president to visit the acialght circle during hithe arctic circle duringhis t. he will rename mt. mckinley to mt. denali. many who have called the mountain denali are pleased. housing speaker john boehner issued this statement, testament to this great legacy, i'm deeply disappointed in this decision. the arctic is warming faster than the rest of the plan he. no one knows that better than a crew on a boat that samples melting sea ice. "techknow"'s phil torres recently joined them. >> it's summer high up in the arctic circle and this is what you expect to see. ice as far as the horizon. the only way through it is on this ship. the coast guard cutter healy. it is only one of two ice breakers in the united states built to handle polar ice. the ride can get a little rough. that noise there, that's the sound of being in the bow of an ice breaker. but there's trouble in this frozen paradise. the arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe and that's causing a sea change in this frontier. summer sea ice has receded close to 25% since 1980. on land we saw it. birch trees are s

>>> president obama makes history today, becoming the first sitting president to visit the arctic circle, and he announces a major change to the alaskan landscape ahead of his trip. >>> tracking the tropics. the remnants of erika threaten to drench and already soak south florida while a new storm forms in the atlantic. >>> a mother's mea culpa. an arizona mom makes a tearful apology after leaving her infant strapped in a shopping cart outside a grocery store. >>> i have decided in 2020 to run for president. >> and a 2020 vision for kanye west, just one of the wild moments from mtv's video music awards. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, august 31st, 2015. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president obama begins a historic three-day trip to alaska today where he'll become the first sitting president to set foot in the arctic circle. he'll use the trip as a call to action against climate challenge. all the while he continues to receive criticism from environmentalists. >> i share people's concerns about offshore drilling. i rememb

actually ambassador hardy, how did we haven't arctic circle and rayovac, 300 from 35 different countries. i'll take every opportunity i can because this is a very important issue for our country because we are sharing the arctic council right now. there'll be more and more responsibilities for her country is the art he continues to develop and as i said, part of my job is to raise awareness and some of the challenges we are facing. i'd like to start off by telling people how does one become the united states become a special representative for the arctic. it is easy to trap that back because we've only had one so obviously only one in there. first and foremost you have to be careful how you select your assignment in the coast guard academy. in 1975 i was engaged and i thought it would probably select an assignment in boston or new york because my wife's parents lived in between in new london, connecticut. when i got into the actual night we picked their assignments, by chance i walked in there and there was a ship remaining in alaska that was available and on a spur of the moment i said

focusing on the president, traveling to alaska for a three-day trip that will take him above the arctic circle. the headline, "u.s. is playing catch-up in scramble for the arctic." ess is next from georgia. caller: hello. .'m about 35 years old i recently graduated from y ale law, and i found i could not get a job, so i'm working in a job that does not offer benefits. i'm actually a mill stripper. male stripper. host: we will go next to in austin, texas. i just have a couple of comments. i just turned 53 this year, and i have been unable to find steady work, so i'm long-term unemployed. unfortunately, when i was amassed a had retirement account of $300,000. that was in 2000. two thirds of that was wiped out in that particular crash. $100,000, andh the brokers house said -- you want to talk about conflict of interest. they were brutal. we didn't care. i moved my money, but unfortunately, because of the our economic environment, i couldn't find a steady job to replace the job i was in. i had been an engineer. i was educated in what they call science, disciplines -- technology, engineering, mathe

sweden's bjorkliden golf course is located 150 miles north of the arctic circle.n barely sets here. you can play golf 24/7. >> fore! >> what is it? swedish? >> fore. >> fore! >> reporter: patrick was my guide for an evening of golf in the midnight sun. how many rounds of golf have you squeezed in in one 24-hour period? >> well, i think last summer we did three rounds. >> three rounds of golf? that's unheard of. >> reporter: i can use three rounds to master this course. >> not good. how do you say mulligan in swedis swedish? [ laughter ] this is another one of the signature shows where the tee box is high and the hole is low. >> exactly 35 meters difference. >> reporter: that's a 115-foot drop and 154 yard drive over a special bunker you can only find this far north. what happens with the snow bunkers? is there a snow wedge? snow covers the greens for all but three months a year. that doesn't stop golfers from making the trek or should we say hike to a course that has been around since 1929. >> it's beautiful out here. but you have to be willing to walk to do this.

