traditional methods the technology behind the company's success is a result of the work of the institute of earth physics where research into ocean surveying started in the ninety's. recently it was really only a bit of scientific fun. five years ago you didn't think this project was worth. developing marketing for the industry. new technology emerged. new energy saving microprocessors new microcircuits. digital converters rapid wireless copying technology at speeds of up to fifteen megabytes per second that's much quicker than why five we can collect the data regulated over a few days then transfer it in a matter of minutes and then move the node to continue registration because that's a successful test on the black sea has drawn the attention of some of russia's leading oil companies before setting sail the fully automated pret checks and configure their power supply and electronics can also be controlled remotely once the ship reaches the required coordinates there cast over the side and plunge to the bottom of the seabed thanks to the disposable. navigation system but it is their exact locati

filmmaker robert stone, dale brick of the natural resources defense council, jim hanson of columbia university's earth institutelear engineer michael friedlander. right before the break michael said nuclear power plants are only as safe as the people operating them. >> that's right. so what we should do first is look at the record. solar energy, for example, the record is two deaths per terawatt hour of electricity generated. nuclear power 0.5 deaths of nuclear power. people fall off roofs while they're installing solar panels. but i'm not against solar panels. i'm just pointing out that the nuclear is actually much safer. it has a very good safety record. and that's with old technology. >> dale, do you buy that? >> yeah. i just don't think it's credible to say that the radiation risk from fukushima and chernobyl and for anybody who reads the newspaper and pays attention to these issues is dim inizing cancer rates. even if you can't point to an individual person and say that person has cancer because of chernobyl, we know that there are more cancers out there. >> you believe that nuclear power is less safe than

we have the director of the earth institute of columbia university, dr.iser to george w. bush, mark mckinnon. in washington, moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. i would like to say something for the record. >> what's that? >> the angry e-mails come directly from valerie and valerie alone. >> what are you talking about? >> nothing. when she's angry at you, she loves you. she has her own, she sends you very hateful e-mail at times. >> hateful, despicable. they are from valerie, alone. >> valerie has always been very nice. >> she's so, so nice. >> she's a lot nicer to me than i would be. >>> joining us from chicago, senior editor for national view and columnist ramesh ponnuru. >> something else happened on "morning joe" for the first time, we have been doing it since 1947. i think we may have at least three people that have voted for a republican in their lifetime. >> good god, i have hives. i have hives. >> two worked for them. i'm sure they voted for a republican candidate and ramesh and myself who never voted for a democratic president. jeff sac

and here with us now, the director of the earth institute at columbia university the author of the book "to move the world," jfk's quest for peace dr. jeffrey sachs. why don't we stay on kennedy and this book. tom brokaw writes in the "wall street journal" this, i think the american university speech applies to the concept of this as well. imagine the tweets during the cuban missile crisis. watching the recent government shutdown debate, i tried to imagine how kennedy's bay of pigs disaster might have played out in today's benghazi climate. how long would it be before a national chorus of contradiction arose, demanding his impeachment? can you imagine the wall to wall, channel tsunami during the 12 days of the cuban missile crisis in october of 1992. that's when kennedy had arguably his finest hour as commander-in-chief, cooling off catastrophic war fever with imaginative diplomacy t. town square has been wired and expanded. the question remains, whether more voices remain for a healthier political climate. president kennedy with his wit and stylish manner played to the washington press

of largest dinosaurs to walk the earth sold for $650,000. the remains of the 17-metre long dinosore, nicknamed misty was discovered in a dig in the united states. the buyer from an unnamed institution promised to put misty on public display. >> such a thing reasonably complete state is rare. there's an awful lot of work that's gone into preparing it for digging out of the ground and consolidating the bones and assembling them. there's hundreds, thousands of hours of work gone into that. the 2020 world expo will be held in dubai. stefanie dekker was there when the news came through. cheer cheer >> the tallest tower in the world explodes to announce the expo in 2020 is coming to dubai. the anticipation had been building all day. >> it was a great event in dubai, continuing to achieve a milestone. it's important for the city. dubaians came back with a real opportunity to be on the map of the world. now the real work will begin. it's hard to remember how dubai was sand. like this vast empty space, which will be the canvas to host the expo. many will tell you that dubai's ambitions come together perfectly through the expo. >> it will be, in one way or the other, dubai's ultimate coming

