for the next two weeks, copenhagen will be copenhagen.iver back to the world what was granted to us here today, hope for a better future. i call on all of you to make your contributions, to be constructive, flexible and realistic, to be tough in your efforts to reach agreement and show constraint to other negotiating partners. you must do all this, and still be ambitious, courageous and visionary. a deal is within the reach. to work together, we can accomplish what must be accomplished. so once again, welcome to copenhagen, and thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, prime minister, rasmussen for your statement. distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is with pleasure that i invite the mayor of the city of copenhagen to address our meeting. madam mayor, you have the floor. [applause] >> prime minister, cleanses, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to copenhagen. i look very much forward to host you tonight, and especially to show you how the city hall square will turn copenhagen into hopen-hagen in the time to come. many of you

for the next two weeks, copenhagen will be copenhagen.liver back to the world what was granted to us here today, hope for a better future. i call on all of you to make your contributions, to be constructive, flexible and realistic, to be tough in your efforts to reach agreement and show constraint to other negotiating partners. you must do all this, and still be ambitious, courageous and visionary. a deal is within the reach. to work together, we can accomplish what must be accomplished. so once again, welcome to copenhagen, and thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, prime minister, rasmussen for your statement. distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is with pleasure that i invite the mayor of the city of copenhagen to address our meeting. madam mayor, you have the floor. [applause] >> prime minister, cleanses, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to copenhagen. i look very much forward to host you tonight, and especially to show you how the city hall square will turn copenhagen into hopen-hagen in the time to come. many of you

for the next two weeks, copenhagen will be copenhagen.rld what was granted to us here today, hope for a better future. i call on all of you to make your contributions, to be constructive, flexible and realistic, to be tough in your efforts to reach agreement and show constraint to other negotiating partners. you must do all this, and still be ambitious, courageous and visionary. a deal is within the reach. to work together, we can accomplish what must be accomplished. so once again, welcome to copenhagen, and thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, prime minister, rasmussen for your statement. distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is with pleasure that i invite the mayor of the city of copenhagen to address our meeting. madam mayor, you have the floor. [applause] >> prime minister, cleanses, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to copenhagen. i look very much forward to host you tonight, and especially to show you how the city hall square will turn copenhagen into hopen-hagen in the time to come. many of you traveled far to get

but copenhagen it is on its way. 97% of all households in copenhagen have district heating. copenhagen ride their bikes every day. in copenhagen, the harbor is so clean that you can even swim in it, although it might be too cold just now. i also hope he will have an opportunity to glimpse how copenhagen will become a city filled with climate exhibitions and activities to engage the citizens and our many guests. during the u.n. climate change conference, the city hall square in copenhagen will be transformed into a city of hope. that is why we call hopen-hagen live. every day hopen-hagen will be filled with experience is an ex -- exhibitions. a huge, interactive globe will light up the december dark as, reflecting an ever-changing shades, the works -- the world engagement with the climate. on the stage, musicians and speakers will collect the citizens together around the messages which hopefully will resonate among the negotiators here in the bela center. i very much look forward to hosting you tonight for the reception at the city hall and on the city hall square. so i bid y

the president issued a refrain on the treaty negotiations in copenhagen, making commitments at copenhagen against a backdrop of this wide scandal known as climate gate and in the absence of a national consensus. we know the administration is doing its level best to strengthen the president's hand as it goes to copenhagen yesterday, a naked attempt at engaging in international public-relations on the back of the american people. we really believe in this group that it is imperative that the president here from the representatives of this country and the leaders gathered here today who say to the president of the united states is not appropriate to negotiate a treaty before we have declared war on climate change. you have in front of you correspondents of all those gathered here and all the republican leadership have signed that message and delivered it to the president friday. that is the extent of the message today. with that, i will recognize several key members of our solutions group and several ranking members of the key committees. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm looking forward to go

i am appreciative that he is going to copenhagen.i am glad that speaker pelosi is going to copenhagen. i disagree with their policies, but i agree that the u.s. needs to be engaged. i just hope we are engaged in a fashion that does not break our economy and end up doing things it does not help the environment. >> why are you so skeptical? >> because i am so -- because i am an engineer, and i do not believe the facts prove the case. there are so many facts that go the other way. one of them is that co2 is such a trace gas and the dominant greenhouse gas is water vapor. even the climatologists who thinks the 02 -- who think co2 is a major factor admit that the largest factor in controlling temperature is water vapor and cloud formation in the atmosphere. the ipcc models use plug in variables for clouds because they cannot model clouds. so they cook the books when they determine the outcome they want and then put in the cloud preminger -- parameter to give them the outcome they want. >> congressman joe barton from texas, thank you for j

