eta: sometimes it's thunberg sometimes it's thunberg. everyone pronounces it differently.on't mind anyone pronouncing it wrong. there's no wrong way to pronounce it. everyone pronounce it in their own way. amy: so say again, how you were born. what your parents called you. greta: greta thunberg. amy: well, greta, , it's wonderl to have you with us today. let's start at the beginning, how you got involved with climate action, how you got involved being deeply concerned about the climate crisis. how old were you? greta: i think when i -- i think i was maybe 7, 8, 9 years old when i -- when i first heard about the problem. and then, of course, by time, i read about it more and more. and sort of understood how, how important it was and how severe this crisis was. and so it was around that age i maybe 10, 11, 12, i think became really into the climate movement when i was 12, 13. and that's when i became e like climate activist. i went to demonstrations at that time and i tried to join organizations and movements and so on. but then i just thought that everything was still happe

tell me, what's your reaction to greta thunberg's speech?cause i think she delivered a wonderful and inspirational speech, and i think world leaders are more inspired by her speech. what impact is climate change is having on yourfamily? back in 2016, we faced a cyclone which struck fiji, and it was cyclone winston, it destroyed our homes, ourfarms, and it washed away our crops, and also, to our school, it was totally damaged, and some of our, some of the houses in our village were blown away. timothy, is climate change something that you worry about, because you see the effects all around you ? yeah, climate change is really happening, and that is why i am so worried, and also i am worried about the future generations. we might suffer more than us — they might suffer more than us, because we have less time, so we need to work together to build a better planet for our future generation. timothy, you have been here at the united nations all weekend, you have seen all these world leaders, today there were lots of pledges, but do you feel that t

that is what greta thunberg tweeted.l, breaking the sound barrier today, we are joined by democracy nonow! video streaming by a climate youth activist from afghanistan who was invited to participate in saturday's first-ever u.n. youth climate summit, but the u.s. just rejected his visa. he is a 12 grade student at the united world colleges tylan international school where he is the leader of local sustainability programs. he is from afghanistan. he just learned this happened. welcome to democracy now! itit is great to have you with . tetell us what happened. onthank you for having me democracy now! d degusust 28, that was the i got my invitation letter f frm the united nations that i was invited to participate in the united nations youth climate summit on october 21. i applied for a visa on september 9. i had my interview and u.s. ambassador in bangkok -- amy: you had to fly to bangkgkok from two cat, tylan, just to apply?y? >> yes, i flew to bangkok with u.s. citizen teacher from my school. he accompanied me to bangkok

tell me, what's your reaction to greta thunberg's speech?red a wonderful and inspirational speech, and i think world leaders are more inspired by her speech. what impact is climate change is having on yourfamily? backin change is having on yourfamily? back in 2016, we faced a cyclone which struck fiji, and it was cyclone winston, it destroyed our homes, our farms, and cyclone winston, it destroyed our homes, ourfarms, and it washed cyclone winston, it destroyed our homes, our farms, and it washed away out ci’ops, homes, our farms, and it washed away our crops, and also, to our school, it was totally damaged, and some of our, it was totally damaged, and some of oui’, some it was totally damaged, and some of our, some of the houses in our village were blown away. timothy, is climate change something that you worry about, because you see the effects all around you ? worry about, because you see the effects all around you? yeah, climate change is really happening, and that is why i am so worried, and also i am worried about the future generation

thunberg for her statement. ms. thunberg: my name is greta thunberg. come to offer any at this remarks hearing. my instead attaching testimony. it is the special report on 1.5 degrees ng of sr1.5 which was released october 8, 2018. i am submitting this report as my testimony because i don't listen to me. i want you to listen to the scientists. want you to unite behind science. i want you to take real action. thank you. mr. keating: thank you. ms. margolin: i am jamie margolin from seattle, washington. it's my senior year of high school. application e deadlines looming over me and to busy to makeam too sure i am having the future that for.plying to study you are spending a few minutes with me but that doesn't compare number of hours that congress spent time with corporations that make money. fact, the whole u.s. government, i want you to live with the despair that my every day lives with and i want you to hold onto it. i begin to convey to you to know that within my lifetime the destruction we have seen climate crisis will only get worse? what adds insu

