hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom," joe biden's jeopardy in jeopardy. democrats are trying to reach a deal on the build back better plan. but the u.s. president needs congress to help with his climate agenda. in just a matter of hours, he is heading overseas to meet with world leaders. plus, taiwan's president talks to cnn about u.s. ties and the threat from china.

live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. >> and thanks for joining us. joe biden leaves for rome later tonight where he and other g20 leaders will meet in person for the first time in more than two years. he has a busy schedule, but with climate legislation and other issues on hold in congress, it appears the president will be arriving in europe without a clear picture of what the u.s. plans to do. the russian and chinese leaders say they won't be there in person. without them, of course, it's question whether the rome summit can lead to meaningful action on climate, vaccines or anything else. he's expected to meet with pope francis on friday. the g20 summit will be held over the weekend. and on sunday, he heads to

glasgow for the u.n.'s cop-26 climate summit before returning to washington tuesday. cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live from rome. good to see you, ben. so what all can we expect to come out of this g20 summit, considering the leersd of china and russia won't be there, and joe biden will arrive empty handed? >> reporter: yes, at this point it's not at all clear what will come out of this summit. the italian prime minister has put forward three slogans for the summit. people, planet, and prosperity. but in the absence of the leaders of russia and china, and the absence of any sort of clear consensus in the united states as a result of joe biden's political complications there, it does appear that there may be more optimism than reality when

it comes to what the leaders of the g20 can agree upon. we know for instance that the g20 produces about 80% of the world's carbon emissions. and without consensus among them, it's hard to say what will come out of this conference. for instance, on other matters, when it comes to covid for instance, which has kept us all busy for quite sometime. according to one study, the g20 countries have received 15 times the number of vaccines as su subsaharen africa. so reality opposed to rhetoric is a huge gap that is going to be hard to fill, given that the leaders of the g20 clearly don't agree on much at this point. rosemary? >> yeah, it is an important

point. ben wedeman joining us live from rome. many thanks. our next guest is director of the u.s. and america's program at chatham house and joins me now from london. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> so joe biden sets off on his high stakes overseas trip in a few hours from now. he will face tensions, of course, with key u.s. allies after chaotic afghanistan exit and diplomatic riff with france over a submarine deal. how is he likely to be received this time around, and can he get his atlantic partners back on the same page, do you think? >> well, it's a very good question. as we know, it's been a very bumpy few months since that meeting. but the thing to note here is that diplomacy has continued, we are focused on the g 7, those marker moments. but we have seen a series of meetings that have taken place

in person between the u.s. and in france. so working to get that key relationship between the u.s. and france back on page after the very difficult politics surrounding the aukus announcement. but one of the goals thof trip, apart from the obvious ones of climate and that global minimum corporate tax rate is getting the western alliance back together again, rehabilitating it after what was a very difficult summer with many remaining issues surrounding afghanistan specially. but i think as we look forward, joe biden is facing a difficult time at home, but really seeking now to take forward his agenda, focusing on asia, focusing on climate and on healing that alliance. >> you mentioned his difficult time at home, because of course, as joe biden arrives in the midst of these tensions with allies, his leadership looks

somewhat diminished and shaky by his inability to get his own domestic agenda passed. and with no climate deal on the table, what impact will this have on his efforts to get allies on board with pledges and promises when he can't even get his own party behind them? >> i think that america's key allies understand very well the domestic politics that the president is facing. they understand it's within his own party, as well as across the aisle. but what they also see now is a pretty radical transformation on the question of climate when it comes to u.s. leadership. not with standing what's happening in washington. remember, as you know so well, it was not long ago that we had a u.s. president that denied the fact of climate change. so it's a difficult set of politics, but this is a president who is saying i'm doing my best. i'm going to bring the country along with me. it's going to take time.

