Wildfire year response and Recovery Efforts will come to order. Thank you for joining with the deputy chief for forestry at usda. After brief opening remarks, the hearing will open to questions. Members will be recognized in order of seniority, alternating between the majority and minority members. When you are recognized, youll be asked to unmute your microphone, and youll have five minutes to ask your question and or make a comment. In order to get as many questions as possible, the timer will stay consistently visible on your screen. Thank you for joining us here today in washington and online. For this critical hearing on the wildfires ravaging the western United States. We have all seen the footage from california, oregon and washington. It is surreal, and it is terrifying. I want to talk today about what we can do to meet the needs and face the challenges presented by this unprecedented wildfire season out west and elsewhere. Deputy chief phipps, thank you for joining us today an
With bahrain and the United Arab Emirates establishing diplomatic relations President Trump says theyre just the 1st of many such deals to come. Our brian todd this could have you with us today japan has a new Prime Minister here shahid asuka has been formally elected after a vote in parliament he replaces the outgoing Prime Minister shinzo abbay who resigned earlier this month for Health Reasons suga is expected to stick closely to the policies championed by his predecessor. So what can japan and the world expect from suger the man now at the helm of the worlds 3rd biggest economy heres a brief look. Yoshida sukar may look like a traditional politician in a suit but theres more to him than meets the eye. For the last 8 years he occupied the powerful position of chief cabinet secretary. As such he was diffracted a number 2 there are they and the key enforcer of government policy. As part of his effort to secure the top job he vowed to stick to those policies presenting himself as a saf
Reach their paris agreements i met also think that the way shes show us all that she is an anti racist how she addressed the racists how she wanted us to be more clear in protecting the rule of law and how she condemned whats happening in poland with the energy p. T. I. Free so this was a really clear and very strong message from the president you mentioned the Greenhouse Gas emission targets that she she raised the issue of Climate Change very prominently there lets take a quick listen to what she said. We need to go faster and we need to do things better really looked in depth in every sector to see how fast we could go. And how to do it in a responsible evidence based way the European Commission is proposing to increase the 2030 targets for Emission Reduction to at least 55 percent. Does this proposal go far enough or you. Know 2 it doesnt go far enough for me is not far enough for the greens and not far enough for the planet we know what the scientists are saying we need at least 6
Medical oxygen is running out. And the space project thats no longer just Science Fiction or europes planning to save the world from catastrophic collision with asteroids hollywood star. As well come to the program on the line has given 1st state of the Union Address as European Commission president and that she set out a vision for making the European Union more resilient and uniteds to confront future crises on the line double down on the goals she set out when she took office last december. Also love underly in ahead of her 1st arab state of the union speech waiting to unveil more ambitious climate goals for the block we need to go faster and we need to do things better the European Commission is proposing to increase the 2030 targets for Emission Reduction to at least 55 percent catching emissions and becoming climate neutral by 20. 00 to 50. 00 are part of the European Green deal one of underlined speed priorities at the situation taken partly due to the mounting pressure of clima
Underlines commission will present a long awaited proposal for a new pact on migration on september 23rd and its her who will be judged on its outcome. Of a more on this lets cross over to the response. In brussels go faster and better that sounds good but we just heard in our piece that not everyone agrees with the chief on Climate Policy how is she going to find Common Ground. Exactly it will be interesting to see that her and bushs targets will be discussed at a summit here in october the aim is to win over those countries particularly in the east of europe who are heavily relying on carbon intensive energy like coal in poland for instance now hows she going to accomplish that now while she has an interesting approach to this and she wants to turn a crisis into a chance which means she wants to take 30 percent of the money from the bailout package that has been agreed by Member States to tackle the coronavirus effects and put that money into green energies and now lets say she would