introducey honor to greta thunberg. [cheers] >> greta! >> hello, new york city.cheers] honor to me to be here with all of you today on this .istorical day people are striking today in over 150 countries. [cheers] on all continents. and when i say all continents, i mean all continents, even antarctica. [cheers] and we are not in school today. and this time we are not alone. we have some adults who are not at work today, either. [cheers] and why? because this is an emergency. our house is on fire. and it is not just the young people's house. we all live here. it affects all of us. and we will not just stand aside and watch. we are united behind the science and we will do everything in our power to stop this crisis from getting worse. [cheers] even if that means skipping school or work because this is more important. why should we study for a future that is being taken away from us? [cheers] is being stolen for profits? [cheers] say we justple study to become climate scientists or politicians so we in the future can solve the climate crisis. but by then, it will be

greta thunberg watched from the side scowlin he arrived. he did n address the summi himself. he is withdrawing america from the paris climate change accord , and soon he took the cha at a rival event organized by the white house on religious l rsecution. other internatioaders have come here wi new pledges to curb emissions. only nations with aggressive but even those comts won'tk. be enough to keep temperatures from rising to dangero levels. every world leaderoday was completely upstaged by a teenager with a fuous speech that will echo down th generations. nik. bryant, bbc news, new y laura: how are lawmakersac ng to greta's harsh message?go a brief time spoke to californ s congressman brad sherman on capitol hill. thanks for joining us. greta thunberg accused wer world leaders of stealing her childhood and her dreams by failing to act on climate change. how would you answer her charge? rep. sherman: i would say that world leaders are not doing a good job of dealing with this crisis and deali with other crises that may indeed rob the next generation of their weildhood, whethe

greta thunberg there. samira hussainjoins me now from new york.ng the clock, the world spinning round, protests and all the different time zones. attention focused on new york. what is happening there? look, the protests began earlier this morning and this been going on for several hours now, we marched from one area of new york and came down to lower manhattan. here we are in battery park, and there are thousands and thousands of people, and the energy here is certainly veryjovial. we just had some performances from young music singers that have really been getting the energy of the crowd up, buti been getting the energy of the crowd up, but i would also say that there is still a certain amount of urgency because at root, what has brought all of these people together is climate change and the real need to act, and we certainly feel that importance, or certainly get that from the people that i've spoken to. and in different parts of the world, there's been different bits of controversy about schoolchildren going on so—called strike and there's bee

greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived. address the summit himself. he is withdrawing america from the paris climate change accord, and soon he took the chair at a rival event organised by the white house on religious persecution. other international leaders have come here with new pledges to curb emissions. 0nly nations with aggressive plans were allowed to speak. but even those commitments won't be enough to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels. but every world leader today was completely upstaged by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. as the summit closed for the day, the un secretary—general told delegates he was encouraged and inspired by the pledges of action, particularly from smaller countries who have caused the least damage to the climate. you understand the climate emergency is the fight of our lives, and for our lives. i thank young people around the world for leading the charge, and holding my generation accountable. we have been lo

teenager greta thunberg has done it. she is bringing her message to the americanan president, , a sr claim climate skeptic, in person. the media followed the trip closely. >> the climatic meteorological crisis is a g global crisis, the biggest crisis humanitarian -- humanity has ever faced and if we do not managage to cooperarae and work together despite our differences, w wwill fail. we need to stand together and support each other and to take action. >> it all started about a year agago. every friday, greta thunberg protested in front o of the swedish parliament and in so doing, sparked the friday's for future government. a few days later, the schoolgirl mobilized millions for the climate. suddenly, young people all over the world took to the streets like here in india. in mexico. or in australia. or in europe. after her arrival in new york at the end of august, she made it clear at a meeting with the united nations general assembly president that she hoped the upcoming climate gathering would lead to concrete action.

