Lets start in the united states, because after months of political wrangling the us senate has passed a 1 Trillion infrastructure plan, intended to restore some of the ageing, often crumbling, Transport Systems across the us. The plan will see 110 Billion being spent on roads, bridges and other major projects. The White House currently believes 115,000 bridges across the country are considered to be in poor condition. 73 Billion will be spent on clean energy. President biden hopes the money will be spent on new Power Lines and rebuilding americas old electric grids. Lets now get more details on the plan, the bbc s Michelle Fleury filed this report from new york. President Joe Biden celebrated the passage of the infrastructure bill, describing it as a once in a Generation Investment In America. After Ears Investment In America. After years and investment In America. After years and infrastructure, investment In America. After years and infrastructure, we | years and infrastructure, we a
The worlds largest ever report into climate change will be published later, setting out the stark reality of the state of the planet. The study is by the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change a un group that looked at more than 1a,000 scientific papers. Scientists say it will likely be bad news but with nuggets of optimism. The findings will also be used during a major summit hosted by the uk in november. Cop26 will be attended by leaders from 196 countries, who will try to agree action. Experts say the impacts of climate change are far more severe when the increase is greater than 1. 5 centigrade. So far, global temperatures have climbed to 1. 2 centigrade, above pre industrial levels. Joining me now is pietro bertazzi, global director of the carbon disclosure project. It is good too happy with us. What are you expecting to emerge from this report that we perhaps havent heard before . Good day, we expect the Report Today will tell us, once again, that, yes, climate Change Risk are
premier s of the people s republic of china. pres. trump: thank you very much . we greatly appreciate your joining us at this white house event. this is a very important and remarkable occasion. today, we take a momentous step. one that has never been taken before with china, toward a future affair and reciprocal trade, as we sign phase one of the historic trade deal between the united states and china. together, we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security. for american workers, farmers and families. i want to think the chinese president, who is watching as we speak. i will be going over to china in the not to double or distant future to reciprocate. , a very goodnk him friend of mine. we are representing if and countries. he is representing china. i am representing the u.s.. we developed an incredible relationship. i want to thank him for his cooperation drought this complex process. our negotiations were tough on us. ope
we ll dig in to where the race stands and talk to dnc chair jaime harrison about why the effects of this race will reach far beyond the state. nancy pelosi and her fellow democrats are meeting behind closed doors right now as democrats once again have put themselves in a tight spot when it comes to the president s agenda. speaker pelosi said she wanted a deal on human infrastructure and a vote on hard infrastructure by tomorrow. she s been telling us a vote was imminent for more than a month. we ll see what happens. recently she s been saying democrats are almost there. it is 90% done. just a few more things to work out. even some of her own colleagues in the house are now saying i ll believe it when i see it. let s bring in our guests. at this point, how much of what happens next is up to speaker pelosi? right now it feels like joe manchin is calling the shots. that s how it s long felt, steph. technically speaker pelosi is the one calling the shots here on the house sid
have you spoken to him about the senate proposal, and are you simply trying to kill this to help me out in the campaign? that s absurd. we have a responsibility here to do our duty. our duty is to do right by the american people, to protect our duty. the first and important job is protect its citizen. i have talked to former president trump about this issue at length, and he understands that. he understands we have a responsibility to do here. of course president trump wants to secure the country. house speaker mike johnson with a pretty weak denial yesterday on donald trump s very clear desire to kill any border deal. we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill on the bipartisan senate measure and the future of the house. plus president biden said he decided how to retaliate for the droep strike that killed three u.s. soldiers and injured dozens of others. and we ll show you the new comments from prime minister benjamin netanyahu now bringing even more uncertain to a