climate summit here in marrakesh, morocco.aat is seen as some direct response to donald trump and his rejection of climate science, nearly 200 nations have agreed on a proclamation declaring implementation of the paris climate accord to be "urgent duty." this comes just over a week after donald trump was elected president. he is about to pull the united states out of the paris agreement and is called climate change a chinese hoax. trump will soon become the only world leader who does not believe in climate change. meanwhile, a headline in "the washington post" read "the north pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends." the report says it is the second in a row that temperatures are the north pole have risen to freakishly warm levels. we're joined now by two guests. the climate justice and energy coordinator of friends of your international based in , thebique and vidya venkat senior assistant editor at the hindu based in india. her most recent piece is titled, "marrakech action proclamation sends out s

we are broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco. the world meteorological organization has announced here at the 22nd annual u.n. climate summit known as cop 22, that 2016 is very likely to be the hottest year on record and that the average global temperature this year is 1.2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels. that is only three degrees celsius away from the limit of a 1.5 degree rise set by the paris agreement in order to avoid catastrophic impacts of climate change. this comes as residents of la paz, bolivia, are facing extreme water shortages and rationing as the three dams that supply the city's water have run almost dry. scientists say the drought is caused by the rapid retreat of glaciers due to global warming. over the last three decades, bolivian glaciers have shrunk more than 40%, affecting 2 million people who rely on glacier melt as their water supply. in the united states, "the wall street journrnal" is reportingng former new york mayor rudy giuliani is currently trump's leading pick for secretary of state. giu

kevin hart is here with us in marrakesh, morocco.is with the assembly of first nations regional chief of canada., i last saw him on labor day weekend in north dakota at the resistance camp. this is an astonishing gathering of members of over 201st nations and tribes from across the americas. why do you think, kevin hart, this is so important, this gathering that you came to as well? >> we know all too well that canada is the biggest exporter .f oil for myself as a leader from canada, it is very concerning that i have the portfolio of water in alternative energy. when i was sent down to the standing rock sioux nation as an observer, uni were on the ground and witnessed first-hand the violence that occurred to the women in the protectors on the ground. and leading up to that, we see the escalation of violence that is occurring on the ground at the standing rock sioux nation at the camp. amy: how historic is this gathering in native american history? >> well, the historic part of it is that we knew where the camp is situated, standing r

now marrakesh is about breaking out how the paris still can be implemented. it has to do with measuring progress. people are worried but they are defiant and they are trying to stay positive. anchor: a new report by the world bank said natural disasters have a more devastating impact on the poor than previously thought. acts of god pushed 26 million in two -- into poverty each year. we have the details. a thai fundars ago -- a typhoon inflicted $13 billion u.s. in losses plunging one million people into poverty. all this from the world bank report. wherever they strike, natural disasters leave behind more than ruins. the world bank has warned the titan poverty's grip on committees worldwide. in this video, the message is loud and clear. natural disaster losses average more than $300 billion a year. this is how we measure the devastation of floods my earthquakes, droughts, and storms. their financial cost. the dollar amounts do not tell us the whole story. as it stands, natural disaster is the equivalent of 520 billion pushing 26 million people into poverty ea

we are broadcasting from cop22 in marrakesh, morocco. a member of donald trump's transition team, kansas secretary of state kris kobach, says the team is moving ahead with plans to build a wall across the entire length of the u.s.-mexico border, and to reinstate a registry for immigrants from majority muslim countries. kobach is an architect of anti-immigrant laws. following 9/11, he helped design the registry for immigrants from majority muslim countries, known as the national security entry-exit registration system, the system was dropped in 2011 after years of criticism from civil rights groups. on wednesday, carl higbie, a spokesman for the pro-trump great america pac, defended the proposed registry by citing world war ii japanese internment camps while speaking with fox news's megyn kelly. >> we did in world war ii with japanese. well it what you will -- >> you're not proposing we go back to the days of internment camps, i hope. >> i'm not proposing that at all. >> that is the kind of stuff that gets people scared, carl. >> i'm just

secretary of state, john, visited the conference in marrakesh.e stressed how important it is to protect climate. soon, he will be out of a job. if trump that's out of the lime energy meant, it is the -- if trump facts out of the climate agreement, -- environmental groups are hoping that environmental protections in the u.s. will continue despite a trump adminitration. >> the business sector in the u.s. will play the checks and balance approach and also the citizens. it has been already at work. what are the consequence of doing nothing? reporter: really have u.n. member countries been as united around climate protection as in marrakesh and they even found a spot for the american flag. brent: argentina held an explosive press conference on tuesday. the players announced -- one of their teammates had been smoking marijuana. reporter: his entire team is fed up with the media's allegations against -- >> we have made the decision to not speak anymore to the media. obviously, you know why. we received a lot of accusations . the accusation against -- is

