Cannons to keep the peace. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Again, so grateful to have you here. This morning theres a dark assessment of the devastating effect of leaving Climate Change unchecked. Panel of scientists warning thousands of americans could die premature deaths, the economy could lose hundreds of billions of dollars if Global Warming is not addressed. Scientists behind the study didnt just look at climate shifts over one day or one year, they looked at long term trends here. Joining us now, cnns Allison Chinchar and a climate scientist from georgia tech. Good morning to you both. Good morning. Allison, you were on this call. There was some interesting insight that came out the way questions were either asked or answered or not. The main focus of the phone call was to talk about the report and the main take away was to show the direct impacts of Climate Change on americans lives. Usually the reports are from a global standpoint, but this was a focus on the United States. Talked about three industries most impacted, real estate, health care, agriculture. The most interesting thing was at the end they did a question and answer segment, had numerous people ask about the time line of this being issued friday. One person directly asked, this is the official white house climate report, says Climate Change is real. But you have the president of the United States saying it is not. What are we supposed to believe, the white house report or white house spokesperson . And they refused to answer it. The moderator wouldnt allow the panelists to answer that. I found it odd. These are the scientists, they wrote the report and arent allowed to answer that simple question. Did you get a sense they wanted to answer . Did anybody start to answer . You could hear where people would start to but the moderator, i know thats their job to decide who answers the question, but i get the sense if they were allowed, maybe not all of them but some of them would have liked to have answered. What about the timing. Moderator shut that down as well. Their response was we want the focus of this to be about the content of this, not about the timing of release. With that said, so the viewers know, kim cobb with us now, you go to Christmas Island every two weeks. This is your area of study. Christmas island in the pacific, of course. Is what you heard from this report, does it correlate with what you found in 18 years of research . Yes, absolutely. So as a climate scientist, some of us are in the business of digging back into the past to look at climate extremes before the rise of carbon dioxide. Whats locked in records is coming to the present, things are getting warmer, natural climate extremes are getting more extreme. Consistent with the findings of the report. I was going to ask, we had a number of reports done over the years. What makes this one so important and why should we carefully look at it . Yes. I think these reports come out every several years, and this one i think caught my eye because it has ratcheted up some impacts that we had bigger unsernlu uncertainties but now are clearer than ever, and thats in the worst direction. Sea level estimates ticked up. Our attribution of climate extremes has improved since the last report. So now were facing with a lot more certainty some of the very, very damaging types of Climate Exchange and impacts. And unfortunately this report is just another exclamation mark on a year of dizzying records with wildfires, temperature extremes, heat waves, and of course Hurricane Season in the southeast. Are we in the thick of this now based on, you know, what you ticked down, the list of what were dealing with, or can you give us some sort of a time line when were going to see this ratcheted up or again, are we in it . Some aspects are taking place, coastal flooding in florida, east coast. Call it sunny day flooding in florida where it is not raining but getting those from the tides. It is a great example of the sea level rise. Other things, it is going to take several more decades before you notice large scale issues with, but the fact of this report was not just thats what separates this, this wasnt just here is doom and gloom, this report gave solutions to the problem. Heres to fix ones that are happening now, heres how to fix ones we know will happen down the road. What solution stood out . They talk about certain things in areas of the west. They have this Drought Program thats already existed and it is meant for farmers and ranchers, how to start to prepare for drought, for heat waves, and how it would effect their livestock. The acadiana group, was created to assess flooding risks for areas in the southeast. You have these programs that are already established to help look into the future of what can we do to mitigate some issues we know will take place. Is it too late . Can we still prevent it . Absolutely not. We have so much work to do. As allison was saying, some work is reading into those reports, the report has region by region what are expected impacts, thinking about how scientists can work with people in their communities and policy makers to protect those communities today from impacts coming down the pike today actually, so the other bucket of the recommendations they make is to get on top of our emissions and start to make sure we are not baking in more risk than we need to. It is absolutely not too late and we have time to get to work. But the report stresses the time to do so is now. It is important for americans health, wellbeing, and Economic Prosperity that we take this seriously. We appreciate you both being here. Thank you. Breaking news in paris. Demonstrators taking to the streets over rising fuel costs, gathering in the french capital to express rage with macron after tax hikes. He is pushing incentives to purchase electric vehicles. Police are using tear gas. You can see there Water Cannons to combat some of the we are told 8,000 protesters that assembled there. Government officials blame far right extremists for inflaming tensions there. Cnn Senior CorrespondentJim Bittermann is live in paris. Jim, youre standing right above this crowd along the chance are. What are you seeing and hearing . Reporter were six hours into the protest. Ill show you a little of whats going on at our doorstep downstairs. These are yellow vested protesters, people protesting the rise in gas prices, joined by a lot of other people protesting all sorts of things, high taxes in france, high cost of living. Some pensioners in the crowd worried about pensions and retirement, and have been going up and down the avenue, police are using the water cannon, you may see it in the background in action. And setting barricades out and setting fire to barricades which is what we have seen practically all afternoon long here. It does not seem to be that the crowd is dispersing, but on the other hand the overall crowd is substantially smaller than the crowds that gathered in france a week ago. This started with a crowd of 230,000 people across the country. Today the interior minister says about 23,000, it is less number of protesters out, but these have been far more dramatic than last week and in fact as dramatic as ive seen. Authorities said they would try to keep people away from here because of high value stores and fashion boutiques and what not, and clearly that did not happen. Christi, martin . Jim, the explosions and sounds