history that as well as joe biden met. the 1st time that he was ok while you've been watching our special coverage of joe biden's 1st speech as president to a door joint session of congress he used the opportunity to highlight the progress made against the current virus pandemic during his 1st $100.00 days and also unveiled details of a sleepy $1.00 trillion dollars package for families and education he spoke about the hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccinations in the u.s. as well as relief checks that allowed americans to offset the devastation wrought by the pandemic biden also discussed his plans to reduce poverty and invest in infrastructure to create many new jobs the usa to stress the need to root out systemic racism and called on congress to act on gun violence and immigration reform. well i think we've got all of a sudden now back here in the studio live there in washington d.c. so what did you make of the speech all of a. well clearly a speech of reassurance and all fold we also heard joe biden calling a lot

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

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

are we expected to hear from joe biden well for the 1st time the u.s. president is expected to officially recognize the armenian genocide now this would mark a major shift in u.s. diplomatic policy because up until now u.s. leaders have instead referred to those events of over a century ago as a great evil but on friday president biden held a phone call with president of on of turkey now reuters news agency is reporting that during that cold biden told of on that he will in fact be making an announcement to officially recognize the armenian genocide we'll find out in a matter of hours if he does and if he follows through on that it would also mark the fulfillment of a campaign promise made by biden the candidate on the trail campaign trail as the one year ago today but this is a highly contentious issue right turkey categorically rejects the term genocide and what could this do to you. usar accumulations well we got an idea of that back in 2019 when the u.s. congress although not the president passed the resolution to recognize the armenian genocide and

on landmark thank you very much for your company everyone well on this earth day president joe biden has committed the united states to cutting its fossil fuel emissions in half by the end of the decade was the most ambitious climate protection target ever set in u.s. history president by and made that pledge at a climate summit he's hosting some 40 states are taking part in the 2 day virtual summit let's take a listen what he said just moments ago the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade. that's where we're headed as a nation and that's all we can do if we take action to build an economy that's not only more prosperous but healthier fair and cleaner for the entire planet you know these steps will set america on a path of missions or kaname by no greater than 2050 but the truth is america represents less than 15 percent of the world's inventions no nation can solve this crisis on our own as i know you all fully understand all of us all of us and particularly those of us who represent the world's largest economies we hav

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. good to 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. has 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 heritage 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 on the move again thank offering a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new era of big government with big spending plans biden said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the super rich continuous cycle growth

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. good to 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. gore. has never said goes well 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 i left in my hand off our family bible and heard a nation we all did that was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century the worst economic crisis since the great depression the worst attack on our democracy says the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is on the move again thank you all for being a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new era of big government with big spending plans biden said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the super rich continuous cycl

president joe biden is pushing multinationals to pay their fair share of taxes to the governments of the countries where they make profits. also on the show we take you to brazil where the coronavirus condom make is leaving house the population with not enough to eat. and the rise of pandemic sheep sweatpants are all the rage these days but what has that done to the rest of the fashion industry. this is the w. business i'm joined in berlin have you can join us u.s. president joe biden is moving towards pushing the world's biggest multinationals to pay taxes to national governments based on their sales in each country according to documents by the financial times that would mean that other countries would be able to collect levies from u.s. tech groups profiting in their jurisdictions but registered in low tax territory the move is part of a package of measures for a global minimum tax and is seen as quite a shift away from washington's traditional resistance to global taxation treaties. our financial correspondent joins us now from new york younes it wasn't too long ago that the us w

this is news to live from berlin joe biden and his 1st gun control measures as u.s. president. gordon was. biden is moving to tighten some regulations but the announcement fall short of his campaign promises will be enough to stop the killing also coming up. police arrest supporters of critics. as the stage of cultures outside the penal colony where he's being held a lawyer for. health is deteriorating rapidly in prison. i'm told me a lot of well welcome president joe biden has announced new measures to tackle gone violence acting on the issue was a key campaign pledge and a spate of mass shootings has increased the political pressure but the power of the u.s. executive is limited and biden also urged lawmakers to do more. flanked at the rose garden by vice president comma and attorney general merrick garland president joe biden didn't mince his words what happened that gun violence in this country is an epidemic he said again gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's an international buyers. and he sent a clear message to the u.s. is deeply divided lawmakers shoes b

