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hello and a very warm welcome to viewers across the united states and around the world. i'm isa soares and just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> we are, after all, the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on earth. >> if we fail, they will not forgive us. >> the decisions you make here will help determine whether the rain spirits return to our land. world immediaters meet for last best chance to save the
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planet. we're live in scotland for the cop-26 summit. plus a cnn exclusive report. a heartbreaking look at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in afghanistan. and new january 6 documents reveal what donald trump is trying to keep secret from congress. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, november the 2nd. at this hour, world leaders will begin arriving for a second day of critical climate talks in glasgow. after a day of warnings and calls for urgent at cop-26, let's hope countries will start pushing forward with more concrete commitments. in the hours ahead we are expecting to see the first substantial deal. according to the british government, more than 100 world
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leaders representing over 85% of the world's forests will commit to ending and reversing deforestation by 2030. now, on monday in his prime minister set 2070 as a target date to reach zero carbon emissions. that came on a day dozens of world leaders spoke about the urgency of the climate crisis. take a listen. >> will we act? will we do what is necessary? will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? or will we condemn future generations to suffer? this is the decade that will determine the answer, this decade. >> enough of killing ourselves with carbon. enough of treating nature like a toilet. enough of burning and drilling and mining our way deeper. we are digging our own graves. >> if we fail, they will not forgive us.
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they will know that glasgow was the historic turning point when history failed to turn. >> now, president biden says he hopes the u.s. will lead by the power of example, and he apologized to world leaders for the climate actions taken by the trump administration. >> i guess i shouldn't apologize, but i do apologize for the fact the united states in the last administration pulled out of the paris accords. >> let's get more on the story. joining us from edinborough, scotland, good morning to you, phil. we outlined yesterday it was about the stark warning. today we are expecting to hear commitment bills. that means commitment to end deforestation by 2030. talk me through what's in that commitment. i mean, are the biggest players on board? how far does it go? i'm thinking of meat consumption, of course, the biggest drivers of
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deforestation. >> reporter: so, this is one of the first big announcements to be made over the course of this conference. it is separate to the paris agreement process, which is aimed at driving down emissions country by country. this is a voluntary political agreement between 100 plus countries, we are told. separate to the issue of food consumption, it has been signed on by countries which do have big agricultural industries, which produce agricultural products and commodities like palm oil and soy and those sorts of things which are responsible for significantly driving deforestation. it includes brazil, for example. so in theory this should go towards protecting the amazon. 100-plus countries covering some 85% of the world's forests, we are told, backed up with some finance as well. a mix of public and private, around $19 billion worth. so potentially significant, it is saving trees as we know is
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iconic for environmental and climate activists. we are waiting to hear precisely what they think of this. the response has been pretty cautious, no doubt saving forests is worthwhile, but they want too know the detail. they want to know where the money is going to go. they want to know more of the specifics of the plan. it is on the whole, though, an important area of focus, something that the prime minister boris johnson here has been talking about trying to make progress on for sometime. the act of deforestation itself is responsible for a big chunk of annual gloebal emissions. deforestation is depleting a vital resource which then is also responsible -- has the potential to remove carbon from the atmosphere. carbon sink, if you like, a vital resource for countries as they strive to achieve carbon neutrality towards the middle of the century. natural resources are a big part
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of the mix of solutions. natural solutions, i should say, are a big part of the solutions to help countries achieve that. that is why there has been strong will to thereby and make some progress on this front, isa. >> very briefly, phil, we've seen world leaders meet inside. we've had the warnings from them and the pledges coming today. we have also seen, phil, protests outside of glasgow, of cop-26. i'm thinking here greta thunberg. what is the mood like there? >> reporter: well, i think that is expected to ramp up over the coming week. there are protesters that have traveled here from vast distances, often over very long periods of time, in a deliberate statement traveling sometimes on foot, having trekked from vast distances across europe, so forth. many people traveling by train, deliberately using low-carbon options.