is in marrakesh, morocco for the u.n. climate summit. i can tell you every other word out of amounts here from around the planet is donald trump is to another issue is climate denial. richard cohen is president of the southern poverty law center. we will link to his latest report democracynow.org at. when we come back, voices from the streets. protest in the united states. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in marrakesh, morocco, the second weekend of the u.n. climate talks. there have been major protest. first, we're going to what has taken place in united states. over the weekend, protests around the world voiced opposition to u.s. president-elect donald trump. in berlin, germany, italy 1000 people gathered at the brandenburg gate, a short distance from the u.s. embassy. from our perspective, this election is very dangerous because a trump presidency encourages other nationalistic parties to fight harder and people to give their votes to them. amy: her

we have the crop 22 climate summit taking place in marrakesh.here are fears that the climate skeptic in chief -- that is what they call donald trump -- could go back on the cropment reached in paris, 21. you see the stark contrast between barack obama and donald trump. they say good cop with barack obama and bad cop, donald trump. we are also getting a lot of focus with this registry for the muslim immigrants. what's interesting is that trump advisors are exploring how to establish the registry, which a lot of people say would be unconstitutional. this week we saw trump supporters saying there is a legal precedents for this registry. you can read more about it here in the new york times which is outraged that they would even and about this as a legal precedent. order 9066, issued by roosevelt after the that was 1940 one pearl harbor attack. and this led to the imprisonment of more than 111,000 americans of japanese origin. according to the new york times, this was a blatantly racist act by a government swept up in wartime hysteria. so they worry

that is the question being asked at the conference underway in marrakesh. on the campaign trail, donald trump famously called global warming a hoax and repeatedly threatened to cancel the paris deal. now that he has been elected the next president, many are worried he will make good on his campaign promises. u.s. officials have sought to downplay concerns, saying the deal is bigger than anyone had -- than anyone -- is bigger than any one head of state. >> looking at the issue and deciding how it can move forward with its own policies. be gleanedts can from the transition team trump has already assembled. his appointed someone from the competitive institute, a well-known climate change skeptic. as the world's second largest him it greenhouse gases, many fear that if the u.s. pulls out of the accord it will shatter the political goodwill built up over years of negotiations. while waiting for word from washington, governments ranging from china to india as well as the e.u. have reaffirmed their pac with oro the without the united states -- to the packed with o

open inrk pact marrakesh. meeting to flesh out the plan, which was assigned in paris last december. 100 countries have ratified the .greement this in a record time for such large international treaty. stewardship of -- >> i am calling was again for climate justice. particularly for africa. this is the greatest challenge we face. this is an african summit and a top priority where hope lies. climate change is the most uncool and unjust. death is the most cruel and unjust. -- is the most cruel and unjust. anchor: france's planning to bring in more police units and surveillance cameras to put off robberies and militant attacks and to avoid -- this is a reaction to the fact that tourism is down. and among certain groups of fears aboutere are what happens in paris after some crimes committed against them. france is still the most popular country of the world. business for france, big business for their in economy. the numbers are expected to fall more and more as we have seen past the attacks of the year. this trend

amy: from marrakesh, morocco, at the united nations climate summit, this is democracy now!president-elect trump, i formally invite you to fiji and promise you the warmest of welcomes. we will show you how we are having to move entire communities out of the way of the rising seas and you can meet the families of the 44 fijians who were killed last february by the largest tropical

bbc news in marrakesh. laura: in new york, donald trump is keeping the world guessing of who will form his team in government. despite tweets and rumors of isighting come in this known so far about his key appointments. jon sopel reports. jon: there will be more evenings like this, donald trump giving reporters the slip and heading out to have dinner. >> thank you. or lessm january, more his every move will be a matter of public record. it was probably a relief from the grind of the transition. his campaign manager rejected suggestions that the transition was in chaos. when went through appointments be announced? >> soon. there is a lot into putting together a federal government. jon: the jockeying for position's is like a knife fight in trunk tower as recruits wait to get the nod from the president-elect. cleariuliani has made it he wants to be the secretary of state, america's top diplomat. his previous work with foreign governments may bring conflict of interest charges. john bolton, the u.n. and master

amy: from marrakesh, morocco, at the united nations climate summit, this is democracy now! mr.sanders: we wilill not be involved in n the e expansiononf bigotry, of racism, sexexism, homophobia. and in thahat regard, i cacall n mr. t trump toto resend d the appointment that he made of mr. bannon. amy: in his first major

