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In the first place. this is how we can ensure that peace is lasting. after we fought. its how we stop people from falling prey to extremism because children are going to school and they can think for themselves, and families can feed themselves and arent desperate. communities are not ravaged by diseases and countries are not devastated by climate changes. as americans, we have to see the value of empowering civil societies so that there are outlets for peoples frustrations, and we have to suppo...

This is how we prevent conflicts from starting in the first place. this is how we can ensure that peace is lasting. after weve fought. its how we stop people from falling prey to extremism, because children are going to school and they can think for themselves. and families can feed themselves and arent desperate, and communities are not ravaged by diseases and countries are not devastated by climate changes. as americans, we have to see the value of empowering civil societies, so that theyre ou...

You see creeping away from the average. heres what it looked like in 2012, and heres what it looks like in 2016. temperatures appear to be way above the average. arctic getting warmer instead of colder in october and november. just two weeks ago, the north pole was 36 degrees warmer than normal. its so warm that right now the sea ice is at a record low. the area of ocean with at least 15% sea ice from 1979 through 2015. heres what it looks like this year. ready for it? the ice levels are meant t...

Ice thats existed for four years is on the decline. the difference between 1984 and 2016 is stark. images like this, data like this is how we try to understand what is happening on the planet and what is happening as the climate changes. the same agency that made those images is in the crosshairs of the president-elect. we see nasa in an exploration role and deep space research. earth centric sciences in better areas where it is their prime mission. nasa would be better exploring other planets. ...

You see. all of that ice going into the sea and that causes sea level rise. that was one thing. the other thing that was really eye opening was in our government, the united states government is how many of our politicians get money from the oil lobbies and the oil companies, fossil fuel, not just oil, gas, coal and how that sways their thinking about climate change. that was kind of -- >> you talk about politicians. leo at one point asks the president, this is prior to the election, a couple of...

Because i was perceived to be close to president clinton. on the hole, i think its a positive appointment. >> from our friend, a former governor as well, bill richardson, thank you so much. good to see you. coming up, a new documentary on climate changes and what changes will come with the incoming administration. in the next hour, a filmmaker tells me what life is really like inside cuba and what change is possible now that fidel castro is dead. >>announcer: valhalla awaits... the great nor...

Do you think he will encounter obstacles from within the party? >> i think certainly he has to work on bringing the party together. i think that that was why i favored governor romney as the potential secretary of state. because by showing that he can overcome the grievances of the campaign trail and bring in some of the sharpest minds in the party and bring in everyone together, i think that will give him more of a mandate as he tries to go forward with the tough business of implementing policy...

Trump and we know his stance is the head of the epa, someone who is not a friend of the environmental industry. >> right. it actually happened, what obama said, someone who doesnt believe in climate change is -- or supposedly is the president. but i think reality may have hit trump in the nose. he did an interview with the "new york times" and said now he is open minded about climate change. i think obama and him must have had some serious talks about the reality of the situation, the joint chie...

Getting worse and worse and worse. >> that was a clip from the new documentary, before the flood. it was narrated by leonardo da c decap rio. it questions humanitys ability to reverse what may be the biggest problem the planet has faced. im joined by the dreirector of the film. a huge welcome to you. this is so important. what did you learn while making this film? anything that you didnt expect or that horrified or shocked you? >> it was constantly eye opening, let me put it to you that way. we ...

Same-sex marriage. remarkable. >> and i think catholics were tired of the discussion about those other issues and theyre really excited about this pope. its historic hes speaking to the congress and in our poll it showed that they find his teachings very closely align with theirs and that they want political figures to also talk about these subjects. so i think that theres 70 million catholics in the united states who will listen very closely. they see him as a religious leader but also as a pol...