in europe, a principal ally, great britain, has the english channel. it has it as its safe mode, at least for the time being. germany is tied down, and russia. i think that dictated a lot of the choices that were made in the first year of the war. quite a bit of our effort was going to trying to stabilize the situation. in particular, to secure hawaii, and to secure our c communications to new zealand, and australia. it would be the base for the actual counter offensive. >> to try and sum this contemporary issue, about two years ago i was invited over to do a conference with the japanese about current strategy in the pacific. i felt like i was stepping back into 1944. the japanese are now turning their focus to china. we talked this morning about japanese over extension. they have the same dilemma. they are talking about defending a different scent of island chains, from a different direction. they have the same problems. how do you reinforce them? what do you put on the islands? how do you tornado partitions? how do you avoid getting bypassed? their p

the reform of rules of europe. and a number of priorities had to have been worked on, and there are about 150 working groups. and each of those french ministers and the french government are going to have quite a lot of work to get things started if they want their priorities to move forward. julia: a bit of sad news, american actress and comedienne betty white has passed away at the age of 99. white was a television icon, a career that spanned over seven decades, winning fans across generations. the five-time emmy award winner was best known for her roles in "the mary tyler moore show" and "golden girls," and offscreen was a tireless advocate for animal welfare. she died 18 days shy of her 100th birthday. that is it for this edition. more news coming up here and france 24. stay with us. ♪ >> thanks for joining us. we are starting with the fashion world. the designer celebrated for addressing madonna in a conical bra, popularizing skirts for striped t-shirt into a wardrobey classic. john paul is about to turn 70,

and europe in his book, the free world, and another new york times book of 2021, this is his book at the life german chancellor, angle of merkel and hacolumbia university professor, john reporter, and race in america and woke racism and he recently discussed his book during a virtual events hosted by the common wealth, in san francisco, and here's a portion of that. >> this is not a lightening macbook, such as that i am not in the right wing and what it is for is really mostly people left of center who are listening to the voices from the radical left and beginning to get a feeling that somehow those people's view must be actionable as well rather than one - and on the left and i fear that because in a certain person aren now basically tells you that you are a racist, i.e. now what we thank you so a moral perverted if you disagree, very narrow under thoughts and punitive range of views and i think that what we need is left of center but constructive it and and self concerned positions on what black people been in this country. >> and he is discussing his most recent book, woke racism

we will increase our presence in europe with our nato allies, and there will be a heavy price to pay for it. >> the president and first lady also asked about the passing of betty white. president biden calling it "a shame." jill biden echoing the thoughts of many, asking, who didn't love betty white? >>> and tonight, amid the difficult headlines, the world is celebrating the new year. australia with a massive fireworks display at the sydney harbor bridge and sydney opera house. fireworks shooting from the rooftops, filling the skyline above hong kong. and the new year celebrating in spectacular fashion in dubai. fireworks pouring from the burj khalifa, the tallest building in the world. quite a sight. when we come back, news on jeffrey epstein and the guards on duty when he took his own life. and the latest on the tiger mauling investigation. what the zoo is saying about the deputy's actions. ving parts. you want everything to be on autopilot. and to be prepared if anything changes. with ibm, you can do both. your business can bring data together across your clouds, from suppliers to

more mat on i don't you just bear with me to run the reminder of all top stories, much of europe has just rung in the new year under the cloud on the from celebration on the band across the world with subsidies canceling that traditional file. it displays all bending large gasoline. tears after cave at 19 the pandemic was declared on the situation in many countries continues to decline with reports of reco daily cases fuel mainly buyable, contagious variant. drill 100 has more from washington d. c. researchers at columbia university say they think they know when it's going to peak and according to their model, it would happen within weeks, not months. that would be good news. they say that they think that the virus, according to their model, will peak the week of january 7th. here's the bad news. they say that during that 7 day period, they predict 2.5 to 5000000 new cases. so an intense surge that would then go down according to their model. meanwhile, we've got hot thousands of flights being canceled across the us. some of that is due to regular winter weather, but some of it is al

