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Before europes largest refugee camp the maria camp in greece went up in flames last week it was already referred to as europes shame 12000 migrants were living in squalor on a Remote Island europes migration policy out of sight out of mind where today the European Commission president delivered her 1st state of the Union Address and she called on all European Countries to take responsibility to end this migration misery is she leading by example the European Commission was responsible for the maria cam who did it send after the fire not. This president. This is the. Migration is a european challenge and a problem of europe must its. Meeting this target. European union firmly on track. For climate neutrality by 2015 this with strong agreement. Took 3 years to negotiate it cannot be unilaterally changed disregarded to supply so i want to be Crystal Clear l g b t q i have 3 zones are sure manage heat free zones and they have no place and powers union. Also coming up Scientists Say President Donald Trump has badly damaged the United States because he rejects facts and see the pandemic see Climate Change. If we ignore that science were not going to succeed to get it protecting californians it will start getting cooler i was just you just watch i wish science and everybody else but. I dont think science knows actually. Going to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a promise from europe to do better today the new European Commission president live on the line and delivered her 1st state of the Union Address a report card and to do list all the more to say that her goals for the next year are ambitious would be under statement to say that those goals will be met well that would be Wishful Thinking underlying touched on human rights migration brags that in Climate Change she wants the European Union to cut its greenhouse emissions by 55 percent now the agreed reduction is 40 percent her plan is doable but it would come with more economic pain its prospects however appear better than a plan to overhaul europes welcome mat fund a lion has scolded the European Union for not coming together to craft a fair and equitable policy on dealing with migration she called for more unity saying the disaster at the maria camp in greece cannot be allowed to happen again but leaders such as german chancellor Angela Merkel leaders with much more power they have tried and tried and they have all failed we have more nail on the state of the European Union in this report. Close enough underline a had a 1st amorous state of the union spades waiting to unveil more ambitious climate goals for the block we need to go faster and we need to do things better they European Commission is proposing to increase the 2030 targets for Emission Reduction to at least 55. 00 or so. Catching emissions and becoming climate neutral by 2050 are part of the European Green deal one of underlined priorities at the situation taken partly due to the mounting pressure of climate activists but ramping up the e. U. s climate targets its not enough for some i expect on the lion to keep on working with her commissioners and really to put pressure on the council of course we know that there are Member States who are not willing to do what we need to do when funder line took office late last year she presented a long list of projects by the car with 19 pandemic slowdown many of them or brought them to hold she now said its the years 1st priority to pull each other through this that you commission chief also put a focus on human rights not only calling out chinas treatment of minorities but also criticizing your member said poland for introducing socalled free cell phones l g b t q ive 3 zones are sure manatee free zones funder line also said the e. U. Finally has to decide on a solution on how to handle migration one of the most disputed topics among Member States i expect that the Member States will engage in the discussion so that we can really move forward and have a common plan to deal with that topic underlines commission will present a long awaited proposal for a new impact on migration on september 23rd and as her who will be judged on its outcome. Or more now im joined by andreas nickys a member of the german builders talk for chancellor merkels christian democrats shes also a member of Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee mr nick its good to have you back on the day. First of underlying she laid out lofty goals for the coming year they need the backing of the e. U. Countries to become reality they need the backing of wall makers such as your self we should remind viewers to that that you and Commission President from the line youre both members of the conservative c. D. U. Party how much of todays state of the Union Message was Wishful Thinking in your opinion. I think it was a phenomenon is absolutely right as europeans i want and as christian democrats i should include should not fall short in terms of our ambition of strategic determination to shape the European Future on issues we cover has ation in issues like building it its real economy in safeguarding the rule of law and technically. Pressing challenges like the migration crisis i think we should in this changing world we should not be overly defensive in a world road as europeans would have all reasons to protect and defend our european way of life to shape a model for an economy for a society that will stand up in the competition with autocrats and populists