now i'd like to turn this over to gina mccarthy. please join me in welcoming her. [ applause ] >> hello, everyone. happy new year. it's great to be back again. john, thank you for the introduction. i expect we're going to have a great conversation, and i want to thank the council on foreign relations for inviting me here and for hosting the event. i know that 25 at least in many people's views, including my own, will go down in history as quite a year. it was a year where we began significantly to turn the tide on climate change. there is no doubt, i think in my mind and in many others' that that's the case. i am also convinced that 2016 will not be a year where we're going to slow down. it is a year where we're going to keep building the momentum on the basis of the historic year that's gone past. so last august the president announced our clean power plan at epa. it's a historic rule to cut domestic carbon pollution from our power plants. the reason why i am mentioning this in an international discussion is because last month in p

. -- gina mccarthy. [applause] next, republican president of candidates discussed economic issues at the jack can form in south carolina. after that, republican residual candidate donald trump at a campaign rally in iowa. >> c-span takes you to the best access to the white house. at town hall meetings, speeches, rallies, and meet and greet. we are taking a comment on twitter, facebook, and by phone. and always, every campaign event we cover is available on our website, c-span.org. >> several republican presidential candidates are in south carolina this weekend for a forum on poverty and economic opportunities, hosted by the jack kemp foundation. the event is being moderated by the house speaker paul ryan and south carolina senator tim scott. south carolina holds the nation's first seven presidential primary. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> one thing i wanted to add that tim scott forgot to ask, how many here are wisconsin badger fans? one person, great. she is wearing red. i wanted us to take a

and now i'd like to turn this over to gina mccarthy. please join me in welcoming her.[applause] >> hello, everyone. happy new year. it's great to be back again. john, thank you for the introduction. i expect we would have a great conversation and want to thank the council on foreign relations for inviting me here and for hosting the event. i know that 25 at least in many peoples views include my own will go down in history as quite a year. it was a year where we began significantly to turn the tide on climate change, and there's no doubt i think in my mind and the many others that that's the case that i'm also convinced that 2016 s. not going to be a year where we are going to slow down. it is a year we're going to keep building the momentum on the basis of the historic year that's gone past. so last august the president announced art clean power plan at epa and its historic role to cut domestic carbon pollution from our power plants. that is what i mentioned this at the international discussion is because last month in paris we nearly 200 countries came together to an

gina mccarthy thank you for taking the time. [applause] that is only half of our agenda for today's environment committee. thank you again administrator mccarthy for being here. now we have individuals and representatives used to be the epa who are going to talk about what they are doing to help adopt clean power plan and the important role that mayors need to play in that process. next employed to bring up to the podium to the dais bob perciasepe previously who is book him before this committee as epa deputy ministry there. now he has moved on to a very important job. users is present for the center for climate energy solutions which is the pew center for global climate change and his role of and responsibilities to help cities, help states adopt their climate plan with the government, with the center with universities and others at the table. the center is an independent nonpartisan nonprofit organization that works with strong policy to address the challenges of energy and climate change for the conference in an the scent have

epa administrator gina mccarthy was showing off her cooking skills washington d.c. on today's menu- roasted pumpkin and apple salad. food that was almost tossed away. chef: "we want our guests to feel like they have the dignity of getting a meal that paying customer would pay for in a restaurant." chef cj wagner is just one of 7 leading chefs from around the area that came to work at mariam's kitchen. each week she crafts nutritious meals using donated foods, saving dozens of fruits and vegetables that otherwise would have been heading to the trash. it's an idea the epa administrator wants to see more often. gina: "it's about getting everybody engaged. it's showing them what you can do in your homes to make sure that you are not wasting food." the epa's new initiative the 'food steward's pledge' is a commitment specifically designed for faith-based groups and leaders that pledge to reduce waste in their communities. something that's already in place here at western presbyterian church, that sits above the soup kitchen. laura cunningham, pastor western presbyterian c

