tonight, joe biden's blue-collar blueprint for america. delivering his first speech before a joint session of congress. biden promises big spending on infrastructure and families. he says america is returning to the politics of international cooperation, but warns the biggest threat to the free world is china. also coming up, germany's top court strikes down the government's climate change law, saying it doesn't go far enough to prevent a climate catastrophe. and india sets another world record in daily new coronavirus cases, pushing its health system beyond its limits. plus, designed by a modernist giant. the five-year renovation of berlin's new national gallery is finally complete. we take a look at the history of this remarkable building. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs, in the united states, and around the world, welcome. we begin with biden's $6 trillion plan. in his first speech before the u.s. congress, he made the case for what he calls a once in a generation investment in america. the president outlined proposal

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator and he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. would be back. he began by drawing attention to the historic fact that for the 1st time ever the 2 people behind him where women madam speaker madam vice president i. thank. you. as never said those words from this podium no president ever said those words. then a grim summary of his 1st 100 days combined with a note of optimism 100 days since i took the oath of office and left in my hand off our family bible and heard of the nation we all did it was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century the worst economic crisis since the great depression . the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is the move again thank you for being a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new big government with big spending plans biden said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the

on foreign policy joe biden said that the u.s. was competing to win the 21st century any idea what he means by that well based off of what he said in the past his domestic policy he believes is tied into his foreign policy so if other countries see that democracy in the u.s. is working then. i just lost my train of thought i'm so sorry. so that you're talking about the 21st century century. well i mean let's look at what the president was saying with with reference to democracy also when he also referred to the storming of the u.s. capitol by that mall on january 6th that really shocked the world and he said it also gave some solace to america's enemies i mean how heavily does that weigh on the administration well deeply because they're still doing the investigation to catch people who did attack the capitol and he called it the worst attack our democracy has seen since the civil war so if for him he really wants the rest of the world to see america work and that democracy works that there isn't just a standstill that both sides o

president joe biden delivers his 1st speech to a joint session of congress he declares america is rising a new as he highlights the progress made against the current pandemic and unveils details of a $1.00 trillion dollars package for families and education also coming up. as india sets another world record in new coronavirus cases pushing its health system far beyond its limits we speak to a volunteer working on the front lines of the pandemic. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us joe biden has pitched his proposals for what he calls a once in a generation investment in america and his 1st speech to congress says u.s. president he outlined sweeping plans to increase wages and create more jobs he also stressed the need for the u.s. to reassert its place in the world saying it must show its adversaries that democracy still works listen to what he had to say. we all know life can knock us down but in america we never ever ever stay down americans always get up today that's what we're doing america's rising to do choosing hope over fear truth over lies and light over darkness aft

president, joe biden declared back in february that "america is back." the message, the days of donald trump's america first isolationism are over. it has the u.s. president delivered on that promise? we ask some of germany's leading politicians to grade the first 100 days of the biden presidency. >> on then political style. it is factual. it doesn't shy away from difficult topics and does not revert to activism. in view of that, i give him a good grade. >> the situation in the u.s. is not easy, because the country is so deeply divided. the new administration is trying to bridge some of these gaps by investing in infrastructure and taking on the huge challenge of becoming carbon neutral. changes possible, even when starting from such a low base. >> our worst fears have been confirmed. biden is leading america towards catastrophe. both domestically and in terms of foreign policy. our biggest worry is a confrontation with russia. this clearly worries us. the same goes for germany, especially calls to stop th nord stream 2 pipeline. the pipeline is clearly

biden and by special guys have made statements that the u.s. will stand by india and also expedite the production the delivery of the song that you don't much like india where the u.s. doing it's so. yet and the coronavirus cases have hit a global record peak for a 5th straight day the number is 353000 i'll just point out that that's when over 300000 more cases than the next highest country but even then nimish it's been say that the government is under reporting the number of cases and ditz. most of the evidence or not this is still anecdotal but it is definitely a so i'm not what john lists have or it's saying that the. downs of cities of thought of up to did not last one regent people who did the not with me 10 times as high as the net. in addition and yes both the do but do you date incidentally hyde which holds the prevalence of that if the expanding internationally it's about 30 percent but all of this comes at a time when the indian government asked twitter to feet down tweets critical of its handling of the band and so free to offer inf