around the world want to pick up a migration policy ursula find alliance today called for more unity she wants a true e. U. Migration policy i want you to take a listen to what germanys interior minister is saying about the state of european migration policy take a listen. I think everyone must have realized by now that if the European Union does not act and formulate an immigration policy that starts at outer borders then europe will repeatedly be faced with an undesirable immigration situation and surely nobody wants that. In this. District europe already has an undesirable migration policy and if we look at the falwell from the maria camp fire again we see it is germany that had to step up and take in mind. I think what we have been doing and i have been arguing for that last week with a number of our colleagues in the German Parliament i think we put a very careful balance between our your humanitarian ambition our humanitarian obligation to help in this urgent situation and help particularly the most vulnerable on the company at minus of families with little children while not creating the situation that will would again create an ordered list of an uncontrolled flow of migrants into the center of europe i think it has raised the stakes again for europeans to come together in a joint solution we cannot. Over the long term tolerate this shameful situation in more of the camps we cannot leave crease and other countries in the mediterranean alone in facing this issue and. We will not be able i think to wait until maybe the last one in europe will be able to agree to something but it is some see where we urgently need a european solution and i hope that now towards the european summit later this month. Under the leadership of the commission and was a stroke of who are from france and germany we will get closer to a more tangible solution youve got actors agendas Hungarys Viktor Orban you know hes declared migrants a migration a threat to National Security and that is happening within the European Union he wants the status quo germany doing the heavy lifting here he wants that to remain unchanged do you think hes going to get what he wants. I think we have to find a balanced approach where everyone can make a contribution that may look differently from country to country it is also question whether immigrants of michaels would really necessarily would want to stay in countries in Central Eastern europe but they have potentially other ways for these countries to contribute but i think that may also be Crystal Clear as our interior minister made the point if you are not contributing to European Solidarity in the challenge you like migration there may be an end at some point in on financial solidarity or other Integration Policies and on other issues. In the Commission President today said that. Free zone have no place in the European Union she obviously was was talking about the situation in poland talk is cheap here when youre talking about values what do you see europe being able to do to tangibly change the mindset in poll. I think its one of the most challenging issues when you look at the rule of law issues including those of as it should be i rights in countries like poland. I think unfortunate you may come to the conclusion that the only language that some member countries will understand is where the buck stops when you also include the financial dimension to discussions but clearly were also talking about a rule of law mechanism were talking about that in the European Union we have certain procedures in the council of europe where i had the german delegation and we have put poland on the watch list for the 1st time as a new e. U. Member state has been newly put on the watch list in the council of europe and at some point countries who have to realize that they cannot ignore everything that is going on around them without having consequences for issues that are there hard like economic integration like Security Issues with regard to foreign threats and that is i think a progress that we will need to see over the future and i want to ask you before we run out of time want to ask you about brags that underlie and today warned the u. K. Not to renege on the Withdrawal Agreement and again this may come down to what berlin can do with london more so than what brussels can do with london what do you see happening here i think what we observe i think has major repercussions not only in the European Union and with major e. U. Member states if you watch carefully what is coming out of the United States in terms of comments that regard i think that a u. K. Government that would sway away from the rule of law from being a reliable partner in International Agreements this would have be a serious issue for the u. K. In the future as various former prime ministers have warned over the last couple of days and for a country that has been the home of democracy and the rule of law for centuries it will be really a very negative development. Dr andreas nick member of the German Parliament mr nick we appreciate your time tonight we had a lot of issues to go through there thank you for your insights thank you good night. He was President Donald Trump has approved a request by oregons governor to declare a federal emergency and boost government help to fight wildfires weeping across the state oregon Washington State in california have all been hit hard and early by unprecedented fires this year. Salat is in california tonight and he takes us to bury creek a Small Community that the flames almost burned off the man. Who are entering the restricted area of the north complex fire one of the biggest wildfires in california history. Whole communities burned to the ground within hours more than a dozen people died in this section of the fire alone. Firefighter and even skiver shows us the damage the Berry Creek Elementary School it was completely destroyed and the wildfire still isnt fully contained. So. Our biggest challenge right now is the size of the fire with the resources that we have is there are so many large fires burning in california right now and then to compound that the train in this area is very steep so we have inaccessible terrain. The Mountain Community berry creek is at the epicenter of the fire many of the former 1400. 