that would make her like the foreign service but see that sweeping out of the copenhagen negotiations does not do much for my mom. >> host: kori schake, those who have traveled overseas and tried to visit one of the indices, it is nearly impossible. it is a fortress. >> guest: this is not the state department's faults. congress coming out of concern for protecting diplomats and after the bombings of the american embassies in nairobi, with the clinton administration congress started to legislate much better protection. but it has the dysfunctional outcome fact it is not making american diplomats safer because it is so a difficult to get into the embassy that they go out to have there meetings. they are less well protected although they are doing there jobs well, they're out and about to be the american that people see. >> host: another quotation and tell us who this is from, washington awoke the capital at were that decision and hesitation and doubts and the pretense and fumbling we're gone and arguments over the country and its capital turned to what americans like can do best, action

but seeing it undersecretary sweeping out of the copenhagen negotiation does not do much for my mom.> host: for those who have traveled overseas and actually tried to visit one of our embassies, it's nearly impossible. it's a fortress. >> guest: this is excellent at the state department's fault. the congress, out of concern about protecting american diplomats and in particularly after the bombings of the american embassies in nairobi during the clinton administration congress started legislating much better protection. but it has the dysfunctional outcome. it's actually not make the american diplomats say for because it's so difficult to get into an american embassy that they go out to have the meetings so they are less well protected, although they're doing their jobs well. out and about and foreign societies, being the american people see. >> host: going to read a quote that you have in your book. telesis is from three washington will, a couple of war, the in decision, hesitation, and outs of the past year, the pretenses and fumbling oregon. argument over, the country and its capit

as a working mom a hairdresser there in copenhagen and she has. breast cancer this is sick the me she has laid a dollar is getting married in sorento with her son is all from the iraq war. husband as. is not quite right he's out and she has set sail two for her daughter's wedding and so i went up and she bumps into me so to speak physically for emotions it was funny with calling it a romantic comedy about it but cancer is involved and we laugh at lots of things. i think you have to really if you can have the if you have the heart to do so. you know because life is life is really hard it's always a constant suffering somewhat and then moments of happiness and you kind of squeeze the best out of the happiness and hope you have the strength to meet the you know the misfortunes of life that will be for you they certainly both of you this film you playing the widower you are a widower we buried was a widower you know was a little. how did you deal with the loss. face faith you know i'm not i'm irish catholic the church has been a big part of my life pr

a working mom a hairdresser there in copenhagen and she has. breast cancer this is sick the me she has weighed at the owner is getting married in sorento with her son is all from the iraq war. husband as. is not quite right he's out and she has set sail two for her daughter's wedding so mento and she bumps into me so to speak physically emotionally it's funny with calling it a romantic comedy about it but cancer is involved and we laugh at lots of things. i think you have to really if you can have the if you have the heart to do so. you know because life is life is really hard it's always a constant suffering somewhat and then moments of happiness and you kind of squeeze the best out of the happiness and hope you have the strength to meet the you know the misfortunes of life that will be for you and they certainly both of you now in this film you playing a widower you are a widower reburying was a widower you know was a little. how did you deal with the loss. face faith you know i'm not i'm irish catholic the church has been a big part of my li

at copenhagen said after the fire is out, his plan is to rebuild, and to reap -- and reopen it. i love the residents are hoping that is what happens. reporting live, sam ford. >> thank you. there is something especially troubling about this site of smoke over the capital. it cause many people to pause, worried this fire was more serious. we heard from people who thought that the fire was the result of terrorism. it was an unnerving sight. live at the scene to continue our coverage. this hour, there is a large crowd of people gathering around me in disbelief. i know what happens. earlier today, when he saw that massive plume of smoke over the capital, you could not help but get that sinking feeling and start fearing the worse. the smoke was visible for myers -- four miles. minds,stion on so many what is going on? i rode my bike up. >> we sell capitol hill, and the fire behind it. i thought it was capitol hill on fire. >> it was shocking. very dark, ominous. >> a lot of people turned to social media to get information quickly. and also help ease concerns. there was only one concer

