save the u.s. and that s just one of the troubling results. and another airline hit by massive cancellations. and if you make it on the plane you might be met by aggressive passengers. the serious new action proposed by the transportation secretary ahead. hello and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. joe manchin now publicly refusing to commit to vote for the president s economic and climate agenda without seeing the final text first. and working through some issues. now the house of representatives had hoped to vote on this legislation this week and now it s not clear that that s going to happen. the timing could not be worse for president biden who is trying to rebuild trust with world leaders at the cop26 climate talks in scotland. president biden today apologizing to the world saying u.s. actions under president trump put america, quote, behind the 8 ball. biden eager to convince his peers that america is recommitted to slowing the warming of the planet. and wor
over the last several years. a cleese reference to the policies of his predecessor. now on day one when he s trying to convince these other world leaders the united states is headed in the right direction we re seeing this key moderate senator, and senator joe manchin who has been at the center of these negotiations, potentially talk about delaying a timeline, of course, for advancing what the president says is a critical part of his agenda. president biden issuing an urgent call for action. we meet with the eyes of history upon us. reporter: at the biggest global climate summit in years. the president warning the planet is in peril and the world is at an inflection point. will we act? will we do what is necessary? will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? reporter: biden pledging the u.s. will take the lead on combating climate change as his own climate ambitions face critical tests at home and abroad. my administration is working overtime to show that our
Forward to survive. and leading this hour, president biden today hoping to lead the world against the climate crisis. the president saying the eyes of history are on the international climate summit under way in scotland. yet back here in washington, d.c., president biden s agenda including provisions to address the climate crisis have hit yet another road block. i m going to speak with a moderate democrat and co-chair of the problem solvers conference. first white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins me from edinburgh, scotland. this is a pivotal moment for joe biden on the world stage. it doesn t escape the notice of his counterparts that whatever biden is saying, he has still not been able to get democrats on board to actually pass legislation to accomplish his climate goals. yeah, jake, and the president seemed to get at that bluntly today in his remarks to the world leaders on the first day of this summit, acknowledging where the united states standing on this issue has be