. >> hey, i changed because of climate changing, see? >> the conservation farming unit has opened offices in malawi, uganda, kenya, and tanzania. this revolution in farming is already creating sustainable livelihoods for farmers in africa and is a working model for the world as it begins to adapt to climate change. >> here in the dramatic valleys of the baviaanskloof mountains in the eastern cape of south africa, climate change is a reality. the whole southern african region is warming up and drying out. according to the best scientific data, this trend will become much worse if nothing is done. >> over the last many years, there was a lot of changes which actually could pick up from environmental point of view, so a lot of erosion in the area as well as a drop in the ground water table. we used to plant vegetable seeds, but it's totally dried out now. we can do nothing with this land, and also from a farming point of view, we have less water available for irrigation. >> here, environmental destruction is compounding the effects of globa

i would also suggest that the virtual policy changes could be expanded when there's a lot of things available i don't see opportunity here and then my final questions on policy changes is why are you doing this department by department so f healthy vending machines why not pursuing this the policy of the city no shbd in the vending machines and we will work with d hr sometimes, the way the city works the vending machines are not under the same carriers yes, we have to work with them individually to work with the carriers and fourth who owns the vending machines and in the specific departments is a champ d s a has taken this on its a slow transmission definitely a project worth taking on but we have to balance the way the city works and the different departmental structures along with the citywide policies as well as the departments have their ability to dedicate opportunities so some of it which departments can do it quickly and finding out where they are we don't have baseline on who has vending machines. >> i compete understand the implementation will be in the end different i enc

change is underway. we can expect to see many more disruptions or intense storms .nd more wildfires and diseases it will arrive in america. storm surges. he to waste another impacts on our health and water resources. food production. delay, the more adverse to the impacts will be in the bar expensive it will be to address them. producing greenhouse gas emissions can help send off more impacts later this century. increasingly i believe we have a sector on an agenda and our federal agencies to begin to adapt likely changes and build up resiliency. dealing with flooding and meeting future projections will be costly. foraired a task force governor schwarzenegger and we concluded the 1100 levees and the sacramento basin will not survive anticipated sealevel rise. -- climate change and the disruptions as pointed out our a global problem. china,a action by brazil, india, and other economies, what we do alone will not suffice. action by the urine assays is not sufficient. nonetheless, at first, any mention of cl

if everyone of you change the lives of just 10 people, and each one of those people change the lives of another 10 people, and another 10, then five generations in hundred 25 years, the class of 2014 will have changed the lives of 800 million people. [applause] about it. over twice the population of the united states. one more generation and you can change the entire population of the world. if you think it is hard to change the lives of 10 people, change their lives forever, you are wrong. i saw it happen every day in iraq and afghanistan. i young army officer makes a decision to go left instead of soldiers with 10 him are saved from an ambush. fromghanistan, an officer the female engagements team senses that something is not right and to direct the platoon away from a 500 pound ied. , saving the lives of a dozen soldiers. not only were those soldiers saved by the decisions of one person, but their children were saved. and their children's children. generations were saved by one decision, one person. changing the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it. what starts here can i

climate changes because climate always changed. droughts that happened in the past and are likely to occur again with similar frequencies and intensities. thus i believe preparation for their return is a better strategy than trying in vain to mitigate them through draconian carbon dioxide emission control policies such as those proposed only yesterday. i've become increasingly concerned how this scientific debate is being corrupted. in my 2003 senate testimony regarding a hockey stick, lamented that a healthy side of the debate was being compromised. an attack had been made on the scientific process. editors at two journal was harassed. one was threatened with a organized boycott. the senior editor barred two science ties from future publication in the journal solely because of their position on climate change. without a hearing and without an accusation of fraud or plagiarism. i would like to report things have become better. they haven't. in 2009, climategate shed light how the process was being subverted. i learned i had been de

