all democrats, something that will be necessary for it to pass in a closely divided senate. this sweeping policy package initially came with

a $3.00 trillion dollar price tag, and bite and struggle to get some democrats on board. so let's look at the basics of biden's proposal, formerly called the build back better plan. it would provide up to $35000000.00 families with monthly child tax credits if up to $300.00 until 2023. and that would also make it easier to buy health insurance under the obama care health law, which biden played a crucial part and passing as vice president. climate measures would include tax credits for people buying electric cars and other programs to encourage the manufacturing of solar panels and wind turbines and clean energy production. well, the plan is expected to cost about $1.00 trillion dollars within 10 years. that's half of what biden originally wanted, but it would still be the largest set of social programs passed in the u. s. in generations covering the story for us as alan fisher. he's joining us from

washington dc. so let's talk a little bit more about what biden is getting, alan, and what he's not getting was a busy day on capitol hill. joe biden has been up there speaking to congressional republicans. he's now back here in the white house, obviously packing before his trip to room. and when asked if he was happy, he says it's a good day. so he obviously thinks that the deal there can be done. and he's confident enough that he's going to make some remarks on these from the white house, probably in the next half hour or so before he heads off to rome. he believes that he's got a good deal is going to expand medicaid, as you've said, is going to improve as schooling for children is going to improve elder care across the united states as well. and he believes that with the tax credits they'll get under the climate change part of the bill that will boost manufacturing here in the united states. what isn't he getting? well, there's no action of prescription charges. the simply didn't of the votes to push that through. there's no free tuition in community colleges that was something of

bernie sanders was, was very keen on that simply not going to happen as well. and they'll be no paid family leave. the united states drags well behind its g 7 partners or in that issue . joe biden initially wanted to introduce 12 weeks paid family leave. that went down during negotiations of the last few months to 4. it's now at 0, but joe biden believes this is a deal that will get support across the democratic party. and he needs that because it's likely that republicans will vote against it on mass. so he needs every single vote he has in both houses to push this through. yeah, and that's the thing al enemy, how confident is he that he can actually get this past school? he's saying that he thinks there's a framework there and he believes that democrats will support it. that's not quite a definitive statement of where he we have a done deal. thank you very much. let's move on. he's aware that there could still be some hold. those people who are not upset that they're not getting the 3 point.

5 trillion dollar bill, not getting some of the things that joe biden promised during the election campaign last year. and some of the things that some democrats will say, joe biden was elected to deliver. but what joe biden will tell them as this is a when you've got to walk away from this, you weren't going to get everything. and we've got to put some wins on the board before congress starts getting bogged down in heading towards the midterm elections . yes, they might be a year away, but people are already thinking about that. plus it will also help in 2 important got notarial elections which are due to take place on choose the in virginia and in new jersey. he thinks that there is enough there that both sides of the democratic party will come together and support this. and that will be enough to push it to a bill on to his desk that he will happily sign. and he obviously wants to political when on climate change,

before he goes to glasgow. so he can say to our leaders, look, we don't just talk a good game. i've been delivering with this bell that's going through congress. therefore, the rest of the world needs to step up and match the united states. those would be big winds for joe biden. the republicans were still waiting on the official reaction. we should get that probably in the next couple of hours. but we'll hear from joe biden, within the next hour, and he's expected to take a small lap of honor in the eastern year allen, and we'll bring that life to our viewers and certainly cross back to you when joe biden speak. thank you so much for the time being. alan fisher reporting from the white house will staying with the united states until bosses from some of the world's most powerful oil and gas companies are answering questions that the u. s. senate for their firms rolled in climate change shell ex and mobile b p and chevron, or accuse a funding campaigns that downplayed their effect on the environment for decades. the session come days before the cop climate gathering over in glasgow hydro cast

or joining us from washington dc to 1st talk to us about the the hearing significant heidi during this could be a historic appearance. it is the 1st time that these top oil chiefs are going to testify are testifying under oath before congress, and their feet will be held to the fire. the democrats who call for this hearing before the house oversight committee. they've already collected documents. they say that's evidence showing these companies knew as early as the 1970. that's the continual burning a fossil fuel who is leading to dramatic consequences for the environment. and that rather than make that knowledge public, they buried it and embarked on a coordinated campaign to oppose climate science and climate action. now, the democrats who call for this hearing are hoping it has some impact similar to

