jake ward reports, france already has some of the broadest surveillance laws in the world. >> despite claims of government, the public made the final decision and that is a radical change. >> reporter: edward snowden embarrassed the united states into backing away from mass surveillance, but france is going the other direction. in july a after the charlie hebdo attacks, lawmakers easily passed a regulation, the law of intelligence, essentially formalizing powers the state exercised for years. because it fails to restrict intelligence agencies, the law earned objections from the u.n. and others. it's provisions are brood, and powerful, reaching into almost every part of modern life. it's helpful to con tremendouses the laws provisions with current u.s. law. the french law allows the state to eavesdrop on the digital and phone communications of anyone linked to a terrorist inquiry. no matter how tenuous the link or how disimportant the connection. it allows intelligence agencies to install recording devices and secret cameras in pry zat homes and they can do all of that without consulti

jake ward explains. >> if someone wanted a secure application to communicate plans for an attack they'd have no end of option he. what's app the world's leading messaging app would be a logical first choice. security forces tell al jazeera that the app may have been used by the paris attackers. in the aftermath of the bangkok bombings in august it was discovered that the culprits used what's app to communicate. but that's not because it's the preferred means of communication for bad guys, it is the preferred means of communication for nearly one seventh of the world's cell phone users. 8 million monthly users and while 20 billion sms text messages are transmitted each day, it is a free alternative to text messaging and voice calls. in its early days what's app had a somewhat weak security reputation and so after the company was acquired by facebook, my phone does the encrypting and the phone on the other end does decrypting. they basically arrange a handshake that doesn't involve any central server. sucialtas a result, what happens app does not have any access to my messenger. it's that

jake ward reports on the implications across the globe. >>> and the danger in america. is isil's latest threat very credible? can the united states prevent isil from attacking washington, d.c. or any other city? all of that and more ahead. ♪ >>> and welcome back to paris, everyone nch the investigation into friday's attack is still in the early stages, of course. already we have seen arrests, and raids, but that's only part of the story. there's also a political reaction here in europe and back home in america. for that we go back to david david in new york. >> john two republican presidential candidates both announced new legislation today to block the united states from taking anymore syrian refugees. over the past four years only about 2,000 syrian refugees have entered the united states, and as it stands the screening process averages nearly a year and a half. but president obama says despite the paris attacks his administration will still push forward with plans next year to bring in 10,000 syrian refugees, and so there is that opposition in congress and push back

jake ward has a look. let's put the politics aside for the moment. here are the facts. more than 97% of working scientists agree that the climate is warming and it's humanity's fault. these are not guns for higher. they go through a brutal process, a system designed to root out violence. whatever the politicians say, consensus is so strong that they are moving on to the costs and dangers. it seems certain that climate change is going to cost a lot of money. a berkeley and stanford study found a relationship between rising numbers and economic output. as a worker slows down in the heat, so do whole countries, the study predicts unmitigated climate change makes 70% of countries poorer. economic output drops by 20%. we don't have to wait until 2100. it's predicted by 2060 climate change will cost $44 trillion. being rich will not help us. the study predicts u.s. and china with hotter countries will suffer disproportionate harm, russia will do bitter and northern europe may benefit. politicians complain about the short-term effects of regulatio regulations, companies recogn

on that, here is correspondent jake ward. >> reporter: this is what 5 inches of power did to a hillside, spilling over a freeway taking 100 cars, and passenger. that is nothing if an el nino will provide. >> take the smaller event and have it rain longer. >> reporter: this geologist is a specialist in the california rivers and water supply. >> we are not ready. >> reporter: to keep floodwaters under control, california has 13,000 miles of mess. a disaster poised to flood california. >> there two levies, those that will fail. eventually there'll be overwhelmed. the question we have is this the year that the levy system somewhere is overwhelmed. >> the california delta income ass 1,000 miles of waterways. it's home to thousands of people and the state capital. we went there to see why water officials are worried about the el nino. >> i'm jake, we are on the highest ground. >> always when you are on top of a levee. >> what are you doing there? >> mike is an engineer with the california department of water resources. he spots a levy repair going on. it's a fix that costs 5 to $10 million pe