larsen runs to his girlfriend's house in copenhagen. >> i was tired. after 20 kilometers. feel you get your freedom. you don't really feel it. you don't stop for nothing. >> after an intense investigation and national media blitz, all 12 inmates are captured within a month of the wall coming down. larsen is captured after six days and given two weeks in isolation. security is tightened including more surveillance cameras and the construction of a new outer wall. as for the original wall, it takes more than six months to rebuild it. >> we had a thing here a few years ago. don't lean against the wall. it might collapse. it should be quite solid now. >> one question, however, still stands. the camera man who shot the spectacular escape. why was he there? was he just very lucky in the right place at the right time? or was he somehow involved in the prison break? rumors still swirl. the cameraman kim faulk says he was simply there by chance awaiting a political rally. after the incident he's questioned by police and released. >> when you go inside a small room you will try anyt

brave competitors does not from a cliff, but a platform from atop the copenhagen opera house. a russian won the competition, blowing the judges away with a two and a half turn somersault from a handstand. not for the faint of heart. he's a wedding singer who grew up in a refugee camp in gaza and until very recently, he was completely unknown. on saturday evening, the 23- year-old won the arab idol talent show, prompting a rapturous response across the palestinian territories. >> jubilation in ramallah. idol,this year's arab beating syrian and egyptian candidates in a talent show contest that captivated millions of viewers across the middle east. the 23-year-old singer united and often divided public in the palestinian territories. his talent and lyrics were seen as a sign of hope. he has brought us great happiness and allowed the palestinian people to live a little bit. there's happiness, enjoyment and elation. see disturbs -- he deserves the title. palestinian -- palestine is always last and we want to be happy for once. >> the singer's mother was proudest of all. >> i am ove

but then also some serious plays and notably copenhagen -- i'm sorry. >> host: we will move on from that. we only have a few minutes left in it wanted to ask you how you found dorothea jordan. >> guest: i found her through the research i did giving it i realized they came from a family of actresses and i became interested in the situation of the actresses in this society in the early 19th century that a group of women quite apart from the others they were sort of a despised as though they were prostitutes any way because they displayed themselves but they were also seen as models on stage to get the history complicated situation so i decided to write a book about actresses and i masked a great many files he said how are you getting on with that book and i said let me tell you about one of the actresses and i started talking about her and after a while he said just write about her because she had this amazing life she came from dublin and was pregnant by the first director and then she had three more children by another man and then she met the some of the king and he was very nice to her

made it two wins from two as he triumphed in the second round of the cliff diving world series in copenhagen but divers had to leap from a twenty eight metre platform on the roof of the opera house and the twenty nine year old produced a spectacular back arm stand with two and a half somersaults and two and a half twists to earn for perfect ten scores and won nine and a half britain's gary hunt for second colombian blunder due kate. starting in the water and the russian swimming team has been dealt a blow as defending fifty meter backstroke champion anastasio is over has pulled out of next month's world championships in barcelona but richard and poorly went to the recent national championships to take a look at the next generation. the glory days of russian swimming along gone since the atlanta olympics in one thousand nine hundred six the country has won just eleven medals but only one being gold won by let me set you in the ten kilometer american none of the emphasis is on finding a new generation to try and return russian swimming to its former glory days russian swimming is going through

made it two wins from two as he triumphed in the second round of the cliff diving world series in copenhagen but divers had to leap from a twenty eight metre platform on the roof of the opera house and the twenty nine year old produced a spectacular back arm stand with two and a half somersaults and two and a half twists to earn for perfect and scores and won nine and a half britain's gary hunt for second and colombian orlando duke a third. standing in the water and the russian swimming team has been dealt a blow as defending fifty meter backstroke champion anastasio is over has pulled out of next month's world championships in barcelona but richard on poor feet went to the recent national championships to take a look at the next generation. the glory days of russian swimming along gone since the atlanta olympics in one thousand nine hundred six the country has won just eleven medals but only one being gold won by let me set you in the ten kilometer american none of the emphasis is on finding a new generation to try and return russian swimming to its former glory days russian swimming is goi