in the air-conditioned auditorium, the heat came from 16-year-old swedish activist eta thunberg. the u.n. hoping to harness the greta effect, her ability to mobilize the young and shame the old, and my, how she did that today. greta: this is all wrong. i shouldn't be up here. the other side of the ocean. t you all come to us young people for hope. how dare you! you have stolen my dreams, my childhood, with your empty words. you are failing us.. but the ung people are starting to understand your betrayal. the eyes of all futures generatie upon you, and if you choose to fail us, i say we will never forgive you.ev nick: for the grown-ups in the w room, awkward. was their applause a form of apology? the world's most pful adult only briefly stopped by. greta thunberg watched from the side scowling as he arrived. he did n address the summit himself. he is withdrawing amica from the paris climate change accord , and soon he took the chair at a rival event organized by the white house on religious persecution. other internatiol leaders have come here with new pledges to curb emissions. o

brent: that was greta thunberg at the united nations earlier today.ning us is alexandra van nahmen. how dare you. have her words made in an act -- have her words made an impact? >> you could literally hear her outrage and anger and alert in her voice. the speech was meant to shock the audience and galvanize world leaders into action. as the audience applauded, they were impressed, then leader by leader started to pledge to do more to combat climate change and to be committed to more ambitious plans, goals. we have to mention those speeches were prepared ahead of the summit. every leader came here to new york to present a plan that was prepared ahead of the summit. we have also -- we have to say the greta thunberg was right in saying that many governments here are connected with oil and gas industries. that many leaders use terms like economic growth or job security to excuse themselves from doing more to combat climate change. brent: you make a good point. the speeches delivered by leaders today were prepared, written before the event today. one unexp

wherever she g goes, grereta thunberg is treated like a rock star.side timea has set to sit down with the teenager who is the face of climate activism. >> thank you for having me. >> of course. you are changing the world. praised her foror pushing for actionnd calalled her ononof the plplanet'ss greatest advoca. she is in the u.s. to raise awareness of climate change. she told the audience the stakes could not be higher. livesare fighting foror our . what i am telling you to do now is to act. no one is too small to make a difference. >> she was more blblunt with lawmakers in congress on tuesday, telling them they were not doing enough. for climate change is split down party lines. many republicans are skeptical of the science behind global warming. will bey, the divisions thrust into the spotlight when greta thunberg heads to new york to lead workers and students onto the streets in protest of climate change. starting with facacebook, they havave a new oversight boa. >> they will l review a appealso popolicy decisions, includuding reremoving conteten

greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived.ress the summit himself. he's withdrawing america from the paris climate change accord. and soon he took the chair at a rival event organised by the white house on religious persecution. other international leaders have come here with new pledges to curb emissions. only nations with aggressive plans were allowed to speak. but even those commitments won't be enough to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels. but every world leader today was completely upstaged by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. that summit is now coming to an end, this is the secretary general antonio guterres making his closing remarks. well over 100 leaders in the private sector committed to accelerating their move into the green economy. a group of the world's largest asset owners, responsible for directing more than 2 trillion us dollars, committed to move to carbon neutral investment portfolios by 2050. multilateral and national develo

greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived.cord. and soon he took the chair at a rival event organised by the white house on religious persecution. other international leaders have come here with new pledges to curb emissions. 0nly nations with aggressive plans were allowed to speak. but even those commitments won't be enough to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels. but every world leader today was completely upstaged by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the climate change summit comes as the world meteorological 0rganisation is warning that the signs and effects of global warming are intensifying. climate scientists are calling for carbon—cutting efforts to be boosted immediately. 0ur science editor david shukman explains the scale of the challenge. the ice at the roof of the world is stirring. the more it melts, the more it raises the level of the sea — threatening millions of people on coastlines. in the tropics, fires are destroying the great

climate protester greta thunberg.ead next week's un climate change summit in new york, where world leaders will discuss how best to address global warming. here's our science editor, david shukman. a stark reminder of what the protests are all about. for these people on a pacific island, it is a matter of life and death, whether their country can actually survive in future. as the planet heats up, the seas rise, and for millions of people in low—lying communities, the threats are already extreme and are set to become much worse. i saw for myself two weeks ago how the ice of greenland is melting, adding to the level of the oceans. and scientists fear that more melting will follow. all the time, human activities keep adding to the problem. this is indonesia right now. the fires are immense, like in the amazon, and they release carbon dioxide into the air, and that rises temperatures even faster. the challenge is that the world is on a course towards dangerous levels of warming. the global average temperature has already

greta thunberg has given up her schooling and a lot more. powerful, emotive and raw speech yesterday. you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words yet i am one of the lucky ones. people are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing, we are in the beginning ofa collapsing, we are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. how dare you? cheering a really powerful moment at that summit yesterday. but first of all, we need to inform you that the european court ofjustice has made its decision with regards to that story we discussed earlier, google does not have to apply right to be forgotten globally. so says the eu court. that is something that will just be enforced the eu court. that is something that willjust be enforced within the european union. so that is the outcome of that case which could have implications for google and of course other rivals that use our data. much more and also the background to the story on the website.

greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived.ss the summit himself. he is withdrawing america from the paris climate change accord. and he took the chair of at rival event organised by the white house at the un on religious persecution. for once, donald trump was upstaged by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. let's cross live to the un in new york. laura trevelyan is there for us. later, some very strong words there from greta thunberg, but of course, even as world leaders prepared to discuss how to address climate change, you have got the american president sitting on the sidelines. absolutely. and, in fact, the un special envoy for climate change, formerly the mayor of new york city michael bloomberg, rather aesthetically observed when he saw president trump sitting there and the whole, he said thanks for dropping by, perhaps the discussions will be useful for you when you come to formulate your policy on climate change. it is the elephant in the footti. change. it is the elephant in the room.

yesterday 16-year-old greta thunberg spoke at a climate action summit. she painted a dire picture and blamed the leaders. >> people are suffering. people are dying. entire ecosystems are collapsing. we are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of economic growth. how dare you. the eyes of all future generations are upon you, an if you choose to fail us, i say we will never forgive you. >> thunberg apparently stared angrily at president trump when he arrived at the climate summit. he left after ten minutes. mr. trump later mocked thunberg in a tweet saying she seems like a very happy young girl, looking forward to a brate and wonderful future. so nice to see. the u.s. is scheduled to withdraw from the paris climate agreement in november of next year. >>> a u.s. army soldier is charged with sharing bomb-making information on social media. the fbi says the soldier allegedly set his sights on targets in the u.s. jeff pegues reports. >> while 24-year-old private first class jared william smith was stationed

greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived.hange accord. and he took the chair of a rival event organised by the white house at the un, on religious persecution. for once, donald trump was upstaged, by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. you think of some of the famous beaches of the past, nikita khrushchev banging his shoe on the lectern, fidel castro used to go on for hours but this was one of the most electrifying moments in us history. the question is can that anger translate into action? this week, as part of a special project, the bbc is taking a close look at one city — stoke on trent — and talking to people there about the issues that matter to them. today we're looking at how even the smallest charities are having a big impact on people's lives. 0ur correspondent rebecca wood reports. hi, mummy! it's really nice to be in this family, because i get to help mummy a lot with her tablets. for six—year—old bethany and her twin sisters... is that the three? ..looking after mum is part of eve

thunberg in your speech to the u.n. secretary-general on climate change, you said we are facing an existential threat, and i agree. the scientific consensus is clear. climate change is real. it's effects, including changes to rainfall and farmers growing seasons, sea level rise along our coast and exacerbations of conflicts abroad are a threat to us all. in fact our intelligence community and two former secretaries of defense have cited climate change as a root cause and driver of instability and global threat, making it not just a moral imperative, but a national security imperative as well. i am curious in your travels as an activist and advocate, have you heard stories or have you engaged with those who are focused on issues of how climate change and the instability it causes internationally are impacting security issues and how those might impact future generations? >> i have of course met many people who have experience, environmental and climate related disasters, and who try to help people to come back from that.

greta thunberg. it was inspiring to see the the next ing generation. we must work together across the these o confront challenges that will be faced now and by the next generations, running out.is in the san joaquin valley of california, which i represent, i witnessed the devastating effects of climate change for too long. droughts, fires. as a farmer, i know firsthand the struggle that our communities go through, and i know that climate change isn't making them any easier. said before and i will say again, mitigating and adapting to the effects of will require a multiprong approach and common sense. confront t fail to these challenges, as today's the most reminded us, devastating effects of climate change will be the impact, not only today, but you have young to come.e generations i refuse to sit by and do nothing. years in california and washington, i have worked for meaningful solutions to address will e change, and that continue. the speaker pro tempore: for the gentleman es recognition?ek mr. olson mr. olson: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent

[speaking foreign language] my name is greta thunberg. i amam 16 years old and i am dog this because world leaders a are faing to protetect the rights of the child by continuing to ignore the climate and ecological crisis. amy: greta thunberg and other young people speaking at unicef headquarters about their new complaint filed with the night a nation's committee on the rights of the child. in other news from the u.n. indigenousmber of came to new york to protest the policies of brazil's far right president jair bolsonaro push to open up the amazon for agribusiness, logging and mining. chief raoni metuktire talked about the situation in the amazon including the recentt fires. >> today there are many things happening in brazil. in the previous government, it was not so bad. is the bolsonaro government authorizing deforestatn. he is authorizing the entrance of wildcat miners and loggers and mining companies into indigenous territories. this is bad because it will destroy everything. it will destroy the forest, the amazon. it will be bad for

thunberg. is greta i have not come to offer any prepared remarks at this hearing. i am instead attaching my testimony. onis the ipcc special report global warming of 1.5 degrees's celsius released on october 8, 2018. i am submitting this report as my testimony because i don't want you to listen to me. i want you to listen to the scientists. behind want y you to unite science. and then i want you to take real action. thank you. amy: amnesty international's secretetary general kumi naiaido has urged scschool districts across the globe to allow students to skip school on friday without facing punishment. in an open letter to school leaders, naidoo writes -- "children should not be punished for speaking out about the great injustices of our age. in fact, when it has fallen on young people to show the leadership that many adults who hold great positions of power have failed to, it is not young people's behavior we should be questioning. it is ours." kumi naidoo joins us now in our new york studio. he became the secretary-general of amnesty a year ago. he previously serv

teenage climate activist greta thunberg arrives to cheering crowds at a youth summit on climate changenew york — ahead of the un general assembly next week. the shadow equalities minister announces plans to give women experiencing the menopause more flexible working hours. and in football, kevin de bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals — and secure victory — against watford. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has intervened in an attempt to oust tom watson as his deputy, in a row that's overshadowed the start of labour's conference in brighton. the grassroots group, momentum, had tabled a motion at the party's ruling national executive committee to abolish tom watson's role. but this morning the nec backed jeremy corbyn‘s proposal to review the position instead. tom watson likened the ploy to remove him as a "sectarian attack". our political correspondent iain watson reports. despite the smiles, friends of the labour leader said he was livid when he found out of plans last night by fellow left—wingers to oust his deputy, tom watson. there is no love lost between them but it is

their inspiration, teenage activist greta thunberg, told crowds in new york "we will make them hear us." our first report this hour is from the bbc‘s nick bryant. don't let our people die! climate change is not a lie! the protests followed the sun. from the low—lying pacific islands to drought—ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the brandenburg gate in berlin. the children of the world, the inheritors of our climate change crisis. what do we want? climate justice! when do we want it? now! young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future that's at stake. considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, it's vital that young people are at the forefront of this conversation because they will be impacted more than anyone else. what the youth can do is talk about the problem and make noise about it and demand it from the people who can create a change. there is no time. time is up, time is running, and this is our last chance to do something. in westminster, a place more commonly filled with brexit protesters, was thron

greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived. organised by the white house at the un on religious persecution. for once, donald trump was upstaged by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. when you think of the famous speeches of the past, fidel castro used to go on for hours. this is one of the most electrifying moments in un history. the question is, can that anger translate into action? at least seven children have died and almost 60 injured after a classroom collapsed this morning at a primary school in the kenyan capital nairobi. the wooden structure at precious talent top school, collapsed just minutes after the start of the school day. rescue workers and parents had to lift blocks and dig through the rubble of the flattened two storey building in search of survivors. government officials have opened an investigation into the cause of the accident. a 20—year—old—man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two police officers were hit by a car in west sussex. the officers had b

