To my general practitioner, and i walked in the room and she looked at me and she said, ok, we have insurance now, where do you want to start . Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill charges and counter charges flew back and forth today over the stalemate in the syrian peace talks. Secretary of state john kerry accused the Syrian Government of stonewalling after negotiations broke off saturday. Kerry spoke in indonesia. They have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about a transition government. And it is very clear that Bashar Al Assad is continuing to try to win this in the battlefield rather than to come to the negotiating table in good faith. Ifill the secretary also accused russia of enabling assad by giving him weapons and other aid. But in moscow, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the real blame lies with the u. S. And others backing the Syrian Rebels on the battlefield. In other words, they leave the peace talks and once again faying a military option. They wont get the strong support from outside as was the case in libya. Ifill theres no word on when a third round of the syrian peace negotiations might take place. Ifill the pakistani government called off its talks with the taliban today, after militants executed 23 paramilitary troops. A faction of the Pakistani Taliban announced the soldiers deaths last night. They said the troops were kidnapped in 2010. It was unclear if the faction acted with the approval of the taliban central command. Ifill a suicide bomber was behind sundays deadly attack on tourists in egypt. The interior Ministry Said today the bomber pushed his way onto a bus. At least four people were killed, the egyptian bus driver, and three south korean tourists. The bus bombing was the first to target Foreign Tourists in the sinai in nearly a decade. No one has yet claimed responsibility. Ifill a u. N. Committee warned north Korean Leader kim jong un today that he could face prosecution for crimes against his own people. After a yearlong investigation, the threeman panel found evidence of executions, torture, abduction and mass starvation. The chair of the investigation, michael kirby, says the committee wrote to kim, putting him on notice. We indicated that he should be aware of this. He should be aware of the International Crime of aiding and abetting, crimes against humanity, even if not himself involved in the actual perpetration of those crimes. And we informed him that he himself may be responsible in any subsequent prosecution that occurs. Ifill north korea refused to cooperate with the investigation and said it categorically rejects the findings. The number of troops dismissed from the u. S. Army for drugs, alcohol and other misconduct has soared in recent years. The Associated Press reported today that 11,000 enlisted soldiers were forced out last year, nearly double the figure from 2007. There were 387 officers expelled last year, triple the figure from 2010. The army chief of staff, general ray odierno, says the service may have overlooked character issues in the push to fill the ranks during ten years of war. Air pollution in china has gotten so bad that state media actually criticized the government today. Over the weekend, fireworks celebrations in beijing helped push air quality well into hazardous territory. Today, the englishlanguage china daily said the failure to take emergency steps was indefensible. It said the inaction flies in the face of earlier promises. At the Winter Olympics in sochi, russia, a week of warm weather gave way to heavy fog, forcing organizers to shuffle the schedule. The mens biathalon race and snowboardcross were postponed until tomorrow as fog made visibility extremely low. A top official with the International SkiFederation Said delay was the only option. Yes, its a pity and the fog didnt move the whole day, it was always staying the same. Now in the afternoon, now really late, it cleared up but this is too late for any competitions. For tomorrow the Weather Forecast is the fog will leave but unfortunately rain will come in. Ifill as for the competition, you might want to tune out for a moment, if you dont want to know results just yet. It was a Golden Moment for meryl davis and Charlie White as the u. S. Won the ice dancing competition for the first time. And americans Steven Holcomb and Steve Langton took bronze in twoman bobsled, the first u. S. Medal in that sport since 1952. Ifill still to come on the newshour secretary of state john kerrys urgent call to combat Climate Change; the murder trial reviving the stand your ground debate; an alternative to Medicaid Expansion in arkansas; the aftermath of a coal ash spill in North Carolina; and what does it take to be a u. S. Ambassador . Woodruff the earth is absorbing more heat than expected, thats according to a study published today in the proceedings of the National Academy of sciences. It found the arctic is losing ice, creating more open water and less bright, white surfaces to reflect sunlight back into space. This latest Scientific Evidence comes a day after secretary of state john kerry issued a call to arms to combat Climate Change while visiting indonesia the science of Climate Change is leaping out at us like a scene from a 3d movie. Its warning us, its compelling us to act. Woodruff secretary