gore: a little bit. joel: a little bit. mr. gore: $21 billion.ughter] joel: as an investor, what do you look for in his this strategies -- business strategies? mr. gore: we look for companies that don't borrow from the future and create a more sustainable and prosperous present without doing so at the expense of opportunities that should be available down the road. we find that companies that really focus on that model are far more likely to be successful than their competitors in almost every sector of the marketplace. there is now academic research tending to prove that businesses that are aligned with the sustainability revolution are likely to be more successful. in the investor marketplace, there used to be this outdated view that fiduciary responsibility somehow prevented asset managers from taking the environment and social and governance factors into account. that has been turned on its head. best practice tells us that asset managers that do not take these factors fully into account are violating their fiduciary responsibility goals. tha

it was at that meeting that vice president gore said. i don't want this group to disappear i want them to be a permanent group. and i want them to remain. the team was named after think of from greek mythology the sorceress medea. this is an original can't this mission was flown eighteen october nine hundred sixty four. this is the executive order that president clinton signed in one thousand nine hundred five in february. officially declassifying this and another eight hundred thousand of these tunes. and the like to see this was filmed and it was dropped from the satellite and a aircraft with a pair picked it up you can see it's top secret. as soon as we got the corona data and we're looking at corona data of our areas that we were familiar with because our current research on ice streams was was focused there we saw that the width of the ice stream changed you know this has been a theoretical. pondering for a while here was the actual evidence here is the data that says ok it changed its wit when the when you know we've nailed it we f

vice president gore and prime minister. took on a mammoth range of topics to help russia survive the up people's including its polluted environment. yeah when they got us we'd all go out i often saw gore in the church of america and getting on well in the formal and informal situations of those guys and i'm not suggesting that they didn't respect protocol or the rules of official meetings and for a while but it was still very good player if they were on friendly terms and you lose more relaxed settings. people say that they were there almost like brothers at the scene you really pin you but had ski vice president gore would ask prime minister chaired american look. you took more pictures of the great lakes we took more pictures of the arrow see why can't we where where it will not jeopardize our our mutual national security why can't we share this data of the past and then he would say and also the arctic ocean observations i got a phone call from my boss and he said he just received direction from the deputy director of th

gÖring was ordered to do something -- and do it quick.land air drums and industrial centers. maybe he could knock out the raf on the assembly lines. he adopted the tactics, too. more fighters and fewer bombers. or maybe he had fewer bombers to send. those he did send were perfected fighters at high altitudes, fighters on both sides, fighters in the front and in the rear, fighters weaving in and out of the bomber formation. >> britain, winner of the first round, was ready. with higher morale and sharper defense. improved listening posts were set up along the coast and warned of the enemy's approach before he left the continent. a quick flash from a station. pilots were on their way to meet the enemy while he was still over the channel. day after day, out of sight and almost out of sound of the watchers on the cliffs, four, five, and six miles above, the battles raged over the dover area. the dover area became known as hell's corner. numbers, the of enemy again and again broke through defenses. [bombing] ♪ they reached inland to the air dro

when gore ended, he sounded like the presidential candidate he once was. >> we did not close our eyesay. we are awake. we are alive. we're paying attention. we're going to do the right thing. >> [ applause ] >> no doubt a man preaching to what appears to be choir. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a sunnyvale company is calling their latest clean energy innovation a breakthrough. they say it will generate the hd other biogases. maureen naylor now with tonight's tech check. >> reporter: this sunnyvale company says it's developed a breakthrough technology. bloom energy makes these servers which produces electricity off the power grid and run on natural gas. now the company says it can also skip the natural gas and use bio gas for use at landfills, water treatment facilities, and dairies. >> now we've created technology, a biogas cleanup module that enables us to use waste from agriculture, landfill, from wastewater treatment to generate clean electricity. >> the company put the specialized modules inside where it could access the bio gas and then convert it into a natural source of energy

and bush versus gore, and another who president bush in bush versus gore, joined together to bring alawsuit in california challenging a referendum in california that bans gay marriage. a lot of the gay community is up in arms about this. you might think, why are they up in arms? afraidecause they are that if the issue gets to the court before public opinion has settled out on this issue that the justices will be shy. we have seen it is a very unsettled public opinion on the issue, so hard to know by the time the issue gets to the supreme court that maybe things will have settled out, but i think the justices will be nervous about this issue. joan: i think justice scalia would be a no vote. his strongest writing comes in the 1996 case of aware he was very strong against the court writing an opinion favorable to gay rights, then in 2003, where the justices struck down state laws against homosexual sexual activities between consenting adults. very strongly opposed. word, you readk lawrence v texas, you are struck how hard they are trying to shove a side gay marriage and say this doesn't