climate change is because climate has always changed. droughts have happened in the past and are likely to happen again. isparation for their return a better strategy than trying in vain to mitigate them through draconian carbon dioxide emission policies. i have become increasingly concerned about the scientific debate being corrupted. in my 2003 senate testimony regarding the hockey stick thomas -- stick, signs of a compromised.e were one of the journalists was threatened with an organized boycott. the senior editor move to bar two scientists. to report things have become better. in 2009, climate gate shed light on how the process was being subverted. i have been denied publication of an important paper solely due to collusion between another scientist and an editor. over the years i have applied for several grants. it is not that i received bad reviews. no reviews.ved program officers refused to respond. their behavior appears related to an article, which is often used as a blacklist for researchers unconvinced of global warming. to co

the same is true of climate change.n all cases cited the solutions to problems did not result in predicted economic and social calamity. scientific uncertainty are at the resistance is not mean that nothing should be done unless we are willing to suffer the consequences of inaction. we believe there is legitimate scientific debate over the effects of climate change but no legitimate debate over the effect of the earth's warming poor man's contribution. the models of the world's leading scientists predict rising seas throughout flooded and more severe and frequent storms. those are the projections and conditions of these models. we are seeing impacts already traces the ocean absorbs 25 to 30% of the carbon from stationary sources we thought the ocean with our friend. it was keeping significant amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. but our friend is paying a penalty. the carbon from the burning of fossil fuels is causing the acidity of the ocean to rise and is already threatening shellfish coral reefs and other ocean spe

we saw changes. many degrees farenheit operating less than one year, staying at the level for hundreds of years. change was born, and the system can change quickly. >> what are we talking about - disaster moving quickly? >> for some parts, yes. >> really. doesn't it terrify you? >> yes. >> a correspondent for the show, an executive vice president and senior scientist for climate change international. the season finale " years of living dangerously" is coming up. this is the episode. you go up 20,000 feet, a volcano in the chilean and yes, and the report is to drill into the ice that's been there for thousands of years. by doing that, pulling up ice from below, doing. >> the past, you can see how human activity, pollution, affected the ice. >> both human and natural activities affected the atmosphere. air. you get the ice going out. same thing, you drill down, collect the little bubbles of air and they are like a time capsule into the past. the deeper you go, the further back in time you go. >> what s

climate change is a fact. and when our children's children look us in the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more stable world with new sources of energy, i want us to be able to say yes, we did. [applause] >> as the obama administration renews its commitment to act, the debate over climate change remains polarized. climate scientist michael mann is a central figure in that debate. he was one of the scientists behind the development of the controversial hockey stick chart, which showed how temperature in the late twentieth century was exceptionally warm compared to the previous 900 years. this triggered a tax on dr. mann and the science behind his work, all documented in his book "the hockey stick and the climate wars." michael mann, you write that in mid 1990s, scientists were able to begin to connect the dots on climate change. could you elaborate? >> we understood the basic science of the greenhouse effect nearly two centuries ago. joseph fourier, the same guy who discovered the law o

if you change georgia then you can change the south and if you change the staff to change the nation. demographics will tell you that the south and southwest are the fastest-growing parts of this country. if we have to move progressive policies then we run the risk of standing here in 2024 and have a different conversation about why we have the most undereducated, most incarcerated, and least economically mobile population. this is a clarion call but it is also an opportunity. voting is opportunistic. it is taking that sacred right and transitioning it and turning it into control of your future. the new georgia project has registered more than 23,000 voters in the deep south. on voters ofed color because they are the lead. there the fastest changing demographic. , if you can engage them now you can engage them permanently. investment in the south is investment in change for the nation. it is the change of progress that we are not just talking about incarceration rates seen nowhere else in the industrialized world. the best way to close the gap is to actualize that human capital in the

if you change georgia then you can change the south and if you change the staff to change the nation.the demographics will tell you that the south and southwest are the fastest-growing parts of this country. if we have to move progressive policies then we run the risk of standing here in 2024 and have a different conversation about why we have the most undereducated, most incarcerated, and least economically mobile population. for me, this is a clarion call but it is also an opportunity. voting is opportunistic. it is taking that sacred right and transitioning it and turning it into control of your future. the new georgia project has registered more than 23,000 voters in the deep south. we have focused on voters of color because they are the lead. there the fastest changing demographic. , if you can engage them now you can engage them permanently. investment in the south is investment in change for the nation. it is the change of progress that we are not just talking about incarceration rates seen nowhere else in the industrialized world. the best way to close the gap is to actualize