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the protest action i think is going toe intensify over the course of the week ahead. but these are all people who had gone to a great deal of effort to come here and maintain pressure on world leaders so that the most significant progress is possible over the course of the next two weeks, isa. >> phil black in edinborough, scotland. phil, good to see you. ahead on the show i'll talk to a climate expert about the pledges being made at the cop-26 summit, particularly what phil was talking about, the deforestation. we'll go live to glasgow in 20 minutes or so for that. back in washington, the center piece for biden's agenda may get a green light after being stalled in congress for months. democratic leaders have been trying to pass a $$1 trillion bill in the house. they are holding it up on the finalized social safety net plan. while progression inland valleys in the democrat house say they're ready to move forward,
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the parties said it once again, casting doubt on the whole effort. take a listen to this. >> i believe from the conversations i've had and the accounts that we've done, we will have almost all or all of our members voting for both bills, yes. we're assuming these things get resolved. we still have a few things on the table to get resolved. >> political games have to stop. holding this bill hostage is not going to work, and getting my support for reconciliation bill. what i see are shell games, budget gimmicks. none of us should misrepresent to the american people what the cost is. >> they said manchin will come around despite that statement. jessica dean is on capitol hill this week. >> reporter: sources are telling cnn both the bipartisan infrastructure package as well as the build back better act could get votes on the house floor by wednesday or thursday of this week. now, of course, put a giant
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asterisk by that. timing as we have seen continues to slip on both of these bills, but that is what house democratic leadership is sort of eyeing at this point. we heard from senator joe manchin on capitol hill on monday. he held a press conference where he said he wants greater clarity on what's going into the build back better act, and also how it's going to impact both the debt and also the economy moving forward. that is not where the white house thought he was. it's not where really anybody thought he was. they thought they would have greater assurances from him at this point. but house progressives who have said they would not vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill until they had assurances from manchin and also senator kyrsten sinema that they would support that companion build back better act. they are now saying they are willing to vote yes in favor of both bills as long as those bills move at exactly the same time, which could explain why we may see this movement on the
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house floor later this week. in the meantime, there are still negotiations ongoing surrounding what exactly will be in the final text of that build back better act. we know over the weekend and also on monday and likely into the rest of this week, there continue to be negotiations about prescription drug pricing and being able to negotiate some of those prices to save people money on prescription medications. we'll continue to keep an eye on that. jessica dean, cnn, capitol hill. well, in virginia today is the final day of voting in the key governor's race. republican glenn youngkin and democrat were across the state on monday. it could provide valuable insight ahead of voters in next year's election. jeff zeleny has more for you. >> reporter: one final push for votes in virginia. >> do not sleep for 24 hours. let's bring this baby home!
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>> reporter: democrat terry mcauliffe is seeking a second act as virginia's governor. on election eve he's locked in a bitter duel with republican businessman glenn youngkin. >> the entire nation is watching that. all eyes are on virginia. >> reporter: he won the commonwealth by ten points. republicans are riding a wave of energy. they hope to spark a party resurgence. as democrats scram not to keep their party together and avoid an embarrassing defeat. >> there is not going to be a democrat anywhere in this nation who thinks his or her seat is safe. >> reporter: virginia elects governors the year after the presidential race. the party in the white house has won every time except once, in 2013 when mcauliffe narrowly carried the state after president obama's reelection. >> we can't get this done unless we keep this positive momentum going. >> reporter: this time the political head winds facing the democrats are strong. even with the parade of party stars visiting over the last month.
