On one side are those who believe Climate Change is real. On the other side are those who doubt our climate is changing. Not only is Climate Change real, but its a clear and present danger caused by us humans. Well, if the climate really is changing, humans arent responsible. We believe Climate Change is a natural course of events. So, its no biggie. During his speech at Georgetown University, president obama made it clear which side of the issue he believes is the correct one. But i dont have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real. [ applause ] we dont have time for a meeting of the flat earth society. [ cheers and applause ] sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but its not going to protect you from the coming storm. Im here to enlist your generations help in keeping the United States of america a leader a Global Leader in the fight against Climate Change. The president announced what he calls his National Action plan to improve the health of our planet. It demands our attention now. And this is my plan to meet it, a plan to cut carbon pollution, a plan to protect our country from the impacts of Climate Change, and a plan to lead the world in a coordinated assault on a changing climate. Well learn more about why its important to take action now against Climate Change, when teen kids news continues. I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet thats beyond fixing. And thats why today im announcing a new National Climate action plan. With those words, president obama declared war on Climate Change. Speaking at Georgetown University in washington, d. C. , the president outlined some of his goals. So, using less dirty energy, transitioning to cleaner sources of energy, wasting less energy through our economy is where we need to go. And this plan will get us there faster. Joining us now is climate scientist dr. Radley horton of columbia university. Hi. Hi. How are you . Fine, thanks. When people talk about Climate Change, what are they referring to exactly . Climate change refers to a whole series of changes that can happen on our planet warming of the atmosphere, melting of ice on land, warming of the oceans. And when we talk about Climate Change today, were talking about the impact of human activities the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil, changes in land use. Since the start of the industrial revolution, weve increased the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere by about 40 . Because its a powerful, heattrapping gas, thats caused temperatures to go up. Its causing ice to melt. Its causing sea levels to rise. Why all the controversy . I think there are a few reasons why theres controversy. One issue is that there are very powerful interests who dont want to have to change their actions today. We have seen an active campaign attempting to undermine the Climate Science and make people confused. I think thats part of it. But part of it is much simpler. Part of it i think is just that some people tune out when they hear negative news. It can be scary to hear sea levels are rising, temperatures are going up. Some of us, our natural first instinct is to sort of ignore that news, to kick that problem down the road a little bit. But what i think is really important is that we basically think about what can do. Lets take action. Its gonna be a lot cheaper to take steps today to reduce our greenhousegas emissions to prepare, to adapt to higher sea levels and warmer temperatures and protect our population. Its a lot cheaper to do it today than to wait until much later, when temperatures have changed so much that it may be too late for us to adapt. Is this Climate Change something thats taking place slowly, over hundreds of years, or is it happening now . Climate change is happening right now in our own lifetimes. In the u. S. Alone weve seen temperatures go up by almost two degrees fahrenheit since 1900. Globally, the sea levels have gone up about eight inches in the last century, due to warmer oceans. More of that ice thats on land melting and making its way into the water. Eight inches of sealevel rise doesnt sound like much, but its already leading to more frequent coastal flooding, and when a storm comes along like sandy, the water moves that much further inland, floods that many more houses, just because that sea level has risen higher. A big focus seems to be on carbon emissions. Can you explain what this is and why Clean Energy Sources are important . Clean Energy Sources dont use carbon. If we look at things like solar power, wind power, those are sources of energy that dont require burning of fossil fuels and releasing these Greenhouse Gases like Carbon Dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. So, if we use more green energy, if we increase our Energy Efficiency so were using less energy in our cars, in