We will go ahead and get started. The Environmental Energy Study Institute thank you for joining us back i hope everybody got all the candy. Thank you for joining us this morning we have a wonderful panel and will be learning about the Global Commission of a global call for leadership. The urgency of Climate Change may feel more acute but the issue of Climate Change has been with us for decades. Esi stated in 1988 addressing Climate Change is a moral imperative. Many scientists m Public Policy experts have been working on the issue proposing solutions i hope what were actually seeing his momentum to act there is some evidence this is the case last week i testified before the Senate Energy committee that probably would not have been the case a few years ago in Speaker Pelosi and the House Select Committee is another example. As we know now that inaction on Climate Change makes it harder and harder to achieve. We have to act now to contribute to that momentum constantly reinforce it. So
U. K. Edging closer to an early election after the Opposition Labor Party throws its support behind the pre christmas election but lawmakers are still wrangling at this very hour over the date of the vote. I bring coffee its good to have you with us tonight lebanons beleaguered Prime Minister saad hariri says he is resigning it comes after almost 2 weeks of protests across the country protests demanding political change many lebanese are unhappy with what they see as a corrupt and incompetent political elite the Prime Minister failed to satisfy demonstrators with his announcement of a series of anticorruption measures and political reforms and so he headed to the president ial palace on tuesday and submitted his resignation. Earlier we spoke with our lebanon correspondent and we asked him about the fallout from her mission. Action which we we so in the process squares oldish with us today would have beat. The movement. That its the 1st step then one of the main demands was the governme
As protests deepen ecuadors government signals its open so in some National Mediation to resolve the crisis. And a cash crisis at the u. N. Which warns it might not be able to keep up its global commitments including paying stops at the end of the month. In doha with all the days sport so africa qualifies for the quarter finals ill tell you who the springboks are likely to face next at the big. Kurdish forces of ward any military escalation in northeast syria could lead to a return of isilon calls a mass displacement of people to use troops a gathering near the Syrian Border in preparation for an offensive against the kurdish. If it was a preemptive strike by ankara targeting the syrian iraqi border in an attempt to cut kurdish supply lines. The u. S. President denies hes abandoned kurdish. Withdraw american troops from the region hes also toned down his language towards praising turkey as a traitor. Well amid the rhetoric the un france and germany have both sounded the warning offensi
Minister becomes the 1st Major Political casualty of 2 weeks of political protest signs alzawahiri has resigned after his proposed reforms failed to stop the demonstrations protesters say even a reraise departure is not enough to satisfy their demands. Its good to have you with us we begin tonight with some breaking news the u. K. Is headed for a snap election in december and it comes after british lawmakers in the last couple of minutes agreed to back Prime Minister Boris Johnsons call for new elections in peace voted 438 to 20 in favor of an election to take place on december 12th parliament will be dissolved next week to allow. For a short Election Campaign of just over 5 weeks the election is set to revolve around britains departure from the European Union with Boris Johnson hoping to secure a majority and to push his brakes a deal through it comes after the European Union agreed earlier this week to delay the u. K. s departure for a 3rd time the final deadline now is january 31st
Lights in here, because youre all going to be on tv. Cspan is taping tonight. Im kidding, youre not going to be on cspan, the speaker will be on cspan. When we get to the q a, they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. So if you have a question, just try to wait until they bring the mic to you so we dont have to repeat it. The speaker will repeat the questions so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it or however they work it. Our speaker tonight is david robarge, received a phd at columbia university. After teaching at columbia, banker david rockefeller, media studies at columbia, he joined the cia in 1989 and later became a political and leadership analyst on the middle east. Dr. Robarge moved to the cia history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. Hes published several classified works as well as unclassified mono graphs on supersonic Reconnaissance Aircraft and intelligence the American Revolution and biography as director of C