from poland, the advice chair of the ipcc, the intergovernmental panel on climate change, from new york, readily horton, a scientist from columbia university's earth institute, and here in our studio, a climate expert from the world resources city. thank you all for being with us. professor, let's begin with you, with the caveat that we always have to say in order to be scientifically correct that no one event can be directly linked to changes in the climate. what's the impact been of typhoon haiyan been on your conference? >> it's made a big impression because the opening ceremony was actually quite emotional because the philippines delegate talked 15 minutes about the typhoon, and there were three minutes of silence in the room, so it was quite an emotional start for sure. >> does it have the on ability to change the deliberations that go on in warsaw? make more urgency in your consultation? >> well, you know i'm a physicist, i'm not a psychologist, so i don't know, but i think every human being must have been moved by what we heard and what we learned over the last few days. i hope the understanding of the impacts of weather events, whether they are infl

here with us now the director of the earth institute at columbia university economist dr. d get the ian williams package prepared. we might get to that as well. but, first of all, how do we even put this event in perspective? is there anything? >> well, it's unbelievable. and they are saying that they can't be sure but looks like the most powerful typhoon ever to make landfall and so it's unbelievable the power that this storm had, and, of course, the devastation is shocking and we're learning more. >> it's indescribable. beyond the fact that we can't even imagine how many people have perished. it can be up to 10,000. right now we're talking about pockets of areas where there are people who will not get help, who will die now because there's no way to get to them. and there's no way to get to everybody. i mean it is -- how about this compared to the tsunami? >> well, the tsunami came from an earthquake which is a very different kind of phenomenon in terms of the devastation, of course, both were shocking and the tsunami in japan was followed by the nuclear disaster. but wha

here with us now must read opinion pages the director of the earth institute at columbia university,ust showed me the picture. i'm jealous. >> met the pope. >> what gives, how amaze something. >> he is the most believable thing. he's inspiring, he is changing the world. >> he is transformative. in what context were you able meet him? >> i was with a remarkable group called the great reform in italy. i gave a talk at their annual meeting and met the pope and phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal. >> so the president or the pope talked about the pope's statement yesterday regarding quote trickle down economics. >> right. hey, this is good church dock tren you know that the church always said we need a preferential option for the poor. that's right. that's what jesus said. that's what the church says. it's absolutely right. i think what the church has taught for ages is the economy has to have a moral framework. if the economy doesn't have a moral framework, we end up with not the kind of life we want. i think it's very important. >> the pope is to the left of jeffrey sachs. >> the pope and

of problems, by changing social institutions, you will change human beings in the way they behave; correct? what will you bring about? you'll bring about the millennium, bring about a kingdom of heaven on earth. there's no poverty, no racism, no sexism, no war. well, if you believe that, then you also think that all that stands in the way of a perfect world where everybody is going to have enough, everybody's going to get adequate health care, everybody's going to get fed, if you believe that all you have to do is change social institutions, then what do you think of the people who think that's not a great idea that it's not going to work that you still will have the problem of people and their corruption and their mendacity? here we have a president of the united states who is a ha bitual liar. government is a serious problem in itself. however, if you are progressive, you think anybody who has questions about the wisdom of moving forward with this grand plan to redeem the world is evil, and that's the way they treat republicans and conservatives. you are evil. we, progressives, are the army of the saints. you republicans and conservatives are the peafort of satan. i mean that literally. it

of the tulane law school on institute on water resources law & policy. and with me here in the new york studio is adam sobel, a professor at the lamont-doherty earth observatoryand school of engineering and applied sciences, adam - we are too familiar with the storms in the u.s. we know what superstorm sandy did. area residents are recovering in some cases from the storm. katrina the deadliest storm in american history in the past decade. how do those compare to the nightmare in the philippines? >> this storm was more powerful an either of those. sandy of winds of category 1, it was large, making the surge equivalent to a stronger surge. katrina at landfall was 3, and this was 5 at the high end. possibly the strongest storm ever to make landfall in recorded meteorological history. it will be some time before that catastrophic. >> do you think the surge will be the biggest - what caused the most damage. >> the wind flattened a lot of structures. yes, if other events and reports are an indication, it's likely a lot of death and destruction was caused by the surge. >> what was your response when you saw the devastating pictures from the philippines, having orlea