president, don't make promises in copenhagen that we can't keep. those gathered here today believe the president should refrain from engaging in a treaty negotiation in copenhagen or making commitments at copenhagen in the interest of the american people against the backdrop of this widening scandal known as climategate and the absence of a national consensus. we know the administration is doing its level best to strengthen the president's hand as he goes to copenhagen. yesterday's decision by the epa was clearly a rather naked attempt at engaging in international public relations on the backs of the american people. we really believe in this group that it is imperative that the president here from the representatives of this country, especially the leaders that are gathered here today to say to the president of the united states that it is inappropriate to negotiate a treaty before we have declared war. on climate change. you do have in front of you correspondence. those gathered here and all the republican leadership have signed that deliver that

i'm glad that speaker pelosi is going to copenhagen. i disagree with her policies but i do agree that the united states needs to be engaged and i just hope that we're engaged in a fashion that doesn't wreck our economy and doesn't do thing that is really end up not helping the environment. >> you've clearly outlined this. but why are you so skeptical? >> because i'm an engineer, and i do not believe the facts proved the case. there's so many facts that go the other way. but one of them is that co 2 is such a trace gas. the dominant greenhouse gas is water vapor. the dominant -- even the climatologist who think co 2 is a major factor admit that the largest factor in controlling temperature is water vapor and cloud formation in the atmosphere. and the ipcc models use plug-in variables for clouds because they can't model clouds. so they kind of cook the books when they determine the outcome they want and then put in the cloud parameter to give them the outcome. things like that. >> congressman joe barton, republican of texas, thanks very m

arrived in copenhagen today saying the u.s. wanted to reach a climate deal before the week was out, but she insisted it must include verification of emissions cuts and other goals. >> there are many ways to achieve transparency that would be credible and acceptable, but there has to be a willingness to move toward transparency in whatever reform we finally deem is appropriate. so if there isn't even a commitment to transparency, that's kind of a deal breaker for us. >> suarez: that's a demand the chinese have resisted and reportedly rejected again today. but this afternoon chinese deputy foreign minister he yafei fired back. he said china is not afraid of monitoring and verification, but is standing on principle for itself and other developing countries. >> to increase cooperation go for cooperation. >> suarez: clinton also upped the ante by announcing the u.s. was willing to participate in a global fund to pay for the transition to a warmer planet, and promised an undefined american contribution, if a deal could be reached. >>

one indeed is the vital negotiations at copenhagen. in which we wish the prime minister and other british representatives every success. and about which we should have been able to hear the outcome, the outcome next week just no, sir the prospects this week. does she share our concern that the comments of the u.n. secretary ban ki-moon for countries to tackle crime change may be set aside and not addressed until next year. after the prime minister spoke to the secretary-general this morning, what were the changes of this major setback being averted? >> the point he makes about the house is somewhat -- we are rising early but coming back earlier. it is indeed important that we not only have a political agreement in copenhagen that we have legally binding targets which are then independently verifiable and also we have this $10 billion fund to ensure that the developing countries, the emerging economies can play their part in the effort to tack ale climate change. that is a difficult challenge, the prime minister the secretary of the gen

he was meant to leave copenhagen hours before he did. but while there was still a chance that something could be worked out, he stayed be. he invited premier wen to two subsequent meetings which the chin ease premier skipped sending the deputy foreign minister and his chief investigator instead. it was a snub? was it a gambit to move the talk as long? later in the evening there was a meeting around 7:00 denmark time with some of the big emitters, some of the big industrial economy. brazil's lula, one from india along with wen and president obama. those meetings kept on through the evening. and finally resulted in an agreement just before midnight denmark time. >> reporter: all week, ray, we've talked about the big issues, targets, financing, verification. so what's in this this agreement -- agreement? >> suarez: the most generous thing you can say about it is that it puts off some of the hardest negotiating down into the future. the most near-end target are left blank, left undefined while further outdates, 2050, for instance, when the b

