— information to the environment agency. read out over the area looking at river levels, looking at problems — looking at river levels, looking at problems that might be occurring. flood _ problems that might be occurring. flood defences have since been repaired, how are you feeling about going forward with climate change and potentialflooding going forward with climate change and potential flooding against apple we realise we are in the front line of global warming. our role is much the same, we are reporting to two agency still who are out there with the benefit of all the work that has been done by the environment agency and by the local counsel, they have put a tremendous amount of reckoning, for instance, the environment agency, £3,000,000 on the defences to the all barrier banks in the village. i have been speaking stay with other residents and a real community spirit around this area, and as a resident of fish lake camino, it seems that that's what people need to do in the future, be more resilient to climate change an

in a statement, anglian water says the environment agency issues permits for our storm overflows which businesses from flooding during extreme but the calls for tighter regulation on sewage are only going to get louder. particularly from those who swim and paddle in our seas. the first flights to america from manchester airport, in 20 months, took today, as the us reopened its borders to british travellers after covid. virgin atlantic flights left terminaltwo, heading for orlando and new york. travellers have to be fully vaccinated, and have a negative covid test. yunus mulla reports. it has been almost two years since flights have headed from the united states from here. the routes to orlando and new york have resumed and more will follow in december. i spoke to some passengers earlier. brute spoke to some passengers earlier. we are spoke to some passengers earlier. - are getting married in disneyland. you must be looking forward to this? yes, it has been one year and over a half we have been planning it. the fliuht half we have been planning it. the fli . ht was half we have been pla

we've been able to secure significant amount of money from the environment agency, and we've investedbut there's still a lot of work that needs to do.— there's still a lot of work that needs to do. ., ., , ., ,, needs to do. soon after fishlake flooded and _ needs to do. soon after fishlake flooded and we _ needs to do. soon after fishlake flooded and we saw _ needs to do. soon after fishlake flooded and we saw it _ needs to do. soon after fishlake flooded and we saw it follow i needs to do. soon after fishlake i flooded and we saw it follow across south yorkshire, it was declared an emergency. that's part of the problem with climate change. mitigating global warming. how can we put a plan forward to adapt to more flooding?— we put a plan forward to adapt to more flooding? there is no doubt that the claimant _ more flooding? there is no doubt that the claimant emergency i more flooding? there is no doubt that the claimant emergency we i that the claimant emergency we are dealing with it was a significant contributing factor to the flooding we saw in here and elsewhere. one thing we've

but sadly the environment agency cannot prevent all flooding.ent and severe flood event so defences are only part of the answer.- are only part of the answer. cop26 ha enin: are only part of the answer. cop26 happening at _ are only part of the answer. cop26 happening at the — are only part of the answer. cop26 happening at the moment. - are only part of the answer. cop26 happening at the moment. today's theme is adaptation to the flooding. in a recent report the chairwoman of the environment agency said we have to adapt or die. strong words. what does she mean by that? how can we protect ourselves?— protect ourselves? climate change is bi ten. protect ourselves? climate change is big ten- even — protect ourselves? climate change is big ten- even if— protect ourselves? climate change is big ten. even if we _ protect ourselves? climate change is big ten. even if we rapidly _ big ten. even if we rapidly decarbonise global average temperatures will increase. the risk of flooding will also increase. we will have more frequent, more severe floods. pa

. >> for a meeting and spending time with officials from the natural resources environment protection agencyernor newsom's office previously said he would attend events virtually all though he's yet to do so reached out to the governor's office for comment. but we have not heard back. in the south bay, the city of san jose is promising to go carbon neutral by the end of the decade. the san jose city council unanimously voted to adopt a goal of reaching net 0 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. by that time, the city will hopefully in at the same amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. has it all sets by alternative means that includes producing more energy from solar panels and more people driving electric cars. governor newsome previously directed all state agencies to hit carbon neutral status by 2035. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news a woman. >> was hit by pay falls while leaving outside lands all halloween weekend. now she says the attack that cost her her vision. good morning and welcome back to the kron 4 morning news a time for you now for 38 and a rate harvey. thanks for wa