president joe biden recognizing the armenian genocide which took place in 1958 during the autumn an era the white house had avoided that term for decades for fear of alienating its ally turkey thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan have been commemorating the mass killings of deportations and forced marches. demonstrators have gathered in jerusalem to courts of peace amid a flare up in tensions in the city there's been near nightly unrest between palestinians and israelis since the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan 2 weeks ago israel's prime minister is appealing for calm on science. sports now on i'm going to slay combined munich travel to mines on saturday knowing a win would seal the league championship but mines have come out come out fighting in recent weeks as they bid to avoid relegation and they set up a shock and put fines title campaign on ice. in this league of fans have seen this movie before byron the main feature. the star turn to another title with the inevitable happy ending. points were cast as the fall guy but they hadn't read the script a 6 game unb

president joe biden recognizing the armenian genocide which took place in 950 in the autumn an era the white house had avoided that term for decades for fear of alienating its ally turkey thousands of people in armenia as capital have been commemorating the mass killings deportations and forced marches. by its being held as a potential game changer in the fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases a promising new vaccine against malaria has proven 77 percent effective in trials it's the 1st time ever a malaria vaccine has topped the world health organizations goal of a job that's at least 70. 5 percent effective the shot was developed by the team behind the astra zeneca a covert vaccine and tested on $450.00 infants and became a fan so these scientists will now move to a so-called phase 3 trial involving nearly 5000 children across 4 african countries . for more on this exciting development i'm joined by w. science editor mira fricker a long awaited malaria vaccine sounds like quite a breakthrough well this is acceding could be a potential game changer it would not be the very

president joe biden angers ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide. plans and going to sleep a full mind speaking mind munich preventing them from claiming their 9th straight championship at least for another week. i'm rebecca ridges welcome to the program germany is switching gears in the fight against the pandemic to palm and approved a legislative amendment paving the way for a more centrally coordinated response on saturday night patrol cities across the country to enforce the most controversial of the new measures a curfew between 10 pm and 5 am our reporter kate brady was out in the capitol belin. it's saturday night. district with just minutes to go before the new curfew kicks in tempe have enough time to grab a quick beer hall some late night food for the road. right on cue as the clock strikes 10 many local shops begin to roll down the shutters minutes later police arrive to class struggle is from the square. according to federal rules repeated violators of the measures risk a hefty fine of up to 25000 euros for most tonight though it's just

president joe biden plang up the economic advantages of fighting global warming. pres. biden: it's an opportunity to create millions of good paying jobs around the world and innovative sectors. jobs that bring greater quality of life, greater dignity to the people performing those jobs in every nation. reporter: biden says workers in traditional energy sectors must be offered new opportunities. the u.s. wants to take the lead in developing green technologies. stepping up the pace of research, and making more use of public and private investment. >> using just today's technologies won't allow us to meet our ambitious goals. we need new zero-carbon products that are just as affordable that have what i call a green premium of zero. reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced israel would phase out coal by 2025. but experts say existing targets and schedules won't be enough to cap global warming at the agreed 1.5%. phil: let's take a closer look at this with executive director of environmental defense fund europe. she joins us from london. welcome to dw. what we h

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions in half by 2035 an announced the goal of the 2 day virtual climate summit at the white house 40 countries are taking part china and russia have also to cooperate on climate protections more indonesian navy ships have joined the search for a missing submarine the last vessel has 53 crewmembers on board and officials say oxygen is due to run out early on saturday search efforts are now focused on a highly magnetic object discovered near bali though it's feared it may be too deep to reach. the pin violence between israelis and palestinians outside jerusalem's old city of the protesters were barred from areas where muslim muslims gather for ramadan israeli police put up barricades and use stun grenades to disperse crowds the far right jewish chances of slogans on both prevented from marching to the end. akhil is facing questions today over one of germany's largest corporate scandals the chancellor is testifying before a parliamentary committee investigating the collapse o

us president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions in half by 2030 it's the most ambitious climate target the u.s. has ever said biden announced the goal at a 2 day virtual climate change summit at the white house 40 countries are taking part in china and russia also pledged to cooperate on planet protections but did not announce specific emissions targets yet for more on this. not she's the head of the nec how to research institute on global commerce and climate change a think tank here in berlin we'll get to how much of a game changer is biden's pledge. i would say it really is a game changer and yesterday though the whole day was a game changer pawpaw climate i would say because it's not only the case that joe biden they us put on the table a new target for 20 take but they also managed other countries join them and putting more in their 1st target on the table like they do k. the e.u. also canada and this will and fold some dynamics so it's really a diplomatic success of the u.s. already said it will in the end so