i think that's al gore to the right. there he is, that's al gore right there in profile on the right. >> and chris, president clinton spent most of yesterday at aretha franklin's funeral which was talked about -- >> yeah, he was at home, wasn't he? i thought he was very much at home in that front row. i think al sharpton was great yesterday. that was another communion, i thought, of people and personalties. there's george w. bush of course in the foreground there. dick cheney is there as well. there's the senator from minnesota with barack obama chatting there. she has sort of a girl next door image and i think it's appropriate for her, accurate. she's very likable. let's see, bill clinton is chatting away there. this he's one of the most sociable politicians we've ever come across, bill clinton. he can get along in everyone room. i always thought if he showed up on mars he would get them laughing. he would figure out what their sense of humor was. they've all been in this together. the one thing about politicians -- mic

what is al gore's mindset? joel: we are 10 years past "an inconvenient truth."and lows of that period, he is thinking, how can we actually affect change? the al gore i got to interview, this is a guy who has seen it all and he is dug his heels in and this is the fight of his life and he is not going to let go of this fight. carol: does he think it is too late? joel: not at all. it is so easy to be apathetical. this is such a bigger thing than i am, how can i affect change? but he says you have a moral responsibility not to let that happen. you should look at where your money goes. that is the only way you can really affect change. you said, what would you tell your younger self about what you've learned? joel: he has a great respect for the role business can play. a publicly elected official who looks at the business community and says, this is where change can come from. i think he recognizes it is harmony because he is also saying you have to vote to keep elected officials and balance. he now feels there is change that can come through business. carol: speakin

thank you john gore for your great remarks this morning.ase feel free to stand and stretch for just a moment while we prepare the first panel which will begin promptly in five minutes. please be back in your seat in five minutes. thank you.

when gore ended, he sounded like the presidential candidate he once was. >> we did not close our eyes. we did not turn away. we are awake, we are alive. we are paying attention. we are going to do the right thing. >> reporter: no doubt, a man preaching to what appears to be a growing choir. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> for many california drivers who bought clean energy cars with the added benefit of using carpool lanes, there is bad news on the horizon. rules, gov can't drive in those lanes, which have become increasingly choked with traffic. southbay reporter jesse gary has more on who is impacted by the change and the reaction to it. >> reporter: paul poppa george's killing two birds with one stone, catching up on work while recharging his tesla model s. but for him, the "s" could stand for sticker shock. the car he bought two use the hov lanes will no longer be allowed in the diamond lane. all because he does not have the appropriate decal. >> anytime you are promised something and they go back on the promise, it's disappointing. >> reporter: the state dmv is issuing new red de

the gore v. -- >> bush v. gore. lou: i knew i had it backwards. >> very easily confused.were a little more like than we would like to think, i think, the idea that you don't like that hurts me because i thought we were friends and that you would automatically side with bush. you obviously have chosen a separate path. >> it's between friends, but the mistake -- i fear lou that you're making criticism to have court's decision to intervene at all with the outcome to the extent, for example, that i criticized roe v. wade, it's not because i disagree with the outcome politically i'm liberal, i believe in very liberalized abortion laws, i don't think though that victory should be achieved in court. i think it should be achieved in congress or in state legislatures similarly whether you want it bush or gore to win, the victory was best won in congress because that's what the constitution provided for in the case of a disputed presidential election. instead, both sides went to court to achieve victory and that's what i criticize. lou: as you have studied and written about it over

carol: al gore was just talking about what he is doing with sustainable investing.bout the future. we need to have companies that benefit us tomorrow. an example is protera, 100% electrical buses. he positions that company as something that can displace diesel buses that are already going out of business. that is where he is trying to find highly disruptive hings that do better for the planet and invest. jason: what is al gore's mindset? joel: we are 10 years past "an inconvenient truth." past the highs and lows of that period, he is thinking, how can we actually affect change? he is not going to let go of this fight. carol: does he think it is too late? joel: not at all. it is so easy to be apathetical. but he says you have a moral responsibility not to let that happen. you should look at where your money goes. that is the only way you can really affect change. carol: what would you tell your younger self about what you've learned? joel: he has a great respect for the role business can play. a publicly elected official who looks at the business community and says,

