it's the united states versus the autocracies, united states versus russia and china. and the purpose of the summit is to current try and create a start contrast between those 2. the i utilized vision america versus the overly propagandized. a pitcher that we've painted about the, you know, the evil nature of a russian and chinese rule. it's, it's purely a propaganda ploy. i don't think i'm 60. yeah, let me go to alexa here in moscow. i guess, you know, it's, it's, it creating some kind of global alliance against russia against china. i guess also hungry hungry didn't get invited. ok. oh, and you know, at the same time ukraine was there, i suppose it's there because of the u. s. was behind a coup that over through the democratically elected government in february of 2014, so conveniently, they made it on board here. i say this is just a farce. this is a propaganda after here. and it countries have interests. they don't necessarily have values. it values and interests coincide. that's great. but values are do not ra rule. they never have and they never will on, in intern

the pointed out has developed the united states leaving the deal. and the running position is much stronger today than it wasn't to 2015. so time is not on the side of the americans. but the problem is, is that the americans, often i think they are looking at it from a position of arrogance. they don't see the reality that the reality on the ground is changing and if they do, they don't have to will to do something about it. ok, hillary man leverage. do you agree with that assessment of american strength or otherwise and and also from the u. s. perspective has anything changed given around new leadership. there this question about whether the us power in decline is of course, an important question. but the reality is as long as the world, the international community continues to trade and price everything, including oil in the dollar. the u. s. dominant over the international financial system is really what will determine many matters at the end of the day. and so it may be that other countries are rising, other countries are challenging. but even i

is this -- you think this is a coordinated effort with the united states? >> i'll put this quite simply, the more iran demonstrates a lack of seriousness at the negotiating table, the more unity there is among the p 5 pus one, and the more they will be exposed as the isolated party in this negotiation so really the ball is iran's court as to whether it wants to show skpup demon -- up and demonstrate whether it's going to be serious or not. >> looking forward to the meeting with president zelensky later this week, are there any steps and compromises ukraine might be able to make to find a way to end this peacefully? >> i mentioned before, we're in constant contact with levels of government. secretary blinken spoke with president zelensky yesterday, i'm not going to characterize the specifics of the proposals, but they have come forward with constructive ideas to move diplomacy forward. we're encouraging that. those are steps they are taking, and we're asking the united states to support them in trying to get towards a cease fire and ultimately get down the tr

information, the history of the united states. and if found guilty and convicted, he could be sent to prison for up to 175 years. that's because the us have indicted him on 18 counts under the espionage jacques for publishing. i pacified military documents all related to the war in iraq and afghanistan, but most crucially, i got included claims the minute tree even killed thousands of innocent civilians. now, speaking outside the high court here this morning, we've heard from stella morris the partner who is incredibly disappointed and she's saying why and how is this happening? how long can this really go on for? and many people have been supporting her outside here. many, many protests is that also are similar questions to who is a glimmer of hope that you know, the british justice system might actually prevail for once. the british judiciary has assisted on every level the u. s. campaign to get a 10 years 10 years in the streets of london, public opinion and this sounds. but obviously the judge's decision is not on the side of p

the tide has turned against the united states. t saying that they are on the verge of collapse. what i'm saying is that things are increasingly difficult for the united states. if the united states wants to cut costs in this region, the only sane thing to do is to implement the nuclear deal. all iran wants is the full implementation of the nuclear deal with verification. anchor: we will have to leave it there for time. thank you to all of our guests. thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website. for further discussion, go to our facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twitter. for the whole team here in doha, goodbye for now. ♪ >>9÷y=÷,>,ñ ♪ ♪ >> just walking in this garden of the hill and down the hill, you don't need to go to a gym. come to the garden. >>

i saw that movie, so ha, ha, the station between the united states and russia effect. because and my 2nd question is, how the use them are i this meeting? he was productive. he was good, went out, it was a useful meeting. it was useful in the sense that it allowed president biden to lay out in clear, direct and candid terms where the unit it's united states stands on this issue. and to do so, having coordinated closely with his allies and partners beforehand. and also to talk about a potential way forward and how i've now i'm on the question of african partners. this is true, the world over the attempt to change the territories of another country by force should be vigorously opposed by every country in the world, including every country. oh not what was hooton's demeanor over the course of the 2 hours? did you signal any willingness to back down again, i just make it a practice not to characterize the other sides position. he can speak for himself. i would say that his demeanor, like president biden's demeanor, was direct and straightforward. and again, as i said in my