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions in half by 2030 it's the most ambitious plan target ever set in u.s. history some 40 countries taking part in a 2 day virtual summit climate summit that biden is hosting from the white house analysts say by this pledge will put pressure on other countries to follow suit china and russia put aside their disputes with the u.s. and also pledged to cooperate in fighting climate change but they have yet to announce specific emissions targets. but for more on this. we'll get a snob she's the head of the macarthur research institute on global commerce and climate change a think tank here in berlin we'll get to how much of a game changer is biden's pledge. i would say it really is a game changer and yesterday though the whole day was a game changer pawpaw climate i would say because it's not only the case that joe biden the u.s. puts on the table a new target for 2030 but they also manage that other countries join them and putting more and interest targets on the table like t

president joe biden is about to open a global climate summit today marking the united states' return to international efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions the summit opens on earth day which ushered in the modern environmental movement back in 1980. this planet is threatened with destruction. we are in a crisis that survive on the 22nd of april 970 millions of americans mostly students took to the streets to demand more environmental protection it was the birth of earth day and an important step towards what was to become a global environmental movement proles a pesticide controls the head clean air clean water the list of environmental laws and regulations that passed over that decade after earth day or a by a growing environmental movement is quite a story nevertheless 51 years later today's environmental problems are even more serious due to climate change. since the beginning of industrialization the earth has heated up by one degree it could be well over 2 degrees warmer by the end of the century today it's once again mainly young people who are taking to the streets this tim

president joe biden is set to open a global climate summit today marking the united states' return to international if it's to cut greenhouse gas emissions the summit opens on earth day which is also the in the environmental movement back in 1950. humankind is pushing the planet to its limits the exploitation of resources the pollution of the oceans the air the soil and rivers as well as the climate crisis of bringing eco systems ever closer to collapse scientists already pointed out the dangers of the 50 years ago. this planet is threatened with destruction. we are in a crisis of survival on the 22nd of april 19th 70 millions of americans mostly students took to the streets to demand more environmental protection on it was the birth of earth day and an important step towards what has become a global environmental movement the endangered species act they had improvements to they had toxic controls they have pesticide control they had clean air clean water the list of environmental laws and regulations that passed over that decade after earth day wait by a growing environmental movemen

president joe biden hailed the decision as an important step toward police reform it was a murder in full light of day and to rip the blinders off for the whole world to see. the systemic racism vice president just referred to there are systemic raises this is a nation's soul but it's not enough we can't stop here. in order to live a real change in reform we kid and we must do more to reduce the likelihood a tragedy like this will ever happen kurgan. show then handcuffed and led away will be sentenced 8 weeks from now he could be facing decades in prison. were during g.w. correspondent stefan c. months is in minneapolis earlier i asked him how the verdict is going down with the american people it's going down really well i don't think there is any at least. in the african-american or in the black community anywhere in the united states in all the metropolitan areas l.a. new york chicago washington d.c. miami atlanta minneapolis of course anybody or not many people who would say this was not a great day a day they were longing for a day which brought them justice and. joy because of t

president joe biden hailed the decision as an important step toward police reform. it was a murder in full light of day and to rip the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the vice president just referred to there are systemic raises the stakes day in our nation's soul but it's not enough we can't stop here in order to live a real change reform we kid and we must do more to reduce the likelihood that tragedy like this will ever happen kurgan. chauvin handcuffed and led away will be sentenced 8 weeks from now he could be facing decades in prison. order. let's go live now to minneapolis sense speak to d.w. correspondent stephanie siemens who's at the area known as george floyd square step in tell us more about how this verdict is going down with the american people. well the american people speaking for the entire nation i would say it's going down really well i don't think there's any at least. in the african-american or in the black community anywhere in the united states in all the metropolitan areas l.a. new york chicago washington d.c. miam