president joe biden enters ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide also coming up. india's hospitals collapse under the weight of a colossal 2nd wave of corona virus infections the capital delhi is counting one cold weather related death every 5 minutes as people struggle to find help. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evans dean many historians regarded as the 1st genocide of the 20th century and now u.s. president joe biden has formally recognized the massacre of hundreds of thousands of armenians over a century ago as a genocide in a statement biden said he sees armenians pain and affirms their history his recognition comes as thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan commemorate the killings deportations and forced marches which began in 1915. marching forward to look back. on officials who lead the nation in commemorating the horrors of the past the procession of this hilltop memorial in the capital yet of on included prime minister nicole passion yeah. members of the public to streamed in to are not the dad. yeah there was a deal at the us a she just

president joe biden marks 100 days in office with a new spending plan for families and children it's his 3rd big legislative proposal taxing businesses and the wealthy to expand the role of government in the u.s. . also on the show of tons of post and other big quarterly loss the german flag carrier now says it's more pessimistic about the year ahead. welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin the u.s. president joe biden unveiled his latest spending plans before congress on wednesday night $1.00 trillion dollars in new spending and tax credits aimed at families and children and the package would find its preschool programs lower child care costs and expand pape and expand paid leave for families would be funded by raising corporate taxes and personal taxes on america's wealthiest thereby. how do we pay for my job the family. i made it clear we can do without increasing the deficit let's start with what i will not. own lot of pose any tax increase on people making less than $400000.00. but it's time for corporate america and the wealthiest one percent of americans to just beg

president joe biden is determined to change that he says huge infrastructure spending program includes $100000000000.00 fund for rolling out 5 g. infrastructure take look. do you think china is waiting around or invest in this digital infrastructure and research and development i promise you they are not wait for 3rd car new american democracy to be too slow too limited and too divided to keep pace. over the past decade china has become a tech heavyweight boyd in no small part by the success of companies like buy do and 10 cent beijing has also invest it substantially in the collection and analysis of big data with potentially huge ramifications for society china is to be the global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030 but the united states wants to stop china and joe biden is ready to spend big on making it happen. my colleague at the stephens is here to talk more about those welcome back but so what is the hill that the u.s. has to climb here well as part of china's. relief packages page $1.00 trillion dollars into digital infrastructure so not just a i but 5 g. internet of thin

are we expected to hear from joe biden well for the 1st time the u.s. president is expected to officially recognize the armenian genocide now this would mark a major shift in u.s. diplomatic policy because up until now u.s. leaders have instead referred to those events of over a century ago as a great evil but on friday president biden held a phone call with president of turkey now reuters news agency is reporting that during the cold biden told of on that he will in fact be making an announcement to officially recognize the armenian genocide we'll find out in a matter of hours if he does and if he follows through on that it would also mark the fulfillment of a campaign promise made by bought into canada on the trip campaign trail as the one year ago but this is a highly contentious issue right turkey categorically rejects the turn genocide what could this do to us or can relations. well you get an idea of that back in 2019 when the u.s. congress although not the president passed the resolution to recognize the armenian genocide and that triggered a dip

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. good to be back. he began by drawing attention to the historic fact the for the 1st time ever the 2 people behind him where women madam speaker. madam vice president. was a pleasure. as ever said goes well 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 i 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 says the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is on 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 super rich continuous cyc

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 china was top of the agenda for the one day summit 5 g. technology and climate change were also central to discussions. standing down as head of cuba's communist party the move brings an end to the leadership of cost and his brother fidel they ruled cuba for more than 6 decades broadcaster says he's handing off to a younger generation. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border voted to meet at selenski met. in paris and i'm going to medical joined by video link to lansky call for a summit that also included moscow. well germany is seeing its highest rise in coronavirus cases since january 1 of the main reasons is the slow pace of vaccinations fewer than one in 5 germans is being given a 1st dose but the vaccination drive has picked up speed in recent days and among those getting a 1st job was chancellor angela merkel her office released this image of her stumped vaccination document 66 year old medical was given the astra zeneca vaccine and said she was delighted. with

i'm here in the home of 12 to the program joe biden has outlined what he called his blue blueprint to build america and his 1st speech to congress as u.s. president biden discussed his plans to reduce poverty and invest in infrastructure to create jobs. he also stressed the need for the u.s. to reassert its place in the well it's both economically and politically 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 after 100 days of rescue read old america is ready for takeoff in my view we're working again dreamy again discovered again and leading the world again we have shown each other around the world that there's no quit in america non. these all of the scientists joins us from washington d.c. so all of the what did you make of the speech. well certainly a speech of reassurance and all fold and what we really saw there was the joe biden has an agenda and that is strengthening the middle class because this is exactly