now let's head over to europe and it's a yes since breaks it took full effect when the u. k. left the e. u single market and customs union. the date came with predictions of disaster for the british economy. 12 months later, how as the country coped in december last year, as britain ready to itself for a hard break, that prime minister boris johnson addressed to parliament in his typically confidence dial absolutely no doubt that from january the 1st this country is going to prosper. monterey miss yet, but the reality is the country's woes began almost immediately. britain's chemicals, electrical equipment, machinery, metals, minerals, and textile sectors became hopelessly entangled in the trade deals, so called roles of origin. any goods arriving in britain from abroad and then exported into the e. u. incur accustomed levy and britain supply chains rely on a vast number of parts source from outside the european union. thousands of trucks trying to exit the u. k. were tied up in the red tape. there is no good in this situation as it is full man's too much. you paper walks too

here's our europe corresponding the brandenburg gates the location for the traditional job and new year's celebration. it's also home to an annual fireworks extravaganza. the it's about the only place you'll see them lighting up the night. sky is the country rings in 2022. as the german government has found their private sale, as part of the last round of coven measures brought in at the start of december. it's hard to knock the reasoning behind the decision less ad hoc fireworks display between midnight and the early hours. less calls to the emergency services also less people mixing and gathering books above on the sale of fireworks. doesn't mean no fireworks. people have been popping over the poland to stucco for fireworks are part of new year's eve. it's a tradition to set them off and it would be a shame if it didn't happen. while german paths may be rejoicing at the prospect of less frightening fireworks shops, selling them in poland and making hay. while this particular sun shines at the moment because of the band in germany, we have about 300 customers a day. and we are pretty ove

today, it's midnight across much of europe right now. and the content is ringing in the new year under the cloud of all the coronets. go to italy, now there's the coliseum booking stunning at night. time. could have fog there. some public on the street, sir, but public celebrations are actually banned in italy at the moment. i rent parents, it's the other way round the firework show it's cancelled. but as you see, thousands of revelers should be walking along the shore, the lazy to mark the moment. and of course, people have also gathered to celebrate inputted al sol. it's one of the main squares in spain's capital. many people are looking forward at least to the light show, a limited number of people allowed as a drone, drones in operation. now, please making sure that those numbers remain at the same level and people stick to the rules. a couple of hours ago, musket size were lit up, crosses with fi works at midnight. the traditional gathering with a course red square with some bustles cathedral in the background, making a great backdr

for example, team europe, which is e.u. plus a couple of countries announced half a billion doses in various stages. only a quarter of them approximately have been delivered, so press releases don't save lives. vaccine save lives. so it's not to say that you don't follow evidence at home. the idea is to increase the size of the pie through actual delivered vaccines through technology transfer, and so on and so forth. anchor: deliveries to match the promises. it has been two years sce china reported the first cluster of cases in wuhan. what do you see in the year ahead? >> i see that we are not helpless bystanders, but to say that we he a lot of power to change the course of the pandemic, but that would require leadership, but it will also require the recognition from the populaon, from the populatis, because we are a heterogeneous wor, that we can either muddle through this r years to come, or we can bite the bullet and control this pandemic aggressively through the tools that are available, and then get on with our lives.

ah, i'm william blue croft, welcome to a very special new year's eve program. much of europe is about to join other parts of the world that have already slid into 2022. let's take you right over to the count down at the brandenburg gate here in berlin. i see them die. and happy new year to everyone watching from berlin may be where you are. you have already had new years, but we are just bringing it in right now. ah ah ah mm. and our very own d, w, correspond at manual shows is right there. where are the parties happening at the brandenburg gate and happy new year to you 1st of all and how are things going down there? how could you yeah, well yeah. well, you can see behind me just a tradition in germany, that's a gate. this has been decades, we've had a few hours here. you can either fire back, but you can also see all around me. the pub make wasn't allowed for the 2nd year. you know, because of that pandemic, people that are just stay at home tonight, not celebrating be good even mesa. bob made an appearance. it's easy up here and here to tell people to back please remain small. good

this is beginning to set the street stage for the next chance of a little bit of rain coming in europe but summer gets monday. this next system that is coming in is going to hugely favor the north bay. leslie looks now. so, a lot of us will get some clouds. not as much son as we have. it doesn't look like many of us are going to get much rain. again, this is monday. between now and then, we have 20 of son. you can see offshore by the time we get to early monday, this is at 4:00 monday. a few light showers in north bay people, according to place, while santa rosa has a good chance monday and tuesday, about 72, 69% chance monday and tuesday, you go south, the numbers get kind of cut in half. san francisco is just a 36% chance which means some might fall but not much. in san jose, very low probabilities for any rain. so, most of us will be essentially dry. but, not a lot in the way of sunshine. by the time we get to next week. so, let's set it out. tonight, clear and cold. as julia pointed out. tomorrow, dry and chilly. but, sunny. temperatures, again, like what we had today. no big deal.