to document there was a change. and that was something that was unacceptable. and the individual who doesn't document who is no longer with the company. i'm telling you, as you do good engineering, you are going to make sure you understand the requirements of what you're designing. make sure the part, the subsystem, meets those requirements and have full documentation. >> okay. all right. i will yield back. >> the gentlelady yields back. now recognize mr. bradley for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. miss barra, welcome back. mr. valukas, welcome to the committee. miss barra, i have a couple of questions i want to ask you about. you mentioned specifically you promise you would conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation. do you believe that was accomplished? >> i think the valukas report was comprehensive. it was very far-reaching and we have shared that information. >> and you also said that you promised you would share the findings of the report with congress, regulators, nhtsa and the courts. thi

ate change back the u.s. might put pressure to put climate change act on -- on?> it was never on the g-20 agenda. it was a suggestion from the u.s. it would like to discuss. we would not stop anybody from discussing any issue of that matter. it is quite welcome. if it is raised by the u.s. or any country. we have wanted this year's focus to be on growth, sustainable economic growth driven by a monk's other things a strong investment focus and infrastructure. be the to us to priorities of g-20 countries toer this date -- that seems us to be the priorities of g-20 countries at this time. that has been the focus and we had a strong reaction supporting respondents to that being the principal focus of the g-20. as i say, if people want to raise climate change or any matter, we certainly would not object to that. >> thank you very much for joining us. andrew robb joining us from beijing. still with us in the studio, his opinion on some of those things. david, let's talk about the chinese growth story. the trade minister suggesting he was confident that premier league s

i'm emily chang.esident obama is announcing new program in pittsburgh today to help the nation's inventors and encourage manufacturing for the giving inventors access to $5 billion worth of equipment at over 700 federal research and development centers. this includes equipment like nasa wind tunnels that most inventors could not afford on their own. partnering to are testdrive the chinese market tomorrow offering a free trial for the model as -- model s. tesla is facing regular tray battles in its own backyard. the general assembly approved a to allow direct sales to consumers. us and matt is with miller in new york. thank you all for joining us. the move in new jersey and egypt -- new york sounds optimistic. likes new jersey -- >> it has to get through the senate. there is a lot of backroom deals going on. in new york there are a lot of compromises. fighting between the dealers and the automakers themselves. they're using this as a way -- it is like world war i ended and we froze the up-ice lobbying

is ~ the treatment is to change condition, change sleep and exercise. i want to briefly go through the -- this slide here. in this slide here, this is part of changing -- this is part of changing the environment. this is what we're up against. this is an example of two billboards. in the top is a bill board saying childhood obesity, don't take it lightly. they're communicating to the parents in the neighborhood to take obesity seriously and right below that bill board we see mcdonald's saying, my kind of shopping with a very happy person who looks normal weight. so, this is a challenge that, that ethnic and low-income communities face, is that the industry reaches out to them and tries to get them to buy their unhealthy foods. so, what i'm going to do now is i'm going to turn it over to dr. jody stoky from internal child health san francisco public health and she's going to give an overview of oral health. >> great, thank you. dr. stoky. >> hello. is there a way to pull up my presentation? >> do you have overhead presentation? >> presentation. >> sfgov-

take climate change. there is more evidence than the green mountain range, and yet some people want to continue to debate the long-established science. there is so much more to worry about. weapon oflence as a war, ukraine, south sudan, syria -- no wonder so many people today prefer social media to traditional media. it is much more soothing to see a photo favorite it then by images of girls kidnapped for attending school or syrian kids being struck down by barrel bombs. news has always been an infamous downer. supreme court justice roll warner said he always turns to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. the front page has nothing but man's failures. away from the headlines, changes happening for the good and fast rate of in the past quarter-century, the united nations, the united states, and many partners have helped to reduce extreme poverty worldwide by more than 50% and nearly cut in half a number of women who die in childbirth and the number of children who perished before t