infrastructure will ask the firms to boss in the states or she makes of joe biden's plans to spend big. and german businesses are up in arms because the government expects them to provide college 19 tests better employees and pay for them to. this is due to be business on robots in berlin welcome to the program. it's the biggest nasdaq i.p.o. in almost a decade shares in crypto currency exchange coin base have surged on it highly anticipated stock market debut they immediately left more than 50 percent over their reference price of $1.00 point giving point based a market value of nearly $100000000000.00 that makes its the largest i.p.o. since facebook in 2012 whether it's bitcoin a theory i'm ripple or tether which i've never heard of the value of crypto currency has been growing exponentially during 2021 they're now worth a combined 2 trillion dollars that's why the arrival of going base on the nasdaq was one of the most eagerly awaited events this year on wall street the company claims $56000000.00 verified uses it is the largest crypto currency exchange in the united states makes it

after donald trump walked away from the paris clara's agreement joe biden has not only brought the u.s. back into that particular gate but this week he also unveiled i'm bischof new climate targets pledging to cut u.s. carbon emissions to hoffer 2005 levels over the next decade but that still leaves us well short of the paris climate goals so there's any talk really batter i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. they should work together to invest in clear economy. traditions we have decided and the. oil and gas production in the north. by 2050. nobody. takes what. about 2024 of those 4 years ago those will. be burning coal we're going to make these commitments real. also on the day as europe and the united states begin to talk of a pandemic free summer india's code crisis surges to record highs the situation in india is a device stating a reminder of what this virus can do and why we must marshal every tool against it. welcome to the day this week u.s. president joe biden hosted a virtual global climate summit of more than 40 world leaders many of them joined president biden in

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 tougher greener and even meaner than the world was expecting if anyone thought joe biden would put the restoration of america's role in the world on the back burner while he deals with domestic issues they were in for a big disappointment from the start biden has taken a hard line with america's main rivals he has refused to lift sanctions on iran as a condition for restarting nuclear talks trade tariffs on china are still in place and u.s. diplomats have visited taiwan biden impose new sanctions on russia for interference in the 2020 alexion is and when asked if he considered russian president vladimir putin to be a killer he said without hesitation i do biden said there would be consequences for saudi arabia after u.s. intelligence concluded the saudi crown prince had been responsible for the murder of a u.s. journalist and critics point out that they are still waiting to see the consequences candidate biden promised to bring america back has president biden kept his word he used chief international editor richard walker has this report. during the trump years the

after donald trump walks away from the paris clara's agreements joe biden has not only brought the u.s. back into that particular gate but this week he also unveiled i'm bischof new climate targets pledging to cut u.s. carbon emissions to hoffer 2005 levels over the next decade but that still leaves us well short of the paris climate goals so there's any talk really batter i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. this is a work together to address cleaner economies will reap rewards for their shoes we have decided and all danish oil and gas production in the north. know very. well at. 2024 of those 4 years from now. we're going to make these commitments real. also on the day as europe and the united states begin to talk of a pandemic free summer india's code crisis surges to record highs the situation in india is a device stating a reminder of what this virus can do and why we must marshal every tool against it. welcome to the day this week u.s. president joe biden hosted a virtual global climate summit of more than 40 world leaders many of them joined president biden in announcing

president joe biden angers ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program germany is switching gears in the fight against the pandemic of the palm and approved a legislative amendment having the way for more centrally coordinated response on saturday night or far he's patrolled 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 capital berlin. it's saturday night in berlin streets are trying to strict with just minutes to go before the new curfew kicks in attempt. enough time to grab a quick beer and some late night food for the right. writer and she was the clock strikes 10 many local shops begin to roll down the shutters minutes later police arrive to clear stragglers from the square. according to federal rules repeated violators of the measures risk a hefty fine of up to 25000 joyrides for most tonight though it's just a polite request to head home the restrictions on movement during late hours have been met with

