we cannot come out from copenhagen as failures. we cannot make copenhagen a path for suicide. we have to succeed and we have to make a deal in copenhagen. thank you very much. [applause] >> i thank the president for his statement. i now invite president of china to speak from the perspective of fast growing developing countries and the opportunities and challenges in addressing the climate change. mr. president, you have the floor. [applause] [mr. secretary general, dear colleagues, global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. it is a major challenge facing all countries. i wish to highlight here a few principles that we need to follow in our common endeavor to tackle this issue of climate change. first, fulfilling our respective responsibilities should be at the core of our effort. the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities embodies the consensus of the international community. adherence to this principle is critical to keeping international cooperation on climate change on the right track. second, achieving true ben

obama's trip to copenhagen on the chicago olympics.please take a listen. >> you have been a major critic of president obama going to copenhagen to sell the chicago olympics. a lot of people say that's local politics and he shouldn't be involved in it. first of all, what's your take? >> there's a lot going on in america. many are wondering where are the jobs and why is washington spending all this money? he's not the mayor of chicago. so going to copenhagen in the mid of the of the problem wes ear trying to work through in washington doesn't seem appropriate. >> what do you make of the fact that i think former and current republican presidential candidate, former governor mitt romney of massachusetts has come out and endorsed obama's trip to copenhagen, what do you make of that? he's an active guy and an important guy. >> listen, i would love for the olympics to go to chicago, but the president really doesn't need to go overboard. and i think taking two air force one, two 747s to copenhagen is over the top. some people might be for it.

how are we going to navigate this critical issue at copenhagen?>> well, ultimately what's going to take place in copenhagen will be a deal. and a deal is a negotiation between a few sides. so everyone's going to have to give a little but they all have to see themselves as winners in the end and able to get a piece of the pie and the economic opportunity associated with this. with the climate group, our work is focused on demonstrating what are the economic opportunities in the u.s., in europe, in china and india? and ultimately, that's how we'll navigate it is to continue to put out the positive aspects of what taking action on this global environmental issue will mean. >> if these limits are accepted whatever they turn out to be by china, india and other developing nations, what kind of concessions would the west have to make, here in the united states and in europe as well? >> it's not so much having to make concessions as having to figure out new ways to move the economies forward in each of these countries. the u.s. has tremendous opportunitie

david wright, abc news, washington. >> a little more on the star power heading to copenhagen.ot only are the obamas going to make their pitch, so is the only chicago resident who might be as famous as the first couple, oprah winfrey. >> if you've got president obama, michelle obama and oprah winfrey that, is the murderer's row of olympic selling. >> a plane load of former olympians are already on their way to cope hague i don't know this morning to sell their city. >> today at the white house president obama is meeting with his top national security officials, including defense secretary robert gates and central command chief general david petraeus. topping their agenda, war strategy in afghanistan. commanders on the ground are calling for more combat troops. others recommend a new folks on training afghan forces. military officials say it will be at least two weeks before the white house considers deploying more troops. >> the white house is also working on plans to push for sanctions against iran if it doesn't come clean about all of its nuclear activities. the u.s. and othe

i would make the case for copenhagen -- are you saying copenhagen or copenhagen? >> i say copenhagen. but i don't know if i should be the arbiter of -- denmark is good. >> i would make the case in copenhagen personally, if i weren't so committed to making real the promise of affordable health care to every american. he sounded pretty clear that 12 days ago he was not going to go. what changed his mind? was it health care that changed? does it look like it's in better shape? >> i think the president believes that health care is in better shape. i believe he felt strongly and personally, that he should go and make the case for the united states. and that's what he's going to do. >> and he's not worried about health care as he seems to be just 12 days ago, suffering if he went? >> i think he believes he can do this and get back in time. >> a couple of questions. first afghanistan. tomorrow you guys have a meeting, the president is having a meeting with the secretary of state, secretary of defense. obviously on afghanistan, is there an -- is that where he's going to l

