ray suarez narrates our report. >> suarez: these syrian men, women and children are stepping into safe territory in jordan. some are carrying all their possessions in one suitcase. these refugees are just a few of the now more than two million who have poured out of their homeland since fighting began in syria more than two years ago. jordanian soldiers provided them with food and water, and also stood guard, ready to protect them if syrian forces opened fire. their journey out of war was dangerous and often deadly. this group drove for two days to southeastern syria to find a safe crossing point. then, they walked seven kilometers through a buffer zone before reaching jordanian soldiers. >> ( translated ): the armed forces will take us from here. on the other side is more danger. this is better. the armed forces will come this way. they give us good services. we thank them so much we are very grateful for them. >> suarez: the deputy commander of jordanian military forces in >> suarez: these refugees were helped onto a truck and taken for medical treatment. they'll be handed over to th

ray suarez picks up on those warnings and others. >> suarez: and for that, i am joined by a member of the i.p.c.c. panel, michael oppenheimer. he's a professor of geosciences and international affairs at princeton university. professor, welcome to the program. >> glad to be here, ray. >> suarez: what is the major difference, the major refine independent this latest report from the one that repre-seeds. >> there is three new high-level messages. one, it's now stated as extremely likely that most of the warming of the past 60 arizona is due to human activity, and that's very unusual for scientists with a complex problem like this to state something with such a high level of certainty. secondly, the projections of sea level rise in particular are about 50% higher than in the last report. that's because we have a better grip on what the big ice sheets in greenland and antarctica are going to do, and that's a very troubling development because, as we saw in hurricane sandy and other coastal storms, the combination of intense storms with an unusually high sea level causes an extra level, a

. >> suarez: the law was designed to provide coverage for many who don't have health insurance now. but there are still many concerns and questions about what it may mean for employer- sponsored coverage and whether some businesses may change what they offer as the law takes full effect. the workplace is our focus tonight. and once again, we're joined by "newshour" regular, analyst susan dentzer. as you know, susan, we've been going out into the world and basically saying to people "what questions do you still have as the final phase-in of the law begins?" and we spoke to one business owner who was visiting washington, d.c.. >> my name is jim and this is my wife janet. we fear from kentucky and we own a small business there and we furnish our own health insurance it's around $800 a month and we're just unsure how this obamacare may affect our insurance. >> suarez: jim buys his own insurance for he and his wife, he doesn't provide it for his six employees. so this new law is now coming into full effect. what does it mean for jim? >> if he's only buying it for himself and his wife it

ray suarez is in charge. >> suarez: tonight, a look at medicare and what private sector retirees might face under the law. for that, we welcome back mary agnes carey of kaiser health news. kaiser health news is an editorially independent news service focusing on health policy. a lot of people still have very basic questions as to what the affordable care act is going to mean for them. how is it going to change the way they acquire health care? i headed out into the streets of washington, found freedom all over the country still had questions, like this woman from california. >> my name is janet neil son from california, live outside of san francisco. as a senior citizen i'm concerned how the medicare rates are going to be affected. right now i have medicare with keiser as a supplement and i've been satisfied but i'm concerned as to medicare and my insurance company how rates will be affected and how our care will be affected as well. >> suarez: let me add again her insurer, kaiser permanente, is not related to kaiser health news. there must be a lot of people in this boat who are medic

ray suarez picks it up from there. >> suarez: it's not simply a matter of picking among these different categories like bronze or silver. each class of plans will have a number of options to choose from and in many cases, people will also be able to get a subsidy to help purchase the insurance. but the premiums will vary by age, health status, geography and other factors. and there are additional costs, too. we try to walk through this now with louise radnofsky of the "wall street journal." louise, for a long time the opponents of the affordable care act have threatened that premiums were going to go way up once these exchanges opened and people had to buy their own insurance. now the administration answers with its own survey of the products being offered in those exchanges. what do they have to say? >> well, the data has something for everybody. it is true that for young, healthy people who previously got very attractive rates because they were known to insurers to be a really good risk, they might see that their skimpy products that they currently have aren't available anymore and th

. >> suarez: the law was designed to provide coverage for many who don't have health insurance now. but there are still many concerns and questions about what it may mean for employer- sponsored coverage and whether some businesses may change what they offer as the law takes full effect. the workplace is our focus tonight. and once again, we're joined by "newshour" regular, analyst susan dentzer. as you know, susan, we've been going out into the world and basically saying to people "what questions do you still have as the final phase-in of the law begins?" and we spoke to one business owner who was visiting washington, d.c.. >> my name is jim and this is my wife janet. we fear from kentucky and we own a small business there and we furnish our own health insurance it's around $800 a month and we're just unsure how this obamacare may affect our insurance. >> suarez: jim buys his own insurance for he and his wife, he doesn't provide it for his six employees. so this new law is now coming into full effect. what does it mean for jim? >> if he's only buying it for himself and h his wife i

and ray suarez leads the way again tonight. >> suarez: we've spent some time laying out some of the basics of the exchanges and the premiums consumers might payment but we're also getting a number of questions on other related financial issues such as tax credits, taxes, and penalties still to come. and that's our focus tonight and once again julie rovner of npr joins us. and julie to get people to do things and to the do things there are all kinds of insen fivs and disincentives-- incentives and disincentives baked into the law. what about the sub cities and tax credits. how do they work. >> the idea is if are you going to require people to have insurance, then you want to make it affordable. so there are subsidies for people between 100 percent of poverty and 400 percent, for an average individual that is about 11,000 to $45,000 a year for a family of four, about 23,000, all the way up to about 92,000 of income. now one of the questions i have gotten a lot is do you have to wait until the end of the year to get tax credits. the answer is no, if you qualify you will be able to get them mo

ray suarez has our book conversation. >> thanks. >> suarez: was he a prophet, the son of god or a revolutionary intent on overthrowing israel's roman rulers? these are the questions at the hard of the new book "zealot. the life and times of jesus of nazareth" by religion scholar and writer reza aslan. reza, i'm glad the whole kerr can you feel over whether a muslim could or should write this book is over because the more interesting question is why you would write it, what attracted you to the subject in the first place. >> i have been interested in jesus for a very long time, both as a worshiper-- when i was 15 years old i converted to evangelical christianity-- and as a scholar. in undergrad i was first introduced to the historical jesus and i think having that perspective of coming at him from both of those view points, one that was as a worshiper and one unburdened by dogma and doctrine provided me with both a deep sense of respect and christianity in a way that billions of people around the world understand jesus. but at the same time gave me the impetus to try to dig through as much as po

