joining me now, "new york times" columnist tom friedman. ars of living dangerously." tom, for you, what is the headline of this new report? >> i think the headline is greater uncertainty of the people in climate science, the people who study these issues, that if we don't begin to take the steps needed to prevent the kind of what they call doubling of co2 in the atmosphere, that will lead to the kinds of rise in global average temperature that will put us into a much more unstable world. >> is there a sense of greater urgency or a kind of warning that we haven't been doing much yet? you know, if you think about it, we've been hearing these reports, and all of them have kept saying, and therefore we need to start in some way having the co2 emission levels start plateauing or even declining. as you know, in totality, largely because of china's growth and other emerging countries, co2 emissions continue to rise quite substantially. >> of course, and that's really been the problem, getting governments to act. you know the debate in our country a

. >> sorry tom friedman. the latest to strike at to get hillary clinton to just answer the question everybody wants to know the answer to. is there anyary, other job you would be interested in? [laughter] [applause] comptroller of the state of illinois? you know what i mean. >> not right now. >> ok, but not right now might not mean not ever. of hrc stateuthor secrets and the rebirth of hillary clinton. going to is she not run for president of the united states? >> no, not right now. but i think she has been wanting to since 2008. she is having a lot of fun with that right now. bill clinton has been having fun with it. but the truth is that she is for a forward apace presidential run. >> i asked bill clinton whether or not we would see another clinton in the white house. that is specifically how i phrased it. might we see another clinton in the white house? >> chelsea is still too young. [laughter] [applause] you know, i spent most of the last six months trying to reorganize our foundation and make sure we had

tom friedman has written about this. the world is getting much more interconnected.n this case they are more connected to russia than they are to the european union. in the european union is an opportunity if they choose the correction. this is really what caused the crisis back in october and november last year, this idea that they're going to have to choose between the european union or russia. maybe that was a false choice. it could have done both, but that choice is now exacerbated itself into open conflict, killings, and really creating a much sharper decline than was ever there. >> when you hear, when you heard the russian president talk about is sort of bemoaning the breakup of the soviet union. almost sounds like you would like to put it back together, will was your reaction? >> well, they have felt this way ever since the breakup of the soviet union. a lot of russians felt this way. a lot of soviet citizens felt this was. they were a superpower. there were the only equal to the united states of america, and then they went to become a basket case, almost. we

david miliband, tom friedman, charlie rose ken burns and jon stewart.john is joining us tomorrow as they moderator because he believes what is happening to women since the arab spring is no joke. i want to thank all the public spirited anchors from every network who are going to join us in the next two and a half days to moderator panels. thanks especially to the intrepid intrepid tv newswoman cynthia mcfadden because last night when abc's martha raddatz was pulled to cover breaking new cynthia stepped in at midnight even though she was about to start her new job at nbc news to moderate this evenings panel about syria. speaking of support, thank you big-time to our loyal co-presenting sponsor toyota. toyota is with us third year running and they have been with us taking women in the world out for many of the summits we have been doing for the last three months. i want to thank them for being such great partners and i want to thank merck too. [applause] i would like to thank merck too because they have increased their commitment to become a co-presenting

tom friedman has written brilliantly about a grand bargain between democrats and republicans in this country we can find safe ways to extract export natural gas. it's happening in houston now and could be up next year. why doesn't the u.s. become not just the gas station but energy station for europe. >> that's a long term proposition >> not long term. it's five years. it seems to me we should plan forward. i think putin's options after this burst of nationlism are pretty circumscribe and our asymmetric power against him is our economy. >> putin had this long long q&a session on russian tv. one of the questioners was edward snowden. i will play a little clip of how that went. >> i'd like to ask you a question about the mass surveillance of online communications and the bulk collection of private records by intelligence and law enforcement services. recently the united states, two independent white house investigations as well as the federal court all concluded that these programs are ineffective in stopping terrorism. they also found that they unreasonably intrude into the private li

we have some world-class journalist like leslie stahl, bittman, andmark tom friedman.s justpening episode this gripping segment where we are trying to tell a story that i don't think many people know, which is that dryer to the civil war in syria -- prior to the civil in syria, there was one of the worst droughts of all time in syria. the science, the scientific literature and the scientist we spoke to said that climate change daily played a role in making this drought worse and there's going to be a lot worse in the future if we don't act soon. tom is like one of the only guys who would actually go to syria. he crossed the turkish border into syria during the civil war, place of utter chaos, to get to the heart of the story, to actually talk to some people in the rebel camps who used to be farmers will stop more than one million farmers were driven off their land by this drought. it isn't just the drought. the room multiple factors causing this. -- there were multiple factors causing this. you have the combination of a brutal dictatorship which just did not care about

