Malaysia, i will be telling you why the rare oil from these trees is big business for poachers and how it affects indigenous communities that depend on the forest. After months of talks to end the conflict in libya, the u. N. Has proposed a deal that includes a National Unity government. Proposal still needs to be approved by the rival parliament. It fell in to chaos after the death of muammar qaddafi. Two rivals are g. N. C. Which operates out of tripoli, a formal rebels took over the capital city last year. The group drove out the internationally recognized government which now operates in the eastern city of tobruk. This administration is recognized by the u. N. And the arab league and its allied to the general that commands a Loose Alliance of fax shuns. James bays has a report from new york. Reporter there were smiles when after talks that had lasted over a year the u. N. Mediator announced his plans for a unity government in libya. He said it had been a difficult process. This wa
From presidency. In seattle, made from a million pieces of chewing gum. The latest on the growing corruption crisis involving german football over alleged bribes to host the 2006 world cup. Were making progress, but we still have a huge amount of hard work ahead of us. Those are the words of the French Foreign minister as they prepare for the most important climate talks. Foreign ministers from around the world has spent three days trying to settle on a deal blueprint. The aim is to limit Global Warming to 2 degrees sellous. Anything above that will have destructive irreversible consequences across the glob. The u. N. s Weather Agency said that Greenhouse Gasses in the atmosphere have reached a new high warning the resulting Climate Change has moved the world into unchartered territory. We have more now from paris. The goal of the Climate Summit in paris is to fix a limit for Global Warming. No more than 2 degrees celsius higher than temperatures before the industrial revolution. Curre
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Wild weather is whipping across the United States, packing deadly tornadoes, flooding, and blizzard conditions. Right now, the Severe Weather stretches from new mexico to kentucky. It is expected to deliver more dangerous weather today. The death toll from the Weekend Storms has reached at least 43 people across seven states. Texas has seen some of the worst devastation. As many as 1,450 homes around dallas were either damaged or destroyed. The area also saw at least nine tornadoes with winds topping 200 miles an hour. The storms leveled homes and swept cars off highways. Omar villafranca shows us the damage from hardhit rowlett texas. Reporter those who survived will never forget. We ran inside the bathroom and hunkered down. Next thing you hear is scratching and glass. Reporter the occasionally Lightning Strike illuminated the twisters that started touching down in
It is cold. Am i just becoming spoiled or what is that . Probably, but it is actually colder, yes. This is definitely not minnesota cold were dealing with, but a will the chillier than it has been, the running theme for the next couple every days, looking toward the new year, still see couple every days that do tend to be above average, however, theyre colder by comparison. So recent warmth that weve experienced, lets start things off outside, storm scan3 first, at the moment, actually quite quiet. Tracking the next big thing, which is a significant storm system, which owe roo touching on here throughout the morning responsible already for a loft Severe Weather. You can however see little glimmer of some lake enhancement here, little bit every very light snow falling down wind of lake ontario at this point, most that far just not going to survive as it tries to migrate south. What you will find however it is going to be chillier day, and yep, folks, weve got our first Winter Weather ad
Is pretty intense, and widespread. This used to be somebodys home. Under there, that used to be somebodys car. Thats a nissan. Ill step over here. You can see, it is just a mixture of trees, little bit of the roof, and the background far background thats somebodys second story a lot of rubble in this area. No pair is on, tornado knocked out the pear to the area t could be days until these folks have power. Ill pause for a second, see if you can hear t there is some beeping in the background, and it is all around this neighborhood. Peoples either smoke alarms or fire alarms going offer because it just got ripped apart by the tornado, very erie sound, erika. And always a tragedy when you hear about these lives lost, but you often hear these Great Stories every neighbors racing in to help each other. Have you heard any of these stories . We have the the second the tornado blew through here, it was quick, a lot of people were coming out to see who was okay, who needed help there. Were peop