and the durban conference is not likely to produce a new treaty to reduce greenhouse emissions.ironmentalist from africa -- a german government official, and a climate scientist are not yet ready to give up the battle. >> it speaks for itself. we have seen crops failing. we have seen people going thursday, hungry, walking long distances. we have seen the media full of pictures of people affected by extreme weather events. >> copenhagen 2009, leaders gathered to forge a treaty to exceed the kyoto protocol of 1997, the only binding agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. yet negotiations failed due to objections from washington and beijing. experts are demanding that europe draw consequences and develop new strategies for future climate conferences. >> if we want to make progress regarding the kyoto protocol or any kind of legally binding framework, the eu of must get together with progress of emerging economies and move forward without the u.s. we cannot allow this process to be blocked any more. >> a treaty without the u.s. and china, the two countries that produce

our robyn kurnow has been in durban and joins us.there's going to be a great deal of difficulty in getting the walk together there, robyn. >> reporter: absolutely. they talk about a collective response in this conference hall behind me, but deal or no deal in the next two weeks here in durban many people are saying that a radical green shift is already happening, and we're talking here about countries, about states, about companies voluntarily doing their own thing, from china to california, from brazil to australia. examples particularly in the last two years since the failure at copenhagen, examples of countries voluntarily trying to cut they're missions, cap they're missions, putting in carbon taxes, just some of the examples. corporate -- big corporate to small businesses, all suddenly realizing, many people beyond just the fluffy pr green stuff that in their own way in their own sector it makes financial sense to become more green. i think there are a number of examples. i've got a list of them here. as i started researching it,

nhk world's susumu kojima tells us how discussions with going in durban. >> reporter: people are still a long way away from getting over their differences. one controversial issue that has come up stems from a report suggesting that the canadian government is considering withdrawing from the kyoto protocol. ♪ >> reporter: ngos criticizing canada. they have given the country an fossil of the day award. the award is handed out to any nation that performs badly in climate change negotiations. when the canadian government signed the kyoto protocol, it promised to reduce its emissions by 6%, compared to 1990 levels. instead, emissions increased by more than 20% in 2009. canada is breaking the international commitment. it's also refusing to back an extension of the kyoto protocol, which expires at the end of 2012. developing nations are concerned that without kyoto or any binding agreement, industrialized nations will make empty promises. >> the group would like to make it clear and loud that it will not allow african soil to be the graveyard of the kyoto protocol. >> reporter: the european

delegates have gathered here in durban for two weeks of negotiations. developed nations except the united states have binding targets between 2008-2012 for their c.o. 2 emissions. the problem is, there's no agreement on what to do after that. the host, south africas, are urging delegates to find common ground. >> for most people in the developing world and africa, climate change is a matter of life and death. given the urgency, parties, states, should strive to find solutions here in durban. >> reporter: finding agreement maying discussed. developing countries blame industrialized nations for climate change. they want wealthy nations to commit to kyoto targets even after 2012. representatives of industrialized nations argue that developing countries should shoulder more responsibility. emissions in china, for example, have increased drastically over the last several years. and wealthier nations, including japan, canada and russia have already made it clear that they don't want to continue with the kyoto protocol. delegates from the european union say th

climate change meeting in durban to stop the co2 reduction treaty from being extended. they want to replace it with what they call a fair and effective framework. one that will impose legally-binding targets on all major emitters. nhk world's susumu kojima is covering the conference in durban and tells us more. >> reporter: it's very simple. japanese representatives say the kyoto protocol is not a fair system. it covers only 26% of the total emissions in the world. the u.s. and china, the biggest kaurnen emitters have no obligations to reduce their co2 under the treaty. japanese leaders argue that in order to stop global climate change, it's crucial for all major emitters to get on board. their fear is if the conference decides to extend the kyoto protocol, places such as japan and the european union would shoulder the burden. another issue that is affecting the japanese position is the country's march 11th nuclear accident. the government doesn't want to commit to a specific co2 reduction target right now. nuclear power was expected to play a significant part in reduci

residents in eastern durban were hit hard. they were trying to remove the mud from inside. transtran i'm traumatized. i don't know where to start. i don't know where i'm going to sleep. >> translator: i never have experienced this. i have seen it in other places, but not here. >> the latest disasters say climate change can lead to extreme weather conditions such as heat waves and severe rainfall. they speed up negotiations in durban. >> to make the climate safe and avoid from spinning out of control, this meeting needs to take the next steps in a global response to climate change. >> the opening day, there is deep division between developing nations and what to do with the protocol. can they come up with an agreement in two weeks to prevent further global warm something one thing is clear. climate change won't wait for negotiations to finish and the stakes are getting higher. nhk world, durban. >> japan is looking for indicators of better economic times ahead. tracking business for us, the jobs data came out and what are the numbers showing us? the rate worsened for the fir

residents in eastern durban were hit especially hard. they were trying to repair their houses and remove mud from inside. >> translator: i am traumatized. i don't know where to start. even tonight, i don't know where i'm going to sleep. >> i've never experienced this. i've seen it happening in other places, but not here. >> reporter: climate change can lead to more extreme conditions such as severe heat waves and rainfall. they are asking delegates to speed up negotiations in durban. >> to make the world climate safe and avoid climate change from spinning out of control, this meeting needs to take the next decisive steps in a global response to climate change. >> reporter: but on the opening day, there's still deep division between developing nations on what to do with the protocol. can they come up with april agreement in two weeks to prevent farther global warming? one thing is clear. climate change won't wait for negotiations to finish and the stakes are getting higher. >>> japan is looking for indicators of better economic times ahea

