denmark as generated jobs and revenues in this sector.hat the world would benefit greatly from early action, and that would only lead to costs in economic and human terms that would become progressively high. the ipcc has been able to provide substantial evidence that science provides us with the basis for undertaking changes that this conference must urgently initiate. given the wide-ranging nature of change that is likely to be taken in hand, some find it inconvenient to accept its inevitability. the recent incident of stealing the e-mails of scientists so that some would go to the extent of carrying out illegal acts perhaps in an attempt to discredit the ipcc. but it has transparent and objective data stretching over 21 years. i'm proud to inform this conference for the finding of the er-4 are based on measuremented by independent institutions worldwide that demonstrate thation on lapped, the atmosphere and the oceans. the internal consistency from multiple lines of evidence strongly supports the work of the scientific community, inclu

denmark as generated jobs and revenues in this sector.would benefit greatly from early action, and that would only lead to costs in economic and human terms that would become progressively high. the ipcc has been able to provide substantial evidence that science provides us with the basis for undertaking changes that this conference must urgently initiate. given the wide-ranging nature of change that is likely to be taken in hand, some find it inconvenient to accept its inevitability. the recent incident of stealing the e-mails of scientists so that some would go to the extent of carrying out illegal acts perhaps in an attempt to discredit the ipcc. but it has transparent and objective data stretching over 21 years. i'm proud to inform this conference for the finding of the er-4 are based on measuremented by independent institutions worldwide that institutions worldwide that demonstrate thation on lapped, the internal consistency from multiple lines of evidence strongly supports the work of the scientific community, including those indivi

while denmark has generated jobs in this sector.early action and delay would lead to costs that become progressively higher. substantial evidence provided that science provides us with [unintelligible] that this conference must initiate. some find it inconvenient to accept its inevitability. the recent incident of stealing the e-mails of scientists at the university of east anglia showed that some would go to the extent of carrying out illegal acts perhaps in an attempt to discourage the organization. the panel has a record of objective assessment stretching over 21 years performed by tens of thousands of dedicated scientists, from all corners of the globe. i am proud to inform this conference the findings of the form are based on measurements made by many independent institutions worldwide that demonstrate significant change on land, the atmosphere, the oceans, and the ice covered areas. the internal consistency for multiple lines of evidence strongly supports the world of the scientific community. including those individuals singl

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

citizen who was originally rested for conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in denmark. but now he has been charged with helping to plan the didley mumbai attacks in india last year. darrah binnun number brass within the united states.

to paraphrase a play about a prince from denmark, a toughly binding treaty on climate is not to be. what we were looking for was a tough treaty that was going to commit countries to reducing their emissions to levels that would keep the climate at $2° cellsuous qarm warmer than it is today, basically where the scientists have said it is a safe. we were looking for accountability, for certainty that the pledges would be kept. we were looking for some funding for the least -- the most vulnerable people on earth who will face real consequences due to the pollution that we've emited from our cars and trucks and factories and power plants. in the end though what happened was that the countries weren't willing to do their fair share. they weren't willing to sign on to enough emissions reductions, even president obama said this isn't up to the task. and they weren't willing to agree to the accountability measures that are really necessary. >> woodruff: i want to get to some of that points. but let me come to you, major disappointment, do you see it that way or not? >> by and large, yes. al

that's after a judy woodruff report on the global warming negotiations in denmark. >> reporter: ithe climate change summit in copenhagen looked to be just another chance for diplomats to talk, but get little done. today came a rallying cry from one of the top members of the u.s. delegation. the head of the environmental protection agency lisa jackson is in denmark. >> if we do not act to reduce greenhouse gases, the planet we leave to the next generation will be a very different place than the one we know today. >> reporter: other countries have gone out of their way to show the debate is urgent, the stakes high. leaders of the maldives-- a chain of islands in the indian ocean-- staged a cabinet meeting under water to emphasize fears of rising sea levels that could literally wash away their nation. nepal's cabinet took to the frigid heights of mount everest to declare the melting himalayan glaciers pose a threat to them. all this in the face of growing evidence from scientists that global warming risks more hurricanes, coastal flooding, disease and massive population migration. the b