thank you john gore for your great remarks this morning.ch for just a moment only prepare the first panel which will begin promptly in five minutes. please be back in your seats in five minutes. thank you. >> the senate judiciary committee has postponed its vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and will hold a hearing on monday. members of the committee to hear from judge kavanaugh and christine ford who has alleged the judge assaulted her while they were both in high school more than 35 years ago. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span .org and listen on the free c-span radio app. coming up tomorrow, emily's list president will discuss democratic women candidates to watch in the midterm elections. that is live at 1:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >> c-span washington journal, live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you coming t

. >> a man who has warned about the damage of climate change for many years, vice president al gore, was a speaker at one of those events. ktvu's tom vacar has more from san francisco. >> reporter: he made a very interesting remark about the paris agreement which you will hear about in just a second. i have to say today, al gore sounded as much like a candidate as he did an environmental activist. >> former vice president al gore, now an investor in green technologies, and an avid -- the forum was hosted by uc berkeley economist laura tyson, former chair of the u.s. president's council of economic advisers under president clinton. >> any of us who get involved occasionally have a struggle between hope and despair. i will admit that openly., i always do come down on the side of hope. >> reporter: example, in the early 2000's, initial projections about how quickly wind and solar would become mainstream, have been realized almost 100 times faster. that is largely because the cost of solar have plummeted. >> already here in the united states, there are five times as many jobs in solar as

vice president gore. a commitment, terry moran, to clooiment change, doing something about it. >> they did. that was another heresy in some ways from the party that john mccain shared but looking at all these senators, i'm struck by the line that joe biden used in his eulogy. he said it was just great to see the onccain's face as he stepped on the floor to start a fight. he was a happy warrior in that way. >> along with ted kennedy, that was something that they absolutely shared. >> and not afraid to step out alone, of course, that signature moment, cokie roberts, that final vote against the repeal of obamacare. thumb's down. >> a gasp heard and of course from the white house but he decided that he was not going to cut people off from their health insurance in arizona and, again, some of that came out of his experience. >> and, matthew dowd, that wasn't just about health care. it was about health care but also about this idea we have to work together. >> he gave a speech in that moment as well where he sa

al gore brought his daughter, also a well-known environment list.hen we come back, the trump administration placing the most severe cap on refugees in history. stay with us. ♪ [music break] this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: the trump administration has once again slashed the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the united states. on monday, secretary of state mike pompeo announced the new cap on refugees would be a historic low of just 30,000 next year, down from the current level of 45,000. >> the improved if you do policy of this administration serves the national interest of the united states and expands our ability doubt out those in need all around the world. we will continue to assist the world's most vulnerable while never losing sight of our first duties -- serving the american people. we are and continue to be the most generous nation in the world. juan: the actual number of refugees allowed in to the country is expected to be even lower than the 30,000 cap. mo

>> reporter: al gore started being one of those people back in 2001. and today after many, many years, he made one of the most recent arguments, and the most reasonable arguments about one of the things that still is very controversial. former vice president al gore, now an investor in green technologies and an avid environmentalist appeared at the world coal and ice form, part of this week's climate in san francisco. this was hosted by economist laura tyson, former chair of the u.s. president's council of economic advisers under president clinton. >> any of us to get involved occasionally have a struggle between hope and despair. i will admit that openly., i always do come down on the side of hope. >> reporter: example, in the early 2000s, initial projections about how quickly wind and solar would become mainstream, have been realized almost 100 times faster. that is largely because the cost of solar have plummeted. >> already here in the united states, there are five times as many jobs in solar as in coal. the famous coal museum in kentucky just inst

. >> and a preconference event yesterday in san francisco former vice president gore thanked -- vice president al gore thanked the governor for signing the bill. >>> one cool thing i love about the bay area are the microclimates. especially the difference from coming from the east bay and san francisco. but it will be cool for all of us. >>> yesterday in santa rosa it was below 90. a big difference in our temperatures with the microclimates. but like michelle said, all of us will be much, much cooler and that is thanks to a cold front that will be pushing through our region. a live look at the sales force tower cam are. under clear skies and a beautiful start to the day. in concord, 63 degrees. livermore is at -- 55 in san francisco. 49 in santa rosa. mostly clear to partly cloudy this morning. a cooldown continues, of 216-12 degrees below average. we will also see increasing gusty winds at 15-30 miles per hour. here is the reason why. we have this active weather pattern to our north with this upper-level low. it is bringing the rain and thunderstorm activity to the pacific northwest

to have al gore just a few steps from george bush, and to see remarkable tribute to him.