of earth from the backside of the ringed planet. judy recently talked to carolyn porco, the leader of the cassini imaging team at the space science institute in boulder, colorado. >> woodruff: carolyn porco, welcome. first of all, refresh us on what the cassini mission launched back in 1997 was supposed to accomplish? what was it all about? >> the cassini mission was all about a comprehensive investigation of saturn and everything? the saturn system, and it's been a mission that's been done jointly with the europeans. as you said, we launched in 1997. it took us seven years to cross the solar system and get into orbit around saturn, the summer of 2004. and we are now in our tenth year of investigating this very complex, very phenomenon logically rich plantare system. >> woodruff: why was saturn so interesting and why was the imaging piece so important? >> saturn, first of all, it's the jewel of the solar system. it's a beautiful planet. it is-- as i said, the most phenom logically rich. it's got the solar system's largest set of rings, planetary rings. saturn itself is a giant planet, and there's much to be gained by investigating its mete

institutions. and finally there we have it remember this classic flick i know you like to. just get is you. get the earth. now while revenge of the nerds might have been fiction the revenge on the n.s.a. by the nerds of silicon valley is all too real by using a harder to crack code google facebook and yahoo are fighting back against the national security agency for authorized spying on users the companies say they must show both their networks and their online customer's data in order to assure users that connections are secure and data can't be grabbed while the n.s.a. may ultimately find ways around these barriers that companies were burnt in by a disclosures that they were cooperating with u.s. surveillance programs and now there are looking for of them and well there you have it we'll be tracking all of these stories and as always keeping you posted on all the latest. now while money and politics have always enjoyed a cozy little relationship in two thousand and ten the supreme court's to citizens united decision that drastically altered the landscape of money in politics now with the ruling fund raising caps on political

institute in mountain view. he and his colleagues research life in the universe. they said the go chase satellite will continue to drop until it plunges into the earth's atmosphere. pieces ofthe satellite will begin to burn up and essentially become astroids, but a couple hundred pounds will land back on earth. he said it isn't likely anybody will be struck by a piece of the satellite. >> most of the earth is covered by water so chances are it will land in the water. tom is one of many residents visiting the observe story on this friday night. his assumption is spot on. >> the chances are no one will see, it it will land in the ocean and nobody will notice except a few fish. >> the european space agency said the satellite should re-enter the atmosphere sunday or early monday. >>> a n.a.s.a. scientist will get $72 million for his work designing toy guns. the engineer lonny johnson filed a lawsuit earlier this year against a toy company. they said the toy company didn't give him proper royalties for his super soaker and toy designs. sales of the super soaker alone have topped $1 billion. he also worked on n.a.s.a. missions to jupiter and mars. a lost range there. >> the popl

earth sold for $650,000 at auction. the remains of the 17 metre long dip low doc us, nicknamed misty was discovered during a dig in the united states. the buyer from an unnamed institution promised to put misty on public display. >> such a thing, reasonably complete state is rare. there's a lot of work has gone into preparing it, digging out of the ground and consolidating the bones and assembling into the form you see there. there's hundreds, thousands of hours of work gone into that. guatemala's plant was one of the most threatened. decades of pollution spoilt the waters with an algae bloom affecting the waters. four years on, al jazeera's david mercer returned to see what has changed. ever since he can remember pass quell hernandez has been fishing the waters. he could support his family using a hook, a line and some bait. that was back when fish were plentiful, before changes to the ecology saw his catch getting smaller and smaller. >> this is the size of the fish we catch these days. it's hard to sell one that is small. normally people buy fish that weigh half a pound. they don't want one that doesn't have meat on it. fishermen are on the front line of a crisis thr

of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the most powerful storm on earthyear has hit the central philippines with sustained winds of nearly 200 miles an hour. thousands of residents were forced to evacuate, and officials warned of catastrophic damage. hours before landfall, the typhoon was already dumping heavy rain. the target area included a province devastated by an earthquake last month. trans fats could soon disappear from the american diet. the food and drug administration wants to ban the artery clogging substance found in processed foods from margarine to cookies to frozen pizza. the f.d.a. says that could prevent nearly 7,000 deaths from heart disease each year. we'll have more on this right after the news summary. the senate voted today to ban workplace discrimination against homosexual, bisexual and transgender employees. the outcome underscored the nation's evolving attitude toward gay rights. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> reporter: the vote on the employment non-discrimin