delegation went to copenhagen with one rule in mind. want to do anything that turned possible yes votes into no boats. they certainly achieved that. second of all, they knew that they had to provide some answers to those who were concerned that china would not do anything and if it promised we could never verify it. there had to be a verification system. the verification system that is proposed in the declaration that china agreed to is the unprecedented. you need to understand that this is different than weapons of mass destruction. people tend to think about verification as hans blix with a column of blue painted as to the's racing across the iraq the desert looking for the smoking gun. but what we are talking about here is the way an entire economy works, so the data that is needed is not specific data about a particular facility but broad scale data about the performance of ben entire county, tax information, energy consumption information, policies and whether they are being implemented. countries are required to provide that back

and culminated in copenhagen. there is a very brief 12 hour head of state negotiations up the first negotiation the formal one failed. level talk about that more in a moment but i would give you some background to what is happening there. every discussion of international climate change negotiation over the past decade has taken place in the context of the kyoto protocol. and the assumptions created by the kyoto protocol that industrialized nations have the obligation to reduce pollution and decisions of how to proceed on pollution reduction would be taken in five-year increments called commitment point* this second point* is what was under discussion at copenhagen. and the international agreement would have an elaborate legal structure with which commitments would be carried out. certainly over the last two years there have been very strong assertions that that would be the frame for the discussion. remember coming out of bali two years ago? united states was shot down in developing countries continue to insist t

and i think you -- earlier today we heard that probably obama will go to copenhagen with a statement that comes from individual states that have made commitments. >> [inaudible] >> well, 350 parts per million is what the scientists have said is a sustainable amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, parts per million. we are already at 387. so it's a, it's a big reduction that we have to get to. >> i guess we do have one more over here. >> thank you again for being here. i know that time is short, but can you give us a few other specific examples of what interfaith power and light and the web site have as resources for faith communities to help us discern and share information and then act? >> thank you for that. yes. on www.the regeneration project.org is a map of the united states, and you click on your state, and you can go to the different state programs. and the resources on all the state programs are available to anyone that goes to the web site. if your congregation joins interfaith power and light here in colorado, you will have says to something -- access to something call

and culminated in copenhagen.and there was a very brief 12 hour head of state negotiation that took place at the end of the copenhagen meeting. the first negotiation, the formal one failed. the second one, while i will talk about that a little more in a moment, but i want to give you some background to understand what's happening there. every discussion of international climate change negotiations over the past decade has taken place in the context of the kyoto protocol. and the assumptions created by the kyoto protocol that industrialized nations had obligation to reduce pollution, developing countries did not and was paid to do so, that decisions about how to proceed would be taken in a five year increments, so-called commitments to retrieve a second commitment period was what was under discussion at copenhagen. and that the international agreement will provide an elaborate legal structure of compliance within which reduction commitments would be carried out. and certainly over the last two years, there have bee

climate change summit in copenhagen.lthough no formal treaty was made there, the president pledged the u.s. would make significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. charles, what about copenhagen. >> it was a failure, a bad one. obama was saved by the timing because the senate started the process in which health care was passed and try and overshadow the news of copenhagen. he achieved nothing in copenhagen after he went and risked prestige on that. the bottom line, the members who are in the-- in copenhagen, all countries who voted at the end, on the agreement that obama had reached with a few of the larger countries, who voted to note the agreement, which is you know, it's not even approved, it's not even to say favor to note, which is a negative. the lesson here is that if you try to do something large using the u.n. apparatus, where all 190 countries are involved, you will get absolutely nowhere. i hope obama has learned that. >> bret: coming up, we'll take a look at what you can expect this year from the panel. he a

hihis back in the news with copenhagen. that is al gore. he has the distinctive shape to his head that kind of goes one line like this and then the other line like this. that is where you start with outboard. -- that is where you start with al gore. he has the years. he has the use of spock from of a " star trek -- from "star trek." he hasn't elvis-like smell of that goes like this. -- he has an elvis-like mouth that goes like this. he lost the 2000 election because of florida. i'm telling you that is not it. he lost the election because he has the eyes of death. that is al gore for you. what you think? am i right? [laughter] am i right? [applause] right. so we will sign this one here. there you go for you. let's draw another character with a distinctive face. john kerry -- long faced by. his face starts to appear and it is a long face, long phase, long face. look at that, look at that. no. ok, this is better. it goes up like this and like this and his nose is like this and his hair is like this and there's hair and his use come here like t