donde la activista greta thunberg fue portavoz de millones jÓvenes.das urgentes para salvar al planeta. y la policÍa terminÓ arrestando a 5 activistas por negarse a despejar las viabilidades. javier vega, noticias telemundo. >>> las lluviasintensas que azdas. a este conductor lo tuvieron que rescatar con la grÚa de un camiÓn de bomberos una avenida inundada en phoenix. su camioneta se quedÓ varada. el agua le entraba por las puertas cuando llegaron por Él. de acuerdo al servicio meteorolÓgico nacional. mÁs de 3 pulgada de lluvia en menos de 6 horas y todavÍa se mantiene la alerta por tormentas en esa zona. un veterano latino deportado, sirviÓ 2 veces en afganistÁn volviÓ por fin a estados unidos con ilusiÓn de hacerse ciudadano. tenemos la ilusiÓn de miguel pÉrez al entrar al paÍs donde creciÓ y donde le espera su familia. (gritos de alegrÍa). >>> arropandolo con una bandera estadounidense y un saludo militar. fue recibido luego de ser deportado a mÉxico en marzo pasado. >>> ¿cÓmo te sientes?. >>> bendecido y sin creerlo. >>> pÉrez llegÓ a estados uni

teenage climate activist greta thunberg arrives to cheering crowds at a youth summit on climate changenew york — ahead of the un general assembly next week. in football, kevin de bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals and secure victory against watford. and 75 years on from the battle of arnhem, a mass parachute drop takes place in the netherlands — to mark what was known as ‘0peration market garden‘ in world war two. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul, and broadcaster lucy beresford — stay with us for that. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has intervened in an attempt to oust tom watson as his deputy, in a row that's overshadowed the start of labour's conference in brighton. the grassroots group, momentum, had tabled a motion at the party's ruling national executive committee to abolish tom watson's role. but this morning the nec backed jeremy corbyn‘s proposal to review the position instead. tom watson likened the ploy to remove him as a "sectarian attack on a broad church".

that was greta thunberg.y—general, antonio guterres, has also been at the youth summit, and said he's been listening to their concerns. first of all, it is an enormous pleasure to be a keynote listener, where we can listen to meaningful things like the words we heard. and indeed, i have been more times keynote speaker than keynote listener, but that is one of the problems of world leaders. is that they talk too much and they listen to little. applause. and it is listening, but we learn. and is given the possibility for all those that represent today's world to speak and to have their voices be pa rt speak and to have their voices be part of the decision—making processes , part of the decision—making processes, that we can move forward. the bbc‘s nada tawfiq has been meeting activists at the summit. she gave us this update. well, this summit is the largest gathering of use on climate change, here hosted by the un. —— gathering of youth. rittenberg was there, addressing the young activists and saying that their

miss thunberg let me ask you a question. if you were sailing across the ocean and picking up crash along the way and for every one piece of trash you pick up base there is a boat next to you dumping out five pieces how would that make you feel? >> first of all, if we were going so fast there wane a way to pick up any trash. >> well if you were a slow sailor like me how would that make you feel? >> well, first of all, if you use that logic then i'm also dumping a lot of trash in the ocean. and then i would -- i would stop dumping my trash in the ocean and tell the other boat to stop dumping their trash in the ocean as well. >> and that's the important point here. i think that what we need to to be doing is we need to to be focusing on the countries dumping trash in the ocean. of course that's a metaphor. the fact that china is -- here we are talking about reducing emissions. yet china under the paris accords are going to be increasing their emissions by nearly 50%, 5 gigatons annualsly while in the invest we need to export cl

thunberg arrived in the u.s.t month after crossing the she won't ly because of air travel's carbon output. she's participating in climate events leading up to the general assembly in new york next week where climate activists are planning mass rough protestons friday. i asked her howe sh first learned abut climate change. >> i w completely unaware of everything like everyone else, and i leard abo thiin school, and i learned the basics, that the planet is warming because ofncreased gas emissions that would lead to -- at the global temperature would rise, there would be more extreme weather, a so on. i thought, is this really as ses ser -- serious as they're saying and why isn't it a high priority. so i started to read about it more and more, ad then i started to understand how acute it actually was and is. >> reporter: why do you think it is? because a lot of other people read the same studies and understand the same facts and, yet, they don't see it as the crisis that you see it as. why do you think other people