american president joe biden has called on congress to pass gun restrictions after another mass shooting he ordered flags to be lowered at the white house and other government buildings in all of the 8 people killed at a fed ex warehouse in indianapolis on thursday. described the u.s. gun deaths as an epidemic. hundreds of people took to the streets in chicago after city police released body footage of an officer shooting dead 13 year old toledo protesters held a vigil in solidarity with the boy's family shooting is being investigated by the civilian police office of police accountability. nasa has awarded $2900000000.00 contract to iran musk's company space x. to supply the spacecraft that will run its 1st manned mission to the moon since $972.00 must be 2 other competitors including amazon founder jeff bezos to secure the contract. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border ukraine's president followed him as the lenski proposed a summit that would also include moscow which killed fears is preparing an invasion the

president joe biden has called for congress to pass gun restrictions after another mass shooting he ordered flags to be lowered at the white house and other government buildings in on are of the people who were killed at a fed ex warehouse in indianapolis on thursday he described u.s. gun deaths as an epidemic. hundreds of people took to the streets of chicago after city police released body cam footage of an officer shooting dead a 13 year old boy adam toledo protesters had to held a vigil in solidarity with his family the shooting is being investigated by the civilian office of police accountability. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border for voting near the lens he met a man you would not call in paris and angle to merkel joined by video link selenski called for a summit that also included moscow. germany is seeing its biggest spike in corona virus cases since january 1 of the main reasons is the slow pace of vaccinations fewer than one in 5 germans has received a 1st dose the rise in cases has prompted a warning

president joe biden china was top of the agenda for the one day summit 5 g. technology and climate change were also central to discussions. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border for a lot of years unless he met a man you would not call in paris and angela merkel joined by video link selenski called for a summit that also included moscow. and we turn to politics now and the bitter feud in angola merkel's conservative party over who should stand as her successor and run as chancellor candidate in september's general election. the 2 contenders bavarian premier and c.d.u. party leader that continue to hold discussions on friday evening with the party already sliding in polls members have called for the dispute to be settled by the end of this week. and for more on this let's go to the chief political editor make it a coup for who's following all the latest developments here in berlin. how close are these 2 men to finding a decision. well we thought they were closer than they actually were

president joe biden. vice president harris welcomed him to the white house and -- to the white house. an increasingly assertive china is likely to be the focus. bodycam footage was released of the moment a chinese police officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy. the police said the teenager had a gun. a lawyer for the boy's family said he had complied with demands to show his hands when he was shot. president joe biden has ordered flags on all u.s. government buildings to be lowered after a gunman killed eight people. the attack at a fedex depot in indianapolis was carried out by a former employee. he also shot himself. the rampage has called for -- the rampage has resulted in new calls for tighter gun control. >> it was sholy after 11:00 p.m. thursday ght when police were called out to the indianapolis airport. roads were closed and much of the airport placed under lockdown. police said officers responded as quickly as they could, but they arrived too late to the fedex building. >> we received a call or

president joe biden is pulling american forces out of the longest war and u.s. history speaking at the white house by then said that the withdrawal would begin next month and before the 20th anniversary of the $911.00 terror attacks the troops will leave afghanistan by the symbolic date of september 11th washington's nato allies will also remove their military presence u.s. forces have been fighting in afghanistan for 2 decades biden says that the american involvement in the long running conflict has become unsustainable. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the road drawl and expecting a different result and now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan 2 republicans 2 democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th after consulting closely with our allies and partners with our military leaders and intelligence personnel with our diplomats and our development experts with the congress and the vice president as well

president joe biden has announced all american forces will leave afghanistan by this september which marks the 20th anniversary of the $911.00 terror attacks the troop withdrawal begins on may 1st biden says that the exit will be done in focal warden nation with washington's allies. it's already the longest conflict in u.s. history now president biden has announced it's time for u.s. troops to leave the country where the 911 terrorist plot was hatched. i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan to republicans to democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th of the movie's hugely controversial critics say it's an expression of fatigue and that the u.s. is abandoning afghanistan to the islamist taliban but biden says time's up. and look i know there are many who a lot of the insist that the plan was he cannot succeed without a robust u.s. military presence to stand his leverage we gave that argument a decade. it's never proved effective. not when we had 98000 troops in afghanistan and america's nato allies said afterwards