. >> and i haven't been to europe. and. [laughter] i mean, i don't understand the point that you are making. >> mike: bill, the vice president was charged with addressing the crisis at the border. your thoughts on the first year of the biden white house and her performance? >> well, in her performance she is the border czar who tries to stay as far away from the border as she can. and in some sense i don't blame her. the vice president is supposed to be the chief salesman for the president's agenda. and the problem is that joe biden has not a good agenda. you know, when he came in, people were talking as though he would be the next fdr or lbj, but he didn't have fdr or lbj majorities. so now what's the most common met for used? jimmy carter. jimmy carter is synonym for haplessness you know with inflation. and i think afghanistan was particularly brutal because it's not a right or left thing. i think a lot of people just have the impression that the job is too big for joe biden. he is not up to it. >> mike: obviously the yea

more moves and goes into ukraine, we will have severe sanctions, we will increase our, our presence in europe, with our nato allies, and it will be a heavy price to pay for it. >> reporter: during a 50-minute phone call urging putin to de-escalate ahead of talks scheduled for january 10th. >> i made it clear they could only work if in de-escalated, not escalated. i expect if you negotiate you will make progress but we'll see. >> reporter: and president biden is set to speak with the ukrainian president on sunday. >> that conversation is set to show that russia that the u.s. and ukraine will coordinate ahead of the january 10th negotiations between the u.s. and russia. this follows the principle the white house has laid out about nothing about them without them making clear to russia that they will remain in close touch with the ukrainians. >> we appreciate the reporting, thank you very much. >>> let's get more from national political reporter eva mcken and kirsten powers. thank you for being with us. eva, let me get to you first on a legislative perspective. how is this your ending for presid

. - these migrants say belarus, lped ferry them to europe. the eu says it is state organized human trafficking. we get a report from eastern germany, and, [clapping and cheering] can this man finally unseat hungary's authoritarian leader, viktor orban? mayor peter marki-zay, tells me how he's trying to do just that, by rallying unlikely allies, ahead of the next electi.

denmark austria and france radical change that you political map of europe. in some ways we still live with it. that's what china is best strategy would be. best military strategy if you're thinking i would take down these vulnerable part of the coalition is fed a complete. which is again the don't want to start a huge war. they want a small focused war and then we and the rest of our partners and l is this a good side where going to limit it. i grant the version of what the russians did incarnate. it's possible we and others might decide to live with that. so there's more than just facebook post it sounds like. >> that's right. >> in your book you talk a lot about allies and really like the discussion because there's a lot more granular than we normally get about the norm the argument allies are someone pulls out a winston churchill come very handy i forget which it about allies many people say more allies you have the better, in the discussion could you ever advise a more nuanced approach talking about especially in the western pacific about how some allian

the fury, the shot, the horror, the surprise being expressed in the halls and corners of power across europe was significant and know they were all excited joe biden was a new president. and they saw what happened i think they were recalculating about the seriousness of the united states of america because there is no way to describe what happened other than a fiasco. >> it's going to be a challenging year no question of got to take one more quick break. no witness was going to happen in the year 2022 we are going to have our panelists offer at least one gas, stay with us. ♪ feel stuck and need a loan? move to sofi and feel what it's like to get your money right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ move to a sofi personal loan. earn $10 just for viewing your rate — and get your money right. ♪ before nexium 24hr, and get your money right. anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? in christ sent the

they're very -- they're african americans, they're japanese, they're germans, they're people from europe. a lot of australians. and they all tell their stories. and the stories they tell are about their pride, the pride of what their grandfathers did, the pride of what their family has contributed to make the second world war still a livable story. so i think from the perspective of what you asked, what can we do here at this wonderful museum that we're all so proud of, is to allow people to continue to tell their stories, and have the opportunity to tell their stories as they come through. so i don't have a question. >> thank you, excellent, excellent. >> we'll go to your left with connie, please. >> hi. my question relates to how the death of dory miller was treated in 1943 by the press, by the military. >> it's a good question. the black press was obviously very much grieved to hear the news. the story that tuchs me the most was how the miller family learned of doris' death, and they wrote anxiously because he wasn't confirmed dead until a year and a day, right, if you're missing it t

ah, i'm william blue croft, welcome to a very special new years eve program. much of europe is about to join other parts of the world that have already slid into 2022. let's take you right over to the count down at the brandenburg gate here in berlin with .