he will come back from copenhagen. we will continue on working on developing a strategy on health care, on afghanistan. i want this president to be successful in those areas and move forward. >> congressman, if he is successful as far as getting the olympics in chicago, and i know you'd be please and thrilled, will you come on the air and say, okay, it made a difference? if you know it made a difference will you salute him for it if chicago gets the olympics? >> if the olympics come to chicago i will thank the president for what he's done and how he helped bring that to a close. then we'll work with him on these other issues. absolutely. >> thank you, congressman. tamron, if that's what it takes to make a difference, i think most americans would say, okay, great. spend the 18 hours. he can spend all the time on "air force one" talking to other folks. >>> breaking news we started out the hour with. a 7.9 magnitude earthquake has hit in the south pacific near american samoa. 10 to 15 foot tidal waves in a popular low lyi

now, while the president is ready to go to copenhagen on behalf of chicago for that olympic bid, the white house says a return trip is still not been decided upon. denmark, in december, hosting world climate change conference. the white house says no decision has been neighed whether the president will -- has been made whether the president will attend that danish event. bret: thank you, steve brown in chicago. >> some in congress want to slow things down a bit and actually take time to read the bills they are voting on before they become law, and in iraq, relief is coming too slowly to impact a devastating situation.@ bret: in news around the world, german chancellor angela merkel is vowing to have a new right center government in place by early november when the country celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. merkel won re-election sunday. the new center right government will replace her right/left so-called grand coalition n the czech republic, pope benedict told an open air mass of at least 40,000 people that the world needs god-fearing people prepared

some of the nation's most famous faces are traveling to copenhagen this week, to sell chicago as the 2016 summer olympics. >> among those making a personal appeal, is president obama, the first time a president has lobbies an olympic committee. it is a surprise decision by the white house. and a controversial one. >> john hendren is in washington with more this morning the good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and vinita. rio de janeiro, is the favorite to host the 2016 games. so, to boost support for his home down, president obama appointed himself as salesman in chief. if chicago isn't home to the olympic games in 2016, it will be hard to blame president obama. the president will fly to copenhagen thursday, joined by first lady michelle obama. >> the first lady's will be personal. and the president's will be personal. but also speaking about how important it is to our country. >> reporter: it will be the first president to persol lobby the international olympic committee. joining the lineup, chicago's other best-known export. >> isn't this the most fabulous city in

to push for the olympic games -- should stay in washington instead of traveling to copenhagen to push for the olympic games. one person says it is only for one day. it should not be such a big deal. keep emailing those responses to us. we will read more during the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website. >> here is a look ahead to the next hour of 11 news today. >> to stars are falling out on a major reality show. >> a mother used a popular social tool to keep people updat we're pharmaceutical researchers i faces drug charges after his girlfriend is dead from an overdose. >> health officials are trying to allay concerns over safety and timing of vaccines for the swine flu next wee

president obama will head to copenhagen this week to push to bring the 2016 olympics to chicago. many oppose his short a trip saying that it is a distraction from the current issues at hand. they hope that the president's presence will help them secure the winning bid. but some worry that this short time away is time lost. >> is the hoping to hop a plane in brazil and open to catch the olympics in rio de janeiro? >> they say the money that would be spent to host the games could be better spent on city projects. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you agree with critics that president obama should stay in washington instead of traveling to copenhagen in a push to get the 2016 olympic games? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com maryland is already taking steps to reduce accidents related to distracting driving -- distracted driving. the new law banning writing or sending text messages while driving goes into effect in maryland tomorrow. experts say that is not the only problem. even handsfree devices can create a diversion. panels are discussing t

i will show leadehip and i want to reacan agreement in copenhagen. think that the international community wa incredibly enthused by that position of presidt obama. and i have seen many countries respd o tohat. have seen cna and india dramatically chae their sition and now offero also lim the growth of thei emissions. japan s come up with a very ambitiousarget. so has europe. not all because ofhe united states. but ceainly president obamhas blown new life into that dbate. and as a consequence o that, i thinhe has to come to copenhagen with something ambitious. and i think hean come to copenhagen with someing ambitious, a commitme, a targetithout having all the legislation developed in the nal detail. inact, jap doesn't hve itlegislation prepad. europe doesn't have its legiation prepared, so that wouldn't be so exceptnal. >> warner: a you said chin indiand brazil the big developing countries. they have been willing to make unilateral steps but in the past, they havebeen very reluctant to make any bindincommitments in a trea. are youseeing that change?