he met privately with epa administrator gina mccarthy. neither party would say what they were there to discuss, but they have not hidden their frustration with the auto maker. vw admitted it used software to cheat emissions tests. >>> chipotle believes the e. coli crisis is coming to an end. they are confident the cdc will declare the outbreak soon over. they will launch a new marketing campaign next month aimed at luring back customers. >>> wal-mart is recalling hundreds of thousands of griddles due to a shock hazard. the recall involves about 330,000 rival brand griddles. they are black with model number xj14207. the griddles were sold nationwide at wal-mart stores if you have one, you should return it for a full refund. >>> twitter is working on ways to turn your tweets into advertisements. they plan to gather product related tweets for advertisers to choose from. if your tweet is chosen, you will receive a direct message asking for permission for the advertiser to use your tweet. they say consumers may trust other twitter users rather

now i'd like to turn this over to gina mccarthy. please join me in welcoming her. [ applause ] >> hello, everyone. happy new year. it's great to be back again. john, thank you for the introduction. i expect we're going to have a great conversation, and i want to thank the council on foreign relations for inviting me here and for hosting the event. i know that 25 in at least many people's views including my own will go down as quite a year. it was a year where we began significantly to turn the tide on climate change. there is no doubt, i think in my mind and in many others' that that's the case. i am also convinced that 2016 will not be a year where we're going to slow down. it is a year where we're going to keep building the momentum on the basis of the historic year that's gone past. so last august the president announced our clean power plan at epa. it's a historic rule to cut domestic carbon pollution from our power plants. the reason why i am mentioning this in an international discussion is because last month in paris when nea

and the epa's administrator, gina mccarthy, has accepted her resignation.the high-ranking epa official who was in charge oversight for michigan when flint was poisoned he had she has handed in her resignation effective february 1st. the epa also announced today a series of steps that they say governor rick snyder is required to take now to deal with the crisis in flint. epa administrator gina mccarthy has given the governor one day to confirm that he will comply with this order. she also announced that the epa will do its own sampling of lead levels in flint and will post the results online for the public. she's also instructed all staffers at the epa to speak up and speak out whenever they see a problem like the one that just happened in flint. this is a very interesting new change that reflects some soul searching at the epa. if epa employees see "a substantial threat to health or if the epa could act to help or if other authorities appear unable to help or if high and sustained public attention is possible, if they run into a situation like that they are

epa chief gina mccarthy says she has issued an emergency order to "ensure the state and city immediately take actions necessary to protect public health." there, but no snow. jamie: hayley: no extra snow coming out of this system. but this is a great weekend to go and do things without any travel worries at least locally, which is good. i will have more on the forecast in a few minutes. >> now, meteorologist hayley forecast. hayley: good afternoon. it is a beautiful afternoon, is from inside looking outside out there. a live look in manchester. 28 degrees, and the camera is shaking a little bit because the winds have been relentless over the last 24 hours or so. it is a little deceiving, this beautiful weather. you can see on a live cameras, a crystal clear blue sky from a monadnock region to the seacoast and the lakes region, too. a a few clouds in the higher terrain and the mountains. it is still a perfect ski day in the north country. 19 degrees in whitefield and littleton right now, 28 degrees in manchester and nashua, portsmouth as well, 25 in laconia. look at the winds. they have c

hill to the council on foreign relations in washington for a discussion with epa administrator gina mccarthy. this evan began 30 minutes ago. we join it live in progress on c-span 3. >> i wasn't involved in all of discussions so let me say that. this agreement doesn't address everything, no one claimed it would. but there clearly is an openness and there are many countries looking at whether or not they're going to look at a cap and trade ar carbon tax, it doesn't preclude that from happening. they're the ones that will have to make those decisions and i think it's wise to let every country get their own path forward but clearly there will need to be support for that and some consistency on one would look at that and calculate its success. those are things we will be able to look at because part of this agreement is making it clear that you set your goals, look at how you're going to get there, articulate mitigation strategies, come back every two years to look at whether you're achieving those. go to workshops, conferences where we share information, where we exspanned everybody's capacity

then, epa administrator gina mccarthy talks about the climate agreement that was reached last month in paris by nearly 200 countries. and 8:00, public and present a candidates discuss poverty and the economy at the cannes foundation performance afterlife. c-span, credit by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by or local cable or satellite provider. peter: this week on "the communicators" we want to introduce you to john lansing who is the new ceo of the broadcasting board of governors. the bbg,ng, what is what do you do? john: it is the five entities that are federally funded for international media. the voice of america, middle east broadcasting, radio for europe, radio free asia. what is the budget for the bbg? john: roughly $750 million. peter: where does that money go? john: the vast majority goes to voice of america. his largest of the entities, about 70% of that goes there. peter: what kind of technologies does the bbg our voice of america, any of these entities do? john: they're all broadcast media platforms everything from radio to tv,