00 inhabitants lost everything to the flames knowing there is little they can do puts an additional strain on the 30000 deployed firefighters in california just makes me feel horrible you know people put their lives into this you know and to have a fire just come through and destroy it all in an hour or 2 its its devastating. Only 25 percent of the wildfires around perry creek are contained trees are still smoldering but some areas have been inexplicably spared what happened here in the berry creek Mountain Community was like a little miracle because if you look behind me the whole forest was on fire buildings burned to the ground livelihoods destroyed and just a few steps further this very gas station and its gas pumps are still in place with the gas tanks underneath but this is just a rare exception it will take years for the community to recover. The town of paradise has been through that already 2 years after the deadly camp fire many plots remain empty in november 2800 nearly wiped off the map. Victoria sinclair lost everything back then yet she was the 1st to rebuild her home. And with the new evacuation warning in place for old memories and peters returned it next to me and it fell down and then all the embers and flew across the hood of my car and i spent all the time on google maps looking at the distance from my house to the fi here and so. You become hyper vigilant and i want to say paranoid but you become very very aware and last week when the skies went to the outworn color just products right back to this day. For knowledge seems like the winds are blowing in victorious favor but the fire season in americas west will last at least another month. Earlier this week u. S. President from visiting california to see firsthand the devastation left by those wildfires before he arrived he blamed the fires on poor Forest Management and he refused to admit that Global Warming is creating conditions favorable to ever bigger ever deadlier blazes whether its Climate Change or the coronavirus and president truck repeatedly rejects advice from specialists he refuses to follow the science well scientists have apparently decided it is no longer anough to let the facts speak for themselves this week Scientific American the oldest magazine in the u. S. Ended a 175 year policy of staying elad of president ial politics the magazines editor in chief laura hellmouth tweeting this for the 1st time in the 1775 year history of Scientific American we are endorsing a political candidate please vote for joe biden to support science help the environment evidence based policy and reality over information. Well i am joined tonight from washington d. C. By laura hellmouth editor in chief at Scientific American its good its good to have you on the show were happy youre with us this evening before we talk about your decision to endorse joe by we want to remind viewers of of what the us president has been saying i want you to take a listen to an exchange at a town hall event broadcast on a. B. C. This week and its probably going to go away now a lot faster because of the vaccine it would go away without of actually enjoy it but its going to go a lot faster with the away without the vaccine sure over a period of time sure with time because many deaths and youll develop youll develop herd like a herd mentality its going to be its going to be heard developed and thats going to happen that will all happen but with a vaccine i think it will go away very quickly all right so thats just one example and its not he meant to herd immunity not herd mentality but we were wondering today how do you agree to change 175 year policy was there a particular moment in this presidency when you thought ok now we have to say something. Yeah its not a decision we took lightly you dont break 175 years of tradition and weve got a really good cause when we came together as an Editorial Team about 3 months ago to discuss our election plans your every it was all hands everybody came together we talked through it and it was unanimous and it was pretty quickly it came to agreement that trump has been just so catastrophic for science throughout his administration particularly during the global can demick that we cant be silent that we have to show what we know and stand up for reality was it was it was it the pandemic then the coronavirus is that the you know the straw that broke the camels back for you. Yeah i think you know even without the coronavirus and then i think given how you know he pulled the United States out of the parents im in accord hes trying to withdraw from iraq help organization hes in just been devastated the federal science force his travel bans have interfered with International Collaboration so hes really