>> it's a solidarity, outpouring of love from these young men. >> it's amazing to know that even through a hard, dark time that you know you have so much support and love to get you through. >> you can actually feel that love. >> yes. >> we are all in this together. we will stick to it. we are a family, and we're going to fight it all together. >> they are. his teammates, the coach, his dad all shaving their heads. that wraps up the hour for me. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden on the world stage at the u.n. general assembly, calling on world leaders to continue their financial and military support for ukraine as president

zelenskyy appears in person there today for the very first time before going to washington to make a personal appeal to congress. >> russia believes the world will

>> no nation wants this war to end more than ukraine. we strongly support ukraine in its efforts to bring about diplomatic resolution that delivers just and lasting peace. russia alone bears responsibility for this war. russia alone has the power to

end this war immediately. >> joining me now, peter alexander and "wall street journal" white house reporter sabrina siddiqui. peter, to you. the big news from the president at the u.n. today, a number of issues, including artificial intelligence, global warming, very important, an appeal to the global south, an alignment against russia, importantly. also a lot on the middle east. >> no doubt. there are a lot of global challenges right now. ukraine is at the top of the list. the president only used parts of his remarks to focus on ukraine. president zelenskyy will be making his first in-person appearance here at the u.n. general assembly since the war began. the president described naked aggression right now of russia, saying it's critical the world community fights back against that naked aggression, to deter

would-be aggressors tomorrow. that focused on china right now and the fear china could invade ukraine. he praised the brave people of ukraine. the president recognizes the need for a collective effort, not just on the issue of ukraine but on so many other issues, including food insecurity with food prices around the world spiking right now, in part, due to what's taking place in ukraine. also talking about the need to focus on issues of the future, like artificial intelligence. >> emerging technologies hold enormous potential and enormous peril. we need to be sure to use these tools of opportunity, not as weapons of oppression. the united states is working to strengthen rules and policies so ai technologies are safe before they are released to the public.

to make sure we govern this technology, not the other way around, having it govern us. it's going to take all of us to get this right. >> the president describing this as an inflection point in world history. the concern, as i noted earlier, was not that china would invade ukraine, china would invade taiwan. those are some of the issues this president is facing, the global community faces, as it relates to ukraine. zelenskyy will speak later today. then he goes to washington, d.c., which is significant. he will meet with president biden one on one at white house. he will meet with lawmakers, make the case on his own behalf for additional funding to help support his war, just as vladimir putin has been meeting with kim jong-un in the eastern part of russia right now. it comes at a time when republicans are skeptical of sending more money to ukraine. americans probably, a majority, oppose additional funding it ukraine. >> it's at the heart -- right in

the middle of everything that's going on in congress right now. sabrina, i want to play what the president had to say about china. a big line drawn about china doing anything to tip the balance on ukraine. >> i want to be clear and consistent. we seek to responsibly manage the competition between our countries so it does not tip into conflict. i have said, we are for de-risking, not de-coupling with china. we stand to work with china where progress hinges on our common efforts. nowhere is that more critical than accelerating the climate crisis. >> this, sabrina, after jake sullivan, the national security advisor, as nbc broke this story over the weekend, went secretly

to malta to meet with the top foreign policy advisor to president xi to try to restore relationships. they still have not announced a meeting. they haven't said specifically that president xi will come to the united states in san francisco for the summit in november or having a meeting even before that with president biden. >> you are right, andrea. president biden's comments on china, i think, were in many ways a reflection of the careful line that his administration has been walking when it comes to beijing. you heard the president say the u.s. is not seeking conflict with china. this follows months of efforts by his administration to maintain an open line of communication with beijing and try to diffuse tensions. he also made clear the u.s. will push back on aggression and intimidation. so we have also seen these other efforts by the biden administration to counter beijing's influence in the indo-pacific, by strengthening

ties with india. that was a focus at the g20. and revamping how the world bank works with low income countries. to your point, we don't know when president biden himself is going to sit down with chinese leader xi jinping. they have not met in nearly a year. there's this lingering question about whether or not they will meet in san francisco later this year and what would come from that meeting after months and months of this careful balancing act that the administration has been putting forward, especially after tensions had really escalated to new heights following the chinese spy balloon incident earlier this year. >> peter, let me just also bring you back to ground level on this funding crisis. we will talk about more of this later in the program. senator tuberville holding up the military confirmations on