hihis back in the news with copenhagen. that is al gore. he has the distinctive shape to his head that kind of goes one line like this and then the other line like this. that is where you start with outboard. -- that is where you start with al gore. he has the years. he has the use of spock from of a " star trek -- from "star trek." he hasn't elvis-like smell of that goes like this. -- he has an elvis-like mouth that goes like this. he lost the 2000 election because of florida. i'm telling you that is not it. he lost the election because he has the eyes of death. that is al gore for you. what you think? am i right? [laughter] am i right? [applause] right. so we will sign this one here. there you go for you. let's draw another character with a distinctive face. john kerry -- long faced by. his face starts to appear and it is a long face, long phase, long face. look at that, look at that. no. ok, this is better. it goes up like this and like this and his nose is like this and his hair is like this and there's hair and his use come here like t

we're trying to come up with some follow-on actions to the copenhagen meeting. it was not obviously what people had hoped for, but it did give us a starting point to make the case that we have to make. and transferring and mitigating and technology are all part of that. . two questions come to mind. the amounts are daunting. 100 billion a year a decade later. then there's current development assistance. what is the process for making that assistance truly additional so it does not rob peter to pay paul? also, what are your plans for implementation within the u.s. government? would this be within usaid? how would it be a coordinated? >> some will be through usaid and the state department. some will be through the contributions to multilateral institutions like the world back. we are just beginning to look at how best to deliver on this commitment. it is a fair question, fred. how much is additive and how much is out of the current budget. we don't know that yet because we don't know what congress will do. we believe this is a critical point. we would hope that wi

copenhagen. come on! that's pretty far. doc, look who's in town. ellen! copenhagen? cool, right?n. but still seeing patients. oh. [ whispering ] workaholic. i heard that. she said it. i... [ female announcer ] the new office. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. >> larry: may. >> larry: maria joins us here in los angeles she was in haiti last year. what took you there? >> i went to haiti with my friend, paul hagas. he is an amazing human being, and he has been working in haiti for the last 22 years. we saw the incredible pediatric hospital that he built, a hospital for disabled children, 20 street schools in the slums, orphanages, and free medical clinics. he brings the only free drinking water to the slums. >> larry: was it your first trip there? >> yes. >> larry: were you impressed? >> i have never in my life seen such dire poverty. but in the mist of the poverty, the haitian people have so much joy and resilience, and beautiful, beautiful spirits. >> larry: when you heard about the earthquake, you must have been whacked out? >> it was devastating. i spoke to

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copenhagen. come on! that's pretty far. doc, look who's in town. ellen! copenhagen? cool, right?till seeing patients. oh. [ whispering ] workaholic. i heard that. she said it. i... [ female announcer ] the new office. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. >> larry: welcome back to "stories from haiti." the need for food, water and medicine created a desperate situation in haiti. there were legitimate fears about safety and security that saw people in difficult and dangerous spots. tonight, karl penhaul witnessed a desperate act that had deadly consequences. we warn you, some of the images in this report are disturbing. karl? >> yeah, indeed, larry. we were driving just beyond the airport this -- this day, and as we drove by, we saw, or we heard, a single shot ring out. that got our attention. we looked across and at that point, we saw two haitian police officers holding two detained young men. and at that point as we spotted them, more shots rang out and we saw those police officers shoot the young detainees at point blank range in the process of stopping the ca

given the somewhat disappointing finish to the copenhagen conference, what action can my right honorable friend tell us he'll be taking in order to keep the momentum up on this absolutely vital task of tackling climate change? >> mr. speaker, for the first time the world was able to agree that we should not have a climate change policy that didn't address the problems of rising temperatures. and the 2% limit was agreed by all countries. we also have agreement that countries will notify us what they will do by 2020 and what they will do by january 1st. we are obviously pressing for countries to be in a position where they can reduce the number of gigatons in carbon and greenhouse emissions from the mid-50s to the mid-40s but we have not yet got the international treaty that we need and we have not yet got the announcement from all countries that they support the 50% reduction by 2050. that is what is the work to still be done and i agree with her we must all talk to those countries that were reluctant to come in to these talks with the view of getting a treaty to persuade them that a trea