all the ports, the united states been backed up all the all year. the ports and china had been backed up. we've never seen any kind of issues like this where you can't get containers. shipping prices are all multiples. i mean, you know, 30400 percent. this year we saw the container price to go over $20000.00. they used to be 3500. so you literally are cracking the supply chain to a degree that everything is breaking down. there are products that no longer makes sense to shift because of the shipping cost. you know, we don't make anything united states, we can't replace them. so we're going to be in the situation where all of $20.00 to 2022. and till we can figure out at the root cause of what's going wrong with american capitalism and why a nation of 330000000 people can't make anything for themselves. well, you know, we've been talking about that for a number of years. it's easier to print money than to manufacture goods and try to sell them overseas. and so with that in mind, for the past 40 years, the u. s. no longer has that manufacturing base.

he told president putin directly that if russia further invades ukraine, the united states and our european allies would respond with strong economic measures. we would provide defensive materiel to the ukrainians above and beyond which we are already providing and fortify our nato allies on the eastern flank with additional capabilities with response to such an escalation. he also told president putin there is another option, de-escalation and diplomacy. the united states and our european allies would engage in a discussion that covers larger strategic issues, including our strategic concerns with russia and russia's strategic concerns. we managed to do this at the height of the cold war and we developed mechanisms to help produce instability and increased transparency. we did it in the post-cold war era through the osce and other mechanisms. there's no reason we can't do that forward -- going forward, provided that we are operating in a context of de-escalation rather than escalation. the united states, as we have been for some time, is also prepared to support efforts to response the min

still, we should point out that the united states is pressing forward, specifically, joe biden saying that what he wants to talk about is how the world can collectively counter some of the challenges to democracy. including not being able to hold free and fair elections and even corruption, also humbly acknowledging that the united states has its own challenges as well as you were pointing out before. kimberly, it's not enough to just sort of acknowledge that there is an issue. you have to do something about it as well in the it's the practical element of this, that it really, everybody is going to be watching for, isn't it how these decisions and statements are translated into practical action if at all exactly, and one of the points that is being made is how anything can be accomplished through a virtual summit. and will there even be the ability to find a joint statement coming out of this? these are real questions that are being tackled. and also there's the question, again, which cannot be underscored enough about the u. s. his own attempts to try and inflict jeffersonian democra

back in october, those a to day, harry, i was the united states trying to appeal over numerous grounds, including the fact that it offered an unprecedented package of assurances. as i saw, it would not be held under the maximum security, the strictest, maximum security conditions in prison over there. and that he isn't unwell this being, he's made out of continue to say that he is indeed active suicide risk. and that all of these assurances are meaningless and vague as they put it. they said that the united states can reverse any decision at any point. class is also concerned about the trustworthiness of americas guarantees to pointing to one of those reports in the year that the cia had prompted to kidnap during this on to, to kill him speaking outside the high court. this morning. we've heard from stella morris to partner who is incredibly disappointed and she is saying why and how is this happening for how long can this go on today is international human rights day? what a shame, how cynical to, how this decision on this day to have one of the foremost the foremost publisher journal

how they feel about theco connection to the united states. reading the stories, there is a connection that some of these individuals have. how do you come upon finding these individuals that you profiled. i think that that isn't the narrative that we are missing. having been born in that country , i know that there is just so much more that we have in common than what we know or we are told. quite frankly, if we get to see them and hear them and know of these similarities, so many issues can be resolved. i do believe that that is true with any nation. existing because of the lack of knowledge and understanding. i think, fundamentally, it is of the nation that make our country. those stories are worth sharing. as you mentioned, about 24 individuals in the book. however, these people. and took four years to complete. i had to cut it down. twenty-four people featured in the book. i would not say that it was complex, it was very straightforward and the terms of knowing the topics that i wanted to talk about. whether that be social issues, culture

the united nations coming up in the show is u. s. president joe biden playing chicken in kiev hours after abiding self styled democracy summit, condemned in china and in the week of the pigeon. biden's summit. what chances of nuclear, oh, we don't do, you know, we don't rule out. first use nuclear action, and apocalypse again or doomsday delayed. as us politicians argue for nuclear strikes on russia, we explore why and times a predicted time and time again, and who seek them. all of them all coming up in today's going underground. at 1st, 57 years ago today che guevara addressed the un general assembly during the high to the so called cold war. and this week vladimir putin and joe biden arguably tried to avoid.