it also becomes the first sitting president to travel above the arctic circle. new poll overnight shows more problems for the clinton campaign, as bernie sanders closes in on the democratic front runner. isis said that covers -- it sunday, august 30. the larger question is your own personal savings when it comes to retirement. are you putting enough money aside for those so-called golden years. our phone lines are open. if you're aged 51 or older, the number to call is (202) 748-8000 . the number to call for those between 30 and 50 is (202) 748-8001. if you are 29 and younger, the number to call is (202) 745-8002 . you can also send us a tweet at @cspanwj. or send us a comment on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. you can also send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. good sunday morning to you. thank you very much for being with us. we will get your calls and commons in just a moment. first, we want to share with you one story related to all this from nbc news, pointing out that people understand the importance of saving for retirement, but their behavior

daniel lack, al jazeera, washington. >>> alaska is the only part of the u.s., of course, in the arctic circle, and the arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet. no one knows that better than the crew on a boat that studying melting see i.c.e. healey knows that and phil torres joined them. >> reporter: it's summer high up in the arctic circle, and this is what you expect to see. ice as far as the horizon. the only way through it is on this ship, the coast guard cutter healey. it's one of two icebreakers in the united states built to handle polar ice. the ride can get a little rough. that's the sound of being in the the bow of an icebreaker, but there's trouble in in frozen paradise. the arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, and that's causing a sea change in this frontier. summer sea ice has receded close to 25% since 1980. on land we saw it. birch trees are sprouting on the tundra and melting permafrost is causing land and structures to sink. captain jason hamilton is the healey's commanding officer. he's also a veteran of both poles. >> ten years ago when i fi

sweden's golf course is located 150 miles north of the arctic circle, a part of the earth that's tilted sharply towards the sun. that means the sun barely sets here which means you can play golf 24/7. >> foer! >> what's it in swedish. that's fore! >> fore! >> patrick blom kwis was my guide for an evening of golf in the midnight sun. >> how many hours of golf have you squeezed in, in one 24-hour period? >> last time we did three rounds. >> three rounds of golf. it's unheard of. >> i could use three rounds to master this course. >> not good. >> how do you say mulligan in swedish? >> this is another signature hole where the tee box is high and the hole as well. >> 35 meters difference. 14 is meters to hit. >> that's a 115-foot drop and a 154-yard drive over a special bunker you can only find this far north. >> what happens with the snow bunker? is there a snow wedge? >> snow covers the greens for all but three months a year. that doesn't stop golfers from making the trek or should we say hike to a course that's been around since 1929. >> it's beautiful out here. but you got to be willing t

thought piece this afternoon and this is something that started coming to me when i attended the arctic circlevent in reykjavÍk, and then was further advanced by went to the arctic council ministerial in april when we assumed the chairmanship. the thought process started because when we went there, i'm interested in history someone to love it about the place and i learned that used to be called frobisher. it was changed to the indian name later on but it still sits on frobisher bay. who was frobisher? martin frobisher, and english sea captain who in the late 1500s, 1576, was exploring for the northwest passage. the 1500 great britain was looking for the northwest passage to try to find a more efficient route to the far east in order to conduct trade. even back then prosperity, economics and coming up with more efficiency root was important. why was it important? and why nearly 200 years later i visited an exhibit in anchorage bracelet, the exhibit is about captain james cook, of course anchorage, it was discovered by coke i can 1778 -- cook. i started looking at the reason he was there was 200