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tonight be more than 1.1 million virginians have already voted. casting their ballots early. aides to both campaigns tell cnn they expect a record turnout for a governor's race, with most of the electorate voting on tuesday. the race has emerged as a proxy war for the popularity of the current president and the former one. >> that's what you get with glen trump-kin. >> reporter: donald trump praised youngkin in a statement saying we get along well together and strongly believe in many of the same policies. hoping to woo independent voters, he hoped to tie youngkin to trump. >> donald trump and glenn youngkin are trying to run down the democracy of this country and we will not tolerate it. >> reporter: youngkin has walked a trump tight rope. he's tapped into the latest front on the culture wars. from vaccine mandates to what kids learn and read in the
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classroom. it's put the power of the parents' movement at the center of the race. >> this is no longer a campaign. this is a movement led by parents. led by virginians. >> reporter: jeff zeleny, cnn, fairfax, virginia. >> we'll have much more on the governor's race right here throughout the day on cnn. now, a cdc advisory committee is set to meet in the coming hours to vote on the use of the pfizer biontech vaccination on children. the reformulated shot is one-third of the adult vaccine, and the white house already has enough shots waiting to vaccinate 28 million children. even though the new program is ready to take off at full strength, officials want parents to feel comfortable as well as informed. >> we've been planning and preparing for this moment. wore ready to execute pending cdc's decision. and starting the week of november 8th, our vaccination program for kids ages 5 through 11 will be running at full
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strength. >> we'll know the possibility of vaccines for our children will be a welcome relief for many families, and we also know parents will have a lot of questions. and i would encourage parents to ask questions as they consider the benefits of vaccinating their children. >> well, according to the american academy of pediatrics, nearly 101,000 children were infected with covid last week as you can see there on your screen. nearly 6.4 million kids have been infected globally since the start of the pandemic. the u.s. supreme court heard arguments that could decide the future of abortion rights in america. both center around a texas law that bans procedure once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, ass thathat is usually around six weeks. justice kagan said it could open the door for other states to use the same tactic. take a listen. >> essentially, we would be
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inviting states, all 50 of them, with respect to their unpreferred constitutional rights to try to nullify the law that this court has laid down as to the content of those rights. i mean, that wassing? that until this law came along, no state dreamed of doing. and essentially, we would be like -- we're open -- you're open for business. there is nothing the supreme court can do about it. guns, same-sex marriage, religious rights, whatever you don't like, go ahead. >> well, meanwhile conservative justices brett kavanaugh and coney barrett signalled they would be open to challenge the law. his cabinet echoing some of kagan's concerns. >> it could be free speech rights, it could be free exercise of religion rights, it could be second amendment rights if this position is accepted here, the theory of the amicus
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brief is it could be easily replicated in other states that disfavor other constitutional rights. >> but whatever the court decides, it won't block the law immediately since the justices are only deciding who can sue to block the law. and before the texas cases can play out, there is a chance the court will have already decided another case about mississippi's abortion law. now, for the first time the national archives has laid out what former u.s. president donald trump is fighting to keep secret from lawmakers investigating the capitol, the attack on the u.s. capitol. we have the latest for you. and the unthinkable choices some parents in afghanistan say they must make as a humanitarian crisis unfolds. we'll have an exclusive report next. with up to 50% morore lotion puffs bring soothing softness and relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. look, i gotta say something.
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speak to children and show their faces because they say they cannot change the practice themselves. here's cnn's anna corinne with this exclusive report. >> reporter: in this arid desolate landscape, some of afghanistan's internally displaced. among its residents, 9-year-old pawana. her bright pink dress, squeals of laughter unfold in the horror of this in hospitable environment. they moved here after her father lost her job. menial work at $3 a day provide basic staples to survive. since the taliban takeover 2 1/2 months ago, any money or assistance has dried up.
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and without mouths to feed, powana's father is doing the unthinkable. i have no work, no money or food. i have to sell my daughter, he says. i have no other choice. powana who dreams of going to school and becoming a teacher applies makeup. a favorite pass time for little girls. she knows she is preparing for what awaits her. my father has sold me because we don't have bread, rice and flour. he sold me to an old man. the man who claims he is 55 years old comes to collect her. he's bought powana for 2,000 afghan is, just over $2,000. covered up, she whimpers as her mother holds her.