the teenage activist greta thunberg, who protested alone outside the swedish parliament last year to draw attention to climate change, is tonight leading a march in new york. our correspondent, sarah campbell, has the latest. what do we want? climate justice! when do we want it now? now! many animals could go extinct and everyone could die. my generation is terrified. some of us that were already thinking of not having children and starting families. right now, we don't feel the difference. it doesn't mean there are other people in poverty and other countries that aren't feeling the difference, and it's up to us to stop it. young and old took over the streets around parliament in london and in towns and cities across the uk, marching in glasgow and aberystwyth, cycling in nottingham, demonstrating in belfast, bristol and birmingham. this was about children and young people mobilising adults into action. i hope they listen to us and realise we need a change. i've never been a protester before, but we have to act now, otherwise it'sjust too before, but we have to act now, otherwise it'

and then i want you to take real action. >> afterward, thunberg was joined by other young activists. some are saying what so many politicians are too scared to do which is to take on the big polluters. >>> on another eco friendly note, a reusable cup program launched. the idea is to loan reusable cups to customers rather than use disposable cups. 11 cafes in berkeley are taking part. >>> let's take a live look at the big board right now, see how the stock market is doing. the dow is down about 95 points. the stock market is reacting to the federal reserve, cutting interest rates for the second time this year in an attempt to stimulate economy growth and head off a potential down turn. shortly after the feds announcement, president trump tweeted, quote, jay powell and the federal reserve fail again. no guts, no sense, no vision. a terrible communicator. >>> a warning from consumer reports about amazon. the high ratings may be misleading. amazon shoppers often decide to buy a product because it has a high number of stars. those stars are based on positive customer reviews, but when you

greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived.nge accord. and soon he took the chair at a rival event organised by the white house on religious persecution. other international leaders have come here with new pledges to curb emissions. 0nly nations with aggressive plans were allowed to speak. but even those commitments won't be enough to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels. but every world leader today was completely upstaged by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the climate change summit, comes as the world meteorological organization is warning that the signs and effects of global warming are intensifying. climate scientists are calling for carbon—cutting efforts to be boosted immediately. 0ur science editor david shukman explains the scale of the challenge. the ice at the roof of the world is steering. the ice at the roof of the world is stirring. the more it melts, the more it raises the level of the sea — threatening millions of people on coastl

one of the teenagers joining thunberg in that complaint is alexandria villaseÑor.enaged new yorker, on a mission to get world leaders to act now. since mid-december, alexandria villasenor said she has skipped school, braved the cold, the rain and the odd stares of passers-by and sat on a bench outside the united nations where she protests government inaction on climate change. for nearly a year, friday mornings have begun the same way, preparing fresh protest posters in the cozy apartment villasenor shares with her mother, kristin hogue, a columbia university climate studies graduate student. with posters in hand they're off to the subway heading south, then another subway across town, cutting through grand central station, and then making a beeline for first avenue and 46th street where alexandria meets her activist friends at her protest bench in front of on this morning, alexandria may not fully appreciate the celebrity she's become or power she wields, including attention from washington state governor and former democratic presidential candidate, jay inslee. ⌞

i will begin with a young girl herself, greta thunberg. what damage could this be doing?know from her mother she is on the spectrum, possibly as burgers, adhd and other things, she has development all challenges. >> i want to be careful. i want to applaud her energy and enthusiasm and devotion, very courageous but as someone with as burgers i worry about her being exploited. if you listen to her speech and some of her language there's very little -- i don't believe she connects with what some of that means. it is very sophisticated language and she's very upset which is typical of asbergers to be assessed with a cause which is very good but she make little connection to the social work, nuances, when you see her speak it is almost here he, as if there is no real connection, the hatred, the anger is not typical. a little scary for someone that age. heather: i do a lot of work with children on the spectrum who grow into wonderful adults, families working with them throughout their lives so we don't mean to disparage those folks but let's talk about the damage this is doing

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( cheers and applause ) also on tonight's show, greta thunberg roasts the u.n.enny kravitz has lost his mojo, and donald trump is getting impeached. ( cheers and applause ) please, please! please, melania, stop cheering. ( laughter ) so let' let's catch up on todays headlines. let's kick it off with the united nations general assembly. every year the world's leaders gather together in new york city to clog up our traffic and ruin our food deliveries. they also try to solve some of the world's problems, but this year all the attention has been on teenage climate activist greta thunberg. ( cheers and applause ) yesterday, she addressed the general assembly and did not pull punches. >> this morning the united nations still feeling the shock waves of teenage climate activist greta thunberg. >> people are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. we are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth! how dare you! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: wow! ( cheers and applause )