dave benjamin table. with the turkish border closed the only option for shelter is makeshift camps like these it's cold and the conditions a desperate. scam. because of the shelling. can hardly survive here. people are suffering because of the work record. the situation in the camps is likely to deteriorate tens of thousands of syrians are already stuck in places like these. and every day thousands more take to the roads to get out of the war zone. in hong kong police and demonstrators have clashed again as protests continue through christmas riot police used pepper spray and tear gas in a major shopping district activist blocks streets and smashed shop windows they've called for flash mob protests to continue into the new year anti-government demonstrations and hong kong are now in their 7th month. our correspondent phoebe kong is on location and she sent us this. protest station other wrong of demonstrations on christmas day which also mocked the 200 day after movement again they pick the popular shoppi

dave jones, senior director for environmental risk. dr. michael green zone, distinguished professor of economics at the university of chicago, and the honorable stephen benjamin mayor, the city of columbia, south carolina. with that, director gomez, you are now recognized to give an oral presentation of your testimony for five minutes. mr. gomez: thank you, mr. chairman. i am pleased to be here to discuss our work to limit physical exposure -- exposure limiting climate change risk. sinceas been on our list february 2013. statement today discusses potential economic effects of climate change in the u.s., several areas with the federal government faces exposure from climate change risk and the extent to which the federal government has invested in resilience. the potential economic effects of climate change could see and distributed across regions of the u.s.. for example, the southeast, midwest, and great plains regions will like experience greater combined economic effects largely because coastal property damage in the southeast and changes in the other two regions. -- changes in crop yields in the other two regions. this can help decision-makers better manag