>> jacob ward joins me now from san francisco. jake, i can't get enough of this story. unconscious bias is very closely related to what we've been talking about here, microaggression. help me understand how these two are connected. >> it's hard to measure. by it's name it's not conscious. people are exhibiting biases that oftentimes conflict with their explicit beliefs. if you were to write these biases down on a piece of paper, they would say i never expressed that kind of idea. that's the whole point of it. that by its nature is incredibly difficult to measure. micro-aggressions have since 2007 been the subject of an effort to kalt categorize them. attacks have been formed around aggressions talking about the small ones, things like asking someone, oh, where are you from? asking an interracial couple how did you meet all the way through to things like checking somebody's i.d. gratuitously whether they enter a certain college facility. those are the beginning of an efrpt to try and measure this. >> herein lies the rub. i ask people where they are and met. having watche

. >> i'm jake ward in bodega bay, california. where scierchts ar scientists ao determine if shelled fish can survive in the water in the future. i'll have more in a moment. >> mexico's highest court has shaken up the country's strict drug policies by voting to decrildecriminalize marijuana. the nation's ongoing war on drugs. john terret is here with more. john. >> the cost and consequences, good evening antonio and good evening to you, this is a very controversy issue, a major ruling by the many in mexico that thinks takes the country closer towards legalizing marijuana. it's a landmark decision that mexican advocates have been waiting for. mexico's supreme court have the right to grow and consume marijuana only for personal use. does not approve the sale or commercial production of marijuana and does not strike down mexico's stringent drug laws. but it may pave the way for legalization of marijuana in mexico. >> translator: from a constitutional interpretation no reason exists for the consumption of marijuana is the seclusion. >

and jake ward explains what that is. >> reporter: if someone wanted a secure application to communicateor an attack, they would have no end of options. what's app would be a logical first choice. the app may have been used by the paris attackers. in the aftermath of the bangkok bombings in august, it was discovered that the cull tripts used what's app to communicate. it's not because it's the preferred means of communication for bad guys, it's the preferred communication for billions of people. the world uses what's app to send 30 billion messages a day. in its early days what's app had a somewhat weak security reputation, so after the company was acquired by facebook in november 2014, it implemented a new form of encryption. when i send a message on what's app, my phone does the encrypting, and the phone on the other end does the decrypting. it doesn't involve a central server, as a result, it does not have access to my message. that also mean there is no back door or master key that it can offer to the intelligence community. it is that kind of encryption that has members of the intel

specific threats to the city, but just dropping the name was enough to spark hours of media coverage as jake ward reports, it is an example of how the group has developed a sophisticated propaganda machine. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the attacks in paris were immediately seen on screens around the world. caught in this video. heard live during this espn brood cost. violence captured on video has become its own language. >> now it's our time to spill our blood. >> reporter: isil has deployed that language endlessly and expertly. professional-looking videos like this one, released the day after the attacks. often with subtitles and news experts and flashy transitions. >> that's the identity of the propagandai propagandaists. propaganda comes in two forms. one is raising the awareness, the consciousness, the patriotism, the loyalty of people that its being aimed at, and it's also working towards the enemy to try to take away their -- their will to win. >> reporter: it's worth noting that u.s. military recruitment videos use the same rhetoric. the techniques that isil uses are drawn directly from comp

jake ward is in san francisco with more on the discovery, jake. >> john, it is hard to imagine today that mars could have west been a lush, warm, wet planet, but scientists are now saying not only was that true they know now how it is that it came to be the desolate environment that we now know. >> to no why mars is a cold, desolate, dry planet you only need to understand the sun. massa scientists announce thursday that the red planet once thick atmosphere, which made it a warm, wet place, was stripped away by powerful solar storms billions of years ago. the result was the disappearance of water, and probably the disappearance of life. >> most of the stripping by the solar wind at mars was thought to have taken place very early in the history of the solar system when the sun was much more active when the solar winds was more intense. so today the rate of loss of mars is low. >> the spacecraft entered mars orbit last september. and since then the instruments have analyzed solar winds. we have rovers that have found rocks that formed and environments. and we have even found evidence th