denmark as generated jobs and revenues in this sector.fit greatly from early action, and that would only lead to costs in economic and human terms that would become progressively high. the ipcc has been able to provide substantial evidence that science provides us with the basis for undertaking changes that this conference must urgently initiate. given the wide-ranging nature of change that is likely to be taken in hand, some find it inconvenient to accept its inevitability. the recent incident of stealing the e-mails of scientists so that some would go to the extent of carrying out illegal acts perhaps in an attempt to discredit the ipcc. but it has transparent and objective data stretching over 21 years. i'm proud to inform this conference for the finding of the er-4 are based on measuremented by independent institutions worldwide that demonstrate thation on lapped, the atmosphere and the oceans. the internal consistency from multiple lines of evidence strongly supports the work of the scientific community, including though individuals

they clear track him particular during these trips to denmark and his communicationsack to his handlers in pakistan. >> lehrer: ise an american cizen? >> is indeed. >> lehrer: is he eligible f the death penay if this thing goes that far, is that as ries a crim he's. is he is chaed with killing th170 people in mumbai so he coulface the death penalty. >> lehrer: what the next step. >> the next st is to see how this case goesorward. there are ports and it's even clear from t documents he's talking about this thathere's some cooperation gng on. the next step wod be to see if thisoes to trial and at what level d what his, how far his cooperation goes. but i would say would assume he's goi to be prosecuted in these cases. >> lehrer: sebastian, tha you very much. >> my plsure. >> ifillnow, "patchwork nation," our on-air d on-line collaboratn with "the christn science monitor." ray suarez h been traveling thcountry, examining how recession anrecovery are playing ouin different communits from coast to coast. tonight, he kes us to tractor couny, the agricultural community of sioux cente in northw

i also have the pleasure of expressing my sincere thanks to the government and people of denmark foresponsibility and for making excellent arrangements to host this event. the tremendous efforts of the secretary towards the success of the meeting deserves our utmost appreciation. friends and colleagues, the climate and the air and resources belong to our nations as a blessing of almighty god and equilibrium and cycle is the engine of dynamism in human life. any disturbance of the balance because of the gate of the implications and the entire cuban community. -- the entire cuban community. and -- the entire human community. this will leave daughter, the consequences on our planet. allow me to draw your attention to the following facts. greenhouse gases have increased 35% in the past decade resulting in the 2 degrees celsius rise in the average temperature for a climactic conditions have been subject to changes in food in most parts of the world. destructive typhoons, floods, drought, food crises continue to threaten various regions. change in ecosystems that are seriously in system th

climate change conference in denmark.in about 40 mince, vermont senator bernie sanders affirms his opposition to ben bernanke serving a second term as head of the federal reserve. after that, house debate on a bill that supporters say would create new jobs and help those keep the jobs they have now. when that is over, house speaker nancy pelosi talks about what the members accomplished this year. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, we'll discuss health care and climate change with democratic senator jeff bingaman. jared bernstein will focus on so-called green jobs. we'll talk about defense spending with jack kingston of georgia and john bresnahan looks at the senate debate on health care and other issues. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow. the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee looks at our economic future, including spending, debt and deficits. witnesses include former federal reserve chairman aidan greenspan at 10:00 a.m. alan greenspan at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> still in t

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ray suar has our report on day ten of the conference, fro copenhagen, denmark. >> suarez: the meleenhe streets erupted asundreds of presters tried to storm the conference hall. danish police fired roundsf pepper say and beat back the crowds with batons. >> i was just beaten both hands and by sticks d had some pepper spray in mouth and my eyes. >> reporr: police reported at least 230 arrests. meanwhile, tensionmounted inside the smit as well. negotiats worked through the night to hammer out a deal, th president obama and mo other worlleaders scheduled to arrive on friday. but e of the first to arrive, venezuela's president d major oiexporter hugo chavez, told the conrence he agrees with the protester- the burden is on rich nations to more. >> ( translated ): in the streets they are saying e following: if the clime was a bank, you would have alrdy saved it. and i thinthat's true. if the climate was a b capitast bank, you would have alreadsaved it. you, the rich governmes. suarez: still, deadlock persisted on major iues: first, setting firm targs for cutting greenhouse g emissions by in