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biden and the president of russia vladimir putin somewhat down the road maybe and some a if these 2 men can get along maybe then the tensions can be eased debbie has banned riegert in brussels thank you. well the white police officer who shot a black motorist in a scuffle in the u.s. state of minnesota has resigned the chief of police also offered to terminate his employment the mayor said that he hoped this would help calm the situation but protesters took to the streets for a 3rd night in the row on tuesday despite a curfew tensions also being fueled by the trial in the same city of the police officer derek show been charged with killing a black citizen george floyd. minneapolis remains a city on edge for a 3rd day people gathered to protest the death of yet another black man at the hands of a police officer. don't you right was short have to use arrested during a traffic stop. police say body count footage of the officer who shot him shows that she mistook her gun for her taser shooting night by accident. and. both the office and the local police chief have now stepped down but t

really destabilizing the whole region, and that something joe biden hopes to avoid. brent: as always, thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the president has won reelection from this west african nation, taking more than 85% of the vote. he had previously bound to serve just one term in office. critics accused him of ringing the race by sidelining opposition figures. an-coup protesters have taken to the streets of myanmar as the united nations warned the country could be heading towards a massive syria style conflict. the u.n. hws called on the international community to take action on the brutal crackdown. hundreds have been killed since the military seized power at the beginning of february. prosecutors say 11 members of the far-right group as terror organization aimed to overthrow the government. the 12th man is accused of offering the group material support. the pharmaceutical company johnson & johnson says it will delay the rollout of its covid-19 vaccine here in europe. that's after health authorities i

called president joe biden appealed for calm. but we do know that the brain trauma is just in the black community in that environment is real serious consequential but it is just not justified violence and or looting but the shooting of dante wright has fueled tensions in a city already on edge over enough that i have a tourist case not far from where wright was shot dead rick show even the officer who killed george floyd is on trial for murder. and sick a look at other stories making headlines around the world one person has been killed and a policeman injured in a shooting at a high school in knoxville tennessee gunfire was exchanged when officers approached a male suspect hiding in a bath for 3 other students at the same school have died in gun related incidents this year. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that he expects the international deal limiting iran's nuclear program to be saved speaking after talks with his iranian counterpart lavrov said that iran should willingness if the u.s. upheld its agreements t

called president joe biden appealed for calm. we do know that the brain trauma is just the black community in that environment is real serious and consequential but it's just not justified violence and or looting. but the shooting of dante wright has fueled tensions in a city already on edge very now the tourist case not far from where wright was shot direct shows in the officer who killed george floyd he's on trial for murder and let's get more we're joined by sloane martin who is a reporter and anchor for a local radio station in the area in minneapolis thank you so much for joining us there's anger on the streets as we've been seeing after this latest killing what's happening walk us through it. well things have been quite calm tonight to of but that was after a pretty large crowd dispersed and there was tear gas put off by police those non-lethal munitions as well to try and disperse the crowd state officials put in a curfew for 3 counties in the twin cities metro area from 7 pm to 6 am so still several more hours left in thi

president joe biden called him one heck of a guy tell us a bit more about the man and his life. here in the u.k. he's really being remembered as somebody who was such a support for the queen who obviously is being held in high regard through the country and throughout the world as as the man who always was behind her who had this amazing sense of public duty when he retired more or less retired in 2017 there was a calculation that he had attended just him without the queen over 20000 and gauge men's and he was patron of many organizations over 800 organizations from mostly from sports and equestrian but also wildlife which was one of his passions and then this legacy somehow also i think is going to live on for example the he created the duke of edinburgh award scheme which is still very popular in schools and which draws on pupils going outside and fostering resilience and still many many children are very keen very still very keen to do it so you was really somebody who who supported the country and the system that we live in the constitutional monarchy or what about the queen

biden 27 states have passed so-called right to work all that code counts. tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the area around the volcano on the caribbean island of st vincent after it began erupting on friday the volcano has been spewing smoke and ash across the island it had been dormant for decades until december last year when it began showing signs of life. watching the eruption ejected smoke kilometers high into the air. good god last of free air created an ash cloud so thick it hit the sun poor visibility forced airlines to cancel flights to and from st vincent here let's go there slow down scroll down the right there it doesn't there's some smoke start to go up in there saw the only one of those department going to see i mean dust there may be those there you go over 16000 people living near the volcano what order to leave the area for their own safety by st vincent's prime minister salva has. residents queued for many buses taking only what they could carry with them. but there weren't enough places for everyone to be the little ho

