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

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

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions inhofe by 2030 it's the most ambitious plan to target ever set in u.s. history some 40 countries are taking part of the 2 day virtual climate summit that biden is hosting from the white house analysts said biden special 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 i'm not joined by she's the head of the macarthur research institute on global commons on climate change i think that 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 for pa 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 in their 1st target on the table i think u.k.

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 wants to give the entire country a make over. was an extreme distress his administration plans on modernizing 32000 kilometers of road while repairing thousands 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 folks say the program will create millions of will paid jobs and strengthen america's ability to compete with china. but republicans in congress are already voicing opposition especially towards the corporate tax increase and i would say biden's predecessor slashed the rates by 14 percentage points to their current level. and the take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world for people including a child have been killed in a shooting at an

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

president joe biden has unveiled an infrastructure plan worth 2 trillion dollars spending package will help repair roads and bridges as well as improve the quality of drinking water biden said that the plan will also create jobs and tackle the climate crisis. 4 people including a child have been killed in a shooting at an office building in orange county california 2 others including the suspect were wounded it's the 3rd deadly mass shooting in the united states in the last 2 weeks. in myanmar fires have engulfed 2 military owned shopping malls blazes broke out turn over i curfews put in place to control protesters against the military coup several people were arrested more than 500 people have died in delhi demonstrations since the army seized power. the united nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in mozambique in the wake of a militant attack hundreds of people are still trying to flee the town of homa after the so-called islamic state gained control in the northern town last week. europe has come under criticism renewed criticism over its treatment of migrants for years now t

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program president joe biden is pulling american forces out of the longest war in u.s. history troops will leave afghanistan by the symbolic date of september the 11th now washington's nato allies will also be pulling out speaking at the white house biden said that the withdrawal will begin next month and. and before the 20th anniversary of the 911 terror attacks u.s. forces have been fighting in afghanistan for 2 decades in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent in the afghan capital kabul 1st here's joe biden explaining why american involvement in a long running conflict has become unsustainable. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for their drawl and expecting a different result i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan 2 republicans 2 democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th after consulting closely with our allies and partners with our military leaders and intelligence personnel with our dipl

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

president joe biden has set out plans for a 2 trillion dollar program of infrastructure spending he has called it a once in a generation vestment that will create millions of jobs while giving roads utilities and american industry a badly needed upgrade by his betting the massive stimulus package will help the country recover from the economic blows of the pen demick but his program faces tough opposition. road builders in the us will soon have plenty of work to do infrastructure in the world's largest economy is in poor condition across the board . butte roads power or water to me and many key industries have long since moved abroad. with his 2 trillion dollars package us president joe biden wants to give the entire country a make over like you are proposing a plan for the nation and reward work not just rewards well the bills of fur common to give everybody a chance to succeed is going to create the strongest most resilient you know great of a commie in the world. his administration plans on modernizing 32000 kilometers of road while repairing thousands of bridges. half a 1000000 new

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

president joe biden conveyed his first cabinet meeting at the white house. he used to gathering to promote his new to trillion dollar infrastructure plan. -- $2 trillion dollar info structure plan. the u.s. cabinet is the most diverse in u.s. history. belgian police gathered with a large crowd gathered in a park after a fake concert was announced on social media as an april 1 -- april fools' day prank. police said three officers were hurt and four people were arrested. large gatherings are banned in belgium due to surging infection numbers. pope francis has begun celebrating the christian holy week of easter by leading a mass in st. peter's cathedral in rome. the pontiff skips the traditional service commemorating jesus'last supper. other events over the weekend will also be restricted. a holy thursday service has also been held at notre dame cathedral in paris. it is the first since the gothic building was badly damaged in a fire two years ago. the scaled-down ceremony involved foot washing ritual, that civilize is jesus' -- symbolizes jesus' willingness to

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

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

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