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winning the alfred dunhill championship in his native south africa the thirty three year old from durban started the final round two shots ahead of the field his biggest threat is from scotland's george murray here and after a memorable birdie at the eighth he drew level with milroy on the fifteenth. but the south african regain the advantage on the next hold with a beautifully judged part. and by the time he reached the eighteenth he just needed to see this part for part for victory which he did to claim his maiden european tour title. and the presidents cup went to be americans for a fourth time in a row jim furyk maintaining his hundred percent record with a forty three win over ernie els on sunday singles and that moved the americans to the brink of retaining the cup car picked tiger woods then a vital point easily beating local favorites aaron baddeley the forty three feet three and self that sealed the win for the usa giving them the eighteen points they needed to lift the cup for a fourth straight time. so that brings us to the end of sports are back with more into our. world. tec

tour winning the alfred dunhill championship in his native south africa the thirty three year old in durban started the final round two shots ahead as a field his biggest threats are coming from scotland's george murray here and after a memorable birdie at eight he drew level with mulroy on the fifteen but a south african would gain the advantage on the next hole with this beautifully judged putt for birdie and by the time he reached the eighteen people just needed to sink this path to victory which he did to claim his maiden european top title. in the presidents cup went to the americans for a fourth time in a row jim furyk maintained his hundred percent record at the top with a four in three win over ernie els and sunday singles and that moved the americans to be brink retain make up a large card picked tiger woods then clinched the vital point by easily beating local favorite aaron baddeley with a four and three victory in self so that sealed a win for the usa giving them the eighteen points they needed to lift the cup for a fourth straight time. and that is the sport for the moment we g

united states to have a plan for the long term energy china does but the foundation for both the durban talks and china's plan is that understanding that climate change is real we have the tools and we need to use them they are doing it we are not we are styling. you that's our political reality right now and i hope that there's the ability to break through and we think that the economic benefits that are out there might be what finally brings our. attentions and the american public which is already very supportive of clean energy on board but again on this point of trying to supposedly continue something global green global research supposed race for its global clean energy supremacy they're building a thousand megawatts of coal power every three weeks certainly that would appear to be the foundation of their long term energy strategy in this country but we just had environmentalist groups that but the sira club celebrated the hundreds the hundreds heading off the court the building of a coal fired power plant in this country so if you're going to follow the chinese model then by all m

and one of the places where this will happen is in the coming climate talks in durban and south africa. and that's this letters that starts in at the end of november yes for two weeks so so this. is this is a big push for that yet at the same time here in the united states tyson you know very very strong fossil fuel lobby i mean this is that they have power like that back lobby did thirty years ago it's just it's it's how can any politician stand up against well i think you're going to see it a couple of key variables come into play one is going to be beyond going talks the united states about our deficit and debt and as we try to desperately come up with new revenue sources when obama put together the deficit commission up until the last minute there was a carbon tax in a lot of the drafts and there are some principled conservatives in the united states that have signal support for a carbon tax so i think and i think well you've got the american enterprise institute and others that have papers that are those who have. you had several members of congress that supported. a type of carbo

the big question for the delegates, 20,000 of them talking here in durban over the next two weeks wille what will the post kyoto architecture look like? the base case scenario will be discussed, talked about, the process we'll get to watch will eventually be a new climate change agreement, that will be talked about. nothing agreed by all accounts. all in all, many people might say, listen, out front it's going to be a failure. but many people here still holding out that over the next two weeks there is going to be some sort of agreement to keep on talking. >> robin, the recent deadlock seemed to have come over disagreements between the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, china and the u.s. is there any movement from these two camps? is there any sign of agreement there? >> well, i think that's the big question. it is africa. the developing countries looking to these big emitters, the world's largest polluters to try to lead the way. there seems to be the deadlocked that you mentioned. china won't move unless u.s. does and the u.s. won't move until china does. there's also a sense