>> through berlin to copenhagen. it was in copenhagen on our flight to the u.s. that we saw the extra security. it was only the flights going to the u.s. as far as i could see that were getting the extra screening. >> schieffer: cheap reed, vice president cheney has been leading the republican attack. he said that the president simply is pretending that we're not at war with al qaeda. isn't the president going to really have to step out and take some decisive action here if for no other reason than just to counter this kind of criticism from the other side? >> well, you talk to them and they believe he already has. with the two statements that he gave and then the address that he gave yesterday, but, you know, the criticism diana and i think the reason it resonate s is because he becomes across a bit detached and cerebral when he makes these statements. when he finally did express frustration and maybe a little anger it wasn't so much towards the terrorists. it was toward the people who didn't stop them. so, you know, is there going to be the kind of change in to

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copenhagen. come on! that's pretty far. doc, look who's in town. ellen! copenhagen? cool, right? vacation. but still seeing patients. oh. [ whispering ] workaholic. i heard that. she said it. i... [ female announcer ] the new office. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. >> larry: by the way, our fund-raising efforts continue on behalf of the people of haiti. we're hoping to auction off the michael jackson opus on our website. go to bid. last time i looked, it was up to $19,000. let's go to port-au-prince. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn's chief medical correspondent, practicing neurosurgeon. a lot of focus from outside haiti. i understand that you reported about a hospital being operated by a pair of haitian twins. what's that all about? >> yeah, you know, i think there's an assumption that most of the aid is coming from outside, but in fact, a lot of the haitian doctors who were there beforehand, they stayed. in fact, they stayed open for business even as the earthquake -- just as soon as the earthquake ended. so this particular practice is run by two brothers. they are

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. >> given the somewhat disappointing finish to the copenhagen conference, what action will my righthonorable friend be taking in order to keep up the momentum on this absolutely vital task of tackling climate change? >> for the first time, the world was able to agree that we should not have a climate change policy that did not address the problems of rising temperatures, and the 2% limit was agreed by all countries. we also have agreement that countries will notify what they will do by 2020, and they have got to do so by january 31. we are obviously pressing for countries to be in a position where they can reduce the amount of gigatonnes in carbon and greenhouse gas emissions from about the mid-50's in 2020 to the mid-40's. there has been greater transparency achieved, with every country agreeing to report what it is doing, but we have not yet got the international treaty that we need, and we have not yet got the announcement from all countries that they support the 50% reduction by 2050. that is work that is still to be done. i agree with my honorable friend that we must now talk t

there is the copenhagen accord. people are wondering what this is. there is an agreement but it is not legally binding. >> it is important. an important step forward. it certainly is not all we were seeking. it is not yet a legally binding accord. that is where we hope this will eventually go. there are some important steps forward. all of the countries are recognizing this is a problem. we had a big battle until very recently. they were denying that had anything to do about their emissions. we have been asking about this for about four years. everybody is now incorrect i think the objectives are not going to satisfy all of the environmental groups. if countries hole to these objectives, they will make meaningful progress. >> canada was getting beating ten up about this. >> these are the environmental groups that have always attacked our governments and others and they are unhappy with the accords. governments have to balance progress with growth. these are not easy questions. we have a position that is held, but all countries that attended the copen

the chances are we won't -- there won't be coming out of copenhagen a massive intention to stop global warming. meanwhile, talking about it but it's not going to happen easily or quickly. so while we are looking eyecare is not necessarily the elimination of human race. but we're still looking at the elimination of the polar bear. this is the cover of newsweek. the polar god itself with a lot of effort and with a lot of congregationalists. got himself a twist in agony endangered species, which means you cannot shoot them in the united states. people can shoot them in canada and in russia and england, but you can shoot them in america. you can't bring the carcass of the polar bear you shot them roust into the united states. i met someone in the united states was on this this very trip that i'm about to tell you about. we were on the ship in the background called cappy time and those of you who side with an russian icebreaker strand in the antarctic a couple of weeks ago was the sister ship of this one. and it looks very much like this. it looks like somebody said that a block of flats on

copenhagen. come on! that's pretty far. doc, look who's in town. ellen! copenhagen? cool, right?n. but still seeing patients. oh. [ whispering ] workaholic. i heard that. she said it. i... [ female announcer ] the new office. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. >> larry: sheriff alderden held several news conferences as the balloon boy case unfolded back in october. but not everything he said to the media was totally accurate. and then he knew it. we've got two clips. the first october 16th, the day after the incident. the second the 18th, the day the sheriff declared it had all been a hoax. watch. >> we were convinced yesterday after talking to the parents and having investigators on scene during the duration of this event that the parents were being honest with us. >> it's not a criminal offense to perhaps lie to them to get them in here or establish a relationship to get them in here. i personally have to say, i feel very bad, and i think we came up and bumped against the line of misleading the media. and boy, that is something i really take to heart that w