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this is your bride. please take care of her, says her father. of course, i will take care of her, replies the man. his large hands grab her small frame. powana tries to pull away. as he carries her only bag of belongings, she again resists. digging her heels into the dirt, but it's futile. the fate of this small helpless child has been sealed. child marriage is nothing new in poor rural parts of afghanistan. but human rights activists are reporting an increase in cases because of the economic and humanitarian crisis engulfing the country. >> these are devastating decisions that no parent should ever have to make, and it really speaks to what an extraordinary break down is happening in afghanistan right now. >> reporter: for months, the
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u.n. has been warning of a catastrophe as afghanistan, a war-ravaged country descends into a brutal winter. billions of dollars in central bank assets were frozen after the taliban swept to power in august. banks are running out of money. wages haven't been paid for months, while food prices soar. according to the u.n., more than half the population doesn't know where their next meal is coming from. and more than 3 million children under the age of 5 face acute malnutrition in the coming months. >> people of afghanistan need a lifeline. >> reporter: and while a billion dollars has been pledged by u.n. donor to help the half began people, less than half the funds have been received as the international community holds off recognizing the taliban government. >> people of afghanistan will be dying of hunger in the next couple of months. and not just a few. this is just making people more and more vulnerable, and we cannot accept that.
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>> reporter: sentiments shared by the taliban. >> translator: we are asking aid agencies to come back to afghanistan and help these poor people, otherwise a crisis will worsen. >> reporter: this family in the neighboring province are trying to sell two daughters. 9-year-old littan and 4-year-old zettan for a thousand u.s. dollars each. do you know why they are selling you, the journalists ask? because we are a poor family and don't have any food to eat, she says. are you scared, he asks? yes, i am. another family in gohl province borrowed money from a neighbor. now he's demanding it back but they have nothing to give except their 10-year-old daughter. my daughter doesn't want to go and is crying all the time. i am so ashamed, he says. terrified, she threatens to take her life.
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if they push me to marry the old man, i will kill myself. i don't want to leave my parents. days later she discovers the sale has been finalized. another afghan child sold into a life of misery. isa, it is absolutely harrowing knowing what these young girls will be subjected to. just an update on the 10-year-old girl in the story who threatened to take her life. she will be handed over to that 70-year-old man who bought her for 2,000 u.s. dollars in the coming days. now, if the lack of aid is not urgently addressed, the united nations projects that by the middle of next year, 89 -- 97% of afghans will be living below the poverty line, meaning there will be even more girls who will end up like magul and powana,
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isa. >> exclusive reporting, incredibly stressful. appreciate it, anna. right back after a short break. do stay right here. yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. have you ever sat here and wondered: "couldn't i do this from home?" with letsgetchecked, you can. it's virtual care with hom all from the comfort of... here. letsgetchecked. care can be this good. do you struggle to fall asleep and stay aslee qunol sleep formul combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol.