let's watch this report from our science and technology expert jake ward. >> drawn directly from contemporary media. captured a jordanian pilot, later on they go on to execute him, i'm not going to show you that it's too horrible. but in the lead up they do graphics that set up the story, they're quiet familiar. latequite familiar. they are interviewing him and zooming out on these certain maps above hymn. it looks very familiar and that's because you see it all the time for instance in video games. here is 2009's call of duty, it's one in a series of games that's one of the most video game franchises of all time. it's that same effect, the sort of flashing in on the map. it's worth noting that later on in the game you are called upon to basically shoot up an airport, execute civilians a whole crowd of them. you can get through the scene without doing this but you're certainly given the opportunity to. western media puts out this imagery all the time. the difference is that i.s.i.l. is actually doing this stuff but it's no wonder their propaganda so closely mirrors what we put out in our medi

jake ward is with san francisco. jake, we have been spending time, and while the level of horror is portrayed in the videos is unique, groundbreaking, the play book that all of their visual language comes from is not new. the attacks in paris were seen on screens around the world. caught in this video published by daily mail.com. heard live during this broadcast of a football match. violence captured on video has become its own language. >> you are the followers of the prophet. and now it's our time to spill blood. >> i.s.i.l. deployed that language endlessly and expertly. professional looking videos like this, released a day after the attack. often with subtitles and news experts and flashy transition. >> the brand is the identity of the propagandist. propaganda is not new, it's becoming more effective. it's reaching a nefarious period when joseph became the minister of propaganda, administration and enlightenment. steven is an expert and says there are two common threads throughout history. >> propaganda comes in tw

jake ward looked at the media campaign, and jake, the propaganda we're seeing from isil is differentn others, and how so? >> reporter: well, tony, it has been a dark week or so looking at all of the propaganda that this group puts out. it's terrible stuff, and it speaks to things that you and i are used to. but it refers to that stuff. when you look back thetivity of propaganda, it's very similar to the kind of playbook that we are using now. we spoke to steven heller on nazi propaganda, the remim that refined this stuff, and here's what he said about the general themes throughout history. >> propaganda comes in two forms. one is raising the awareness, the consciousness, the patriotism, the loyalty of people that it's being aimed at. and it's also working towards the enemy to try to take away their will to win. it's both terror and celebration. >> tony, what we're seeing in the isil videos that we have been looking at that combination of both the sort of her witch. and it's a recruitment tool on the one hand. and on the other, it's supposed to scare the rest of us. you see the video

. >> i'm jake ward in california, where scientists are trying to determine whether shelled animals can survive in the oceans of the future. >> climate change is threatening the shellfish industry. especially oysters, the ocean's most sensitive creatures. scientists are trying to save them from exing tink, and now we go correspondent, jacob ward. >> a lot of things contribute to what is a good oyster. >> the ocean is changing, and the oysters, especially the babies, are changing with it. >> reporter: what we have been able to determine, the seed has been stressed -- the sea has been stressed by the conditions in the near shore, and they're having a much more difficult time growing their shell >> reporter: sawyer's company used to put out 5 million oysters a year, but now he's calling in help. >> it's complex. and that won't take you by surprise >> reporter: as the ocean soaks up carbon from our tailpipes and smokestacks, they are studying oysters, a crucial part of the food chain that can survive an ocean more acidic can less oxygen. >> it's unprecedented, more than any other change in

jake ward for us in san francisco. >>> the world of soccer has been shaken by these attacks. national team canceled their match with spain. french players arrived at their hotel today. the team decided late friday night that the friendly match should go on as planned. wembley's stadium has been lit in french's national colors since saturday. the midfielder's count -- cousin died in the attack. the team captain said it has been a difficult time, but that the team will play for the victims. >> translator: it's all been very, very tough. it has been very tough for the victims, the victim's families and our country. but we have decided to play tomorrow, and decided to focus on doing our job out there to play for our country, to play for the victims, and as i say try to get our minds right during training >> the team was playing against germany on friday when suicide bombers detonated explosives outside of the french stadium. >>> hi, tony, coming up tonight at 8:00 our special coverage from paris. we'll have reaction from president hollande who declared war on isil today. i'm talk