president to joe biden aims to calm fears about the global chip shortage in a meeting with major manufacturers he's promised to push for billions of dollars of funding for the u.s. senate conducted industry to talk to an analyst to find out more about the potential problem there's. a long welcome to do business i want to get johnson girland good to have you with us and china's exports rose will then 30 percent over a year in march as global demand revived despite the persistent coronavirus pandemic facemasks and other medical supplies as well as home electronics made in china when hyde amounts meanwhile the country's him towards jumped almost 40 percent analysts say it's a sign that consumption in china is picking up strongly and foreign companies profit from that trade and thus china's trade surplus shrank to almost $14000000000.00 in march much narrower than analysts had predicted. for more let's bring in. and taipei and it has a delay in frankfurt a good morning and hello to both of you and i would like to start with you so because. so china seems unstoppable but has a stain of all its econ

president joe biden marks 100 days in office with an ambitious new spending plan for families and children it's his 3rd biggest this is 3rd big legislative proposal rather taxing businesses and the wealthy to expand the role of government in the u.s. . through tons of posts another big quarterly loss the german flag carrier now saying it's not as optimistic about the summer ahead. also on the show will drop in on a competition to develop smartphone apps in japan organizers want to bring more women into a field dominated by men. hello welcome to the show and berlin was president joe biden has unveiled his latest spending plan to congress on wednesday night $1.00 trillion dollars in new spending and tax credits and families and children the package would finance preschool programs lower child care costs and expand paid leave it be funded by raising corporate taxes and personal taxes on america's wealthiest. how do we pay for my jobs if. i made it clear we can do without increasing the deficit let's start with what i will not do i want to oppose any tax increase on people making less than $40

biden's plans to withdraw all u.s. troops by september and bring an end to america's longest war also on the program demonstrators remember the hundreds of people killed since myanmar's military takeover in february this as security forces opened fire on protesting health workers and doctors said declare a humanitarian catastrophe in brazil with a record of covert $900.00 death rates and chaotic mismanagement as the pandemic pushes millions more into poverty we meet those living on the margins who are worried about starvation as much a sickness. and 2 years after a devastating fire rips through a not good down cathedral presidents day many when my call to visits and declares world is on track and almost halfway done. on little rock a very warm welcome to all of us secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to of got a stand after president joe biden confirmed that all american troops will leave. by september 11th when mr blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's on growing commitment to

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. good to 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. was president. has 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 heritage foundation 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 on the move again. offering 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 super rich continuous cycle

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. 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 madame speaker madame vice president. thank you 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 a nation we all do that 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. offering a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new era of big government with big spending plans biden said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the super rich continue in a c

president joe biden wants to give the entire country a make over. was an extreme distress his administration plans on modernizing 32000 kilometers of road while repairing foundations of bridges half a 1000000 new charging stations will be built to accommodate the ever growing number of electric vehicles biden also wants to bring industries such as chip production back to the united states today computer chips are still mostly produced in asia. the whole project is expected to take 8 years to complete some of the funding will come from a corporate tax hike from 21 to 28 percent biden supporters see the program will create millions of will be jobs and strengthen america's ability to compete with china. yeah but republicans in congress are already voicing opposition especially towards the corporate tax increase i know it's biden's predecessor slash the rates by 14 percentage points to their current level. well joining me now in the studio to discuss this more is the reports of public funding this is really an ambitious project but tell us more about wh

president joe biden tougher greener and even meaner than the world was expecting if anyone thought joe biden would put the restoration of america's role in the world on the back burner while he deals with domestic issues they were in for a big disappointment from the start biden has taken a hard line with america's main rivals he has refused to lift sanctions on iran as a condition for restarting nuclear talks trade tariffs on china are still in place and u.s. diplomats have visited taiwan biden impose new sanctions on russia for interference in the 2020 alexion is and when asked if he considered russian president vladimir putin to be a killer he said without hesitation i do biden said there would be consequences for saudi arabia after u.s. intelligence concluded the saudi crown prince had been responsible for the murder of a u.s. journalist and critics point out that they are still waiting to see those consequences candidate biden promised to bring america back has president biden kept his word he used chief international editor richard walker has this report. during the trump years t

welcome to the program joe biden started his time as u.s. president with lofty ambitions he pledged to bring the country out of the pandemic to fight racial justice injustice and to make a quote once in a generation investment creating what he calls the strongest most resilient and innovative economy in the world $100.00 days and he's poised to wreck up quite a bill 6 trillion dollars that's the whole the cost of biden's spending proposal so far this year the 1st $1.00 trillion dollars has already begun flowing into the economy including $1400.00 stimulus checks for many americans he's also proposed a $2.00 trillion dollars infrastructure bill it aims to update it in roads and bridges while also improving internet and electric vehicle networks and then that $1.00 trillion dollars bill and to improve child care and access to education mr biden plans to pay for this by raising taxes increasing the corporate rate to 28 percent and the top rate for america's wealthiest to almost 40 percent own want impose any tax increase on people making less t