world,want to change the don't ever ring the bell. class of 2014, you are moments away from graduating. moment away from beginning your journey through life. the woods away from starting to change the world for the better. it will not be easy. of 2014,re the class the class that can affect the lives of 800 million years -- people. find someone to help you through life, respect everyone, know that life is not fair and you will fail often. but if you take risks, step up when times are tough, face down the bully, lift up the downtrodden, and never give up, if you do these things, the next generation and the generations that follow will live in a world far better than the one we have today. what started here will indeed have changed the world for the better. thank you very much. [laughter] [applause] commencement the coverage, we are joined by a university of illinois english professor, cary nelson who has participated in schools commencement process. president of the american association of university professors. professor nelson, thank

if everyone of you change the lives of just 10 people, and each one of those people change the lives of another 10 people, and another 10, then five generations in hundred 25 years, -- in 125 years, the class of 2014 will have changed the lives of 800 million people. [applause] think about it. over twice the population of the united states. go one more generation and you can change the entire population of the world. 8 billion people. if you think it is hard to change the lives of 10 people, change their lives forever, you are wrong. i saw it happen every day in iraq and afghanistan. a young army officer makes a decision to go left instead of right and this 10 soldiers with him are saved from an ambush. in afghanistan, an officer from the female engagements team senses that something is not right and to direct the platoon away from a 500 pound ied. , saving the lives of a dozen soldiers. if you think about it not only , were those soldiers saved by the decisions of one person, but their children were saved. and their children's children. generations were saved by one decision, one pe

if that is true, why change it? what is to be gained by putting at risk the possibility of some very good but very small businesses having to compete with others who perhaps are larger and more aggressive? and if it, ain't broke don't fix it and it doesn't seem to be a compelling reason to do so. secondly, with respect to subsidiary and frankly that is a lot of nonsense that they can't be tracked of course they can, and the city is not in a position to draft something, i would be happy to help them. so, to just basically write off all subsidiaries of what is a major corporation in the retail business, whether it is through electronic means or brick and mar tar, if they want to come into san francisco, in an area such as north beach. they have to be counted and this is not a difficult problem, believe me, this is something that those practicing in corporate law for many, many years have dealt with over and over and over again. believe me, folks, it is not difficult issue to resolve. so coming back again, remember, th

and however, other changes we are proposing will increase in number. we are also proposing to count permitted or entitled locations, which will allow us to be able to effectively regulate companies that coordinate mult tell u.s. openings, and raising it to 20 establishments will limit company and capturing larger chains, phils deli has eleven locations and they are significantly smaller than well established chains, raising the threshold will allow for greater development of small business, some have voiced the concerns that businesses with more than eleven or up to 20 are not small businesses however large established brands are we can see a clear difference between phil's coffee, which is only recognizable in the bay area, compared to subway which is recognize all over the globe. this leads to a lack of since of place, the formula controls are aimed at addressing. we also recommend expanding the definition of formula retail to count international locations towards the threshold. this slide shows that only 10 percent of the formula retail in san franc

if you haven't changed the people how do you change the culture? >> the 15 people no longer with the country didn't take action they should or didn't work urgently enough to fix the situati situation. what is more important is we create an environment where engineer and everyone is able to come to work and do their best work, be supported, and that is the cultural we are working to create with speak up for safety and the structural changes. >> the previous article by bloomberg notes the predecessor of the cobalt raised questions about a defective fuel line and had to continue to do that and move forward with whistle blower actions. this was on page 93 of the record where it says he was reluctant to pursue safety issues because his president preside -- predecessor was pushed out for that. you concluded there was no conspiracy. does annum -- an employee who acts alone or doesn't show information is that a cover-up? >> if he understand it is a safety issue and decides to con seal that that is a cover-up, yes, it is. >> and where life saving informatio