economic depressed state >> ifill: jim, we turn our attention now to this week's big meeting in copenhagen on climate change, and a new decision from the obama administration. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins with more about the meeting in denmark. . >> reporter: diplomats from 192 nation its gathered in copenhagen today for the largest and potentially most important u.n. climate change conference ever. their goal to shift away from fossil fuels and get rich countries to send billions of dollars to poorer ones to help them adapt. organizers warned this could be the critical last chance to curb global warming. >> the science has never been clearer. the solutions have never been more abundant. political will has never been stronger. and let me warn you, political will will never be

after copenhagen, what happened and what's next? and the start of a week long series recounting the challenges facing the washington d.c. schools. that follows the other news of the day from hari sreenivasan in our news room. >> sreenivasan: good evening. much of the east coast struggled back to life today after a weekend blizzard paralyzed state after state with record snow. thousands of students and teachers stayed home from school and the storm was blamed for seven deaths. newshour correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> reporter: millions of people from the mid atlantic to new england spent this first official day of winter struggling to dig out. the onslaught began friday night and continued in some places for 24 hours non-stop. the washington d.c. region was buried under nearly two feet of snow, forcing federal agencies to close today. and everywhere commuters had to brave icy roads and slick sidewalks this morning. those who opted for public transportation ran into delays in bus, commuter rail and subway service in seve

as they go to copenhagen?he targets that both countries have recently adopted but i think it is important to note that china's new carbon intensity announcement is significant not only because of the actual number of the target but because of the national monitoring framework that will acompany it at domestic level. china has already announced that it will establish a national a greenhouse gas database management system and >> we expect this to the follow in essence the framework over the last year plan. monitoring and reporting and verifying it's progressing and meeting the intensity target. these include in things like september 20028 accomplish meant of a national bureau of department the of energy statistics within the national bureau of statistics that creating nation wide system for monitoring and verifying energy assistance. and that is not just at the national level but the local governments have also improved they're institutional arrangements for monitoring and verifying energy compliance and their s

but without rare earth, copenhagen means nothing. you buy a prius hybrid car and think you're saving the planet. but each motor contains a kilo of neodymium, and each battery more than 10 kilos of lanthanum, rare earth elements from china. green campaigners love wind turbines but the permanent magnets used to manufacture a three megawatt turbine contain some two tons of rare earth. the head of china's rare earth research institute shows me one of those permanent magnets. he's well aware of the issues. >> ( translated ): the environmental problems include air emissions with harmful elements such as fluorine and sulphur, waste water that contains excessive acid and radioactive materials too. china meets 95% of the world demand for rare earth, and most of the separation and extraction is done here, so the pollution stays in china too. >> reporter: the authorities gave us a dvd of baiyun ebo in inner mongolia where most of the world's rare earth is mined along with iron ore. they wouldn't let us film it ourselves. but at baotou, a hundre

on saturday morning in copenhagen, i had a press conference with your colleagues who were attending copenhageneased to meet with you basically to the answers the questions of which you may have the last time i did not have much time to answer questions. i have a security council briefing at 10:00 on important african issues. first of all, let me say that the conference was a process. among the confluence of decisions that copenhagen reports in marks a step forward. first, it permits countries to work to keep temperatures below two degrees celsius. it also says that they will review the commitment in the 2015 to take account of new scientific evidence. i understand that the ipcc is going to try to release their fifth assessment report in 2014. second, the report includes mediation targets developed for countries and actions by developing countries. again, this is our advance. third, countries agreed on the importance of acting to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. this means we have finally found the source of nearly one fit the global emissions into the emerging climat

the copenhagen treaty has a tax in it for all in the world.caller. they are trying to implement a world tax on every financial transaction that happens. and we have to stand up and start paying attention and make our leaders, the american people who pay for this, see copies of what they are signing. host: looking at the political coverage this weekend to review what happened when president obama was in copenhagen, with the agreements reached and it was so big and that president obama is not required -- is not sure if he is required to sign it. saying that i don't know what the protocols are. we have edward, good morning. caller: good morning c-span. i can't hear you -- host: we are waiting for you. caller: with respect to copenhagen -- can you hear me? host: we can. caller: ok, i think everything has to start some place. clearly global warming is taking place. it can be absolutely proven in a high school science laboratory that co 2 traps heat. we know that the co 2 in our atmosphere is constantly getting greater that traps heat. and if we don

