europe has virtually no meaningful military force to introduce in this part of the world and europe largely sees asia and particularly china through the eyes of economic and commercial ties. i think we're going to run into real problems trying to line the europeans up it work with us. losing my voice here fareed, sorry. >> no worries. anne-marie, what about richard point, particularly in light of merkel leaving after 16 years in germany. the europeans don't have the capacity to pro correct any kind of military force without american help. and they don't seem that interested in having a kind of larger world role. they're largely internally eu focused. is it a fool's errand to try to get europe to play a larger strategic role? >> no, as i just said, the french after the united states have the largest naval experience in the south pacific. if we were going to make a deal with australia and britain, yes, i understand that we had better technology, but we should have included the french in thinking about the south pacific as a strategic arena and the british, particularly now that they're not in

and europe vis-a-vis china. there is a difference in the approach. and that's why i'm advocating for a stronger coordination between european countries on the united states, to enter the key strategic question, how to deal with china over the next decade. and i think that, first of all, we should reinforce the cooperation between the u.s. and european countries. second, we should have a list of issues and make differences between the question of the human rights, the question of trade, the question of access to market, so that we can try to find solutions on every topic instead of having the global approach. >> okay. engagement has been tried for decades really with china. that's an argument you hear, entering china's entrance into the wto. >> and you get some results. >> but china's trade practices did not miraculously became fairer. >> i'm not explaining that we are satisfied with china. i'm just explaining that engagement is for us, for the french president, for all european countries the right approach. and it can give some reserves. let's just g

. >> jumping overseas now, household gas prices are surging across europe. russia, one of europe's biggest natural gas suppliers, is denying its using energy as a political weapon to gain leverage. cnn's matthew chance is live for us in london. matthew, good morning. why are europeans pointing the finger at russia on this? >> reporter: well, the reason is russia is the biggest single supplier of natural gas, household gas to most european countries and most european households. and that natural gas price spiked upwards of 250% in the last several months.

natural gas prices in europe are wild. earlier this month trading at the equivalent of $230 per barrel in oil terms. that is up more than 130% since the beginning of september. and more than eight times higher than the same point last year. according to data from independent commodity intelligence services. those natural gas shortages have also prompted europe to return to coal production. >> a lot of countries across europe are quietly switching on coal stations again that have been moth balled in the last few years because rather than run something dirty and run out of electricity. >> reporter: also increasing demand economic activity has bounced back from the pandemic shutdown last year, and before the pandemic the world was consuming an average of 101 billion barrels of oil every day. during the pandemic slowdown it plummeted to 84.9 million at one point. now this year it is predicted to average more than 97 million barrels a day. that will continue to climb which has forced a surge in pricing with no end in sight. >>

natural gas prices in europe have risen a staggering amount, nearly 500%. in asia, bloomberg reports that power companies are buying liquefied natural gas at record prices to try to lock in supply. in europe a mass producer of fertilizer was already forced to temporarily shut down two uk plants due to high energy costs, and there are fears other industries will follow. the u.s. energy information administration has put out a report warning americans that they are likely to pay significantly more to stay warm this winter, especially if temperatures drop substantially. why is this happening? the simplest explanation is the demand for energy is currently exceeding supply, which makes prices rise. the reasons for this miss match are many, including extreme and unpredictable weather, as well as bad government decisions about storage, reserves or transmission lines. but there is one common cause -- much of the world has stopped investing in fossil fuels for good reasons. which has led to less supply of them. but we do not have sufficient green energy today to rep

it is being driven by rising cases across europe. the w.h.o. chief blames the continued spread of the virus on in equity. let's listen. >> it's another reminder that the covid-19 pandemic is far from over. the pandemic persists in large part because inequitable access to tools persists. >> europe accounted for 57% of new cases worldwide last week and is the only w.h.o. region to report increases in infections. >>> today the u.s. food and drug administration is expected to authorize pfizer's covid vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11. this will allow the company to begin shipping out its version for younger kids. pfizer says clinical trials show it's more than 90% effective against symptomatic covid after the fda grants authorization, the cdc still needs to give its approval. the cdc vacciner advisers are expected to hold a meeting on tuesday and the agency's director gets the final say. >>> donald trump's former chief of staff mark meadows could soon find himself in the same fix as the former president's ally steve bannon. multiple sources