i'lhe'll be the first sitting president to visit the arctic circle. he'll rename america's highest peak. mount m mckinley is now mount denali. >> for generations the mountain known as the majestic mountain, the great one. now we're honored to be age to officially recognize the mountain as denali. i would like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude. >> now some ohio politicians are reacting angrily to the announ announcement. representative bob gibbs calls the name a constitutional overreach. there is opposition to the move >> president obama will be the first sitting president to visit the alaskan arctic. it is an area that is dealing with the effects of clim climate change. but a the president is in a tricky situation because petroleum is the main driver of that state's economy. >> president obama will see for himself the glorious landscape of the alaska. and how it's being devastated by climate change. glaciers, perma frost aren' are erod eroding. >> we do everything in our

president obama expected to make the first trip to the arctic circle by a sitting president. she set to arrive in anchorage later this afternoon. >>> five months still to go a new poll shows leaders are leading towards outsider candidates. we have more from washington. >> reporter: an eye opening poll out from iowa shows voters are looking at outsiders in the race for the white house in 2016. that is not good news for bush or hillary clinton. their last names have nominated for decades. hillary clinton and jeb bush are struggling now. a poll shows vermont has just about closed the gap among clinton. he is beating her with new hampshire. donald trump continues to lead with neurorow surgeon ben car on a very close second. neither of whom have never held office before. >> these two guys have blown away the rest of the field. jeb bush is in eighth place. [cheers and applause] >> there isal biden factor, will he run? he made a surprise appearance in his home state of delaware getting an enthusiastic reception. despite reports he will make a decision ahead of the first democratic d

the name of mount mckinley to denali, the alaskan native name and mark the first visit to the arctic circle by dressing climate change. alaskan politicians are afraid he will use this to declare oil reserves off limits. >> the california state assembly could take up to two bills this week to fight climate change and reduce the state's reliance on oil. the bills allow the state to meet goals set by the governor in april and calls for reducing greenhouse gas emmissions and cutting use by cars and trucks in half over the next 15 years. if enacted the legislation would set an international precedent. >> the race for the presidential nomination is getting tighter today. a new des moines register poll shows hillary clinton barely ahead of bernie sanders with only 37 percent of democrats in iowa say they would pick hillary clinton as the nominee a 20-point drop since may. sanders is seeing 30 percent support young voters and the self described solist from vermont is also beginning ground in new hampshire. >> this is not antihillary clinton but pro bernie sanders and pro message that says "enough i

. >> reporter: he will be the sixth president to advice sis the arctic circle. president mckinley was never able to sea the peak. >> it's the third tallest mountain in the world. alaska and the state legislature have been working for decades to officially change the name but those efforts as you heard were blocked by legislation in congress and stymied by ohio's congressional delegation. the white house is hoping this change will improve relations with native americans. >>> also in alaska, people along the coastline there hope to draw the president's attention to their problem with erosion. it's so bad some small towns have had to relocate to higher ground as the water swallows up their land. people in dillingham worry that will -- that without help they would be next. the beaches there are receding at the rate of about 2 feet per year and the loss of land could mean the loss of jobs in their main industry. >> this is the only harbor to support the fishing industry in bristol bay. >> the army corps of engineers suggest a $21 million upgrade to protect the harbor

he meets nations around the arctic circle. president's renaming it, the highest peek in the land and call it denali. people from ohio say it's presidential overreach. mckinley was in ohio. and hammering bush. >> what jeb bush said was a disgrace. >> jeb bush, i used to think he was like the guy you had to beat, but he's like down, he's going down fast. >> jeb bush doesn't have an include. >> didn't have a clue. >> and jeb crowd down the street, they're sleeping now. stuart: he beat him up pretty bad. joining us from liz harrington, bush is fading, is that the result of trumps attack or problems with the candidate bush himself? >> i don't think it's as a result of trump's attacks. i think it's the candidate himself. i think throughout this campaign bush has not really been the candidate that everyone thought he would be this, you know, kind of the adult in the room, this smart guy. he really hasn't. he's made a ton of gaffes. at least when trump talks, he intentionally says what he wants to say. jeb bush keeps stepping in it an