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minutes' time. now, a major announcement is expected today at the cop-26 conference in scotland. britain says more than 100 world leaders will commit to ending deforestation by 2030. it accounts for 11% of the world's carbon emissions. part of the biden agenda is combatting climate change. the president is working with world leaders to do just that at the conference. those representing smaller nations are there as well and calling on the developed world to give them resources to really night global warming. the president on the seychelles says countries like his are gasping for survival and warned his country of 150 islands could be reduced to less than 50 if nothing is done to stop the rising sea levels. now we'll take you to a k3450u7b9 in africa as people are watching their homes and
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historic buildings being washed away. senegal is known as the venice of africa. many of its people are becoming climate refugees. cnn's fred pleitgen joins us from san louie. in scotland, in glasgow, people on the ground have been seeing the i mpacts of climate change fores for sometime. give us a sense of what you're hearing on the ground. >> reporter: they certainly have, isa. a lot of the grim projections we're hearing from the conference, a lot of them have come true already in western africa. this is a thriving or was a thriving fishing community. you can see fishermen coming out now. most of the fishermen have been out to sea for sometimes up to two weeks in those boats. the fishing community here in this unesco world heritage site community are under threat. the coast line is being destroyed by global warming which leads to rising sea levels which leads to major storm surges here that are destroying the houses that the people you
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see behind me live in. let's have a look. the fishermen's lives have always been tough here in san luis in northern senegal. fighting for survival on the harsh atlantic ocean. now because of climate change, the sea that has always provided for their livelihood is destroying their existence. sheikh czar lives in a house near the storm surge knowing the rest of the building could be washed away any time. we don't have anywhere to go, he says. if we had the means, we would move. where we are living is not safe. we are powerless. because of its geography, san luis is known as the venice of africa, a unesco world heritage site once the capital of senegal, now facing attrition due to the global climate emergency as erosion takes its toll on historic buildings and
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the people dwelling in them. fishing is a profession that spans generations here in san luis. thousands of fishermen and their families have already been displaced by global warming as rising sea levels have destroyed many houses here on the coast line. there is nothing left of where fisherman abdul's house once stood. he says many who lost their homes have become climate refugees. there are a lot of young people who have already fled to spain because they are homeless, he says. they have lost their jobs, many of them are going. others have had to move to this tent camp miles away from the ocean, living in poverty with little hope for improvement. rising sea levels are a threat to coastal areas around the world, already causing an increase in severe flash flooding and storm surges like in the new york and new jersey area after hurricane ida in september.
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the world needs to act fast or risk having to completely abandon some coastal regions in the future, especially in the u.s., says climate scientist. >> the entire east coast of the u.s., because of changes in the ocean currents, sea level is rising twice as fast on the east coast in the u.s. than globally. >> reporter: what is a dangerous projection for the world is already grim reality here in senegal, where the ocean that has defined the lives in this community for so long is now drifting them into an uncertain future. and, of course, isa, you can see the disaster happening to the structures on the shore which, of course, are almost all historic buildings. even more of a tlaj diragedy is human toll this has taken. 3,000 fishermen and their families have been displaced, forced to move inland. these are generations that have known nothing but fishing. other folks on the ground tell
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us many of the fishermen here try to take their boats and flee to europe, and everybody here can tell you of a relative who has tried to do that. many tried to flee across the sea and die along the way, isa. >> that shows the importance of signing off on these pledges. fred pleitgen for us in san luis, senegal. thank you very much. now shining a light on what donald trump wants to keep secret from lawmakers investigating the insurrection. we have the very latest for you next. nging right away. and d our shirts from custom ink help bring us together. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products toto help you feel connected. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com
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now, later this week a judge will hear arguments about whether former u.s. president donald trump's actions leading up to the capitol riot deserve
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executive privilege. this comes after the national archives laid out exactly what kind of documents he's trying to keep secret from lawmakers investigating the insurrection. cnn's paula reid explains. ♪ >> reporter: former president trump is seeking to stop congress from gaining access to a wide range of documents related to the january 6 attack on the capitol. according to a court filing from the national archives, trump has asserted privilege over 770 pages of documents from his time in the white house, including handwritten memos from his chief of staff about january 6. 30 pages of his daily schedules, call logs for trump and pence, white house records and other handwritten notes. trump sued to block congressional investigators from obtaining the documents after president biden refused to assert privilege, saying it would not be in the best interest of the united states to keep them secret.
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the house select committee argues that trump has no right to keep these records confidential, citing the committee's need to reconstruct trump's efforts to undermine the 2020 election and his actions on january 6. >> we want to document a complete record of everything that was going on really minute by minute during the day of the insurrection. >> reporter: the committee is expected to subpoena additional witnesses this week, but representative jamie raskin would not confirm whether one will be going to conservative law professor john eastman, who worked with trump's legal team to pressure pence to overturn the election results with fringe legal theories. >> he was the architect of the legal strategy to claim for the first time in american history that the vice president had the unilateral authority to reject electoral college votes that were the results of popular elections in arizona and pennsylvania and georgia.
