in a few weeks they have more than 200,000 in bangladesh learning english over cellphone so that's anexample of the things that can be done. >> host: alec ross clown computing becomes more prevalent, how does that play in which you do it the state department? >> guest: it's interesting, the notion of a cloud computing, taking processing power and an evolving from our desktops two figurative clouds has a couple of occasions. number one taking us back to the internet freedom. where this content lives, where the servers are now become something relevant to the internetç freedom. so let's say web based e-mail like g. smale, that's the best content in a cloud. it now involves the state department because things like a government determining it has the right to investigate without due process the content of people's e-mail, if that e-mail lives in the clouds who actually has dominion over it? is a company? is a country? is that the citizen of the country who is accessing the e-mail if e-mail lives on servers in silicon valley? if it is american and the servers are in india is a the propert

scientists in bangladesh say the 2007 report from the u.n.'imate change panel that predicts a three-foot rise in sea levels, the flooding of much of the bangladesh coastline and 20 million refugees failed to consider the role played in countererring high water levels. the french press agency reports the study states 11 billion ton of sediment flows in bangladesh every year and that would keep most of the shoreline intact. the u.n. is defending the report. claiming a study can't refute one report. but they are criticizing overstating how much of the netherlands is below sea level. the u.s. farm bureau says the environmental protection agency should protect its own blog a little better. intern at the e.p.a. urged americans to give up meat. citing the environmental impact of the meat production. they called it disrespectful to farmer and it says what is written therm comes across as official agency position. the e.p.a. added a disclaimer at the end of the post saying her views do not reflect e.p.a. policy. >>> nevada republican senator enson is f

the pilot did it -- they piloted it in bangladesh. they had over 200,000 people learning english in a week. >> as cloud computing becomes more prevalent, how does that play and what you do? >> the whole notion of cloud computing, ticking processing power and evolving it from desktops, to figure to of clouds, has a couple of implications. taking inerne -- take internet freedom -- where the content lives and where the servers are is now relevant to internet freedom. web-based e-mail -- g. mail -- g-mail is the best example of content in a cloud. it involves the state of our and because things like a government -- the state department, because things like of government deciding to investigate without due process. if the e-mail lives in the cloud, who has dominion over it? is it the company, a country, the citizen of the country who is accessing the e-mail if the e-mail lives on servers in silicon valley? is it an american and the servers are in india? is it the property of the indians? there is a whole new body of privacy and intellectua

and they piloted it in bangladesh. and in a few week they had more than 200,000 bangladeshis learning english over a cell phone, so that's an example of the kind of thing that can be done. >> host: alec ross, as cloud computing becomes more prevalent, how does that play into what you do at state department? >> guest: it's interesting, the whole notion of cloud computing, you know, taking processing power and evolving it from our desktops to sort of figure rahtive clouds has a couple implications. number one, taking us back to internet freedom. you know, where this content lives, where the servers are now becomes something relevant to internet freedom. so let's say web-based e-mail so, like, g mail, that's the best example of content in a cloud. it now involves the state department because things like a government, you know, determining that it has the right to investigate without due process the content of people's e-mail, if that e-mail lives in the cloud, who actually has dominion over it? is it a company? is it a co

>> he is working for bangladesh or eight organizations. we stay in touch for e-mail. does he go to an internet cafe? >> the goes to an internet cafe. >> he lives in a large house with his family and wife and children. >> is he a wealthy man? >> i would not say he is a wealthy man. >> the income is radically different. that is a good salary. the cost of living, wish we had an easy time but the comparison is radically different. >> how did you get around? >> he drove. usually it was a toyota van is the best way i can describe it. it was pretty beaten up and battered. driving in afghanistan is like bumper pool. is not like the united states. there are a lot of cars. i always felt we were about to have an accident because everybody starts shipping around to get through. >> how often were you personally afraid? >> often times i was afraid after the fact. there was a time we were out after curfew early on and we were so frantic to get back into cobble so we could get past the check points. i didn't have time to be afraid. when we finally got through the mess we had to get t

if you read the ghi report, there is a good description of what they did in bangladesh. you need to really work through this, i think. >> if i could ask a couple of things before we wrap up. africa has your doctors, fewer trained medical personnel than any other region and apparently continues to lose many of those who are trained to either north america or europe. i wonder how we can help to prevent that from happening, and to take the underserved regions and empower them to be able to build their indigenous come up permanent medical corpe. h>> there are plenty of gifted people there that want to stay and will stay be trained community health workers and provide facilities, including doctors. a lot of the doctors will stay at home and make less money than they could hear, as long as they do not have to fail as doctors. as long as they have a health care network that makes sense. secondly, i think we need to -- we have to recognize that the african university system declined over decades as the colonial era faded away to an astonishing degree. now you have all these amer

