and environmental issues. that was and environmental issues. that was an important precursor to the cop26 meeting, and once again showed pope francis s environmentalism, he has placed environmentalism at the core office papacy. he intervened before the 2015 paris climate conference, urging agreement then, he is hoping intervention now might push a few more world leaders towards agreements in glasgow, and this meeting now withjoe biden, with his car having finished its journey into the vatican will be a hugely important meeting to discuss these sorts of issues before the climate conference gets under way. 0f of course, hugely reinforced, withstanding any kind of unforeseen event, or most unforeseen events and he will shortly exit that car and he
particular topic? of course, we are just a couple of days away now from the un climate change conference in glasgow, that has been billed as the last best hope to stop runaway climate change. joe biden will be one of the world leaders at that meeting in glasgow. he is one of the t20 leaders, the leaders of the group of 20 worlds largest economies reading here in rome dash mac meeting here in rome this weekend. the helicopter is overhead. i think the arrival ofjoe biden is very close. pope francis will not be present at that meeting in glasgow, despite expectations that he would attend. that is a blow to the cop26 organisers, but he would hope there is message on the bbc today, and is meeting withjoe biden, that he will urge world leaders in glasgow to reach agreement on those all important climate change goals.
will be led in, swiss guards as the ready, taken into the papal study, where he will the pope. he has spoke none the past of how the pope has been a source of huge comfort to him, a time of crisis, personal tragedy in losing his son, this is a us president who was educated at catholic schools, he is a devout catholic, he attends mass regular will and he has a photo of a previous meeting with pope francis on his desk in the oval office. i assume a couple more snaps from today meeting might be added to that photo collection, after this. an honourforer photo collection, after this. an honour forer the photo collection, after this. an honourforer the president photo collection, after this. an honour forer the president of course, to meet the leader of the world s 1.3 course, to meet the leader of the world s1.3 billion catholics, a meeting of minds as well as these two men come together, for this meeting today, and we will get images of that meeting shortly after it happens.
once and for all, laying it on the line. at a meeting behind closed doors, mr biden said future house and senate majorities and his own presidency would be determined by what happens to this bill. he emerged to say it was all but sorted. today i m pleased to announce that after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, i think we have an historic. i know we have an historic economic framework. hesitant, perhaps because the deal isn t signed and sealed yet, if he gets his way, the pared down plan from 3.5 to $1.705 trillion will still be a landmark achievement for mr biden. it s a framework that will create millions ofjobs, grow the economy, invest in our nation and our people, turn the climate crisis into an opportunity and put us on a path not only to compete, but to win the economic competition of the 21st century against china and every other major country in the world. still included is more than $500 billion to fight climate change,
joe biden shares the pope s views on climate change, and it will be a focus of their discussions. the president and the pontiff eye to eye on the key issue of our times. the leader of the 1.3 billion catholics of course carries huge moral weight, and by meeting key leaders before glasgow and by spreading his message on air, pope francis will hope to coax those at the summit towards an agreement. the political, the spiritual, the ecological all coming together in these crucial few days. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in rome for the g20 meeting and he told us why it is so important. it s a huge, huge challenge for them because they ve got a lot of things to deal with. as you ve heard, climate change is top of the agenda. this is very much a stepping stone summit before the cop26 meeting in glasgow. the leaders meeting here at the g20, their economies produce 80%