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>> reporter: eastman has recently tried to distance himself from that plan, but cnn uncovered a radio interview just days before the insurrection where eastman claimed pence did have the power to throw out the electoral college votes if he had the spine. >> i think a lot of that depends on the courage and the spine of the individuals involved. >> that would be a nice way to say a guy named vice president mike pence? >> yes. >> reporter: this comes as the "washington post" published a series on the attack revealing that mark milley, the chairman of the can joint chiefs of staff suggested locking down the city. acting secretary christoffer said there would be an altercation and hindered its ability to track threats by switching the monitoring service a week before the attack. on thursday a judge will hear arguments on trump's claim of executive privilege. raised in the case are untested
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by the courts. and even if trump does not ultimately win this case, if he can convince the judge to at least delay handing over these documents to lawmakers until these larger questions are resolved, that could potentially hinder parts of the january 6th investigation. paula reid, cnn, washington. well, as we've been reporting, some officials warned trouble was brewing well before the january 6 attack. cnn spoke with the former head of intelligence at d.c.'s homeland security office who notified multiple agencies about the violent chatter. take a listen. >> the seeds of what happened on january 6 were planted long time ago, and we've seen this fomenting in american society well before january 6. and i know everyone is focused on january 6, and there will be an autopsy and it's ongoing right now. but while that autopsy is occurring, we can't lose sight of the fact that the elements that, that made january 6 possible are still there in our
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society. even after january 6, we started seeing thread information from individuals who didn't go to d.c. who lamented that they hadn't been here, and had articulated that it would have gone differently had they not -- had they been here. and so there's a lot of people out there, not just who you saw on january 6, that are of like mind. and i think that's probably the broader picture. >> well, he went on to say that authorities need to identify people who are mobilizing from radicalization to violence. and still ahead right here on the show, an airline pilot is under investigation after he reportedly used the phrase, "let's go brandon" over the inter come. we'll explain what that means after the break. tands still. "howow long do i have to wait here?" healthcare makes many of us feel anxious, confused, exposed, and overwhelmed—but it doesn't have to be that way. letsgetchecked offers virtual care with home health testing. take the test.
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hydrates better than the $400 cream. welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm sure these live pictures of world leaders kicking off cop-26. you can see prime minister of india narendra modi, they will cut to zero by 2070.
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he's promising a decade later. we'll stay on top of the live speeches coming in from glasgow. in the hours ahead we are expecting to see the first substantial deal, according to the british government, more than 100 leaders representing over 85% of the world's forests will commit to ending and reverting deforestation by 2030. let's head to glasgow now where mark joins us with the perspective of earth systems forest. professor, very good morning to you. we are expecting as i sqjust sa, to hear a pledge from 100 countries to end or reverse deforestation by 2030. brazil, indonesia, russia, the signatories. are you optimistic at all? >> i think this is a really important step forward because it is countries that have huge forests that are saying, we're going to stop deforestation by 2030. now, i know that's nine years in
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advance and we would really like it to stop now. it is interesting they are doing it now at cop and right at the beginning of cop. one of the other interesting things, isa, is sweetener, there is $20 billion that's been put on the table by some of the richest countries in the world to help those countries stop deforestation and hopefully start reforesting. >> i'm glad you mentioned that, professor. we were here before. didn't we have a similar promise in 2014? we didn't meet that. you think the sweetener could just be the deal that clinches it? >> well, i think, first, the deal in 2014, again, different politicians, different places and different countries. i think that's really important to realize that we're moving into a new way. i think one of the key things is actually people realizing actually deforestation is an economic loss to the country instead of an economic gain. the economy and that sweetener