in some ways, i think obama at the copenhagen conference really showed himself performing in a much moressful situation where he took a conference that was falling apart and he mastered the dynamics. he got off the script and he really made some positive steps forward. but i agree, the white house had a little bit of a "deer in the headlines of an oncoming truck" for maybe 36 hours after this. and my guess is the next time something like this happens , it's a very disciplined white house, they'll do a better job. >> lehrer: do you think too much has been made of this? is that what you're suggesting? >> well, i would say you've got to look at it in context. it's a missed opportunity. it's a mimistake. if it happens again on something like this, then i think you have to ask some questions, why aren't they learning? but if you look at this whole first year of the white house in foreign policy-- sure, there have been some mistakes-- but on the whole this has been a much smoother first year for the operation of foreign policy than, say, the clinton administration was or the bugs -- bush admin

, not being perfect, but you know, some positive results coming out of copenhagen, there's a shot, but it's going to be tough. no question. yes? >> i'm actually really interested in this study that you used as a tool in getting the smoking on airlines amendment through. how do you go about commissioning such a study, how much does it cost, what is the time frame you allow for that in your strategy and how is that affected by the political environment, being in as much flux as it is today? >> well, we were fortunate in the case of the national academy of sciences study, because that just came out. i mean, we didn't commission it, they were doing a study on that issue anyway, and i think -- i mean, there are lots of examples in climate change of studies that are done by, pretty objective groups that point out some of the scientific concerns about climate change, so i think, you know, scientific studies, it definitely got more cynical over the years on that whole issue, because you know, there are lots of groups out there that have sort of, you know, kind of vague sounding names that are

. >> like the commit in the copenhagen we'd spend hundreds of billions to help the developing world reduce carbon. the democrats want to spend money in the usa. they are spending money there. stuff like this i think is absolutely marginal for the congressional democrats. >> and goes with the decision to try the 9/11 terrorist in new york. political decisions to make to throw bones to the left. >> paul: big white house, special counsel that attorney genre rick holder appointed to look into whether the c.i.a. and bush administration officials should be indicted for the anti-terror policies. the he indicts, recommending indicting those, you will see a firestorm. >> paul: there is a good chance that he will make that recommendation. >> >> all right. we have to take one more break. when we come back, big events to shape 2010 and beyond. the panel's predictions are next. next. o >> paul: time now for our new year's predictions and it's on tape. so we're going to hold you to them, all right? play them next year. all right, dan. >> my prediction flows out of all the anxiety we've been pumping out

and the first place to look, naturally, is copenhagen.ith the accord in place at the climate talks, world leaders

compensation third world countries will get, which became a very critical issue in the discussions in copenhagen >> abernethy: let me move to another point, kim especially. there is an investigation going on, or a review, or whatever is the right term for it, of catholic nuns in this country by the vatican. where is that going? and when will we know what comes of it? >> the vatican says that it wants to looknto the quality of life for u.s. sisters. that has created a huge amount of consternation here in the u.s., as there are questionnaires that have been sent to different communities of sisters with a lot of questions. many of them feel like, we're not going to answer some of these. so that's going to be moving forward throughout this year, as that sort of give-and-take moves forward. do they answer these questions? what do they say? how do they say it? what's really behd all of these questions in the first place? that's what a lot of people, not just among nuns but across the cathic community, want to know: what's really behind this study, this investigation? >> there's a great danger here. i

. >> it's like the commitment that obama made in copenhagen we're going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help the developing world reduce carbon. the democrats want to spend the money in the old u.s. of a and they're spending money there and stuff like this is going to be marginal for congressional democrats. >> and also the decision to try the 9/11 terrorists in new york, these are political decisions that obama's making to throw bones to his left wing. >> paul: and a big wild card this year, the special counsel, that attorney general eric holder appoint today look into whether the cia and bush administration officials should be indicted for their anti-terror policies. if he indicts, recommending indicting some of those you're going to see a firestorm. >> there's a good chance he'll make that recommendation. >> paul: all right, dorothy. we have to take one more break and when we come back the big events that will shape 2010 and beyond. our panel's predictions are next. @ >> time now for our new year's predictions and it's on tape, so we're going to hold you to them, all

