today on the program, election day in america is almost upon us. we are going to bring it. at stake, control of congress. it s a choice. between two vastly different visions for america. will the democrats lose their slim majority? i will talk to bill maher about what tuesday s results will mean for the next two years. then the u.n. s annual climate conference began today in egypt. a damning new report tells us the world won t come close to meeting its temperature target for the end of the century. but in all the gloom, there is some good news about climate action. i will talk to an expert. and left wing populism beat out right wing populism in brazil last week, but can lula succeed in getting the economy to grow and bringing the country back together when he comes to power? we ll explore. first, here s my take. as an immigrant to america who has traveled a great deal around the world, i ve always been certain that america was the best place for people hike me.
agreement goal of keeping warming below 3.6 degrees, ideally 2.7 degrees fahrenheit. this was ahead of the u.n. climate conference, which began today in egypt. joining me to talk about all of this with some surprising good news is catherine hale, a climate scientist at texas tech university, and author of saving us, a climate scientist s case for hope and healing in a divided world. catherine, thank you so much for joining us. i want to start with it is a sort of good news, which is the context of all this that you are often so good at reminding us of. where were we 20 years ago when people began to think seriously about climate change, what were the predictions then? 20 years ago, we were on a path to at least a four-degree celsius warmer world by the end
With more cases of bird flu identified in Waterloo Region and Wellington County over the past week, some people are taking down their bird feeders for fear of spreading of it.