tom friedman has referred to this group of people as the virtual middle class. last year when i traveled to president morales to a bolivian village 14,000 feet above sea level to play soccer, of all things, villagers snapped pictures of us on their smartphones upon our arrival. when i visited a neighborhood in india, the poorest state in india, with also the highest number of poor people, a state of a population of 200 million people, i found indians watching korean soap operas on their smartphones. it's not a great mystery then why everyone wants more opportunities for themselves and especially for their children. we live in an unequal world. the gaps between the rich and the poor are as obvious here in washington, d.c., as in any capital in the world. yet, those excluded from economic progress remain largely invisible to many of us in the rich world. in the words of pope francis, and i quote, that homeless people freeze to death in the street is not news. but a drop in the stock market is a tragedy, end quote. while we in the rich world may be blind to the suf

tom friedman has referred to this group of people as the virtual middle class. last year when i traveled to president morales to a bolivian village 14,000 feet above sea level to play soccer, of all things, villagers snapped pictures of us on their smartphones upon our arrival. when i visited a neighborhood in india, the poorest state in india, with also the highest number of poor people, a state of a population of 200 million people, i found indians watching korean soap operas on their smartphones. it's not a great mystery then why everyone wants more opportunities for themselves and especially for their children. we live in an unequal world. the gaps between the rich and the poor are as obvious here in washington, d.c., as in any capital in the world. yet, those excluded from economic progress remain largely invisible to many of us in the rich world. in the words of pope francis, and i quote, that homeless people freeze to death in the street is not news. but a drop in the stock market is a tragedy, end quote. while we in the rich world may be blind to the suf

clinton in 2016, in terms of foreign policy, jonathan this is what she had to say when asked by tom friedmane women of the world's summit in new york last week about her legacy as secretary of state. >> what do you feel was unfinished, maybe love to have another crack at one day? >> well, i really see -- that was good. >> just sort of -- >> that's why you win prizes. look, i really see my role as secretary, in fact, leadership in general in a democracy, as a relay race. i mean, you run the best race you can run. you hand off the baton. >> so, jonathan, she's happened off the baton to john kerry, who ho's having his own challenges right now what about her legacy in the "new york times" was writing about that >> if you notice, she handed off the baton on that answer as well. she did not anticipate the question. she did not answer what her legacy would be. look, when she became secretary of state, as "the new york times" article points out, she used her star power to whip around the world to help repair the tattered relationship the united states had with many nations around the world because o

. >> tom friedman writing today in "the new york times" -- in other words, we know what they want to but trying to get that to happen in the political party takes time. >> ellen zentner, with us. why hasn't oil moved? >> it hasn't moved because the world is a scary place, and we still have concerns about growth in many areas of the world. specifically, countries that drive prices of oil. concerns over what might happen, russia and ukraine, that is been more concentrated in the natural gas based in the oil space. there hasn't been something to drive a spike in demand or prices. >> what is driving is the outlook for jobs and the economy. we will be back with ellen zentner. ♪ on the island of manhattan and the bronx as well. 3 and 0. >> who is first place? >> thank you for mentioning that. neenew york yankees, first plac. that's do quick data check. not much to talk about. signs of aher, maybe better economy. gainers and losers. up 15% yesterday, giving a bill ackman a $1 billion paper profit so far. he's teaming up with italian to make a hostile takeover for the maker of botox. allerga

. >> we have tom friedman of t"ne york times." next best thing which is a sensitive man. him. be very nice to tom, where are you? >> there he is. applause] here?t was i thinking head, my girls in my don't blow it, dad. treat to be here. there has been some remarkable testimony from all of these from the different countries but i want to pick up with what was said about ukraine. both had to negotiate with vladimir putin, who does not the most people friendly guy let alone woman friendly guy. what did you learn from that experience? what should we know about him as a person? and how are we doing in managing crisis? >> tom, first it is great to see be back 'm thrilled to here at this wonderful conference. and everybody who has put it together and i'm be here y pleased to who hasistine leguard, shown such great leadership. ukraine one example but there through the ore international monetary fund. we could be here until breakfast is going on what with russia and in particular vladimir ing on with putin. i will try to be brief and make

he gives credit to tom friedman. i would argue that it was not just friedman who made them aware, made all of us aware, federal policy in the united states shifted. the national academy said it has, sound the alarm in a series of publications, most notably rising above the gathering storm, and perhaps, the pace of technological change exemplified by digital technology redefined urgency. for those of us were born in the '40s and '50s and '60s, we think of a decade as lasting roughly 25 years. [laughter] in the new digital age, generations are defined in terms of 18 months. so if a typical undergraduate finishes college in four years, she is already 2.67 technological generation. that sense of exhilaration became a part of a narrative which pushed s.t.e.m. into the national vocabulary with different meanings and implications for all of us. so is the lesson to be copied? the answer is yes. beginning with the basics. what do we know about ourselves and humanities? that me ask you a question. how many of you know anything

tom friedman talks about this. building institutions up on the ground. who comes after abhas? is there an outlook for the palestinians? >> i have a lot of sympathy for him. a lot of empathy is a better word. he looks around him. he sees the palestinian politics is moving not just sideways but backwards. my understanding for the time being he is laying very low. a day will come when he will retire or pass away. there will be a moment of leadership change in the contest for leadership. we are already seeing security around him and the current and old ones. they are back out of the woodwork. they use the head of the soccer federation to pledge mr.. he invited the iranian soccer team to play. why? he knows that gets him -- them off him. a lovely human being coming out of the woodwork. also camille guys are coming out because they can smell -- all of the old guys are coming out because they can smell the scents of change. is there going to be the alternative party? the party of progress, not the party of conflict and progression. cannot do it alone. will they stand up? will they do