the copenhagen story all week, both on-air and online. ray will be back with another report tomorrow night. >> brown: finally tonight, how big is too big? at the white house yesterday, president obama pushed bank c.e.o.s on lending practices and bonuses. but as banks have merged and consolidated during the last year of financial crisis, the worry that some may be "too big to fail" has only grown. here's our economics correspondent, paul solman, as he continues his reporting on "making sense of financial news." >> here are a lot of memories. >> reporter: george shultz in a stanford university conference room awash in memorabilia. >> a picture of us meeting with president obama in the oval office. >> reporter: elder statesmen, classically trained economist. >> this is an early edition of adam smith's wealth of nations. >> reporter: the conservative shultz doesn't go back that far but he served republican presidents from the '50s to the '80s. >> president reagan was my favorite. the thing about president reagan was he was comfortable with hi

before she left for copenhagen i >> ifill: just before she left for copenhagen, i sat down with e.p.a. administrator lisa jackson this afternoon to discuss the greenhouse gas decision. administrator jackson, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> ifill: in your announcement today about the dangers of greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide were you trying to get a jump on what you expect to be challenges in copenhagen later this week? >> well, i think we wanted -- i am proud of the fact that this was released in advance of the majority of the discussions at copenhagen. and so certainly what i thought was important in the announcement was to talk about the science to the american people. to talk about the fact that the science leads you really to only one conclusion. and that nothing we've heard, and epa's duty was to assess that science rigorously, changes, i believe, that the science means that grown house gases are pollution, and in danger of public health and welfare. >> ifill: senator kerry said if the epa had to act it would be a blunt instrument and it was preferable for

playing a role in advising and assisting the bangladesh delegation in their preparations for their copenhagen meeting no. 3. -- month. >> i visited in bangladesh, and i saw firsthand the effects of the flooding, the droughts and the cyclones and the fact that the poorest people in the country were being affected. what more can my right honorable friend to help bangladesh which could disappear if the sea level -- >> more than 30 million people in bangladesh could be affected by rises in sea levels. this is one of the reasons why my right honorable friend the prime minister and the secretary of state for international development are continuing to press for further climate finance to be made available to help developing countries like bangladesh. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to acting sergeant john amer from first battalion. we owe him a huge debt of gratitude as we plan a way forward in afghanistan, this loss in afghanistan reminds us of the risks and dangers our f

we look forward to successful negotiations in copenhagen and i hope that despite droughts expressed about some parts of the opposition that there will be all-party support for that deal. >> ms. ann macintosh. >> in july, 2007, the prime minister promised no local authority would be out-of-pocket in recovering from the summer floods. collectively they had a shortfall of 50 million pounds. what promise will he give the people that they will similarly not face a shortfall in the recovery from the floods this year? >> mr. speaker, i understand from the secretary who is with me on the bench that 100% of the cleanup costs were made available but i also understand the environment agency and the local district council have developed proposals for a flood defense scheme and are working out proposals to secure funding for that scheme. i have to say investment in flood management is higher than ever. we saw the benefits of it in carlisle and in surrounding areas as a result of flood defense investment and the grants that we are making to the environment agency to tackle flooding have increased from

as you move forward, will examine the lessons of the copenhagen conference. -- the copenhagen conferenceer how to streamline the process. we will also look at how to encompass the full context of climate change and negotiations substantially and institutionally. starting next year kauai will establish a high level panel on climate change to strategically address such issues. while i am satisfied that we sealed a deal, i am aware that the outcome of the copenhagen conference, including the copenhagen accord, did not go as far as many would have hoped. nonetheless, it represents an essential beginning. but we have taken an important step in the right direction. thank you very much. >> your assessment of the conference is quite different from many who have said it was a failure. they called it a disaster. i would like to ask two questions. the british prime minister has said that the conference was hijacked by a number of countries -- of countries. how you respond to that? secondly, a number of countries have said that it was a massive blow to the u.n. framework and that it became clear tha

after copenhagen, at happened and what's next? d the start of a week long seriesecounting the challenges facg the washington d.c. hools. that follows the otherews of thday from hari sreevasan in our news ro. >> sreenivasan: go evening. ch of the east coast struggled backo life today after weekend blzard ralyzed state after state with rord snow. thousands students and teachers stayed ho from schoolnd the storm was bled for seven deaths. newshour correondent kwame holman has our report. >> reporter: millionof pele from the mid atlantic to new england snt this first ofcial day of winter struggling to dig ou the onslght began friday night and coinued in some ples for 24 hours non-stop. the shington d.c. region was buried under nearly two feet of snow, fcing federal agencies to cle today. and everywhere commuters had to brave icy roads a slick sidewalks this morng. those who opted for blic transportati ran into delays in bus, commuter rail and subway service in several majocities. eay holiday travelers were left struggling to salvage f