flying to copenhagen thursday night to make the nal appeal for chicago will be none other than president obama. no president has ever made such an appeal. it will a quickne. was announced today by the white house. here's david wright. >> reporter: good evening, charlie. it will be a nine-hour flight each way for a 45-minute presentation. the president and first lady will lead a delegation of ten people. making the final sales pitch for the city where michelle obama was born and her husband launched his political career. >> their appeals will be different. the first lady's will be very personal. i think the president will be both personal and also speaking about how important this is to our country. >> reporter: never before has a u.s. president gone hat-in-hand to the international olympic committee. until today, obama didn't sound like he was planning to break precedent. >> i would make the case in copenhagen personally, if i weren't so firmly committed to making real the promise of quality affordable health care. >> reporter: what changed? >> i think the president believes health care

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as you know, ray, this meeting was regarded as the last chance to kick-start the copenhagen talks and get a deal because negotiators have been going round and round in circles. there's a 200-page draft of the bill. we're told that something like a thousand bracketed areas, areas of disagreement. so the hope was that the leaders would make a commitment. each of them would step up and say, okay, we're ready to do this. let's stop blaming the other side. this is what president obama message was today. but despite this climate change summit, they didn't really have a chance to engage. most of them had so many other meetings, for instance, president obama only stayed 40 minutes. the real serious talk was taking place or just finished a meeting between president obama and president hu privately. they do have the dinner, as i mentioned in the taped piece at ban-ki moon's tonight and then at the g-20. >> suarez: president obama was also involved in middle east diplomacy today. any progress reported from the three parties after that meeting? >> no. no, no progress reported. certainly from toda

and then finally, first lady michelle obama heads to copenhagen tomorrow night. and her husband will be joining her on thursday night. all in the effort to have chicago win the olympic bid for 2016. >> and mark, what about the people who say the president would not be going to copenhagen, it was not pretty much known that chicago would be winning this, that it would be an embarrassment for him, and is he certainly had taken some hits on the head with health care, and far more serious topics, like afghanistan? >> there are two schools of thought here. one, you had jim warren who knows chicago, and chicago politics really well, and he was telling you guys a couple hours ago, that chicago seemed to be in fourth place and is creeping up. although for someone who has known that the olympics tends to take place in the united states, one every three or every four olympic cycles, remember, we haven't had one since 1996 in atlanta, it does seem that the united states is due, perhaps, for one in chicago. so it all depends on whether or not you actually think that chicago i

the president is going to copenhagen to pitch his city. he wants to go to copenhagen. the l.a. district attorney wants to get polanski this way. hi, may i help you? we're shopping for car insurance, and our friends said we should start here. good friends -- we compare our progressive direct rates, apples to apples, against other top companies, to help you get the best price. how do you do that? with a touch of this button. can i try that? [ chuckles ] wow! good luck getting your remote back. it's all right -- i love this channel. shopping less and saving more. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we're back with susan page and tom defrank. a little fun tonight this monday night. the president of the united states announced apparently he was inspired up at the meeting of the g-20 to hawk his city. i think it's a case of all politics is local. he's guarding his base. the state of illinois and the city of the chicago and the country, the united states. is this something he'll be rewarded for in years to come if we get the olympics in 2016? susan page. >> yeah, rewarde