that were hearing in the background, what are they . Reporter well, theyre basically some of them flash bombs that the police are using, and also the demonstrators brought with them fireworks, and we have seen a number of demonstrators set off fireworks, thats what the explosions are. Theres nothing that as far as i can tell that caused much damage, although we did see one demonstrator injured a short while ago who was next to one of these when they went off. And we have seen as you can probably hear in the background a regrouping of the protesters as the police try to move in and push them off the avenue. Jim, were listening to that and looking at pictures, and i am wondering president macron has to be watching this as well. You mentioned earlier how low his Approval Rating is now. Is there any indication how the government is going to address this . Reporter president macron said he would address the situation tuesday. Were not sure what he is going to do. I would suspect there might be a decrease in gas tax announced or Something Like that, but he doesnt have a whole lot of room to maneuver here, given the economy in france and that sort of thing, and hes also been very resolute about saying he is going to carry out government reforms. Some protesters today, for example, are against the reforms he announced from the first days in office, the reforms to the labor laws in this country. Thats what they have to do to get the economy moving, met objective by businessmen in the country. After the reforms were announced, this is what we are having on the streets due to high taxes and what not. Christi . Take care of yourself and the team there. Thank you. We appreciate it. All right. While much of the focus is on Climate Change now in washington, there is a deadline looming there. A little more than a month, democrats will take control of the house of representatives. Lets bring in cnn senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. President trumps financial ties to saudi arabia is near the top of the democrats agenda but it is not the only thing. Reporter good morning. It is not the only thing, martin. This really is the last month the president will be enjoying a full republican control of the house and senate. And hes already getting early sign of what some democrats coming into house of representatives to assume control of their investigations and oversight, of what theyre looking at. Adam schiff, incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said yesterday he wants to look at any links between the Trump Administration, Trump Organization and saudi arabia, financial links. One thing on the list for democrats is the finances of the Trump Organization, his tax returns, something he never wanted to give up. So something is going to change in washington. Well see how successful democrats are in getting these from the president. Without question, it will be a new era, a new moment for the president when the new year begins. But before that, the president on the golf course in south florida is thinking about changes of his cabinet. He says he may have some before too long. As of now, sunny day in florida. A vacation weekend for the president. Jeff zeleny, hope you enjoy the sunshine yourself. Thank you. Breaking news this hour. The gunman in an alabama mall shooting thanksgiving night still on the loose. Heres the thing. Authorities now say the 21yearold man killed by an officer at the mall, quote, likely did not fire the rounds that injured two people. Cnn reporter natasha chen with us now. Essentially theyre saying there was misidentification of the culprit. Yes. They released a statement on facebook, saying the department does not typically issue media updates during internal investigation, but there was information discussed last night that updates merit and clarification. The initial report was two men got into a fight at the mall that resulted in a 21yearold shooting an unarmed 18yearold and the victim was taken to the hospital. The update says the 21yearold identified as bradford may have been involved in some aspect of the altercation, but likely didnt fire rounds that injured the 18yearold victim. Police say bradford fled the scene. An armed Hoover Police officer working mall security shot and killed him. If he is not the one that shot the 18yearold, theres someone out there that did. Police believe there were more than two people involved in the initial fight. They say at least one gunman is at large who could be responsible for the 18yearold victim and a 12yearold girl caught in the crossfire. She was also taken to the hospital. I reached out to the agency that has taken over the investigation to find out how many suspects theyre looking for, and whether they believe bradford fired any rounds at all. Last we heard the officer involved in the shooting is on administrative leave while they investigate. Thank you for the update. And still to come, an american was killed during a mission trip to a Remote Island near india. We talked to a leader of the organization he was affiliated with and got reaction to the news. Over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college. In 24 hours, youll send him off thinking youve done everything for his well being. But meningitis b progresses quickly and can be fatal, sometimes within 24 hours. While meningitis b is uncommon, about 1 in 10 infected will die. 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It shows he knew the tribes People Living in isolation there were dangerous. He wrote you may think i am crazy in all this but i think it is worth it to declare jesus to these people. Please do not be angry at them or god if i get killed. Polo sandoval has more details. Reporter this is one of the oldest, most isolated tribes in the world. And Authorities Say theyre responsible for last weeks killing of american missionary john allen chau. This archived footage from Survival International provides some of the few existing images of the tribe known as the sentinelese. They live in isolation on the tiny island. According to officials, chau illegally paid them to take him to the island to convert the tribe to christianity. They believe he first canoed to shore, deliberately disregarding an established perimeter around the island, according to entries left from the fisherman, shared with the post, he wrote i hollered my name is john. I love you. And jesus loves you. He was then shot at by a member of the tribe with an arrow, piercing his bible. The next day, chau made a second attempt but never returned. The fisherman he hired saw him laying on the beach. His last entry reads you guys might think im crazy in all this, but i think it is worthwhile to declare jesus to these people. God, i dont want to die. In 2006, they killed another man. They believe their decision to be isolated should be respected. Somebody comes, they have no idea what he is coming for and why. I think it is far more self defense than murder. On social media, chaus family wrote their son loved god, life, helping those in need and had nothing but love for the people. Forgiving those responsible for his death. All they can wait to do is find out when or if their sons body will be recovered. Polo sandoval, cnn, new york. Earlier we spoke to the International Executive leader of the missionary organization john chau worked for and got her perspective on the trip. 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