he will be the first sitting president to travel above the arctic circle and we will get calls on commentsn whatever is on your mind for the next 20 minutes. frontpage of "washington post" focusing on a story in europe as tragedies shock europe. a bigger crisis looms and in a piece says that those reaching europe are present a small percentage of this 4 million syrians who have fled into lebanon, jordan, turkey and iraq , making syria the biggest single source of refugees in the and the worstcash humanitarian in more than four decades. host: in politics, a new survey out overnight from bloomberg news and the des moines register the joint hillary clinton, while maintaining her lead in iowa, has seen a considerable drop. 37% of likely democratic iowa caucus-goers say they will support hillary clinton, that is below the 50% mark she had a few months ago. bernie sanders moving ahead at 30% and vice president joe biden at 14%. kevin joins us from new york. the cut line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: what is on your mind? caller: well, to continue from the previous discussion and dea

arctic. we invested money, reinvesting energy, trying to delegate being and people around prudence circle as a way to repopulate the arctic. from the russian side, the militarization is one element to allow the repopulation and reintegration to the framework. seen from outside we of course must see the remilitarization element. the main driver is the state. it's not really private. it is still part of their biggest russian structure of managing richness and the soviet welfare done that you have. it is financially nonsustainable to have people living there. it makes sense historically, but everything is coming from the state in a time where we know money is becoming rare for the russians. then we have the issue of the sustainability of the reinvestment in seeing this last year in the arctic and the fact the russians date is deciding to invest in so much money in military spending, whether that is through the region and all the aspects i mentioned and that is some aid we should take into consideration because no one in russia wants to leave the early 90s and it cleared generally that everybody

arctic. is the state reinvesting money, energy, trying to dell gate things to powerful people inner circle. is it to repopulate the arctic, to reurbanize the arctic. so seen from the russian side it is the repopulation and integration of this arctic egion into their globalization framework. but seen from outside, we mostly see the military element. but the main driver and almost the only driver of that is the state. it is not really private. unless consider it being a private actor. but even it's still part of the big russian state structure of managing richness and the kind of welfare sovet welfare system that you have. so the financial nonsustainable to have a million people living there. it makes sense historicically, in terms of nationality perception. but it is very costly. if everything is coming from the state in a time we know money is becoming rare for the russian state budget then we have a reissue of the investment that we have seen this last year in the arctic. and given the fact that the russian state has decided to invest so much money in litary spending, what does that mean fo

the agreements on what controls what parts of the arctic circle will be easy. russia resubmitted claims if denmark wants the world to take this arctic territorial claim seriously, it needs to do more than control the region. >> the first basketball game was played in massachusetts in 1891. it has become a toddler support. americans brought basketball with them. now filipinos hope the compassion helps them to come the host. >> reporter: for the villagers here, nothing gets in the way of basketball. it's the most popular sport in the country, and it's said that there's a hoop and game played around every street corner and village. the young boys say there's nothing like it. and many of them dream of making a career in the sport on sunday. i want to be famous. the only thing i like to play. >> professional basketball players are national superstars. they are the highest paid athletes and with a sport, a national obsession, basketball games are among the watched programs on tv. the sport has a long history dating back in the early 1900s produced by american colonise

resolved, nato willie won't play an active revolt because nato was responsible for territory the arctic circle the arctic, that means respecting other sovereignty and that means being able to defend iran's sovereignty. i feel that usm partners in europe are far away from being able to fulfill that requirement. thank you. >> before we go to questions or perspectives from the audience i was wondering if ambassador hardy or isaac would like to have been a reflection on what luke said. i don't want you guys to feel like you are booked in by heritage. >> the question of russia in this context is complicated. our view has been in spite of the differences and the problems we have a bilateral relationships as a result of what has happened in crimea ukraine, let's not mix the drinks. let's keep arctic issues separate and see if we can cooperate and do some good stuff together they are. it seems to me working on the art tick issues would be completely pointless. we are the biggest arctic country, russia. it becomes an exercise of futility if they're not included. >> i will just say when it comes to rela