and to your point, right, this is something that europe kind of has to do, right? they've been leaning on the u.s. in a whole host of ways. so there is a positive there. but the negative or at least the reality for the u.s. is even our closest allies don't have the same confidence they had in the u.s. before. again, afghanistan was a concrete example of that for them. yes, they knew the u.s. was going to withdraw at some point. but the way it happened, they were not happy. and you can say all the nice things you want, as has president biden, but the fact is the u.s. is out of there and now we and europe have to deal with the consequences. >> does that plus his own party not giving what he wants make it a done deal for biden before these meetings even start or does he have a shot? >> listen, he didn't get what he wanted, and by the way, the president and his team were -- they articulated this themselves, they said, you've got to send him to europe with something, with this deal. he got close, they do have a framework agreement. we shouldn't forget about that. and th

this comes amid a rise in covid cases and deaths across europe. >>> much of eastern europe is paying a high price over vaccine hesitancy. while there isn't a shortage of covid shots, reluctance to get one is widespread. and with few people following mitigation measures, surging covid cases are overwhelming the region. cnn's paula newton reports. >> reporter: an ambulance arrives at a moscow hospital. essential workers are still allowed on the job in russia. but much of the rest of the workforce right across the country is in lockdown until at least november 7th. it's part of a government plan to try and cut down on the number of new covid-19 cases that are overwhelming hospitals and logging record-high daily death tolls. shops are closed except for pharmacies and supermarkets. restaurants in moscow open only for delivery or takeout. but it's not a stay-at-home order. the city's streets are still busy. some people leaving town to take advantage of time off. one resident says she thinks the new measures aren't tough enough to make a difference, and old measures aren't always being foll

do you worry that europe will not have somebody like that at the helm? >> well, here's a leader who never identified herself with her office, and she will leave the chancellory and return to her rent-controlled apartment, which she never left for the past few decades, and never lost her talent to be normal. she will assume the life of a normal citizen and make herself scarce in berlin. >> she did her own grocery shopping all through the time she was chancellor. >> always. yes, she loves to cook. she's not a great cook but she loves to cook. and she will, i think, leave both germany and europe in a very strong place. >> kati marton, pleasure to have you on. >> thank you, fareed. wonderful to be with you. >>> next on "gps" the taliban is back to a lot of its old ways. afghanistan faces economic collapse and a series of terror attacks have shocked citizens there. i will talk to the afghan activist mahbouba seraj, who we had on before, about the sorry state of that war-torn nation when we come back. >> tech: when you get a chip in your windshield... trust sa

he's going to europe. he would like to say a framework for a deal is in place and then he'll be meeting the pope. when you meet pope francis. that's a historic moment. biden is the second catholic president and they will be able to talk about climate change and hopefully the optics of this trip. yet biden meeting with anybody, any french leadership is problematic due to the recent nuclear submarine deal that cut france out of the picture between the united states, australia and great britain, so it's a time fraught for problems with joe biden, and we've got the virginia gubernatorial race coming up on tuesday. >> yeah. we've got virginia and new jersey on tuesday. there is -- you know, as we know it and we've been talk, there is so much riding on this. real quickly, gloria, before i let you go. the fact that former president obama is putting out a statement about this and he's basically saying, look, this could be transformational. this is a real big deal. there's a lot in that bill. >> right. >> he's also

because of the ties between turkey and europe. not just the fact that turkey is a nato member, but also europe -- the european union is turkey's largest trade ally. so there are a number of pressure points of that these european countries could, should they choose to do so, use to put more pressure on erdogan's government. the economy here is faltering, the lira has been plummeting. that being said, turkey has moves that it can make against europe, as well. and i think everyone who is watching the situation right now is just hoping that both sides take a step back rather than move this escalation further forward, kim. >> yeah, absolutely. all right. arwa damon in istanbul, thank you so much. >>> candidates begin the final hunt for votes in virginia's neck and neck gubernatorial race. next, you'll hear some of their final pitches to voters and we'll explain why the race could be a barometer for the entire nation. >>> plus, a growing movement that could dramatically change the u.s. map and size of numerous states. what's behind the