the agreement signed today provides for italia, 3 measured europe must apply those measures for boil official tales, so rotten that france even threatened to turn off the u. k. 's electricity supplies, but was this about more than simply making waves over fishing licenses? i suspect also that there are many reasons why right now are having a spot between the british and the french is very convenient for both for a minute, for the prime minister of great britain and for the french president. of course, it is about more than fishing licenses. 98 percent of fishing licenses that were applied for were already granted. the french thing is about 40 votes. it's is just something to sort of keep it alive. her quarrels between france and britain are all serious, but that one is, is completing the manufactured. even though the u. k. has now granted more licenses . french fishermen are still unhappy and continue to threaten british imports. now that brings us to another bone of contention migrants the u. s. wholly still struggling to find a way to deal with mass, illegal migration. but the brak

brian: north america, europe, and latin america are outpacing aipac, but to give you a point of reference, before the pandemic, half of our business was cross-border. the majority is people crossing borders or staying in cities. we've seen people not crossing borders and not traveling to cities. what we've now seen is that as borders start to reopen, when president biden visited ford, cross-border bookings into the united states were up 44% in one week. cross-border's are still restricted, but that means we think there will be a lot of pent-up demand. i think travel is one of the things that people miss the most and feel like has been taken away from them. i think you will see a lot more. emily: how do you see the mix of domestic and cross-border travel shifting as we move forward? brian: it will come back a bit. i don't think you will see the world looking like 2019. business travel will never come back to 2019 levels the way it was, people getting on airplanes for a meeting. there will be new types of business travel, people working remotely or going back to headquarters for weeks at a

deliveries against the announcements that have been made for, for donations, for example, the theme europe, which as you bless a couple of countries, had announced half a $1000000000.00 up in various stages. and only a quarter of them approximately have actually been delivered. so press release is don't save lives, actual vaccine save lives. so the idea is not to say that, you know, you don't follow evidence at home. the idea is to increase the size of the pie through actual delivered vaccines through technology transfer and so on and so forth. deliveries to match the promises and just on another matter, it's just about 2 years since china reported that 1st cluster of cases in whoo, hon. what do you see in the here head? well, i see that we are not helpless bystanders. but to say that we have a lot of power to change the course of the, of the pandemic. but that would require leadership, but it will also require the recognition from the population upon the populations. because, you know, we are a heterogeneous, a world that we can either muddle through this for you. yours to come, or we can

any more moves and goes into ukraine, we will have severe sanctions, we will increase our presence in europe with our nato allies and it will be a heavy price to pay for it. >> reporter: and for now at least, as even though russia has more than 100,000 troops on the ukrainian border, they are engaging in the diplomacy. the by lateral security talks are set to begin on january 10th but they said there could not be any progress until the russia will de-escalate the situation. and that was the main message on the call, to show there are two path as head, there is some diplomatic path that the russian president could choose to follow or serious economic sanctions and those increased nato milita military movements should putin move forward with that invasion and the president was asked whether he has a better sense of whether or not the russian president is likely to invade ukraine? he didn't exactly answer that, instead pointing to the negotiations set to take place on january 10th. but u.s. officials have made it clear they are not listening for vladimir putin's words as much as they are watchi

hello, everyone here sir. forecast for europe in africa will begin in europe. paint the colors on the dark or the orange, the higher the temperature, and that warm air continues to be pumped in rate across the continent. a pretty while, when you look at this, not for the 1st day of january, we don't have one temperature here below freezing, happy new year by the way. now in terms of the other, whether we're going to see those winds pick up across ireland and britain, a few scattered showers as while heavier abouts of rain and snow for that southwest of norway. but again, these temperatures, brussels 14 degrees. but the further south you go, higher temperatures, we do have so cordoba $22.00, valencia at $21.00. we're going to get strike with some heavy rain for the northwest of spain on saturday. also high temperatures through the balkans and also north of this is walls. so vienna, prague, 12 degrees, budapest, 13, and we do have some showers working their way across the boss versus is nothing major for it's them both with a high va, loving degrees, also some showers through the levant

