German politics. Despite the many crises shes faced, the often called mama of germany is now more popular than ever. And a president ial election in west africa mobbed by extremist violence. People in bikini faso head to the polls today. But a growing Islamist Insurgency means many voters want to be able to cost of ballots. A math and how would welcome leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries are wrapping up their online g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. A virtual gathering has been dominated by efforts to win the coronavirus pandemic, and the global recession. A draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for Fair Distribution of coded 19. 00 vaccines and tasting so that poor countries. Im not left out. Climate change and the environment have emerged as another theme. As the summit draws to a close, and u. S. President defended his environmental record and justified his decision to pull out of the International Paris climate agreement. I withdrew the United S
A mock up of their own on to an 18th century palace. It seemed to capture what may well be one of the strangest and most important g. 20 summits ever. Lets go to our Brussels Bureau chief alexandra phenomena who is following the g. 20 summit for us alexander good. Have you with us distribution of the covert . 19 vaccine is the issue of greatest urgency this weekend. Have any agreements been made . We are still waiting for their leaders to adopt and sign a joint declaration later today. But as you mentioned, we expect them to pledge to pay for a Fair Distribution of cobbett 19. 00 of the axioms so that no country is left out. And there are also expected to extend debt relief to poor countries who really needed. And theyre also going, as we expect to strike a more balder tone on International Trade and on climate change. Climate change is the most important topic today. So they seem to be quite united one prominent exemption. You as president dont seem to be the only leader, not talking
Together with other leaders. You know, the president talked about his thoughts on climate. The hosts the talking climate. What chance is there though, of any Real Movement toward Climate Action here . Well, Climate Change is a very important topic was on top of the agenda today. And its of course, very important from the european perspective. The leaders today talked about how important it is to reduce emissions, to use green energy and to choose economic models that are not only standing for growth, but also are sustainable is so great a word. So we can say, however, in the past, it was always difficult to find in the agreement here, and this was because of the lack of leadership. So now i think many leaders hope that it can change when, when they will Work Together with president elect joe biden. The other big topic was, of course, the same pandemic, particularly distribution of a vaccine. Have any agreements, any decisions been might well, we expect expect their leaders to sign a jo
Vice president mike pence, the number to call is 202 7488001. If you are a supporter of democratic nominee joe biden and kamala harris, 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. And on twitter, we are at cspanwj. On facebook, we are at facebook. Com cspan. We want to begin with some breaking news. The headline from the Washington Post. Coastal towns nearly wiped out. The president yesterday got a firsthand look at the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. ,e covered many of his events his stops first in louisiana, later in texas coming two days after the category four hurricane slammed the gulf coast, leaving at least 16 dead in storm hit areas, many now with severe wind and flooding damage. Authorities warned that some people could be without Running Water or electricity for weeks, all coming in the sinlate augus. That is the president yesterday touring the damage in texas and louisiana. Cnn is reporting that the president will trav
The heels of positive covid19 vaccine news why are all the opening trades down check out the airlines and cruise stocks, battling rocky seas with major losses a cross the board. Lastly, check out casino names youd think they would rally but no a sea of red. Whats with the break down between positive vaccine data and these trades were back to the old play book in the market, tim yeah we had a week off. S p outperformed amazon 8 in a week boy look at the turn around, look at that move by amazon, big upgrades on the street, maybe its just catching up to the levels 3200 on amazon by goldman, alphabet shares theres Different Things going on as good as the potential vaccine news flow could be, i do think that the reopening trade is moving in reverse theres states that arguably have lost control. So, i think consumers are assessing, but more importantly investors are assessing what consumers may or may not feel comfortable doing in terms of gettings on airplanes and getting involved in some h