The bishop of brooklyn praised the ruling saying, im gratified be the decision by the United States Supreme Court who have recognized the clear First Amendment violation and urgent need for relief. Im proud to be leading the Diocese Of Brooklyn and fighting for our sacred and constitutional right to worship. Lets go to the Justice Department. David is live with more. Happy thanksgiving. This ruling came down before midnight and the implications will last for decades long after covid19s in the history books. Its a win for religious freedom and amy barrett, a month already feeling her fate on a career that could span for decades. She was the key swing vote here, a 5vote in favor of the conservatives. John roberts known to be a devout catholic sided with the liberal wing of the court on this decision. The majority, the conservatives decided that this was something that needed to be done so this is how they ruled. Andrew cuomo announced various restrictions on gatherings as a way to hold t
Their good but al this is al jazeera live from also coming up. The news of bidens win brought supporters out to celebration cities across the u. S. And outside the white house. But donald trump and his supporters are defiant the president is showing no signs of conceding she prepares to challenge ballots counts in several states. That havent stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have rocky relations with trump. Joe biden has declared victory in the u. S. Elections in the last hour. He and his running mate come on horace addressed the nation from his home state of delaware he spoke of uniting a country that has seen divisions the pandemic and racial unrest often domination headlines the people of this nation have spoken. Theyve delivered us a clear victory a convincing victory a victory for we the people weve won with the most votes ever cast of president ial ticket in the history of the nation 74 americans. In the. Well i must admit a surprised m
Youll take the opportunity during our interview to join todays discussion by submitting questions as we go along. You can do that by clicking the q a button at the bottom of your screen. Today, as sidney mentioned, we are joined by my friend bob zoellick. Bob zoellick has served america and served her well across multiple administrations and in a range of few roles. In the late 80s, he served as counselor to secretary of the treasury, undersecretary of state as well as White House Deputy chief of staff. In the george w. Bush years, he served as trade u. S. Trade representative and later president of the world bank. Hes received numerous honors, the state departments highest award, the treasury departments Alexander Hamilton award and dods medal for distinguished public service. But the American Government werent the only ones. The German Government awarded him the Knight Commanders cross, the Mexican Government awarded him their aztec eagle order of merit. These days, among other posts
The water we drink is like poison and the air we breathe is simply unreadable. The planet we live on is dying and so are we. This is our future. To be more specific, the future of our greatgrandchildren. But it is not our problem so we shouldnt worry about it, right . The preceding generation was deal with the problem we had to deal with in the first place. When are we finally going to take responsibility for our actions . The issue we want president ial candidates to focus on in the election is Climate Change. The fresh water and oceans are being polluted. Decade toot about a get this ship turned around. Fires in california. All of these at one time on this day. Partner found out where humanity went wrong. While there are many things we can relate back to Climate Change treaty one of the main contributorss Natural Gas Companies such as exxon. s ex on a big contributor to Climate Change, certainly. You can look at not just exxon it all the fossil fuel major companies. Abouton mobil has
In the mic . No. Without the mic . Also no. Alexis is the deputy cto of new york city and runs a policy experiment lab, trying to get vendors to compete for who can devise the best programs to improve social welfare of the citizens of new york. An adjunct professor of tech media and communications at Columbia University and spent a couple of decade studying the issues as a doctoral student and then as a member of the staff at the u. N. Mission of the state department, and also just speaking deeply about them which is so clear from the book, which i really admire. So quick round of applause for alexis. [applause] just jump right in. This book is about what you call net states. Maybe you just want to start by taking a minute and telling us what those are and why we needed a new category. Canthank you all for coming. The pest way to straight what net states are is to talk about how i came upon the idea to right this book in the first place. So, back in 2015, there were a number of terrori