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Emergency in france for another three months. Governors from nearly half of the fifty states are now saying they dont want Syrian Refugees to be resettled in their states. States. That includes Iowa Governor terry branstad. Their announcements come after it wawadeterminin at least one of the attackers in paris entered europe with other refugees. This morning, speaker of the house paul ryan commented on the issue. Our nation has always been welcoming, but we cannot let t terrorists take advantage...

Long term . I can remember arriving in rio to see the saudi text with the entire text of the Framework Convention in brackets. And i know that theres still a concern that russia has been difficult to deal with on this issue for many years. But i dont want to answer the question. What is the where are the big challenges, do you think . Yeah, well so, theres two different ways to anxious that question. If you mean in the context of the Ongoing International negotiations thats kind of the i guess i...

Government and the president. And ukraines conflict has claimed 5,000 lives says the u. N. We are in the countrys east where people are living in fear. Tributes have been pouring in for saudi arabias late King Abdullah. Leaders from around the world have attended his funeral. Power has now passed to Abdullah Abdullahs half brother, salmon. And one of the late monarchs grandsons has been named as deputy crown prince. We will have more on that in a moment. But first erika woods reports on the fune...

Will look at corporate conquistadors the many ways multinationals both drive and profit from climate destruction. Then, its gender day here at the climate talks. We will hear from a Group Indigenous Women Leaders on the front lines of defending the earth from exploitation by fossil fuel companies. They may not be coming after us with their bayonets and rifles, they are coming at us with nuclear waste, with fracking, coming at us with pipelines that are caring that filled from the tar sands where...

The latest technology on wearable devices. The gadgets are getting smaller, lighter, and thinner. Officials in tokyo fear the indictment of a japanese journalist in south korea could harm relations between the two countries. Prosecutors in seoul indicted the journalist on charges of defaming the countrys president. Japans chief cabinet secretary calls the action extremely regrettable. Tatye okato wrote an article questioning the whereabouts of President Park geunhye on the day of a deadly ferry ...

Invitation of Oil Giants Shell and chevron to speak at the talks. Will look at corporate conquistadors the many ways multinationals both drive and profit from climate destruction. Then, its gender day here at the climate talks. We will hear from a Group Indigenous Women Leaders on the front lines of defending the earth from exploitation by fossil fuel companies. They may not be coming after us with their bayonets and rifles, they are coming at us with nuclear waste, with fracking, coming at us w...

We have some treats for everyone and cake as well. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much. And now on booktv, Jeffrey Sachs director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University puts forward a Sustainable Development plan to address global poverty, political corruption and environmental decay. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon everybody. And to those of you who have struggled here on a freezing day, congratulations. To those smart ones who are watching on line well done. And...

The findings of her most recent research delivering on the u. S. Climate commitment a 10point plan toward a lowcarbon future you can download the complete Research Report that wri. Org publication. About us wr i is a global nonprofit Nongovernmental Organization that works closely with World Leaders to address urban global challenges at the intersection of Economic Development and the natural environment. At the u. S. Climate Initiative Program within wri we use vigorous independent research and...

The president has been focused on this within a wide range of solutions that we need for the longterm transformation of lowcarbon energy. This is one of the important tools in the kit so we have invested in that through the Recovery Program and important investment in Smart Technology and also things like and a whole range of cuttingedge technologies that will help us to deliver the kinds of savings we are talking about here while continuing to budget for innovation in the this space through the...

Economic ties among apeculiar member countries. It says the government leaders will step up their Infrastructure Development and investment over the coming three years. The draft also says the leaders will ensure more transparency in their schemeless for accepting bids from contractors acquiring land and imposing taxes. And it says that theyll create systems for cooperation between the public and private sectors. The u. S. Government shutdown is having repercussions for the countrys diplomacy. P...