into afghanistan, which faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe after the taliban seized power in the united and other western donors cut off financial aid. >> estimated 98% of afghansre t getting enough food. despitthe economic crisis, the conflict, and drought has made the average family can barely cope. amy: we will also speak with new yorker staff writer and colombia journalism school dean steve coll. his new investigation is headlined "the secret history of the u.s. diplomatic failure in afghanistan: a trove of unreleased documents reveals a dispiriting record of misjudgment, hubris, and delusion that led to the fall of the western-backed government." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. an unprecedented december storm system spawned tornadoes and brought hurricane force winds to a swath of the sickly united states wednesday with 100 million u.s. residents facing weather alerts. the systems bond massive dust storms in colorado and kansas, one hundred mile-per-hour winds in nebraska and iowa, and for the fir

second, can the united states sue to hold texas to account? and third, is the injunctive relief available? and the answer is yes down the line. texas is responsible for the constitutional violation here. it enacted a law that clearly violates this court's precedence. it designed that law to thwart judicial review by offering bounties to carry out the state's enforcement function and structured those enforce. proceedings to be so burdensome and thread in such significant liability that they chill the exercise of the constitutional right altogether. the united states has a manifest sovereign interest in suing to address this violation. sb8 is a brazen attack on the coordinate branches of the federal government. it's an attack on the authority of this course to say what the law is and to have that judgment respected across the 50 states. it's an attack on congress' determination that there should be access to pre enforcement review and federal court to vindicate federal rights. the united states may sue to protect the supremacy of federal law agai

only the united states threatens the king. only the united states threatens the regime. the way you would de-escalate the conflict in the wake of an operation that israel would make, is if the united states, through actions and words, makes clear that it supports israel, and that it delivers a clear message --and think about how to deliver that message. and then showed a unleash these proxies against israel, start firing thousands of missiles into downtown tel aviv, that the iranian regime itself would be in jeopardy. that would de-escalate the conflict. if the united states decides they would distance themselves from israel in the wake of such a decision, they may think they are calling the situation but it will lead to a greater escalation. this dynamic of the king and queen is important. the only way to peacefully resolve and get the iranians to dismantle their program is a credible military threat by the united states, or i did not mention before, if the iranian people rise up and take out the regime. everyone would agree that that is the best of all possible outcome

>> the united states versus texas, general. >> mr. chief justice, texas designed the primacy of federal law is open if our constitutional structure and the states are free to escort to reconsider the presidents that they are not free to place themselves above this court nullify the course decisions in their borders, and judicial review necessary to vindicate federal rights as this case comes to the core, there are three questions. first, the texas is possible for this law, second, can the united states hold texas to account and third, is the injunctive religious available in the answers is yes, down the line. texas is responsible for the constitutional violations here and in enacted a law that clearly violates his course presidents and it can enter design that lot for the judicial review by offering counties to the general public to carry out this enforcement function in a structured this system proceedings and so burdensome. insignificant liability that they chill the exercise in the constitutional rights altogether. in the united sta

they usually want the united states to find their work for them. something that we saw so closely happen last year. 2020, january 2020 with the killing of so the money. we were so close in full-blown competition between the united states and iran and nobody wants that . iranians in an interview with a couple that unfortunately made for the book, otherwise it would have been a big book . but they are a couple that lived in a small clinic in downtown tehran. and you know, they do housekeeping and take care of the clinic. they want the property, he has mental disabilities and he also has some physical ailments as well and i remember in my interview i was speaking to an incredibly innocent andsimple kind person . and i said, what do you want for iran? what do you hope iran would become f? he's like you know, all i want is that there is no more. i can't have war. i can't see another war. i can't have young people die in another war. so iranians are wary of that. they don't want confrontation . they don't want more. they don't want conflict but inherentl

it fundamentally changes how what europe has and the united states. an agent itself, but also how they view japan and you have to understand it with devastating blow is to russia. the first time that any non- western power is ever managed to repeated military, in a military battle, a dominant western empire to defeat them, not just the western power russia, russia was one of the greatest, one of the most powerful empires. and they were totally defeated which by the way should also give you single about what is happening in russia itself .but also because of the decline that russia was undergoing. after japan takes a victory, but then slowly through attrition, slowly start taking over control and strongly annexes them in 1910, this is possibly the most crucial historical moment in the bank understand if you want to understand why korea became divided and why that decision of the 38th parallel, becomes a source of several years african intentions and conflict so that it ends up erupting onto 25th fifth 1950, the korean war in these two gentlemen, just af