we will increase our presence in europe with our nato allies. and it will have to be a heavy price to pay for it. >> reporter: biden laying out that heavy price during a 50-minute phone call yesterday, urging putin to deof escalate ahead of u.s./russia security talks scheduled for january 10th. >> they only could work if he deof escalates. >> i always expect if you negotiate you make progress but we'll see. >> reporter: beyond the potential war in eastern europe, biden steps into 2022 facing an uphill battle against an unrelenting pandemic and criticism of his covid response. on testing at least, the president acknowledging he's come up short. >> it's not enough. it's clearly not enough. if we'd have known we'd have gone harder quicker, if we could have. >> reporter: top health officials defending cdc guidelines shortening the isolation period to five days for those who test positive. >> those five days account for somewhere between 85% to 90% of all transmission that occurs. >> reporter: skyrocketing covid cases also now threatening the economi

it's now 2022 in asia, while people in africa and parts of europe are just a few hours away from seeing the new year arrive, too. however, in many places, the celebrations will be muted as governments try to discourage crowds coming together, to counter the spread of covid. in london, the mayor, sadiq khan, has urged people to stay home or to exercise caution if they do head out tonight. it's really important, if you've not got a lateral flow test at home and you're not vaccinated, you think very, very carefully about whether you go out tonight. it's possible to get a lateral flow test today from local pharmacists, from libraries. i checked this morning. there were a lateral flow tests available in some local pharmacies where i live, and also, my local library was providing tests this morning. check, if you've not got a flow test, where you can get one, from your local pharmacy today before you go out. if you are going out, please do a lateral flow test before you go out because you may have the virus and not show symptoms. how would you feel if you went out and passed on the virus or y

seeing chelsea return as kings of europe. in club football, at least 2021 was a year of international football. europe was finally opening up. the euros began with a nod to the past but a turn to the future. the journey begins. lit up rome tonight. we are looking forward to a competition and suddenly something much more important is at stake right now. plays it into sterling! they are back and eager to make up for lost time. anguish. a really big night ahead. and his team have done the nation proud! goodness me, it's loud. yikes. only a win will do. two players now isolating, his team much criticised. the start of the knockout stage of the european championship. lovely touch. flag stays down. it's 4—0 for this tournament. this time, that's that. this is an amazing story being told in budapest. it is the first shock knockout at euro 2020, and the reign of portugal as european champions is over. has to find the back of the net. the world champions, france, are going home. it's not the final, it just feels that way. in comes t

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so what kind of mix legacy does she leave behind for her country, for europe, and for relations with the united states, and what does her moving on mean for america's own engagement in the world? well, despite the fact that merkel is famous for being a very private person, we're really fortunate to be talking to someone who spent years researching her and finding people to explain her world view. she has copy, mar time, former a, b, c, news correspondent in germany and author of the chancellor, the remarkable odyssey of anglo american khaki. thank you so much for joining us. look, you know, what i'm really interested in is those 4 years of america. first, under donald trump, when angle american stepped in your late husband, richard holbrooke said america would have been in strategic contraction from its responsibilities in the world. my question to you is, what would america look like today? if angle american had not step great question, steve and let's deal with them one at a time and but 1st let me just thank you for having me on. it's always such a pleasure to talk to you and you'

look, we really do consider the the security situation of central europe as a crucial issue for us and anything that helps to resolve challenges here. and ease tensions around the region service our interest. so that's why we are really interested in successful negotiations between nato and the russia, the beginning of next year. it is very easy for political chance to finger point on one specific country on one specific person on one specific decision in order to push responsibility away. the russian federation on the gas from have always been very reliable partners from hungary when it comes to supply of of natural gas. all the contracts have been respected and the schedule was respected. the volumes arrived always on time, and as far as i understand, no one in europe complains about about why elating contract buy gas from. so what we can say is that the gas from the russian federation, respect the contracts which were assigned between european countries. european companies and russia and gas from maybe this is not the most sophisticated sentence you ever hear from a politician on en

and also you mentioned the uk and europe and international countries are going to be buying the pills to curtail the pandemic as a defensive move but the real world use if omicron is really coming to an end and so many experts say it will over the next month or two roughly then i'm not sure what the real demand is going to be following the procurement from the governments. >> does that apply to vaccines, as well? >> i think so. we have at the point where so many have been vaccinated. we see omicron rip through the states and regions it seems like it will peak in the next four to eight weeks unless there's another variant that we are not aware of and questionable how long the boosters and the vaccines will last through 2022 into 2023. maybe a year, a couple more years. i would be shocked if we were here taking the vaccines i don't understand why we would be if the population is impacted or not either way and the variant d dissipates. >> why wouldn't you value similar to a tamiflu even if the extreme pandemic goes awaco vid is with us and people will need to take the pills if they get s