. >>> now, gina mccarthy talks about the paris climate agreement while stressing the need for climate change adaption and environmental technology. this runs about an hour. >>> welcome, everybody. thanks for coming out. i am delighted -- my name is

gina mccarthy toured a plant win energy benefit the economy. ohio attorney general mike de wine would drive up electric rates and make service less reliable. >>> heroes honored. >>> walmart is closing hundreds of stores around the world. find out which location in northeast ohio will be shutting will happen to those employees. >>> live on five continues brought to you by national carpet mill super store. >>> back with the top story. school districts in ohio got the annual report cards and several top performing schools were surprised with their low scores. discovered beachwood and menner schools are among 80 schools with bad scores but they don't agree with the report cards saying the data is wrong. menner schooled filed an appeal but it is closed. canine to death made his first hospital. he was shot in the leg after police say he killed a canine jeffro responding to the scene. >>> he is being held on a million dollars bond. >>> the group ohioans to end prohibition is not waiting for action and gathering signatures to get a measure on the novem

epa's gina mccarthy issued order to take actions to protect public health. high levels of lead were detected in flint's water since flint switched from detroit municipal system and began drawing from the flint river to save money back in 2014. lauren: let's get you caught inon global market action overnight. we'll start with nice gains in asia across the board. shanghai up almost 6%. kospi up more than 2. nicole: nikkei bouncing back. it had been in bear market territory. down 20% for a time. check out draghi's comments. ftse up nearly 3% and dax up almost 2%. lauren: follow through here in the u.s. this friday morning, u.s. futures sharply higher. dow up 200 points. s&p up 25. nasdaq up 66. that is more than 1% across the board. nicole: look at commodities, one of the reasons we have up arrows. oil up $30. up 30.91, up a buck 38. gold pulling back. lauren: here is how the dollar is trading bense key currencies. strength? the u.k. pound, mexican peso againsts is dollar. nicole: treasury yield, 2.0. they run there when there is a little bit of fear -- 2.06. l

that's gina mccarthy, that take place on wednesday and he told us they could be reaching some kind of may include buying back a number of those faulty vehicles that they just can't fix. meanwhile they like electrics right now. liz: lift the hood and make sure it's electric, jeff. i need to see for sure. >> it could be a shocking end to the whole deal there, yes, . liz: exactly. exactly. funny the mechanic isn't around to lift the hood. oh, i'm kidding. let's hope they've learned their lesson. >> it's a concept car. that may not have one in there. but there you go. liz: jeff, thank you. we should look at volkswagen stock because it's down about -- what did we say? 60% over the past six months? 40%? 40% it took that hit? yes, and, by the way, it stands for tiger plus iguana, in case you were wondering. oh, yes, indeed. with the closing bell 27 minutes away, you're looking at all the automakers at the moment, and they do look like they're somewhat decent for the second. the s&p is now punching into positive territory. did you see that? up about a quarter two points. hillary clinton hitti

epa administrator gina mccarthy recently spoke about the implications of that deal and other environmental issues at the council on foreign relations in washington dc. this is one hour. admin. mccarthy: i know that 25 will go in history as quite a year. it was a year where we began significantly to turn the tide on a climate change. there is no doubt in my mind and did many others that that is the case. i am convinced that 2016 is not going to be a year where we will slow down. it is a year where we are going to keep building the momentum on the basis of the historic year past. last august, the president announced our clean power plant at epa. it is a historical rule that cuts domestic carbon pollution from our power plants. the reason i mention this in an international discussion is because in paris, when it nearly 200 countries -- when nearly 200 countries came together to announce a universal agreement on climate that is groundbreaking. the clean powerplant was one of the foundational issues that was brought up that allowed that success to happen. i am not saying that just because i wan