summit is taking place in marrakesh. you can read it here on the cover of the newspaper talking about mobilization for the climate. the aim of this summit is to focus on the future of last year's climate summit in paris. there is an ominous cloud on the horizon, and that is the u.s. president-elect donald trump. he is casting a doubt over the future of the paris climate agreement. you can read more about that. trump is described as the climate skeptic in chief. the fight will continue with or without washington. a lot of papers are saying currently the situation is already quite depressing in pretty bad. let's take a look at this cartoon from a moroccan publication online depicting a sad story for the world. you can see these big polluters, these fatcats from the industry eating the world like an apple. genie: let's move now to news out of hong kong where the high court has disqualified two pro-independence activists who recently elected. florence: that's right. it was not that long ago that pro-democracy parties were ce

amy: from marrakesh, morocco, at the united nations climate summit, this is democracy now!president-elect trump, i formally invite you to fiji and promise you the warmest of welcomes. we will show you how we are having to move entire communities out of the way of the rising seas and you can meet the families of the 44 fijians who were killed last february by the largest tropical cyclone

amy: from marrakesh, morocco, at the united nations climate summit, this is democracy now!> until january 20 when this administration is over, we intend to do everything possible to meet our responsibility to future generations to be able to address this threat to life itself on the planet. amy: with a climate denier about

climate talks in marrakesh, morococco. in new jersey, chris christie is denying involvement in a plot to slow traffic on the george washington bridge after two of his top aides were convicted friday on all charges in the scandal. jurors found bridget anne kelly and bill baroni conspired to create a traffic jam to punish the democratic mayor of fort lee for failing to endorse christie's re-election. they each face a maximum sentence of 86 years, and plan an appeal. a former ally to christie, david wildstein has testified that christie knew all about the plan ahead of time. this i is governor chris chchrie on "cbs ththis morning," governr . if you cannot defend yourself, then if there's only one light of information that people will be -- believe the line of information they're being given. found federal jury y has that rolling stone magazine defamed an administrator at the university of virginia. the jury found the 9000 word article, "a rape on campus," showed actual malice toward uva associate dean nicole eramo, who was ac

participants in the conference known as cop22 adopted the marrakesh action proclamation on thursday. the document says that global temperatures are rising at an alarming and unprecedented pace, and responding to the phenomenon is a matter of urgent priority. it called for the highest political commitment to combat climate change. it also reaffirms the goal for developed countries to provide $100 billion to help developing nations deal with global warming. u.s. president-elect trump indicated during his campaign he would withdraw from the agreement. he called global warming a hoax. thursday's proclamation is widely viewed as an attempt to urge trump to honor the u.s. commitment and work to tackle climate change. >> japan's top environmental official says it's important to send a strong message about protecting the paris agreement. >> translator: all the participants will make the world understand the issues for those who are skeptical about global warming. >> yamamoto met with china's special representative on the sidelines of the climate conference. they agreed to continue cooperatio

. >>> delegates from around the world are in the moroccan city of marrakesh for a unusual conference on climate change. they'll try to hammer out the details of a global climate agreement reached last year in paris. the paris agreement came into force last week. the deal calls for all nations to reduce emissions and green house gases. delegates of the cop-22 conference will try to work out specific rules needed to implement the agreement. one issue is how to assess reduction targets for each country. another is how to verify the efforts being made. they'll also discuss financial assistance for developing nations. those that have already ratified the paris agreement will also hold their first signatory meeting called cma 1 during the conference. japan has yet to ratify the agreement and will join the meeting only as an observer. >>> let's turn to business headlines. markets are holding steady but investors are cautious ahead of the u.s. presidential election. ai uchida joins us with an update on the markets and other business headlines. >> tokyo markets opened higher. that tracks the

and he will be talk thing about the upcoming conference parties or cop 20 in marrakesh, morocco.nd we're really proud to have special envoy pershing as a venue to deliver his remarks as to what our priorities are with respect to marrakesh. we were very proud last year that secretary kerry came and spoke prior to paris. and we are doing more and more all the time in the climate change area. and it is is certainly a priority for the global energy center. just last week we launched a paper with a program by bob icord over there on energy transformation in developing countries after cop 21, which will be i think -- is an incredibly important topic with respect to implementation issues and will be carrying on with further programs in that vane. it's also especially significant that october 5th the european parliament ratified the paris agreement which gave approvals over the 50% threshold which will go into effect the 4th of november. so the cop 22 meeting will be the first meeting of signatories for the ratified agreement and to talk about what is absolutely key how are the commitmen