>> i got the sense that there are going to be three major conferences in europe beginning in the middle of the month with our senior staffs that relate to the osce, the russian nato council and the continuation of the strategic nato russian doctrine, and he did not disagree with that, and he laid out some of his concerns about nato and the united states and europe, and we laid out ours, and we said that we will begin to negotiate some of issue, but i made it clear that we could work if we escalated and not de-escalated. >> and so, he pressed the president on what they talked about, and what are your main takeaways of what the president said? >> yes, that is what the senior officials are telling us about before the call, and after the message that he is making it clear to the russian leader that there are two paths that he can go down. one is the diplomacy being set up betweening january 10th beginning if he goes forward the invasion, and at that point, the united states is going to increase a very heavy price if he continues to move forward, and he said that he cannot, and emphasize can

the great land masses of asia and europe in unfriendly hands. it is an existential threat to the u.s. global trade, access to markets, a preponderance of the world's raw materials all closed off. and that accounts, i think, for the flurry of presidential action in the next 12 months. he starts in july broadening the embargoes against japan to include scrap iron, the basis of the japanese steel making industry, and aviation fuel. but he also invites the president of general motors to the white house to discuss conversion of the u.s. economy to a war-time footing. in the fall -- there's the japanese rampaging through china, north china, and there's the move into france and eventually into the soviet union on the part of the germans. and there is big bill, the man on the left, the tallest of the three gentlemen there, the president of general motors at the time. he's invited to the white house to discuss conversion of the u.s. economy to a war-time footing. i was going to say legend has it, but it's not legend. it's a flat out truth. roosevelt aske

what about europe in 2022? it's a vast continent, 50—plus countries at least as far as the world health organization defines it, i think nearly 58 countries it counts as european beyond just the european union. a very kind of mixed picture in europe in terms of notjust dealing with covid, but the challenges the continent faces? well, the big challenges are of course migration, which we discussed in the programme, but i think it's more the fact that the european union has to find a new way of existing. you know, now that britain is out and the agreement on brexit, ifind the european union has to think at itself what it is going to be, a confederation, will it become a federation, will they be more power in brussels or less power, what about the region, what about separatism, what about the no respect of law by countries like poland? and hungary. those are important issues. so i think and hope that in 2022, the eu will start thinking what it wants to be for the next decade. �* , ., ., decade. it's an intrigui

more than it does europe for example, we can recirculate in america's a lot in europe and canada is bigger than both america ands europe o other than a couple of areas where supply chains are -- pretty much everything from abroad can be substituted in america and almost no other country could say that with a straight face so it can be done with industrial policy and the u.s. can do better and you can draw on remote talent, look how wall street kept on humming during the lockdown, not only because they pivoted to remote work quickly but they massively hire more indians so you think about your financial institutions and consulting companies and digital companies, tech consulting and finance, essentially tech and finance, these big sectors of our economy, why are they going away? they've already drawn on a completely massive labor force of intelligent people serving american corporate interest in some ways recirculate and trickle into our economy so i'm not worried but with that said, you don't want to not be the number one destination in the world for talent. they are learning towards canada

security across the board. >> it's not just the united states but western europe. ali, what is the appetite on the continent to getting involved if russia does invade ukraine? >> there is no appetite in getting involved in a conflict with russia. that's the last thing anybody here wants. nato has said that ukraine should make its own choices, whether it joins nato, that's a decision between nato and ukraine, and moscow shouldn't be calling the shots. but that doesn't mean they want to get into some kinetic fight with moscow. in fact a lot of countries here in europe are trying to better relations with russia rather than bring them apart. some of russia's rhetoric is worrying. they do issue a lot of threats. they're saying putin submitted a list of eight demands in this sort of draft treaty, and in them was that nato has to stop expanding eastward, ukraine mustn't be allowed to join nato, all these sort of demands. nato said they don't accept those demands. but it's very unlikely they're willing to go to war with russia if they don't see eye to eye on putin's demand