ukraine. lloyd austin in germany said that ukraine has now gotten -- regained 54% of the territory that russia had taken. that's not as good a record as the spring offensive as they wanted. ukraine money, as you pointed out, is in trouble. this whole fight over the spending bill, even if they get this stopgap that the house is doing, it's a non-starter in the senate. it's below the level they agreed to. the president mentioned -- thank goodness -- >> 20 year anniversary. >> president bush held in an op-ed in "the washington post," it was the -- i have been to africa. you have been there. it's the best thing -- the best advertisement for u.s. aid. >> it is aids relief. >> 20 million lives. they haven't reauthorized it. it's a bipartisan bill.

bono has been standing next to george w. bush on this. let me just say something. it's unbelievable. i have been in chad, these coups, anti-americanism against the french and others. the chinese and russians, not just the wagner group, but they are everywhere with the populations. we have done more for africa and health than any other administration, particularly republican administration, and it stalled. >> as you make that person, there are concerns throughout the world, the global south as it is described, parts of africa, asia, latin american that so much emphasis on ukraine does risk the focus that those countries want and they need for issues like efforts to combat viruses, aids, whatever else, you name it. that's a real concern. the only thing i will add, this president has a unique

opportunity on this u.n. that's unlike others in the past. the leaders of russia, china, france and the uk are absent this year, which in the wort wof the advisors, which allows the president to be the president of the world, to make this case on behalf of the world. i think that's the effort today communicated. >> your experience on all of this is invaluable. thank you so much. sabrina siddiqui, thank you, and the piece you wrote on the challenges facing the president in "the wall street journal." coming up, lost and found. a mysterious mishap preceding a 24-hour search for one of the pentagon's most sophisticated aircraft. the latest on that investigation next when "andrea mitchell reports" will be back in 60 seconds. don't go away. you are watching msnbc. oh! excuse me! roll it back, everybody!! charmin ultra soft is so cushiony soft, you'll want more! but it's so absorbent, you can use less.

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questions about how this $100 plus million dollar plane crashed undetected, they are mounting. authorities located a debris field in south carolina two hours northeast of joint base charleston after they put out a request for any information that might help locate the aircraft, which has a price tag, as i say, nearly $100 million. all marine aircraft have been grounded following this incident. sam brock jointing me from indiantown, south carolina. take us through what happened. the pilot, thank goodness, ejected safely. the jet kept on flying. they didn't know where it was for a while. >> reporter: that's right. it was in autopilot. to be clear from the outset, we have not received anything that approximates an explanation or answer yet as to how this is possible. how you lose a $100 million aircraft, one of the most sew

sophisticated in the u.s. military and why the pilot ejected. a second pilot was able to land on the same training mission. what happened in this case? two hours away and here we are in indiantown. the population is 1,000. i'm told there might not be that many. the luck here is hard to overstate. this is the debris field over my shoulder. not clear how far it goes. could be a couple of miles, maybe more. the sheriff's department did say right now there is an extensive debris field. they are warning communities not to go in there. it's blocked to begin with. as i have these conversations with folks, they tell me people that live right around the corner from where i'm standing, they felt vibrations. one woman, her house shook back and forth. it woke her up. she said it was 2:00 in the afternoon on sunday. this went on for another day in terms of locating the aircraft. did no one notify the u.s. military, the marine corps? not clear of the time line how

it worked out. here we are with debris from a $100 million aircraft in that field. >> sam brock, thank you so very much. on the world stage, as president zelenskyy prepares to speak to the u.n. general assembly in a few moments, we will talk to a top white house advisor on the global challenges facing the president and his administration. john kirby joins me next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv ♪♪ we're not writers, but we help you shape your financial story. ♪♪ we're not an airline, but our network connects global businesses across nearly 160 markets. ♪♪ we're not a startup, but our innovation labs use new technologies to help keep your information secure. ♪♪