>> he is working for bangladesh ngo aid organization. he is very satisfied. that is great. we stay in touch. >> so he has seen e-mail connec? does he have his own computer? >> usually goes to an internet cafe. >> where does he live? >> south kaul in a large house with his family, his wife, and three children. >> a large house. is he a wealthy man? >> i would not say he is a wealthy man. because the whole family lives in the house they all chipped in to support the house. the income there is radically different from ours. his father earns $200 a month and feels that is a good salary. obviously their cost of living is different from ours. i'm not saying they're having an easy time, but the comparison is radically different. >> how did you get around? >> drove. >> what kind of car? >> well, it varied. usually it was a toyota van is the best way i can describe it. pretty beaten up and battered. the driving in afghanistan is sort of like bumper pool. it is not at all like the united states. a lot of honking. by alice thought we were about to have an accident. everybody just conv

the region to sort let especially through a critical and not always easy partners especially in bangladesh. in terms of public perspective no place in the last year received more attention than yemen. the failed christmas day bombing was a stark reminder that under govern the space is an incubator and serving as extremism in that conspiracy demonstrated release one al qaeda affiliate's and not just the core leadership in pakistan has developed the capacity and desire to carry out strikes against the united states homeland. we should expect others to follow. having said that we should have perspective contrary to some recent and overblown media accounts of al qaeda in the country did not turn into the al qaeda safe haven overnight and yemen was arguably the first front since the december 1992 attempt to bomb u.s. troops in a hotel was probably the very first genuine attack by the organization. those troops ron ruutu somalia to support the ambition but that was before the uss cole attack and al qaeda has always had a foothold and always a major concern for the united states. but what i can s

region to will naurt let, especially between critical and not always easy partners as india and bangladesh. let's move to the southwest. in terms of public perception of the shifting geographical origins, in one has received more attention than yemen. the failed christmas day bombing was a stark reminder that governed or ungovered space serve as an ink baitor for terrorism. further more that demonstrated that at least one, and not just the core leadership in pabpk stan, has developed the capacity to carry out strikes against the united states homeland. we can no longer count on them to be focused on the near enemy, the governments of their own countries. having said that, we should also have some perspective. contrary to some recent and very zover blown media accounts, the country did not turn into a safe haven othernight. yesmen was the first front sibs the december 1992 attempt to bomb troops in a hotel was probably the very first genuine attack by the organization. those troops were en route to somalia to support the mission there. almost eight years before the uss coal attack in 2000.

especially between such critical and not always easy partners as india and bangladesh. let's now move to the southwest. in terms of public perception of the swifting geographical orientation no place has received more attention than yemen. the failed christmas day bombing was a stark reminder that governed or under-governed spaces can serve as an incubator for extremism. furthermore, that conspiracy demonstrated that at least one al-qaeda affiliate and not just the group's core leadership in pakistan has developed the capacity and the desire to carry out strikes against the united states' homeland. we should expect others to follow. we can no longer count on them to be focused exclusively on the near-enemy, the governments of their own countries. having said that, we should also have some perspective. contrary to some recent and very overblown media accounts of media accounts in yemen, the country did not turn into a al-qaeda haven in yemen overnight. it was the first front since the december 1992 al-qaeda attempt to bomb u.s. troops in a hotel in aiden was probably the

together, their jobs have taken them to the philippines, bangladesh, germany and russia and jim recentlymonths in iraq, serving as principle advisor to ambassador paul bremmer. throughout their 28 years married, they have not only travelled the world but raised three children while balanceing their impressive careers and now, they have reached success at the highest levels. >> this is the first time a husband and wife were sworn in together and the first time we had our hearings together. >> reporter: they were recently confirmed as ambassadors. he to bulgaria, she to syria and they're in their new homes. >> it's an honor, an incredible honor to be nominated at all and then to have the opportunity to actually serve as jim indicated in neighboring countries. >> reporter: when your job takes you in different directions geographically, it can be a hardship on a relationship. but so far this couple has made it work. >> in fact, we're four hours' drive from each other. i hope we'll be able to see each other regularly. >> we knew this was going to lead to new adjustments for the family. >> rep

