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Nearly overshadowed by the vicious terrorist attacks in paris two weeks ago which at first seemed as if they might endanger the meetings here. in fact, some people felt that the climate talks should be called off. >> translator: im not convinced about the necessity at this moment to organize this event. i think we have other priorities today, even if the environment is very important. >> reporter: for most, those worldwide issues trump even terrorist concerns. in a way, the paris conference is j...

Did not -- he has done everything in his power to deal with the issue of climate change. he used it as a moral issue, a climate issue, a national security issue. >> the democrats have responded, hillary clinton, martin omalley those who want to be president, they are hailing this effort. but then you have the republicans who are already criticizing it. you have marco rubio saying this will increase cost of electricity, specifically pointing out, if you live in tampa, your bill would go up $30 a ...

Vladimir putin annexed crimea and said deal with it. putin invaded ukraine and people were saying that putin equals strong and obama equals weak and now putin is bogged down in ukraine. his economy is totally tanking. is this the notion that obama is wiping the floor with putin or is that a tad overblown? >> well, maybe a tad overblown but its looking like this. one of the problems is we live in a fast media age and people want instant gratification and action. if it shows that he had a vigorous...

Are out there. carbon capture storage in particular, to deal with the carbon and manage if carbon from coal and knowing that the world is going to continue to use it for many, many years to come. and thats how we can best address the climate issue. and thats how america can best lead in terms of being a technology leader. not by imposing youre lateral reduction. ill tell you right now the projections are between 1990 and 2035, according to the international agency agency, carbon emissions from c...

Bids. five of the top super pac donors last year were individuals, not corporations or unions. the number-one donor? thomas steyer, who reportedly donated more than $11 million last year. in fact, tom steyer is with me now. hes focused on much more than a candidate. hes on a cause, climate change. hes committed $100 million for an ad campaign this year, and hes not afraid to go after fellow democrats to get his point across. joining me is tom steyer, president of next gen climate action. good mo...

Effect. >> you should have pretty solid evidence and is solid evidence isnt there. >> it give s me great pleasure o declare the conference (indiscernible) convention on climate change. >> these scientists argue our world is heating up 912 warmest years on record have occurred since 1988. they believe humans are over loading the atmosphere that drives up the planets temperature. it is causing a generator for severe weather worldwide. >> it is a climate issue global problem.

The need to bury the lead. because you now have a president who said hes going to enforce a climate policy visa regulatory means and bodies like the u.n., they want the united states to be a leader on this issue because they feel thats the only way they can pressure other countries like china and india to also somehow get on board. theyre not going to do anything to derail this u.s. movement and this u.s. president to sort of step up and start enforcing some sort of climate program. >> so go ahe...

The need to bury the lead. because youve now got a president who said he is going to enforce a agenda via regulatory means. bodies like the u.n., they want the united states to be a leader on this issue because they feel thats the only way they can pressure other countries like china and india to also somehow get on board. so theyre nothing going to do anything to derail this u.s. movement and this u.s. president to start enforcing some sort of climate program. >> go ahead. >> i was going to say...

Parts of the country, so a moderate can certainly get through that process i believe. it was more that you only had four months to put something together and thats typical. because in new jersey, of course, as you know, campaigns are enormously expensive. we have to buy new york and philadelphia media. >> it didnt stop the democrats. theres a lot of democrats that decided to jump in. >> theyve been doing it for a while. if you look at frank pallone, he has $4 million in the bank, cory booker hac...

Development of cars that run on electricity instead of gas. heres the thing. that loan to tesla that republicans made such fun of, that loan that turned out great in the end. that was made through a loan program created in 2007. signed into law by a previous president named george w. bush and even when it is working, it is a laugh line to them. mitt romney was good on the climate issue until he wants to run for higher office. republicans were all for invest ting in electric car until they decide...