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Weve already warmed by 1.1 degrees since pre—industrial times. world leaders said that limiting the rise to 1.5 was still possible, but projections suggest that were headed for at least 1.8 — and thats only if every promise is kept. more realistically, were on course for 2.4 degrees — a really dangerous level. the difference between 1.5 and 2.4 is really the survival of millions and millions of people and species in the planet. this is what is particularly true for the islands. but, accord...

Because, look, regardless of the politics of the moment, democracy is at threat. i dont think a year ago i would have been so definitive but what weve seen over the last year, lack of accountability, continued misinformation, sizable majority of americans believing utter lies, democracy is at threat. so if youre a member of congress, and some probably had prior commitments, i understand that, but if you think youre going to avoid it because you dont want to answer the questions, this is, jake, w...

Of the right these days have abandoned those commitments and it breaks my heart. >> there is no ideology. i think thats what weve learned here, theres just a cult of personality right now. garrett haake, carol lee, jonah and anna, thank you all for that. still to come, the campaign to undermine u.s. democracy sadly is ongoing. we will talk to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about how we got to this place where millions of americans believe a set of big lies or republican elected ee firnls...

Written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position. and a breach of his commitments to the president and the senators colleagues in the house and senate. wow, that is harsh. joining me now, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent austin ghouls by, former top economic advisory to president obama and boston globe, senior writer kimberly atkins, and is garrett haake with us as well? garrett haake is with us. were told it was author...

It now open to sounds, like joe changing the manchin, senate rules to is now open to check allow the senate to vote on voting rights are you open to. changing the rules, or the structure of the filibuster to do that? >> well, first of all, voting, just voting is the bedrock of democracy. if you can make the senate work better, the rules are something we changed over the years, theres been rule changes. but theres never been a change with the filibuster, the rights for the minority. i make no com...

World of ours that you, talking to russia, saying, "you know what, you have to ramp up your commitments, "you have to phase out fossilfuel production" — that is not going to work. let me share with you that in the history of humankind, particularly in the last century and a half, there are plenty of examples of nations that have huge, deep differences and objections to each other�*s actions actually getting together and making good things happen. a great example of that is ronald reagan meet...

And she was totally dedicated to it. she also loved the ocean. her initial call to go to tonga was to swim with whales, which she did and... ya. a beautiful girl. she is irreplaceable and... because i am her brother, yes, i have a strong bond with her. yes, we loved each other dearly. she... she came to see us in our home in sydney quite often and my, i have three daughters and theyjust and my, i have three daughters and they just loved and my, i have three daughters and theyjust loved her so mu...

A fine for the maximum amount under our old regime. and if i had had more significant fines, then i would have used them against facebook, because i think the contravention was extremely serious. now, facebook have made a huge number of changes to how they operate. theyve made their ad library much more transparent, theyve changed the privacy settings and the availability of privacy settings to users. whats your assessment of whether or not facebook is a safe place now? i think the platform is s...

By what is called the net zero scrutiny group of conservatives, which keeps an eye on the consequences of the governments environmental commitments. the government is meeting energy firms and the regulator 0fgem regularly to work out how to help consumers. this will be, without question, one of the governments most pressing problems in the early weeks and months of the new year. police are appealing for information after a man was shot in the stomach in liverpool last night. the incident happene...

Ongoing misinformation about why he repeatedly appeared without a mask at public events after he believed he had been exposed to the virus. djokovic says he took rapid tests that were negative, and he was asymptomatic before he received a positive result from a pcr test he took out of an abundance of caution. after attending a basketball game in belgrade on december 14th, he says he received the positive pcr result on december 17th and scrapped all of his commitments. except for a longstanding i...