ursula bonder line -- ursula von der leyen has sent her condolences, as had president joe biden and his wife jill. charlotte, this has bn a difficult time for the british royal family, with the recent, very public rake up with harry and meghan, after that explosive interview with oprah winfrey. charlotte: indeed. prince philip has been by the queen's side for numerous tumultuous periods. the one that springs to mind is the deh of princess diana in 1997, but the interview that harry and meghan gave to oprah last month was just the latest in a string of controversial moments, megan making some allegations about the way the palace treated her, her mental health, and of course, an explosive allegation suggesting racism from an unnamed member of the royal family. the palace forced to respond to that, something they weren't expecting to do. such was the level of controversy surroundg this interview, prince philip was a hospital when it was ven. some people commented it was insensitive for this interview to g ahead, but the queen has wehered so many storms in the past, few doubt she will conti

president joe biden who called putin and there are there are you never forgets something like that and finally there is also the upcoming parliamentary elections in russia terry the kremlin apparently needs and you are a gent that distracts from the internal russian problems and seeks an enemy from outside and he once again ukraine fits very well as such an enemy ok so that explains the context very well but russia does have these troops now massed at the ukrainian border has indicated how long it plans to keep them there. well i should have beads again and again that the troops are on russian territory and moscow would be allowed to do everything possible with them that's true also russia can to disregard to don't bust because if it doesn't intervene in this situation to the next issue could be crimea from the russian point of view and to the loss of a donbass could result in further political losses for russia on the other hand terry there is a risk of getting involved in a war with the almost whole west given that russia has no allies or even sympathizers in the in child western wor

that after a recent spate of mass shootings president joe biden announces his 1st gun control measures he moves to tighten some regulations but warns much more is needed. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the number of refugees fleeing the military's violent crackdown in myanmar is rising india should india shares a 600 kilometer border with me on mar with strong ethnic and cultural ties between local communities on both sides so india might seem the natural destination for those forced to leave their homes but can those who end up there feel at home we meet one woman and her daughters who have settled in the indian capital delhi a warning some viewers may find this report to starving. for the last 6 years and her girls have felt safe here in delhi but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much when he says her husband was tortured and killed by the military. later they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military now the situation in myanmar is bringing bac

joe biden announces new measures on gun control. pres. biden: then violence in this country is an epidemic. >> today's announcement falls short of his campaign promises. will this be enough to stop the bloodshed. ? a lawyeroravalny says his health is deteriorating rapidly in prison. germany holds direct talks with russia to purchase the sputnik v coronavirus vaccine. will wait for approval from european regulators before using the vaccine? some parents say it violates their -- some schools requiring mandatory vaccinations for students. why some parents say it violates their rights. i am brent, welcome. u.s. president joe biden has announced new measures to tackle gun violence. acting on the issue was a key campaign pledge and a string of mass shootings -- and biden urged lawmakers to do their part. -president joe biden did not mince his words. pres. biden: gun violence in this country is in epidemic. it is an international embarrassment. -he sent a clear message to u.s. lawmakers. pres. biden: there is more congress can do to help that ef

president joe biden says that all adults in the united states will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine by april 19th 2 weeks earlier than the previous government deadline he warned however that cases are still going up for the moment urging people to get vaccinated as soon as possible in new york state everyone older than 16 can already get a shot. relief for 3 teenagers who know how dangerous curve 19 is and his whole family got sick with the virus last year paul loves playing for his wheelchair high school basketball team but going back to school threatens his how embryon has a rate condition. vaccination is a matter of luck for deferred. until i get the end of the day as always you have some sort of rejection in against the deadly virus it's all worth it in the. downtown new york city it's not bustling not yet at least. but an estimated one in 3 new york is has now been vaccinated which means there's a feeling of reawakening this spring. i think there's a new found sense of optimism in the possible for her my family's future so they're still in a lot of doubt and like my parents did

president joe biden's administration wants to revive the accord but has said that requires negotiations now iran is refusing direct talks calling for sanctions to be lifted 1st european nations will mediate between the 2 sides a 2015 agreement to limit iran's nuclear program collapsed after then u.s. president donald trump withdrew and reinstated sanctions on the country. the u.s. and iranian officials laid out there ahead of today's talks in vienna. our overarching goal is to ensure that iran's nuclear program is permanently and verifiably constrained in that on a permanent and verifiable basis iran will not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon. because whether the joint commission's agenda produces a result or not depends on the europeans and reminding the us of its obligations and the americans acting on their commitments and the muscles correspondent teri schultz is with me now harry so as we just heard these are being described as in direct talks can you tell us what that means and what is going to happen today that's right and this is because iran refuses to sit down with the united