did respond i mean certain changes were made i might say they didn't do change enough but the governors are going to be elected they've returned the districts to the duma lections i mean they have made some changes in how elections are carried out that i think are going to help stay. and i think as far as the media i concerned the scope of discussion i don't know if you would agree with me but my own experience as a journalist tells me that the scope of discussion. that exists now in russia is actually comparable to what we had even a decade ago and why is that because of the internet or because of the internet and even the federal channels which are usually believed to be this big megaphone of how the government translates its point of view or rather the since mission's its point of view i think even there the the scope of discussion is much more diverse than it used to be even during the yeltsin's there. well i don't know about that but it's it is why i mean i think a lot of americans are not aware of that and. the reason so there's been this recent tendency to encroach on the interne

are you arguing that the changes in week are being impacted by changing temperatures? >> when you look at the situation of a southern plains, clearly the drop has had a huge impact. i think when you look at the situation as far as precipitation, and clearly with wheat, wheat is of fairly resilient crop. the challenges, the rain patterns we have been seeing, the way things are changing. put into the effects of the late-season freezes, drops, clearly we're seeing an impact from the changes in climate. you know, there are some things that we can do to help adapt. i hope the weekend do some things to move for a little bit. try to do things to help make farms more resilient to drops, freezes, flooding events, and i think that is the challenge we have in front of those. >> thank you. in the 45 seconds i have left, wanted to -- are read a recent report about oysters and the chesapeake declining in part because of the city but there's a secondary impact because or oysters filter the water, possibly offsetting many of the efforts to clean up that chesapeake bay. is that consist

point of view is actually much less violent than russia which had the wars in chechnya but it can change this time and so will lead to a reassessment in washington i think you might think there is some second guessing there already and at a minimum i think people may want to be more careful next time in terms of thinking through the consequences of unqualified support i think it will probably if if we're talking about a government that's perceived as having you know crossed a certain line in terms of autocratic behavior then. americans will tend to be sympathetic to the opposition. but it is interesting that you know the united states was initially pretty receptive to your own approach because everybody would have been frustrated with you simcoe they thought he was going to be more business like he would get things. and i know this from direct experience they had maybe not the high hopes for him but i think they thought he would be better. and the same applied to the europeans and i think sorry for interrupting you but i think it was in government had a lot of frustration of it you know

current events in the ukraine with the bloodshed and divisions they've already produced likely to change that well to discuss that i'm now joined by timothy calls and a professor of government and russian studies at harvard university professor called and thank you very much for being here on the show the western media has so far avoided assigning any color to the events in the ukraine and i wonder why do you think that i think because the distance themselves have not assigned the color you're right there is no color assigned to it i think it's probably too late it's a revolution without a name. but isn't that also an attempt to mask the fact that the colored revolution has already been attempted in your crane and unfortunately the supposedly pro democratic forces that already came to power a couple of years ago they failed to produce a lasting democratic change in that country yes your and revolution. was a great disappointment and this may explain the fact that you know some of the same forces tried it a second time i don't know that it explains why they didn't decide it a color the si

to the roof-deck didn'ty my new notification every change requires a revision but that didn't require a new notice and this permit was issued on february 21st before this board. i did not see a 2010 permit on file i don't know what that is referenced to i don't see my reference on the tracking system. what could have been happened there's a preapplication meeting and at that time, they didn't show the roof-deck they put it on the neighborhood notification but again, i think any issue because the dr was filed specifically in regards to the roof-deck but the planning commission didn't take dr on this permit if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> the changes that were made between the final approved plans and the plans that were submitted in connection with the kwef you said those changes didn't warrant a new notice. >> this changes on appeal today show movable planters. >> uh-huh. >> and they show the fire put the barbecue. >> and those are different from the prior plans and that's correct. >> do you have the plans before the commission at the time of the dr? and tho