the 1990 big tobacco hearings, which were very consequential that eventually led to some $200000000000.00 in settlements. that big tobacco played out and the hearing is continuing right now. alright, and heidi, how was a big oil defending itself? right, so these ceos and president, they have all categorically denied, deliberately misleading the public on climate change. and they are highlighting recent efforts to move more toward clean energy, particularly be peace commitment to net 0 by 2050. but the big question is whether these commitments are real action or just p r. and there may be some evidence to the ladder because in june, a lobbyist for exxon mobil was caught on camera secretly recorded, saying that exxon mobil support for a carbon tax was

a ploy because the company believed that such a policy would never become reality. meanwhile, this was happening as recent polling shows that americans are growing increasingly alarmed by climate change that nearly 6 and 10 americans. now believe climate change is happening at the celebrated pace and the majority you want policies are confronted. ok. hi did. thank you so much for that reporting from capitol hill. now the u. k says threats by franz to block british boats from its ports or a breach of international law. it's the latest escalation and a dispute link to a post for exit fishing agreements. comments come after francis, the british boat fishing boat and its waters without a license. paris is threatening sanctions if the u. k. doesn't grant more licenses to french fishermen in u. k. waters. the british government says any sanctions would be met with the appropriate retaliation. it is very disappointing to see the comments that

came from france yesterday. we believe these are disappointing and disproportionate and not what we'd expect from a close ally and partner the measures being threatened. do not appear to be compatible with the trade in co operation agreement or wider international law. and if carried through will be met with an appropriate and calibrated response. we don't have so it's time for us to get respect. i stand by the facts, we issued threats and pursued dialogue until now, since allowed our fishermen to have a bit of a half of the fishing licenses, we have to also see the glass half full, but that's not enough and not acceptable at all. so now we need to speak the language of strength. since that seems to be the only thing the british government understands lat, sabrina andrew seventies. joining us from london, so breaks that was back in january. andrew, why? the escalation now? because fishing has been a major aspect of division, particularly by it,

between france and britain for many years and but simply the french want more access to british waters or they feel the you case being unfair. now, in that robust address to the government, to the parliament, should i say, you heard there the environment minister as saying that 1700 e u vessels are allowed to fish in the 6 to 10 miles own outside the british walk outside the british coast and out of that other are $736.00 french trawlers. now the french say, lee proportionate the brick britain is or is claiming that 98 percent of a french applications are accepted is completely absolutely wrong. and they're citing the case of jersey, which is a crown dependency of the u. k. that's in the channel islands, as being the worst offender for actually allowing her vessels to fish in its waters, only a few kilometers of the coast of france. now,

what france is saying is going to happen is this that ought next tuesday, they will ban all british trawlers from landing any catches or on at french ports. and beyond that, they will also stop all freights and give really strident customs checks. not just seafood, but a variety of other goods as well. and this is light is cause a lot of disruption. and furthermore, there are other measures a 2nd round of sanctions as they're being described. it is quite possible if the u . k. doesn't show any willingness to a to accept more licenses. and that could include that certainly french ministers refusing to rule it out. at this stage, a restriction of electricity supplies to the u. k. now, jersey is 95 percent dependent on french power for domestic use. so

when we're talking here about a serious escalation, it was back in may that we saw a lot of action protest action in jersey. busy by french, french, or trawlers off the coast and around its main pulls that in it involves britain and france deploying the navy is to actually observe events now at all blue down eventually with, with some concessions on either sides. this is much more serious and relations which room france of the u. k. haven't been as low as this for many years. okay, thank you so much. andrew simmons reporting from london hunter moorehead on the al jazeera news hour, including how gangs in haiti are hurting the country's health care system. were in the carpathian mountains where illegal logging is destroying the forest.

some consider the lungs of europe coming up and sport the south african crickets. harvey says he will now take the lean against racism after initially refusing to do so. ah. but 1st, the un security council has issued its 1st statement expressing serious concern about the military take over in su, don cooley dropped off at the hood, but han has dismissed at least 6 ambassadors after they spoke out against mondays. takeover, there is increasing opposition both at home and abroad. the usaa an un have called for the immediate release of civilian leaders. if a morgan has more from cartoon, people are still calling for civil disobedience and generals trying to stay away from work, both at state and federal level. but they've been political move to try to mediate

between the 2 side. that is to say between the civilian component of the, the post transition government and the military that took over on monday. now we've, we've heard statement from the you as well as from norway that they went to the residence of prime minister of the land and met with him and made sure that he was in good health. the, the united nation commission into that unit camp secretary and the special preventative of the u. s. security general. without a statement saying that the 2 sides should return to the constitutional declaration . that's the power sharing agreement that was signed between the forces of freedom and change collision and the military on august 2019. so there are efforts to try to bring back the 2 sides, the military and the, and the force of freedom, a change coalition to return to that constitutional declaration. let's not forget that when general hun made the announcement on monday, he said that he was committed to that, that the, to that power sharing agreement with the exception of a few articles. but those are crucial articles,