we sent jake ward to the california delta with more >> reporter: this is what 5 inches of rain does in a single area does to a baked hillside. but this is nothing compared to what happens when an el nino arrives. >> take those small events, and have it rain longer. it could go badly. >> he's an expert on california's rivers and water supply. >> we're not ready as a state for very large floods. >> to keep floodwaters under control, california has over 13,000 miles of levees, which have been called a mess, a katrina type disaster. >> there are those that have failed and will fail. and the levee system will be overwhelmed. the question that we have every year, is this the year that the levee system is overwhelmed? >> the california delta, just outside of sacramento, encompasses 1,000 miles of waterways, and it's home to thousands of people and the state capital. mike is an engineer with the california department of water resources. he spots a major levee repair going on here, and he shows it to us. it's a fix that costs 5-$10 million per mile. it's a rehab that apparently rarely happens.

problem is not in collect being the information, it's having enough bodies to connect the dots, jake ward in >> reporter: absolutely, and i think that what we're seeing here is the ability to collect so much data, but such limited ability to get any real insight out of it. and we're talking about not the government spying on its own citizens today, but hanging on to all of their information for as long as possible, so they can choose to spy on them later if they choose to. >> good stuff, thank you. and there's a lot of focus on isil and defeating them. and ali velshi is in turkey where the fight is heating up. >> tony, we have been here in istanbul for a few days, obviously this country is the entry point for refugees leaving syria, 2 million of them staying here, but many going to europe, and it's the only muslim majority nato member, and it has the largest standing army in any nation in nato except for the united states, and turkey has it's own problems with the turkish population, and some criticize turkey for being more focused on the kurds than isil. so there's a lot going on in turk

al jazeera's jake ward ma more on the discovery. >> to know why mars is a cold, desolate dry planet,y need to understand the sun. nasa scientists announced thursday that the red planet's once thick atmosphere which made it a warm wet place was stripped away by powerful solar storms. those powerful solar winds penetrated mars and left it vulnerable to the sun's radiation. the result was the disappearance of water and probably the disappearance of life. >> most of the stripping by the solar wind at mars was thought that have taken place very early in the history of the solar system when the sun was more active, the solar wind more intense, so today the rate of loss of mars is low. >> the space cast entered mars orbit last september. since then, instruments analyzed solar winds and effects on the atmosphere. nasa said it documented a solar storm eating away at the planet's atmosphere in march. among other findings was the discovery of water on that mars. >> we have visible and mineral evidence of water on mars from orbit. we have rovers that found evidence. we found evidence that ancien

katie, the candidates in the dubuque - council ward 2 are karla braig and luis del toro in ward 4 - jake rios and lynn sutton i'm joined now live by luis del toro... live in dubuque, katie we're also showing other election results on your t-v screen, and you can find results of all the eastern iowa races on our website. just go to kcrg dot com slash "election results." joe, this nice weather continues do you want one more day with highs in the 70s this november? it looks like you will get your wish on wednesday. in the morning for some patchy fog. any fog that develops burns off in the morning, bringing sunshine for the afternoon. showers are still on track thursday afternoon with an approaching cold front. this storm brings more seasonable november weather back into the weather picture starting friday. tonight: patchy fog low: 47-53 winds: s 5-15tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 69-75 winds: s 10-20tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 51-57 winds: sw 10-15thursday: pm showers likely high: 66 - low: 54 friday: showers early high: 53 - low: 43 saturday: partly cloudy high: 49 - low: 36 low: 30 m