because if you change georgia, you begin to change the south and if you change the south, you change the nation. the demographics will tell you that the south and the southwest are the fastest growing parts of this country. but if we have the most regre regressive policies when that growth happens, we run the real risk of standing here in 2024, having a very different conversation, about why we have the most undereducated, the most incarcerated and the least economically mobile populations that control the south. and so, for me, this is a clarion call, but it is also an opportunity. as i said at the beginning, voting is opportunistic. it is taking that sacred right and transitioning it and turning it into control of your future. with the new georgia project has done so far is register more than 23,000 voters in the deep south. in the state of georgia. we have focused on voters of color, because those voters are the lead. they are the fastest changing demographic, but they are also the ones that if you can engage them now, you can engage them permanently. investment in the south is an

i'm emily chang. every weekend we'll bring you the "best of west," the top interviews with the power players in global technology and media companies that are reshaping our world. well, amazon has fired up a challenge to apple, samssung and others by announcing its very first smartphone. c.e.o. jeff bezos himself unveiled the amazon fire phone in seattle. >> can we build a better phone for our most engaged customers? can we build a better phone for amazon prime members? well, i'm excited to tell you the answer is yes. [applause] >> from 3-d viewing capability and image recognition technology called firefly, bezos was keen to point out how the phone was different from the wide selection of smartphones on the market. at&t is the exclusive carrier of the fire phone. it hits the market july 25 for $199 with a contract and includes a year of free prime membership. so how will the fire phone stack up against the competition? i spoke with our editor at large, cory johnson, who was in seattle for the event. a

and they are too young to see the changes in their uncle's condition. he knows it will take them time to feel safe. for the first time in many years, his family welcomes him inside nooshgs t inside, into the living room, a place he he was forbidden from entering. >> with maria gone, his dad tries to reassure him that things have changed. but the presence of the tin hut is clearly bothering him. later that afternoon, his mother comes back from work. he's very close to his mom. >> the children are starting to relax around him. and he's able to chat over a simple cup of tea. he is now a member of the family, a son, a brother, an uncle. but will society accept him? he will always be called the madman. >> join us online and an oir tomorrow on the news hour. a report from the veterans administration on how long that's wait for health care around the nation. that's it for this edition of pbs news hour weekend. that's it for this edition of pbs news hour weekend. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> pbs news hour weekend is made possibl

change forever.to change forever. yes. >> it coincide with the growing middle class. studies are saying that africa has the largest. >> largest. >> and it's growing. >> i it's just so large. the content has a billion people. so for that middle class to grow you are talking about the millions of the people that are not being really able to enjoy what everybody has enjoyed globally for years. >> one of the things you are doing is actually taking successful american brands and bringing them to the continent. tell us a little about your deal with walt disney. >> that is housewife. we're doing a co-production with disney distribution company and calling our series desperate house wives africa. we're going back to season one of the series. we hope we'll do all the seasons that have past. the story lines will be slightly different. but the format will be the same. we have to make sure we localize it but not forgetting that africa has moved into being part of a global world. and that will resonate and come o

ruse.limate change is a started toago, we see climate change. the climates are supposed to change. live where the glaciers used to go through in ohio and there were major groups in the rocks in lake erie. miamiople whining about -- why would you build on a swamp or nearshore anyhow and expect not to get flooded? host: a hearing will be taking place at 10:00 this morning live on c-span3 focusing on climate issues. the senate subcommittee specifically on a per culture and wildlife. the senate reconvenes for the -- bernie sanders in competing proposals to dress the address the issues .t v.a details available from a reporting online. we will take a short break and we will continue with our discussion on the issue of climate change. two different perspectives on the epa announcement. r and paul bailey. later, chris smith of new jersey will be at the table. we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the tenement tuare co. test -- ienemen square protest. we are back in a moment. ♪ >> we wanted a building that was very accessible to the community. you needed to be able to incorporate at future

change is the only constant in the agricultural industry and every industry and change that is cominggoing to be better for animals, better conditions than they have had in the past we will use fewer as more and more americans decide to eat less meet meat. >> thank you for being on the program today. still ahead, what's the state of your air? we will tell you how to find out using your zip code and what you don't know about what you are breathing every day. we speak with a new study possibly linking oughtism and schizophrenia . >> well, back. we are talking about the latest affecting our food, water and air. back with us is heather white executive director of the environmental working group and deborah who published a study. the thing with air pollution, sometimes you can't detect that the air is bad. >> we need it to live. we need it to survive. we need to breathe it. the american lung association did something great. the state of the air 2014. they have a website. input your zip codhey will tell you the state of your air. myo zone is an s, awesome. nice. >> guess action lisa. how ab