we'd actually have kind of a natural gas marshall plan for europe. we in america would build a set of l&g export terminals to export our national gas. we're the saudi arabia of natural gas. we're more than saudi arabia of natural gas, we have 100 years of supply. but if you can't liquify it, you can't export it. and then we partner with europeans and build terminals over there and then you have a long-term plan to counterbalance the influence of russia. >> so play out some of the other political consequences of this energy crunch and energy crisis. clearly russia gets empowered. what else happens? >> another thing i think people aren't paying attention to, and you've had this on the show before, which is iran is getting closer and closer to developing enough fissile material now to build one nuclear bomb. if you listen to americans, security officials and israeli security officials, they've been telling us we're not going to let that happen. we're not going to let iran get that close. they're getting that close. if they're considering some kind of ki

the president is on his way to europe. how is he supposed to pitch strength and unity to the world when they're literally one vote away from their entire agenda crumbling? >> yeah, that's ea very importat point. it is enough that biden is delaying his trip to rome by a few hours to try to meet with some of the house democrats to try to see if he can get more than what he currently has in terms of a deal. he wanted to go to europe with a deal in hand and say america is back, america is able to legislate, push back against some of the authoritarian voices that are cropping up in europe by saying, democracy works. er we can legislate and figure out our differences and lead on the world stage both on the climate front and on the social programs. but now it seems like he's going to have to go to europe and say, i'm still working on it. give me a little bit more time. democracy is messy, but i hope to get a plan done. it is a less strong message than what he wanted, but that's what he has at this point going into these meetings

europe's strictest vaccine policy. bringing the pandemic under control and ending economic uncertainty will help focus leader's minds here. but absent president xi and putin at the table, it seems a stretch to have a covid solution. nic robertson, cnn, rome. >>> after the g20, the u.s. president will travel to scotland for the cop-26 climate summit. but it looks like he won't have much to show. he has vowed to cut around half of u.s. greenhouse gas emissions below their 2005 levels by 2030. the white house says he's considering new executive actions, restricting methane, mercury, and power plant emissions. but analysts say that won't be enough, and that joe biden will need congress to pass clean energy bills to reach his goal. >>> for more on all of this, we're joined by professor and volcano gist jess phoenix. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> as one of the world's biggest carbon polluters along with china, india, russia and japan, what does the u.s. need to do to lead the charge at the cop 26 clim

. >>> he's been dubbed europe's last dictator. cnn sat down with the president of belarus. how did he respond on the questions about widespread rights abuses under his watch? that's next. gold. your strategic advantage. this isn't just a walk up the stairs. when you have an irregular heartbeat, it's more. it's dignity. the freedom to go where you want, knowing your doctor can watch over your heart. ♪ ♪ (music) ♪ staying on top of your game takes a plan. that's why at aetna, we take a total connected approach to your health and wellness. with medicare advantage plans designed to surround you with the care you need every day. aetna medicare advantage plans >>> in our world lead, alexander lukashenko has been called europe's last dictator. he runs belarus, one of the eastern european republics that started going its own way after the soviet union broke up. for belarus, lukashenko's way has been the only way. he's supposedly freely elect bud the election was so corrupted it provoked huge protests in the capital minsk. protests that lukashenko's forces brutally put down. n

and head for europe? what happens when the himalayan glaciers melt giving less water to pakistan and india. what happens when migrants surge north after droughts or hurricanes? we know the naval base in norfolk has to be moved now as a result of rising seas, but of course, the gap between the warnings and action in congress is stark. >> the hoemt security and defense department both released separate reports outlining the threat posed by the climate crisis. yet as you know, there doesn't seem to be a matching urgency from elected officials to do anything, with some exceptions of course. >> of course. you know, biden's build back better plan is the most ambitious sort of climate package in there. it will cost about $350 billion a year. the most effective analysts say would be incentivizing power companies to get off of coal and gas and get to clean sources of energy. solar and wind. the joe manchins of the world say that's too expensive. it's interesting that this week, they gave the pentagon $10 billion m