. >> for a meeting and spending time officials from the natural resources environment protection agency when you some canceled the trip 10 days ago, his office said he'd be attending events virtually more than halfway through the conference. the governor has yet to participate. >> senators did not say what upcoming events they expect him to attend california has been flying the flag quite admirably. >> we reached out to governor newsom's office for comment on this. but we have not yet heard back at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> coming up, how climate change could pose a threat to your morning cup of coffee. >> and another live at stormtracker 4 radar tonight chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the showers still have another update still have another update coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ still have another update coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience, banking feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. welcome to this world. you have some big shoes to fill. lots of new introductions. ...4 ounces... so many new toys. it's not going to b

joe biden today has talked about the environment protection agency and america putting tighter regulations many people looking on is that that regulation was around in 2016 and it was abandoned by donald trump. so it is really regulation that is being reinvented. is really regulation that is being reinvented-_ is really regulation that is being reinvented. you now, i think for man of reinvented. you now, i think for many of the _ reinvented. you now, i think for many of the companies, - reinvented. you now, i think for many of the companies, there l reinvented. you now, i think for| many of the companies, there is reinvented. you now, i think for. many of the companies, there is an opportunity here to do the right thing. a lot of times, this kind of becomes a maintenance issue or a good housekeeping issue will, you know, that opportunity is there. it's not quantum physics. it's really like plumbing to be able to tighten things up and put new gaskets on. so, you know, it is kind of, again, one of those scenarios, like conserving energy. the best way to conserve energy is to turn the lights

so, things like signing up for the environment agency, the flood risk warnings.an enormous amount of useful information for people, warning them about weather systems that are coming, warning them about very wet weather, warning them about the risk of flooding, you know, knowing whether you should have a bag packed, whether you should start to removing precious things upstairs in your house, if you live by a river that flows from time to time. so, we do need to be really thinking about what kind of information campaigns we need, to help make sure people are more prepared for the changes that are coming. and also, you know, helping them think about what do we do if there is... when there is, not if there is, another really hot summer, what are the best ways to keep homes cool, what we do about elderly people or people with chest problems, orsmall elderly people or people with chest problems, or small babies, to make sure they are safe in really, really hot weather. so, all sorts of useful information that can help people. here in the uk, do you think more needs to

. >> for a meeting and spending time officials from the natural resources environment protection agencyou some canceled the trip 10 days ago, his office said he'd be attending events. virtually more than halfway through the conference. the governor has yet to participate. >> senators did not say what upcoming events they expect him to attend california has been flying the flag quite admirably. we reached out to the governor's office for comment on this but have not yet heard back at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron 4 news. today marks 3 years since the deadly camp fire struck northern california and devastated the town of paradise. >> the camp fire sparked when a strong winds blew a spark from pg e equipment to bone dry trees. the resulting fire would become the deadliest and most destructive in california history. the camp fire burned nearly 14,000 homes destroyed. the town of paradise and killed 85 people. and happening today service changes are coming to the san francisco bay ferry routes. most of the changes are minor will only impact midday service. but other changes include a

one through our environment protection agency, that's going to reduce methane losses from new and existing and one through the department of transportation, to reduce wasteful and potential dangerous leaks from natural gas pipelines. they have authority over that area. also we're launching a new initiative to work with our farmers and our ranchers to introduce climate agriculture practices and reduce methane on farms which is a significant source as well. and this is all part of our new methane strategy, which focuses on reducing the largest source of methane emissions, while putting thousands, thousands of skilled workers on the job, all across the united states, and i expect in your country as well. let me close reiterating. this isn't just something we have to do to protect the environment and our future. it's an enormous opportunity, enormous opportunity for all of us. all of our nations, to create jobs and make meeting climate goal as core part of our global economic recovery as well. the united states is eager to work with either of you to make sheer we meet this goal, and encourage