climate change conference in denmark. on washington journal tomorrow morning, we will discuss health care and climate change with democratic senator jeff bingaman of new mexico. kerry bernstein, economic adviser to vice president biden, will focus on green jobs. we will talk about defense spending with republican representative jack kingston of georgia. and a reporter looks at the debate on health care and other issues. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> booktv this weekend. timothy carney suggesting that president obama is really an advocate of wall street. get the entire weekend schedule at our web site, along with a list of best books of the year from around the country. >> on the date federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was named time magazine person of the year, bernie sanders reaffirmed his opposition to that chairman serving a second term. this is half an hour. >> let me thank all of you, and there are a lot of you. i am pleased to be joined this afternoon by william black, o

-- prime minister of denmark, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. mr. chairman, sudan is honored to make this statement on behalf of the group of 77 and china. let me at the outset congratulate you on your election as president of the 50th session of the conference. -- the 15th session on that -- of the conference -- -- a meeting of the parties to the kyoto protocol. let me also express to the people and the government of denmark our thanks and appreciation for their hospitality and for hosting of this historical event in the beautiful city of copenhagen. mr. chairman, two years ago and bally, all parties agreed to adopt the results of the awd-kb in copenhagen at this session of the conference. -- of all parties serving as a meeting of the parties to the kyoto protocol. and thereby set up the negotiation process. in this regard, the group has been working towards achieving that called mandated of the nwd- kp which specifically focuses on the legal requirements to define the second period under the kyoto protocol. a line -- the second commitment peri

his excellency the primacy of denmark honorable ministers of litigation good morning. mr. chairman i direct this statement on behalf of the global 77 and china. let me now except and congratulate you on your election as president of the 50th of the congress. the congressional climate change of the conference of the parties serving as a meeting of parties to the protocol. let me also on behalf of the group of 77 and china suppressed to the people and the government of denmark are sounds of appreciation for their hosting of this historical event in the city of copenhagen. mr. chairman, two years ago in valley all parties agree to adopt the results of the awg kp in copenhagen as this decision of the conference of all parties serving as a meeting of the parties to the kyoto protocol. and thereby set up to trap a negotiation process. in this regard, the group has been working towards achieving the call mandate of the awg kp, which is specifically focuses on the legal requirements to define the second. under the kyoto protocol. in line with the sÉance the second commitment perio

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

citizen who was originally rested for conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in denmark. but now he has been charged with helping to plan the didley mumbai attacks in india last year. darrah binnun number brass within the united states. persons charged with plotting attacks. i'm not going to ask you to going to the individual cases but as you can imagine, this raised a great deal of concern among americans when we have people plotting attacks from the united states even though they may be conducted outside of the united states because it is just as easy to apply such attacks inside the united states. how do we and how does dhs plan to contribute to confronting the problem of homegrown terrorism in a targeted an effective manner? how much coordination goes on here? we know that 9/11 could have been stopped before it happens if all the dots have been connected. i am not going to go back in rehashed who dropped the ball there but how do we make sure we are not dropping the ball today? >> well, mr. chairman, with respect to hadley, i will keep my remarks restricted on the nat

summit on climate change in denmark on december 80. -- december 18.oming up on "washington journal," we will take your questions and comments. legislative business gets underway at 10:00. "washington journal" is next. .

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

ray suarez reports from the talks, in copenhagen, denmark. >> suarez: when secretary of state clinton 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

newshour coespondent kwame lman begins with more about the meeting in denmark. . >> reporter: diplomats fr 192 nati its gatheredin copenhagen today for the largest and potentially most important u.n. clate change conferce ever their goal tohift away from fossil fuels and get ch countries to send biions of dollars to oorer ones to help them adapt. organizers warned is could b the citical last chance to curb glal warming. >> the science h never been learer. the solutions have never been more abundant. politic will has never been stronger. and let me warn you, political will will never be stronger. is is o chance. if we miss this one, it could take years before we get a new and bter one, if we ever dd. reporter:.n. climate leers are seeking a obal ledge to cut emiions worldwide5 to 40% by 2020. they called o the conferees not to be put of. >>he time for formal statements isver. the time forrestating well-knwn positionsis past. reporter: president obama has cald for a 17% reducon in u.s. emissions by 2020, from 2005 lels. and an 83% cut by 2050. china and india also talk of cutting carbondi