are supplied by the united states or by dr. drones supplied by turkey. these are weapons that are flowing into you credit and immediately going to the conflicts of where the civil war is being fought and the east of ukraine. there are more than 2000000 civilians are trapped in the conflict soon in east the new grade. and they're just having to break it out. people going to sending their kids to school. they always have to worry about a tang shallow a mortar round landing. they're on the grounds of the school. vladimir putin is like and what is happening to a war, cry sort of. so she, i should say the risk foby as the 1st step towards genocide. what's going on and on bass now very much resembles genocide. we see it and we know about it, or we hear about is these potential plans emanating from the she i of the white house, the british government. these plans that no one previously knew about that russia was planning to invade. a huge area of ukraine was unclear how they would be able to achieve this with, with, even if we believe the caea and others with, w

the united states does not have all of the answers. in looking with you toward a future that is more open, tolerant, inclusive and just, there is a chance we can reduce -- reverse the authoritarianism around the world and move forward. i am looking forward to what bold and hopefully ambitious commitments dozens and dozens of countries will bring to this week's summit. i look forward to participating in the hard work of sending democracy and advancing human rights. i look forward to continued conversation and engagement with csis and the group that >> you inspire me and you inspire others. he went for all you do and thank you for taking the time to be with us today. we will end it here. >>. the house is back at noon for general speeches, let's let a business at 2:00. on c-span two, the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. to take up executive nominations, including president biden's choice for chair of the federal communications commission. also they had of u.s. customs and border protection agency. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, u.s. capitol police

the emphasis of u.s. aid. we have worked with united nations and other institutions to dramatically accelerate the provision of liquidity as well as resources to ensure that the basic human needs the people of afghanistan are being met. we are talking to the taliban and telling them to the extent they would like direct assistance from any country, including the united states, they need to live up to their basic obligations, there international humanitarian obligations, human rights obligations, and commitments on top as counterterrorism. we have had that conversation clearly with them and our view is at the moment, given what we have seen so far, the u.s. and international community should be routing aid not through the taliban government but through international institutions and ngos. mr. haas: if this situation persists another couple of months, do you think that a humanitarian crisis could be averted or do we need to consider if the taliban are not going to do what we would like them to do, are we prepared to consider unfreezing afg

the united states violates its assurances. it's diplomatic agreements, whether it's iran, nuclear deal, whether it's, you know, a prison transfer assurances for a saundra window that they're going to violate the mark my words. this is going to happen. mendoza certain of this, and i interviewed him for this and he seen dozens of people from spain, from columbia, from mexico, from all over the world who've been given assurances. and once they get to the us, it's violated. and so the high court made a very, very grave mistake today, these documents that i published, they weren't seen by the court yet. they weren't submitted in court. and i'm convinced that if the judge had seen them, if the judge's study these documents, they could not let the extra sure go ahead because they've accepted that a song just suicidal. they've accepted the judge, apply the test correctly, that he would be even more suicidal. he would, he would drive an expedition to deal with would drive him to take what they except it all this. so the only reason they

some of it is on vaccine mandates as well, right here in the united states. that's impacting the supply chain. can you talk a little bit about both of those dynamics? >> would you like to go first? >> yes, i mean, basically the united states is doing the right thing here because we do have to increase the supply of global vaccines. i just want to be very clear here. this is not about, you know, allocating. this is not about just not, you know, give all the available vaccines in my country but, you know, like ration. as we just heard from dr. khan, to increase the vaccine production and the vaccine supply to other countries and the united states leadership so far has been very good and it is definitely the right way but it is not enough. the supply chain issues are going to be sorted out when we really do this globally. if you look at the very complex figure of the global supply chains in my recent testimony you'll understand that this is not just about some chips or some lumber issue. all of these sectors are linked to each other and different countries having

sort of the reverse of what the committee on foreign investment in the united states. i don't think we are on any inevitable collision course with china, but while we are focused post 9/11 on the war with terrorism, they certainly have gotten very aggressive and changed their whole attitude. and whether it's in the south china sea, whether it comes to cyber, or building their nuclear capability in the military, certainly their belligerence in the south china sea, their threats against taiwan. this is a new chinese communist party under president xi, and i think it calls for responsible steps in try to make sure that we understand what they are doing and we eliminate vulnerability. because as we have seen with ppe, semiconductors, something much more complex and involved then ppe manufacturing, it's the only responsible thing to do to try and identify the supply chain vulnerabilities particularly when it becomes a national security or economic security imperative to take steps ourselves in this competition. but eventually the world trade organization, i think it was over