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. 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. was with. has 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 left in my hand off our family bible and heritage foundation 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 on the move again thank you for being a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new era of big government with big spending plans biden said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the super rich continuous

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 joe biden thank you brad i read a vice president a morning warning to all or call our colleagues around the world the world leaders who are taking part in a sign that i thank you you know you're in our your leadership this is just issue is a stage a statement of your duty to your nation to be ended i mean every nation especially by she our young our young people that were ready ready to be just moment and meeting is eating this moment out more out of war than readers are on our planet it's also but also vibrant by your better future for all of us that's why it's why i want to talk about also about climate i think i think. within our quote our climate spawns lies and lies in the corner ordinary good on a job creation economic cannot bring opportunity ready to be ready or not fired out that's why i said why i oppose the pose you very good investment american the american infrastructure in a hurry to innovate to tap the economic opportunities that climate change presents our workers and our communities especially those too often that have left out and left behind. i like to bill i w

president joe biden we are of course waiting for german chancellor angela merkel to address the summit in the meantime let's bring back in our correspondents say me some a scandal in washington d.c. an adjutant ranjan from data environment to parliament samy german chancellor angela merkel expected to speak shortly as i just mentioned she's asked several times for greater international cooperation when it comes to the fight against climate change what's the message likely to be today. i think she's going to reiterate that message rebecca we know that the german chancellor has been front and center in pushing for more action over the last few months on the e.u. level as well and we know that the e.u. has now reached the highest target for cutting emissions or more ambitious one even then the u.s. has said and as we're waiting for her to speak we understand that she will also be speaking about how she welcomes the commitment from the u.s. that the u.s. is back as a partner on this global stage to battle of the climate crisis and i think she'll also be looking for encouraging other countr

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 it's 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 a very nothing out tourist case not far from where wright was shot down rick show even the officer who killed george floyd is on trial for murder. and let's get more we are 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 telling 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 hou

it is to the united states now where joe biden came into the presidency with lofty ambitions he pledged to bring the country out of the pandemic to fight racial injustice and to make a quote once in a generation investment creating what he calls the strongest most resilient and innovative economy in the world now $100.00 days in he's poised to wreck up quite a bill 6 trillion dollars now that's the total cost of biden's spending proposal so far this year the 1st $1.00 trillion dollars has already begun flowing into the economy including $1400.00 stimulus checks for many americans is also proposed a $2.00 trillion dollar infrastructure plan it aims to updating roads and bridges also improving internet and electric vehicle networks and then that $1.00 trillion dollar bill aiming to improve child care and access to education mr biden plans to pay for this by raising taxes increasing the corporate rate to 28 percent and to top rate for america's wealthiest to almost 40 percent i want to oppose any tax increase on people making less than $400000.00. but it's time for corporate america and th

program joe biden started his time as u.s. president. with lofty ambitions he pledged to bring the country out of the pandemic to fight racial justice injustice and to make a quote once in a generation investment creating what he calls the strongest most resilient and innovative economy in the world $100.00 days then he's poised to wreck up quite a bill 6 trillion dollars that's the whole the cost of biden's spending proposal so far this year the 1st $1.00 trillion dollars has already begun flowing into the economy including $1400.00 stimulus checks for many americans he's also proposed a $2.00 trillion dollar infrastructure bill that aims to updating roads and bridges while also improving internet and electric vehicle networks and then that $1.00 trillion dollars bill aiming to improve child care and access to education mr biden plans to pay for this by raising taxes increasing the corporate rate to 28 percent and the top rate for america's wealthiest 2 almost 40 percent own lot of pose any tax increase on people making less than $40000

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions by hauff by 20 it's the most ambitious climates protection targets ever set in u.s. history around 40 countries are taking part in the 2 day virtual climate summit. hundreds of mourners have been remembering dante right the young black man shot and killed by police at the small and right was killed during a topic.