the president and the first lady will have to copenhagen for lobbying for chicago to host the olympic game he will be the first sitting u.s. president to do so. chicago is up against rio de janeiro, madrid, and tokyo. >> roman polanski will fight u.s. attempts to extradite him. authorities want them sent from switzerland to california to face a charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. he was arrested on saturday. >> the death toll from massive flooding in the philippines continues to rise. 214 people are considered dead. there was more than a month's worth of rain in just over 12 hours this weekend. they are fearing it will run out of resources. >>> fertility clinics are taking more precautions. >> some families are stunned after learning that embryos at a clinic in new orleans may have been mislabeled. in ohio, copeland gave birth to another woman's child after doctors implanted to wrong embryo. >> we're going to have to turn away from carl lost and focus on the gift that we're given -- and turned aw from our costs and focus on the gift we're giving to another family. >> one spe

we know the leader of brazil and other contenders are going to be also in copenhagen. so, i guess i don't think this is damage control. i think that this is an effort to get it. i don't think it gets points for going, trying, and failing on either health care or the olympics. >> will this be seen as boosterism of the united states, an effort in one regional part of the country, chicago, to really sell the economy in this country? does it show he cares about jobs? my concern about this president has been that he seems to be out of sync with most people. he wants to win that health care thing. most people want jobs. >> well, most people do want jobs. i think this is boosterism but it's boosterism for america and i think it's going to be positive. >> thank you so much. susan page, tom defrank. join us tomorrow for nor "hardball." michael moore the filmmaker and troublemaker will be on this set where tom defrank is. "countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the health care crisis for americans, the cle

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the president will fly to copenhagen on thursday, joining the first lady and chicago native michelle appeals will be very different. the president will speak about how important this is to our country. >> he will be the first sitting president to personally lobbied the international olympic committee. joining them will be oprah winfrey. she will join them. >> if you have all three of them, that is the murderer's row of olympics selling. >> already of the white is a who's who of olympic medalis. they hope chicagos bid will bring home the gold. >> it is nice we have this shining start joining us. chicago still has to win it on the merits of the bid. >> the heads of state of the other three finalists will all be there as well. >> a real embarrassment would be for him not to go to copenhagen and for the games to be awarded to another nation. >> at friday's vote, there's no award for second place. president obama might have been swayed by president. one london be out paris, the british prime minister showed up for the final pitch. the french president stayed home. john hendren, abc news.

the aim, to generate new momentum ahead of talks this december in copenhagen where nations will try to agree on a new treaty to reduce greenhouse gases. secretary-general ban ki-moon said failure to reach broad agreement would be morally inexcusable. president obama said that the threat is urgent and growing. and china's president said his country will continue to take determined action. >> translator: in the years ahead, china will further integrate our actions on climate change into our economic and social development plan. we will intensify our effort to conserve energy and improve energy efficiency. >> to hear them talk about climate change behind the walls of the united nations is one thing. to actually see how it is affecting the environment is quite another. and that is what we want to show you tonight. with a striking look at what is going on in tasmania, the australian island off the southeast corner of the continent. here's tony birtley of al jazeera english with that story. >> reporter: moody and magnificent tasmania. it has a dna trail that stretches back to antarctica and

however, brazil and spain are sending their leaders to copenhagen, and tony blair and vladimir putinhelped secure olympic games for their countries in 2012 and 2014. still, there are those who sense something rotten in the state of denmark, like brent bozell of the conservative media research center, who managed to weave narcissism and wife beating into his criticism of the president's decision. >> this is evidence that this man just cannot stay away from the lights. in a way it's a bit of a slap, certainly not intended, but it is a bit of a slap at michelle obama. >> joining me now is "chicago tribune" editorial board member and pulitzer prize-winning syndicated columnist clarence page. thanks for joining us, clarence. >> thank you for having me. >> now, there is more serious criticism out there than the crazy bozell stuff about president obama leaving thursday night. he will be back friday. you know, there are people saying doesn't he have enough to do already as president. do you think, clarence, that there's any chance that when we look back on health care reform in 2009 we'll be