he's had john kerry here in london making a very strong case. another key question is, you know, there is some division within the biden administration on the question of china. with those who really think we have got to be careful with the u.s./china relationship in order to get china fully on board the climate agenda. and those who think the stakes are too high and very hard line is critical, given the need for deterrence, and the geopolitical chal challenges. >> and sort of given all of this, what commitments, though, can we expect to come out of joe biden's trip? many are saying the absence of china and russia will make it difficult to make those commitments, but on the other side of the coin, perhaps the absence of those two leaders will help the u.s. reclaim the mantle of global leader is. that possible? >> i think first of all, they

will be there with smaller teams, not the leaders of the country, but also using technology and various tomorrows, it's not the same. but you're right, that the lack of -- the leadership at the highest levels creates the opportunity for joe biden to reclaim the mantle. on concrete measures, biden is looking at the g20 to secure a commitment to the minimum global corporate tax rate that. is essential for him. he wants that -- globally, he wants that for his domestic audience. talk about climate finances is absolutely key, getting some sort of commitment from developing countries. and really pushing countries to accelerate their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. not only the ultimate target for

net zero, but really accelerating their move towards that. this is what the president is seeking to achieve. and it's not only a stated commitment, but as is always the case with these summits, it's really getting the private sector, the public sector, affirming those private/public partnerships, getting civil society engaged and driving momentum in the right direction. it comes at a very difficult time, climate, the distribution of cost and benefits on climate change is highly unequal as we know. but this is a president that is seeking to drive a very positive agenda, and really aiming to build up the alliance in order to do that effectively. >> we'll be watching very closely to see what comes out of this overseas trip. leslie, many thanks for joining us. meantime, joe biden is

expected to attend a meeting of house democrats in just a few hours. a source says he will try to convince progressives to vote for his infrastructure bill later in the day. he'll make remarks shortly before leaving the white house for his overseas trip. this comes as his largest social spending and climate change bill is still being negotiated. here is our report. >> reporter: joe biden still doesn't have a deal on his social and climate spending package. democrats still working to resolve major sticking points, including the top line spending nu number, an effort to expand medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing. and exactly how to pay for everything. despite the mountain of unresolved issues, at the white house and capitol hill, a full-court press still underway. joe biden sitting down with the

two key holdouts, senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema at the white house on tuesday. >> the president has made it very clear, he wants to move forward. he's working 24/7. i guarantee you, i have been with him. he's working as hard as he can to get a good, solid deal. and, you know, he believes 100% of nothing is nothing. >> reporter: top white house officials keeping up the pressure, meeting with manchin and sinema for more than two hours. joe manchin still casting doubts on key provisions to pay for the bill, like a tax on billi billionaires. >> i don't like it. >> reporter: there is progress on some issues. senators sinema and ranching rallying around a 15% minimum corporate tax, saying the climate provisions in the bill will total more than $500 billion. reassuring progressives. as for the rest, with or without

a dial, biden will board air force one. >> i would not suggest he's going to delay his trip. he doesn't have the space to delay much. >> reporter: cnn is learning that the paid family and medical leave that was set to be included, that is going to now be scrapped from that bill all together. joe bidened a talked last week about bringing that down from the 12 weeks he had promised down to 4 weeks, but it's being scrapped because of opposition from senator joe manchin. and now beyond ultimately agreeing to a framework for this reconciliation bill, there is still the outstanding question of exactly how to proceed for the votes. progressives are insisting that they will not vote for that bipartisan infrastructure bill in the house, until that reconciliation bill also comes to a vote, at least the very same day. that goes much further than what the white house has been hoping for is that a framework

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welcome back, everyone. there are new developments in the growing military threat from china to the u.s. and its allies. and exclusive reaction from taiwan's president. first, the top u.s. general is confirming for the first time the pentagon believes china tested a hyper sonic weapon back in august. the financial times reported early this month, the space launched weapon could potentially evade u.s. missile defenses. the joint chiefs chairman mark milley is worried about china's expanding military and cyber