our homes, putting more insulation in our houses, we can reduce the amount of Greenhouse Gases that were putting in the atmosphere. So, what are some of the other issues that president obamas action plan is targeting . President obamas action plan is targeting reducing our greenhousegas emissions. Now if we look back at his first administration, there were steps taken to increase fuel efficiency in our cars and trucks. The fuel standards we set over the past few years mean that by the middle of the next decade, the cars and trucks we buy will go twice as far on a gallon of gas. That means youll have to fill up half as often. Well all reduce carbon pollution. Right now were seeing an effort addressed more at the big polluting industries, the coal industry especially, being targeted to reduce greenhousegas emissions. Another big thing that the Obama Administration is doing is focusing on preparing for those higher temperatures, preparing for sea level. We know that were gonna see some additional warming and some additional sealevel rise, which were trying to minimize by reducing emissions. But because were already vulnerable to heat waves, and were gonna see more of them in the future, because were already vulnerable to coastal flooding, and were gonna see more of it in the future, steps are being taken to protect our most vulnerable members of our population, to build some of our buildings higher and protect against storms. Is there anything we can do as teens to help . Absolutely. Teenagers are the next generation. A lot of these key issues are gonna be in your hands. There are so many opportunities out there to invent that next type of green energy. Maybe its a type of battery that can store solar or wind energy. Maybe its a technology to help us adapt to higher sea levels, which we cant even imagine today. So, we need the Younger Generation to focus on solutions instead of ignoring the problem or saying, this is too difficult. Take the problem on, make a better world, and its not just the climate thatll change, but we can help our more vulnerable populations, as well. Thanks for all the insight, professor. Thank you. As dr. Horton just said, theres a lot we teens can do, a point echoed by president obama. Understand this is not just a job for politicians. So, im going to need all of you to educate your classmates, your colleagues, your parents, your friends. Tell them whats at stake. Speak up at town halls, church groups, pta meetings. Push back on misinformation. Speak up for the facts. Broaden the circle of those who are willing to stand up for our future. [ applause ] theres an old saying that everybody talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Heres our chance to change that by helping to change Climate Change. Coming up, ill tell you about a british statesman who truly proved that the pen is mightier than the sword. During her trip to the united kingdom, nicole learned about a man whose bulldog determination helped save a nation. Just a stones throw from the house of parliament and its iconic clock tower is a statue of the person many consider britains greatest Prime Minister. His name . Sir winston churchill. Sir winston was born into a family with a long and distinguished military history. One of his ancestors was the first duke of marlborough. After the dukes spectacular victory over the french at the battle of blenheim in 1704, a grateful english queen granted him this amazing palace. The duke dutifully named it blenheim. It was here in 1874 that Winston Leonard spencerchurchill was born. Today blenheim and its sprawling grounds are open to the public to visit. Sir winston grew up to become a war correspondent, a soldier, and eventually a politician. When he became Prime Minister, england was in its darkest hour. Hitlers aggression had triggered world war ii. The germans defeated every european country that stood against them except the british isles. Every day, the brave british expected the nazis to invade. More than tanks and soldiers, it was the words of Prime Minister churchill that the british found most heartening. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall Never Surrender. That Never Surrender attitude gave the british the courage to fight on. Throughout the war, churchills speeches and Radio Broadcasts rallied a nation. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their finest hour. And it was. Through all the bombings and rocket attacks, the british never gave up nor gave in. The power of sir winstons inspiring words helped defeat nazi germany. It was said that churchill mobilized the english language and sent it to war. For teen kids news, im nicole. Its time to play word. Check out these words and match them with the real definition. Heres a noun thats a mouthful onomatopoeia. Its either. [ bell rings ] as when you say a baby babbles. Thats onomatopoeia, because when a baby babbles, it sounds like babble. Ready for another . [ bell rings ] give up . As in, the turgid poetry used so much onomatopoeia that it was irritating to hear. Okay. Lets take a short one. [ bell dings ] gotcha. Flail can be a noun. And. You could say the farmworker has to flail a flail to thresh the wheat. Thats word on kids news. You fill up my senses like a night in a forest like the mountains in springtime like a sleepy blue ocean you fill up my senses come fill me again come let me love you let me always be with you come let me love you come love me again we see people in the movies who are able to kick and punch their way out of dangerous situations. No question about it selfdefense is a great thing to know. But few of us have the time to put in the years of training it takes to become a real expert in handtohand combat like tris in divergent. Katie tells us there are some things even beginners can learn that could make a big difference in a dangerous situation. Okay, say youre a girl, walking on your own, and this happens. [ gasps ] what can you do . Meet charley and tracy vega. They are selfdefense experts. Okay, so, whats the first thing you can tell me about being safe . The first thing you should do, katie, is to keep your distance, okay . You dont ever want to let anybody get into your personal space, which we think is like 7 to 10 feet, okay . So, if you saw him walking up to you, you know what youd do . Put your hand up. Put your hand up at my eye level. And Say Something. Put your hand up. Stop. What do you want . And keep your hand up there to show that person that youre keeping your distance between them. And be creative. Its okay to be rude to a bad guy if you dont feel comfortable. So, Say Something thatll make him stay away, okay . Go ahead. Test it out. Say, what do you want . Keep back. I dont feel comfortable, or i dont know you. Or get out of here. Whatever. Can you keep back . Yeah, thats it. Yeah, exactly. Thats exactly what you want to do. Cool. Can you show me a technique . Absolutely. Sure. So, im going to let charley grab your arm, okay . So, the natural tendency is youre gonna pull, so pull. So, whoevers stronger is gonna win, right . Yeah. So, instead, what i want you to do, instead of going in this direction, bring your hand straight up and step back with that leg. And then turn and take off. Go. Perfect. Thats it. Thats really good, except youd be running. So, whats another technique you can show me . Well, you know the one we showed you when charley ran up behind me . Let us show you. Cool. Turn around. Hes gonna grab you, okay . Hes gonna put his hand over your mouth and around the waist. So, one around your waist, one around your mouth. All you need to do is grab one finger and peel. There you go. So, all i have to do is peel back one finger . Right. And kids can do this . Right, even guys can do it. Wow right, pretty easy. Katie, this is one of my favorite ones that im gonna show you now, okay . This one is what youre gonna do is if he was coming up and hes maybe gonna choke your head. Youre pinned against a wall. What youre gonna do is youre gonna take two fingers and at his trachea, youre gonna drive right through. So, go up and just touch him right there, and if you did that and you poked really hard, he would probably choke. What id do is go. [ choking ] it makes them choke, and it gives you plenty of time to get away. Gives you a lot of time. Youre just gonna use two fingers, too, and youre gonna push as hard as you can. Because remember, youre in fear of your life. Youre gonna escape. Youre not gonna kill him, but youre gonna hurt him, and its gonna make a difference. Thats so much simpler than a lot of kids would think. Well, you know what . Its the easy button of selfdefense, but dont tell staples. So, how is all of this different than typical selfdefense . Well, you noticed were not wearing pads, and were not throwing you on the ground. What were doing is were teaching you to escape, so anybody could do it. No fighting theres no punching, no kicking. Its about escaping because the reality is youre gonna be against someone much stronger than you are, and these techniques dont require strength. And you can escape without having a black belt. Thats right. Thats exactly right. Anybody can do it. Thats right. Anybody can do it. Remember just because youre a kid doesnt mean you have to be a victim. As tracy and charley say, the trick is to escape not stay and fight. For teen kids news, im katie. Girl hi, mom. Hi, sweetie. [ beep ] man hows it going, buddy . Im bored. [ beep ] i think ill ride my bike. [ tv playing ] [ beep ] it may never be this easy to help your kids find balance, but you have more power than you know. The we can parents handbook and web site can help you maximize that power. Youll learn how to