back on board to face this massive global challenge that morning and for more now i'm joined by heather conley she's senior vice president for europe at the center for strategic and international studies she joins me tonight from washington d.c. it's good to have you on the program the united states today made its most ambitious pledge ever in the fight against climate change is it too ambitious. well i don't think we can be ambitious and nothing as we see as the global changes weather patterns straught alliance global sea level rise we have to be any guesses but you're at your rate and asking the question one's aspirations don't always meet the reality and as chancellor merkel has said what we're really talking about is economic transformation and reorientation and i think all global leaders folly aspire to do really difficult things this is a herculean task that's unclear whether developed countries are willing to alter their economies so significantly to meet these ambitious targets and there's also the developing countries we heard today trying is president xi jinping made a pledge on redu

back on board to face this massive global challenge that morning and for more now i'm joined by heather conley she's senior vice president for europe at the center for strategic and international studies she joins me tonight from washington d.c. it's good to have you on the program the united states today made its most ambitious pledge ever in the fight against climate change is it too ambitious. well i don't think we can be ambitious and nothing as we see as the global changes weather patterns straught alliance global sea level rise we have to be in addition is but you're at your rate and asking the question one's aspirations don't always meet the reality and as chancellor merkel has said what we're really talking about is economic transformation and reorientation and i think all global leaders vali aspire to do really difficult things this is a herculean task that's unclear whether developed countries are willing to alter their economies so significantly to meet these ambitious targets and there's also the developing countries we heard today china's president xi jinping made a pledge on redu

hope these leaders fill their air promises we will be watching to see if they indeed do that heather conley senior vice president for europe at the center for strategic and international studies miss calmly good to have you on the show thank you thank you. well in the united states the funeral of dante wright has taken place he is the 20 year old black man who was shot and killed by police earlier this month and it comes just 2 days after a former police officer was convicted of murdering george florey another black man when hundreds of mourners came to remember and pay tribute to write he was killed during a traffic stop near minneapolis on april 11th the officer who shot him apparently by mistake has been charged with manslaughter. and just outside the shiloh temple where the funerals taking place is my colleague stefan simons good afternoon. today we have to say a very sad occasion for the people there. summer summer day saturday the day of mourning here in minneapolis again just a few days after this day filled with excitement and joy after the announcement of the verdict against church