capabilities. >> what we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapons system. and it is very concerning. i think i saw in some of the newspapers, they used the term "sputnik" moment. i don't know if it's quite a sputnik moment, but it's close to that. so it's a very significant, technological event or test that occurred by the chinese. and it has all of our attention. >> so let's bring in will ripley who joins us live from taipei. great to see you. your interviewed taiwan's president. what did she say about the threat posed by china and what she hopes the u.s. will do should beijing ever attack? >> reporter: she said she has faith that the united states would indeed come to taiwan's aid, with other democratic allies, such as japan, which is moving missiles to its islands near taiwan in the momming

kon -- coming months. she talked about the taiwanese people to stand strong from a growing threat from across the taiwan strait. at this temple in taipei, prayer and politics go hand in hand, for the president of taiwan. >> normally, when i go through the temple, there are hundreds of people there. but i will shake hands with each one of them. >> people are remark my happy, at ease. >> you get the sense that there is somebody to take care of them. >> reporter: elected in 2016, she won re-election by a land slide last year, on a promise to keep people safe from what she calls a growing threat across the taiwan strait. is taiwan more safe today than it was when you became president in 2016? >> if it's a threat from china, it's increasing every day. >> reporter: the mainland's massive military, 2 million strong, more powerful than ever.

china flew 150 warplanes near taiwan in just five days this month. this democracy of more than 23 million, governs separately from the mainland for more than 70 years since the end of china's civil war, still seen as a breakaway province in the eyes of beijing's communist rulers, who have never controlled the island. china has pressured most of the world to sever ties with taipei. chinese president xi jinping says reunification is only a matter of time. are you interested in speaking with president xi? would you like to have more communication with him? >> more communication would be helpful so that we would reduce misunderstanding. given our differences, differences in terms of our political systems, we can sit down and talk about our differences and try to make arrangements so that we will be

able to co-exist peacefully. >> your predecessor did meet with president xi. why do you think the communication has gone south since 2016? >> i think the relationship has changed a lot, and china's plan towards the region is very different. >> reporter: that plan includes war threats over taiwan. clashes with japan in the east china sea, and militarizing man made islands in the south china sea, posing a direct challenge to seven decades of u.s. military supremacy in the indo-pacific. in response, the u.s. sold taiwan $5 billion in weapons last year. she confirms exclusively to cnn u.s. support goes beyond selling weapons. does that support include sending some u.s. service members to help train taiwanese troops? >> well, yes.

we have a wide range of cooperation with the u.s. and increasing our defense capability. >> how many u.s. service members are deployed in taiwan right now? >> not as many as people thought. >> reporter: defense department records show the number of u.s. troops in taiwan increased from 10 in 2018 to 32 earlier this year. the state department asked for more marines to safeguard the unofficial u.s. embassy in ta taipei. any u.s. military presence in taiwan, big or small, is perceived by beijing as an act of aggression. u.s. marines were training tay w -- taiwanese troops, china released this video.

a warning for joe biden, who vowed to defend taiwan at this cnn town hall last week. >> are you saying that the united states would come to taiwan's defense? >> yes, we have a commitment to do that. >> reporter: the white house later walked back biden's comments. they seemed to contradict the long standing u.s. policy of strategic ambiguity, leaving u.s. military involvement in taiwan an open question. >> people have different interpretation of what joe biden has said. >> do you have faith that the united states would defend taiwan if the mainland were to try to move on taiwan? >> i do have faith. and given the long-term relationship that we have the u.s. and we have the support of the u.s. as well as the congress and the administration has been very helpful. >> reporter: taiwan's defense minister says china could launch a full-scale war by 2025. he says military tensions are the worst in more than 40 years.

>> we have to expedite our military reform, so we have the ability to defend ourselves. and given the size of taiwan, compared to the size of the prc, develop iing a symmetric capability is key for us. we are trying to make ourselves stronger in every aspect, including our military support and international support. >> bolstered by taiwan's importance to the global supply chain. the island is a world leader in semiconductors. taiwan was asia's fastest growing economy last year. despite everything, she appears calm and confident. you talked about how really the