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 stronger. this is our chance. if we miss this one, it could take years before we get a new and better one, if we ever did. >> reporter: u.n. climate leaders are seeking a global pledge to cut emissions worldwide 25 to 40% by 2020. they called on the conferees not to be put off. >> the time for formal statements is over. the time for restating well-known positions is past. >> reporter: president obama has called for a 17% reduction in u.s. emissions by 2020, from 2005 levels. an

weather agenc he made those rerks at the conferce on climate change in copeagen, denmark. >> the decade 2000-2009 very likely to the warmest on cord. so, in other wds, this decade is going tbe warmer than the 19s, which itself were warmer than t 1980s and so on. so it isikely to be the warmest onecord. >> hari: t u.n. agency said only the u.s. and canada hav been having cool conditions than avera. an ely blizzard has moved to the u.s. midwe, in the region'sirst major storm of the season. the storm blasted westn states a day eaier. by today, ateast a foot of snow was eected to blanket rts of iowa, illinois, and wisconn. the arctic bla brought winds guing to 40 miles an hour. forecasters also wned flights woulbe delayed or canceled om chicago to denver. hureds of police officers rned out in tacoma, washingt today for a memoal service horing four of their fallen. they were shot and killed la moh at a coffee shop. later, police in seattle kled the suspected gunman. today, a processn of hundreds police cars moved from an a force base down reets lined by soer crowds. the merial service was he

all these years later, here we are, just one month away from the historic meeting in copenhagen, denmark, where all of the nations of the world are about to gather. to try to get a treaty that accelerates the movement to solve the climate crisis. i was with a group of environmentalists a couple of weeks ago. and somebody said how do you feel about copenhagen, and so the next reset i feel fine. and it made me think of a story that i heard, oh, gosh, it's probably been 30 years ago now. when i was a young congressman and rural middle tennessee, an agricultural district running from kentucky to alabama, and i used to have townhall meetings all through the weekends. and i had finished five townhall meetings that saturday. and late at night i was driving back to my home in tennessee where i was listening to the grand old opry on the radio. and i don't know if there are any country music fans down here in south florida, but i know there are some. but i was listening and there was a wonderful woman, a comedian named cousin minnie pearl. [applause] >> and she wore that big straw hat with a price

he made those remarks at the conference on climate change in copenhagen, denmark. >> the decade 2000-2009 is very likely to be the warmest on record. so, in other words, this decade is going to be warmer than the 1990s, which itself were warmer than the 1980s and so on. so it is likely to be the warmest on record. >> hari: the u.n. agency said only the u.s. and canada have been having cooler conditions than average. an early blizzard has moved into the u.s. midwest, in the region's first major storm of the season. the storm blasted western states a day earlier. by today, at least a foot of snow was expected to blanket parts of iowa, illinois, and wisconsin. the arctic blast brought winds gusting to 40 miles an hour. forecasters also warned flights would be delayed or canceled from chicago to denver. hundreds of police officers turned out in tacoma, washington today for a memorial service honoring four of their fallen. they were shot and killed last month at a coffee shop. later, police in seattle killed the suspected gunman. today, a procession of hundreds of police cars moved from an

one of the many photographs of the demonstrations around the capital city of denmark, an area known ascapital square where demonstrations took place. thousands marching in copenhagen calling for action. the president calling there for the first couple days of the meeting. also what is called a congressional delegation, and our news makers guests will be in attendance for the final days of the copenhagen summit. we'll have more on that in a couple moments. first, joining us from richmond, virginia. historic year? caller: i don't know about historic. i'm a u.s. veteran of the navy. i'm also an african-american. wanted to elect a president, i wanted to vote for mccain, but i couldn't because i'm a convicteó felon, or wlaffer. i got caught carrying a gun in detroit because of a situation i was going through. i cannot believe the spending the congress is trying to appropriate and what the president is pushing with -- when we're in a deficit, and we're trying to push health reform when every american has a chance to take care of their health and lifestyle by finding employment. every america