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. >> reporter: you know, jim, this is something that is extremely welcome within europe, which has been very impatient with these u.s. restrictions, welcomed by the u.s. travel industry, airlines have had a very difficult time restoring their international business, and very welcome to the biden administration, which is desperate to restore more of a sense of normalcy, get out of the pandemic. now the trends are going down. they're trying in the last couple of weeks to celebrate some of these milestones. on november 8th, the country-by-country restrictions that have prevented people from flying into the united states are going to be lifted with a condition -- vaccination. got to have it. that is consistent with the message that president biden is trying to send domestically, to companies through the u.s. government, vaccine requirements. that's the way out of the pandemic and the way into the united states for people from europe, from other parts of the world, south africa, elsewhere that have been subject to regional or country-by-country bans. those are now being lifted if you show pr

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should be doing, how france should europe in potentially a new direction. that was just underscored about 10 to 12x based on the submarine deal. the outrage based on that deal was very real, but i think the broader issues there in terms of defense for europe, whether or not it should be more autonomous, the french policies in terms of what they pant want to pursue counterterrorism-wise in africa, collective defenses, all of those are real issues. i think french officials, according to diplomats i've spoken with, don't just want to shake hands, just have a friendly conversation. they want deliverables. they want concrete things out of the u.s. delegation in this meeting. as your panel was talking about, the u.s. has made an extensive effort behind the scenes over the course of the last couple weeks to address those concerns and maybe set the groundwork for delivering on some of those issues, whether it was the secretary of state, national security adviser jake sullivan, obviously the vice president will be heading to paris next month. those conversations are

diplomacy is on full display today in europe. secretary of state anthony blinken is wrapping up a visit to paris meant really to ease tensions over the new defense pact, remember, with uk and australia. the agreement to build nuclear powered submarines that led australia to a $66 billion deal for diesel electric subs from france. then we have u.s. talks with china. they come as taiwan's defense minister predicted today china could be capable of launching a full-scale invasion of the island within the next four years. let's have more on both these stories. in hong kong following the u.s./china diplomacy, joining us from paris, the latest on the u.s. secretary of state visit. melissa, i suspect as we set up there just before coming to you, this meeting is very much about mending fences with france given what occurred over the nuclear-powered submarines. how did that go? >> reporter: well, secretary of state blinken doing what he does best, which is use words, america's top diplomat, of course, they happened to be on french televisi

well, there are pockets of resistance across parts of europe. there are high levels of vaccine uptick in most countries in western europe and we have seen that. but in recent days, we've seen protests in italy and switzerland as woeell over the measures being taken to really nurnl encourage people to get that jab. what that entails in italy, the green pass, people will have to provide proof of getting the vaccination or getting that infection recently, recovering from that, or indeed getting a negative test within the last 48 hours. and those who don't comply with that green pass could face getting a fine of up to $1,075. and those in switzerland putting in a restriction for those who don't comply of going to restaurants and bars and clubs. but just last year, polls reflected that many people were not keen to get that jab. and president macron announced that there would be the health pass, we saw that vaccine uptick surge. so there is a example of these kind of measures encourage people to go out asand get that vaccine. >> it seems universal tha

known as europe's last dictator. scornful of western media, it's rare for him to sit down with a foreign journalist, but cnn's matthew chance managed to get this exclusive an contentious interview. listen. >> this is what the brutal crackdown in belarus looks like. detained then beaten by police. after disputed elections last year, the mass protests that followed were crushed. human rights groups called it a catastrophe. now, they're confronting europe's last dictator. would you take this opportunity now to apologize to the people of belarus for the human rights abuses they've suffered at your hands? >> translator: no, i would not like to take this opportunity. i don't think this is even a relevant question and in principle, i have nothing to apologize for. >> you say you've got nothing to apologize for, but human rights watch says multiple detainees have reported broken bones, broken teeth, brain injuries, skin wounds, electrical burns. amnesty international speaks of detention centers becoming torture chambers wher