jake. >> clarissa, ward, thank you so much. cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto joins me now in the place de la republique, a massive makeshift memorial to the 129 victims. jim, do police have a working theory as to how the terrorists put this nefarious plan into place last friday? >> they do. sadly one of the headlines the terrorists put this plan into place with people that the police were aware of, several of them were on police radar. that's one thing. two, that they used belgium as kind of a staging area for this taking advantage of belgium that has fewer counterterror resources than france does. but then also that the trail leads all the way back to syria and they have a good idea now of not just one but two masterminds of this attack, one of whom and this is significant, goes right up to close relationship with the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. this say french officials is one of the possible ring leaders of the paris attacks. heard saying in this terror video he enjoys spilling the blood of infidel

jake. >> clarissa ward, thank you so much. this just in to cnn. what appears to be another act of terror in france according to the prosecutor in marseille, that's southern france. three young men on scooters stopped and stabbed a teacher from a jewish school. this is all from the local prosecutor in marseille. one of the young attackers was reportedly wearing a t-shirt with, quote, an isis symbol, according to the prosecutor. these three young men insulted the teacher, threatened to kill him and then they stabbed him in the stomach, arm and legs. the teacher was not critically hurt, we're told. the attackers are still on the loose. also just in to cnn this hour, we're learning that five men allegedly from syria have been detained in central america with fake passports. and we're told that they were possibly intending to travel to the united states through its southern border. i want to get right to cnn's evan perez. evan, what are you learn sng. >> well, jake, there's been a couple of these incidents recently in the last week for instance on the

that was for the dubuque ward 2 seat. and jake rios ousted city council member lynn sutton by double the percentage. rios pulled in 68 percent of the vote for the ward 4 spot. an incumbent means people in dubuque want new leadership to address safety in the city. rios is thinking along the same lines. he says he wants the city to pay more attention to find a way to effectively reduce crime throughout the community. "just today my neighbor got robbed so it's kind of like why are those cameras not in our neighborhood even though we've had a stabbing and robberies and what not and so it's common sense things like that. " del toro also says reducing the city's debt is also a top priority. we're also showing other election results on the bottom of your t-v screen. you can also find results of all the eastern iowa races on our website. just go to kcrg dot com slash "election results." the iowa department of criminal investigation is looking into an incident where a police officer shot a man during a chase in waterloo. police say they ha

vote.in ward four -- jake rios -- beating incumbent lynn sutton. we have the results of more than 170 races all across eastern iowa.you can find them on our website-- just head to cbs-2-iowa-d-d-com. in other elections around the country -- voters in ohio turned down a measure that would have... have...legalized marijuana both for medinal and recreational use.64-percent of voters turned down the measure -- whwhh would've allowed anyone over the age of 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana.it would've also opened up ten marijuana growing facilities -- controlled by private ininstors.that was a sticking point for somemeopponents of the legislation. "issue 3 was designed and built primarily to garner massive and exclusive profits for a small group of self- selected althy investors. issue 3 was about greed, not good public policy." policy."supporters say this was only the beginning -- and they plan to continue the push to make marijuana legal.this was the only state-wide measure on marijuana, in the in kentucky -- republican matt bevin will be the

vote.in ward four -- jake rios is the new city council member -- beating incumbent lynn sutton. we have the results of more than 170 races all across eastern iowa.you can find them on our website-- just head to cbs-2-iowa-dot-com. in other elections around the country -- voters in ohio turned down a measure that would have... have...legalized marijuana both for medicinal and voters turned down the measure -- which would've allowed anyone over the age of 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana.it would've also opened up ten marijuana growing facilities -- controlled by private investors.that was a sticking point for some opponents of the legislation. "issue 3 was designed and built primarily to garner massive and exclusive profits for a small group of self- selected wealthy investors. issue 3 was about greed, not good public policy." policy."supporters say this was only the beginning -- and they plan to continue the push to make marijuana legal.this was the only state-wide measure on marijuana, in the country this year. in kentucky -- republican matt bevin will be the new gover