obama can go to copenhagen and be on the letterman show.it, but he cannot talk to his commanding general. gretchen: let's listen to that snippet of mcchrystal. >> are you confident that you will get what you ask for? >> i am confident that i will have an absolute chance to provide my assessment and to make my recommendations. >> you are already under pressure not to ask for more. how does that affect what you do? >> it does not affect me at all. i take this extraordinarily seriously. i believe that what i am responsible to do is to give my best assessment. >> how often do you talk to the president? >> i talked to him once since i have been here. >> you have talked to him once in 70 days? >> that is correct. >> could you imagine ever seen to the president of the united states, sir, we just cannot do it? >> yes, i can. the day i feel that way, i will tell him that. brian: what is your take on this, senator bond? >> i think general mcchrystal is right on. it is verunbelievable that the general in the field said that the next nine months to 12

. >>> president obama will go to copenhagen to join chicago's pitch for the 2016 olympics. that's cnbc.com news now, first in business worldwide. i'm bertha coombs. >>> it's monday, and stocks are surging on wall street. lots of deals sparking enthusiasm amongst investors today. you can see that enthusiasm on our camera moving quickly across the floor. i'm erin burnett. welcome to monday. is this the celebration before the storm? we talk about why interest rates may reach to the sky and hou you can protect yourself, and then a fight coming to pay per view. who heavyweights going into the ring and we'll tell what you the fight is all b. >>> and the president going to copenhagen to bid for chicago's olympics. if obama is successful, is he delivering something wonderful to the city? let's get to mary thompson at the big board, rick santelli at the bond pits. mary, you are first. >> we're about 17 points below the best levels of the day for the dow. up 155 points earlier. we are also very close to the best levels of the year. if the dow holds on, it could be the best closing hi

to visit copenhagen saying it's, quote, a distraction and unnecessary.us is jim warren and ken vogel. jim, i want to start with you. i believe the first lady said you're darned if you do and you're darned if you don't but who is winning the votes here on whether they should have done this or not? >> let's see what happens on friday. i think the qualms of the president is going because it somehow distracts him him and is not devote his time to health care is garbage and it is very significant that michelle is there for a couple of days and though the president's own presence come friday morning in copenhagen is significant. it is absolutely no guaranty of any success for chicago. this is a very unusual secretive election with an unusual group of very, mostly aristocratic voters have proven in the past that judging them ahead of time is very difficult and having talked to a couple of people this morning, it looks to be a dog fight among three, not amon three, not just two, with rio the leader and chicago somewhere in the pack next with madrid. >> let me br

we have the report from copenhagen. . >> reporter: michelle obama in copenhagen to say her city deserves2016 games. the vote is on friday and the race is a dead heat. >> chicago is a wonderful host city. great people, it knows about sports and the hospitality is like no other. >> reporter: the other finalists have great venues and strong plans as well. >> we're going to have a kick on friday to finish it off. >> reporter: that's when chicago hopes it will be a game changer. barack obama will enter the race appearing in a do or die for voting. joined in to make the hard sell. >> the leader of your country come and support what we're doing. >> reporter: with so much star power in town, the relatively routine dinner turned into a red carpet affair, fit for the oscars. >> reporter: guess who was there? chicago's own oprah winfrey. >> if we get this, the party starts friday. >> spain and brazil. tokyo, the royal family is rumored to be on the way. >> in their camps, they are going oh, no. they would be thrill ed if the president would have stayed home. >> reporter: back home, according to the

where does wealth and productivity come from in doesn't come from a meeting in copenhagen. it comes from man's mind, freedom, liberty, a free market. that is what both these initiatives, climate change and healthcare reform, both seek to destroy. the climate initiatives are a tax on productivity. whatever form it takes, cap and trade or whatnot, the idea is make it more expensive to use the earth. >> howard, do you want to respond? >> that is ridiculous. let's see what it will cost. it will cost the average income earner about $147 a year. if you look at the long-term effect of climate change and talking in spurring on a new economy and creating millions of jobs that never existed before. >> the point is it goes back to the tax and fees and we are still in technically a recession. you have got them saying they are going to protect the middle class and this hits the middle class eventually. >> they make a who the of pollution. it is expense sieve being clean. the bottom line is i waste money and time driving to the dump taking my garbage. it would be better to burn it in my