for me one of the lessons of copenhagen was that madeleine albright's phrase still holds.e are an indispensable nation. we do not get a lot done, but nothing happens on some of these global issues. i think for example in asia we tend to -- i thought the coverage of obama's relations with asia was terrible in that how little coverage there was to the fact that right after he came back from asia, the prime minister of india came to the white house for a state visit, and obama actually is effectively in searching the united states into asian politics -- in searching the united states into asian politics or recognizing the degree to which they turn to the united states for leverage and balance. i think we're seeing a continuation of bush -- a shift of the center of gravity in american foreign policy away from europe and with other parts of the world, and if the 20th century was the century of the of land in world politics, the 21st century looks like the pacific with may be the indian -- century of the atlantic in world politics, the 21st century looks like the pacific with ma

hihis back in the news with copenhagen. that is al gore. has the distinctive shape to his head that kind of goes one line like this and then the other line like this. that is where you start with outboard. -- that is where you start with al gore. he has the years. he has the use of spock from of a " star trek -- from "star trek." he hasn't elvis-like smell of that goes like this. -- he has an elvis-like mouth that goes like this. he lost the 2000 election because of florida. i'm telling you that is not it. he lost the election because he has the eyes of death. that is al gore for you. what you think? am i right? [laughter] am i right? [applause] right. so we will sign this one here. there you go for you. let's draw another character with a distinctive face. john kerry -- long faced by. his face starts to appear and it is a long face, long phase, long face. look at that, look at that. no. ok, this is better. it goes up like this and like this and his nose is like this and his hair is like this and there's hair and his use come here like this

it is the tentative accord that was reached in copenhagen.here was a commitment to provide $30 billion over the next three years that industrialized nations would provide. europe would give a small part of that, the european union and japan would provide the bulk of that. and that is something where the u.s. is counting on passing a kind of climate bill that would allow private carbon market to generate a lot of it. it is a huge financial commitment and something to stir up a lot of domestic debate here in the coming year. host: the next call comes from louisiana on the line for independents. caller: happy new year to the all of you. i would like to make a statement. the one is about the subject at hand and then i would like to make a statement about the most defining moment. in this a little speech that obama gave i counted no less than six lies there. this climate change professional you are supposed to have on here, this global warming think -- if it is true then you can please explain to us why it in the middle ages the temperature of the

i thought i was going to town to get a bottle of water and a can of copenhagen and walked off the end of the boat one night. and it was -- and then the next morning i woke up and thought a guy was bringing me a cup of coffee and a biscuit. kurt looked like me like, oh, no, he lost his mind. it wasn't but 20 minutes later he had fell asleep again. it was early that morning. and he woke up and just gave me a ringing like you wouldn't believe, mad at me because me and tressell ate up all the pizza the pizza delivery guy brought us the night before. i told him i don't know where you're at. >> at this point, kurt, it sounds like you're -- you're probably thinking what's going on here, biscuits, pizza delivery guy? >> it was a real deal. almost like you were sleep walking with your eyes open. you're looking at him and carrying on a conversation like, oh, boy, here we go. >> wow. i'm glad you guys can really have a laugh about it, we can join in as well. let's get michelle golon in on this. is that natural? is that what happens here? kind of like that movie, the tom hanks movie "castaway" wh

i thought i was going to town to get a bottle of water and a can of copenhagen and walked off the end of the boat one night. and it was, you know -- and then the next morning i woke up and thought a guy was bringing me a cup of coffee and a biscuit. kurt looked at me like, he's lost his mind. it wasn't but 20 minutes later he fell asleep again. it was early that morning. and he woke up and just gave me a ringing like you wouldn't believe. mad at me because we ate up all the pizza that the pizza delivery man brought the night before. i toad him, i don't know where you're at. >> kurt, it sound like you are the one that's trying -- you are probably thinking what's going on here. biscuits, pizza delivery guy? >> it was a weird deal. almost like you were sleep walking with your eyes open. i mean, looking at them and they are just carrying on a conversation. like, oh, boy. here we go. >> wow. i am glad you guys can really have a laugh about it. we can join in as well. let's get michelle in on this. as you hear this unfold is that natural? is that what happens here? it's kind of like that mo