we had one in marrakesh. manus: that helps you build eight plan, lifting and delivering?xclusively deals with listening, to come up with transparent outcomes. ofus: to change perception the youth is a difficult thing to do. is that your biggest challenge? shifting from expectation to getting there? >> in our region we do not see it as a problem but an opportunity. around the world, you see them looking at the negative side. there is a lot we can do. was manus cranny speaking to the uae minister of youth affairs. u.s. president-elect donald trump meets with foreign leaders. the focus will be the future, preview next. ♪ haidi: welcome back, you are watching bloomberg. i am haidi lun in hong kong. tracy: and i am tracy alloway in dubai. president-elect donald trump meets his first foreign leader on thursday. japan's shinzo abe, let's discuss that with bloomberg's reporter isabel reynolds. most important issues that concern japan and the rest of asia about a trump presidency? trump showed a great deal of concern and confusion in japan during his election campaign, firstly on

had taken four weeks off as leader of the opposition at the time to go to the wonderful hotel in marrakesh in morocco to write books and work on his memoirs and paint paintings. the idea of somebody today, a leader of the opposition, to be able to take off four weeks in the freezing cold london winter is quite remarkable. i rather wish hee was the british leader of the opposition. clementine continued in this letter to reporting to her husband. he talked much about you, mr. roosevelt. it seemed with ub often disagreed. he, the president, would direct sunlight over a cold subject to be considered leaving everything else in darkness. he did not like his attention called to aspects. from lack of time , he disregarded. he didn't actually use those words, but the gist. but much more was implied. clementine was right. he had never slipped in the vortexous >> o for of friendship with fdr. he not once visited hyde park until the president's funeral. in july 1939 at the white house to consider the issue of sending airplanes to french in the case of a and british defeat on the continent. s . the u.s

. >> marrakesh and madrid. >> stephen: and we have a clip right here. jim? >> you're important in your own people want and need to value you because of who you are because of your story, because of your challenges. that's what makes you unique, you know? you want to be different. you want to be special. the fact that you've been able to overcome challenges-- and this is what i always thought-- that made me smarter. that made me better, right? because i could overcome things that a lot of people who were in the same position never had to overcome. >> yeah. >> stephen: well, thank you so much for being here. it's always an honor to talk to you. and i hope we have the chance to have you back again once you leave the white house, because i know that you and your husband will not stop trying to make a change in the world. >> no, absolutely. >> stephen: thank you so much. >> thank you, stephen. >> stephen: "we will rise: michelle obama's mission to educate girls around the world" premieres october 11 on cnn. to find out how you can help support girls' education, g

had taken four weeks off as leader of the opposition at the time to go to the wonderful hotel in marrakesh in morocco to write books and work on his memoirs and paint paintings. the idea of somebody today, a leader of the opposition, to be able to take off four weeks in a freezing cold london winter is quite remarkable. sometimes a rather was jeremy corbyn the british leader of the , opposition, he could stay longer if he wanted to. clementine continued in this letter to reporting to her husband. he talked much about you, mr. roosevelt. it seems he often disagreed and sometimes did not consult. he said he, the president, would direct his mind like a sunlight over one section of a subject to be considered leaving everything else in darkness. he did not like his attention called to asphyxiate not mastered or from lack of time or disinclination he had disregarded. he didn't actually use those words, but the gist. much more was implied. clementine was right. he had never slipped in the dangerous vortex of friendship with fdr. as several other cabinet members had. he always insisted on being ca

findings were presented in marrakesh, morocco, where united nations climate talks got underway this weekthe report found human-induced climate change was directly linked to extreme events, including typhoon haiyan which killed 7,800 people in the philippines in 2013. -- of the world meteorological organization should prompt harm. >> the rates of ice melting, temperature increases -- it is a serious matter, and you know, when you take off your scientist head, and you look at it, it is very concerning. as we alrlready s said, the pars agreement is a hugely important step, and now what happens next is going to be even more important. amy: many delegates to the u.n. talks are expressing panic over the election of donald trump, saying the outcome threatens the future of any international has vowed which trump to withdraw from. trump has also promised to promote coal power and fracking and promised to ask transcanada to renew its permit application for the keystone xl pipeline. democracy now will be broadcasting from the summit next week. the companyota, building the dakota access pipeline say

the findings were presented in marrakesh, morocco, where united nations climate talks got underway thisweek. the report found human-induced climate change was directly linked to extreme events, including an east african drought and famine in 2011 that claimed over 250,000 lives. elena manaenkova of the world meteorological organization says the earth's temperature has already risen by one degree celsius, which is nearing the limit of a 1.5 degree rise set by the paris agreement. >> the conclusions are very clear that this was the warmest five-year period on record. we also confirm that the 2015 was a year when the global surface temperature exceeded one degree, and it links to the debate during this climate conference in the paris agreement target. amy: meanwhile, many delegates to the u.n. talks are expressing panic over the election of donald trump, saying the outcome threatens the future of any international agreement to slow catastrophic climate change. the republican president-elect has said he will -- "cancel the paris climate agreement and stop all payments of u.s. tax dollars to