of state john kerry on sunday urged indonesians and citizens of other developing nations to face the perils of Climate Change. Speaking in jakarta, kerry warned that city could, someday, sink under rising sea levels. He argued the problem has become the worlds most fearsome weapon. Think about this terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. All challenges that know no borders. The reality is that Climate Change ranks right up there with every single one of them. Woodruff because of massive forest removal, indonesia is now the worlds Third Largest emitter of Greenhouse Gases, behind china and the u. S. The main cause is massive removal of forests. Kerry met with chinese president xi jinping, in beijing, on saturday, and they agreed on the need to Work Together on the issue. But getting beyond pledges has been a problem. Last november, at a u. N. Conference in warsaw, much of the conversation pitted developed nations against developing nations in asia and elsewhere. Christiana figueres was executive secretary of the convention. Industrialized countries with a larger historical responsibility must take the lead. But that doesnt mean that everybody else is off the hook. Woodruff now, kerry is urging the Worlds Largest economies to Reach Agreement on cutting carbon emissions. And in his jakarta speech, he blasted those who question Climate Change. We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science, and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific fact. Nor should we allow any room for those who think that the costs associated with doing the right thing outweigh the benefits. Woodruff the secretary will have to do his own weighing of climate costs and benefits as he considers whether to endorse building the hotly debated Keystone Pipeline across the u. S. He is president and ceo of the World Resources institute, an Environmental Research organization in washington. And scott barret a professor at columbia universitys earth institute. And we welcome both of you to the program. Scott barret, this speech that secretary kerry gave in jakarta is just a series that hes giving to say to developing nations you too have a role in addressing Climate Change. How do you read what hes trying to do . Well, its true that all these countries do have a role. The way that negotiations started was that theres a focus on a concept called comment with differentiated responsibilities, and this is interpreted to mean that the rich countries need to move first and the poor countries can act later after they develop. What weve learned is the poorer countries particularly the large size growing countries dont act now, then well be holding up a huge amount of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere. The actions that will be taken by the richer countries really wont matter very much. This is particularly true not just because of the scale, but also because of globalization which makes it very easy for emissions to move around as it were. So its very important therefore to address this problem fundamentally that we need to have a comprehensive effort at the global level to cut emissions. Woodruff andrew steer, how do you hear what he was saying. He seems to have a real urgency in his voice yesterday. I think this was a more passionate speech than ive heard before. I think its a wonderful thing because quite frankly unless we address this issue, were in very deep trouble. The world has set itself a target to limit temperature increases, to 2 degrees celsius worldwide. Were now past 3 or 4 degrees that will result in agricultural yields in africa by 30 , will have Sea Level Rise that will threaten more than a billion people. It will result in massive changes in the psychological cycle so feed will be much more difficult. If you care about your grandchildren, you have to take this seriously. Woodruff andrew, i should say scott barret, as you hear what hes saying, how, lets talk about the political reality here because the United States secretary of state to be saying to these countries whether its indonesia, china or india, do something about your emissions, what are the political challenges hes facing in each one of these countries. I think the key problem, what hes trying to draw attention to is all countries need to act together. It wont be possible to address this problem if only some countries act. However, the individual countries to be willing to act, they have to believe that others are going to act with them and that together they are going to make a difference to the climate. I think the problem up in this point is that that kind of assurance that is needed has been absent. So i think a key challenge for the secretary of state for that states, for all the negotiators is going to be to come up with a strategy how to make these connections among all these different Key Countries so that when each one moves forward, they can have confidence that the others will move forward and this problem will be addressed. Woodruff andrew steer, is that how you see the challenge facing the United States. How do you see, do you see it a matter of getting countries to Work Together . Well, thats going to be essential but i think we would be misspending the issues if the notion is weve got it right and we have to persuade them. Most of these countries understand much