so, i want to start with a story that in any other universe would have absolutely nothing to do with politics or anything even approximating controversy. the kind of news we used to read and hear and accept. but post trump, this has become a sort of conservative litmus test with potentially disastrous consequences for the health and the well being of thousands and thousands of americans. i m talking bird flu. i know. stay with me. you may have seen the u.s. is dealing with an outbreak of bird flu. bird flu has spread to at least 80 cattle herds over five states. because of that outbreak, the fda, the food and drug administration has issued guidance for how to stay safe and avoid exposure including warning americans against drinking raw milk. that is because raw milk has the potential to spread animal born diseases from one to another. don t drink raw milk. this is not controversial unless you are a conservative who follows the influential pro trump youth organization turning
agenda. but, and this is a big but, what has actually been agreed is that there will be cooperation and facilitation talks towards a funding mechanism rather than compensation and liability. what does that mean? it means they have agreed to talk about the possibility of future financing systems rather than any hard cash. by un standards, that is progress, albeit quite small. when we talked earlier, progress, albeit quite small. when we talked earlier, we progress, albeit quite small. when we talked earlier, we mentioned the fact that the un head talked of woefully inadequate progress since glasgow on some measures, do you think that cop27 will lead to a more positive outcome overall? that think that cop27 will lead to a more positive outcome overall? positive outcome overall? that is the agenda positive outcome overall? that is the agenda the positive outcome overall? that is the agenda the egyptians - positive outcome overall? that is the agenda the egyptians have, l positive
for the presidency. for many, the bigger picture is of a deeply divided society. some americans, however, don t regret those divisions. justin webb considers how power has been shifting from washington to the individual states of the union. america has, sometimes, been united. the apollo missions, the first man on the moon, were a source of national pride. but it came at the end of a rough decade, a decade of struggle for civil rights, resistance, of assassination. never have so many people participated in an event with such a feeling of hope and friendship. so united, yes, but disunited as well. you can overemphasise the idea that americans were ever entirely on the same page. but the compelling narrative since the second world war was of progress and national
two men agree. both of them called for the end to the u.s. trade embargo during their speeches before the u.n. general assembly. but so far the president hasn t been able to get the u.s. congress on board. nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell joins me now. it is great to see you. talk to me about the agenda and the significance that for the first time the president of the united states of america and the leader of cuba at united nations called for the same thing. first of all, it is also raul castro s first appearance at the united nations so that s a very big deal. we know that it was when fidel castro declared the revolution in 1959 at the u.n., that was the break, the break forever he s the one that spoke at the u.n. never his brother. it was also the longest speech ever at the u.n. we get some long ones that i ve covered but this one before my time was more than four hours which is not long for fidel castro but was long by u.n. standards. but here y