Cases are now in the americas. In the in and russias president overseas moscows delayed victory day parade on the eve of a vote that could extend his rule until 2036. Hello thank you for joining us a watershed moment that will cause a most serious violation of International Law thats the u. N. Secretary general antonio good head asias described israels plans to an expired its of the occupied west bank members of the Un Security Council and the arab league have been meeting to discuss israels move which could be put in motion as soon as next week most of them were united in their opposition with warnings that israels unilateral action could trigger a major escalation in the region well its not yet been made clear along what lines the annexation plan will take for there are currently about 250 israeli settlements dotted across the west bank in violation of International Law and the Jordan Valley which is the most fertile land in the west bank is home to about 60000 palestinians but most
Washington journal continues. Host our first guest this as weg is andrew light, try to understand the impact in response to Climate Change. Want to start with the paris climate of word. Can you explain what that agreement seeks to do and how . Guest sure. I was on the u. S. Team, i was a negotiator for it with the Obama Administration and what it tries to do is really bring the world together so that you get enough commitments are enough countries with enough time to stabilize an increase so that we dont hit the worst impacts and effectively what it does is create a global regime where every country comes forward and puts forward their own initial target. The targets are not forced on them, everyone picks the wrong target and there are these binding rules that require you to die bulge how youre going to hit the target, your progress along the way, things like that. And then it requires countries to go back to the table every five years to make new pledges we can hit so that these stabi
Social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning to you. You can start calling now. We will begin by taking you back to mondays final press briefing with President Trump at the g7 summit of World Leaders. The final question the president took was on the issue of Climate Change. [video clip] there was a significant talk at the summit about Climate Change. I know in the past you offered skepticism. What do you think the world should be doing and do you harbor that skepticism . Has feel the United States tremendous wealth. Feet. Alth is under its i have made that wealth come alive. Exporting we are the Number One Energy producer in the world and soon it will be by far with a couple of pipelines that have not been able to get approved for many years. Could be the largest site in the world for oil and gas. Ronald reagan was not able to do it. They have been trying to do it since before ronald reagan. We are the Number One Energy pr
Administration and what it tries to do is really bring the world together so that you get enough commitments are enough countries with enough time to stabilize an increase so that we dont hit the worst impacts and effectively what it does is create a global regime where every country comes forward and puts forward their own initial target. The targets are not forced on them, everyone picks the wrong target and there are these binding rules that require you to die bulge how youre going to hit the target, your progress along the way, things like that. And then it requires countries to go back to the table every five years to make new pledges we can hit so that these stabilization goals that are effectively to try to stabilize temperature increase over what it was in the past at about three and a half degrees fahrenheit and then maybe do better. Host why is that important . Guest david that target . Already we are having tremendous Climate Impact just because of the temperatures humans ha
About 500 of you posting on her Facebook Page this morning on this topic. You can add your thoughts at. Acebook. Com cspan the gallup poll did a recent survey of americans and their thoughts about Climate Change is an issue leading up to the down bynd breaking it party. When asked about the seriousness of Global Warming, if its serious or generally exaggerated, in 2018 it was 69 of republican saying it was the case and only 4 of democrats weighing in on that. If they believe that the effects of Global Warming had already begun, 34 of republicans saying they believe that. 0 of independents 82 of democrats saying that. And when it comes to the topic and if theyrming worry a great deal or a fair amount about it. Republicans, 33 , 62 for independence, 91 of those democrats being cold saying that it was a great deal or a fair amount of worry for them. When it comes to the Campaign Issue itself it was during the last round of the two debates where Climate Change came up as a topic. Jones,rdi