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Tonight at 10:00, were in glasgow, as 12 days of talks on the future of the planet get underway. the cop 26 summit is widely seen as the worlds last chance to prevent irreversible damage from climate change. earlier, leaders of the worlds richest nations were meeting in rome where the climate challenge was spelled out clearly. there are no compelling excuses for our procrastination. not only have we acknowledged the problem, were already seeing first—hand the devastation change causes. first�...

In a direction that was significantly improve the prospect of american workers with good jobs and good pay and further that i would make sure that we dealt with the crisis that was caused by covid. weve done all of those. we continue to do them and well see what happens, brue im not running because of the polls. next question was from jeff mason, from jeff mason of reuters. >> thank you, mr. president. a question on climate and energy. can the world and others be confident that you will be able ...

This is— of the mirror, absolutely right, this is recent burning. i was in australia _ this is recent burning. i was in australia at the beating last year when _ australia at the beating last year when the — australia at the beating last year when the forest fires were raging around _ when the forest fires were raging around sydney and melbourne was filled with black smoke, naturally has only— filled with black smoke, naturally has onlyjust now very reluctantly come _ has onlyjust now very...

Then he said, as soon as next week at some point. we all think its going to be as soon as tuesday, but he made clear to the press and everybody watching that he believes not only is it going to pass but could pass as soon as next week. so still optimistic there and i think making the point as weve discussed that officials -- administration officials believe that even in the g20, even at glasgow and cop26, the idea that it hasnt gotten through the house yet is not something that international lea...

Tonight at 10:00, were in glasgow, as 12 days of talks on the future of the planet get underway. the cop 26 summit is widely seen as the worlds last chance to prevent irreversible damage from climate change. earlier, leaders of the worlds richest nations were meeting in rome where the climate challenge was spelled out clearly. there are no compelling excuses for our procrastination. not only have we acknowledged the problem, were already seeing first—hand the devastation change causes. first�...

And as youd expect, the 620 summit and the cop26 conference in glasgow dominate most of the front pages. the financial times headline says theres a "huge way to go" at the climate summit, as it reports there was no agreement among 620 leaders on phasing out coal power. the daily telegraphs front page has a story about the growing row between france and the uk on fishing rights, with the eu accusing the uk of seeking a brexit clash. we are one minute to midnight when it comes to climate change, a...

By the end of the century. activists are demanding more action now, led by greta thunberg, mobbed as she arrived in glasgow, but she says theres still hope. if we cant keep the global average temperature rise to below 1.5, then we do 1.6, then 1.7 and so on. we can always prevent things from getting worse. its never too late to do as much as we can. as the meeting gets under way, protesters say the time to tackle climate change is now. but after nearly three decades of talks, there are questions...

Theres no place like wayfair. all right. im chris cuomo. were hes at the g-20 in rome awaiting on the american president joe biden to address the media. he doesnt do that -- do this that often. hes going to be getting a range of questions, both domestic and international. i got some big shots with me. i have phil mattingly and nic robertson and i have bill weir who is a step ahead of us. hes in glasgow, scotland where the cop-26 is going to be, and, you know, bill was talking right before the ...

A fine, decent, honorable man, and we keep in touch. i thank you all very, very much for your patience. thank you. >> all right. president biden getting a lot of questions about domestic agenda but also about what this means, the g20, what it means going forward for the cop26 and picking on a lot of the issues that we teed up for you in advance about, you know, what this president can really get done. and then, as is not unusual with joe biden, he wound up going to his heart on a question about ...

These g-20 nations, only 12 of them committed to net zero by 2050? why have you fallen short? what is holding everyone up? what is a conversation going on behind closed doors? whats russia telling you? whats china telling you? what are the pressure points on them, why cant you make it happen because for whom the bell tolls its the next generation. we heard that from prince charles. we heard that from the u.n. secretary gen and so many leaders saying its the future generations that are being let ...