then both austria and the united states. so each of these 2 sides is convinced that they have the way to go forward. but i'm afraid if you look at it objectively, the chinese have a way of mixing, private and public to really focus on particular problems. and they solve them better than either the united states or australia, at least in the last few decades. and whether you like it or not, is a separate matter. if you are a class calculating planner, you don't want to disconnect from the economy that has been by far, the most rapidly growing the most successful in becoming a wealthy country. in the world, you happen to be a neighbor, to disconnecting being the enemy in the long run. not smart. well, especially when we talk so much about the reliance that many nations, including australia and the united states, have on china. but that, of course, is a discussion for another day. professor richard will post of economic update. thank you so much. thank you. and executives from some of the top crypto currency exchanges in the nat

the other reason that the united states is the j . c. p o, a is useful, is that it's a useful platform to, they would say, discussed, but perhaps more accurately, to pressure iran and other issues like it's missiles, regional developments and the like. okay, i'd like to bring you in. i'm, it raises easy. you're a specialist on iran foreign policy. these are the 1st talks in 5 months, the 1st sense around elected. it's new president. what, given everything we've heard from, from our contributors up to this point, what is it that go all the sides to the negotiating table to revive these talks? now actually the 1st of all, i should say that i'm not quite optimistic to this rhonda talks because as we just hear it from, from our colleagues. and also we've been seeing, you know, in the form of the statements made by different sides during the talks. actually, what i can see is that both sides are demanding and find the j. c point for actually they are demanding some extra benefits from the time that they're not actually read in situ i. because

and the united states, which had pulled out of the tail, wants to return. therefore, the given take concept has already been materialized in 2015 negotiation. now we should take measures which could remedy the laundries of the country which had pulled out of the deal so that that country could solicit qualifications to return to the deal given take happens and both parties violate anything. we did not violate anything, it was the americans that for a late that the beer over the past decade was followed, had the main concern over nuclear weapons ation. for this for having minutes, we ask that called a minute, 3 dimension. therefore, the main issue that was being discussed all over the years was iran giving guarantees. it's not going to go on over. yvonne said on different occasions that the supreme leader had the fact that prohibit building nuclear bombs or any kinds of weapons of mass destruction over the past few weeks. israel has been warning that if the united states, the euro have all shine shine, not in going to issue a korean stance and have a clear p

but the standoff continues here outside the united nations. we are overlooking the scene at this point. lots of law enforcement on the scene. no question about at this point, there's not really much information on who the man is or what his motivations are. the man does appear to be suicidal, but then people wonder why he hasn't gone ahead and done it. if in for him, perhaps there is something else going on. if he has some other motivations, it's not clear what the motive of this man is, but he's walking around the un headquarters where the firearm, lots of law enforcement here. lots of armored vehicles, lots of emergency vehicles on the scene. everyone's waiting for some answers wondering how long the stand off last. so thankfully. com at the moment will be very airily. com. i will leave you for now. then if anything changes, we'll be right back with you kind of open a to un headquarters in new york. developing story. we're across this thursday. russia's top diplomat and his us counterpart of how tens talks at the organization for security and

where i work or defense acquisition following a long career in the united states army. it's my pleasure to be joined today by dr. paul stockman, former assistant secretary of defense for homeland definance and america's security affairs in the department of defense. and a senior fellow of john -- of the john hopkins university's applied dissics did shall did-physics lab toamplet we are privileged to be joined by my colleague, a.e.i. senior fellow, elizabeth. dr. stockton's service as an assistant second for president obama put him on his current path of support to industry and government to meet emerging challenges and infrastructure resilience, cybersecurity, and strategy planning. >> now that he's left office he provides strategy advice to major electric utilities, trade associations, and the electrical subsector coordinating council to help them strengthen preparedness against cyber threats. he chairs the grid resilience subcommittee of the department of energy's electricity advisory council, and serves on the national association of regulatory utility commissioners t