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. >> for a meeting and spending time with officials from the natural resources environment protection agency. >> yeah. governor newsom's office cited family reasons for why he had to back out of that climate summit. he said he would be attending from events. virtually so far he hasn't tuned in. >> in the south bay, the city of san jose is promising to go carbon neutral by the end of the decade. the san jose city council unanimously voted to adopt a goal of reaching net 0 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. by that time the city. well, at the same amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as it offsets by alternative means that includes producing more energy from solar panels and more people driving electric cars like that. tesla james right. governor newsom previously directed all state agencies to hit carbon neutral status by 2035. 7.37 right now. and still ahead, steph curry lights up the court, 50 points against the hawks just for him. wait to see the final score. we'll have the highlights. >> shooting during attempted burglary in san francisco. look at the damage done. we'll tell you th

. >> for a meeting and spending time officials from the natural resources environment protection agency a lot of information while governor newsome unfortunately was not able to make it 6.42 right now. and still ahead, steph curry lights up the court. >> 50 points against the hawks at the chase center was good enough for a win will take a look at the highlights. and as the snow that this year is getting out of this storm. good enough for the ski resorts. we will have the answer to that. >> and we are seeing conditions still wet out there even though the heaviest of rainfall has passed. it's still on and off light to moderate showers center fell over to richmond on a double-a highway 37 and the golden gate bridge black friday deals have been extended! shop now through wednesday at kohl's. and save on your holiday shopping with an extra 15% off! plus, get a little more for your wallet with kohl's cash. and get fast and free store pickup. shop black friday deals extended. now through wednesday only at kohl's. >> 6.45 right now. we're getting rain there gets no. the problem is it looks a li

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the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especi

some breaking | news, the what the environment agency ends water regulator has said that sewage dischargesand killing one of them. he has now been sentenced to life for manslaughter and other offences of attempted murder and wounding with intent with a minimum sentence of 21 years, but there are also other things attached to that. he will be attained in a mental institution hospital for as long as necessary. the events of that night were described as a murderous rampage. injust over an hour and a half, zephaniah mcleod wreaked havoc over the streets of birmingham. he wreaked havoc over the streets of l?eirmingham-_ wreaked havoc over the streets of birminuham. :, , ., , :, birmingham. he tried to stab me on the street but _ birmingham. he tried to stab me on the street but is _ birmingham. he tried to stab me on the street but is not _ birmingham. he tried to stab me on the street but is not being _ birmingham. he tried to stab me on the street but is not being the - the street but is not being the neck. :, , the street but is not being the neck. . , ,. , ., the street but is not being the

is something they're trying to do something about at school because a recent report from the environment agencym _ but what we don't have yet is a classroom environment where we can teach _ classroom environment where we can teach and _ classroom environment where we can teach and see our learning take place _ teach and see our learning take place in — teach and see our learning take place in the outdoor environment allowing — place in the outdoor environment allowing students the connection to nature _ allowing students the connection to nature so— allowing students the connection to nature so today my students are planning — nature so today my students are planning a — nature so today my students are planning a redevelopment of quite a lane planning a redevelopment of quite a large piece of land on our site to be an— large piece of land on our site to be an outdoor teaching space and it can be _ be an outdoor teaching space and it can be that — be an outdoor teaching space and it can be that welcome place for peace and tranquillity for students with a place _ and tranquillity for students wit

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, es

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,s to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially o

meanwhile, we have employers both inside the travel agency and across the country advancing vaccines. that is creating a very safe travel environmentor americans. >> you do not want to implement a vaccine mandate for domestic air probable? -- travel? why not? unless you are doing something you are nervous is politically divisive. in doing to have loopholes to avoid a vaccine seems to be in locating the pandemic? >> what we are doing right now is working to make air travel safe. it is a little bit of a different picture when you have international travel because different countries have different standards. as part of opening our travel for international travelers, something i was delighted to see earlier this month, we did include vaccine requirements. between the masking and other medications we are confident in the safety of air travel in this country. [end video clip] host: what airlines want to see a mandate for airline travelers -- would airlines want to see a mandate for airline travelers? guest: absolutely not. domestic travel, there are a lot of concerns. one, the logistics of doing it in an airport. people going in and out