so the belief was that if you can change mississippi, you can then change arkansas and texas and georgia. and mississippi without a doubt was the place where there was the greatest risk. as you know, in that summer the freedom summer, almost immediately after it began there was this horrible murder, where two of the volunteers from the north and one mississippi native, james cheney, andrew goodman, and basically were killed. they were taken by a sheriff and they were held until the clan could gather together. they were released. the clan came and killed them, they disappeared. and this became the great fear for all the people who worked in mississippi, because they knew that this could happen. so it is a really painful moment and what it does is it both inspires those who were in mississippi to keep registering but it also again puts national attention on philadelphia, mississippi. the f.b.i., which often wasn't very supportive of the civil rights movement, had to go find out what happened to these three civil rights workers. and ultimately when that was found out that sense of anger aga

we need to change this.he next two days, let's put our heads together and work on a plan to preserve fish stocks, manage coastlines, protect ecosystems. a way to preserve fisheries. a way to come to a common understanding of our common interest and find a consensus that we can take to the u.n. take this plan to the u.n. and other international organizations. all of us again talking the same language on the same page about the same objectives. if we make this a plan that all countries must follow, helping them understand that no country can afford not to. whether you are on the ocean or not. i know this sounds ambitious, it is meant to be. some of you are thinking what did i get myself into. look around the room, everyone of you is here for a reason. we have government leaders, including three heads of state. we have experts from international organizations, the world bank president jim yong kim. we have private sector leaders who are committed to our ocean's future. people like chris from bumblebee foods. th

change our role. but it is not enough. it never will be. , mature, 21stant totury communist party has establish itself the level of ideas and practice. both are crucial. for that matter, quality depends on the quality of the other. ending, finally -- [laughter] in norman's challenges are all around us. -- enormous challenges are all around us. some could wallow in despair. you will not do that. communists here and around the world don't give up in the face of momentous challenges. it is not our style. it is not our heritage. it is not our dna. it is not in the style or the dna of the american people. that i willitions back up for a moment, but we never back down. it isn't our default position. fighting harder and smarter is. i don't doubt for a moment that we will do both in the years ahead. as this journey that began 95 years ago takes another step, down freedom road, let us resolve in this hope. city,s day, in this great to step up the pace of our march. our legs may be tired, but our spirit is stro

changes. i appreciate the changes you have made so far, but i think the jury is still out on whether we can have success in changing the culture. as the chairman mentioned, gm announced a recall of over 500 thousand late model chevy camaro's, including 2014 model year vehicles because of the ignition switch problems. monday evening, just a couple of days ago, another 3.3 million cars with ignition switch and engine shut off issues were recalled including chevy and policies that are currently in production. this year alone, gm has , affecting4 recalls more than 20 million vehicles worldwide. the record reinforces notion that the safety problems for the cobalt and ion were not gm, and that you should have acted sooner to result the company's culture. now we need to see, we need to show the american public that the changes that have been announced will really address the long-standing problems at gm. this bar is not the only one with work to do. ms. barra is not the only one with work to do. i al

change is slow over time and water temperature changes. two is rising ocean acidity from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere raising thehe ocean level and changes the level in oceans which they ascribe to changes in bottom temperature. these examples we see in the east coast, oyster hatcheries, north carolina, rhode island, and farming. it was historically centered off the coast of virginia. the robust fishery landed over 50% of the clams for the entire country and they're the number one ingredient in obviously clam chowder which was, and i think still is, the number one soup served in the country. they are also used in friday and -- fried and breaded clam strips. from thedentified large die offs of the clams in virginia. rutgers and other scientists determined it was due to other water temperature changes. they saw greater responding off new england. new plants opened in massachusetts and rhode island showing a shift in population of the clams due to bottom temperature rise documented by rutgers and therefore a change in jobs. in the pacific