we're going to have more on biden's visit here to europe in a moment. erica? >> first, more on why that trip has been delayed now this morning as you pointed out, jim. before president biden leaves for europe, he's making a detour to capitol hill where he'll meet with the house democratic caucus reportedly in an effort to try to convince progressives to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill that they have been using as leverage to advance the social spending bill. sources telling cnn that the president plans to use this meeting to lay out some of the long awaited details of this $1.75 trillion economic and climate package. now, whether the president can ultimately convince lawmakers to get on board, that still remains to be seen. this after another progressive priority, paid family leave, already slashed from 12 weeks to four, now appears to have been sacrificed altogether and another compromise to moderate west virginia senator joe manchin. >> to expand social programs when you have trust funds that aren't solvent, going insolvent, i can't explain that. it

so the president leaves for europe tomorrow. g-20, and then cop26, which deals with climate issues, hoping to have something in hand. will democrats send him to europe empty handed? >> well, i think the most important thing is we get this right as you messenntioned ther a few new revenue streams we're looking at now. i know it would be great to have done so the president can talk about this and i still think there is a possibility, but the most important part is we get the provisions right and we're down to just a few final issues. i'm optimistic. >> some big ones and, by the way, we didn't set those deadlines. democratic leadership set the repeated deadlines. are the deadlines -- is the latest deadline not going to happen? >> after almost nine years in congress, i realize the only way congress operates is when we have a deadline it seems like. i understand why people put dates out there to get people talking. at the end of the day, having these huge transformational ideas like not paying more than 7% of your income for child ca

therefore, europe is not as heavily reliant on turkey when it comes to the economy as turkey is on europe. and against that backdrop, also worth mentioning the turkish economy has been struggling for quite sometime now. so should europe choose to do so, it does have a number of other potential pressure points that it can try to put on turkey. that being said, this ongoing back and forth over the detention of oswan kavala has been going on a number of time with countries calling for his release, with this fairly unprecedented it must be said statement that was signed by the ten countries asking for his release, asking for the decision that was taken by the european court for human rights to be upheld. that was a decision that called for kavala's immediate release. and turkey being a member of the european counsel is, in theory, supposed to uphold that decision. a lot of human rights organizations, outside observers, analysts are calling this a political move to try to continue to tamp down on voices of opposition and dissent throughout turkey. kavala is hardly the first person who has spok

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he delayed his departure to europe this morning in order to make this final push to get his party to come together around a deal since republicans are united against this effort. let's begin our coverage with cnn's john harwood. he's live at the white house. we'll hear from the president just minutes away, john. what do you think we're about to hear from president biden? >> reporter: i think a very strong case in the affirmative for what's in this package, not what was cut out of the package. he originally asked for $3.5 trillion, lost priorities like two years of free community college for everyone in america, lost the paid leave program, which even as late as last week he thought would survived in reduced form. he's going to talk about $1.75 trillion of investments in education, universal precare, expanded pell grants, health care, strengthen obamacare, strengthened medicare through additional dental benefits, in children, expanded child tax credit, housing, new money for affordable housing, and climate change as he goes to this meeting in glasgow for worldwide efforts to combat cl

and how negotiations might go. >> well, these relationships with europe are absolutely vital, because the u.s. does not have a very good relationship with iran at all. it is absolutely rock bottom. and particularly hardliners in charge of iran, this is going to make things much more difficult. and france has been able to have some sort of relationship with iran so they are key to me somehow trying to return to the deal but i would also agree with what has already been said. i think before we get to any cooperation, we're actually going to see more sanctions deployed. and that's because the hardliners in iran seem not open stall to having any kind of deal. so it may be that things get worse whether they get better. >> my colleague jim sciutto pointed out that there are two key figures that are quote/unquote phoning it in. not in rome and in person, china's xi jinping and vladimir putin of russia. they will be attending virtually. i'm wondering how you think that might impact the effectiveness of the summit. >> this is actually a really big problem, though it does give biden an opportun