athletes in copenhagen, to make the final appeal for chicago to host the summer games in 2016.thletes are fanning out across copenhagen to drum up goodwill. >>> last year's host city, beijing, is virtually shut down today, as china prepares to host 60 years of communist rule tomorrow. >>> coming up later on "good morning america," former model kathy ireland, becomes the latest contestant to be bumped off "dancing with the stars." tom delay is hanging in there. >> kathy ireland will beoining us live. and who does she think will run away with the mirrorball trophy? we'll get her take on it, as she departs the show. >> the tango was the end of it for her. >> shouldn't havdanced the tango. she didn't have a choice, i guess. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, "america this morning" continues after this. when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance travelers. insurance for auto, home and business. town house toppers-- the only cracker with raised edges... to keep dip in its place. town house toppers-- part .of the town house family.

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and g-20 and he will continue to talk to people in copenhagen. he is going to do his best to bring the olympics to chicago. >> what is his best pitch? >> having spent some time in the city, it is a perfect place to have the olympics. it offers a great place for a world to see. it offers all the amenities that one would want in the olympics. i believe, far and away, it is the strongest bid out there. >> what happens if he does not get it? >> you will have to call tommy. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >>, was there a lot of people over here obsessing about whether or not that particular day was going to be met rather than getting it done? that is the focus. >> if you are not focused on a particular date, there is no deadline. >> that is not true. we want to get it done. secretary gates made a compelling case of what happens in this town if you do not set a deadline. there's no doubt we are making significant progress, that there is bipartisan agreement that me to get something done to close this facility. that it will improve our own security, health ou

you can go over to copenhagen and deal. do the chain of command. >> doesn't mean he is not doing the job. bill: what it means is, colmes, it doesn't look good, ok? so that's why monica brought it up. i brought up the -- >> was myers wrong to say this is the way it's done? bill: not a matter of right or wrong. it's what's best and what's better, ok? it's best that barack obama be pier perceived as being engaged on a daily basis over there. >> as myers said is he engaged with the secretary of defense, people of the pentagon. bill: didn't talk to his own general. >> is he doing david letterman, joy riding to copenhagen. spending five hours every sunday on the golf course. he has time to pick up the phone. bill: i want to go with oprah and obama to copenhagen. i have been there many times. nice city, i love the dames. so how do i go to get an invitation. >> now you put it out on the factor i'm sure they respond. bill: they love you colmes. >> i'm your link to the white house. i'm your link. bill: the only problem is if i got of

. >>> first lady michelle obama landed in denmark this morning and spent the entire day in copenhagena final push to get the 2016 olympic games for chicago. the international olympic committee final vote is set for friday. today miller obama and mayor richard dailey is laying the groundwork for the president. the first lady spoke about what chicago has to offer. >> everything about this bid speaks to what the city has to offer, having the games right along that beautiful, glorious lake front. using the existing park structure to ensure that we're making the kinds of investments and will have the kind of wonderful week behind that will benefit the city over the long run. >> the chicago bid committee said the olympic games would create something like 300,000 jobs and inject $20 billion into the u.s. economy. despite that house minority leader john boehner made it clear he thinks the president should stay focused on other priorities. >> i think it is a great idea to promote chicago. but he's the president of the united states not the mayor of chicago. and the problems we have here at hom

looks like copenhagen will not take on that question directly we are in a dire situation. >> reporter: let's talk about the meeting of world leaders going on today. the president is going to pittsburgh to meet with g-20 leaders. they will spend two days talking about the global economy. what do you think should be number one on the agenda. >> join the global crisis and match it to the planet crisis underway and link them expolice zitly. we think the present system can't answer five questions what's the economy for, how does it work, how big should it be, and how should it be governed and what's it is for is social and planetary stability. how does it work, subject to the laws of science. how big should it be, not so big it overwhelms the earth's natural systems. this economy is overwhelming the systems and the g-20 will try to make it bigger. this is a suicide pact underway there in pittsburgh. what is fair is going to be fair to future generations of people an other species. we have taking half of the effort's life support capacity right now and we are one in 15, 20 million species s