>> suarez: and that's the thing that i think is really distilled by this book. latinos who read it may go into it thinking, "oh,, you know, i know about the alamo. i know about the war between the united states and mexico." but you will constantly be saying, "hey, i didn't know that," when learning about other national origins, like why and when the dominicans started to come. details about the cuban refugee crisis that accompanied the mariel boat plift. there are going to be things you didn't know before, but also, all other americans will say, this meshes with the american history i already know in all kind of unexpected ways. >> ifill: you know, even in the introduction i referred to spanish americans, latino americans, it's a kind of a catch-all but it doesn't really catch it all, does it? >> suarez: i keep coming back in the book to the idea of people who came from what was the spanish-speaking empire in the western hemisphere. and that catches everybody, and it catches all the different times in american history that they've come for all different reasons.

ray suarez is in charge. >> suarez: it's intended to provide new insurance options for those who are uninsured. what we heard on line and from people we've interviewed are basic questions: who can sign up and what's covered. that's where we start tonight. julieovner are are from npr is here to talk about. this we've been hearing about exchanges. what is an exchange and who are the customers? >> an exchange a marketplace where people with k go and sign up for health care coverage. in this case, october 1 is the date you can sign up but insurance doesn't begin until january 1 with these health care exchanges. who can sign up? this is an important question for everything we've heard about these exchanges. they're not intended for everybody, in fact, they're not intended for most people. for most people nothing is going to change. most people get their insurance on the job. that will continue. the exchanges are for people who don't have insurance or who buy their own insurance. people who are self-employed largely. that's who these exchanges are aimed at and those are going to be the cus

ray suarez has our conversation. >> suarez: danny lewin was one of 92 people aboard american airlines flight 11 on september 11, 2001 heading originally to los angeles. but terrorists took over the plane and flew it into the world trade center north tower. lewin's role has been largely unknown until now. but it is believed that he tried stopping the hijacking before the plane flew into the north tower and was killed in the struggle. lewin was a 31-year-old internet entreprenuer. he had a major role in transforming the way the web worked and working on algorithms that speeded up the delivery of content considerably. his story is the subject of a new book, "no better time: the brief, remarkable life of danny lewin, the genius who transformed the internet." the author is molly knight raskin, a journalist who has also worked previously for the "newshour." molly good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> suarez: this is your first book. what got you interested in the story of danny lewin? >> well, i first heard about danny on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, which surprised me because

>>suarez: let's talk a little bit about the inside and the outside game. the public saw demonstrations, the public saw marches but at the same time there was an inside game in courts and in legislatures. filing briefs. this was a big part of the success of all these movements, wasn't it? the duality of the struggle. >> absolutely. and i would emphasize again, what professor rosen said, applies to the gay movement as well. it was, nowadays we're acuvmentd to gay rights being a -- accustomed to gay rights being an issue. but back in the 60s and 70s gays could only dream of getting that kind of national attention. so organizing those very local as indeed the mostly organizing in the black civil rights movement was. >> and if you think about it what the gay and lesbian movement did and the women's movement did is we changed the terms of debate in american political culture. just about women, women got the right to have credit cards in their own names, to buy. >>> month, to be on juries in certain states -- we got -- which we didn't have and custody of children

ray suarez has our conversation. >> suarez: danny lewin was one of 92 people aboard american airlines flight 11 on september 11, 2001 heading originally to los angeles. but terrorists took over the plane and flew it into the world trade center north tower. lewin's role has been largely unknown until now. but it is believed that he tried stopping the hijacking before the plane flew into the north tower and was killed in the struggle. lewin was a 31-year-old internet entreprenuer. he had a major role in transforming the way the web worked and working on algorithms that speeded up the delivery of content considerably. his story is the subject of a new book, "no better time: the brief, remarkable life of danny lewin, the genius who transformed the internet." the author is molly knight raskin, a journalist who has also worked previously for the "newshour." molly good to have you with us. >> good to be here. book. what got you interested in the story of danny lewin? >> well, i first hea had heard o many stories until then, and didn't really expect to hear a story i would want to go out and

ray suarez narrates part one of our series, called "arctic thaw." >> suarez: for decades, fishermen like kale garcia have come to alaska to seek their fortunes in one of the worlds most productive marine systems, the vast frigid waters of the bering sea. >> there's something very powerful about being out in the ocean. and no matter how big your boat is, it gets very, very small out there. >> suarez: and of all the seafood treasures chased by fishing boat captains like garcia, none has come to symbolize alaska's adventurous spirit quite like crab fishing. >> it was like a sport for me. but it was like an adrenalin sport. like any adrenalin sport, you wanted more of it as soon as you could get it. >> suarez: alaska's bering sea crab fishery is one of the most storied industries in the world, known for great risks and great rewards. but the same ocean waters that spawned this industry may prove its undoing. new research suggests the chemistry of the north pacific is changing in ways that poses serious trouble for alaska's two signature crab species, red king crab and snow crab. the culprit: