the big thing about joe biden in my mind, joe biden has always been a consensus democrat. he will basically be where the democratic party is wherever it goes. in that sense, i agree with liz. it does not surprise me that this is where he has ended. i was telling people during the primaries that this is where i thought that, where i thought he would be. there are some obvious things with joe biden, and joe biden is old, he is an old, white, catholic man who has a very genial personality. even people who are trying to demonize him now have a hard part getting past that. barack obama was a young black man with a foreign sounding name rooted in arabic. very different people. it is not surprising to me at all that things, he is a different person, american politics reacts to does two different people differently. that is obvious. the other thing is, and this is one of those examples -- some time, a flawed person, a flawed person meets their moment. and the signature thing about joe biden to his political career has been politics of empathy. and at many points and our history, t

president joe biden has pledged to consummate because greenhouse gas emissions by more than half by 2030 he made the announcement at the opening of a virtual white house climate summit that's brought together leaders from 14 nations it's all in an effort to speed up global efforts and avert a looming crisis by maintaining those investments and putting these people to work 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 healthy fair and cleaner for the entire planet you know these steps will set america on a path to 0 emissions economy by no later than 2050 but the church this america represents less than 50 percent of the world's admissions 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 have to step up. russia has ordered its armed forces to withdraw from a shared border

that's the earth day message from joe biden. he hopes to restore america's mobile credibility after his predecessor spent the last four years denying the effects of a warming planet. joe biden is hosting a two day virtual summit with 40 of the world's biggest losers as polluters. china's promising to be carbon neutral by 2060 while biden pledged to have omissions by 2030. >> america represents less than 15% of the worlds emissions. no nation can solve this crisis on its own. all of us, particularly those who represent the largest economies, have to step up. those who do take action and make bold investments in the people and the clean energy future will win the good jobs of tomorrow and make their economies more resilient and competitive. >> nick clark explains what is at stake. >> this virtual summit is the u.s. a ministrations saying they are back in the fight after four years of donald trump ignoring the climate crisis. 40 world leaders have been invited, including those nations responsible for 80% of global emissions. the to

joe biden has designated the mass killings of armenians in 1915 as genocide summoned the u.s. ambassador and called it a wound that will be difficult to repair so where does that leave relations between 2 of nato biggest allies this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter the u.s. had long avoided formally recognizing the 1915 mass killings of armenians as genocide but now president joe biden has become the 1st american leader to do just that he said washington is doing this quote not to cost to blame but to ensure what happened is never repeat the move has caused anger in turkey there the government disputes the number of armenians killed during the end of the ottoman empire and denies it was genocide it strongly rejected by designation and summoned the american ambassador in protest but many armenians and rights groups have welcomed the decision we'll bring in our guest in just a moment 1st this report from rob reynolds want to bellow california. a day of sorrel and remembrance at the armenian martyrs memorial near los angeles all day long families came t

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president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin to secure a u.s. desire for a predictable relationship the united. gates announced surprise russia sanctions we cannot allow a foreign power to interfere in our direct democratic process with impunity more than 30 russian entities are being targeted at least 10 russian diplomats will be expelled from the united states and some tech firms are being punished for allegedly providing support to russian intelligence sanctions also put in place rules banning some financial dealings involving russia's sovereign debt to choke off lending and inflict economic harm we want a stable predictable relationship and russia continues interfere with our democracy i'm prepared to take further actions to respond. the white house says the sanctions are retaliation for russia's alleged aggressive actions including the occupation of crimea interference in u.s. presidential elections and last year solar winds hack that infiltrated the computers of thousands of u.s. businesses and government agencies. the sanctions also respo

president joe biden urges 40 world leaders to commit to cutting emissions so can he restore america's credibility on the climate crisis and will the summit lead to action this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. america is back to lead the fight against climate change that's the earth day message from u.s. president joe biden he hopes to restore america's global credibility after his predecessor donald trump spent the last 4 years denying the devastating effects of a warming planet biden is hosting a 2 day virtual summit with 40 of the world's biggest polluters china is promising to be carbon neutral by 2060 while biden pledged to haue u.s. emissions by 2030 based on 2005 levels he wants other nations to make equally steep cuts the church says america represents less than 50 percent of the world's admissions 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 have to step up you know those that do take action and make bold investments in their people

the only difference between joe biden and donald trump, let's get to the bottom line. for a nation of immigrants, it is a bit ironic that nothing divides america more than immigration. the debate on whether to allow more immigrants into the country can help a party win or lose, election. donald trump use the general anger of american workers to attack workers -- and demand a wall be built between the united states and mexico. that did not go very far, but it helped him win. last year, joe biden ran anymore immigrant friendly, platform but after a search of people wanting to cross that southern border, we saw the same problems. thousands of children locked up without their parents. about 100,000 arrest at the border in february. the administration says it wants total reform of policy, but what does that mean, and can it achieve that? to find out where talking with a guest whose family came from peru when she was just a child. now, she is fighting for immigrants as copresident of community change, a national organization. professor francisco gonzalez, teaches about the p

president joe biden is reportedly removing military assets from the gulf. washington still considers iran a threat in the region -- is this a shift in military strategy, and what does it mean for security in this area. this is "inside story." ♪ >> hello, welcome to the program. u.s. president joe biden has ordered the pentagon to remove some military assets and forces from the gulf, and that is according to a report by the "the wall street journal." at least three patriot antimissile batteries have reportedly been withdrawn including one from a base in saudi arabia. biden has pledged to recalibrate u.s.-saudi ties since taking office in january, including freezing the sale of some weapons used by the kingdom and the war in yemen. his administration says it does not want to destroy the relationship. it says it will still continue to help the kingdom defend itself against increasing attacks from yemen and the rack. saudi officials have not commented on this, and why the american say the decision was taken to meet military needs elsewhere. we will bring in o

president joe biden is with ported live with moving military assets from the gulf even as washington still considers what in the region is this a shift emitter strategy and what does it mean for security in this fall the time area this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. u.s. president joe biden has ordered the pentagon to remove some military forces from the gulf that's according to a report by the wall street journal at least 3 apache batteries have reportedly been withdrawn including one from a base in saudi arabia biden has pledged to recalibrate u.s. ties since taking office in january including freezing the sale of some weapons to riyadh using the war in yemen but his administration also says it does not want to destroy the relationship it says it will still continue to help the kingdom defend itself against increasing attacks from yemen and iraq saudi officials have not commented on this while the americans say the decision was taken to meet military needs. we'll bring in our panel shortly to discuss this further but 1st let's take a closer look at the u.s. mr prese

and nato say they're ending their military campaign in afghanistan after 20 years president joe biden announced all troops in afghanistan will be withdrawn by september the 11. nato has around 10000 troops stationed there quarter of those are american but testers and police have been facing in the u.s. state of minnesota for a 4th night of the fatal police shooting of dante writes and when i curfew is now in place in brooklyn center the officer importer has been charged with manslaughter and a nearby minneapolis the defense has been making its case in the murder of former police officer derek show ven i was charged before just testified george ford died of multiple factors including preexisting heart conditions and the u.s. and china are the world's 2 biggest polluters requirement for john kerry is in shanghai to mates chinese leaders this it is to make the environment an area of course or cooperation its 1st trip to china a high ranking identity ministration official with us up to date keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next. al-jazeera is news that the biggest stories of the

president joe biden officially declared the mass killing of armenians under the ottoman empire during the 1st world war as genocide i think the whole armenian community really think you for him to pronounce as a genocide so we. we so appreciate it the finally the justice it's coming i'm so happy that president biden made the statement today and. i wish my parents were alive to hear this and see this my mother and her family did go through the walking through the desert and syria. they killed her father my mother's father my mother's youngest sister died biden statement said we remember the lives of all those who died in the ottoman era armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again recurring previous presidents of voided use of the term for fear of angering nato ally turkey and indeed turkish officials lashed out summoning the u.s. ambassador to lodge a protest and foreign minister may have let couples so glue declaring words can't change history we won't take any lessons about our own history from anyone turkey has fiercely denied the mass kil

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politicians were about to a farm joe biden is the winner of the 2028 presidential election you remember there was a big security cordon put on place after that particularly for inauguration day that over the last few weeks has come farther in but there are still these checkpoints and clearly at some point in the last stone and this is all happened just in the last hour and a car has tried to access one of those entry points it hasn't stopped it has hit 2 police officers the suspect is no in custody and 2 police officers have been injured all 3 all no way to a hospital ok so can i go back to the bit you talking about the the security that has come down i remember all of that from inauguration day that huge ring of security around the whole area when you say it's come down and been brought back how close could a person have gotten to the capitol these days. there are certain roads that take you up past the capitol building such as the cannon house building if you go there there is an entrance there staff use it journalists use it gets you into the complex there is a barrier there but in m

first major legislation for president joe biden is getting the pandemic under control with a massive exaction of money we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in now while the president because devastated many industries to give it a huge boost to the video game site counting the cost on al-jazeera. april out just from a food wave to the vaccine roll out we'll bring you the latest developments from around the world a year into the coronavirus pandemic one o one east scales rare behind the scenes accents into the secretive world of japanese sumo. good president introduced they be secure a 6th time in power join us on april 11th for the chop election. the award winning our choice returns stories of those striving to reduce or negative impact on the planet has president joe biden kept his campaign promises we'll have special coverage and in-depth analysis of his 1st $100.00 days in the oval office april on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. this is al jazeera. hello i'm a very in for the good in this is that he's live from doha

joe biden said he would not deal with the crown prince. saudi u.s. relations are largely on track. is that a similar case in your mind? >> you can go beyond that because china is i think 20 times more important to the u.s. then saudi arabia. and you have also a democratic administration and a democratic administration during the first six months are the first year, usually it is keen on defending human rights. after a while, if we remember brezinski, and after a wild, the administration is obliged also to take into account the core k ality of the world. >> and of the issues you dealt with both at home in france and also when you were ambassador in the united nations and the united states was our allied efforts on terrorism. any people think terrorism hijacked and distracted the foreign policy as tablet spent from a lot of other threats. how would you frame those years that may be are continuing in which terrorism domestically inside france, against the united states and other of our allies was such a prominent feature of our security policy? >> i think it is a question of course fo

joe biden once back in. what are the challenges ahead? can the two sides find agreement? this is inside story. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. the dispute has been going on for months about who should take the first step toward reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. the u.s. and iran are gauged in talks with -- in vno are presented of's of china, germany, france, the u.k. and the e.u. hold official meetings. the delegations will be in separate delegations with the e.u. shoveling between them. negotiations are getting all part -- are focused on getting all parties back inside after donald trump withdrew from the packed in 2018. tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. neither washington nor tehran can see an early breakthrough in the vienna talks. >> we don't underestimate the scale of the challenges ahead. these are early days. we don't anticipate an early ora media breakthrough as the -- in early or immediate breakthrough. we do believe these discussions with our partners and our partners with iran is a healthy step forw

now president joe biden has spoken directly with the ukrainian leader flooding is alinsky the white house says he affirmed the united states is unwavering support for ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of russia's ongoing aggression my bedtime now we discussed the situation in the bus in detail president biden assured us that ukraine will never be left alone against russia's aggression. or c. . russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says any new conflict in the east would quote destroy ukraine. he's warned against incitement by western powers with the nato defense alliance saying it's concerned about a russian build up moscow says the real threat is nato sending troops to ukraine. undoubtedly such a scenario would lead to a further increase of tension near the russian border of course this will require additional security measures from the russian side in february 2040 the so-called my down revolution saw ukraine's russia friendly president viktor yushchenko bitch deposed and the opposition take power the next month russian forces are next crisis from ukraine promp

president joe biden has called on russia to deescalate tensions after him post sanctions against moscow for alleged election into ferentz and cyber attacks biden insists there's still room for the 2 countries to work together i was clear with president putin that we could have gone further but i chose not to do so to be i chose to be proportionate united states is not looking to kick off a cycle works. in conflict with russia we want a stable predictable relationship russia continues interfere with our democracy i'm prepared to take further actions to respond it is my responsibility as pretty united states to do so. the former policeman accused of murdering george floyd has decided not to testify at his trial there are children invoke the 5th amendment the right to remain silent as the defense rested its case closing arguments and jury deliberation are expected on monday a policewoman her face in the shot a young black man in minnesota has appeared in court for the 1st time 20 year old stone tehran was shot on sunday after being stopped for a traffic violation police say officer composi

yes because he's one of the beeler of the word joe biden administration you brahmas that during these electronic campaign and the 1st steps of this president showed that easy koranic so yes easy guy from the cold war and the you will deal we russia as us used to do during the cold war days so i expect he's going dog for you. this tickled relations between moscow and wash so been a castle franco pavel felgenhauer marco deledio thank you very much for your insight and thank you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website at www dot com for their discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. as i saw you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is a jane's i saw it from a hashim amla in the entire team here i've been a. a mineral central to the quest for clean energy a key ingredient for the production of electric car batteries cobalt extracting it is dangerous but profitable with global demand set to skyrocket people in power investigates claims that industrial mines obstructing the precious material needed for

president joe biden called on vladimir putin to deescalate tensions he's proposed a summit with the russian president european leaders also demanded russian forces a pullback from the border ukraine's the they're held talks with the french president and german chancellor in paris on friday under serious chiles transferred reports from kiev on people's fears. ukrainian soldiers on the front line on the highest level of alert since the signing of an often violated cease fire agreement with the pro russian separatists 7 years ago russia says its deployment of an estimated 100000 soldiers and heavy weaponry to areas near the border with ukraine poses no threat ukrainian military say they are preparing for the worst. i was mobilized and came back to the front line i believe this is a crucial moment to defend my country world leaders and nato have urged moscow to pull back its forces most of these houses were destroyed in fighting in 2015 around a 1000000 people live in a 10 kilometer wide so-called contact zone the stretches on both sides across the front line oxana says she fled with her son ge

and nearly half the population of $67000000.00 have had a 1st jab in the united states president joe biden is promising to deliver $200000000.00 shots by the end of the month so far almost 30 percent of people in america have received a dose the slow pace of the vaccination campaign could hamper economic recovery the block is predicted to grow less than 4 percent next year the u.s. and u.k. are expecting nearly double that. all right let's bring in our guests in reading in the u.k. we have simon clark associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading and grenoble in france barry pradelle ski associate professor of economics at the national center for scientific research and inverts berger many. political analyst and a huge on one a professor at stanford university in berlin welcome all of you to the program rick let me start with you today so the world health organization has sharply criticized europe's a vaccine rollout as unacceptably slow just how bad is the situation currently and how much could this potentially be prolonging the pandemic in europe. well o

president joe biden has formally recognized the massacre on millions under the awesome an empire well for one as an act of genocide turkey says it entirely rejects that decision and that it will open a deep wound in already frayed ties i mean it's prime minister welcomed as an important day and fishes in washington with more remember back in 2019 both the house and the senate here in washington on a bipartisan basis that cleared what happened in that area just in 1915 as a genocide joe biden believes that by doing this it will stop future atrocities of this kind but the statement is coached in terms of trying not to upset turkey too much you hear him see the ottoman era genocide you to hear them talking about how not to cast blame and how it's important that both countries look to the future southeast asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to violence against civilians in myanmar as an emergency summit and to cosset as e.m. bloc agreed there must be dialogue to work towards a peaceful solution to end a deepening political humanitarian crisis. and the situation in myanmar is unac

president joe biden has presented what he calls his blueprint to build america he address congress on the eve of his 100th day in office biden's promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education 100 days since i took the oath of office live to my hand all for family bible and heard 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. if you just 100 days i can report to the nation or merker. movie again. india is preparing to vaccinate all adults above the age of 18 as it's called in $1000.00 crisis worsens experts warn west bengal could become the next step essent in millions are voting there in the final phase of state elections and one week long town is being imposed in the past katmandu valley amid a sudden rise in new called the 1000 cases of osman reporting up to 4000 daily cases in the past week its highest search since the start of the pandemic healthcare workers here many have caught more infectious ferry and speaking

and iran hold indirect talks in vienna donald trump pulled america out joe biden once back again but what are the challenges ahead in the 2 sides find agreement this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the disputes been going on for months about who should take the 1st step toward reviving the 2015 nuclear deal now the u.s. and iran are engaged in direct talks in vienna while representatives from 6 other signatories of the agreement china russia germany france the u.k. and the e.u. old official meetings the u.s. and iranian delegations will be in separate rooms with the e.u. shuttling between them the negotiations are aimed at getting all parties back on side after the u.s. under then president donald trump withdrew from the pact in 2018 the deal was aimed at making it harder for iran to develop a nuclear weapon and tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions now the washington north to iran can see an early breakthrough in the vienna talks we don't underestimate the scale of the challenges ahead these are early. days we

well george floyd's family and their lawyer have spoken on the phone with president joe biden and thanked him for his support. right here larry. you know. feeling better now that nothing is going to make it go better. here just disappearing here biden said he was praying for the right verdict he says the result is a step towards justice in america. we have to listen to. keep 3. i keep 3. nice words we can't let those words die within. you to keep your leaders were. we must not turn away we can't turn away. and a car bomb targeting security forces has exploded in afghanistan's capital of kabul as security officials say the blast was aimed at a convoy the interior ministry says it was a suicide attack are you up to date with all the headlines we've got more news coming up a full half hour right after inside story. european football in crisis some of its biggest clubs have announced a league of their own fans and governing bodies say they've betrayed the sport but what's really behind this move this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. they're some of the biggest names in sport

president joe biden those reportedly decided to withdraw all remaining american troops from afghanistan by september the 11th it means the u.s. will miss the may the 1st deadline set by the trumpet ministration mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the reaction is somewhat mixed particularly from congress there the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has described the decision as a grave mistake this is a sentiment shared by a ranking member of the powerful house armed services committee mike rogers who says that this could impact on the u.s. national interests and its security some democrats who have expressed reservations but generally there's been overwhelming support from that side of the house for president biden's decision. the use of force expert has testified don't show verne was justified in putting george floyd to the ground because there was frantic resistance it contradicts the testimonies of top police officials who said cho when used excessive unjustified force the minnesota police officer who fatally shot a 20 year old unarmed black man has resigned along with the

biden on twitter to lift the u.s. embargo on exporting raw materials needed to make covid vaccines. that you has also tightened restrictions. how much is that having an impact on the manufacturing of vaccines in india? >> it has a huge impact. the embargo in itself is going to play a huge role in helping us, and aiding us to ramp up the production of vaccines. that is the plan reason why he chose to tweet about such a sensitive topic. even biden should realize that at this juncture, we should put aside our political differences and help each other in combating this pandemic outsourcing and in sourcing raw materials is going to help us enhance our production. as the doctor mentioned, by september, i said i am not worried about production. i am worried more about transmission. that does not defy the fact that we need to ramp up production as well. right now, we are vaccinated 45 years and older with comorbidities and frontline workers. the current strain that is transmitting in india affects the younger population more.

president joe biden says he is willing to rescue the deal that was abandoned by his predecessor donald trump. that is, if iran comes into compliance with the deal. there have been two attacks against the natanz nuclear facility in the space of a year. israel has also been blamed for the assassination of iran's lead nuclear scientist and an attack on a ship in the red sea. this has raised questions about the country's ability to protect its facilities. just days ago, state television aired a music video promoting its nuclear program. for now, it is unclear how much damage has been inflicted and how much the program has been set back. >> iran was top of the agenda during the u.s. defense nksecretary lloyd austin's visit to israel, where he met benjamin netanyahu. >> we both know the horrors of war. we both understand the importance of preventing war. we both agree iran must never possess nuclear weapons. my policy as prime minister of israel is clear. i will never allow iran to obtain nuclear capability, carry out its genocidal goal of illuminating israel. -- eliminating israel. >> joini

president joe biden in the state of georgia promoting his economic plan i see marks 100 days in office. he has attended a drive in rally in duluth where he pitched his vision to grow the economy, including investing trillions and jobs, infrastructure, and education. pres. biden: it is only been 100 days, but i have to tell you i've never been more optimistic about the future of america. choosing hope over fear, light over darkness, and we are working. we are working again. we are dreaming again. we are discovering again and we are leading the world again. you are proving, democracy can deliver the people. >> police are reporting a renewal of gun fire on their southern border just after a cease-fire agreement. six people have been killed in clashes since wednesday, and the border is disputed and the violence broke out at a water reservoir that both countries claim as their own. those are the headlines on al jazeera. "inside story is coming up next. ♪ >> somalia's president to back down from extending his term by two years. but there is no clear path to elections and the political cris

marco: yes, because it is one of the pillars of joe biden's administration. he promised that during his electoral campaign and his first steps as president shown that current passion, so yes, he will deal with russia as u.s. used it to do during the cold war days, so i expect this kind of new, difficult relation between moscow and washington. >> sabina, pavel< marco, thank you for your insights. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera.com, and go to our facebook page, facebook.com/aji nsidestory. you can see us on twitter @aji nsidestory. bye for now. ♪ [music playing] artbound was made possible in part by expore.org, artbound was made possible in part by expore.org, the los angeles county arts commission, department of cultural affairs, city los angeles, boeing, the california endowment, the california humanities, the naonal endment forhe arts. anthe mes irvi foundatn.

president joe biden says the country has made stunning progress, but there still a long way to go in the fight against the pandemic. >> the bottom line is clear. if you are vaccinated, you can do more things more safely, both outdoors as well as indoors. for those who have not gotten their vaccination yet, especially if you are younger, or thinking you don't need it, this is another great reason to go get vaccinated, now, now, yes, the vaccines are about saving your life, but also the life of the people around you -- lives of the people around you. >> a u.s. military ship fired shots in a second close encounter between the two countries' militaries. the iranian ships moved to close to its trips twice this month despite multiple warnings. somalia's president has agreed not to extend his term amid pressure, making the announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed two-year extension. at least five people have been killed and dozens wounded in chad during protests against any military transition counsel. the army announced the son will succeed his father, killed