carbon dioxide emissions and measurement of methane, we don't have coherent figures or measurement of what u.s. methane emissions are. there is a big difference between talking about the united states carbon dioxide emissions and the overall greenhouse gas imprint -- footprint. and the other thing to recognize is that the united states is increasingly an exporter of fossil fuels. and unfortunately, from a global perspective, if

followed by newsmakers with "newsmakers" with ernest moniz. >> this is the woodrow wilson house in washington dc the home of our 20th president and first lady edith wilson. after they left the white house in 1921. you will be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two wills and administrations first ladies, allen and edith. >> allen and woodrow met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. to help guide his career from academia to politics, he set an example for future first ladies, ellen wilson died just a year and half into the president's term. the grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt. they married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. her unprecedented role in managing the president's affairs after he suffered a stroke remains are the most controversial efforts of any first lady. tonight, the story of the wilson administrations to first ladies, ellen and edith. we have two traffic deaths here to tell you about these two interesting women and th

. >> next, energy secretary ernest moniz is on obama's energy policies, which include new climate initiatives the president laid out back in june. speaking at columbia university in new york, the secretary's remarks are a little more than an hour. >> so today, i want to say a few words, starting out with an area in which this region, this institution, maybe all of you, can help provide some leadership. unfortunately, a leadership opportunity that partly has a genesis in the tragedy of hurricane sandy. and we'll come back to some of the specifics there. the, we obviously saw the devastation of many of the region's critical infrastructures. energy infrastructures. the effects on the energy infrastructures were amplified by the interdependencies of those infrastructures, such as electricity goes out, it turns out getting fuel was kind of tough. and frankly, that's an example of something that was not fully appreciated until the experience occurred. so in that, in that event, which is hard to remember, it was less than a year ago, it seems a long time, what are you trying to tell me? okay, great.

mccarthy and energy secretary ernest moniz.they testified before a about global climate change before a house energy subcommittee. >> i would like to call this hearing to order this morning. today the subcommittee is having this hearing to explore president obama's climate change action plan. and i certainly want to thank secretary of energy mr. moniz and gina mccarthy, our new administrator at the environmental protection agency, for joining us this morning. and -- i want to be sure, we start the clock. so that i don't speak forever because that would be pretty boring for everybody but i do want to thank you two for being with us this morning. i will tell you that i am extremely disappointed that we sent letters to the department of agriculture, department of defense, health and human services, department of the interior, department of state, transportation, xm bank, national aeronautics and space administration, national oceanic and atmospheric administration and science and technology policy and u.s. agency for international