that's the reason mary really threw her weight and her passion behind gina mccarthy, because he was willingto pick up the antiwar medal at a time when nobody else was. and the fact that he did so well in new hampshire in the primary. for mary was -- but to understand mary and relationship with bobby, my favorite moments in the book in her life was bobby came out and said that there was, made a rather sherman -esque statement that he would not want for president in 1968. through incredibly bad timing he made the statement that same morning as the tet offensive was launched in saigon. because people didn't have cell phones and everything else, it looked like bobby had come out and said after the news of the tet offensive that broke that he wasn't going to run. mary was not amused and voting for cable, sent him a cable from western union that said, in its full, apparently saint patrick did not drive all the snakes out of ireland. [laughter] which, you know, how many male reporters do you know that the tough enough to send that to bobby kennedy? >> bobbies colleague said you lost me. bobby said

after detroit, he will be heading to washington, meeting with gina mccarthy, the head of the epa. head of the regulator that has caused so much heartburn for volkswagen. the 8.5ear that, for million vehicles in europe, relatively easy. they still have to get there in the states. we will see if this new catalytic converter will get them there. we have figures for the entire year. you look at what has happened to the volkswagen namesake brand, down almost 5%. they sold 5.6 million vehicles. month of december, they were down the most. you look at the entire volkswagen group, they were down below 10 million cars. but is about dieselgate, also russia, china, and the slowdown in brazil. talk about ces. they showed off the battery-powered car in las vegas. what does he have to say about that side of the business? hans: they are committed, even if it costs money on the investment front, to have an electric and hybrid fleet. they will have 20 new offerings by 2020. they are talking about revamping the tiguan. they also -- on the idea of spending $900 million to upgrade the factory where it

i want to ask you to join me in thanking the council on foreign relations and gina mccarthy. [inaudible conversations] minutes. >> hello everybody can you hear me? okay. i would like to welcome you to our briefing today on the upcoming supreme court case friedrich versus california teachers association which is going to be argued next monday january 11. i am caroline fredrickson. before we begin, i would like to give an extra special thank you to judy scott who is the general counsel of the services international union where we are sitting today. and for providing us with this wonderful space and hosting today's briefing. it is so great to be here among so many friends. for those of you who may not be familiar with the american constitution society, we were founded in 2001 and we are a national network of lawyers, judges policy makers, academics and students who believe the law should be there to improve the lives of all people. we work for positive change by shaping the debate on vitally important legal and constitutional questions through the development and promotion of hi

today, he met with epa administrator gina mccarthy for an hour as they discussed revamped proposals tovercome the cheating scandal. business update. julie hyman as a check on the company movers. twitter is one of those that definitely stands out because it's been on this losing streak, falling to record lows. thatfrequent enough basis it is worth mentioning. shares are down 3.5%. a lot of negative analyst commentary. morgan stanley cutting its estimates, it already has the lowest price target on the street at $18. the engagement time spent per user is still falling by 20% year-over-year. of $21 -- arget recent survey showed in terms of social use on mobile devices, there is deteriorating usage for twitter. look at the overall analyst sentiment, it has been turning more negative. map one the analyst twitter. the neutral ratings have been going up, accelerating to some extent. the price and price target for the stock has been going down for the average price target still stands at $33 per share. we will see if it continues that downward trajectory. another stock we are watching that has

. >>> matthias muller meeting privately with epa administrator gina mccarthy in washington regarding the company's emission standal. neither would say exactly what was discussed but mccarthy released a statement saying she appreciated the conversation and will continue to work towards a resolution. >>> a water main break creating a massive geyser sent water into the air in montgomery county, pennsylvania. the water shot up 30 feet in the air but the water instantly froze on nearby power lines and trees. >>> one of the tv's biggest comedy hits getting a curtain call. the cast of "friends" will reunite for a two-hour special. >> you can have a sitcom with their kids. >> absolutely. right. >> or their grand kids in some cases. >> it will be interesting to see how well it goes over. it was a great show. >> everyone will watch. thank you very much. >>> time now for "trading nation" because traders trade better together and today let us trade alphabet, better known as google. with a $500 billion market cap. could it soon take over apple as the world's most valuable company? got jason helps