but actually also did what they promise, and a lot of other countries including my own country of denmark are a lot of these countries are promising that are not likely to live up to and also not only that we lived up to it by 2010, but stuck to this agreement throughout the rest of this entry. this is an ascension of saying if everybody is done this, instead of seeing a black temperature curve that we would have seen a slightly lower temperature increase of the red graft leading up to a little more than 2.4 degrees centigrade by the end of this century but this is entirely controversial but this is what the model shows that it is best hosted by saying the temperature that we would have seen in 2095 would be postponed until 2100. basically what the kyoto protocol does come if everybody lived up to it, was that postponed global warming by about five years but noticed if the kyoto runs for five years, it will do much less than that. it will actually only by the world seven days at the end of this century. i'm not sure that this is doing very much good for the world. this is not the way that

in addition to the action in washington this week and denmark with the climate change summit there's a u.s. senate primary tomorrow in massachusetts and matt vicer is a reporter now on the phone with the boston globe. he of course this is for ted kennedy's seat. remind us who is running and who's leading one day before the primary. caller: we have four democrats running. mark mackk okly and cofounder. alan casey and the boston celtics co-owner. stephen cally uka and republicans have a state senator scott brown and a businessman named jack robinson. leading in the polls. martha coke l.a. ly has led and the first to get in the raise, ahead from the start and republican site scott brown the state senator, has been leading. host: to the democrat, martha, what does she bring to the table? what do voters seem to like about her? guest: the her favorability rateing is high. part of that is because she's been a prosecutor so every time she's on t.v. she's putting somebody in jail. she's got a strong image as a prosecutor and she's also would be the first female u.s. senator from massachusetts

world are in denmark talking about how they can figure out a way -- all the big leaders are in denmark talking about how they can figure out a way for man not to pollute our wonderful climate. the consensus has been for sometime that global warming, climate change continues because man is the perpetrator. but now we're beginning to learn that may not be true, that there is not a consensus, that there is global warming or climate change. we now heard about climate gate, where the expert scientists hid emails in england that disagreed with the so-called consensus that there is global warming and global climate change. we've even heard now new evidence that even nasa is involved in not revealing evidence that contradicts climate change. i think a history lesson is in order, madam speaker, and i'd like to read from a couple of well-thought of in the science community a couple of magazine articles. one of them is under the science tex of "time" magazine. it's dated june 24, but the year is 1974. the article begins with this comment, "another ice age." so much for global warming. as they rev

world leaders speak on the climate change conference in denmark.bout climate change and health care. friday, ilyse hogue discusses efforts to unseat senator joe lieberman. we will get the latest from senator tom coburn and a low against medical malpractice law with carolyn engelhard. live every morning on c-span. >> he was not an imposing figure. he was not a giant of his time. he merged his -- emerged as a nominee at a time when the party was populated by big figures. >> his mark on history includes manifest destiny. robert merry looks at the life and times of our 11th president on "q&a". >> today, the senate homeland security committee held this hearing on the nation's fiscal health and economic future. we will hear from the chairmen and ranking members of the senate budget committee. david walker and from former reserve chairman alan greenspan who told the committee the current fiscal situation is " more urgent than any other time of our history." this is under three hours. >> i thank everyone for being here. i want to thank our colleagues and t

vague that denmark was doing with its economy on energy-related matters. afterwards i spoke to him, and representative, -- representative sutton, what he said was so interesting. i asked him, where did you get the ideas for this. he saidmark of them are american patents. we have not provided for the funding mechanism to take the whiz kid ideas in the lab and other centers, we have not provided the funding to deploy those into manufacturing or into retail use so that we can get the return on investment that was made. the angel network, the venture capitalists, that valley of death as it's labeled, needs to be addressed. if we do that, we're providing more jobs, not just in r&d, but we can induce wider manufacturing operations. you talked about manufacturing and the heyday, we all know of manufacturing, that was here. i represent a series of milltowns a necklace of communities along the course of the erie canal and the mohawk river. they were the westward movement, they were ep centers of innovation and invention, staff maryland times by immigrant labor that