president joe biden announces new measures on gun control. gun violence in this country is an epidemic biden is moving to tighten some regulations but today's announcement falls short of his campaign promises will this be enough to stop the bloodshed to bring you the latest from washington also coming up tonight police arrest supporters of kremlin critic. as they staged a protest outside the penal colony being held a lawyer says that his health is deteriorating rapidly in prison and germany holds direct talks with russia to purchase the sputnik the coronavirus vaccine as germany breaks away from european solidarity will its wait for approval from european regulators before using the back seat. and a top european court backs mandatory vaccinations against childhood disease its supporters hailed as a landmark ruling but some parents say it violates their right as. i'm going viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states. to all of you around the world welcome u.s. president joe biden has announced a new measures to tackle gun violence acting o

this is deja news line from but lead us president joe biden delivers his 1st speech to a joint session of congress he declares america is rising and new as he highlights the progress made against the current virus pandemic and unveiled details of a $1.00 trillion package of families and education also coming up another tragic pandemic record in india the death tolls are covered by t. has cost 200000 the crisis is being compounded by shortages of oxygen medical supplies and hospital staff the. german chancellor angela merkel press is china on human rights and expresses concern to the beijing street friends of the week a muslim minority and pro-democracy activists. are here to mohamed welcome to the program joe biden has outlined what he calls his blueprint to build america in his 1st speech to congress as u.s. president he addressed his plans to reduce poverty and invest in infrastructure to create more jobs he also stressed the need for the u.s. to reassert its place in the world both economically and politically we all know life cannot destroy our america we never ever ever stay down

president joe biden marks $100.00 days in all. with an ambitious new spending plan for families and children it's his 3rd big legislative proposal taxing business and the wealthy to expand the role of government in the united states. on for school the bulk of the program mozambique is getting 100000000 dollars in emergency aid from the world bank to help thousands of people displaced by the rising jihad violence the package was signed wednesday in the northern provincial capital pemba was a big was already one of the world's poorest countries but a 4 year long militant campaign has now morphed into a humanitarian crisis. of desperation hunger and fear are everywhere and more than most and b. 25000 people have fled their homes in the coastal town of palma since late march when the islamic state linked militant group al-shabaab attacked the town and killed dozens of civilians. that were down there killing us. they are burning houses and they are taking our children. who are you ok are killing us with guns what about that who are des

president joe biden playing up the economic advantages of fighting global warming. an opportunity to create millions of good paying jobs around the world in innovation and innovative sectors you know are jobs of bring greater quality. greater degree the people performing those jobs in every nation. button 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 and using just today's technologies won't allow us to meet our ambitious goals we need new 0 carbon products that are just as affordable that how what i call a green premium of 0. thank you prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced israel would phase out cold by 2025 but experts say existing targets and schedules won't be enough to cap global warming at the agreed 1.5 percent. my colleagues and we so it's gonna have been following the summit from washington so me and joe biden set out some very ambitious plans for us greenhouse emissions h

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions in a hostile 2030 it's the most ambitious climate target the u.s. has ever set biden announced the goal that a 2 day virtual summit. climate change summit rather at the white house 40 countries are taking part china and russia also pledged to cooperate on climate protections but didn't announce specific emissions targets for more i'm joined by class ice and she's a climate policy analyst at climate analytics here in berlin cliff baxter joining us how much of a game changer is biden's pledge. right so that i think this is a really important game changer and as you said it's the most ambitious climate target the u.s. has ever come forward with to half their emissions by 2030 from 2005 levels and if we look at the global level what needs to be done to achieve the $1.00 limit set in the paris agreement we have a currently missing a gap between where we need to be and where we're heading and this new target by the u.s. reduces this gap by about 5 to 10 percent so it's a re

s chief international editor richard walker gives joe biden a foreign policy report card. during the trump years the u.s. embassy here in berlin was like a fortress of america 1st led by a loyalist who lived and breathed that mantra now it's all changed and joe biden has a very different message for the world let's break it down. america is back 1st of all a slogan biden has been saying over and over america is back the transatlantic alliance is back sure enough the 1st visit by a biden official to berlin was something of a love in defense secretary lloyd austin tore up donald trump's plan to cut american troops in german bases and even announced an increase but while america is back is resonating here in europe in afghanistan it's the opposite biden has ordered u.s. troops to pull out this september many afghans now fear a taliban takeover biden always says that he is with the people of afghanistan they have a low to the american and nato forces in the country for 20 years and by withdrawing unconditionally from of congress and the people there are being abandoned that af

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