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we will not retreat from the values that make us strong. we will defend democracy, our best tool to meet the challenges we face around the world. >> president biden's message to the u.n. general assembly following key headlines on ukraine, china, russia, the climate crisis, artificial intelligence. john kirby joins me now. you and i have been waling back and forth. >> it's easier to walk. >> it's impossible to know what streets are closed. >> at any given hour. >> i think it was a show-stopping speech for the president. we have seen him in different contexts. he is the only permanent member of the u.n. security council who is here. the other leaders chose not to

come. allies and foes and competitors, if you take china out of the foe category. he has the stage to himself. >> the president was very much looking forward to the general assembly this year. he spent a lot of time on those remarks, as you might imagine. he has some significant meetings here today and tomorrow he is looking forward to. he thinks that the u.n. provides a terrific venue to really try to tackle these kinds of problems, the kind of problems that people around the world are facing. it's a chance to show u.s. leadership on the world stage. >> he was trying to reach out to china. we know jake sullivan went to malta to meet with the foreign policy leader of china. is there any progress towards a meeting between the two? in february, the president said he would talk to president xi soon and meeting with him.

all the way in september, october, this still hasn't happened. >> there's not a meeting or a discussion on the schedule right now, andrea. we believe we are working towards that. >> is he coming in november? >> don't know. the chinese haven't made a decision. if they have, they haven't announced it. we're not sure. obviously, he is welcome to come. we would appreciate having his attendance there. the president was disappointed president xi couldn't make it to the g20 in new delhi a few weeks ago. there's going to be plenty of opportunity for us to continue to engage the prc. even though there hasn't been a presidential discussion since the g20 in bali a year or so ago, there has been an opening up of the lines of communication between china and the united states. >> you had to open them because they shut down completely, frankly, after the taiwan visit last year. >> right. >> by the speaker at the time. then after the spy balloon, it was shut down.

then the defense -- the military communications were cut off now for just about a year, military to military, which is really extraordinary. there's no basic hotline going on. we haven't seen -- the world hasn't seen the defense minister for weeks. there are reports that xi chewed out his military during the spy balloon fiasco because he was caught off guard. >> i can't confirm those reports. you are right, i'm not trying to sugarcoat that. our relations took a dip after the spy balloon, we had to shoot that down. the president made the right decision. we labored hard -- both sides have labored hard to get communication back open again. now jake has had a chance to meet with his counterpart. it's not as if -- even though the two presidents haven't spoken, it's not as if there isn't any communication going

on. you make a good point and it's fair about the military to military communication. that's the line that we want to get back open. i know secretary austin feels strongly about doing that. we haven't been able to crack that egg yet. when you look at the tensions in the indo-pacific, particularly around the taiwan strait, it's in the military realm where the risk of miscommunication can happen. >> they have not crossed the line by arming russia in ukraine, even though there's chinese corporations are providing parts. >> we have not seen the pla -- >> their military. >> their military has not provided arms and ammunition or lethal capabilities, as we like to say, to the russian armed forces. >> russia is the major threat. what secretary austin said today at a defense ministers meeting

is that ukraine recovered 54% of the territory russia took. or milley said it, not austin. the fact is, it's not as much as we had hoped in terms of breaking through those russian lines by now. >> it's not as much as the ukrainians had hoped by this time after their count er counteroffensive kicked off. president zelenskyy would be the first to tell you that. that said, in the last couple of weeks or so, they have really been able to make a steady level of progress. it's still slow. we all knew it was going to be a slog. the russians had months to build massive defensive lines and entrenchments and put in place artillery positions where they could keep the ukrainians tied down. we knew this was going to be a tough fight. they are making progress. they have adjusted their efforts more towards one line of effort,

or they have prioritized one line of effort. they are starting to make progress. >> let me ask you about the f-35. how does the u.s. military lose a $100 million plane? >> that's something that they will investigate. believe me. after every aviation mishap, the pentagon will investigate it to try to get the answers on what happened. they will, i'm sure, look at their own search and recovery efforts of the aircraft to see whether that was conducted in all the appropriate ways. they will investigate this. as the defense department always does, they will be transparent when they find the answers. >> it will be -- we don't have a confirmed marine commandant. senator tuberville is responsible for that. >> yes. the investigation will proceed appropriately with or without a