the epa administrator gina mccarthy spoke at the conference of mayors yesterday about the clean power plant. [applause] >> thank you for all of your tremendous leadership and it is great to see some of the mayors whose communities i have been to. it is a wonderful opportunity to share our experiences and talk about what is going on today and what the future might look like so i will spend -- my time just talking about the climate issues because i'm joined by janet mackay who manages the group planned by our interface, or major interface with both states and local communities and i think there's been a lovely marriage and the work that we've done about how we have been reaching out to the local communities and building on their success. so, my main message is thank you for all the work you've been doing and let's see how we can do more together. but before we start talking about the issues of the future in the work we are doing together, i want to say a few words about the ongoing concerns people are reading about and we are all working on concerning flint michigan because the entire f

working on a political strike back here facing criticism for not intervening sooner in flint and gina mccarthysts and working with our experts to make this transparent and number three put the kroecorrosion con in the water to get the lead out. thomas? >> all right. tony dokoupil reporting there in flint. a quick question about the fact that we have certain people, officials, looking to the connection of legionnaires outbreak. can you talk about that real quickly? >> reporter: yeah. real quickly and mention because flint rtesidents want to know about this. we asked the governor's office who's paying for the communications firm. the taxpayers or the governor's own pocket and promised to get back to us on that question. i think it matters to people. legionnaires is another mystery here. people are dying of it, related to the water. what is not clear, related to the flint river crisis an researchers looking into it. we'll be sure to let you know when we know. >> mercury p.r. to handle lead in water -- anyway, doesn't seem to add up. thank you, tony. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> thank you.

. >>> epa administrator gina mccarthy talks about her agency's clean power plant for existing power plantsd addresses the flint, michigan, contaminated water crisis. she said the epa would conduct a comprehensive audit of the administrative system. administrator mccarthy spoke last week at the u.s. of conference mayors meeting. [ applause ] >>> thank you, mayor. thank you for all of your tremendous leadership. and it's great to see some of the mayors whose communities i have been to. it's a wonderful opportunity to share our experiences and talk about what is going on today and what the future might look like. so i will spend the bulk of my time talking about environmental issues because i'm joined by janet mccabe and mark rube. there's a marriage in the work we've done in how we've been reaching out to local communities and really building on their successes. so my main message is thank you for all of the work that you've been doing. and let's see how we can do more together. but before we really start about talking of the issues of the future in the work that we're doing together, i do w

m administrator gina mccarthy will be in toledo, ohio. , ohio.l be in columbus ohio and penny is going to denver, colorado. of the a short list events with the cabinet members are expected to travel to. host: john kerry will be at the national defense university. we are covering that at 10:45 this morning on c-span2. he is expected to make some news on the screening process for syrian refugees. the new york times has the obama administration is turning the u.n. -- to the united nations. there is the debate happening in washington, whether these are illegal immigrants or refugees fleeing violence. democrats come hispanic caucus saying the president should not be deporting them and sending them back into violent countries. john kerry will be talking about that today. ulsa, in tolls are, oklahoma. democrat. caller: i would just like to president obama's accomplishments in the last eight years. hasy president since fdr tried to pass health care and no one has been successful. not only is president obama the most powerful man in the world, but now the most powerful president in history. he

i want to ask you to join me in thanking the council on foreign relations and gina mccarthy. [inaudible conversations] >> this was a movement that was really going to the core of many people's beliefs about what this nation should be commanded changed a lot of minds and sealed a lot of people to the positions of hatred and their commitment and equality. >> and at 10:00 p.m. eastern afterwards with fox news correspondent who looked at the life and political career of former vice president dick cheney. interviewed by dana perino former white house press secretary for the bush administration. >> no one on the right has attracted more vitriol from the left, more intense vitriol the left. >> vice magazine contributing editor talks about journalism, political art commander latest book. >> i started out writing personal essays. i got the book deal people like them. i had this delusional fantasy that since i had written a 2,000 word essay