situation is so complex now. >> it is very complex. this is probably the most challenging time for people of taiwan. >> you read the outside headlines, the most dangerous place on earth. >> we read these reports of all the threats we are under, and we are to get ourself better prepared, but we are not panicked or anxious, because we have gone through so many difficulties in the past. >> reporter: she says taiwan's future must be decided by its people, the people who worked hard over the last 70 years to build the world's only chinese speaking democracy, a democracy under growing threat. and so the u.s. role here, clarified a bit by her. she's the first taiwanese leader in over 40 years to confirm there are u.s. troops on the ground here on this island,

helping to train taiwanese troops. her foreign minister was very clear to say these troops are not based here. they are assisting, but they don't have a permanent base here. perhaps that's an attempt by the government to just sort of try to prevent any sort of fiery response from beijing to this sort of comment, because it's been an open secret that this has happened but it's never been publicly confirmed until now. chinese president xi jinping has said that reunification with taiwan will happen. they have not ruled out force, even as recently as yesterday, they said they will take taiwan by force. taiwan has never declared independence, and sxhina still considers the 23 million people

that live here their citizens. >> will ripley, appreciate it. g20 leaders prepare to meet face to face for the first time in two years. yet even with a looming climate crisis, and ongoing pandemic, the leaders of russia and china decided to stay home. details from rome just ahead. plus, new details on the fatal shooting on the "rust" film set. the shocking admission by a crew member about the gun fired by alec baldwin. that's coming up. tony herere from creditrepair.com taking to the streets to talklk about credit. can you repair your credit yourself? yes. -great. how? uhhh...

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welcome back, everyone. leaders of the world's 20 wealthiest nations are getting ready to meet this weekend in rome for the first time in more than two years. the two leaders, russia's vladamir putin and china's xi jinping are skipping the g20. joe biden is expected to leave for rome later today, and will meet with the pope on friday more now from cnn's nic robertson in rome. >> reporter: rome is ready. but some invitees are not. vladamir putin of russia to be a no-show. president xi of china too, and mexico's president, ditto. can't come to rome because of covid issues at home. last year's g20 in riyadh, pandemic restrictions kept everyone away. rome was supposed to be different.

the first face-to-face for g20 leaders since japan hosted the summit june of 2019. but now rather than at a meeting of big rivals, it skoub a lot less frost y. covid topics, specifically vaccine inequality, along with climate change will dominate. equality for women and support for small and medium businesses will also be on the agenda. at stake too, the reputation for these world leader summits for delivering on somewhat they promise. >> together, we have addressed this challenge. >> reporter: a year ago, g20 leaders helped to use their wealth to get vaccines. since then, russia, china, the u.s. and others have shipped vaccines to developing nations. but summit rhetoric then and since has become detached from ground reality. the uk's former p.m., calling on

today's leaders to match words with action. >> boris johnson promised at the g7 he was going to vaccinate the whole world. since then, so little has happened. >> reporter: the g20 nations have deep pockets, accounting for 80% of the world's gdp. many facing increasing pressure to give vaccines to the developing world now, ahead of booster shots at home. >> it's allowing variants to develop and run wild, condemning the world to millions more detsde deaths and prolonging an economic slowdown. >> reporter: covid is a hot topic on rome's streets, too. there is anger with the government's handling of the crisis. europe's strictest vaccine policy. bringing the pandemic under control and ending economic uncertainty will help focus leader's minds here. but absent president xi and

putin at the table, it seems a stretch to have a covid solution. nic robertson, cnn, rome. after the g20, the u.s. president will travel to scotland for the cop-26 climate summit. but it looks like he won't have much to show. he has vowed to cut around half of u.s. greenhouse gas emissions below their 2005 levels by 2030. the white house says he's considering new executive actions, restricting methane, mercury, and power plant emissions. but analysts say that won't be enough, and that joe biden will need congress to pass clean energy bills to reach his goal. for more on all of this, we're joined by professor and volcano gist jess phoenix. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> as one of the world's biggest