. >> do the white house and democrats -- i agree dirk durban he thought it was a political ad vantageim to portray to republicans as fighting for the push tax cuts for the wealthy but willing to let the tax cuts for the middle class disappear. is that a problem? >> i think it is what we have seen president obama and democrats do now for many months in particular with the super committee the president of the united states has put no serious plan on the table for dealing with entitlement which is the biggest challenge we face economically right now. the president of the united states i don't think made a phone call to people on the super committee. i talked to one member who reached out numerous times to the white house to say we want a deal. we need a deal and was given the back of his hand. there was no effort here. the president seems to have made the calculation he is going to let the next 13 months of the american economy slide. >> i am not asking to be cynical i am asking will it work? >> you have a different atmospherement people understand the crisis we are facing. you have a pr

senator durban, senator blumenthal has yielded. >> thank you for being here. most people are not aware of the fact we have a unique dinner where the senate does the supreme court, and we have a chance to break bread with families and have an informal moment. i will not give this justice's for name, but the last time we got together, and mentioned to one of your colleagues who led been on the bench for some time that i was chair for the subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights, and human rights, and ask your colleague, without attribution, effective s q, what do you think i should be taking a look at it? q. what you think i should be looking at in that committee -- ask you what you think i should be looking at in that committee? it was interesting. the justice said you should look of the number of people in prison in the united states of america. i am aware of it, and i am sure you are, to carry over 2 million people. more prisoners per capita than any other country in the world. obvious, over-crowding, and terrible racial disparities. african-americans,

today, negotiators from around the globe kicked off a meeting in durban, south africa, to tackle the issue. but disagreements were apparent at the outset. for more, i'm joined by juliet eilperin of the "washington post." welcome back. >> thanks so much. >> warner: give us a flavor of the disagreements that were immediately on view on day one of this two-week conference. >> you can see how far apart the major countries are when you have, for example, the canadian environment minister back in t.w.a. saying that kyoto is the past and you had the lead european union negotiators saying the countries are running from kyoto and urging them to go forward along with the e.u. to a second commitment period. there's a big gulf between many of the countries. >> warner: the e.u. would officially like to extend kyoto beyond next december. >> they are the only ratified party right now that is willing to commit to a second round. >> warner: if they don't get that, what ideally at least in the eyes of the u.n. climate, people who convene this, would durbin achieve? >> well, what they're really hoping

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this goes back to the entire dick durban act on the interchange fees the banks will get us if it is going fees. they will get us. >>catherine: they did admit that they were complaining that consumers were being outspoken about it. automobile sales? >> last month not to bad by general motors and ford is said that they had less than expected. over had been numbers have been in an october 13th billion. 14 million is more realistic. in a good economy it should be 60 million. some of the numbers impacted were impacted by toyota, and another japanese maker. in a good economy it should be--16 million. >> because of the thailand flood that caused delays in delivery of new cars. >> , about this electronic arts came? >> this sold 5 million and the first week it is the second best product launch behind " call of duty. ". >>catherine: it looks like a movie! >> it is basically a $300 million opening gains. is it better than what hollywood can hope for. >>catherine: thank you, rob black. we will see you tomorrow. ♪ >> what we can expect for the next 24 hours. tonight will be breezy and mild. the red fl

somebody to come along, and you hit him with tough questions, i keep waiting for somebody to say like durbanw up in the same territory as him, this guy is a good man, damn it, and quit trashing him. i never hear anybody do it. >> that's not the culture of the obama administration. he is an intellectual. and sometimes you get those intellectuals in politics who think, politics is this thing that is really beneath -- >> and what about other people do. they don't play hard ball. >> look at the new clinton book. back to work. when i was covering bush, he used to say the shadow returns. and it was the shadow of bill clinton, which they were always trying to piet. now here again the shadow returns and obama doesn't like it either. >> how many clinton people are out there today? there are more clinton people than obama people. if hillary calls them and says i'm going, i mean, they're there. she won't do it, of course, but they're ready. eddie rendell is ready this second for bill to call. he wants it. >> we'll take a break here. we'll talk about swing states when we come back. and before we do that

senator durban, senator blumenthal has yielded. >> thank you for being here. most people are not aware of the fact we have a unique dinner where the senate does the supreme court, and we have a chance to break bread with families and have an informal moment. i will not give this justice's for name, but the last time we got together, and mentioned to one of your colleagues who led been on the bench for some time that i was chair for the subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights, and human rights, and ask your colleague, without attribution, effective s q, what do you think i should be taking a look at it? q. what you think i should be looking at in that committee -- ask you what you think i should be looking at in that committee? it was interesting. the justice said you should look of the number of people in prison in the united states of america. i am aware of it, and i am sure you are, to carry over 2 million people. more prisoners per capita than any other country in the world. obvious, over-crowding, and terrible racial disparities. african-americans,

. >> i just received this from senator grassland, corn, sessions, feinstein, durban, and coons. >> thank you for holding this hearing and justices, thank you very much for being here. i was looking at the faces in the audience, most of them young, all of them listening and interested. i think really what is said is the respect that we have for the role of law in this country. and that that highest order of the rule of law rests with the authority that you have. i for one am very proud of it and i'm always proud when i travel that america is represented by the distinction of this great court a lot to ask you about the 14th amendment. if both of you could respond to this. no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states, nor shall any state surprise in the person of life could do and property without due process of law. is a woman included within that definition? >> versus >> a woman is a person. >> the issue is not whether a woman is a person of what constitutes equal protection. >> are women included? >> of course th