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will actually start to make a difference. and also there is huge pressure from other world leaders to stop that deforestation. >> what i didn't see and maybe you have the details, pro first, is whether meat consumption, beef production, of course, the biggest driver of deforestation, whether that is included here. having reported on deforestation in brazil, this is something that kept coming up. >> well, i think the important thing to realize is that we actually produce enough food in the world to feed 10 billion people. there are only 7.9 billion. so, actually the argument that we have to deforest vast areas to actually grow food, et cetera, is a false one. what we really need to do is rethink our agriculture so we can use the food we already produce more fairly and distribute it better. so i think that's the key. actually understanding agriculture and that system. >> professor, thank you very much, sir, for your perspective. now, officials in china said
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so far all shanghai disneyland staff and visitors tested positive for covid-19. the closure began on sunday as thousands of people gathered for a halloween event. everyone inside was tested before leaving. k now, delta says it has zero tolerance for unruly behavior after a flight had to be diverted due to what the airline called a customer disturbance. the flight was headed from atlanta to los angeles when the incident occurred. delta issued this statement. quote, we applaud our flight crew's quick decision to avert and address the decision as expeditiously as possible so the remainder of our customers can resume their travels. well, meanwhile, america's political tensions are also flaring in the unfriendly skies. southwest airlines says it is investigating after reports of pilot signed off to his passengers by saying, "let's go brandon." as cnn's brian taught reports,
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the phrase has become an anti-biden code in some conservative circles. >> reporter: america's bitter political divide, again rears its head on a commercial airline flight. this time in the cockpit. on a southwest airlines flight from houston to albuquerque last friday, a pilot went onto the public address system and after discussing visibility and the weather, ending his greeting to passengers with the phrase "let's go, brandon." that's according to the associated press which coincidentally had a reporter on board. let's go brandon is a tongue in cheek reference to f joe biden. one retired pilot tells us political statements from pilots on the p.a. system were frowned upon when he flew. >> unprofessional. that's just the bottom line. any sort of, you know, openly opinionated statement over the public address system is just -- was just kind of forbid en. >> reporter: it all started with a reporter at a recent nascar race misunderstood a chant from the crowd.
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>> let's go brandon. >> reporter: instead she thought it was let's go brandon in support of the driver who just won the race. since that moment, the phrase let's go brandon has been openly used by republican politicians. >> let's go, brandon. >> reporter: ted cruz posed with a let's go brandon sign at a baseball game. >> say it. >> let's go brandon! >> reporter: he wore a mask with let's go brandon. >> this is to signal alignment with conservative values. >> reporter: southwest airlines issued a statement on the pilot's reported comment saying, southwest does not condone employees sharing their personal political opinions on the job. southwest is conducting an internal investigation into the recently reported event. but this isn't the only incident of its kind on a commercial airline recently. the united airlines pilot union sent a memo to all its pilots last week telling them not to use the emergency frequency, which pilots communicate on as
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their personal pulpit. a spokesman for the union says the memo was in reference to the phrase "let's go brandon." >> we don't stand up it's only going to get worse. >> reporter: tensions on flights political and otherwise may not have been higher. an attendant watt hospitalized with broken bones in her face following an attack from a passenger. on this recent american airlines flight, this man chewed on his mask and growled at the flight crew. with the faa reporting more than 4900 incidents of unruly passengers just this year, transportation secretary pete buttigieg was asked about a no fly list for violent passengers. >> i think that should be on the table. it is completely unacceptable to mistreat, abuse or even disrespect flight crews. >> reporter: regarding that southwest airlines pilot's let's go brandon comment, an associated press reporter who was on that flight tweeted that she tried to get comment from the pilot and was almost removed
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from the plane. but she did say she was asked them to open up a locked cockpit door. contacted by cnn, the spokesperson for the southwest airlines pilots association said the union would have no comment on the incident because it is under investigation. brian todd, cnn, washington. now, a new chapter in the "star wars" universe debut later this year. here's a first look at the book. >> i am not a bounty hunter. >> i've heard otherwise. >> the new series follows bounty hunter boba fett. it was given a new lease of life in mandalorian. the book is disney plus in december 29th. that does it for me right here on "cnn newsroom."
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