Day. Senator cory booker, the former mayor of newark, new jersey declaring his bid for the white house today. He says he wants to unite a divided america around a common sense of purpose. I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind. Your parents can put food on the table, with good paying jobs and good benefits in every neighborhood. The News Conference was in newark. Six democrats running for president officially. Three more have launched exploratory committees, so theyre probably in. The field could get more crowded. Fox news researchers compiled a list of democrats that talked about becoming contenders. It includes the former Vice President , joe biden, the former new york city mayor, Michael Bloomberg and the vermont senator bernie sanders, an independent that ran as a democrat against Hillary Clinton back in 2016. The 2020 race, here we go. Laura ingle reporting live in newark. Hi, laura. Hi, shep. Its certainly been a very busy day for s
Clear. Volcker is a former u. S. Special envoy to ukraine and a key player in the whistleblower complaint. In part of his written statement, he detailed his contacts with the president s personal lawyer, rudy guliani and says that he was concerned that rudy guliani was influencing the president s view on cooperation in ukraine. He writes shepard volckers will said this about joe biden. Shepard in addition, three house committees released dozens of texts last night between u. S. Diplomats discussing how to handle the president s request for ukrainian officials to investigate his political rival, joe biden. One of the texts suggests the countrys new president would get a high profile visit to washington. It reads shepard were learning more from key witnesses about what happened leading up to and after the july the 25th call at the center of the whistleblower complaint. And were getting more signs from the white house that President Trump plans to stonewall House Democrats just as he did
put in black and white the $555 billion in that proposal directed towards climate, tax incentives and tacts credits, things without question to be the largest u.s. investment on the issue in the history of the country. the president continues to talk about that, refer to that, show that to world leaders to underscore that. not only is this a very different time from the last administration, this is a clear step by the united states to rally other leaders to try and have more ambitious goals coming out of this shepard yeah, it s notable that we didn t hear from china and, are two of the world s current greenhouse gas emitters, right, because the plans that they have submitted are not as large and not as expensive as the one that president biden has laid out. lauren fox, this brings me to you, the progressives seem to think that senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin are finally on board with the laernl spending bill but neither has publicly said where they stand. i do hear that we ll b
house officials there s two pieces of this right now. there s the leadership piece which you heard the president and very candid remarks apologizing for the last administration pulling out of the paris climate accord and putting the u.s. and the world behind the eight ball and also the way the pendulum has swung over the last three decades between american administrations testing the resolve in terms of how world leaders view what the united states is willing to do. the president has made very clear. he wants the u.s. to be net zero emissions by 2050 and he believes they can cut in half between 50% and 52% of 2005 emissions by 2030. those are goals that he s laid out, and the way they plans to reach the goals is in a series of regulatory actions, regulatory actions as well, but crux of it is as you were noting, the legislative agenda still stalled on capitol hill. however, when you listen to the president talk about that age dark you recognize how critical it was that he release that f
the fire commissioner warned, quote, irresponsible bogus sick leave by some of our members is creating a danger for new yorkers and their fellow firefighters. they need to return to work, the commissioner says, or risk the consequences of their actions. the city s vaccine mandate took effect friday at 5:00 p.m. thanks for your time today on inside politics. hope to see you back here this time tomorrow on election day. bianna golodryga picks up our coverage right now. hello, everyone. i m bianna golodryga in new york. ana cabrera is off. president biden right now facing a pressure cooker on two continents. he today he s in scotland trying to prove to america s allies that the u.s. is back in the climate fight and more serious about it than ever. signaling a clear break from his predecessor s stance. shepard i guess i should