. >> i would make the case in copenhagen personally, if i wereren't so firmly committed t ma real the promise of quality affordable health care. >> reporter:r: what changed? >> i think the president believes health care is in better shape. >> reporter: whether or not that's true, high-level schmoozing has made a difference before with the olympics. in 2007, london beat paris, the favorite for the 2012 2 games. the british prime minister flew to singapore for the final pitch. the french president did not. this year, the leaders of al four finalist nations will be in denmark friday. "this is a fight," brazil's president lula da silva said today, predicting he'll return with a victory for rio di janeira. the white house says obama has already done plenty of lobbying for chicago, even buttonholing world leaders last week's g-20 summit. >> he has been working the phones. the vice president is working the phones today. >> reporter: the strategy carries political risk, if obama comes back empty-handed. but the chief executive of the salt lake city games ss the president is doingng the right

the first lady carries the torch to copenhagen, hoping to win the olympics for chicago. follow the yellow brick road to the land of oz, still busling with visitors 70 years later. ♪ that's how we laugh the day away ♪ in the very old land of oz captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. scientists call it a ring of fire, a part of the globe often rocked by violent undersea earthquake, volcanos and tsunamis. tonight, massive reliefers are under way following two disasters in less than 24 hours. officials in the snow was now say more than 100 people were killed by the tsunami that struck yesterday triggered by a powerful earthquake. entire villages were flattened by the wall of water. today, thousands of niles the west, another devastating quake, this one off the coast of indonesia. at least 75 bodies have been recovered so far. but as celia hatton reports, the toll is expected to go much higher. >> reporter: thousands could be trapped alive in collapsed buildings on the indonesian island city of padang.

>> in copenhagen, do you think they will really do it? >> we currently have a 200-page draft treaty and 2000 bits of text that have yet to be agreed. >> richard, thank you very much. apart from trying to reach agreement on climate change, barack obama will also be hosting three-way discussions with israeli prime tester benjamin netanyahu and palestinian leader mahmood abbas in new york -- israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. joining me is our correspondent. i just wonder if there is any expectation at all for this meeting? >> i think expectations among ordinary palestinians are pretty low. president mahmood abbas, whose compound lies just behind me, said he would not attend the talks unless he could get a guaranteed freeze on further settlement expansion in the occupied west bank. president obama and his special envoy george mitchell were not able to secure that. i think for many palestinians, they will feel that president mahmood abbas compromise, offered a concession just by sitting at the table. >> let us go over to jerusalem as

and copenhagen represents important opportunity, the meeting at the u.n.important opportunity and must not be lost. >> here we are a decade after kyoto and nothing has been accomplished yet going into the copenhagen meetings we are told there won't be agreements but this is delaying any real progress on climate change. how do you resolve, peter, the conflict between india and china on one hand and the developing world, people at different stages of economic development in a recession where floebl growth, economic growth is said to be more important than climate change. a lot of issues. >> complicated question. i start out disagreeing that nothing has been done over the last decade. i think there has been significant progress case by case. there has been a much more collective understanding that there is a serious issue that cannot be ignored. number one. number two. many individual companies and countries are looking at what do we do? and what are the issues? today we launched team earth to create a platform for collective action. there have been significa