articles that states the formation of the sovereignty council, which is shared between the military and the civilians. the executive cabinet, which was headed by prime minister, albert ham dog and the rules. and the authorities of those councils as well as counseling, as well as bringing back, bringing back the transition military council. the all of the there, there are political efforts and diplomatic efforts to try to bring those 2 sites back again to the nicu. see a thing table, but the after the united nations also called for the release of the other political prisoners, including the members of the sovereignty council and executive cabinet who arrested on monday. while the united nations security council has just issued its 1st statement on to don since the military takeover from on this christmas and louise joining us from the united nation. so what's in the statement, kristen? well during it's a fairly short statement, i have a copy of it right here, one page long, and it express a serious concern about the military takeover and the suspension of some

transitional government institutions. it also expresses concern about the detention of prime minister of dela hm. doc and other government officials or the release also does call for the release of those who've been detained, noting that the prime minister has been returned to his home and get calls for respect for human rights. in particular, the rights of protesters to be out on the street. it's important to note that the united nations integrated transition mission in sudan has been working there are to support the transition to elections and democratic institutions. and the statement also reaffirms those efforts as so the council is basically saying it's very concerned about the situation there and, and, and calling for respect for these transitional institutions. does they counsel kristen, or at least, you know, certain members of the un security council believe that the statements will make

a difference? we know this is a press statement, which is a probably the weakest form of council action. it doesn't have the same weight as a resolution per se. a security council resolution has the weight of international law. if the council wanted to sanction the military or started peacekeeping mission, for example, it would have to pass a resolution, you know, but it does show that the council is unified in its concern about the situation. it didn't go as far as some council members wanted to condemn the military takeover. it just expresses concern as secretary general, antonio gutierrez has been complaining lately about a lack of unity and the council is behind a events like this that it leads to countries thinking they can get away with things like this. they say that there is

a deterrent effect when the council speaks with one voice. so you can't underestimate the power of the council coming together and speaking out and expressing its concern about the situation. even though the wording perhaps isn't as strong as some would have liked. ok, thank you so much. kristen salumi reporting from the united nations or rebels in ethiopia in northern to grow region. say the military has carried out another air strike the if you can. government says a target to say to mckelly, you biting ryan forces to make on repair weapons. but she grew people's liberation front spokesman denied that sandy attack struck. a civilian resident fighting has been going on for nearly a year, but airstrikes by government. troops have increased in the past week and a half time you'll get to choose a journalist and he says there are conflicting reports on the number of casualty. according to the cuban government, they're saying that the target was an engineering firm that the accused of siding

was dpn tps and also providing weapons. but from the images we are watching from a distance, mostly from the side of the t p. enough, they're saying the targeted near a school near a residential area, and according to reuters from 3 to up to 12, people have been killed sofa argentina's, former president of our, with your mockery has arrived in the court in the town of dolores, to face espionage charges marquise accused of ordering the countries intelligence agency to intimidate and by on the family members who died on board a submarine which was lost to see in 2017 on the story. daniel skyler for us. she's joining us from the laura to talk to us a little bit more about what this case is about. daniel yeah, i well, is it going to feel motley, the former president is in this courthouse behind me. we believe he's just declared

. he appeared before a small group of supporters, a couple of blocks away from here in the town of the lord is to say that obviously he's innocent that he doesn't know anything about and he's fine challenges. he didn't spy on the families of the victims of the submarine, the san juan, or anybody else for that matter. it sounded like an election rally. there are congressional elections and a couple of weeks time here in argentina. many of his supporters would like to see him stand for the presidency again. so it's not more of a, an electric rally than of him coming here to declare his innocence. but that is the case. we believe the families of those victims of the submarine thinking also here in town. we haven't seen them yet, but they're here. these were the victims all the spying charges. they were campaigning at the time when the submarine disappeared in november, 2017. to find out what had happened to their loved ones, they wanted your stories to tell them more. and instead it seems the accusation is

that your story is on the orders of much your mockery that m president ordered them to be spied on to find out what it was they were. they were organizing. so that basically is the case, but it has split the country in many ways. those who were against saudis, your mockery, when he was president and the current government. oh, i don't fernandez who were obviously happy to win the elections a couple of years ago. and they would like to see this good this case come to the come to the course and daniel you say that it's split the country, but what kind of support does mccree have? he still has a fair amount of support only to 2 to maybe 300 supports is turned out here in the lord it, but we're a long way from everywhere about 200 kilometers south of the capital one osiris. but yes, he still is no obvious candidate for the presidency in the presidential elections in a couple of years time. so many people would like to see him through his hat into the

