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>> they told me they were going to do it before they did it. i remember where we were sitting when they said it. >> sarah was told beforehand. i dont know if christina was or not. i wasnt there for that. >> so why didnt you tell danielle? >> because she didnt know us as long as the other girls did. she didnt know us as long and as well. and we didnt want to scare her or flip her out and, you know, we wanted to film, so we wanted her permission for that too. >> if the defendants are claiming that...

The defendant, christina lumm. were sarah and christina told in advance? again, the stories conflict. >> they told me they were going to do it before they did it. i remember where we were sitting when they said it. >> sarah was told beforehand. i dont know if christina was or not. i wasnt there for that. >> so why didnt you tell danielle? >> because she didnt know us as long as the other girls did. she didnt know us as long and as well. and we didnt want to scare her or flip her out and, you kno...

>> you saw the back slapping and congratulatory tone of people at this climate summit. its nonbinding. its not worth the paper that its printed on, but yet you would think they just made the greatest deal in the history of mankind. >> its all for show. >> whats that? >> its all for show. its all for show. i mean, the whole thing is for show. number one, you said, its not binding. number two, the administration has commit xheted the united states to certain counts but hasnt told us how theyre goi...

Congratulatory tone of people at this climate summit. its nonbinding. its not worth the paper that its printed on, but yet you would think they just made the greatest deal in the history of mankind. >> its all for show. >> whats that? >> its all for show. its all for show. i mean, the whole thing is for show. number one, you said, its not binding. number two, the administration has committed the united states to certain caps, but hasnt told us how theyre going to do it. which means theyll have m...

Signal that we want to move toward the clean energy. we heard some consequences if we dont do that. i think the detractors are hammering on the point that this -- that countries arent bound to cut emissions by a certain level. theyre each bringing their own plans to the table. china said it wants to peek emissionsly 2030 and decrease after that. theyre bound into a framework to keep negotiating every five years. theyll have to come back to the table, those signing on to the agreement, and ratche...

Its not legal, its not binding. >> its a handshake. >> they want 50% of the population to agree to climate share. they decided if the $430 million a year that we, the united states, gives poor nations to help them with their climate change, were going to double that over the next 60 years for hanging out. i also empower the eta. it is probably the most in sense sieve team in america. all these rules and regular lasz on cars, trukz hundreds of billions of dollars annually. >> its a balanced.

Never seen before. the targets we set are bold and by empowering businesses, scientists, engineers, workers and the private sector, investors to work together, this represents the best chance we had to save the one planet weve got. >> the big question for many today is whether this agreement, which is not entirely legally binding, whether it will work. im joined by executive director of the sierra club. nice to have you with us tonight. >> hi. thanks for having me on. >> how would you characteri...

Years in order to do more than they might be doing and meet the goal. people understand this issue. this is not a question of doing it because it seems nice or politically its good. its because its having a profoundly negative impact on nations. they need to respond and thats perhaps the most compelling reason of all. >> but you say "legally binding." okay, so somebody doesnt comply, again, is it -- whats this law that youre going to hit them with other than international shame? >> theres a mech...

Five years. they came to paris and submitted plans before they got to paris saying this is how much we want to cut our carbon emissions. china said it wants to peak emissions and then drop down. the u.s. made a fairly ambitious pledge as did the eu, but the targets are not whats legally binding. its essentially the peer pressure system with a legal underpinning to keep bringing them back to the table. and we have seen some leaders, particularly in the just, the u.s. senate majority leader saying...

Years in order to do more than they might be doing and meet the goal. people understand this issue. this is not a question of doing it because it seems nice or politically its good. its because its having a profoundly negative impact on nations. they need to respond and thats perhaps the most compelling reason of all. >> but you say "legally binding." okay, so somebody doesnt comply, again, is it -- whats this law that youre going to hit them with other than international shame? >> theres a mech...