senate-confirmed commandant. what senator tuberville is doing is having an affect on national security. it's the head of the navy. it's the head of the army. all those are in acting capacities. when you are an acting officer like that, not only are you doing two really big, important jobs, you are the assistant leader and acting leader, but some of your authorities are not full. you can't do everything that a senate-confirmed head of an armed service could do. it can have an impact on your ability to do the job. >> it will be around october 1st, if this continues, the chairman of the joint chiefs. before we go let me ask you how our five americans are doing and the family reunion what are you hearing? >> you have seen the video. it's heartwarming, the reunion, to see that. what we understand is that they

are in relatively good health. i want to be careful because we want to give them the medical care they deserve. we will see what that looks like. they went through a terrible, terrible ordeal. we want to make sure they have all the resources, mental health care as well, to handle this integration back into society. we are so happy to see those images, so happy to see them back with their families. >> i sat for an hour yesterday. there will be a speech later today. what do you want to hear from him? >> we would like to hear from him is that iran will stop the destabilizing behaviors, stop wrongfully detaining americans and other foreigners and be a responsible actor on the world stage and in the region. i doubt we will hear that. what we will do, regardless what he says, is we will keep the pressure on iran, keep pushing back on these behaviors. the maritime attacks in the gulf, the support for terrorist networks and providing drones,

continuing to provide drones to putin for this war in ukraine, we will hold him accountable for that. >> john kirby, you covered the globe. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> good luck in new york. speaking of logjams, in-fighting among far right republicans in the house over the short-term spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. this is "andrea mitchell reports." you are watching msnbc. you are watching msnbc can't stop adding stuff to your cart? get the bank of america customized cash rewards card, choose the online shopping category and earn 3% cash back. (dad) oh yeah! choose the online (mom) shopping category bringing in a new roommate to save money? is that the plan? (dad) well we gotta find someway to save. so say hi to glenn from work.

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we have breaking news on the congressional stalemate from washington where speaker mccarthy decided he will reshuffle plans for that procedural vote that was scheduled for today on the party's short-term spending bill, a republican bill on house side that was not going to get anywhere on the senate. with the latest challenges in the legislation, there's a hold on that for now. as the deadline to prevent a government shutdown is 11 days away. joining me now with all of this is nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, david jolly former congressman, donna edwards, former congresswoman. ryan, what's going on? >> reporter: kevin mccarthy would argue this is a good sign, even though there haven't been too many as it relates to this budget battle. he and his colleagues need to take a step back. they are making progress. that's why he decided to reshuffle the lineup of bills that are going to come to the house floor. instead of leading with the continuing resolution, instead

of voting on a department of defense funding bill first, at least the procedural step there. this comes out of a meeting this morning, a closed-door meeting with the house conference where he seemed defiant and even to a certain extent told his members that he was prepared to put bills on the floor whether or not they passed or failed. listen to what mccarthy had to say coming out of the meeting this morning. >> you know what? getting there is never easy. we are willing to listen to all voices, something different. if the whole idea is that the house has to agree to whatever schumer wants, that doesn't work. it didn't work during the debt ceiling. wasn't he don't think it's right that the government shuts down. that's why i'm doing everything to make sure that doesn't happen. >> reporter: maybe it is a good sign they are talking. there's a real problem here. that's the calendar. they only have roughly seven legislative business days before the government shuts down. they are nowhere near finding a bill that could pass the house and senate and then be passed

into law -- or signed into law, i should say, by the president. to say things are very risky right now on capitol hill would be an understatement. >> to reshuffle -- this is a bill -- the spending line was below what had been agreed to in a bipartisan debt ceiling showdown. there are those in the senate that will not let that get through. even if the house passed that, or was going to pass that, it didn't resolve the problem. david, as a former republican congressman, let me play for you what matt gaetz from florida -- a state you know well and used to represent -- had to say about the prospects of a solution to this whole mess. >> we can't blame joe biden and the democrats for why the republican-controlled house of representatives hasn't passed single subject spending bills. that's our fault. we have to deal with that. we will likely have to endorse some degree of a shutdown. >> some degree of a shutdown?