the grips with this world, and their kids grew up, and they went to university, and they went to denmark for the u.s. and canada, so you have a whole generation who are even more capable of seeing things in shades of gray. then you have the second generation, who seems to be in power today, and many people in power today come from the revolutionary guard, and many of these people, while their colleagues are often copenhagen and washington, they were fighting. they were defending the country in the trenches of the war for eight years, and they did not have the opportunity to do this. . running iran in one way or another, and cannot actually taking executive decisions, perhaps they are interrogating people in jail cells, or they are ambassadors to allies of her and abroad. i think it is very interesting to try to understand, try to engage with this generation. a few words about my imprisonment. as i said, i got off relatively lightly. lightly. i only got beaten up what i -- when i tried to get the message out at the airport on the night of my arrest. the islamic republic has a habit of arr

science of linking human activities to global warming and their opposition to climate change talks in denmark. this is about 35 minutes. >> thank you for joining us. i served as health republican chairman and my duties this year have included as chairman of the american energy solutions group that was appointed by leader john maynard to develop strategies for countering democrat plans for a national energy tax and developing as we did a republican alternative in the form of the american energy act. i am gathered here today with colleagues who serve not only on key communities in leadership positions but also all of those present served as active leaders on the american energy solutions group on our project and we meet under various auspices today. we are gathered today at the outset of the copenhagen conference on climate change to deliver a very simple message. that is in the worst recession in 26 years, in the midst of an academic scandal and questionable science revealed in climategate and in the absence of a national consensus about policies that would bear upon the category known as clim

many many have -- many more have left on a plane to denmark talking about how we must control the climate. the al gore warmers have been caught hiding data that show the facts don't disagree with global warming. plus they want to force america to spend billions of dollars on their yet-unproven theory. the government in essence has taken over wall street, the financial industry, the automobile industry. general motors needs to change its name to government motors. the federal government has taken over the mortgage industry, the banks, and the salaries of some executives. more american freedom and liberty has been stolen from us an more assaults on the constitution have occurred than any time in our history. today the radical open border crowd has announced new legislation, arrogantly demanding amnesty for millions of illegals in this country, with also visa preference for those nations with the most foreigners in the united states. so much for border security. we have a new military strategy that's implemented. it's tchailed surge and retreat plan. that strategy is in afghanistan, where we

finally, she'll attend a gala denmark being hosted by the king of denmark.ll know about the united states-united arab emirates. there will be meetings if ellen tauscher, that will be open for press coverage. at 2:00 in this briefing room a special briefing on 21st century state craft. with that, i'll take your questions. we apologize for the schedule, trying to get various people in the same place at the same time is difficult. >> on copenhagen, can you give us an idea what the u.s. contribution will be toward this $100 billion? >> i don't think we've worked out details. as the secretary said this morning in the context of the strong accord, backed by meaningful actions by the major economies, and you know, full transparency and implementation, the u.s. would join with others to come up with that money. we have not, indeed, worked out how much that's going to come to. there's still a number of issues to be resolved. >> secondly, related to copenhagen, her activities in copenhagen, can you give us a readout of what her follow up was like. >> i think we can ge

the climate change summit in denmark resulted in $3 billion per year from european union leaders to helporer countries combat global warming. while more troops are being sent to afghanistan, robert gates is visiting an airbase in northern iraq. where he told american soldiers that their mission remains critical, despite the recent attention given to the situation in afghanistan. he also said that plans are on track to reduce forces in march. in pakistan, five americans detained will most likely be deported. though the men have not yet been charged with a crime, apparently they had been trying to contact jihadist groups through facebook and youtube, traveling to pakistan to see them in person. those are the latest headlines from c-span radio. host: we have got about 15 minutes of open phones here. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. you can send us a twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. a couple of news articles, we would like to share these with you from the online conservative media mogul and drew bright heart, he is launching a new web