who is the most trusted friend in europe if you sit this trip aside? >> we'll watch over the next few days who is exactly, especially after he mentioned this dustup with macron. we'll see how does this all play out. have the democrats reset the button after the trump administration and they are starting these relationships anew? >> is he weaker or stronger in the sense that the president wanted congressional passage of the infrastructure plan, congressional timeline to pass sweeping spending plan that mostly has nothing to do with foreign affairs except for the climate part of t.biden wanted the wind at his back, personal political momentum and a climate piece that comes at the climate summit that comes at the end of the trip. he does have landmark investments in the framework. not guaranteed to get to the finish line. does he have the wind at the back or are europe dwran leaders looking at joe biden saying you're not donald trump but we're not sure. >> it's interesting if you listened to jake sullivan he was kind of asked these questions saying, look,

with no deal on the table yet, president biden delaying that trip to europe by a few hours. he was slated to leave this morning. instead, he will leave in the early afternoon. only after first heading to capitol hill for one of these last-ditch efforts to try and convince progressives, it appears, to vote for that infrastructure bill. but there is still no framework deal even if that were to be enough for progressives. though they are still insisting they want to see both move through the house at the same time. amid all of this, progressives losing out, as you just said, on one of the major priorities with this paid medical and family leave to be scratched altogether because of opposition from senator joe manchin, who explained why here. listen. >> to expand social programs when you have trust funds that aren't solvent, they're going insolvent, i can't explain that. it doesn't make sense to me. i want to work with everyone as long as we can start paying for things. that's all. i can't put this burden on my grandchildren. i have 10 grandchildren. i just can't do it. >> repor

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tomatoes were a popular ingredient among the jews of southern europe. unless you want. as the incredible smell drifts outside fabio's friends take their seats. the density of that flavor is just-- [ speaking foreign language ] >> tucci: wow. [applause] fabio may not be from livorno but he can definitely cook a cacciucco. oh, my god. these are ingredients rooted in both the poor fishing community and in livorno's immigrant past. it's a part of tuscany's history on a plate. and fabio's not finished. in true tuscan tradition, creativity is everything and nothing goes to waste, so he whips up a whole second course with the leftover sauce. you have all the flavors of the sea, otherwise what would you do with that. beautiful. a sauce that he had left, it only makes sense. it's the best, best thing in the world. [ speaking foreign language ] >> cheers. i feel lucky that my parents followed their hearts and moved us across the world for a year when we were just kids. i saw how the food of both rich and poor came together in this corner of italy that's like nowhere on earth... w

now cnn is confronting the man responsible dubbed europe's last dictator. would you take this opportunity now to apologize to the people of belarus for the human rights abuses that they have suffered at your hands? >> translator: no, i would not like to take this opportunity. i don't think that this is even a relevant question and in principle i have nothing to apologize for. >> reporter: you say you have nothing to apologize for, but human rights watch says multiple detainees have reported broken bones, broken teeth, brain injuries, skin wounds, electrical burns. amnesty international speaks of detention centers becoming torture chambers where protestors were forced to lie in the dirt, stripped naked while police kicked and beat them. you don't think that is worth apologizing for? >> translator: you know, we don't have a single detention center as you say like guantanamo or the bases that the united states and your country created in eastern europe. as regards to our own detention center, they are no worse than in britain or the united states. i discuss th

will president biden have a bill in hand when he leaves for europe. >> first, thank you for the opportunity to talk about that this morning. i'm glad you talked about covid in your opening here, because that's how we start all of our meetings. what are we doing to protect the american people to stop the spread of covid? i want to commend president biden for have been a completely different approach than his predecessor on this. we have to correct a lot of what went wrong then. we're on a good path. the good news about children being safely able to be vaccinated is something to help stop the spread. so thank you for focusing on that because that is -- >> we talk about it every day all day. >> so do we in the house democratic caucus. in terms of where we are, we have 90% of the bill agreed to and written. we just have some of the last decisions to be made. it is less than was projected to begin with, but still bigger than anything we have ever done in terms of addressing the needs of america's working families. it is all that you said about care, but it's also about the climate piece, which i

out what's next for the leadership, who is the next chancellor, this has larger implications across europe. kurtz, as you said, was a young, charismatic leading conservative figure at a time that conservative political parties across the continent are losing momentum, are losing votes. i'm going to give you the example of germany i was there last month when in a stunning defeat angela merkel's center right party lost to the social democratic party. this was a period in which germany is now trying to figure out its future after merkel who is stepping down now after 16 years. so a lot of conservative politicians were looking to kurtz as the sort of new face of that conservative across europe. the other concern here is much like happened in germany with the cdu, with lang merkel's party, that inability to galvanize support, the inability to reach out to voters meant losing the young vote on one end. people wanting a more green agenda, wanting a more progressive agenda and on the other end losing more right wing voters who in germany and austria were gravitating towards more far right groups.

