meanwhile, they re expect to pass a land mark law to protect the lgbtq community from discrimination. and there is a new assistantoff in the halls of congress between marjorie taylor green and a democratic lawmaker with a transgender daughter. and kevin mccarthy is responding to fellow republican liz cheney, publicly contradicting him about whether president trump should be speaking at c-pac this weekend. we start things off right now with nbc news correspondent mike near the white house and jake, founder of punch bowl news and a msnbc political contributor. let s begin with you. last night the white house chief of staff told joy reid that chuck grassley was an open mind voting for tanden. now guess what, grassley is against that confirmation. is this nomination now dead? well, ron clain is a very savvy guy and understands the capital probably better than nibble. it doesn t take much to know he wouldn t be for neera tanden. he s been getting them on assistant united on the
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when it comes to the global response to the climate change challenge, it pays to differentiate between words and deeds. at last month s cop26 summit, the chorus of concern from world leaders was deafening. but the actions? well, tough decisions on deeper emissions cuts to stave off catastrophic warming were put off until next year. my guest is the us special envoy for climate, former secretary of state john kerry. his mission remains to restore american leadership on the biggest existential challenge facing our planet. is that mission impossible? john kerry, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be with you. thank you. you have had some weeks to reflect on what was achieved at cop26 in glasgow. is your overwhelming feeling one of disappointment, so much work still to do? no. and, infact, i disagree with your initial assessment in the introduction. a huge amount was accomplished in glasgow and it was not put off. in fact, 65% of global econom
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. when it comes to the global response to the climate change challenge, it pays to differentiate between words and deeds. at last months cop26 summit, the chorus of concern from world leaders was deafening but the actions, well, tough decisions on deeper emissions cuts to stave off catastrophic warming were put off until next year. my were put off until next year. my guess is the us special envoy for climate, former secretary of state, john kerry. his mission remains to restore american leadership on it the biggest existential challenge facing our planet. is mission impossible? john kerry, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be with you. thank you. you have had some weeks to reflect on what was achieved at cop26 in glasgow. is your overwhelming feeling one of disappointment, so much work still to do? no. and, infact, i disagree with your initial assessment in the introduction. a huge amount was accomplished in glasgow and it was no
off until next year. my guest is the us special envoy for climate, former secretary of state john kerry. his mission remains to restore american leadership on the biggest existential challenge facing our planet. is that mission impossible? john kerry, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be with you. thank you. you have had some weeks to reflect on what was achieved at cop26 in glasgow. is your overwhelming feeling one of disappointment, so much work still to do? no. and, infact, i disagree with your initial assessment in the introduction. a huge amount was accomplished in glasgow and it was not put off. in fact, 65% of global economic enterprise, global gdp, is committed now publicly with real plans that have beenjudged to be real to hold the earth s temperature increase to 1.5 degrees centigrade. and the fact is that major steps forward were ta ken in glasgow, to wit the rule book that had been outstanding since paris was completed so that market rules, transparency, are now a
it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when it comes to the global response to the climate change challenge, it pays to differentiate between words and deeds. at last month s cop26 summit, the chorus of concern from world leaders was deafening. but the actions well, tough decisions on deeper emissions cuts to stave off catastrophic warming were put off until next year. my guest is the us special envoy for climate, former secretary of state john kerry. his mission remains to restore american leadership on the biggest existential challenge facing our planet. is that mission impossible? john kerry, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be with you. thank you. you have had some weeks to reflect on what was achieved at cop26 in glasgow. is your overwhelming feeling one of disappointment, so much work still to do? no. and, infact, i disagree with your initial assessment in the introduction. a huge amount was accomplished in glasgow and it was not put off. in fact, 65% of