that was for the dubuque ward 2 seat. and jake rios ousted city council member lynn sutton by a 2-to-1 margin. rios pulled in 68 percent of the vote in ward 4. del toro says his victory over an incumbent means people in dubuque want new leadership to address safety in the city. rios agreed with that sentiment. he says he wants the city to pay find a way to effectively reduce crime in the community. "just today my neighbor got robbed so it's kind of like why are those cameras not in our neighborhood even though we've had a stabbing and robberies and what not and so it's common sense things like that. " we'll have more election results, including two tax levy votes in linn and black hawk counties, coming up in our next half hour. it's another warmer november day today, but it could cool off later this week. meteorologist justin gehrts is live this midday at citywide cleaners to wrap up our coats for kids campaign. justin... areas of low clouds will be lurking around early in the afternoon, but most of them will break up, giving us a

that was for the dubuque ward 2 seat. and jake rios ousted city council member lynn sutton by double the percentage. rios pulled in 68 percent of the vote for the ward 4 spot. del toro says his victory over an incumbent means people in dubuque want new leadership to address safety in the city. rios is thinking along the same lines. he says he wants the city to pay more attention to find a way to effectively reduce crime throughout the community. "just today my neighbor got robbed so it's kind of like why are those cameras not in our neighborhood even though we've had a stabbing and robberies and what not and so it's common sense things like that. " del toro also says reducing the city's debt is also a top priority. we're also showing other election results on the bottom of your t-v screen. you can also find results of all the eastern iowa races on our website. just go to kcrg dot com slash "election results." democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton promised she would fight for gun violence prevention. she held a town hal

that was for the dubuque ward 2 seat. and jake rios ousted city council member lynn sutton by double the percentage. rios pulled in 68 percent of the vote for the ward 4 spot. del toro says his victory over an incumbent means people in dubuque want new leadership to address safety in the city. rios is thinking along the same lines. he says he wants the city to pay more attention to find a way to effectively reduce crime throughout the community. "just today my neighbor got robbed so it's kind of like why are those cameras not in our neighborhood even though we've had a stabbing and robberies and what not and so it's common sense things like that. " del toro also says reducing the priority. we're also showing other election results on the bottom of your t-v screen. you can also find results of all the eastern iowa races on our website. just go to kcrg dot com slash "election results." the iowa department of criminal investigation is looking into an incident where a police officer shot a man during a chase in waterloo. police say th

and in ward four, incumbent lynn sutton is up against challenger jake rios. marion voters are choosing a new mayor. three people are on the ballot... nicolas abouassaly, joe spinks, and john nieland. the state's campaign ethics board staff is looking into a possible ethics violation in that race for mayor in marion. a parent complained after a vernon middle school social worker allegedly asked the parent's daughter to pass out campaign flyers supporting abouassaly. iowa code prohibits using public resources for political purposes. the marion school district's superintenden t stands behind the social worker. he says the activity was part of the school's commitment to community service, and students got credit for volunteer hours for participating. the superintenden t also says the activity was parent authorized. an effort to delay privatizing medicaid in iowa failed today. democratic lawmakers on the health policy oversight committee... .... proposed asking the governor to hold off on implementing the plan for six months. but republicans opposed it, and the pr

and in ward four, incumbent lynn sutton was facing off against jake rios. rios. we are following more than 170 races all across eastern iowa. you can find the latest results for all of them scrolling at the bottom of your screen and on cbs 2 iowa cbs 2 news ten at ten corridor's top stories. stories.more than six months after a marion woman was murdered in broad daylight, the trial against the man now underway. attorneys delivered their opening statements today in the case against nicholas luerkens. luerkens.he's accused of stabbing lynnsey donald in the marion hy-vee parking lot back on april 21st. 21st.cbs 2 news reporter dora miller has been following this case and has more on the first day of testimony, dora? emotions were high in the courtroom as the jury -- and family members -- watched a 10- minute video of the stabbing. we also heard from employees who tried to help donald that day. day. you could hear every sniffle in the courtroom as everyone watched lynnsey donald lay lifeless in the marion parking lot.a video shown to the jury on tuesday afternoon dis