a deadlock at the climate talks in copenhagen. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, hundreds of protesters tried to disrupt the conference. >> lehrer: we'll get the latest from ray suarez at the summit. >> suarez: another day of negotiations here have still failed to produce a text world leaders can embrace here, but the u.n. secretary general told the "newshour," he still believes agreement is possible. i'll have a report. >> brown: there were some steps forward today, including pledges to protect rainforests. we'll see how that could play out in the amazon. >> lehrer: then, a performance review for federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. economist james galbraith and former fed vice chair alice rivlin debate his record. >> brown: and the relevance in our time of john maynard keynes: "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman has a somewhat off-beat explanation. ♪ my general theory made quite an impression i transformed the econ profession, you know me, modesty say it loud and say it clear, we're all keynesians now. >> lehrer: that's al

i urge countries to ensure that copenhagen -- a cop and -- the copenhagen on becomes fully operational urge all governments to formally sign on to the copenhagen accord with their support through the united nations. the more momentum we can build, [unintelligible] the benchmarks for success that i had laid down at the september 2009 meeting here at u.n. headquarters. admittedly, they do not yet met the scientific bottom line to achieve above a pre-industry level. but without commitments in the copenhagen accord, we could face the real prospect of temperature rises of up to six degrees celsius. during the coming month i will continue my words with world leaders to increase their level of ambition. i've urged all to implement their commitments as soon as possible. i will encourage them to directly engaged into a legally binding treaty in 2010. their hands on its investment would help to seal the deal in copenhagen. they not only appreciate the a importance of protecting climate change but that they are prepared to back. it is also notable that the country's that had previously stayed on

and we're hoping tcome out of copenhagen with an aeement that is vefiable. in oth words, an agreement on which wean all have assurance at countries are meeting the domestic goals thathey set for themselves. anthe president's going to talk to his fellow headsf state to seef we can achieve at. >> lehrer: what if you c't? >> wel look, we're going to pursue our goa regardless. we are committed to king that transion to a clean energy economy. but it wou be... and we will pursuen the futurelobal agreements but this is an oppornity to try and get this done d we're hopel that other countries, including china, will just as committed toetting it done. lehrer: has the president had direct contact with the chinese leadship going into penhagen about this? well, you know, jim, he's talk about this with the chinese leadership seval times over the course of this year secretary clinn is in copenhagen now. she met with the chinese pmier today. d the president will be meeting th him tomorrow and we hope that we canet... we made some progress in ourrevious talks. we havto get o

here in copenhagen, there is no room for conformism.ould assume more ambitious targets of reducing emissions that will be new historical levels. the reduction should be 25%-40% in 2020 and not compared to 1990. if we compare to the truly ambitious, we should seek the threshold of 40%. i would like to speak very clearly and frankly to all of you. this conference is not a game. where you can hide cards in your sleeves for i. if we wait that our partners are placing their bets, it will be too late. we will all be losers. my dear friends, the preservation of the kyoto protocol is absolutely necessary so that the international regimes can be rigorous. it cannot be replaced by tools that are less demanding. the developed countries should ticket -- >> the brazilian president from yesterday. watch all of that online at c- span.org. president obama has finished up his remarks to the group this morning. this runs about 10 minutes. >> it is an honor for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. we come here in c

on saturday morning in copenhagen, in fact, i had a press conference, in copenhagen.day i am pleased to answer some questions you may have. last time i did not have much time to answer questions. i have also a council briefing at 10:00 on very important african issues. the conference was a success. among the conference citizens, the copenhagen court marks a significant step for. it commits countries -- to 2 degrees celsius. it also says that they will examine the agreement in 2015. i understand that the ipcc will try tomç release the fifth assessment report in 2014. w3the accord includes mediation targets by developing countries( and midterm mediation actions by developing countries. again, this is an advance. third, countries have agreed on the importance of acting to reduce the emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. this means that we have finally brought the source ofçó nearly 5 of global emissions into the emerging climate regime. çt(the court agrees to provide comprehensive support to the most vulnerable to global climate change. it is backed by m

