Deterring dangerous journeys and defeating the smuggling networks is what all agree should be the outcome of any policy. for now it seems it is the courts, not the politicians, who will decide what happens next. damian grammaticas, bbc news. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson is in doverfor us. what has been happening there today? well, rebecca, just to give you an idea of where we are, we are at the harbour in dover. if you have ever got a ferry from dover, we are not farfrom got a ferry from dover, we are not far from where you would get the passenger ferry, far from where you would get the passengerferry, but far from where you would get the passenger ferry, but you far from where you would get the passengerferry, but you can far from where you would get the passenger ferry, but you can see behind us a jetty where, once migrants are brought off the board force boat, they walked along there in small groups by officials and then walked a bit further down to a building a bit further do
A deep dive into what that means for the future and why there are still some concerns about their impact on the environment. reporter: for more than a century ferry boats have moved people around san francisco bay. powered mostly by diesel, a planet-warming fossil fuel. so this is the boat of the future? but now there is a sea change coming. down the hatch. reporter: down the hatch. this is the first passenger ferry in the world. so these are the fuel cells. reporter: powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells. instead of big diesel engines spinning things to make power, just happens in the fuel cells. jeff sokolik is with all american marine in bellingham, washington, it built a 75 passenger catamaran that will
Would want. garrett: denver shooting rampage. still no motive in the shooting deaths of five people, including the gunman. this is the holiday season. to have this kind of spree take place is not normal for our community. garrett: california plane crash: four people killed when a small plane goes down on approach near san diego. american innovation: a new hydrogen passenger ferry that could carry america to a greener future. feeding america s military families. how your generosity leads to the one millionth meal served. and a lesson in giving from one generation to another. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, everybody. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin tonight with the latest wave of covid infections making it feel yes like december of 2020. as an example: new york city is once again the epicenter of this
Powered mostly by diesel, a planet-warming fossil fuel. so this is the boat of the future. but now there s a sea change coming. down the hatch. downtown hatch, yes, sir. reporter: this is the first passenger ferry in the world powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells. instead of a big diesel engine spinning things to make power just happens here in the fuel cells. reporter: jeff sokolik is with all american marine in bellingham, washington. it built the 75-passenger catamaran that will soon launch in san francisco bay with zero emissions. and that s really kind of the holy grail of this. reporter: ron willie is president of the company. what does a hydrogen-powered boat allow for? when you actually use hydrogen to create electricity, the only by-product is literally hot water. so it s zero emissions, completely clean. reporter: the marine industry, mostly international shipping, is one of the dirty and not-so-litle secrets of climate change. it causes about 3% of all g