the united states is considering. we also know that the national security advisor james sullivan, earlier in the week, really reiterated what the president is going to send in terms of a message to president zalinski. but also that he talked to the russian liter, vladimir putin about let is that in terms of resolving these differences, the united states is committed to working and seeing this go through the minsk up process. they want to see progress towards a ceasefire. and also they want to see really a trend towards confidence building measures that the united states is calling it, in order to try and bring about some sort of resolution. other words with the united states wants to see is really diplomacy. not any sort of escalation that would lead to any type of military action. the president himself had a very busy day. he's been paying his respects, obviously to the late bob dole of the capital. but also he's been holding this virtual summit with world leaders all about democracy was thought about well, this is a

what are we obligated to do, the united states states, not nato. what are we obligated to do if the russians decide to make a major move in the ukraine? thanks, ben, it was good to see you again. caller: thanks, george. guest: well, of course ukraine is not a treaty ally and there's not an obligation the way it would be as if poland or lithuania or romania were attacked by russian forces, an armed attack. however, i think our administration has made it clear that ukrainian sovereignty is a priority. secretary blinken just talked about the commitment of the united states and ukrainian sovereignty and that does not mean armed forces would be used but i would anticipate this means we will in fact impose real serious crippling economic sanctions against the russian federation, and i think also the support on capitol hill from the congress has been so important to also make sure that we are providing our ukrainian friends with materials with intelligence, with capabilities that would assist them in defending themselves. but i think it is really important

he told him directly if rush further invites, the united states and our european allies would respondould provide additional help to the ukrainians above that which we are providing. we would fortify our nato allies additional capabilities in response to such an escalation. he said diplomacy and our allies would engage in a conversation to cover our strategic concerns with russia and russia's strategic concerns. we managed to do this at the height of the cold war. we developed mechanisms to help produce instability and increased transparency. we have done this in the post-cold war era, the osce and other mechanisms. there is no reason we can't do that forward. going forward, provided that we are operating in a context of deescalation rather than escalation. the united states, as we have been for some time, is also prepared to support efforts to advance the minske agreement. the discussion was direct and straight forward. there was a lot of give and take there was no finger wagging, but the president was crystal clear about where the united states stand on all of these issues. we belie

when the united states was the most powerful, important country in world history, when it races to thecipice, has an impact on others. other things are happening are bad enough, but with t united ates in the lead and margie to destruction, the future is very dim. it is our responsibility here to control it, terminate it, to turn the country back to sanity. don't even like to say "back" but turn it to sanity on these issues befe it is too late. nermeen: professor, of one of a severe threat from a resurgent proto-fascist right here in the u.s. and spoken -- you have spoken out againsthe general right-wing shift across theoliticalpectm in the u.s. if youan expla at you think is behind that and if y see any prospects in the near future for its reveal? >>ell, we have been through a 40 year, 45 year sault on the general population within the framework of what is called neoliberalism. it has had a very serious impact. there are even some measures of it through -- thrand corporation, super respectable, did a study recently of what they politely called transfer of wealth from the lower 90% of t

, and united states army, signed joseph r biden, the president of the united states the celiz family please accompany the president? attention, orders. the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has posthumously awarded medal of honor to sergeant first class christopher celiz, united states army, for gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. this was while engaged with the enemy in afghanistan, but as a special forces unit comprised of partner forces in the 75th ranger regiment, he led an operation to clear an area of enemy forces and disrupt future attacks against the government of afghanistan and allied forces. shortly after his team reached the final objective, a large enemy force attack placed effective fire on him and his team, preventing them from moving to counterattack. realizing the danger the attack posed to his team and the operation, he voluntarily exposed himself to intense enemy machine gun and small arms fire to retrieve and deploy a heavy weapons system, allowing usn partner forces to regain initiati

the united states has emitted more co2 than any other country in history. and, we are also going to lead the world in the solutions, the answers. the upcoming cop26 will serve as a vital task. when global leaders meet next week in glasgow almost every , nation around the world , including china will be , challenged to increase their climate ambition. president biden is on his way there. he just told us, to help lead the world on those solutions. this year the president has already pledged to slash greenhouse emissions in half and as it starts next week it is up to us in congress to help achieve the goal. in this committee, we have focused on the solutions. we have talked about the opportunity to create millions of good paying jobs, take protect the health of our children and safeguard our economy and our imperative to ensure environmental justice for communities of color and tribes, and today we will focus on international benefits that come with solving the climate crisis because not only will reducing pollution make life better for families in america, it