we will remember the life and career of longtime newshour commentator michael garson plus much more.is is the pbs "newshour" from weta studios in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. host: this week u.s. and chinese climate negotiators met formally for the first time in months at the 27th global climate summit known as cop. beijing had blocked bilateral discussions in august but they resumed after president biden's meeting earlier this week with president xi. nick schifrin reports on u.s.-china climate collaboration on their outsized impact. reporter: china is firefighter and arsonist. beijing produces more greenhoe emissions than the rest of the world combined. but also more solar power, wind power and electric cars than any other country. so when climate negotiators try to agree on measures to save the plan and cap formal globin global warming, all eyes were on john kerry and his first meeting with emitter number one which after the meeting did not seem eager to talk to the press. >> china and the united states are the world's la

if you would like to say something about a man who has sat this table, the late michael garson. now you both know him. i would like to give you an opportunity to say something. >> i didn't know michael personally. the most time i spent with him was at this desk. but i did get to know him through his writing. i came white believing writing was calling for him and his writing called us to higher ideals. he always talked to what we have in common even on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum. he had conviction, passion, compassion and that is what i'm going to miss the most, his voice. >> what about you? >> i would agree 100% with jonathan. michael was a guy who wrote with empathy and deep intelligence. he was an evangelical christi an wd hein consi there were disagreements about how evangelicals dealt with trump and on, this is a guy who wrote very personally. he wrote with great empathy. when you came away reading him, whether you agreed with what he was writing are not, there is something deep and thoughtful they are to think about. it's a voice we are going to miss. >> i ca

the death of columnist and former presidential speechwriter michael garson. he died at age 58.ter for president george w. bush who helped craft messages of brief and resolved after 9/11. then explored politics and faith as a washington post columnist, writing on issues as diverse as donald trump's grip on the gop in his own struggles with depression died november 17 in a hospital in washington. the cause of death was complications from cancer. after years of working as a writer for conservative and evangelical leaders, including prison fellowship ministries founder and a watergate felon, mr. gerson joined the bush campaign in 1999. he wrote with an eye towards religious imagery and that melted well with bush's personality as a leader. next to louisiana. ronald on the democrats line. caller: good morning. i am calling on the ukraine situation. there are things that have been set in motion that no one really talks about, and that was the time when president trump was in office. he took two hours alone with putin. no documentation, nobody knows what was said. i think in that meeti