i think we could all learn from what jackson and gore did.it's controversial, it's heart-wrenching but it's important to have a succession. not only when nixon moved over for kennedy. despite the controversy with illinois. i think you can learn a lesson from that too. >> "andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans" is the title of the book. the battle that shaped america's destiny. this is brian kilmeade, his third history book. >> this year, booktv marks our 20th year of bringing the country's top nonfiction authors and their latest books. find us every week and on c-span2 or online at booktv.org. >> this weekend on booktv, former education secretary ernie duncan discusses the successes and failures of schools in america. manhattan institute's heather mcdonald offers her thought on identity politics. republican political strategist rick wilson provides his take on the trump administration. historian patricia o'toole chronicles the political career of woodrow wilson. also this weekend, black youth project director charlene - - shares her t

now to climate change and al gore. an environmentalist we have known for decades.k and academy winning documentary an inconvenient truth alerted the world to global warming and re-energize the environmental movement. set down in san francisco with the former vice president and nobel peace prize winner. aboutconversation sustainable investment and climate policy as nothing left in the future -- and nothing less than the future of the planet is at -- >> if there is so much to be made from sustainable finance why have we not seen more investors flock to this? >> we have seen a lot who are coming in this direction. anytime there is a significant change, undershirt is an obstacle. it is because of human nature. the transition to a new design has frustrated all of the keyboard and software companies. same thing when you ask people or businesses to make a systemic change to an approach that has been used for a long time and people are comfortable with. change can be difficult. once change is embraced you feel the wind at your back and begin to think, why have we not done

her first clean lesson and then gore's grand moment to run and join the iranians hang on her journey back to freedom in our interactive documentary dora entering it and returns home. coach a bit of going to. join linked to news from africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and discussions from a visit out website dedicated comes to come join us on facebook at g.w. for god. i'm not proud and i will not succeed in dividing us about i will not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters. made from minds. the contentious figure at home. he wrote in germany. from the fall of the berlin. germany unification. of the cold. war and chaucer's one hundred theorems of the twentieth century. because gorbachev was the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change. quickly memes downfall. i had decided to resign my duties as president of the soviet. she is one historical but from this one as a person. he continues to fight for world peace with the reminder by the unit we have to comprehend when

now his defense attorney keith gore was going to try to pick apart the case against him. >> the onlytters in a criminal case is can the prosecution prove the words in the indictment. >> reporter: lorraine caceres covered the trial. >> the defense concentrated on the fact there was no body. they concentrated on the fact there was no video of christina getting into the suspect's car. >> reporter: gore told the jury enrique had been cooperative, and as for the injuries on his arms and hands, enrique told detectives he'd been working on his car. >> when the tire landed on me because i took it off. and it was too heavy, so just landed right on -- >> oh. oh, okay, okay. it makes sense -- >> it landed where all of this -- yeah. >> okay, that makes sense. >> reporter: then the defense went after the cell phone data. >> what do you have? cell data hits. >> they brought in their own experts saying that these cell phone towers and these pings are not reliable. >> reporter: and christina's dna in the trunk? gore pointed out enrique's camaro and christina's toyota were both processed at the same

wl gore has a major presence here. is flagstaff medical center a very big employer. as our the united states geological survey. and the various government entities. so it is a much different place today. for some people it has grown too big, too fast. but it is a wonderful place. we are very unique in our weather here. we sit at 7000 feet. we have a good winter, or be did until recent years. somewhere around 110 inches of snow or year. but it would snow hard and the sun would come out so it was wonderful. things do seem to be changing. we are in the midst of quite a drought right now. and the winters have not been anything like they were when i was young. so we are a gap inc.. and trying to manage our way through it. gem which i hope your viewers will appreciate. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to flagstaff arizona to learn about the rich history. learn more about other stops on the tour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. q and a, charles calhoun talks about his biography on the 23rd president of regiment harriso