no, jeff flock is not in the arctic circle. he's just as cold where he is right now. fiat chrysler lab in detroit. he's going to show you what they do to get jeeps ready for the snow and cold. >>> hillary clinton compared to watergate tapes. james rosen has a life report next on "countdown." the promise of the cloud is that every organization has unlimited access to information, no matter where they are. the microsoft cloud gives our team the power to instantly deliver critical information to people, whenever they need it. here at accuweather, we get up to 10 billion data requests every day. the cloud allows us to scale up so we can handle that volume. we can help keep people safe; and to us that feels really good. . cheryl: well, 28 minutes to go until the closing bell rings. taking a look at your markets. down for the session, but not by a lot on this tuesday. trading is light on this summer day. a lot of the junior traders are on the desk and the older traders are out vacationing somewhere. there are the markets right now. housing market data heating up. the u.s. d

the alaska natives who live in the area above the arctic circle understand the impacts of change on their villages and their way of life. most of those folks oppose forling in the arctic ocean all of the reasons we do as well. he will be confronted with that contradiction when he goes up there at the end of this month. amy: athan manuel, thanks for being with us, director of lands protection program at the sierra club. this.l continue to follow we will be in paris at the end of the are for the conference of bindingsummit, the meeting that will take place of many of the countries, most of the countries, of the world, the u.n. climate summit. when we come back, who is listening? who is watching? who is reading your e-mail and what does at&t have to do with it? stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. documents from nsa whistleblower edward snowden have exposed how extensively the nsa relied on telecommunications giant at&t for its vast spying operations. records described by "the new york times" and propublica la

he will mark the first visit to the arctic circle by addressing climate change. the alaskan politicians are afraid he could declare oil reserves off limits. >> the united states treasurer will travel to the national women's hall of fame if upstate new york today to hear from the public about laps to put -- plans to mutt a woman on the $10 bill which will be redesigned with a portrayed of larger hamilton replaced with a woman. officials will make a decision by the fall and have the redesign completed by 2020 of the. >> apple will increase the cost of apple tv product according to apple blog 9-5mac with the new version debuting in october costing $200, and the current model is $99. the high are price refrequents the apple increasing focus on the device which the company considers now a full-fledged platform similar to the iphone. >> a nonprofit celebrated 25 years of helping children at camp arroyo on sunday in livermore. ♪ shadow >> some of the kids sang along to "don't stop believing," during the "day in the park" event. cheryl jennings and meteorologist mike nic

he will mark the first visit to the arctic circle by addressing climate change. the politicians are afraid he could use the occasion to declare potentially lucrative oil reserves off limits. >> after we got the problem on the peninsula fixed, another traffic problem popped up in san jose. >> down 101, leyla what is going on? >> such a mess. i am so sorry to bring that bad news. in san jose, northbound highway 101 as you pass 880, that is where we have up ahead, now cars are tangled up and that has blocked all lanes but are for the far right hand lane so traffic is stopped with delays extending all the way to alum rock so it is a big mess with no word when it will clear up. we also have a sig-alert, a jackknifed big rig near oakland airport if you have a flight to catch from the east bay through oakland or berkeley or from san francisco, as well, you are met with delays so slow-and-go traffic as you approach this area, the sig-alert is in effect. the good news is both northbound and southbound highway 101 through burlingame has re-opened with the exception of the

it will travel throughout the state, neat with alaskans who live above the arctic circle, alaska natives with folks who earn their livelihood through fishing and tourism. i expect to learn a lot. one thing i've learned so far is that a lot of these conversations begin with climate change. and that is because alaskans are arctic living with its effects. more frequent and extensive wildfires, bigger storm surges as the sea ice melts faster post up some of the swiftest shoreline erosion in the world will stop in some places, more than three feet a year. alaska's glaciers are melting faster, too. to butchershing, are projected to rise between six and 12 degrees by the end of the century, changing all sorts of industries forever. amy: on wednesday, president obama will deliver a speech at the conference on global leadership in the arctic -- cooperation, innovation, engagement and resilience, or glacier -- to address the crucial climate challenges in the arctic. obama's visit to the arctic comes on the heels of his administration's decision to tentatively approve shell's plans to begin oil ext

