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And were not going to solve this crisis with half measures - or middle—of—the—road ambitions. we need to go big. but will a pledge to "go big" actually deliver? african countries, and others, will want to see vaccine supplies arriving at a faster rate before passing judgment. hugh pym, bbc news. im joined now by unicef�*s head of advocacy for health, vaccines and pandemic response, lily caprani, in new york. great to have you on newsday. i want to start by asking. — great to have you o...

Soviet union fighting with half measures, it makes it all a waste. i am truly for the veterans. we have lost 60,000 veterans to suicide in the global war on terror. thats more than we lost in vietnam from despair, from seeing it done poorly. why do i sacrifice myself, why do it hang it out, to see it pissed away by half-baked politicians in washington. >> tucker: even sadder than i thought it would. i appreciate you getting on tonight. they dhs secretary alejandra mallorca said in a press confer...

Officers were fighting with half measures, it makes it all the waste so i am truly sad for the veterans that see this go. we have lost 60,000 veterans to suicide in the global war on terror, more than we lost in vietnam from despair from seeing it done poorly. divided by sacrifice myself, why do i hang it out there with my buddies every day with half-baked politicians in washington. its disgusting. >> tucker: it was even sadder than i thought it was going to be but it is true and is necessary an...

Scenario, according to an alarming new u.n. report. if on the other hand we continue down the road of half measures and denial that weve been stuck on since scientists first raised the alarm, the hell scape we leave to our grandchildren will be unrecognizable. at the rate were going the world could raise by 8 degrees fahrenheit at the end of the century. relatively few of us alive today would be around to witness what we have wrought, but we know we need to change our ways. this sounds like some...

Telegram channel Basta! published an emotional letter from its subscriber about the situation in Belarus: - Now is a difficult time, truly difficult. When Im not sure that tomorrow will come. When its scary even for today. I understand how difficult it is for everyone. I really understand, like many others. After all, everything has been tested on our own skin. I dont know how to live tomorrow ... But will I live? I know how difficult it is to make a choice. After all, after you cross the impro...

You can do your own polling and theres no political from the standpoint of legislature, but i will certainly bring that up. >> a recent politico morning consult poll found 70% of all voters would back a ban on assault-style weapons. meanwhile, top senate democrats chuck schumer is pushing back against the republican embrace of so-called red flag laws, which would take guns away from people temporarily who are deemed a threat. schumer released a statement saying the notion that such legislation a...

Joe biden to become president? >> because you cannot go back to the end of the obama administration and think that thats good enough. >> is joe biden a return to the past? >> he is. that cannot be who we are going forward. we got to be bigger, we got to be bolder, we need to set a much higher mark. >> he later appeared on pbs news hour where he tempered those comments. >> what were the problems with the obama administration? >> let megyn by what im grateful forks which is the service of presiden...

Effort to break out with the kind of liberal base of the party, historically, a pretty good chunk of the iowa caucus electorate. the challenge is theres so many candidates in the race sliced in that same part of the pie, it can get sliced thinly. thats the challenge forward wren and sanders, theyre both in the race and targeting very similar voters, talking about big structural change, no half measures, no middle ground. that could lead somebody else to try to take more of the moderation out of ...

For the american people. not just laying out why trump shouldnt be in office but doing it in a way that also protects all of those democrats that flipped seats last year if were hearing more from those members of congress, because theyre going to be the ones that are probably the most susceptible to some of these issues. >> peter? >> if they start to support this, i think the trigger is pulled. >> okay, respectfully, and i respect you greatly, i disagree very, very strongly about this. look, ari...

A couple of films i mean interestingly this year no one film slept so you had an oscar here for all of you coleman for incredible role in the favor you got an oscar for blood a spike lee thank goodness finally spike lee gets an oscar but i still wasnt happy he was there piecing it you know that he also he won for best of best adapted screenplay for black klansmen not for best director which would have sort of been suitable given his stature in cinema. as i say it was in the end. for me of an osc...