. >> so let's meet one of those so-called warriors, former vice president and environmentalist al gore, whose still trying to prove he has a sense of humor. >> the famous coal museum in kentucky just installed solar panels on its roof. >> on a more serious note, gore asked an audience today to stop treating the atmosphere as an open sewer. >> but the main thing is we have to stop burning fossil fuels as quickly as possible. >> the innovators in this movement are many of the business people like gary hirsberg of stonyfields farms. he is the coo of the company. chief organic optimist. for him, protecting the environment is the way to make money. >> if i can tell a consumer that i'm reducing my toxics or climate or water footprint, and i can get their loyalty, that's gold. >> finally, in the mix are the missionaries. grace cathedral and other episcopalian churches in northern california have become official faces of the movement. >> i've devoted my life to racial reconciliation, to immigrant rights, to gender. to anti-war, all kinds of things. but health of the planet holds all of those.

> on the eve of the international climate summit in san francisco, big climate voices including al gore and the governor are already here, and their message tonight is loud and clear. >> climate change, global warming weights for no one. >>> i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. tomorrow state and local leaders along with representatives from 39 countries will discuss how to be true to the paris climate agreement. >> "abc 7 news" reporter melendez is live in the embarcadero with a look at how the players are. >> reporter: reenergizing the climate movement is the purpose of the summit, led by governor jerry brown and a few of his friends. >> thank you and welcome to california and this very important summit on climate change. >> reporter: despite the trump administration's views on climate change, governor jerry brown insisted we are still in, referring to california's commitment to the paris agreement. that international treaty seeks to reduce emissions of green house gases around the globe. >> you have to be warriors and innovators and missionaries. >> former vice president and environmen

notably, al gore was talking about the information super highway. it was a generational change that was occurring on the political level and for -- on the larger scale on the cultural or technological level there was a massive revolution going on.

and i a talked to former vice president al gore about this. we are in the aftermath of a hurricane, and tornadoes, and storm surge, and these are stronger than what we have experienced in the past. so what do you say too the climate change deniers led by the president of the united states? >> well, i think that at this point, it matters less what i would say to them or more importantly what the scientists would say to them than what mother nature is saying to them, not only do we have this massive storm hitting the u.s., but simultaneously the philippines is being slammed by another super typhoon, mangkhut, and hawaii hit by tropical storm olivia, and we finished the largest fire in the history of california a month ago. every night on the television news is like a nature hike through the book of revelation. >> and presidential leadership in the moments of crisis is very, very important as you know, and better than anyone having been in the white house, what does it say to america when in the aftermath of the storm a year ago in puerto rico, a

carol: now to climate change and al gore. he's been an environmentalist for decades.tary, "an inconvenient truth," that the world to global warming. bloomberg sits down with the vice president and nobel peace prize winner to talk about climate change policy interesting less than the future of the planet. >> if there is so much money to be made in sustainable finance, why haven't more investors flocked to this? >> anytime there is a significant change, inertia is an obstacle. nature.because of human werty keyboard does not make any sense, but the transition to the new design has all of the keyboard and software companies. change can be difficult, but once changes embraced, you feel the wind at your back. was just talking about what he is doing with sustainable investing. joel: he is all about the future. we need to have companies that benefit us tomorrow. protera, 100% electrical buses. he positions that company as something that can displace diesel buses that are already going out of business. tot is where he is trying find highly disruptive thanks -- things that do b

so actually behindeo closed doors but i thank you can learn like al gore did losing my 500 votes i think we can all learn from jackson is controversialrs and heart wrenching but important for us to have a c succession even with kennedy i decided to learn a lesson from that to. >> andrew jackson the miracle of new orleans is the name of the book.k. brianne killed mead third history book. so what about them the mccain funeral the last couple days inin america and to be at the national cathedral today a couple miles up the street. what we be talking about monday morning? >> no. i will be off on monday. we will talk about it but he is such a great man. he never got along with donald trump.e i never met him but ever since john said that then mccain never got over it. president trump understands the war on terror. but aretha franklin that happens megan mccain said something like america has always been great. so they are going back and forth. mccain dish heard meghan mckay something to the effect of america has always been great. which is very different from governor cuomo who said america was

gore and through the myriad controversies of the bush whitehouse, brett kavanaugh was front and center representing the political interests of republicans. his service as a partisan warrior was rewarded with a judgeship where he immediately began to establish a jurisprudence far outside the judicial mainstream. as a judge, he ruled against commonsense gun safety measures. he ruled against commonsense environmental protections. he consistently ruled against rule making powers of independent agencies, going so far as to claibl the cfpb, the consumer financial protection bureau unconstitutional. and he's praised the dissents in both ro west and -- ro west and casey, two landmark cases. remember, we can't forget. brett kavanaugh was selected from a preapproved list of candidates vetted by the federalist society and the heritage foundation, two hard right groups dedicated to the destruction of our health care law and the repeal of roe v. wade. he was selected by a president who explicitly promised to pick judges who would do those two things exactly. so unlike former nominees, brett kavanau

probably the hollywood vietnam when we the people are in and the best the soundtrack includes the gore song the end. it was a love song actually short little love song. this is the end beautiful friend and then in clubs this long ride the snake in the blue bus all this transcendental theory and stuff came in an improvisation and became this opus and it certainly was not a vietnam war song. oh ah but i got to say when i first saw the footage of the bombing of the villages and the song this is the end. what a fantastic translation it works for that go this to get. a read. this to. bring. me. the. most mention moms are still sits on the floor so long to find people new to cookie shoots and yet alone season from sunia b.z. forms and you. know i describe as much i had my suspicions of trafton politike so as a seal the trustee as if you missed the guys i want to ninja today i'm the mice i'm going to get up to put you to push them to vote and leave them on if you don't trust the little.

. >> reporter: it's not just al gore delivering an inconvenient truth. with fires on one coast and a hurricane looming on the other, the reminders of a warming planet everywhere. >> we're still losing tropical forests at a catastrophic level. >> reporter: steakeholders from ten different countries. ♪ embracing a universal call. nearly $500 million was pledged. >> in this is about provinces, companies demonstrating what we're doing. we've seen announcement after announcement, and the meeting isn't officially open yet. >> reporter: they leaders like gore who demanded honoring the paris accord agreement even if we're not technically in it. >> if there is a new president, excuse me for a moment. a new president could give 30 days' notice and we're right back in the paris agreement. >> reporter: and we have already seen a lot of activity around this global summit which goes until friday, obviously yesterday governor brown signing legislation promising all clean energy in california by 2045. even china pitching in as well and promising electric vehicles, 5 mil

vonnie: this week and can walk all of bloomberg businessweek, a conversation with al gore, that saturdayember 22. latest business flash. -- your latest business flash. julie: and another big interview, jeff bezos, the amazon founder finally outlined his philanthropic plan. he pledged to billion dollars of his fortune to preschool programs in low income communities and to provide food and shelter for homeless families. he spoke to david rubenstein. >> i'm interested in early education, the apple does not fall far from the tray. my mother has become head of the bezos family foundation and an expert in early education. i'm a student of montessori , i started a montessori -- at was two years old montessori when i was two years old. the teacher complained that i was to task focused, and she could not get me --too task focused and she had to pick up my chair to move me. and it is still probably true. >> would you say she was responsible for your success? several ofouch with my high school and elementary school teachers, but i don't know any of my montessori school teachers. >> so the gift you

not only do you oppose kavanaugh but you voted against gore said. a senior opposition of gorsuch's prove that you're making an ideological decision over basic qualification decision when it comes to supreme court nominees? >> i'm glad to talk about justice gorsuch's. i read everything that they have written that law review articles and judicial reviews but i haven't come to my office and i asked them about the questions that i have. i wait until the hearing is over and the judiciary committee in based on all of that i make a decision. i've tried cases in all courts including supreme court. i take this very seriously. justice gorsuch's i was extremely concerned that he had a habit of going out of his way to be an activist judge on one particular topic women's freedom to make their own health care decisions. again and again the justice who said he was an umpire would go out of his way -- i didn't think we needed him on the court. but i did my homework. you don't see me coming out the gate and trashing somebody for calling them a name before even know

also speaking today, former vice president al gore and highlighted efforts to lower carbon emissionsth a goal of zero emissions by the year 2050. >>> the catholic diocese of san jose plans to release the names of every priest facing a credible accusation of sexual assault. and fbi agent will conduct an investigation in the diocese will hold a series of listening sessions to hear from the public. victims and victims advocate say it is the change they have been hoping for. >>> we want to start with big news out of washington. there will be no second trial for paul manafort. he is making a plea deal and pledging to tell everything he knows. we go live to the newsroom with details on today's a surprise plea deal and what it could mean for the rush investigation. >> reporter: paul manafort pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in washington dc today. he had faced seven counts and the possibility of life in prison. the conspiracy charges are related to his work on the trump campaign. now as part of the deal he will cooperate with the special counsel rush investigation. the former trum

