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Undercut a deal they had in place so this is on the world stage and secure key commitments on issues like climate change and supply chain issues and they have agreed to the minimum corporate tax rate so that is a significant deal and there is the on going challenge of covid-19. i dont know how much theyre paying attention to what is happening back home and his agenda hangs in the balance but i think democrats will get to a deal but this is more important for biden to once again show that the u.s...

Do not underestimate. the roads to scotland next the end of next weekend was not there is of course a formidable alliance, whether that is the pope, arnold schwarzenegger, joe biden, borisjohnson or other leaders who want to help the brits in their task of pushing the world further and faster on their commitments to help hold changes to the climate but there are also formidable site powers on the other side to aunt as enthusiastic, who arent as reluctant. whether that is china or india. it is ce...

Responders have played since the pandemic took hold and how to speed up vaccine distribution to the poorest nations. borisjohnson is here to shake hands, yes, but also to twist arms ahead of the climate change summit in glasgow next week. there, thousands were out on the streets today ahead of cop26 getting under way. and there were similar protests here in rome as well. the draft communique thats been agreed talks about the urgent need to keep global warming to 1.5 celsius, but for all the word...

Reestablishing the sort of dominance on the world stage that michael was just talking about and i also think climate is going to be a huge, huge deal, both at these meetings and at the climate summit in glasgow this weekend. obviously as we were just hearing, a huge chunk of his domestic agenda is finally doing something about climate and the warming planet. i think -- showing leadership on that topic and on everything else tied to the agenda would be a big win, just like with the tax thing we w...

What would you say this morning? i would say they are about the same. id say theyre about the same. look at that. borisjohnson hopes he will make history, brokering an agreement to slow down the warming of the planet. it is the metaphor. either cop26 succeeds or the dark ages, that is what im saying. but hes trying to corral many dozens of countries. there is certainly no one emperor that can rule supreme. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome. 6orgeous pictures there from the colosseum. i suppose bo...

Have the same paradigm for globalization where all the jobs are going overseas and, you know, the taxes are being -- offshored, you know, the global tax havens. thats whats happening right now. short-term inflation is going to be a problem, but i think longer term bidens addressing the big issues here. this is what needs to happen. >> another big topic here is covid. now, the president meets with the pope, and we understand that the pope was very -- you need to up your game, you got to get these...

Is to ensure that at the kop 26 summit next week the world leaders come together and make the commitments that are necessary. it is the first time these leaders have sat around this table for almost two years and they have a great deal of work to do. the years and they have a great deal of work to de— years and they have a great deal of work to do— years and they have a great deal of work to do. ., ., ., work to do. the more we go with all our challenges, _ work to do. the more we go with al...

Decline and fall. what we need to do is to ensure that at the cop summit next week, that world leaders come together and make the commitments necessary, not to halt climate change or global warming, because we cant do that, its too late, but what we can do is restrict the growth in temperatures. in terms of countries youre trying to pull together, china are vital to this, are you disappointed with what they have come forward with so far? the point i made to our chinese friends is, look, they hav...

And how long will heavy the power to follow through on his commitments and will donald trump be back in four years. the world is paying a lot of attention to american politics. i dont know how much attention americans are paying to these meetings. >> all right, everybody. youre now talking to me, fredricka, here in atlanta. we just lost our signal from chris, so i do want to continue to ask you, david. its also an issue of who is not there in rome during this g20. china and russia are not presen...

Conceited about history and about our civilisation. we think that we can be on a remorseless forward march, when actually we can be actively conniving in our own decline and fall. what we need to do is to ensure that at the cop summit next week, that world leaders come together and make the commitments necessary, not to halt climate change or global warming, because we cant do that, its too late, but what we can do is restrict the growth in temperatures. in terms of countries youre trying to pul...