poe: madam speaker, the whole world is watching what takes place in copenhagen, denmark, last week, thisk, all the talk is about climate change and manmade climate -- how many is affecting the climate. but what we need in this world is a climate change in iran. that's right. we need to change the atmosphere in iran with what's taken place with the little man from the desert, ahmadinejad. last week an even this week thousands of students, and here's a photograph of some of them, have taken to the streets to protest the regime of ahmadinejad, how oppressive it is. they're complaining and this peaceful protest against the tyranny against the people of iran. and not only ahmadinejad but they're protesting the radical mullahs and the iranian military. you see, these young people want what everybody throughout the world wants -- freedom. somewhere down in the way that we're made there is this spark, there is this flame of freedom. and the people in iran don't have that. and so the young people have taken to the street, the sons of iran, the daughters of democracy, and protesting the oppressive

and make no mistake, denmark is committed to maximum progress in the two tracks, the convention trackand the kyoto protocol, and to ensure successful and ambitious outcome. let's get it done. [applause] >> the science has never been clearer. the solutions have never been more bun dant. political will has never been stronger. and let me warn you. political will, will never be stronger. this is our chance. if we miss this one, it could take years before we get a new and better one, if we ever did. actually, the truth is that the copenhagen deadline already works. in recent weeks and months, many developed countries have announced economy-wide emissions reductions. and many developing economies of indicated ambitious national actions as their contributions to the global effort. china, brazil, mexico, south korea, singapore, indonesia, a few days ago india, and last night, south africa just to mention a few. every positive announcement will improve our chances of staying below the two degrees celsius tarpgt. but as we all know only too well, we are not there yet. and this goes for financi

and their kids grew up and they went to university and some brought in denmark or the u.s.r canada. you have this new generation, i call those the third generation, who are more capable of seeing things in shades of gray. then you have the second generation in power today, and many of the people in power today come from the revolutionary guard. many of these people, while their colleagues were off in copenhagen and paris and washington, learning the west, they were fighting and defending their country in the transience of the iran-iraq war. y or another, and cannot actually taking executive decisions, perhaps they are interrogating people in jail cells, or they are ambassadors to allies of her and abroad. i think it is very interesting to try to understand, try to engage with this generation. a few words about my imprisonment. as i said, i got off relatively lightly. i only got beaten up what i -- when i tried to get the message out at the airport on the night of my arrest. the islamic republic has a habit of arresting people and then denying it has them while it puts press

i rise today to talk about the 15th united nations climate change conference in copenhagen, denmark, currently underway. first, mr. speaker, i wholly reject false notions and political attacks attempting to destroy sound science and evidence. this issue from its environmental to its energy and economic impacts is too important for false political attacks and deceitful op-eds and letters to the editor. the copenhagen discussions are about responsible governments coming together to negotiate an international climate treaty, to better our environmental and energy outcomes, not to mention creating a fair marketplace in which the world's economies will indeed compete. there is a global race occurring today. a race for a clean energy economy. the outcomes of which will allow the winner to export clean energy intellect and expertise. other countries are passing us by in this race. like the space race of decades ago, we must come together as a nation bound by the common goals of reducing global emissions, bettering our energy outcome, and enhancing our economy. the future of our nation depen

this aboard air force one in copenhagen denmark as the president was there to push for chicago to host the 26 olympic. but there are also photographs from the situation room as well. can you explain the dynamics? >> the president sat at the head of course. he took notes throughout in very small writing, usually writing out questions. he would hear from everyone. each meeting had a particular agenda, especially early on, for example, pakistan, afghan security forces, those were some of the discussions. and then the president would conclude the meeting with a summary of what he understood to be open questions. the progress that he believed they had made. and then his own concerns that would drive the agenda into the next meeting. >> there's also a story by peter baker. did the white house come to you and share with both newspapers the insight? >> no. we were both working on similar stories that reconstructed the decision, and sort of late last week a number of interviews fell together for us. i pass d my colleague peter once walking in and out of offices. so they were aware, we were both

that was the topic tuesday as delegates talked about reg haigs, a 13-page document drafted by den denmark language calling for mechanisms imposed by poor countries for delivering aid to them to help deal with the impact of climate change, including more oversight by donor nations than the developing nations want." david on the republicans line in phoenix,s arizona. caller: yeah, if you calculate the amount of carbon in the air, it's like 10 to 16th points and they're talking about releasing a billion or so pounds per day. it doesn't work out. you are not putting enough carbon in the air to affect the climate. host: our next caller we have annie who is austin, texas, on the democrats' line. hi, annie. caller: hi. i just wanted to say that a few days ago, there was a lady from idaho that called about how cold her summer and fall had been and that the crops were not growing. i know how cold your summers were up there. but apparently you don't know that we were the second hottest summer in our history in austin and san antonio. it broke every record back to 1926, and the next few hottest summ

