where having a baby is becoming something of a lockdown trend. we begin in the us, where president biden has pledged to rebuild america s alliances and re engage with the world, in his first major foreign policy speech. it s a markedly different tone to the america first approach of the trump administration. mr biden said solutions to problems such as armed conflicts and climate change could be solved only by working with other nations. we are stepping up our diplomacy to end the war in yemen, a war that has created a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe. i have asked my middle east team to ensure our support for the united nations led initiative to impose a ceasefire, open humanitarian channels and restore long dormant peace talks. we can now speak to gerald 15, the senior vice president at the senior vice president at the middle eastern institute who previously served as us ambassador to yemen during the obama administration. thank you forjoining us. how much involvemen