good harming the process of science in the United States and around the world throughout his administration but i think that the pandemic shows just the deadly consequences of having policies that are based on pianta seas and rejection of expertise and yeah got more than 190000 people dead just in the United States you write that trump has damaged the u. S. Do you believe that President Joe Biden would be able to repair that damage yeah i think so and i think it should be his top priority you know obviously there has been just a lot of damage in a lot of ways that from the trepan ministration but i think you know if if i didnt win and if he comes in committed to restoring the Science Foundation and restoring you know experts weighing in on all the big policy decisions facing us he starts to take Climate Change seriously take him demick seriously and i think those are you know his most urgent issues there has theres been some criticism of your decision the author and evolutionary psychologist Jeffrey Miller tweeted some things today he tweeted that Scientific American gives up all pretense of scientific objectivity betrays its historical principles and goes full partisan just for some cheap short term virtue signaling let me ask you or are you politicizing science with your decision. We dont think so i mean this isnt a legitimate defense if theres like a school room fight but we didnt start it i mean trump the one whos been politicizing science. You know in claiming that the virus was a hoax claiming that Climate Change is a hoax and sharing conspiracy theories about you know really important things that we actually have Scientific Evidence about so from our perspective hes the one whos politicizing science by by holli you know by misrepresenting it and rejecting it and you know its Scientific American we consider it our mission to kind of show how the world works which you know in better times is talking about how black holes work or evolution or veyron but we feel like it was part of our mission and our responsibility really to say given our expertise in the enterprise of science we can say really clearly based on the evidence from the truck administration that hes not qualified and joe biden would be so much better for the u. S. And for the world. If you acted too late or do you wish that you had made this decision earlier. Yes so in 2016 when trump was a candidate a Scientific American we ran an editorial saying that he has shown it distain or contempt for science and that any world leader needs to use as a bare minimum accept reality accept evidence you know be open to the scientific mind that you see and so at that point we came very close to saying dont vote for trump but we didnt make that next step and say do vote for Hillary Clinton and his administration has just been even worse than we expected even worse than we warrant and so this time we felt like we needed to make that final step and say really here is you need to vote for if you care about science you know it seems like we have 2 developments going on here weve got trumps attacks on science and weve got you know a part of the public and its willingness to reject science you can vote trump out of office at the ballot box you cannot change the minds of masses of people as easily or as quickly what do you say to that yeah its a its a real problem surveys especially by the Pew Research Foundation theyve been finding it kind of a growing polarization in acceptance of science or respect for science and it used to not be that way you know science used to have really strong bipartisan support and its really been a few wedge issues Climate Change the top one where theres been just a disinclination campaign where people try to undermine the science and say its all a conspiracy and you know scientists and journalists are all part of some cabal and were somehow making money off of clients that Climate Change and i mean none of us want Climate Change we would all be delighted if that was somehow an error in the data that we see every day in wildfire in hurricanes in temperature records that its not a fluke and its not made up its happening now and its already herm people. Do you think lord that the situation would be better for everybody concerned if we had more scientists going into politics i think so and i hope that more scientists get involved and i think a lot of them have been moved to do so we have an Organization Called the 314. 00 project which is for the 1st digits of pi 3. 00 and their scientists run for the local state federal office there are scientists who are involved in politics and we think we just think it would help a lot. Yeah it would be interesting to see theres plenty of attorney used in politics i think maybe a good dose of science would do everybody some good laura helmets editor in chief at the magazine Scientific American or we appreciate your time tonight and thank you very much for taking the time to talk with us and get your story out thank you so much appreciate it. Well the day is almost done but the conversation it continues online youll find us on twitter either at u. W. News or you can follow me at brant go off t. V. 