at one point, it looked like we could be up doubling very different story in europe where doubling is a better situation than what they are facing with prices spiking into the winter two things will determine where natural gas goes from here the weather and vladimir putin both factors can be fairly unpred unpredictable. in 2022, you can expect more money for climate spending from the federal government and from private companies. >> the business of climate in 2022 will depend in the u.s. on the fate of president biden's $1.75 trillion build back better plan which was recently torpedos by senator joe manchin of west virginia who has tied to the coal industry. roughly, $555 billion was earmarked to shift the u.s. from fossil fuels to clean energy that included tax incentives there was also a $12,500 tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles about $12 billion aimed at making buildings more energy efficient. more for research on clean technology like pulling carbon dioxide out of the air parts of this could be passed outside of the full bill all that spending hangs in the balance. ven ve

so hawthorn is living this life where he can continue to write his books and prance around europe. the only thing he does is stay unabashed supporter of pierce while pierce is essentially burning down the house, allowing the country to devolve into civil war, allowing the kansas nebraska act, doesn't get the second term, leads to bucchanen's election, probably the worst, pierce is probably the second or third worse president in our history and all they're dough boys, people who support slavery. have this deep friendship after pierce leaves the white house, it's two men against the world essentially and hawthorn dies in pierce's hands. pierce basically ends up drinking himself to death. really the saddest story of friendship in my book, but a really enduring in many ways, beautiful friendship, between two very flawed men. >> so i'm going back to some of the questions the audience has. if anyone in the audience has questions, please feel free to post them. this is interesting -- have any of the first friends been called to testify before a congressional committee to be questioned abo

the conference on the future of europe. there are $10.10 of several, tens of thousands war on daily basis. debating on the future offer d a european union, and in top of that, that has been in a scientific way, 800 people selected. and all these people have nothing to do with european union to participate in the decision making process. we have seen such err. yeah, what we called citizens convention, already in france, already in ireland, already in germany. but it's for the 1st time that it is organized on a ben european level. and my expectation of this exercise is not to listen to the citizens because we know what the citizens want. we have the euro barrow meter, we have surveys, like it's in the case also in written note, the big difference is that the citizens are, are selected will continue to participate in not only formulating recommendations, but also in the answers. the politicians will diff, to their wishes and to do recommendations you said to regain people as trust in democracy. we need to fundamentally revisit

s. vice president are showing in what many c as a milestone across the atlantic, the end of in europe. after 16 years of leading her country and europe, german chancellor angle america decided that it was time to step down after general elections. she was replaced earlier this month by olive shots, a social democrat. this coming year could see more changes in europe, incumbent french president, emmanuel in my conch, is expected to face strong competition. in april, the leader of the right wing national rally party marine lipper, has launched her 3rd bid for the presidency. she 2 faces stiff competition from afar. right candidate, eric zimmer, who has been compared to donald trump. in hungry, rattling nationalistic victor, oregon has held officers prime minister for the last 11 years. and in april he to face a strong electoral challenge. 2021 was marked by an alarming number of kuda tours and growing authoritarianism that were causing molly and guinea a military takeover in sudan and unsuccessful co attempt in niger and an arbitrary transfer of power. and chad in the new year, kenya an

the volumes arrived always on time, and as far as i understand, no one in europe complains about about why elating contract buy gas from. so what we can say is that the gas from the russian federation, respect the contracts which were assigned between european countries. european companies and russia and gas from maybe this is not the most sophisticated sentence you ever hear from a politician on energy or gas supply. but our understanding is that the, the more pipelines the better it has been an our agenda as well to, to see how we can further increase the number of those who get the vaccination. because we do consider that as the only solution for the crisis we in hungary have a very clear experience. more than 6 a 1000000 hungarians have been vaccinated. we have been using 6 different types of vaccines, including including sino farm and, and for western types of vaccines. pfizer rosters and come with the youngs and so we have a very colorful experience. i do believe that the fact that the new car has not been the recon lies by the international organizations is a purely political is

will this now force europe to commit to safer migration policy? i hope it is a catalyst that finally give a hofstadter in brussels members.