we went to our own bank in copenhagen. we told them and told them we need a lot of dollar bills. >> they also insist on proof of life and demanded the crew be displayed on deck. >> they took pictures. i wasn't a pirate, but i looked like a pirate so they took pictures when they made the drop. >> this is how it happened. >> we will just cover and wait for the crew to be with you on the deck and take a final photograph. >> crammed in the capsule was the only currency the pirates will accept, brand new u.s. bills, more than $1 million worth of them. >> 100-dollar bills? >> one hundred dollar bills. >> and we had also, in order to try to facilitate the distribution of the funds," we provided a note counter. one of the electric deals the banks have. and they were being paid according to a formula. >> a formula that rifles anything on wall street. >> the suppliers get paid. >> for some reason they couldn't agree so it took them 13 hours to split the loot. and at some point they all crammed into the captain's cabin and they had a

we're trying come up with some follow up actions to the copenhagen meeting. it wasn't obviously what many people hoped for. . those amounts would swamp current development assistance. what's the prospect for making that assistance truly additional, so it doesn't rob peter to pay paul, and secondly, what are your plans for implementation within the u.s. government. would it be teleusaid, or separate? how would it be coordinated? >> some of it would be through usaid and the state department and some would be through contributions to multilateral institutions like the world bank. we are just beginning to work out how best to deliver thon commitment. it's a fair question, fred, how much of it is additive and how much of it is out of the current budget. we don't know that yet, because we don't know what the congress is going to do. we obviously believe that this is a critical point. we would hope that with the stimulus money, we will actually be competitive on some of the technology, american technology, which we would very much like to see used, because i know th

there is the copenhagen accord. people are wondering what this is. there is an agreement but it is not legally binding. >> it is important, an important step forward. it certainly is not all we were seeking. it is not yet a legally binding accord. that is where we hope this will eventually go. there are some important steps forward. all of the countries are recognizing this is a problem. we had a big battle until very recently. they were denying that had anything to do about their emissions. we have been asking about this for about four years. everybody is now incorrect i think the objectives are not going to satisfy all of the environmental groups. if countries hole to these objectives, they will make meaningful progress. >> canada was getting beaten up about this. why? >> these are the environmental groups that have always attacked our governments and others and they are unhappy with the accords. governments have to balance progress with growth. these are not easy questions. we have a position that is held, but all countries that attended the copen

heard the phrase global governance tossed about on a binding treaty to come out of the meeting in copenhagenwe have to remember this is not simply about co 2 or whether it is or is not going to cause the end of the world as we no it. it is more control for international entities and international bureaucracies over the daily lives of americans and other nations' citizens. we have to go back to find the real science behind this if anybody can find the data thrown out. the reality becomes for americans this is not in your best interest. if there are going to be determinations made about the future of energy in the united states and an environmental policy it should be done by the people of the united states through their duly elected servants in congress because if they don't like what those people do they can throw them out. >> greg: time for one question briefly. you wrote something called we the people wide awake for the newest berth of freedom. what does that mean? >> a pamphlet that we put out. it is far smaller than your book but it also has pictures. >> greg: excellent. did did you draw

the president set the stage for further cooperation with china in preparation for the copenhagen conference on climate change. he discussed exchange rates and trade, clean energy, military to military exchanges, human rights, and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. we outline the key of compliments of the visit in a joint statement issued by president obama and president hu jintao on november 17. it has been said before that in order to get china right, you have to get the region right. the united states is a vital contributor to asian security and economic prosperity. our active presence in asia helps promote regional security and stability. we intend to deepen our engagement and strengthen our leadership in the region by strengthening our commitments to allies and partners, and enhancing our involvement in regional institutions. and the secretary addressed these issues, as well as our presence in the region, in an important speech in honolulu yesterday. the president's trip to china demonstrates that fact in the region demonstrate the importance we place on east asia which remains vit

good news i've heard yet -- it's a bit of luck that there was a boat of supplies from unicef from copenhagenn its way to haiti. and it will get there tomorrow. this was obviously sent prior to the earthquake. and it is maybe our first small bit of good news. >> larry: can you do anything to help this family that's with you? >> i think i would say -- i'm about as poised as anybody else out there. right now, i think more than in any other crisis that we've seen, this situation is extraordinarily desperate. i think back on the tsunami and the relief efforts there. and at that time, given the infrastructure of those countries and that area of the world, we were able to stave off what is potentially a very devastating second wave of effects. port-au-prince is a very densely populated area, and i think we have to understand, all of us, that there is absolutely no moment to wait. funds need to come in now. >> larry: tatiana, our prayers are with you. we will stay on top of this, we will keep in constant search. any help that our cnn correspondents can be while they're there, we will offer to you. >