the agency says there is a heightened threat environment with a potential risk of domestic extremistsr specific threats at the moment. but officials from homeland security want to warn citizens to be on the alert, particularly well meeting at gatherings for religious holidays. >> the coronavirus is putting the squeeze on santa this year. apparently the wall street journal reports there is a shortage of santas workers who normally fill that role tend to be older heavier man. lot of them are choosing not to do it this year because of the risks of coronavirus exposure and many say they're also concerned about possibly exposing younger unvaccinated children. the staffing agency higher santos says there are 15% fewer professional santas around and far more requests than usual for somebody to play that role. disney parks getting ready for the holidays. you're looking at video from the parks at tiktok page showing workers putting the final touches on his new lambs christmas decorations, including heights. big tree. that tree is decked out in lights and thousands of ornaments and shops along

was that sort of the policy group was sitting within the department of the environment which is for the most part a policy agencypublic works wreck part and the puc often had management roles or by the numbers in the council was maintaining some independence by being in the other city agencies i think it's been a productive relationship with the council. we have gotten advice and feedback from the council over the years. he played an important role withthe urban forest master plan development . they also played a great role with the development of what ultimately became proposition e and working with supervisor weiner's office on kind of the advisory body. so i think it's working for us in its current form. >> i have nofurther questions . >> i have a fewquestions, thanks again for all your leadership . both in urban forestry and now for the entire department of public works. regarding some of the key findings from the blt report, i think the first one is that the city and department is really not on track on the timeframe for the first round of tree pruning and maintenance. i was wondering if you could maybe res

why decisions like those are not just made within the fbi but they are taken into an inter agency environment for final determination of what makes the most sense. i think it's also really important to remember that those decryptor keys that you're referring to were developed and coded by safe harbored criminals. in this case we took an extensive process to develop a safe and effective way to deploy that decryptor key to the victims of kaseya. obviously simply grabbing malware that's been coded by criminals in russia and deploying it on u.s. infrastructure would not be a wise decision, and those things take time to get right. we repeatedly tested that decryptor in different environments because an even worse case scenario for us was providing criminal generated decryptor keys to victims that introduced new vulnerabilities and backdoors into u.s. infrastructure. rep. comer: did the fbi conduct any estimates as to how much money was lost by the hundreds of institutions due to the bureau's decision to withhold the digital encryptor key? mr. vorndran: i'm not prepared to answer that question toda

member to try and provide a stable and safe environment for the issues that are there in the solomon islands to be peacefully worked through. the reuters news agency is reporting that 6 sidney soldiers have been killed during an attack by if the opium forces. it happened today. certain these army post near the border in a statement. sedans, military said groups of the ethiopian army and militias. attacks are forces and alpha shaw got out. so gra, which resulted in that lease in bettina fancy capital, a find tear gas during a demonstration against the president. but just to say ross cup or it has failed to stop the violence by groups more than $400.00 refugees migrants who waited for days to be allowed into port have dissin barked in the italian town of augusta. rescued by the german humanitarian group. see, watch, nearly half of those picked up a children the most across the mediterranean without their parents. and e e ministers will meet in calais in the coming hours. the crisis talks about migration across the english channel. 27 people drown, trying to get to the u. k. from france on wednesday. britton's been disinvited from the talks. falling

agency and joins me now. we were talking today to the german environment minister and i thought was interesting that you haveclear debate in neighbouring countries france and germany. in germany they don't see nuclear as part of the mix, france very much does. do you think the world can get to the targets it set itself without nuclear?— itself without nuclear? well, i think it would _ itself without nuclear? well, i think it would be _ itself without nuclear? well, i think it would be extremely i think it would be extremely difficult and certainly it would take much, much longer. if you look the facts apart from nuclear is already a very important player, it is producing as we speak more than 20%, 36% of all the clean energy produced in the world. and in europe here, including germany, far more. the role nuclear can play depends on whether it stays where it is or is increased. 0ur tendency is that it is growing when you look even in europe, half of european countries are using nuclear energies. some others want to add even in europe poland, hungary was more, slovakia, slovenia, eastern europe. in western eur