. >> i would make the case in copenhagen personally if i weren't so firmly committed to making real theromise of quality affordable health care. >> reporter: but today he changed his mind. he will join the first lady and oprah winfrey to lobby the international olympic committee friday before the final vote. so what changed? >> i think the president believes health care is in better shape. >> reporter: but even if this is right and the polls are mixed what about the brewing crises in afghanistan and iran? the white house says he won't lose any work time because being on air force one is almost like being in the oval office. and he'll be on the ground in copenhagen for only four hours, is he worried about the risk to his prestige if he puts in his best effort and loses. top advisors say no. >> the entire olympic and paraolympic spirit is about working hard and trying and not being afraid of failure. if the president was afraid of failure he probably would have never run for president. >> reporter: one theory making the rounds in washington is that this trip is really a victory lap for th

he will be in copenhagen on friday to make this personal pitch. he's been saying for weeks he wasn't able to go because of the health care debate but things are better enough for him to make this quick trip on air force one to make a personal bid to get the games. on the streets of chicago, the buzz was the president's latest diplomatic mission. >> sending our top guy over there to make the pitch is the right thing to do. >> much confidence. i already felt pretty optimistic about it, but i think now more than ever we have a very good chance of getting the games. >> reporter: from his candidate days -- >> let the games begin! >> reporter: -- to earlier this month on the white house lawn, where he picked up some pointers on fencing, the president has established himself as kind of olympics super-fan. now with chicago locked in a tight battle with tokyo, madrid and rio de janeiro, and their heads of state making a presentati presentation, the hometown pressure for obama to go was intense. >> they've been reading the tea leaves, so to speak, over the

we need to make copenhagen a step forward in climate change.eloped nations still have a responsibility to lead, including the united states. we will continue to do so by investing in renewable energy, promoting greater efficiency, slashing the emission targets we set for 2020 and our long-term goal for 2015. but those rapidly growing developing nations that will produce all of the growth in global carbon emissions in the decades ahead will do their part as well. they have already made great strides. still, they need the commitment to strong measures at home and the agreement to stand behind those commitments we cannot meet this challenge unless all of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases act together. there is no other way. the most vulnerable must be put on a path to sustain growth. these nations that do not have the same resources as countries like the united states or china. they do have the most immediate stake in a solution. these are nation's living with the effects of a warming planet. famine, drought, disappearing coastal villages,

. >> president obama will travel to copenhagen to boost chicago's chances of winning the 2016 olympics but that decision is drawing criticism from critics. chris crack -- chris clackum has the latest. >> 16 months after chicago find out it was a finalist, the decision is only days away. delegations from the cities are in copenhagen in advance of the international olympic committee's decision on friday. chicago's team traveled with a pack of the athletic all stars. at a press conference today in denmark, the chicago mayor promised to deliver for the ioc. >> we are glad you are here and we know we can deliver a spectacular olympic games. >> he said chicago is a distinctive american city. >> we are a city of immigrants. many new immigrants will arrive this year or next year or the following year. the city is always changing. >> one of the biggest factors for the vote will be president barack obama. he announced monday he will join that team and his wife for the final presentation on friday. >> whether it impacts the race, we do not know. nobody knows. >> the presence of the head of state

president obama will arrive in copenhagen later this week and will also make an appeal. the other cities have called on high-profile leaders to lobby on their behalf. the host will be announced on friday. >> up next, want to shrink your house payment? >> there is a government program that will reduce your payments, but you have to qualify. >> the big meeting tonight on afghanistan at strategy. >> the good news is, state bridge inspectors found a problem, and the fixes on the fast track. the bad news is where the mone >> new tonight, is this bridge safe? advanced deterioration has been found. bridge repair is estimated at $83 million, and there is talk of raising tolls to help foot the cost. david collins is live here in the studio with that story. >> the results of the examination, as a surprise, and repairs are now on the fast track. authorities may also be breathing a sigh of relief. the credit detecting the problem to a new inspection process. >> troubled bridges over water. pillars that hold up the memorial bridge and this bridge over the susquehanna river are deteri