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Ifill from the coasts to the heartland, people everywhere are feeling the effects of Global Warming, from economic damage to health threats. Thats the conclusion a global group of scientists reach in an extensive new report issued today. They urged World Governments to respond by curbing Carbon Emissions. Well have a full report, and analysis, after the news summary. Ifill General Motors troubles took another turn for the worse today. The auto maker recalled 1. 3 million chevrolets, saturns and pontiacs because the power steering assist can stop working. Its the latest in a string of recalls that began last month with faulty ignition switches. The Company Faces a congressional hearing tomorrow over that issue. Ifill crews trying to find the missing in the Washington State mudslide are now confronting a new danger, toxic slide. Officials said today the mud and debris contain sewage, propaine, and household chemicals, and possibly germs carrying dysentary and tetanus. Everybody that goes out to the incident scene that gets out of the vehicle has to be decontaminated when they leave the scene. So theres procedures set in place, military department has a decontamination unit set up so we dont bring any bad stuff back out. Ifill the confirmed death toll in the mudslide remains at 24, with 30 people still unaccounted for. Thousands of americans spent this day trying to enroll for Health Insurance. The federal exchange, healthcare. Gov, had 1. 2 million visitors by midday, amid some new technical problems. This was the deadline to sign up without paying a penalty, but many people will be eligible for extensions. More on all of this, later in the program. An outbreak of the deadly ebola virus has grown into an unprecedented epidemic in west africa. That warning came today from authorities in guinea, where the disease has killed 78 people. Neighboring liberia reports one death. Nurses have struggled to help the victims. Ebola kills nine out of ten people with severe bleeding, but there is no vaccine or specific treatment. Ifill the small fleet of planes and ships searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet came up empty again today. A cluster of orange objects in the southern indian ocean turned out to be fishing gear. Ten planes and 11 ships are now involved in the search. And in perth, australia, Prime Minister tony abbott told air crews that officials are far from throwing in the towel. Its very important that we do whatever we reasonably can to solve this extraordinary mystery and you are our investigators. You are the people upon whom the hopes of so many people around the world are restin ifill the airliner disappeared more than three weeks ago. Russia put out the word today that its pulled several hundreds troops back from the border with ukraine. But thousands remained, and the Ukrainian Government said its still worried. Russian Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev visited newly annexed crimea with promises of economic aid. Well get more from margaret warner, whos just back from ukraine, later in the program. The government of france has resigned after the ruling socialists took a drubbing in municipal elections. Sundays results showed deep dissatisfaction with president Francois Hollande and his handling of the economy. Instead, voters turned to conservative and antiimmigrant parties. This evening, in a televised address, hollande named a new Prime Minister, and acknowledged public discontent. Not enough jobs, too much unemployment, social Justice Needs to be improved. Still too much uncertainty over our capacity as a country, despite our many assets. Woodruff the socialists held on to ifill the socialists did hold on to city hall in paris, which elected its first woman mayor. Former israeli Prime Minister ehud olmert has been convicted of taking bribes when he was mayor of jerusalem. The announcement came in a tel aviv court. It followed a sweeping corruption probe that forced olmert from the Prime Ministers office in 2009. And in pakistan, former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was indicted for treason for suspending the constitution in 2007. He pleaded not guilty. Ifill north korea and south korea got into an artillery duel today, firing hundreds of shells into the yellow sea, near the disputed maritime boundary. The north opened fire first, and the south answered. No one was hurt, but the south Korean Defense ministry warned it better not happen again. translated our military believes that north koreas maritime shelling is a planned provocation, an attempt to take the initiative in the south north relationship. If north korea provokes our islands and waters using our fair counter shooting as an excuse, our military will firmly punish them. Ifill the shelling came a day after north korea threatened to conduct another nuclear test. On wall street, stocks moved higher, after the Federal Reserve chair, janet yellen, played down any prospect of raising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 134 points to close at 16,457. Close just short of 4,199. To the sandp 500 added 14, to finish at 1,872. Still to come on the newshour a dire warning about the global effects of Climate Change; iraq and afghanistan veterans fighting the scars of war; deadline day for the new Health Insurance exchanges; the diplomatic stalemate over ukraine; and the secret program that brought nazi scientists to the u. S. Woodruff the new u. N. Report on Climate Change is full of serious warnings and predictions of whats to come. But its also especially sobering about whats already happening around the globe. It was written by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or i. P. C. C. , a group of hundreds of scientists and other experts. The latest in a series of reports being released this year. Woodruff intense heat waves that feed fires, wiping out forests and homes. Prolonged droughts that damage food and Water Supplies for billions of people. And sharply higher costs for farmers, consumers and businesses alike. Its all laid out in todays report by the i. P. C. C. , meeting in yokohama, japan. The one message that comes out very clearly is that the world has to adapt and the world has to mitigate and the sooner we do that the less the chances of some of the worst impacts of Climate Change being faced in different parts of the world. Woodruff the authors say absent that action, the effects of Global Warming may get out of control. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is pressing for a global agreement next year on curbing Carbon Emissions. And in a statement yesterday, secretary of state john kerry endorsed that idea. Even so, there are a few voices urging restraint. Dutch economist richard tol removed his name from the document last week. Saying it paints too stark a picture. But what the report, for instance, forgets to say is that even though Climate Change may reduce crop yields by two percent per decade, at the same time crop yields are going up by 10 , 15 , 20 per decade, due to technological change, so its not the case that Climate Change will cause lifethreatening famine, instead Climate Change will mean that crop yields will go up more slowly. Woodruff the Obama Administration has moved to curb Greenhouse Gas emissions from power plants and autos, but faces an uphill battle in congress, and among the American Public, if it tries to implement a broader climate agenda. Separate polls last year, by the pew research center, found more than twothirds of americans believed the earth is getting warmer. But only onethird saw Government Action as a priority. Woodruff a closer look now at the specifics, and the questions raised by this, from two people who worked on the report. Michael oppenheimer is a coordinating lead author of it. And a professor of geosciences and International Affairs at princeton university. And Patricia Romero lankao of the u. S. National center for Atmospheric Research was a lead author of a chapter about north america. Shes a sociologist who studies the societal impact of Climate Change. And we welcome you both to the program. Michael oppenheimer, it seems one of the screaming headlines from this is that people need to pay attention. What had been felt to be in the future is happening now. How do you read the main conclusions today . Right. Were already detecting some of the effects of Climate Change on the whole system we live in. Were detecting changes in crop yields. Were detecting changes in the frequency of heat waves and heat waves kill, and were detecting the massive changes in globally important systems like the arctic and coral reefs on which peoples lives and the climate system depends. So changes are happening and we need to get on doing something about it, both reducing the emissions causing the problem and learning to adapt because some of the Climate Change is inevitable. Woodruff so staying with you, michael oppenheimer, is this happening faster than scientists thought, or has it always been realized it was going to be felt about this time . There are two statements in the report among many whichly single out that are different from the last time we went through this six and a half years ago. Number one, the discovery that there are more areas far more areas in the world where crop yields have declined due to Climate Change, and many fewer areas where crop yields have increased, and thats a bad sign because, as we heard in the setup piece, for many decades, crop yields had been increasing at 10 or 15 per decade. That trend has come to an end, in fact, so theres no way to be optimistic about it unless we change whats going on out there. The other thing i point to is health impacts. Again, more people are in trouble or dying due to heat waves than are avoiding disease because were having somewhat warmer winters. So the balance is certainly shifting, already. Were seeing that, sure of it and that puts a big question mark about the future. Woodruff Patricia Romero lankao, who is feeling the effects of this . Many north americans are already feeling the effects of this. As we found, the glaciers are retreating and this is affecting Water Resources on the west coast of the u. S. We are also, as michael already said, experiencing mortality due to heat waves. As we can see, when heat waves affected europe, killing about 35,000 people, mostly elderly. And this is across the years. We are usually used to the idea that only the poor and the future generations will be affected by Climate Change, but what weve found in this report is that the affects of Climate Change are widespread and substantial for things we in the u. S. Value, such as forests, Water Resources and species of animals and plants that we so much love because they make our landscapes beautiful and amenable to a barter quality of life. Woodruff patricia lankao, if youre someone who hasnt paid attention to this and thought this is far off in the future, what do you start thinking about . What we start thinking about is not only Climate Change is having consequences for us and things we care about, but also that there are opportunities. We evaluated many of the actions communities, Water Utilities and energy utilities, to local governments in the u. S. Are taking, and i see that thats good news. We have challenges for sure. We know if we do not act now to reduce the impacts, to reduce emissions and to also better prepare our communities to deal with these impacts, we will be negatively affected. So there is a closer window of opportunity that we see we need to use and use it now. We need to act now. Woodruff michael oppenheimer, what are the most important things that need to be done now . I mean, clearly, theres a lot of conversation on cutting back Carbon Emissions, Greenhouse Gas emissions. What should the main focus be now coming off of this report . Well, my personal view is that the Obama Administration has started the job of cutting emissions and continue that by putting forth additional regulations which would basically eliminate Carbon Emissions from existing, coal burning power plants. Beyond that, whats really important for this country is that we realize that our ability to cope with big climate events like Hurricane Sandy isnt so good today. Were having trouble dealing with todays extreme events. How are we going to deal with more intense heat waves, potentially stronger tropical cyclones and a higher sea level in the future if we cant even handle todays . So very important for the government to get out there and help get americans ready to deal with and cope with the climate challenges that are going to come ahead. And then the third thing would be leadership. The reason americans are kind of uncertain about how much support they should give Climate Change is until recently there hasnt been much leadership on this issue and still nothing out of congress. We need leadership from our governments, from cities up to the national government, to help us get together as a society because this affects everyone and organize to get this problem solved. Woodruff and Patricia Romero lankao, what do you say to those . Because we know theres still a large degree of public skepticism about whether people need to be making sacrifices, whether there should be there are job tradeoffs, for example, what do you say to folks who are still not sure this are really urge snnt. Well, what i would say is there are opportunities and a lot of innovations and experiments underway. I am an expert on Climate Change and i have seen how local governments, communities and farmers are already reducing changes. We know we now have to have shelters to protect people when hurricanes hit our coasts. We also know that we need to introduce conservation measurers to protect our weather resources when we are affected by droughts. And mainly cities in the and many cities in the u. S. Have improved leadership in not only the investigation arena but all arenas. I am optimistic. I believe in the abilities north americans have to respond to this challenge and see winwin opportunities. We found many winwin opportunities, meaning actions that do not only protect us from Climate Change, but also put us on the International Spot as leaders in the creation of new Energy Systems and systems to protect us from the impacts of Climate Change. Woodruff Patricia Romero lankao, michael oppenheimer, thank you both. Thank you. Ifill many of the 2. 5 million veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars have served multiple deployments, survived injury that would have killed them in earlier conflicts, and now cope with unprecedented mental and physical challenges. A new survey commissioned by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family foundation paints a conflicted picture. Rajiv chandrasekaran of the Washington Post joins us with more details. And we also hear from two veterans. Tom tarantino, deputy policy director of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and nathan smith, chief operating officer of hire heroes usa. Rajiv, what was the most surprising number you found in this survey . A combina