deputy director general of the environmental protection agency of the mold eaves and a new deli arjun dut program leader at the council on energy environment and water . a warm welcome to you all, and thanks so much for joining us today on in so. sorry, michael, let me start with you today. you're there in glasgow at the summit. after 2 weeks of speeches and negotiations and dire warnings and sounding the alarms, would you consider comp $26.00 to be a success or failure? i think it depends how you measure it. if you judge it by what's happening in the world on climate change, where emissions are still rising women to be on a path to cutting emissions by 45 percent by 2030. if with a hold global temperature rise to one and a half degrees as was agreed in paris, the paris climate agreement in 2015. we're on course currently for to ra, raise emissions by about 16 percent in 2030. if you look at the devastating climate impact that we're seeing all over the world, but particularly in the poorest countries, they are not going to be changed by what was decided here. so if you look at the real world, i don't think there was any chance of 26 being

agencies like the world program -- world food program, all of these agencies have long experience working in challenging expect -- environments with civil war. we have confidence in that system, but if we see anomalies or money-saving out there taliban, we will stop the programs. we have a statutory provision you have given us which says no funding to the taliban. sen. menendez: i just have to say i wish we had the alarm bell sound when president trump made a deal with the taliban that with a date certain, and released thousands of prisoners to their fighting force, and dramatically reduced our troop presence before this administration took over. and got none of the commitments from the taliban cemented before these actions were taken. that set the stage. i don't see -- excuse and went the actions they have decided. >> it takes a lot of guts to come down to this committee and lecture the administration about foreign policy when right now, senate republicans are using extraordinary powers on the senate floor to deny this administration the personnel they need to conduct this policy. you are also -- i just came from the floor t

managed is as long as there's space and storage, water agencies take everything they are entitled to and it's only when the system spills that the environment benefits. >> sorry, your time has expired. you have two minutes. >> caller: this is david pilpel again. couple of points here on item 7a. i thought there was going to be a drought emergency declaration today. i thought that was discussioned six weeks ago. is that now pending what happens during this water year? is that coming back in two weeks? is that still possible. wondering where we are on a local drought emergency declaration that this commission might make. secondly, perhaps the larger question, there's no good answer to, how do we get the state to recognize the city and perhaps the peninsula, those of us who are not just individuals but communities that are low water users and not penalize us under drought conditions. this idea that all cities, counties water districts, etcetera, could achieve 10%, 15% or 20% less use under drought conditions doesn't reflect the fact that san francisco is way under the state average probably the national average in per capita water use. if ther

government agencies, and developing industries to continue their work in the unique environment of low-earthit. it is imperative the u.s. maintain and expand its international partnerships during and after the transition took commercial leo destinations. the u.s. operates the iss in cooperation with five other agencies, offering high-profile opportunities for u.s. leadership in civil and robotics spaceflight. at a time when other nations are seeking to expand their abilities to operate in space, the iss remains the premier example of how an international team can productively and successfully-- further details's plans for iss transition are contained in our update to the transition report which we will deliver to congress in the coming weeks. thank you again and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much. now, dr. rubens. the floor is yours. >> thank you and good morning. i'm a nasa astronaut, veteran of two long-duration missions aboard the international space station, and a molecular biologist. thank you for the opportunity. highlighting the tremendous value of having a space

space research agency recorded more than 13000 square kilometers of deforestation between august 20, 20 and july 2021. that takes it to its highest level since 2006 countries environment. and this is the government plans to dismantle the criminal organizations involved in deforestation. croatia has been commemorating the 30th anniversary of the worst massacre of its 4 year war. thousands of people walk through the book of r, which said miniature, i knew who saw army soldiers captured in 991. hundreds of creation fighters were killed in the 3 months siege. and tens of thousands of non serves were forced out. the city was returned to croatia, 7 years later and rebuilt no the so you the rodella vehicle sort of school, you're still searching for more than 1800 missing persons. our vice president and all departments are working on again, we're looking for information because 1st of all, from the authorities of serbia. and we will persevere in this effort, primarily in partnership with families associations to live and those who do not know the face of their loved ones and who have suffered a lot and still suffer today or future clean as f, as each has more from the comma t