carbon polluters along with china, india, russia and japan, what does the u.s. need to do to lead the charge at the cop 26 climate summit in glasgow? so far america hasn't been setting a stellar example, falling short of its carbon pledges. and right now biden doesn't have a climate deal, just promises. >> yeah, it's definitely a less than ideal position to be in. however, the united states does have a long track record of become a leader in global affairs. so i think that with the new government that the u.s. has, it has had in the last year, and a lot of the strong actions we have taken to reassure our allies around the world, i think we're well positioned to make a return to the track we were on, where we were trying to meet our paris accord numbers, and just really attempting to become a

leader in global green tech. that's where the united states is going to have to position itself to remain competitive and a strong ally to our friends around the world. >> and jess, this climate summit starts sunday and could determine if woshldrld leaders bring the negative impact of climate change under control. but according to the annual u.n. emissions gap report, they're not even on track to meet its own existing pledges. so what do they all need to do to try to turn this around? >> i would say the biggest thing is to really get away from fossil fuels. that is our biggest sticking point, our biggest stumbling block. it's propelled many societies around the world into the modern era, yet it's something that is actively undercutting our future as a planet. this is not limited to any one

country. and what we do see is that the countries that are wealthier produce more of the carbon emissions from fossil fuels. and countries that are less developed, usually end upholding the shorter end of the stick when it comes to dealing with the repercussions of the changing climate. >> and china's xi jinping even turning out to the cop-26 summit, despite china being the biggest emitter of carbon emissions. and other leaders are staying home, including russia's president vladamir putin. why do these world leaders fail to recognize the dire circumstances facing our man et due to climate change, is it ignorance or pure opportunism and about money? >> i mean, when you break it down, a lot of politics is about money. i'm sure there's that element of it, too. and when you see people being very doom and gloom about the climate or pessimistic or just

staying home, what they're doing is acting from a position of less urgency, of more privilege. if you have, you know, sea levels rising into your house, you don't have the luxury of waiting to take action. and these word leaders are saying we're going to kick the can down the road and get rid of the accountability. they're going to shirk that. so it's really important, even more important than the nations in attendance, step up and make a strong unified statement of action. >> of course, we mentioned the world's five biggest carbon polluters, chaccounting for almt 60% of all global emissions. does there need to be more naming and shaming or holding those nations to account in other ways to wake them up, to tell the rest of the world these are the culprits, the countries not doing their part? >> well, it's a hill t bit

nuanced, because i can say yes. but there's also the no that comes along with -- again, if you look at the u.s., we are a much more developed nation than some of the ones on that list. so it's very difficult to say we've been able to enjoy indoor air conditions and on demand heating and electricity whenever we want. and countries like india, that are a little further behind in the development of the infrastructure, we can't turn to them and say no, you can't enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. so we need to find ways to encourage investment in green tech, in a lot of these countries that have people who are going to be suffering from climate change. so this is a real opportunity, i think, for the united states to basically supercharge its economy by becoming a global leader in green tech and encouraging investment in countries where the technologies

are really needed and tin vestment can be juiced right away. >> jess phoenix, a pleasure to chat with you. >> thanks, rosemary. more rain is coming. a powerful storm hit sicily this week, killing at least two people and leaving one person injured. here is more on the rare hurricane-like storm. >> reporter: flash floods caused by a hurricane in the mediterranean on the flanks of mt. etna, have shut down the city. cars were floating in normally picturesque squares and roads washed out after the area received aier's worth of rain in just 48 hours. the city cut power to the center of town and closed all schools and businesses until at least friday. they warned the worst is not over, sense forecasts show more rain on the way.

the sheriff in santa fe, new mexico, says the gun fired by alec baldwin last week on the "rust" film set, shot a suspected live round, killing through member halyna hutchins and injuring the film's director. police suspect other live rounds were on the set that day. here's the latest. >> reporter: the facts are clear, a weapon was handed to mr. bald wwin and it fired a li round, killing ms. hutchins. >> reporter: authorities revealing the gun fired by alec baldwin and killing director of photography halyna hutchins on the set of "rust" held a suspected live broround. >> the led projectiles that was fired has withbeen recovered. >> reporter: the sheriff saying they suspect some of the 5 hum

rounds of ammunition recovered are live, but only one of the guns appears functional. >> the other action is a single action army .45 revolver. that one way not be functioning. the other firearm is a plastic nonfunctioning revolver. >> reporter: and the assistant director dave halls who handed alec baldwin the gun, acknowledges failing to fully check the firearm. the warm saying halls could only remember seeing three rounds. he advised he should have checked all of them but can't. the same document shows that armorer hannah gutierrez-reed told investigators no live ammo is ever kept onset. she was fired from another film after a crew member was injured in a gun incident. and she was the subject of complaints over safety and his behavior on the set of