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Is this what the future of transportation looks like probably not at least not the time soon but when todays inventors and visionaries look at the streets sidewalks highways and even Agricultural Land of the present they see vehicles that could soon be dusty exhibits in museums in the midst of change and thats our theme today on made from a to b. The mobility of the future its good to have you with us. Well theyre among the most popular Passenger Vehicles of the present s. U. V. S what began as a bare bones military vehicle the Sport Utility vehicle or as u. V. Is now one of the most popular set of wheels on the road todays versions may be better engineer than their predecessors they are still expensive large and not very economical critics say they clog up traffic and pollute the air they are a huge earner for the Automobile Industry just why are s. U. V. So popular what is it that fascinates so many drivers my colleague multirole a common when to take a look. Bigger all of the worlds people are crazy about s. U. V. S. Being used as a status signifiers to just the greatest feeling driving around in the flesh. Other problems that they cause. They dont hear theyre trying to. So lets get into gear and check whats behind the hives why is the world so obsessed with s. U. V. S. 40 percent of all Passenger Vehicles sold worldwide are some form of s. U. V. Thats more than twice as much as just 10 years ago it isnt. In india and the e. U. One in 3 new vehicles is an s. U. V. In china its even more and in the us its almost one in 2 from a producer perspective it makes a lot of sense to produce as u. V. A car that looked like s. U. V. S because theyre able to extract higher margins high Profit Margins then it will be not much more expensive to produce the manufacture but they will be able to sell it at like price like 4050 percent higher so Car Companies profit from the s. U. V. Hype but thats only one side of the story because they wouldnt build them if people wouldnt buy them like crazy. If you. Take a car shrink when the started in the us he helped major Car Companies sell more of the. As a Marketing Consultant and if you ask him the secret as to why people are so attracted to s. U. V. S is rooted in our brain. To put it very very simply our brain is made up of 3 different brains the cortex the limbic system and the reptilian brain they constantly talk to each other but each of them has a different job. The cortex is responsible for wrestle thinking it helps us make decisions solve problems crunch numbers everything thats kind of complicated limbic system is all about emotions. And the brain is in charge of our most basic instincts it make sure we have breathing controls our sex drive and our fight or flight response as jimi izrael is a. Car bible and reproduction im stronger. Than you i mean if you come with a little car and i have a b. S. U. V. And we crash. Youre going to die and im just going to have to clean a little bit my s. U. V. The media projecting this image that the world as never being so dangerous all 7 point one magnitude earthquake has hit Southern California as massive Tropical Cyclone triggered a tsunami militants have attacked the Stock Exchange building you want to be honest well car well those of us work around you know you want to be and should be that. The road Building People to. Is not. As you vs appeal to our most basic instincts and scowl make us target exactly those but of course s. U. V. Drivers would never admit that theyre just following their primal urges they give a more rational justification. If you look at surveys as to why people are buying s. U. V. S many will say because theyre safer and yes if youre in an s. U. V. And you crash with another car youre less likely to die. But s. U. V. S have a pretty high center of gravity and that makes them prone to rolling over which is actually really dangerous and also kind of obvious. They know the reality is that the higher you are the more chance you have to roll over is more dangerous to have but doesnt matter the rate so you dont brain so you feel stronger when youre on top of might be Something Like a lamb straight so by the time most cars get taller imagine youre in a smaller car in fact big and you see all those higher car taller cars then you might be incentivized to get a fuller car too just to fit right in and not be like intimidated by other people trying to get. People who drive s. U. V. S want to feel safe even if that means putting others at risk the front bumpers of many s. U. V. S for example are so high that. More likely to suffer serious head or upper body injuries in a crash so s. U. V. Drivers are gaining something here at the expense of others and thats not just the case for road safety. Board and more s. U. V. S in the fleet that this means you have much leverage than the small cars and therefore the are higher yet the actual silt will any fuel any gamble any more fuel then you have to do it. The growing number of s. U. V. S as in fact the 2nd biggest cause for the rise in c o 2 emissions since 2010 ahead of heavy industry and aviation. Emissions from other types of Passenger Vehicles actually went down over the same period. And all this is not really news to us we know s. U. V. S are bad for the environment but its just too easy for us to brush aside these concerns. Cortex things about abstract and complicated things that way in the future like Climate Change and how we can prevent it our emotional limbic system however is more of a live in the moment kind of person id like selfless either a brand new s. U. V. Looks and wants to drive often it now and this instant gratification will often outweigh the distant an abstract concerns like Climate Change to tell me that the environment is going to be bad in 1520 years that will reconnect with me