what he panted for the bill to pass when he got to europe and that didn't happen. the separate bill that framework put out would expand the nation's social safety yet. progressives would not support the bill when it goes to the floor for a vote unless it is voted for the same time or at least within hours of the separate bill. they also want assurances from or to democratic senators who have not said yet where they stand in the framework out of the economic bill. those two senators being joe manchin of west virginia and sinema from arizona. we don't know where senator manchin is on this. he put out a framework and said it was a positive statement. he did not outright endorse this framework. the thing is they want to pass these two bills at the sam e time. that will expire december 3. that is the new day that this will expire. the debt ceiling and funding for the government will run out. these are three major issues leaders will have to address when they come back and have to work on this through the next few weeks. talking the debt ceiling and funds running out. le

speaking with regulators and political leaders in europe providing testimony about what she knows about facebook. she's back in the news. she's also back in the news because the documents that she took from facebook, she walked out the buildings, they have been shared with many news outlets. they first leaked to the "wall street journal" and filed with the sec in order to provide information. now she has provided some of those papers in redacted form with 17 news outlets including cnn. you might have seen a piece yesterday, our viewers saw the first report of many that are going to be coming out starting monday. the facebook papers is going to have an impact because we are seeing stories about what the company's own research knows about its affects on its users, how its products hurt society. the third reason we will see facebook in the news they are releasing quarterly earnings. we're going to see a contrast between all of the attention on the damage done by the products, versus the incredible profits that roll in every quarter by the ad business. we may hear about a name change, rebra

europe was the most deadly disaster in the last few years because of heat waves. so i can make choices about the amount of greenery in my own garden and my own neighborhood. but also, when the heat wave arrives, i can call on my elderly neighbor and making sure she has had her six glasses of water today, because it's often very preventable if we take the right measures when these extremes hit us. but we must know what may be coming, prepare for it, and do the right thing when it's there. >> great advice. martin van olst, director of the american red cross red crescent climate center, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you very much. >>> so one week before the start of that major climate summit in scotland, prince charles issued an urgent plea for action, saying there's a dangerously narrow window to address the climate crisis. we'll bring you the details coming up. stay with us. have you ever sat here and wondered: "couldn't i do this from home?" with letsgetchecked, you can. it's virtual care with home health testing and more. all from the comfort of..

very big, especially within europe. it's going to send a signal to the g20 that the president is of the united states got off to plane, came and met with the pope and was well received. it's going to make a big difference here just in terms of setting the stage. john, brianna? >> no question. i think a lot of people will be watching exactly how they interact. to the extent we're allowed to see it in the type of way they talk to and about each other to be sure. all right, chris, back with you in just a moment. >>> senator richard burr under investigation for selling more than a million dollars in stock right before the coronavirus market crashed. ment latest in the sec insider trading probe ahead. >>> plus, another day of intense negotiations. what's in, what's out of president biden's social safety net legislation. your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on inside. it's true, with diabetic retinopathy, excess sugar can damage blood vessels, causing visio

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. >>> president biden about to leave for europe. apparently empty handed with no deal among democrats to pass his agenda. we'll talk to one member of congress who met with the president. the northeast hit by a bomb cyclone. hundreds of thousands of americans left without power and the damage is not over yet. >>> and no more fumbling with your phone or boarding pass or i.d. the new tech allowing passengers to just breeze through airport security in seconds, but might this be yet another example of handing over all your private information to the government? >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the politics lead. in a matter of hours, president biden is scheduled to leave for europe. best case scenario for the president he'll leave after securing the biggest legislative deal of his presidency and an agreement among all democrats on the social safety necessary package that would give biden legislative victories on universal pre-k, expanded medicare coverage, and more, not to mention the bipartisan infrastructure bill. that's the