that's saying you are going to spend billions of dollars, get a downgrade from one of the rating services, which is going to cost more in paying interest in the debt in the future. it's coming out of everybody's pocket. there's no such thing as a shutdown that doesn't hurt. >> in fact, one of matt gaetz's colleagues said some people have to get hurt before congress will pass a budget. what is maddening is they are talking about passing a temporary budget, not the full budget that congress is responsible for. right now, house republicans are standing in a circular firing squad. kevin mccarthy is trying to survive it. nothing they pass will pass the senate, not just because senate democrats don't want it, but senate republicans don't want it. house republicans and kevin mccarthy are ultimately postponing their loss. then the question becomes, can

kevin mccarthy survive that loss? >> donna, let's see -- let's watch what -- part of what janet yellen had to say on "morning joe" about all of this. >> speaker mccarthy needs to find a way to do his job, which is to pass a continuing resolution. there's no reason. we have a good, strong economy. it has a lot of momentum. inflation is coming down. the labor market remains very strong. we really don't need a shock to the economy in the form of a slowdown. >> she also said in that interview that she thought that we were headed to a soft landing, which most people didn't think was possible just a few months ago. donna, people on the hill, are they taking this seriously, the

threat of a shutdown? >> democrats are. a group of moderate republicans also. kevin mccarthy just doesn't have any control over his conference. he has given and given so much in order to retain power that he now does not have the power and authority and respect of his members, even to get a defense appropriations bill through or to get this -- a short-term cr. we are talking short-term. we are not talking about full funding for the fiscal year. i just don't see any direction that this is headed without democratic votes, which mccarthy is not willing to take, that will lead to anything but a shutdown that's going to cost consumers, it's going to cost the government, it will cost taxpayers money for any level of shutdown, whether that lasts for a week or several weeks. this is just irresponsible. there was a deal that was cut in the debt ceiling, as you

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the united auto workers are threatening to expand their strike at the big three automakers if there's not enough serious toward a deal by this time friday. now donald trump stepping into the fight. he is planning to address striking uaw members next week in detroit to counter the republican debate. joining me now on all of this is "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker and "the new yorker" susan glasser.

susan, to you, the uaw president shawn fain had a scathing reaction to donald trump's planned speech. every fiber of our union is being poured into fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like donald trump. it's a big departure for a frontrunner of the republicans to side with them. he is being criticized by the uaw leader in a state he could win, reagan democrats, bernie sanders, trump voters, the kind of people he can appeal to. >> that's right.

i think first of all, thank you for your introduction. it's great to be with you. i think this is a play that republicans have run before. donald trump is looking to -- perhaps he thinks there will be consequences for the local michigan economy. it is unprecedented to have them out striking on all three automakers at the same time. i think he is looking to get advantage. he is looking for distraction as well. he is looking to change the story from his would-be rivals. many of them don't act like rivals to donald trump in the republican field. he wants to have the story to be all about him. inserting himself in the middle of a fight, that's a classic donald trump playbook. >> peter, this is a direct swipe at union joe, joe biden, the uaw strike being one of many contributors to what you called biden's tough week. you wrote this weekend in "the new york times," it says something about the way things have been going for president

biden lately that being targeted for impeachment was not the worst news of the week. we are talking about what's going on with hunter, with the uaw, the impeachment inquiry. it's not going great for him. until today, a very good speech at the u.n. >> he is having a rough time, no question about it. the approval ratings are stuck in the low 40s. they are not budging no matter how many times he gives his bidenomics speech. he had a tough column in "the washington post" last week which renewed the discussion about whether or not he should run for a second term by somebody who he respects and admires, somebody not a biden critic. he has had a hard time getting traction. what the white house believes is when push comes to shove in november of 2024, the voters who may be disappointed in biden, independents and some democrats, are not going to vote for trump,

and in the end when the choice is between biden and trump, they will return to the president. he will pull off the same play as he did in 2020. we will see if that works. that's their strategy. >> susan, for breaking news from our colleagues at abc, citing multiple sources, we have not confirmed it at nbc, who say donald trump used classified documents basically as notepad to scribble to-do lists for -- to give to his aide, to molly michael, who told federal investigaors exactly this is what happened on papers that were clearly marked classified. what do you think of that? >> it's striking, andrea. peter and i visited mar-a-lago twice to interview trump for this book. we did not observe classified documents lying around. we were the second interview in the private office that was the