ill be dead in 15 years or so you know so we have to make people realize. That was used today and what they can expect today as some consequences of that today. And people around the world realizing. That still doesnt stop more and more people from buying s. U. V. S. And up to all that you want to do you have to talk about trying to go i mean you have to talk about completing the damage its got to be going to issue these that. I thought she. Was going to look at me you didnt just. Need to have all factors working in the taking direction and so i liked more efficient engines more elective me growth but also worth more. And also shorter distances. We are in the increases on we capable of rational thinking and yet why its too like the very things that are bad for us. All right if cars can be seen as an extension of their owners egos what should we surmise about those who want to ride smaller more efficient electric like this little guy created out of sheer utility and definitely not sex appeal we sent our reporter to switzerland to talk to a man whose vision of the future is much more practical and emotional. 0 emission was no accident no traffic jams then getting from a to b. Will be safe healthy and relaxed maybe. Ill give it a try. This is a prototype and Peter Cleveland is testing it he teaches at the university of some colony in switzerland his work focuses on the future of mobility. Oh are you driving such a tiny car theres only room for 2 the range is small so why doesnt it because thats the future. But i think we need them ability revolution i think and micro mobility the more intelligent use of cars cities and space is the only way to preserve mobility. Is that the want to tiny cars contribute to that. You know only occupies one 3rd of a standard parking space thats one aspect and another is that its electrically powered so its more sustainable i dont think average Car Occupancy no days as 1. 00 people out and a car spends 93 percent of the time just standing around so this car is perfectly adequate for getting about in town through were bought instead if the whole thing would not have a better more ecological product although i dont even like saw an alternative but i live in the countryside so i have a long ride into town and what i see the future is intermodal and that is ill take public transport sometimes take the car to transport stuff or go out with my children 1st electric scooters and other new things will come along and theyll be a whole range of Mobility Solutions and tiny cars a one element past. Perfect that. Has drives like a toy car. This is so how will we be getting around a few years from now were going to get one example so i want to go to berlin in the future well have apps on our full on the. Platforms where you and your priorities efficiency cost sustainability. Or the way you look at corresponding recommendations including an itinerary. That my smartphone will tell me where i have to go and when and which means of transport ill be using refined it will deal with payments as well leaving. Them to says we should do away with Combustion Engines in cars and hes shared cars rather than own one. I have the impression that its still a long way off people want to own their own cars and keep the cars theyve bought for as long as possible 1015 or 20 years. And they run on gasoline something that is your vision simply unrealistic if we dont always be some private only shot of cars but its unthinkable to go to the entire planet with private cars even with everybody owning their own and i felt like in terms of climate protection out of the question. The coronavirus pandemic has seen people shift away from often crowded trains and buses and use their cars more but clay been there is a champion of public transport as part of the mix is his vision already obsolete. The industry was already going through a process of transformation into a culvert 19 has led to a slump in sales so the pressure to act and change and reinvent itself just as increased dramatically. In the sense a lecture and mobility can be fun it doesnt mean doing without all the good stuff as many people still seem to think he owns. Says theres no way around it. Right of cars will look different in the future chances are they will also sound different a lot of us probably dont give it much thought but the noises a car makes matter not just for the gear heads love the sound of an engine revving for everyday safety if you cant hear it you might not know its coming and thats why sound is being programmed into electric cars which are otherwise almost silent finding the right sound thats an art. For sound designers Combustion Engine noises are as complex as symphonies. And they provide the basis for developing artificial motor sounds for electric cars at present they sound like this. In between were going to consider the mating call of a static. This country or a tiger or whatever is not the chirping of a sparrow. Through the office mature sound like that does something to a driver or men are said to meet at your bellowing noise that signifies the. Time of greatest or does this buzzing sound zen india doesnt have such an immediate and powerful impact but it could come to signify another kind of power thats expressive in its own right the power. Of the challenge is to develop that power for electric cars. To move e. T. Disempower also infrequent. Car dealer benyamin davidge says a timid buzz just doesnt do it for him he loves the full throated growl and roar of 500 horsepower. 50