in europe there is a shortage of natural gas that has caused natural gas prices in europe to explode to their highest level ever. prices in michigan fell, i think in some cases to $1.30 a gallon. it shut down production. they let tens of thousands of workers go, why they shutdown so much production. >> the ifferocity caught everyby by surprise. the cartel decided to gradually increase output. that means prices continue higher. >>> and in the air, a fifth day of trouble for southwest. the airline cancelling more than 2,000 flights and delayed nearly 40% of its flights monday. the cause of this whole mess is still unclear. some customers have taken matters into their own hands. one couple rented a u-haul and drove nine hours to get home to kansas. and with staffing shortages crushing this industry nationwide, passengers can expect moreh headaches get into the holiday season. cnn's pete muntean has more from the international airport. >> reporter: this is a mess for southwest airlines. it is not like flipping on a switch to get things back to normal. this is more akin to unplugging the

also, at large, what is the future of conservative parties across europe? if they can't continue to gallivanize young people and continue to meet the agendas of green demands across europe, the demands of the climate crisis and more progressive agendas wanted by young people. >> important perspectives. you covered the elections in germany, and i guess if you look at austria as ll be i'm sure a coalition going forward. salma abdelaziz, thanks so much. >>> opposition groups in the czech republic appear to have eked out a razor-thin victory in parliamentary elections. cheering there in prague as the center right coalition narrowly won a majority in saturday's vote. the leaders of the opposition groups are pledging to work together to try and form a new government. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, friends, the democratic coalitions have a majority in the lower house. and now have a chance to create a majority government. that is the change. we are the change. you are the change. >> a key point here, if they succeed it will end prime minister andrea bowvich'

poor relations after the afghan debacle between the united states and her allies in mainland europe. and vladimir putin's real focus over the next year is going to be on a bilateral meeting with joe biden. joe biden's the only man that he sees as a sufficient colossus for him to meet in any serious sense. the other, of course, would be the president of china. he sees himself very much in that bracket of leadership and sees historically very little to be gained from these large gatherings of the international community of leaders. and in the past, he's always used them as opportunities to take the elbow, if you like, of the u.s. president and get a great deal of focus on bilateral meetings that happen unofficially during these sorts of gatherings of g20 and others, wolf. >> i was in geneva when president putin met personally one-on-one with president biden. it was a very significant moment. i assumed it was going to be repeated here in rome. clearly that's not happening. sam, i want you to stand by. as we said, the chinese president, xi jinping, won't be here at the g20 summit in pers

let's start first on where europe stands with this working situation at the border. we have heard from your reporting throughout the week that the eu believes lukashenko is orchestrating this. from that side, what can the eu do leer? >> that's really the big question. it's one of the things when you hear about the criticism that many have of poland, the eu always couches that and says, look, we believe lukashenko is very much at fault in all of this because he's the one, they say, who is manufacturing all this. he's the one who is essentially telling people to come there and then pushing, literally pushing them across the border. we've talked to refugees who said they were driven to the border by belarusian border guards who then cut the barbed wire fence for them and pushed them across. now, the poles are obviously saying this isn't going to happen here. what they did do is they declared the area around their border into an emergency zone, and that means no press is allowed inside. that means no ngos are allowed inside and they have been accused of a lot of these ng

that's very french. ...and rough. [ speaking foreign language ] >> how did one of the poorest regions in europe... >> what do you think? >> i love it. ...create the richest of cuisines? that's so good. get ready... this is delicious. i want to take a bath in it. ...every mouthful here... mmm, that's wonderful. ...is an eruption of flavor. my god that's so good. mmm, my god! before i arrive in sicily, there's one delicious food ritual that i have to experience. it's a tradition to eat these while you're a boat passing this statue of the madonna. these are arancini. look at that. these beautiful little cones are rice with saffron, peas, meat. the story goes that the arabs brought these to sicily in the 9th century. hand-rolled rice, with a meat filling. breaded and fried. that's good. the taste of arancini, i am told, is the taste of home for all sicilians. just a few miles off the toe of the boot of italy lies the island of sicily it's southernmost region, and with volcanic soil so fertile it's nickname is god's kitchen. but sicily is also said to be home to the gates of hell. impoverished for c