"freedom's fapath." two crew members tell cnn the "rust" armorer ms. gutierrez mishandled weapons on another movie set with nicholas cage. >> it will take many more facts before we can get to that criminal negligence standard. >> reporter: the district attorney telling cnn later what that standard could rest on. >> the way that i was sort of taught is you treat a firearm like a live snake. and so it's a terrible tragedy. we don't know how those live rounds got there. and i think that that will probably end up kind of the linchpin for whether a decision is made about charges. >> we need help immediately. >> reporter: the low budget film saw a camera crew walking offset the day after the accident.

and allegations of using prop weapons for target practice. "rust" productions has said that safety is a top priority. we learned one detail today, though, and that is that the cameras were not rolling according to the sheriff. they hope that perhaps some information that could have been pulled from that video is not going to be an issue in this case. coming up, growing calls for civil disobedience in sudan, where thousands are turning out to oppose the military takeover. the latest in a live report, next.

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welcome back, everyone. iran has agreed to resume crucial talks about its nuclear program before the end of

november. low-level talks with world powers were suspended back in june, when iran's hardline president took office. he has blamed the u.s. for leaving the earlier agreement, and is demanding sanctions be lifted. the biden administration has been trying to get iran back to the negotiating table, and warned the window for diplomacy was closing. tehran's nuclear program has been moving far past the limits set by the 2015 deal. international pressure is mounting on sudan's coup leaders just days after they launched a military takeover. this as protestors again backed the streets to oppose the unfolding coup. cnn's reporter is following developments and joins us now live from nairobi. so what is the latest on the situation in sudan, and where is all of this likely going? >> reporter: so it's all leading

up to a major plan this saturday. there's been sustained protestors on the streets since monday. this power sharing agreement has been in place since 2019. now, protestors are back on the streets, and the sudanese people have done this before. in 2019, because of popular protests organized by the sudanese, by local resistance groups, they all came together and ended the rule of al bashir after 30 years. and when the military tried to stay longer, they made sure -- they're going to do this. antony blinken had a call with the foreign minister, as well as the head of the african union, which suspended sudan. and the world bank has suspended any aid to the country until there's a return to normalcy. so a lot of international pressure right now on the

military to heed the demands of the people, the democratic aspirations of the ordinary citizens that want to make sure that they can go back to full civilian rule. >> larry keeping an eye on what is happening on the ground in sudan. many thanks. brazil's senate commission is recommending criminal charges against the president for his handling of the pandemic. but the attorney general is considered an ally and charges are not expected. his approval rating is plummeting, but his role model, donald trump, is endorsing him, saying brazil is lucky to have him. venezuela's president disagrees, calling him an idiot. the world series is heading

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the world health organization has some bad news for europe, as the region heads into winter. it says while other parts of the world are seeing declining or steady covid numbers, europe is reporting a dramatic increase in cases and deaths. accounting for over 57% of new global covid infections in the past week. and 8,000 nicarnicaraguans have evacuated. vaccine supplies are running low in the country where less than 20% of the population is fully

vaccinated. the u.s. state department has announced a major milestone in supporting equality for all americans. the agency has issued the first u.s. passport with an x gender marker for nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming people. in a statement wednesday, the department reiterated its commitment to promoting the freedom, dignity, and equality of all people. the houston astros have evened up the world series at one game apiece. an infield hit by jose siri broke a 1-1 tie in the second inning, and the hits kept on coming. the astros scored early and often in game two after losing the season opener. some costly defensive mistakes by the braves gave houston two more runs in the inning. final score, astros 7, braves 2.

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