or the historian james mcgreggor byrnes who wrote in 1963 we're at a critical stage of a somber cyclonef the public affairs of the nation. mired in government deadlock we underestimate the extent to which our system was designed for deadlock and inaction. looking at the future from a different angle, we should also take some comfort from the fact that from the convening of that first assembly 400 years ago american politics has always been a contact sport and a fairly dirty one at that. founding fathers we revere today tore each other apart in the press and behind closed doors. john adams was called a hideous character, neither the force or firmness of a man nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman. jefferson's sex life was fodder for gossip and pamphleteers. hamilton was killed in a duel following a dispute with the former vice-president aaron burr and even george washington wasn't immune to the slings and arrows of critics who among other things accused him of monarchical aspirations. i'm optimistic for other reasons. today more than any other time in the last 400 years all ameri

for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs marsha byrne a cat i'd never heard of her before a clear snub james at the united nations volunteers around the world have been tidying streets and shores for world cleanup day in india thousands collected rubbish along beach fronts oceans have long been used as a dumping ground for various types of waste posing a threat to marine wildlife well for more on the environment you can watch our new show planet s.o.s. here on al-jazeera sunday at 730 g.m.t. . still ahead on al-jazeera marking 5 years of rebel takeover who see celebrates a key milestone plus it's really a u.n. of the art world i would say desperate journeys or most lies telling the stories of the global refugee crisis throughout. how our big thunderstorms.

for oceans and international environmental and scientific of marshall byrne a cat i'd never heard of hope before a clear snub james bows out 0 at the united nations and a day after the global climate strikes millions more people have been helping tidy the streets and shores on world cleanup day in india thousands took to the beaches to collect garbage from shorelines including plastic waste wrappers food packets and bottles they also aims to raise awareness about conserving the environment oceans of course have long been used as a dumping ground for various types of waste posing a significant threat to marine wildlife. volunteers have also been cleaning up the turkish city of istanbul where it's estimated that everybody didn't produces one kilo of waste a day so of course he joins the cleanup effort. this group will fall in tears have gathered in istanbul for the world clean out say their aim is to clean slate so fall out of the streets in istanbul old town they have brought mainly children among them today because they want to educate them for their future to save their future and teach them how to clean them gar

for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs marsha byrne a cat i'd never heard of her before a clear snub james 0 at the united nations. volunteers around the world have been tidying streets and shores for world cleanup day in india thousands collected rubbish along beach fronts ocean serve long been used as a dumping ground for various types of waste posing a threat to marine life for more on the environment you can watch a new show planet s.o.s. here on al-jazeera on sunday at 730 g.m.t. . now ukraine is denying reports president a lot of me and selenski was pressured by the u.s. president this year to investigate democratic presidential hopeful joe biden and his son ukraine's foreign minister says a phone call in july between donald trump and zelinsky was long and friendly u.s. media of supporting that during the cold trump repeatedly asked his ukrainian counterpart to investigate the business dealings of hunter biden the former vice president is seeking to rival trump in the 2020 presidential election. i know what i'm up again i don't know but you know it's a serial abuser not just this guy

for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs marsha byrne a cat i'd never heard of her before a clear snub james. at the united nations. in her understand as the executive director of the united nations environment program and she says young people are making progress where an older generation has failed. we are behind the fight against where we should be on the fight on climate change which is why we're seeking to mobilize which is why we want the whole world to see that there is still time although that window is closing there is still time to take action we need to carbonized our economies we need to invest in our nature in restoration for resilience because if we don't those 4 and a half 1000000 people that are impacted by climatic disasters that number will grow if we don't those 2 and a half 1000000 people that live with water scarcity on that to 2 thirds of the population that live with water scarcity that will grow if we don't those fires so inundations those droughts etc that will grow so i think people people are seeing the lives in their lifetime the environment in their lifetime chan

for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs marsha byrne a cat i'd never heard of her before a clear snub james pays out 0 at the united nations. now one of the many people gratitude has influence is climate activists vanessa not from uganda the 22 year old is among those in new york for the summit al-jazeera visited vanessa just before she left home here's her story. after school i wanted to build something that could cause change and impact in cars lights in my country through my research i got to find out about climate strikes by. i started looking for climate activists our own africa but i failed to get one i said to look for them in uganda but i fail to get one so it was up to me to start the play mid strakes. i'm fighting for a better future for everyone a better future for my family for the citizens of this country for africa as a quantum nest and for the citizens of this entire world i believe that through my strikes climate action can be taken by our government leaders and the public to tread me to get their situation under a virus the problem that we are facing great now. i was invite

for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs marsha byrne a cat i'd never heard of her before a clear snub james 0 at the united nations. and volunteers around the world have been tidying streets and sure's for world cleanup day in india thousands collected rubbish along beach fronts oceans of long been used as a dumping ground for various types of waste posing a threat to marine wildlife for more on the environment you can watch our new show planet s.o.s. here on al-jazeera sunday at 730 g.m.t. . still ahead on al-jazeera. more tear gas and water canon hong kong's protests show no sign of slowing down. the abduction of return of a doctor highlights the dangers of speaking out in zimbabwe. dollars could see a few showers develop around the caspian particularly if they hit northern iraq from the subtle evidence using that word come anywhere near it but i think it might just prompt something to comes from a science as the coast just north of toronto we see some pretty big dam pools here flash flooding is always a potential when that sort of thing happens but that's quite limited for the most part

for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs marsha byrne a cat i'd never heard of her before a clear snub james bows out 0 at the united nations. a climate rally has descended into chaos in paris where fights broke out between mosques demonstrators and police officers fired tear gas and made more than 100 arrests on saturday some protesters built barricades set bends in a motorbike on fire and threw paint over the front of about. 98 percent of french guiana in amazonia is covered by rain forests and unlike brazil it's remained relatively unaffected by deforestation but he legal gold mining is now threatening the spectacular environment in the clock reports. friends gone and has what is a rare wealth in this day and age a natural well you have to take to the air to get a measure of it. it is a stunning wilderness as yet relatively untouched this is one of the most forested territories on earth the able to reaches of amazonia the canopy spreading apparently forever in all directions there are few routes into the interior you travel by helicopter or by water. but that hasn't stopped people getting

a lot of that is because of james byrne. he has been working already, we need to make him permanent. please help us confirm james byrne. i yield to the senator from montana, senator tester. mr. tester: i thank you for your good work. jim byrne is the right man for the job. we passed the mission act that needs to be implemented. mr. byrne has ruffled feathers among some here. in the end, he will do the right thing and we can hold him accountable. i think it is critically important we get these folks confirmed so we can hold them accountable and get them in front of our committee. i would urge you to give an aye vote on jim byrne. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate of james byrne of virginia to be deputy secretary of affairs, signed by 17

the clerk: department of veteran affairs, james byrne of virginia tor deputy secretary. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators vote ?d any senator wish to change their vote? the yeas are 81. the nays are 116789 the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the senate will resume consideration of the bowman nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: federal reserve system, michelle bowman of kansas to be a member. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i have five requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they a been approved by both the minority and majority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cornyn: mr. president, as we all know, today we commemorate the solemn anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, 2001. if you ask anybody w