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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 political leader. >> hugh hewitt, hell speak before congress and probably mention climate chan...

We grow almost all the produce consumed around the country. as that starts to take a hit, the ripple effects will spread across the country in the form of higher food prices. that will be a big problem. >> people are also moving to drier parts of the country. >> yeah. >> they are moving to sunnier parts of the country. >> yeah. >> everything west of the mississippi, huge expanse or west of the sort of midlands right? the kind of amazing prairie we have. everything to the left of that is sustaine...

Diego water authority looking at this supply as a hedge on future droughts. they expect in the middle of the next deck kate it will be -- additional investment will be required to keep the waters flowing as well. >> its hard to see how things dont become drier as the climate changes, as things get warmer. >> throughout the southwest, we are dependent on the same source of water, the colorado river and the sacramento river. thats what serves san diego county along with local run off. this is an o...

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Numbers out on climate issues for our planet. 2014 may end up being the warmest year ever recorded for planet earth. that prediction coming from the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa. it says that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen 25% since 1958. that arctic sea ice has shrunk some 40% since 1979. and that global sea levels have risen more than 5 centimeters since 1990. well, in lima, peru, delegates at a key climate change conference will try to...

Findings? >> i disagree with the study. climate changes contribute to changes in human behavior and social conflict. its very difficult for historians to find -- to place cause and effect. this is a social science study that does a bunch of number crunching and comes up with very small changes in human behavior. i think its basically junk social science. >> linda, to that point, junk social science. there may be other factors in play here. sure, it was hotter. lets be honest. there was a crumbli...

The vegetation ahead of the fire. so it just means that the fuels, the vegetation, if you will, is just more flammable. >> youve seen so many of these. put this one in colorado into context. >> this is just a tragedy, you know. any time you have this many homes burning, you know, and loss of life, its just horrible. its something that is going to continue happening, as terrible as it is more and more in the future as our climate changes. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. and now the men and w...

Ahead of it to put a stop to the fires. >> reading something today suggested fighting this fire in colorado, has been hampered by high temperatures so may seem like an obvious question so how does that hamper the come burst? >> when you have higher temperatures, the humidity lowers. it gets less. the air gets drier and therefore it carries fire and dries out the vegetation ahead of the fire. so it just means that the fuels, the vegetation, if you will, is just more flammable. >> youve seen so ma...

Put this one in colorado into context. >> this is just a tragedy, you know. any time you have this many homes burning, you know, and loss of life, its just horrible. its something that is going to continue happening, as terrible as it is more and more in the future as our climate changes. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. and now the men and women who come not to capture wildfires but to kill them. fighting flames the way the 82 wins wars. gary tuckman tells their remarkable story. >> reporte...