help kids choose healthier foods. And how to make it fun for them to get active. Who can help kids maintain a healthy weight . We can visit the we can web site for a free parents handbook, plus tips, tools, and resources. A message from the u. S. Department of health and human services. This report is brought to you by nbc sports at the l. A. Auto show. Well, its the l. A. Auto show, the biggest and most important auto show in the country some say, and well, heres one of the reason for that. Perfect for the family, you guys. This is the all new xc90 from it will seat Seven Members of your family and has three rows. Check this out, though. At night you plug it in, so you dont have to use any gas if you drive short distances. Itll go on sale next year. Tell mom and dad abut 48,000. And remember volvos are supersafe. Well, ford also has an s. U. V. Theyre excited about. This is the brandnew explorer. This has a 2. 3liter ecoboost engine, which means its got great gas mileage. Also, it will charge up your devices twice as fast through its usb ports. And look at that it parks itself. On sale next year, 31,000. Well, you want to get to school in style, you want to get to school in this car. This is not a bentley but a chrysler, the allnew 300. Allwheel drive it will go on sale next year. Its under 32,000. It looks a lot more expensive than that. Well, we all know, texting, using your phone while driving is not cool, and we need to do a better job at keeping our, well, drivers and our parents from being distracted. Thats what hyundai is talking about with the new sonata. Using android auto, also apples carplay, which allows you to interact with all your devices through your voice and through the screen. In fact, your phone gets disabled completely. Android auto will do everything for you very cool. Its available on the 2015 hyundai sonata. Well, one cool concept that caught my eye was this. Take a look. This is xr plugin hybrid. If you lose the electricity in your house, all you have to do is plug the car into your house, and it powers it up thats pretty cool mitsubishi, the xrphev. Well, kia is excited about this. Its the allnew kia sorento. First time that this vehicle has been debuted here in the United States. Three engine options, and it tows 5,000 pounds. It will be available in 2015. Look at all that room inside really nice. Well, one car that is becoming very popular with younger people is this the cadillac atsv. Twin turbo v6 455 horsepower itll go on sale in the spring from cadillac. And lets talk about a real racecar, even though its just a concept. If youve every played gran turismo, it may look familiar to you. Its the chevy chaparral 2x vision gran turismo. How about zero to 60 in just 1. 5 seconds . not a real car yet, but ooh, who wouldnt want to drive that thing . And from land rover, this is the allnew discovery sport. This is a 7passenger seater, so the whole family can get inside. You can control all the apps with your voice. It will go on sale in the spring 37,900. And a sedan thats pretty fancy is from audi. Take a look at this. This is the allnew audi prologue 4liter v8. Three l. E. D. Screens on the inside look at all that lighting. This is a nice car, and its got 605 horsepower. So, itll get you to the mall pretty quick. And lets look at a convertible that i think the whole family is gonna love. Its from jaguar. And its red, and i love it. Yeah, this is the jag ftype, and its got allwheel drive, which means all four wheels have motion, which means its good in the rain or the bad weather. Zero to sixty in 3. 9 seconds, by the way, so its pretty fast, as well. And from fiat, you may have seen fiats before, but now theyre getting a little bit bigger. This is the fiat 500x. I love the way this thing looks. Its allwheel drive. Its really safe seven air bags. It will go on sale early next year. And if you like a ford mustang, youre gonna love this. This is a special edition the shelby gt350. Oh, my goodness gracious, whos not gonna want this in their driveway . The most powerful mustang built. 500 horsepower and a big v8 engine, really taking advantage of all of that great reputation that the mustangs have. So many cars, and tell mom and dad, hey id like to drive some of those or go for a ride. Check them out for yourself at your local dealerships. Im doug brauner in los angeles for teen kids news. That wraps up our show, but well be back soon with more teen kids news. Thanks for joining us and have a great week. Heres a shoutout to pr newswire for including teen kids news on their big screen in times square, new york city. Resres brought to you by seaworld and busch gardens. For more than 40 years working to preserve the world we share. Say hello to poco and his friends african chimps who have the same traits as some of us humans. They groom. They relax. They play. And theyre orphans