. >> brown: also tonight: after copenhagen, ray suarez looks at the debate over global warming's impact on public health. >> this for us is more than an environmental issue, it's more than a debate about targets or about how much it is going to cost. it is a debate about basically saving people's lives. >> woodruff: then, an update on yemen, where air strikes hit al qaeda militants today, including a radical cleric linked to the fort hood shootings. >> brown: and another look at one of john merrow's reports chronicling plans to reform public schools in washington, d.c. tonight, the debate over how to improve teaching standards. >> it's a terrible thing to say but ha of this past year ought -- half the staff here ought not be. they just don't fit into what we are doing here. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron inve

there is a lot of work to do at copenhagen. i feel that he was to get a most ambitious agreement as possible, and i am grateful for the support he will give us. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister referred to pakistan. he knows the great sacrifices being made by the civilian population and the military in pakistan. did he discuss with president karzai the importance of effective cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan, particularly in combating extremism in the areas on both sides? >> prime minister. my honorable friend, as you all know, we wish to work with the pakistan equipment not simply to work with the problem of the pakistan taliban as we have done with the small territory, but we want to work with them to work with whether those areas where there are problems also with the afghan taliban in pakistan. so we want to see the maximum cooperation between president karzai and the pakistani authorities including president zardai and of course prime minister galadi. we want to see more effective corporations. in the end we

lehrer: this is make-or-bre week for negotiars at the clate summit in copenhagen. rasuarez is there, reporting for e newshour, the word from him tonight is that efforts craft a deal areoving very owly. >> srez: it was one more demonstration of howough it will be get agreement in copenhagen. a 1997 treaty, the kyo otocol, threw the 2009 talks into temporary disarray. >> suarez: a bloc of developg nations, led bafrican counies, walked out. they said deloped nations had done too little to cut greenhouse gases, under oto. lumua diaping of sudan heads the 135-nation blo >> we are not afraid. we know that the develed untries have made that decision that they wouldant to kill the kyoto protocol inrder to change the lance of obligations between develong countries and developed countries and thats absolutely unacceptable. >> suarez: the prost had the supporof china, the world's largest emitter ofreenhouse gas. the developing nations a oking to extend kyoto and wo out a new deal f poorer countries. developed countries wanto fold the 1997 agreement io a new, overarching frame

as they go to copenhagen? you've heard the announcements everyone's heard the targets that both countries have recently adopted but i think it is important to note that china's new carbon intensity announcement is significant not only because of the actual number of the target but because of the national monitoring framework that will acompany it at domestic level. china has already announced that it will establish a national a greenhouse gas database management system and we expect this to follow in essence the framework that it's already developed over the last five year plan for monitoring, reporting and verifying its progress in meeting its energy intensity target. this includes things like in september 2008 the establishment of a national bureau of energy statistic. a department of energy statistics. within the national bureau of statistics. which is creating a nationwide system for monitoring and verifying its energy statistics and determining compliance with the very important target and that is not jus

climate change conference in copenhagen. later, the director of nasa's goddard institute for space to the talks about his research in a new book on climate change. "washington journal"is next. . host: portion lent to panics actually showing a slight profit according to a new treasury report. the new assessment of the $700 billion bail out program provided by two treasury officials on sunday. ahead of a report to congress on monday, is vastly improved from the obama administrations estimates last summer of of $341 billion. smaller, larger of bail out. republicans? (202) 737-0001. democrats? (202) 737-0002. independents? (202) 628-0205. they write the officials said the government could ultimately lose 100 billion from the bail out program and new loans to banks and trade to homeowners and credit to small business. still it would lower the deficit forecast for this year which began in october to the 1 point 3 trillion from 1.5 trillion. report could camp down some of the both parties over the bail out. congressional leaders ar