ring. um and he lost elections in 2019. they believe he can come back, it's been a difficult time for the current government. well, with the pandemic or with a severe economic problems. so they would like to see him come back. he does have some supports, certainly within his own party. he certainly has a subtlety stated his intentions are without stating it's outright that he would like to run again. yeah, there is certainly support this in some ways. is the beginnings of testing the also to see the how much support he may have a couple of years before the elections are due. so yes, well we'll see what happens here and in the weeks beyond. okay, thank you so much. daniel swimmer, reporting from nora's argentina in haiti, providing health care is difficult even the in the best of times. but these are times of crisis and gangs have blockaded ports, creating a fuel shortage. it's a critical situation for patients in hospital as rob reynolds reports in the

capitol, porto, prince. of all the places that are suffering in haiti to day. this may be one of the deepest wells of misery. port princes, general hospital, where patients receive bare bones treatment for chronic diseases, cove infections and traumatic injuries. this man says he was attacked by bandits with machetes, not by them when they tried to kill me. and i don't even know he was compounding conditions and haitian health care. a severe fuel shortage is crippling. many hospitals, the public electrical grid is unreliable. so hospitals are powered by generators without fuel for the generators. hospitals can't operate, kidney, dialysis machines, ventilators, incubators for premature babies. and other equipment mastic, your sanitary when the hospital cannot provide properly because of the fuel problem . it could be that affects other things. so if they can't provide the right services for the kids,

the pregnant women and cult patients or naval many hospitals are now near the end of their supplies. some 40 hospitals have sent a method. the units of thing that they may have to close immediately is it is, is through what's the situation there we saw saw effects of mo hospitals carries anything for a please or a little bit. there are a lot of hospitals double closed because they can't find a fuel escape for the can't function. occasion of the majority of them are publicly and private. i value the fuel crisis is largely due to gang said of hijacked tanker trucks and blockaded the port where fuel depots are located. dozens of hospitals have warned that they may have to shut their doors in the coming days as a result of the fuel shortage. and that would leave thousands of people in need of medical care with no place to go mill n b n m a has come to the hospital, bringing food and clothing for her 20 year old nephew who is suffering from severe diabetes. i miss it. yeah, i think i'll pull gabber,

you have to buy everything for them. garcia, my nephew is a diabetic, so he needs medication. but everything is shut down. un agencies and haitian authorities are trying to create a sort of humanitarian corridor or to get fuel to hospitals. but unless there's a break through, the consequences may be dire. math and the job. if the situation continue. the dave mccoy, this weekend, coming up with hundreds of complications and costs in a country full of suffering with a government that has virtually ceased to function. the prospects for these patients and many other haitians is bleak. rob reynolds, al jazeera, puerto prince, and an effort by haiti's justice minister to assure the public it's safe to go to petrol station, didn't go as planned. lives could tell was heading for a photo off when his vehicle was shot out. he's seen here speaking just after the incident, and it's not yet clear who fired the shot. there were the news. our coming up right

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hello again, you're with the news. our on al jazeera. here is a reminder of the top stories here as president joe bite and has been meeting congressional leaders on capitol hill. and he's about to announce a new framework for his social spending time lied in belize. this revised version of the plan can win the support of all democrats. the u. k has rejected threats from france to block. it's boats from french port saying that's a breach of international law. the french government says it needs more licenses for its fishermen and you can waters or it may impose sanctions. and the un security council has just issued its 1st statements expressing serious concern about the military takeover and some don. it's army leader has sacked of me 6 ambassadors as international

we're already had been blocking a busy highway since last week. they're demanding the release of their leader and the expulsion of the french ambassador for the 2017 and charlie, uh, bdo cartoon controversy come on. hider has more from his lama bads. so far they are continuing to press on. they've moved out of the city of law, overcoming all the barricade that was set up by the police forces. and i've been making progress towards islamabad. they are still a few hours away, but along the way, elaborate plans have been made. changes have been dug up. and a key bridge on the river jail, m as been declared, had been closed. and i did the red line. they already have been doors, that deed protest, i should not be allowed to cross that bridge at any cost. now while this is all

happening, the government has said that it will be ready to release the needed ridgeway. it will be also in a position to lift all the cases. but as far as the expulsion of the french ambassador, or to bring that issue in ball amended out of the question. and already 30000 police forces have been called in from the adjoining province phase to make sure that if somebody kept safe right now, we're in the red zone. as you can see, the security for the bedroom dead. also, the prime minister called a meeting of a cabinet yesterday and decided to deal with dates were denied and they say that such groups can not be allowed to take matters into their own hands or to.