>> now he is working for a bangladesh ngo or aid organization. he said he is very satisfied and that is great that we stay in touch through e-mail and then when i kobach obviously i see an. >> he has e-mail connections. does he have to go to an internet cafÉ or does he have a son computer? >> usually goes to an internet cafÉ. he lives in south kabul and a large house with his family, his wife and he has three children. >> a large house? is he a wealthy man? >> i wouldn't say he is a wealthy man but because the whole family lives in the house they are all chipping into support the house. the income bayer is radically different from ours. his father makes $200 a month and he feels that it's a good salary so obviously their cost of living is different from ours. i'm not saying they are having an easy time but the comparison is radically different from ours. >> how did you get around when you were at there? >> we drove. >> what kind of car? >> it varies but usually it was a toyota van is the best way i can describe it. it was pretty beaten up and bat

criticisms that the agency's landmark 2007 report exaggerated the danger global warming posts of bangladesh. the same report has come under fire for claiming that the himalayan glaciers could melt by 2005 which was medicine t met with widespread skepticism amid the scientific community. this comes on the back of the copenhagen summit, which wasn't all that people had hoped. joining us now, patrick. before we talk about the cap and trade, this ippc situation, not terribly helpful, is it? >> well, it's not helpful, of course not. but i think this is an ongoing process. the degree of the science seems to be questioned. one comes across sentences and phrases and pieces of the evidence which don't necessarily add up. but the overall picture is undoubted. we have this problem and we need to find ways to deal with this. >> how has that impacted the cap and trading system? has that turned people off it, or not? >> not in europe. europe has delivered on the cap and trade and it's delivering on its promises that it made on the kyoto agreements. cap and trade is in place, we're committed through 2020

even if chinese wages go up, folks will move to bangladesh and if their wages go up -- mexico is losing jobs to china. and on down the line. that's not where we want to compete. we want to compete in innovation, a highly educated workforce, creativity, high-end products. now, here's the good news actually. we still have a very strong manufacturing base in this country and that wind blade farm was an example of the kinds of new manufacturing that we can put in place. but we've got to invest in them. that's point number one. point number two, we have to make sure our trade arrangements with other countries are fair, because, frankly 20 years ago, 30 years ago, i think the attitude was, you know what? we can open up our markets and they don't have to open theirs and maybe they'll send us toys and a few other things, but it's no big deal. well, those days are over. china has grown rapidly and it can compete very effectively, which means that when i'm meeting with the chinese president, i've got to make sure that their trade is resip row indicating, their trade policies resip row indicate wh

going around the world, and bangladesh you have 14 million people living below 1 meter, below 3 feet so to speak elevation that the country that has the most to lose in terms of the percentage of population that will have to be moved with the 3-foot sea level rise is vietnam. on the mekong delta and the red river delta large part of the population is bare and a large part of their rice production is there and that will have to be moved. in the u.s., we have the most, the most threatened environments by far the barrier island, and we have 3400 miles depending on how you measure it, the miles of area island from the south shore of long island all the way to the mexican border. a 3-foot sea level rise means the barrier island development is supposed. there is no more barrier island development unless you build a massive seawall along both sides of the island. the problem there is that at the time when the barrier islands are threatened and they really need to do some thing, that is the same time manhattan is threatened, so who is going to get the money? we have manhattan, boston and phi

what around the world, in and bangladesh to a 14 million people living below one meter, below three feet so to speak elevation. but the country that has the most to lose in terms of the percentage of population, that will have to be moved when the three-foot sealevel rises is vietnam on the mekong delta and the river delta, in large part of the population was there and a large part of their rice production is there and that will have to be removed. in the u.s., we have the most -- the most attended by image by far of the barrier island and we have 3400 miles depending on how you measure the mass of area from the south shore of long island all the way to the mexican border. a three-foot sealevel rise means that barrier island development is toast. there is no more barrier island development unless you build a massive seawall around both sides of the island. but the problem there is at the time of the barrier islands are threatened and they really need to do something, that the same time that manhattan is spreading and so forth. so who's going to get the money? we have manhattan, boston, p