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it's not that because of the kyoto, copenhagen will fail.kyoto deal for the same reasons that copenhagen will fail. kyoto is not shaping the ferry of copenhagen. >> you will like this question because this is part of what to do. if an outcome can be predicted, cannot knowledge or awareness be used or result in change that brings about a different outcome? how can game theory be used for positive change, or can it speak is a wonderful question. of course he can no question that i would not be doing this. so if you think about a policy problem, and i will illustrate this with iran. if you think about a policy problem, there are basically a few things that one can do. one can take a more moderate position than people anticipate, or a harder line position than people anticipate. one can take a united position or a divided position. a good cop bad cop that one can pay less attention to the issue and expected over the level that was expected. went to chill more flex builder or more resolve. and what we can do is simulate what happens if we are mor

climate change summit in copenhagen, denmark, began. the work of the summit is supported in large part by the research developed by the intergovernmental panel on climate change or the ipcc. this panel is responsible for assessing the state of scientific knowledge related to climate change and reporting its findings to the convention. and it is not a stretch to say that policymakers in the united states and many other countries rely upon and use the data compiled by the ipcc as a basis for making predictions on future climate predictions and setting policy to limit potential causes of climate change. the emails that are most recently from the university call into question the accuracy of the ipcc data. there is evidence that researchers suppress science and data that did not conform to their preferred outcomes. i'd like to read from one of the emails that was discovered. i can't see either of these papers being in the next ipcc report. kevin and i will keep them out somehow. even if we have to redefine what the peer review literature is

agreement in copenhagen would not be possible. mr.president, and bali agreed to launch a comprehensive process to enable the full effective and sustained implementation of the convention through long-term cooperative action now up to and beyond 2012. in order to reach an agreed outcome and adopt a decision at the 15th session of the conference of parties. mr. chairman , we have now reached the 15th session and the global 77 and china is ready to fulfill this mandate. however, the groups' intensive efforts to engage constructively in this process was seriou$ay hampered by a complicated, multilayered process of consultations imposed on us at the beginning of this second week of this session. mr. chairman , while we try to understand this exercise, which we suppose was meant to generate to arrive at the meaningful conclusion at this conference we feel that there is lack of transparency in the way that -- were being made to hold these high level consultations and i dentification, left much to be desired. many of the 77 delegations and chi

we will continue to press for a just and fair settlement in copenhagen. we will talk to all parties about what we can do together. we have led the way on debt relief. we have led the way in economic cooperation. we are leading the way in climate change. that is something that they could never never do. >> i like to thank the prime minister for his statement and i've would like to add my expression of gratitude to the armed forces serving bravely and selflessly in afghanistan. with families across the country prepare to come together, like a tribute to the family at and friends for the enormous sacrifices they are also making for this war. i am grateful for the prime minister's detailed statement. i would just like to seek clarity on two points. firstly color could he clarify what he believes to be a big gold with china, russia and iran? i was not quite sure if he said any or all three of those nations would be represented at the london conference or not. if not, could you provide some detail how he may be engaging with all three of them to help stabilize

here in copenhagen, there is no room for conformity.ssume more ambitious targets for reducing emissions that will be at a level that they carry and the challenge we face. the reduction should be to 25 to 40% in 2020 in comparison to 1990. if we wanted to be truly ambitious, we should have actually sought 40%. i would like to speak clearly and frankly to all of you. this conference is not a game. where you can hide cards on your sleeves. if we just wait that our partners are placing our beds, we can discover this will be too late. we will all be losers. my dear friends, the preservation of the kyoto protocol is absolutely necessary so that the international regime could keep its rigors. it cannot be replaced by [unintelligible] tools that are less demanding. developed countries should take it as a reference to defined targets for deep cuts in emissions. this is the essence of the concept of comparison of the body action plan. the developing countries should give their contribution to the global effort towards mitigation. many are deepeni

host: what is your focus in copenhagen? guest: am very pleased that the major economies, including the developed economies and the developing ones india and china, have declared but there rendition through 2020 can be. and there is a graph -- and there are aggressive levels through 2015. -- 2050 . >> which come -- countries have you watched -- a host: which countries have you watched most closely? guest: president obama has been set out in -- and ambitious, but reasonably achievable set of goals. i want to see our friends in europe to say we can work with that. then when it comes to china and india and in the other emerging economies, whose emissions already exceed those of the duo of the world, i want to see them carrying out programs that have enforceability and accountability internationally. if they are committing to more domestic accountability, that can be trained -- translated into an internationally controlled much ring system, then i can see numbers for progress. host: the phone numbers are on the screen. james con