in this, i ask lisa jackson the question right before going to copenhagen much what is copenhagen? every year, the biggest party of the year happens to be -- mr. graham: would the senator yield for a second? i hate to flowpt you. i apologize. mr. inhofe: go ahead. mr. graham: i'll buy your book. [laughter] could i have one minute to say something about our departing colleague because i may not be able to get back? literally one minute? mr. inhofe: yes. mr. graham: thank you. i would just like to say to senator cowan from massachusetts, i haven't known you very long, but i have found you to be someone who has been quite frankly very earnest in their time in the senate, very smart, and a lot of fun. we got to travel to egypt, to turkey, to israel to see some of the more dangerous places in the world, and i just want to let people of massachusetts know that i met a lot of colleagues in my time here, but this is one fine man. i wish you all the best. i have learn add lot from you. i noir a originally from north carolina. that's probably why we hit it off. i've learned a the although an

that is the key question and other criteria of copenhagen, not an old-fashioned discussion about culture and language. i come from belgium. >> translator: thank you. >> mr. president. >> translator: thanks, mr. president. i am very pleased we are having a debate on this, it shows we have all understood there is something going on in turkey. the question is what is going on? i think it is something we should be worried about. we feel, one feels a civil society and citizens really getting involved. that is promising for completion of turkish democracy but also worrying because the response has been so far to go down the authoritarian repressive road using security forces and that moves us in the direction of oppression. what can the european institution do? this situation which is still fluid, changeable, we can try to move the energy in the direction of deepening democracy and as europeans that is what we should try to do. i am surprised, looking at what is being said on the platform's demand, very simple and very clear. i don't really see why they don't enjoy the suppression. we can all

they were in copenhagen with other countries, we are going to reduce our emissions by 17% by 2020.very other country in the world, except five, jumped on that bandwagon. thathinese agreed to because the president went to copenhagen, sat down with the president of china in a closed room, and they agreed. there's no question question that when we lead, our runners work with us. that is the way to do it. but we're certainly not doing this in isolation. we are not going to -- we're going to do what is best for our country. host: we're coming up on a break. quick response. guest: i agree we need to do what is best for our countries, and that includes an approach, like i said, that takes into full consideration sacrifices that people around our country will be asked to make as part of this policy. those sacrifices should not be made simply because we agree that there is a problem. those sacrifices should only be made if the policy that is being presented will solve that problem. right now, there is no evidence that it will solve it. it might actually make it worse. from silvers a land sp

last year the copenhagen's philharmonic played on a train, moving one woman to tears.ne, germany, a flash mob strikes back. ♪ >> reporter: how did these captive passengers respond? >> there was one little boy, he could not take his eyes or any of his senses off of what was going on the entire experience. it was so heartwarming. >> the philadelphia orchestra started playing after a three-hour wait. there was actually another four-hour delay after that. ouch. so, dan, you know what piece of music they were playing? you saw it in the notes. >> i d did. >> he is right. >> he didn't know what that was before this morning? >> he played with the '67 mets and then he wrote that piece of music? right? >> he was googling that a second ago. >> thanks linzie. >>> coming up on "good morning america," fans are going gaga over the one and only person, lady gaga, you've heard her right? >> she has a hot new bikini body as well. we'll show you her transformation coming up. >>> first it was cat bearding, now cat -- breaking news at the top of the news. keep it here. ♪ ula ula, hagamos u

he's had trouble on the world stage at copenhagen a few years ago in getting china and brazil and somethe big emerging economies to go along with a plan he'd like to see, and so he made, you know, made this a number one priority in the second inaugural speech a few months ago and now he's doing i think almost everything, mostly everything he could do under executive power, you know, except dealing with the keystone pipeline a decision later in the year, and i think that it just shows he's serious about this and we'll see the republicans can find ways to thwart him. >> as david points out, the president, you know, obviously caring about thins issue to use political capital at this point, but is that a safe bet and how bold can he actually be? >> right. i actually see this as part of a piece. i see this as part of the same commitment the president has made to close guantanamo. the same kind of conversations he wants to have on more transparency on national security. i think that the president is taking very careful, calibrated steps to push issues of interest and who voted for him and cl

