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2.7-degree fahrenheit threshold and the ipcc says we are going do reach that somewhere between 2030 and mid century so we have to take action now if we are to stem the worst impacts of climate change. what does that mean? it means reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 45% by 2030. thats huge. and the only way it says to get there to do that is to increase the amount of renewables that we use. take those renewables and ratchet them up to 65%, 75% of the power generation and get our coal use down t...

There is a way to get the world together to address it and if so how does that look like, who plays the global leader in this arena? >> i think that the short answer is no. even with american leadership, it is incredibly tough because america is now the second biggest polluter in the world after china. neither the u.s. nor china shows any ability to do the kind of radical changes that this report says is necessary to convert ourselves to basically a zero carbon economy. this is the kind of thing...

Our city. >> reporter: even now, nine years later, detective mois still remembers the coppery scent of blood that hit him when he stepped across the threshold of the hunter home. >> theres a heavy metallic kind of humidity in the air almost. you almost feel its presence if there is a lot of it and there was a lot of it in the hunter household. >> reporter: to the left of the front door, in the dining room off the main hallway, lay the body of the boy, tom hunter. >> hes lying on his face. his ha...

Nominations. >> wait a minute. we have never had a requirement -- the practice has always been that judicial nominations were approved by 51 votes. theres never been a supreme court justice who had to get 60 votes with the exception of abe fortus. even clarence thomas was 52-48. chuck schumer was the one under george bush insisted george bushs nominees get 60 votes. >> obviously, its one of these sides -- >> there never has been -- >> you want to see it restored, the 60 vote threshold to end deb...

His libertys at stake. he knows that. and so -- im sorry? >> should he be for the allegations that are against him? >> well, shes barred. dr. ford would be barred by a statute of limitations. maryland used to have a statute of limitations back in 1982 for a year with regards to sexual assault. theyve changed that since, and now there is no statute of limitations, we can go back. if that werent the case, i would say yes, why cant that be investigated. we know that outcries are made late all the t...

That if you get over that threshold, thats all collins was looking for and that wasnt met here. what do you think? >> i think senator collins is missing the point. this was a tremendous opportunity for her and for other people in power to say this is a moment that requires a different kind of leadership. the experience of sexual assault is both -- its very personal but its a collect i have ive experience. thats why all of us were saying look at us, look at me. and by looking at me see all of us ...

Once in the house in 1804. do you see this as a bruised party or something that could have the potential to go forward, sir? >> as far as what the house of representatives does, look, if the democrats took control of the house, it would be their prerogative, they could decide to do that. i dont think theres a valid basis for doing it. thats not the end of the process. they have a check and balance on them. if it does and comes over to the senate removing someone who is impeached in the house rek...

Collins did while there might have been super evidence, it wasnt quite enough for her. heres how she described that part of her decision. >> fairness would dictate that the claims at least should meet a threshold of more likely than not. as our standard. the facts presented do not mean that professor ford was not sexually assaulted that night or at some other time, but they do lead me to conclude that the allegations failed to meet the more likely than not standard. therefore, i do not believe t...

Were in the middle of the mid-term year, were a month away from the election so expect the fights to continue. expect nobody to cool off. expect things to heat up. >> it was reported that senator collins was undecided through the whole process. do we know the details of how she got to it? >> i was hearing from people who were in discussions with senator collins who kept saying, she is solid on brett kavanaugh. she likes him very much. she is very confident and assuaged. what senator collins the ...

Some articulate no pun intended irony aside. a 51-49 proposition. those are the numbers of the membership and the senate. if you get over the threshold thats all collins was looking for. and that wasnt met here. what do you think? >> i think senator collins is missing the point. these this was a tremendous opportunity. for her. and for other people in power to say these this is a moment that requires a different kind of leadership. the experience of sexual assault is both very personal. but its ...