there is a lot of work to do at copenhagen.eel that he was to get a most ambitious agreement as possible, and i am grateful for the support he will give us. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister referred to pakistan. he knows the great sacrifices being made by the civilian population and the military in pakistan. did he discuss with president karzai the importance of effective cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan, particularly in combating extremism in the areas on both sides? >> prime minister. my honorable friend, as you all know, we wish to work with the pakistan equipment not simply to work with the problem of the pakistan taliban as we have done with the small territory, but we want to work with them to work with whether those areas where there are problems also with the afghan taliban in pakistan. so we want to see the maximum cooperation between president karzai and the pakistani authorities including president zardai and of course prime minister galadi. we want to see more effective corporations. in the end we want

and the world at the climate talks in copenhagen. judy woodruff reports. >> lehrer: alleged terrorist david coleman headley was arraigned in federal court in chicago. we'll go to sebastian rotella of the "los angeles times" for the details. >> ifill: our series on the nation's economy continues-- ray suarez reports on some of the challenges facing tractor country. >> i thought i could weather the storm but i've had enough, you know. i've done enough bleeding that i want to quit before i'm bled out. >> ifill: that's "patchwork nation," tonight from sioux city, iowa. >> lehrer: and pianist richard glazier: keeping the gershwins' music alive. >> to the younger generation, they're discovering something completely new. and music and song that are e mortal and timely that will live for generations to come. >> lehrer: that's all coming on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoin

here in copenhagen there's no room for conformism.ous targets of reducing emissions that will be at the level -- that they carry. according to the ipcc, the reduction should be back to the levels of 1990 in 2020. if we want to be truly ambitious, we should actually seek the threshold of 40%. now, i don't -- would like to speak very clearly to you. this conference is not a game where you can hide cards on your sleeves if we just wait that our partners are placing their bets. we can dfer that they're placing their bets. we will all be losers. my dear friends, the preservation of the kyoto protocol is absolutely necessary so that the international regime could keep its rigors. it cannot be replaced by tools that are less demanding. the developed countries should take it as a reference to define targets to -- for deep cuts in emissions. this is the essence of the concept of comparison of the action plan. the development countries should give their contribution to the global effort towards mitigation. many are deepening their action even i

guest: we are also talking about copenhagen.ng people up to speed on what the cap and trade bill does. the looking closer at some provisions about the health care bill that will be in there, regardless. for example, requiring fast-food chains to level the calorie count on the menus. so you realize how many calories you're getting with the hopes it will spur you to get a different, healthier choice. host: you mentioned reporters are working on this to create the website and get out content. you are taking is from the capitol. where else? guest: we're strictly focused on congress. there is a much going on up there on the hill. there are some bills. it is so confusing to read yourself. we thought this would be helpful resources. it gives more information on how the bill's work. there are enough places on the internet to find out who is angry with nancy pelosi this week. we stay away from politics and try to tell you more about policies that will affect your life. host: our readers hungry for that? guest: yes, many e-mail's are from

climate change summit in copenhagen, denmark. it came as street protests began, and police rounded up dozens of demonstrators. we have a report from julian rush of independent television news. >> reporter: the arrests >> reporter: this was the first confrontation between police and demonstrators. the danes have stepped up security at their borders and are expecting more to arrive next week when the world's leaders come here. the talks themselves though made a step forward, with the release of a draft for the agreement those leaders are expecting to sign next week. but it is far from complete: on the two key issues of emissions cuts by rich countries and financial help for the poor, there's either blank spaces or options left to be decided later. >> it is very urgent and we keep our eyes on the prize which is the -- and proper finance for developing countries and a proper verification leading to illegal treaty. >> reporter: the choices in the draft mean a final agreement could be ambitious or very weak. so it says the world should

>> we meet in a week when a big set of decisions has to be made at copenhagen. i know that there is all-party support for our desire to get the best possible agreement at copenhagen that could lead to substantial reductions in carbon. we have said as europe and as britain that we will lead the way in making substantial reductions in carbon. i have to tell him that that will happen only if we have a balanced energy policy, and only if we are able to tackle the issue of renewables. yes, we need nuclear power as part of our energy policy -- i am sorry that the opposition say that for them it is only a last resort -- but we also need wind power as part of the renewables that we are going to create in the future. we need not just offshore wind power but onshore wind power, and i am sorry that applications are being turned down by conservative authorities, where we want to get wind power and wind turbines in our country. i am afraid the conservative policy on energy is all talk and no action. it's all wind and no turbine. >> [laughter] >> order. before honorable membe