criticism among many of his strongest supporters that he has really done very little, starting with copenhagenly meetings on climate change overseas, that he has done. so now there isn't legislation. he's been blocked by congress. what is he planning to do on his own by executive action? >> andrea, it's worth noting that he's making this speech on climate change, and the fact is the white house indicates 12 of the hottest years on record have been in the last 15 years. it's more than 90 degrees outside right now. he's supposed to talk for 30 minutes. people are going to experience that heat today. he's really trying to restart this conversation. everything that he's going to be proposing in these remarks we're watching right now is stuff that can be done unilaterally, that can be done without congress' action. the president is going to be announcing some executive actions in the course of this conversation. one of the most important ones specifically is for the first time proposing limits on the carbon pollution allotments, the carbon pollution produced by existing power plants right now. acco

four years ago in copenhagen every major country agreed for the first time to limit carbon pollutionars ago we decided to forge a new agreement beyond 2020 that would apply to all countries, not just developed countries. what we need is an agreement that is ambitious because that is what the state to the scale of the challenge demands. we need an exclusive agreement because every country has to play its part. when the agreement that is flexible because differences have different needs. if we can come together and get this right we can set -- define a sustainable future for your generation. so that is my plan. the actions i have announced today. [applause] [applause] the actions i have announced today should send a strong signal to the world. america intends to take bold action to reduce carbon pollution. we will continue to lead by the power of example is that is with the united states of america have always done. i am convinced this is the fight america can and will lead in the 21st century and i am convinced this is a fight america must lead. it will require all of us to do our par

efforts and engage our international partners in reaching a new global agreement four years ago in copenhagenevery major company agreed for the first time two women reduced carbon emissions by 2020. that would apply to all countries and not just developed countries. what we need is an agreement that is ambitious. because that is what the scale of the challenge demands. we need an inclusive agreement because every country has to play its part. if we get this right, we can find a sustainable future for this generation. that is my plan. the actions i have announced today -- [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] the actions i have announced today should send a strong signal to the world. that america intends to take action to reduce carbon pollution. we will continue to lead by the power of our example. because that is what the united states of america has always been like. i am convinced that this is the fight that america can and will lead in the 21st century. i'm convinced this is a fight that america must lead we will need the businesses who make and sell those technologies. we will nee

think they're beautiful and they're amazing when you go throughout and actually -- i've been off copenhagenave a wind farm close enough you can just take your boat out and they're just amazing to see. >> bill: all right. denise bodie energy policy expert on wind and solar and new alternative energies. your questions comments welcome at 1-866-55-press. now, we get -- i know we're going to get a question about this. i'm going to ask you. you talk about natural gas. i mean this does seem to be, you know much preferable form of energy than building new coal power plants, for example. the problem with natural gas is fracking fracking, fracking. it seems that the deposits, we've not yet tapped, the only way to get into them is fracking. and as you know, there is a lot of opposition to fracking. a lot of problems with it. do you think it can be done safely and cleanly? >> i do. you know, i regulated oil and gas. we actually had inspectors out at every single time a well was spotted. and would observe to ensure that the pipe, you know, was set correctly so that there was no danger to any of the aqu

[applause] you know, four years ago in copenhagen every major country agreed for the first time to limitarbon pollution by 2020. two years ago we decided to forge a new agreement beyond 2020 that would apply to all countries, not just developed countries. what we need is an agreement that is ambitious, because that is what the scale of the challenge demands. we need an inclusive agreement, because every country has to play its part. we need an agreement that is flexible, because different nations have different needs. if we can come together and get this right, we can define a sustainable future for your generation. so that is my plan. the actions i have announced today -- [applause] the actions i have announced today should send a strong signal to the world that america intends to take bold action to reduce carbon pollution. by the continue to lead power of our example. that is what the united states of america has always done. i am convinced this is the fight america can and will lead in the 21st century. i am convinced this is a fight america must lead. but it will require all of us t