subject of part of the fbi now famous search. i would say this seems like a significant break in the investigation. this is yet another, it appears, former donald trump aide who has turned against him in some way. i do think that's going to be one of the big stories to watch as we look at these four different criminal cases now pending against the former president. what is striking is how much of the evidence is likely to come not only from republicans but from people who himself hired and trusted. in the end, one of the dynamics that will possibly power this is how much they are actually testifying against him. we don't know the answer to that. some of his co-defendants in the georgia which is a defense we sell for many jan. 6 defendants. the then-president of the

united states called us to the capitol, and now i think it significant but very much in keeping with a portrait of a man who has burned through people throughout his entire, certainly in the four years of his presidency, to a remarkable degree. >> molly is such a key witness if she is indeed testifying. someone he trusted so much. peter baker, susan glasser, thank you so much . their book is the divider: trump in the white house. it is on paper back and i must repeat coming to the u.n. general assembly. we will be joined next. this is msnbc. yeah you are, because it's a big deal, when you get a big deal. wayfair deals so big that you might get a big head.

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this week marks the 15th annual climate week in new york. it coincides with the u.n.

general assembly. tens of thousands of climate protesters and other activists are here in the city, but what activist took a unique route to manhattan. 54-year-old endurance swimmer and climate activist lewis pugh swam new york's entire 15 mile long hudson river from the adirondack to new york city unassisted. he's the first person to ever finish the swim, a feat unthinkable just 50 years ago because of how polluted the river was he was determined to show how toxic waterways can be revived, and the clean rivers are central to help the oceans. joining me now right here out of the water if lewis pugh, a u.n. patron of the oceans. it is so great to meet you because i remember growing up in new york city when the hudson was really polluted, and people were warned away from it . pete seeger, we were talking about it off-camera who began to say, say the hudson.

>> a swim like this would've been impossible 50 years ago, but in the 1970s, new yorkers said enough is enough. mile upon mile, town after town, factory after factory, and they have turned the fate of this river around, and yes, we must be vigilant peter is still more work to be done, but it's an amazing story. >> how long did that swim take you? >> it took me 32 days it was a long swim. >> and what were the biggest challenges? you've had a number of storms the last 52 days and a lot of terrible weather. >> yes. that's where all the fear is because you're going down very fast rapids, there are rocks everywhere, and i was so frightened i would hit a rock, and it would be all over. in the middle of the river, the challenge there was that the river sort of widens out, but also, the worry was, you know, finishing.

often, you have the rains come and you know you're going to pollution in the water, so that was a big concern. >> industrial runoff in particular and sewage. >> yes it protected you have assistance? who is going along with you? >> i mean, you were in the water , but did you have a team on the ground with oxygen, supplies? >> no. i just had a small boat with the crew, and the responsibility was to guide me down the river and find the best places. also, there were moments in the river which were so incredibly special. in the foothills of the adirondacks, i remember swimming along, and my kayaker said stop, lewis. just look, and a great big bald

eagle came out of the sky, and it just started flying with us down the river, and to think that you know, just a few years ago, these animals were virtually extinct in the hudson valley. >> this reminds me of the hudson valley painters who wear, you know, beautiful painters, and this scene. i've traveled up that same route the other direction in an rv with family years and years ago, but it is so beautiful to even contemplate. >> it's a beautiful river, and what also surprised me was just the huge response we had, so people came out, and they were so proud of what has been achieved in the hudson river, and i met one gentleman who said to me, i would wake up one morning, and the river would be completely white, then i would wake up another day, and it would be completely blue, then the following day, it would be completely red. he lived beside a car factory, and a dependent on the color of the card they were making was

the color of the river for the day. >> why did you want to do this. >> i want to talk about how important rivers are and clean, healthy rivers. rivers are the arteries of our planet. we cannot have a healthy planet without healthy rivers, and whenever we pour more sewage or industrial waste or litter into a river, not only does it kill the river and kill all life in the river, but it goes into the ocean and does exactly the same thing. >> where did you grow up? project i grew up in limits in england. >> it's just wonderful to meet you, and think back for what you're doing. >> thank you so much. >> is climate week in new york and also u.n. remember, follow us on social media with @ mitchellreports. ♪ good day, i'm kristin lansing at nbc headquarters in new york city. with the world at a crossroads,