better than we do its a problem because theyre much more affected by it. Five years in indonesia for example, very recently, the president understands its a very serious issue, he has a target of 26 reduction in Greenhouse Gases from what they were before by 2020. He said it will go up to 40 . We need some help. These countries dont have the resources we have so were going to have to have some kind of deal where we support them. But china also the notion that weve got to persuade china to act is not true. This years chinas introducing a cap and trade system on itself. Its a very very difficult situation as we just saw on air pollution but in addition to that, it knows its going to be much more threatened by Climate Change than we are here in the United States. Woodruff so scott barret, if it requires some kind of a deal from appealing arrangement, what do you see coming together . Are the outlines of something visible or knowable at this point . Its a bit hard to tell. I should say all this is really leading up to paris in 2015, december 2015. Woodruff this is the next conference. Thats the next big conference. This is the next copenhagen, as it were. And i think one of the thing that has been absorbed biology the parties is that the approach that has been tried in the past hasnt worked. I think theres still some fumbling around about whats the best way forward. There seems to be focus right now on what countries can declare they will be willing to do on their own and some kind of attempt to compare, to make sure that countries that are equal in some respects are making equal sacrifices. And also that all this as u addp to something thats useful and meaningful. However, this may bring about some kind of agreement. Its not clear to me it would improve very much on what countries might do on their own. I think the key thing is going to go and always has been, how to bring about some enforcement of a collective effort to act. And there are some signs that people are paying little attention to that but im afraid that the overall need for strategy and enforcement is so far getting less attention than it deserves. Woodruff how much do you see and how much clout do you see the u. S. Having in all of this. I think the u. S. Has huge clout and i think over the last year president obama has laid out a strategy of getting to a 17 reduction of Greenhouse Gases by 2020. I think the u. S. Has even more clout. In cept this year, ban kimoon is hosting and the idea is were going to try to change the debate. Most people look at the challenge of Climate Change and its going to be costly. It turns out that so too is the economics turning out. If we do it right, we can have a transition to a low carbon future that actually has more jobs, more technology and actually benefits people. Now indonesia is one of the spawshessponsors of something ce Global Commission on the climate. International efforts on the nobel prize winze winners wrushn this with a system. You got mayors of cities, leaders of corporations saying actually the Current Situation we dont really know whats going to happen isnt going to work for us. And so change in the debate is extremely important and the u. S. Obviously has a central role in that. Woodruff discussions not just at the National Level but across cities and across other organizations. Andrew steer, scott barret, we thank you both. Thank you. Ifill now, the reaction to a florida case raising National Attention again over concerns about race and selfdefense laws. A jury on saturday convicted michael dunn, 47, on three counts of attempted murder. But it deadlocked over a charge of firstdegree murder. In november 2012, dunn pulled into a gas station where teenagers were parked in a s. U. V. Listening to loud rap music. Ar after an argument there were fires ten bullets. The teens unarmed were not hit but davis was and later died. We take a closer look at the verdict now with Judith Browne dianis a civil rights lawyer and codirector of the advancement project, a civil rights organization. And David Weinstein, a former state and federal prosecutor in miamidade county. Hes now a partner at the Clarke Silverglate law firm in miami. Why did this verdict cause such a stir. Because it was a mixed bag, right. We did get some on some convictr the attempt murder and charge and the initial charge. But the fact that another person in florida has been able to kill an innocent unarmed young black teenager is where theres a problem. Theres no conviction on it. Its a mistrial and you know at the end of the day, theres large concern that socalled loud case really was missing in that. In fact its loud thug music and what underlies thug music and how they described it where the defendant mr. Dunn described it. Because that is really important and that evidence of what was really going on in his mind really was not explored in the case. Ifill David Weinstein, help us explain why there was an attempted murder conviction but not a first degree murder conviction in the same case. I think its because of the break in time between really two independent acts that occurred. The first act that occurred was whatever prompted dunn to fire his gun into the car the first time. You heard the gunshots recorded from the convenience store. He fires off an additional six or seven rounds. The jury was able to