i think copenhagen came up with zilch. i will say carefully this was not the fault of the russian federation. in respect of these agreements, we will be dealing with energy efficiency, creating -- reducing the energy consumption of the economy and reducing the discharges into the atmosphere. if all the forecasts turn out to be irrelevant or not serious, at the minimum, we will improve the atmosphere that we breathe and live-in. >> these decisions also raised the question of how decisions are implemented, decisions that are made above, how they are implemented in the localities. casinos have been closed. what we have as a result? the gambling centers have not been opened. apparently they are hoping that everything will go back to the way it was. there are reasons to believe that this will be the case. there are clubs were sports poker is being played and there are some instant lotteries, which i think it would take a prosecutor to differentiate between a lottery and a slot machine. do you play the slot machines? >> no, i pl

i spoke to president obama briefly about it in copenhagen. i am worried about the bigger picture.visions have cause some disruption. but the back -- the vast majority of our trade with united states is still your intent free beer the real problem is when you see country -- not just the united states -- using a stimulus package to bring in protectionist measures. we all know that what the biggest danger to the global recovery is the spread of protectionism. it has been global trade that has driven growth over the past generation. we would like to see that sustain going forward. we took the very opposite approach. we not only did not put any protectionist members -- measures but repeal -- repeal the number of terrorists in order to stimulate economic activity both here and abroad. that -- repeal of a number of terror acariffs in order to stie economic activity both here and abroad. >> that in many other topics still to come. >> mr. harper, please do something about the environment now. >> is also compelling concerns there about the environment, prime minister. there is a copenhagen

this is the narrative we are getting from copenhagen. he walked into a meeting that was bus to be bilateral, the chinese were trying to evade him, and he sat down next to the representative from brazil and changed the deal. it perfectly fits this narrative of obama's saving the day of what have -- what would have been a complete disaster. i have noticed this cuba policy, where even up to three days before the summit of the americas, the a former ambassador to mexico was essentially delivering the new conservative line on latin america. there was no evidence at all that they were going to. position where obama went. when he got the portfolio, 180 degrees shift. -- when obama caught the portfolio, 180 degrees shift. when you get his attention, there is a need, almost a need, to fundamentally change the dynamics. and when you get those successes, show that narrative in the story. >> as moderator, i think that was adequately responsive to the narcissism question. [laughter] >> i am with the nation and rolling stone magazine. john bolton said

and they're going to be coming from airports london, paris, madrid, frankfort, brussels, rome, copenhagen. you have countries in asia that have had terrorist cells, al qaeda cells like sydney, australia, had several sets of rest. they fly nonstop into l.a. toronto 18 in 2006 direct access to the u.s. -- >> tom, are these all part -- these are all going to be added? that was part of my next question then. if the tsa alluded to that partial list of countries where 100% of the passengers traveling through will have to go through enhanced screenings. are you saying these countries you're mentioning, you're talking about asia and europe, is that going to -- everyone? >> tsa hasn't said that those countries and airports are going to be included. they're talking about other countries of interest. >> do you think it will be updated? >> i'm just saying those are only a fraction of the countries that have people that pose a threat, and what about the u.s. airports? we haven't talked about the five virginians that went to pakistan. we had subjects from minneapolis, new york, denver, boston, dallas,

and it was a very telling incident did the president of the united states removes himself to copenhagenmpics. he removes himself to compensate for climate change. he removes himself to oslo to receive a prize. but he does not show up in berlin at the 20 it anniversary of an event of biblical proportions, one that i am sure most of this in the room would never have imagined we would ever see. that tells you how he sees the world and reinforces that quotation. i could use one of dozen, in which you can see his priorities. and to speak of the cold war as an arbitrary, and not to see how routed they were in the fundamental values of the united states and west, as cleavages and some obsolete conflict, it is simply staggering but it tells you a lot about his world view. i thought the berlin event was very telling, particularly as you say leaving -- leaving out the great leader's reagan, thatcher, but john paul, and others. gorbachev was a hapless caretaker. to his credit, he did not shoot people in the streets. and i give him credit, because you have to make a choice. but the unraveling was o