so that's one way we're changing the planet that's not climate change. way that people are very familiar with obviously is we're just mowing down forests. we're fragmenting a landscape. you're an animal to move across the landscape, you can't anymore. that's another way. we're changing the surface of the earth in very dramatic ways. tavis: maybe the best book written about these matters in quite some time. it's called "the sixth extinction" written by elizabeth kolbert who covers these matters for "the new yorker" magazine. thank you for the text good to have you on the program. >> thanks a lot. tavis: finding strength in a turbulent and painful childhood forms the basis for daniel beaty's newest tome, "transforming pain to power," which chronicles how he found inspiration in the difficult circumstances that mind undermine so many other's lives, that philosophy allowed minimum jimenez to create a play by one paul robeson who paid a price for his activism called "the tallest tree in the forest." later in the program, he'll perform a piece from his transfo

if you haven't changed the people, how do you change the culture?pe >> again, the 15 people that art no longer with the company are the people that either didn't to take action they should or didn't work urgently enough to rectify this matter.enough and they are no longer part of this company. that was a strong signal to send within the company. but again, what's much more important is that we create the right environment where every engineer is able -- everyone inr the company is able to come to work every day and do their besp work, be supported.he and that is the culture that g we're working to create.rams that's the programs we've put in place like speak up for safety. and the structural changes we've made. >> the previously referenced p article by bloomberg notes thatd cortlin kelly, who worked on the cavali cavalier, predecessor to the e. cobalt, raised questions about a defective fuel line. he had to continue to do that, even threatening in moving forward with whistleblower this actions.referenc this was referenced on page 93 a of your report

we have seen dramatic change.here's still, however, a big divide between democrats and republicans on the issue. republicans have not trended very much on the issue, not as much as democrats and independence, creating a problem for the republican party because their base, which consists heavily of evangelicals, is on the minority side of this issue, increasingly on the minority side of this issue. on immigration the growing hispanic population and share of the electorate is of benefit to democrats. unless and until republicans figure out a way to reach out to the growing hispanic group of voters, i think the party will find it difficult to win presidential elections. the problem again is a large part of the base is resistant to the idea of any sort of legalize ace or -- legalisation or path to citizenship for immigrants. >> michael, do you see these as dynamic questions, ones that are moving and shifting or do we reach a dwell point. much the way the country is reaching one with a patchwork of states and different

, the basic chemistry of our ocean is changing faster than it has ever changed in the history of the planet. and if it continues much longer, a significant chunk of marine life may simply die out because it can no longer live, no longer survive in the ocean's waters. the bottom line is that most people don't realize that if the entire world doesn't come together to try to change course and protect the ocean from unsustainable fishing practices, unprecedented pollution, or the devastating effects of climate change, then we run the risk of fundamentally breaking entire ecosystems. and as you'll hear throughout the course of this conference, that will translate into a serious consequence for the health and the economies and the future of all of us. the good news is that at this point we know what we need to do to address the threats facing the ocean. it's not a mystery. it's not beyond our capacity. everyone in this room is aware of the effective steps that people are taking already, both large and small around the world. in latin america, ngos like paso pacifico are helping fishers to

truly conservative means you do not change things unless they need to change. it is not what has been appropriated to meet. most people of color are fiscally conservative, we do not have enough money to squander it. we believe in conserving what we got and spending only what we need, but we cannot get to that conversation of thoughtful tax policy, thoughtful engagement on economic issues when we are not at the table making those choices. when i am sitting in the state legislature in the ways and means committee and there is no one who looks like me, if you are not -- this is a wonderful phrase. if you are not at the table, you are on the menu. [laughter] with tax policy in particular, people of color are the main course. we pay a lot in taxes and do not get as much back in terms of social welfare. more importantly all of those , decisions are made behind our backs. we talk about appropriations. in the middle of a chess game, you don't care about appropriations. appropriations matters a lot less. it is a question of where they got the money from. we are not the