you re never responsible for unauthorized purchases on your discover card. welcome back, everyone. u.s. president joe biden s first state of the union address comes at a time of extraordinary global un s and dissatisfaction at home. he began with a focus on ukraine, warning russia it would pay a price for its unprovoked and premeditated invasion. the president led lawmakers in a bipartisan standing ovation in support of ukraine and its ambassador in the first lady s box. then mr. biden pivoted to domestic issues, saying the fight against covid-19 continues, but business lockdowns and school closures are over. he pledged to fight the highest inflation in 40 years by pushing
sense of the need for this global un meeting to step up and to have those voices influencing the big emitters. i don t know how much of the opening ceremony you have listened to but the italian prime minister, it was pretty restrained but you sensed his frustration that there was not a more concrete set of words coming out of the g20 which was held in rome of course, he was the host. we heard the prime minister of barbados talk about how unjust it was and how immoral it was that wealthier nations have not come forward with the money that they promised to help poorer countries transition to a green infrastructure, to protect themselves against the impact of climate change, and it was so much emotion in their speeches especially sir david attenborough. do you feel that there is a new moral imperative that there is a new moral imperative that these political leaders are listening to, may be more than they have done before? 0r
marxism nor liberalism. and sat down. almost clintonesque. just kidding. i figure i m in bad shape. how much worsen it get? the pope did go to the united nations and urged all countries to do all they can to help the poor, and help those disadvantaged. the timing couldn t have been better or maybe they had this planned. but the united nations committing $5 trillion to this effort, and that already has our former u.s. spokesman at the u.n. wondering where that money is going to come from. rick, what did you make of that, not what the pope was saying about man s commitment to help his fellow man but they re going to be coming up with $5 trillion to do it, which means that, again, hopefully the father can t hear me but is right here, he can we re all going to pay up for that a lot. right? we re going to be paying a
the global tax? at this point it s just promises. it s a direct goal that we as the global citizens should achieve, and they re not telling us exactly how we re going to get this money, but let me tell you what s going to happen. all of the wealthy nations are going to be put on the spot to give this money. so, the fact of the matter is, the americans are already the most generous to the u.n.. we give billions of dollars in contributions. the american leadership at the u.n. needs to stay we ll continue being generous but not going to allow a global u.n. tax in any way, whether it be on airlines, or there could be some sort of climate change tax. we need to have leadership that says, what are the details in we re not just going to turn over money to u.n. agencies that then put together these programs
congress and the u.n. you now that was coming. exactly. but i would say anything where he has got contact with normal people, or especially drown trodden, suffering people trying to work their way up, that was his call, and we re talking a prison in philadelphia, homeless yesterday, and the school here. he loves that. you see it even in the way he greets people in roam. in rome. anybody who is sick or hurting. a friend are of mine showed him a picture of his family. here s my sister, this one doesn t have a job and the pope said, who doesn t have the job? so any sign there, the prison, the homeless, the school, that would be the pope. it s amazing what he is struck by horror stories when he was at ground zero and meeting a lot of victims families, including some of the kids of those victims. and he almost stopped in his