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Planet by the end of this decade. the agreement between nearly 200 nations has been struck to safeguard biodiversity, protect vital ecosystems such as rainforests and wetlands and the rights of indigenous peoples. but environmental groups have criticised the pledges as voluntary and not legally binding. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is here with more. today�*s agreement is about stopping the alarming decline of the natural world. it came at 3:30am this morning after a seven hour meeting, so...

Issue, it is an international issue. the united states cannot continue to say that we are the leaders of the free world wall keeping the colony in the caribbean. so, it sets a precedent. for the first time in 30 years, we passed a vote to hold a -- that will be binding, a binding -- . this is the first time that has happened. most importantly, we have different legislations. i introduced a deal, the commissioner from horse to recode introduces another bill and we came together for the sake of th...

The panel is also going to go beyond that, beyond the former president and his actions looking to the lawmakers an the officials who supported his claims, enabled him and allowed january 6th to unfold. >> we will also be considering whats the appropriate remedy for members of congress who ignore a congressional subpoena as well as the evidence that was so pertinent to our investigation and why we wanted to bring them in. that will be something well be considering tomorrow. you know, we have weig...

>> it is important for congresss bipartisan committee to speak, to see what they have found as a result of their investigation. there are people, former justice department prosecutors who are working with this committee. it is quite possible that they have found things that the justice department has not found. we have heard from merrick garland, the attorney general just recently, and i asked him about these transcripts they have been asking for. that is one of the most important parts of this....

You are learning, there may be major announcements. what can you tell us? >> we are learning from a source familiar with the matter, that the city is ready to refer criminal charges to the justice department for donald trump. we know three at least. one is insurrection, one is obstruction of a proceeding and one is defraud of the federal government. there could be more. those are the three were learning about so far. this is not binding. the justice department doesnt have to do what this committ...

Charges that the committee is going to vote on whether or not to refer donald trump on. lets assume that they do. tell us about these referrals. >> so, jake, theres no legally binding impact to these referrals. prosecutors can and do take referrals all the time from all manner of sources. it doesnt require doj to do anything. doj does not need a referral to do anything. however, this would still be enormously significant if the committee decides to make this referral. we would have a bipartisan ...

Fraud claims. guys, any of these referrals that the committee makes to doj is in no way legally binding. really carries no legal weight. so the justice department is not compelled to charge anyone after a congressional referral that were expecting. largely symbolic here, guys. still significant, but the justice department does not need to act on any criminal prosecution as a result of what this committee says. still looking out for it one week from wednesday. bianna and victor? >> their own spec...

Announcement? it will not be right away. >> yeah, jim, theyre trying to hold this announcement until they release their final report on december 21st. that is the day that chairman thompson says that they will put out all the information. we are getting little drips and drabs of information as the process plays out. like you said, theyre meeting this afternoon. theyre talking about criminal referrals and really the issue of who and for what crimes. we know they are going to put out criminal refe...

Final say. elections themselves but under this legal theory, are decided we do not have to listen to the they could theoretically courts, or the governor, or sent fake slates anybody, really. of electors to congress we can do whatever you want, or just refuse checks and balances be damned. refuse at least three supreme court to certify an election altogether justices -- after watching this conservative dominance of reporting alito, thomas and gorsuch -- extreme positions on everything from abort...

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