and the next step for israel what about the next steps for the palestinians and ask what happens tom friedman talked about 70 years ago it was building institutions on the ground. is there an outlook that is all tangible? >> empathy is a better word. he looks around him and he sees that it's moving not just sideways but backwards and my understanding is the day will come he will retire or pass away and there will be a moment of leadership change and we are already seeing them. we are seeing the security around the current ones and the old ones. they are back out of the woodwork. you know what he did, he invited the team to play because he knows this lovely human being that is coming out of the woodwork and all sorts of guys are coming out because they can spell the sense of the change. will there be the party of progress and not complicated regression. you can't do it alone. will they stand up, will they come up and get out and do something? elliott spoke about it in june of 2002 the palestinian government open and transparent democratic but we start using the language again which has disappe

he gives credit to tom friedman.i would argue it was not just freedman who made them aware that all this aware, federal policy in the united states shifted, the national academy be an alarm into a series of publications, rising above the gathering storms, and perhaps most importantly the pace of technological change is example five by digital technologies redefined the sense of time and urgency. for those of us who were born in the 1940's, we think of a decade as lasting roughly 25 years. the new digital age, generations are defined in terms of 18 months. if the typical undergraduate finishes colleges in four years, experienced 2.6 seven technological generations. it became the part of the narrative, which put stem into the national vocabulary with different meaning and implication for all of us. is there a lesson to be copied here? the answer is yes, beginning with the basic. what do we know about ourselves and humanities? let me ask you a question. how many of you know anything about humanities indicators project s

david growing, she was asked several times by tom friedman she was thinking about running for presidentser to saying yes every time. at one point saying there is unfinished business still to be done. >> i think this part of the tour is no doubt the highlight of the run. you know, because all of the anticipation. the fact she is in the public eye to this degree and is able to both shape the landscape a little bit by certain things that she is saying as a kind of preview of major themes of the campaign. but to also allow the conversation to go forward without her actually being in the arena yet. i think it is helpful for her. i think every reason for her to wait. there is no reason to commit too early here. she can still sit back and test to see what the scrutiny is like and to see the lines of attack, to see where the party is headed. just to look at the level of enthusiasm, say, in the mid terms this year i think is struckive for her to see how well republicans do will be instructive for her. i think a lot she is benefiting from in the glow and being asked the question. >> chuck todd, w

. >> the guy asking the questions, i think, is new york times columnist tom friedman. >> passing of the olympics, that's what everybody is watching, how you hand off the baton. >> if you drop it, then the race is completely over. but at issue is something that charles krauthammer pointed out. she's already been vetted. democrats are pointing to her as being the eventual nominee in 2016 do. they care? are they going to point to any one particular achievement? >> qualifications don't matter, they nominated barack obama who had nope. obviously it is not relevant except to those who care about logic, but that's not a lot of democratic members. it will be tough to launch a campaign. basically, the justification is that you have a female president. >> and there's recent polling that says just that, that she's a female in politics and was first lady. and also that was her second biggest credential is dealing with the affair of her husband. just being in the public eye, does that make you a good person to be president? is this another celebrity-type of presidential candidate like we saw on pres

what happens about tom friedman talks about this. building institutions up on the ground. who comes after abhas? for the an outlook palestinians? sympathy forot of him. a lot of empathy is a better word. he looks around him. he sees the palestinian politics is moving not just sideways but backwards. understanding for the time being he is laying very low. when he willme retire or pass away. there will be a moment of leadership change in the contest for leadership. securityready seeing around him and the current and old ones. they are back out of the woodwork. they use the head of the soccer federation to pledge mr.. he invited the iranian soccer team to play. him -- knows that gets them off him. a lovely human being coming out of the woodwork. also camille guys are coming out because they can smell -- all of the old guys are coming out because they can smell the scents of change. is there going to be the alternative party? the party of progress, not the party of conflict and progression. cannot do it alone. will they stand up? will they do something? will we ? l.a. it's pos

friedman and heidi cullen the chief climb maologist at climate central and they are here because they are involved in showtime's documentary on climate changed called "years of living dangerously". tom this is a multi-part series. you take part in one of the episodes. what is the bottom line here? what did you all find out. >> well, this is a nine-part series and people can watch the first one tomorrow on youtube. for me it's been the most remarkable documentary project i have ever been involved with. i got to do looking at environmental and climate stresses in the middle east. go to syria and show how the drought is connected to the revolution and yemen, the first city in the world that may run out of water and egypt how climate stresses were involved in the revolution there. participating in the series we have arnold schwarzenegger, matt damon, and harrison ford and leslie stall from cbs, a remarkable group of people to bring this home through personal stories. and it does it amazingly effectively. >> schieffer: heidi, what is the conclusion of this series? you were the chief science advisor for the series. what do you say to those who question whether global warming exists? >> we