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The super storms. the impacts of climate change are no longer subtle. were seeing them play out in our newspaper headlines. in this latest report simply documents in a robust manner what were already seeing. the effects of climate change are upon us. were already see thing danger posed by unchecked climate change. >> is the right government? right president? right technological advances? what is the solution here? >> its all of the above. i wish there were a magic bullet but we really have to fo...

Television screens and our newspaper headlines. >> not some punitive future. its happening now. what else can we expect from todays report? the key findings here. >> well, again, what the report will convey is what scientists like myself already know, because these assessment reports are based on the existing published scientific literature. so what this report will tell us is that we are seeing the impact of climate change on our coastlines here in the united states, in terms of devastating sup...

Have said, these wildfires are worse in part because of climate change. explain why thats the case. >> yeah, well, you know, you take unprecedented heat and unprecedented drought, which is what california has seen in recent years. and youre going to get worse, bigger, more destructive wildfires. it isnt a coincident over the past two years now we have seen the two most extensive wildfires in california history and now with this latest wildfire in northern california, the camp fire, the most dead...

Its not leading every one of our newscasts. >> thank you, katy, and i really appreciate you bringing attention to this issue. its true, climate change is no longer a subtle threat. it is impacting us where we live in our daily lives. its playing out on our television screens in terms of the california wildfires, devastating superstorms that have hit texas, puerto rico, north carolina, unprecedented floods, droughts, heat waves. this is the face of climate change and were dealing with it now. >> ...

Electricity. water up to the second, third floor. people on their roofs not able to get out. when you see those images, even though it probably is not going to happen in your area, there is always a chance. and why risk it? steve: right. because of the potential for these super storms, storm winds to come ashore, they are suggesting that some parts of the disaster area, and, you know, if it hits hard, it will be a disaster. could be without electricity for weeks and there are 16 nuclear power pl...

These gardens but it is not necessarily a suspected of the deep is asking if you are not killer, then why did this person not come forward? >> interesting to see if someone will recognize that little quirk with the cell phone. >> good to see you. >> good to see you brian. thank you. and this marks the 50 percent super storm sandy slammed the yes devastating parts of new york and new jersey. the system killed more than 100 people and caused an estimated $65 billion in damage. the effects are stil...

Could be the key to solving these gardens but it is not necessarily a suspected of the deep is asking if you are not killer, then why did this person not come forward? >> interesting to see if someone will recognize that little quirk with the cell phone. >> good to see you. >> good to see you brian. thank you. and this marks the 50 percent super storm sandy slammed the yes devastating parts of new york and new jersey. the system killed more than 100 people and caused an estimated $65 billion in ...

>> a lot of people think major metropolitan areas is the safest in the country actually end up -- the infrastructure is difficult because we saw super storms and the within a matter of days food was gone. the infrastructure to get large trucks and services into those areas to bring fresh fruit, fresh water was incredibly difficult to do that. more of the rural areas being able to get access to food and water, people are stuck in houston for a long time. i dont know how they start to get this stu...

You could see a lot of florida disappear. coastal cities flooded. you could see super storms that take place. and its going to be a very difficult environment for human beings to live and flourish in. >> on this vote, yeas are 219, nays are 212. the bill is passed. >> it was a call to arms for the environmental movement. and it was a call to arms for that portion of the energy industry that felt threatened. it was the first time that you got legislation through either house of congress of how we...

Coastal cities flooded. you could see super storms that take place. and its going to be a very difficult environment for human beings to live and flourish in. >> on this vote, yeas are 219, nays are 212. the bill is passed. >> it was a call to arms for the environmental movement. and it was a call to arms for that portion of the energy industry that felt threatened. it was the first time that you got legislation through either house of congress of how we were going to begin to deal with co 2 emi...