environment, and dr. james little. director of water quality in virginia beach. on behalf of the national association of the clean water agencies, i would like to take your statements that will be entered into the record and limited to five minutes. we will start with the doctor and please welcome. you may proceed. >> chairman napolitano, distinguished members of the subcommittee, my name is elise -- i had the privilege of serving in the u.s. epa from january 8th, 1984 until august 2017 when i retired as director of the office of science and technology in the office of water. thank you for the opportunity to testify on emerging contaminants -- and forever. chemicals clean water act adequate authority to address these newly identified harmful chemicals. they have not done so, however, because they lack a nationalist of priority contaminants in the nations waters. a coordinated monitoring program by federal, state and interstate agencies that proactively look for these contaminants. we are currently suffering from a reactive system that waits for a public health or environmental crisis to occur before we begin monitoring and even

we've partnered with other city agencies, mainly the office of capital planning and resilience and the department of the environment.r. last year. so while the city led the effort, planning helped draw the law, and in the same way that you heard an informational presentation on the agency prior to board adoption, you will hear a presentation on the community plan to fund the climate action plan next month. that, too, is an implementation plan of the general plan. planning staff engaged heavily in content for these plans and community outreach. the engagement for both outreach has supported the general plan, which you will see soon. next? the fourth effort that environmental justice framework. you may notice i keep mentioning environmental justice, or e.j.f. this project will set clear goals and action to help communities of color and low-income communities, and this is working to place e.j. in all aspects of our work, that's why i keep mentioning it, and adding this is mandated, as i said. the goal is to help eliminate health disparities. this project has about an 80,000 budget and one staffer working full time. so

all of our partners, emergency management, american red cross, all of the agencies coming together in a science museum environmenthat now brings a very immersive fund to kids, moms, and dads where we can this into the museum in a very effective way to kick off our hurricane season in south florida, but the science museum in every community, they are taking high-level science and local level university or research institute to the community and that is why we put that there two to explain the importance of engineering. >> thank you. i yield back. >> mr. finster is recognized. >> thank you, chairman johnston and ranking member lucas. thank all the witnesses for your testimony today and sharing extensive research and experience on these important subjects. doctor, i am working on legislation that aims to create a research development evaluation program involving a national weather service and noaa as an administrator and it would focus on technology-based solutions to mitigate issues caused by radar obstruction. the key portion would involve consultation with the interagency for advancing meteorological services. th

environment. along the back lash, senator barrasso responding, quote, it is perplexing that in the new age of digital communication and during an ongoing pandemic, executive branch department and agencies are unnecessarily choosing to contribute directly to carbon emissions and risk exposure to covid 19. secretary of state liz trust defending the fleet arguing there was a necessity of face-to-face dialogue. president biden addressing the summit apologizing for his predecessor pulling out of the paris climate accord and touching on the critical role the us will take on the world stage in combating climate change. >> this is the challenge of our collective lifetimes. the existential threat to human existence as we know it, and every day we delay, the cost of inaction increases so let this be the moment we answer history's call here in glasgow. >> outside of the event protesters gathered creating such a backlog, it took people up to an hour and a half to get inside and some attendees were asked to attend the conference via zoom creating a lot of frustration for people who travel here from all around the world. carley: thank you. there is a video getting play on social media. if you're won

agencies like the world food programme. all of these organizations have long experience working in challenging environments, where there hasbeen civil war. so we have confidence in that system that if we achieve see anomalies or c money seeping off to the taliban, we will stop the programs. we have a statutory operation that says no funding to the taliban. >> thank, you mister chairman. >> thank you, before i recognize senator murphy, i wish we had had the alarm bells sounded when president trump made a deal with the taliban that told them with a date certain we will leave by this date and release thousands of taliban prisoners to the taliban, which only augmented their fighting force. that automatically reduce our troop presence before this administration took over. and that got none of the commitments from the taliban cemented before all those actions were taken. that set the stage. i don't excuse anybody for execution of what they decided. but if the set the stage. senator murphy. >> thank, you mister chairman. senator barrasso is left but it takes a lot of gall to come down to the committee and lecture this committee o