including big names like al gore and john kerry.n energy in california by the year 2045. >>> and what will apple reveal? it's a big question in silicon valley and around the world in hours we get our first look at probably a new iphone or multiple phones. >>> a slow drive around most of the bay. this really kicks in starting monday. we saw more traffic flow. we have one lane blocked by that big rig, up to highway 84. a tough drive and they're having trouble getting the right equipment. crash here, alert north 101 at woodside. jamming traffic at 101, as well as folks coming off the dumbarton bridge and making the merge into the traffic and still another issue across the bay bridge in towards san francisco. west 80 tied up out at treasure island tunnel. a motorcycle crash blocking the two right lanes. back to you. >>> more local news for you coming up in 30 minutes. >>> back, now, 8:30 on a wednesday morning, the 12th day of september, 2018. with the instantly recognizable voice of -- do we hear music superstar? >> crank it up. >> car

. >> reporter: today with the help of people like james good all, al gore, and why not, dave matthewster: dave math years song was fitting and timely. many in this audience wondered if this land coulder be rescued from the effects of global warming. climatologist jane goodall is known as the messenger of peace. >> as they grow up and move into positions of power and to politics and to business, do we have time to wait. >> reporter: the summit co-chaired by jerry brown was to challenge president trump after announcing the u.s. would leave the paris agreement. that treaty sets goals to carbon emissions. vice presidential gore. >> if there is a new president, they could give 30 days notice and we're right back in the paris agreement. >> reporter: today car manufacturers from around the world vow to invest more in electric nermg. the mayor of carmel, indiana, a republican, said the health of the planet should not be a partisan issue. >> great countries show issues, they listen to their scientists and they vow to leave our country in better condition than they found it. ♪ lift up your hear

so the major employers now, instead of being those basic university,are the wl gore, and flagstaff medical center, a very big employer. as well as the united states geological survey and the entities ofrnment flagstaff and government. it has probably grown a little too big, too fast . but it is a wonderful place where we are unique in our weather. we sit at 7000 feet. we have a good winter -- well, we did until recent years. 110 inches of snow per year. it would snow hard and than the sun would come out. in the past few years, things do seem to be changing. we are in the midst of quite a drought right now and the winters have not been anything like they were when i was young. so we are all adapting and trying to manage our way through it. the flagstaff is still a gem, as i hope your viewers will appreciate if they see your program. >> our cities to her staff recently traveled to flagstaff arizona to learn more about its history. learn more about flagstaff and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiesto her. you're watching american -- c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american his

adversaries turn every gore andinto bush v open up the doors to crack, you're going to have the lawyersight to the end. if they can create a little chaos, we will do the rest for them. electionsor three like that, we will be in a bad place. , 90% offor granted facebook users are outside of the united states. we take for granted what a peaceful transition to power does for you. we will miss that if we are not able to defend it. interviewer: we are almost out of time. i did want to ask, now to your transitioning to your gig at stamford -- alex: i have an office for the first time in six years. interviewer: would you consider going back to work for a major internet company? alex: not for a long time. it is a tough job. and this is kids making a decision to be part of their lives. by the time they're out, i will be irrelevant. interviewer: they will be hacking by then. alex: this is my plan for a while. it is great to work on that. we have issues across the industry, across the planet that we need to work on and the ability to tackle those is more interesting. interviewer: thank you. that i

what i think this shows is the president has a lot of faith in the senate and how they handle the goremination and a large portion of republican voters that backed him for president was because of the supreme court. he knows it has to be rocksolid and to show self-awareness that on this one, no tweets, stay on message and drive home she needs to be heard and let the process play out. >> when asked if brett kavanaugh offered to withdraw or whether he should it was ridiculous. what position would this put the white house in? are they planning for plan b if something happens monday or beyond? >> i imagine they are keeping all options open but want very much to stand by brett kavanaugh. a lot of people they looked at for this opening, a critical piece of the president's legacy and the reason a lot of people voted for him. they want brett kavanaugh to get through but if something goes wrong they are thinking what to do next. heather: with the midterms hanging over them talking control of the house and senate. >> that is why they need to stick with brett cavanagh because if it were to go awr