in denmark, austria, canada, united kingdom, and the united states of how to share this by a metric data in a common database. that is what we did. that is one. the second step we did on biometrics is move forward in a more pro-active approach to get the biometric data from the afghan people. if you move into a village, we fired a long mullah -- the local mullah, and we asked them, can we take your by metric data? -- biometric data? the third step that we took -- the afghans ticket. [unintelligible] -- it is banned as a fertilizer. 95% of ied's are made up of immonium nitrate. and a fourth, but from a perception point of view, if people feel secure, if people know that we are able to deliver security, they will definitely come forward with more information on ied networks than they do now. in kandahar city itself, more than 7% of the finding of ied's is turned in by the afghans themselves -- more than 70%. we received an anonymous phone call. if people feel safe and not intimidated, the amount ied's reported will go up. 70% of the victims are afghan and not coalition forces. >> i wanted

first of all, a word of acknowledgement to the government of denmark for the very warm hospitality thatting. climate change is one of the most serious problems that humanity faces. to control global warming is fundamental to protect the environment, to allow economic growth, and to overcome the unacceptable social exclusion. the human development report from the undp has warned us that in 2007 climate change could step backwards in history and we cannot allow this should happen. such a step to a backward situation. to concludcontrol global warming depends on a collective effort. the effects of climate change we can already feel them. mainly among the poor countries. we need concrete action and fair actions that will be supported by financial means and technological means. they should reflect this share of each country in the last -- this goal should be updated in such a way that we can follow the advancement of scientific knowledge. the ambition to reduce in 50% global emissions of greenhouse gas effects in 2015 can -- in comparison with 1990 will help us to a short to reach this object

with less than one week to go before the meeting in denmark, european leaders are calling on china to provide specifics on how it plans to curb emissions. president obama will be traveling to the summit and then on to oslo to receive his nobel peace prize. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the senate has started debate on health care bill. majority leader harry reid has warned senators to expect evening and weekend sessions. follow the entire debate on c- span2, and go to c-span's healthcare hub. >> 3 original documentaries from c-span now available on dvd. a journey through the three branches of american government. the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into the rarely seen places of the white house. explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital, one of america's most symbolic structures. order online at [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] host: which continue from the national archives. it opened in 1935 to the roo

east or the west and then their kids grew up and they went to university and some of them grew up in denmarkor the u.s. or canada. and so you have this whole new generation, many of whom were in the streets. i call them the third generation who are even more capable of seeing things in the shades of gray. then you have the second generation who is in power today. and many of the people in power today come from the revolutionary guard. and many of these people while their colleagues were off in copenhagen and paris and washington, kind of inviting the west and understanding it and grappling, they were fighting for their country in the trenches of the iranian-iraq war and they didn't have the opportunity to do it. now many of them it seems today are running iran one way or another and not taking executive decisions, perhaps they're interrogating people in jail cells or ambassadors to allies of iran and abroad. and i think it's very interesting to try to understand and try to engage with this generation. a few words about my imprisonment. as i said, i got off relatively lightly. i only got beat

citizen of originally arrested for conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in denmark but now he's been charged with helping plan the deadly mumbai attacks in india last year and there's been a number of arrests within the united states, a person charged with plotting attacks. i'm not asking to given to the individual cases but you can imagine this raises a great deal of concern among americans we have people plotting attacks from the united states even though they may be conducted outside the united states because it is easy to apply such attacks and plot them inside the united states. how does the dhs plan to contribute to confronting the problem of homegrown terrorists when the target effective manner? how much coordination goes on here? we know that 9/11 could have been stopped before it happened if all of the dots have been connected. i will go back and rehashed who dropped the ball but how do we make sure we are not dropping the ball today? >> mr. chairman, with respect to headley i will keep my remarks restricted on the nature of the case and in the justice system as you yourself