he will be the first president to travel to the arctic circle. what can we expect? guest: i think the president is going to talk a lot about the need to make our communities more resilience to the impact of climate change. in alaska, for example, there are dozens of cities that are threatened from either erosion or softening tundra. they either have to be rebuilt or relocated, and that is going to cost millions and millions and millions of dollars. 85% of the communities in alaska face this. guest: i don't know. there has been warming for decades in a lot of places. what i know is that this is something the president has also been shilling for. it is not a climate ban. it will do nothing for global warming. the administrator of the epa admitted that as a -- at a hearing. he says this is doing essentially nothing to worldwide global temperatures. it is washington taking control of energy. it is not about climate. host: is global warming for real? guest: global warming is real and we have had global warming since the end of the last ice age. apertures have been going

he will be the first president to travel to the arctic circle. what can we expect?uest: i think the president is going to talk a lot about the need to make our communities more resilience to the impact of climate change. in alaska, for example, there are dozens of cities that are threatened from either erosion or softening tundra. they either have to be rebuilt or relocated, and that is going to cost millions and millions and millions of dollars. 85% of the communities in alaska face this. guest: i don't know. there has been warming for decades in a lot of places. what i know is that this is something the president has also been shilling for. it is not a climate ban. it will do nothing for global warming. the administrator of the epa admitted that as a -- at a hearing. he says this is doing essentially nothing to worldwide global temperatures. it is washington taking control of energy. it is not about climate. host: is global warming for real? guest: global warming is real and we have had global warming since the end of the last ice age. apertures have been going up

it also becomes the first sitting president to travel above the arctic circle.nie sanders closes in on the democratic front runner. it is said that covers --

interesting he is going to the arctic circle.the world where we see climate change at work. >> it is ground zero for climate change. and we don't often talk about alaska. but they are home to 75% of the national parks and 90% of the wildlife refuge and 17% of the country's forested areas as well. it's an expansive area and temperatures have warmed in alaska nearly double of what is happening on a national average. this is very, very important what is occurring there. and show you the numbers of the severity of this. in the past 50 years the temperatures year round in alaska have warmed 3 1/2 degrees fahrenheit. now it is 6 degrees fahrenheit warmer in the last 50 years in winter. and in another 50 years, 3 to 7 degrees in additional warming. in 100 years over a 14-degree va variance in alaska. and here, you take a look at how many wildfires we've had. 750 of them. 5 million acres burned. a record of a decade ago when we had 6.5 million acres. the 1980-1989 period that was the national wildfire series. and now in the last decade,

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circle. the arctic the president is changing the mckinley tot mc denali, and alaskan name meaning the great oneis at odds with its silicon valley neighbors over new technology. the wall street journal says new apple operating systems will make it easier to block ads on iphones and ipads that could tot companies who want generate ad revenue from an online audience. quirk pushes labor day weekend and the sales that come with it into september. last year the holiday weekend may have 20% of august sales. improv a volume of the two sides cannot come to an agreement in today's hearing. roger goodell was in federal court here over the four-game suspension of the new england quarterback tom brady. a judge had told him to settle a dispute. he now may rule in the case as early as tomorrow. of there your stories morning. the markets are closing in europe for the very latest we want to go to mark barton in london. 900 billion euros. that is the amount of value that disappears from european stocks in the month of august and in percentage terms, 8%. the biggest monthly drop since august 2011. every single in

. >>> president obama makes history today, becoming the first sitting president to visit the arctic circleaskan landscape ahead of his trip. >>> tracking the tropics. the remnants of erika threaten to drench and already soak south florida while a new storm forms in the atlantic. >>> a mother's mea culpa. an arizona mom makes a tearful apology after leaving her infant strapped in a shopping cart outside a grocery store. >>> i have decided in 2020 to run for president. >> and a 2020 vision for kanye west, just one of the wild moments from mtv's video music awards.