We must all band together for the sake of humanity itself. Today many of the concerns cannot be solved or even addressed through the force of arms. Bombs and bullets cannot defend against covid19 or its future variants. To fight this pandemic we need a collective act of science and political will. Ending this pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, managing the shifts in global power dynamics, shaping the roles of The World on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies, and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today. Where we apply and strengthen the core tenets of the international system, including the Charter And Declaration of human rights as we seek to shape the emergence of new technologies and deter new threats. Or will we allow those universal principles to be trampled and twisted in the pursuit of naked political power . Simply put, we stand in Inflection Point in history. An Inflection Point and also a threatening point in the u. S. , with seeking relat
to stay out of it at all costs. when he ran for reelection in 2014, he ran with the slogan he kept us out of war. that was true. he had kept us out of a war at that point. that was a popular enough sentiment in the united states at that time that wilson got reelected as president, in part thanks to those bragging rights along those lines, by keeping us out of the great war. he was reelected in 1916, but world war i was nevertheless dragging on, right, and expanding. it started in 1914, it dragged on into 1915, into 1916, into 1917. it involved dozens of countries, a huge swath all over the world that really was reshaping the world in all the alliances that various countries were in all over the world. ultimately the germans started sinking our ships in the atlantic even though we technically weren t part of the war yet. other countries in our hemisphere started getting dragged into it. by the spring of 1917, not even six months after wilson had been reelected on that slogan
world in all the alliances that various countries were in all over the world. ultimately the germans started sinking our ships in the atlantic even though we technically weren t part of the war yet. other countries in our hemisphere started getting dragged into it. by the spring of 1917, not even six months after wilson had been reelected on that slogan, he kept us out of war. six months after that election, the u.s. congress, in fact, voted to declare war. and we jumped in. but the political wrangling over that decision in our country was really something back in 1917. and it turns out that political wrangling back then in 1917 over the decision to turn america around and abandon our previous isolationist pose and get ourselves involved in world war i, all the political wrangling around that hard decision in 1917 left us a little parting gift that we re still enjoying today. a little parting gift, in fact, that is still totally screwing us up today. because one of the many o
situation, a tremendous challenge. we are addressing it with a plan. we are executing on that plan. i, by no means, diminish humane issue that it presents, but i want to be clear that we do have a plan to address it, respecting the needs of the individuals and we are executing on that plan. all right, secretary, so much going if i may, i am very focused on the mission. mission, and this issue, though, of semantics. it seems like that is something go on. i m not focused on the words that people employ. i m focused on the needs of the migrants, the execution of our responsibilities, and addressing the situation under the bridge in del rio. that is what i am focused on. all right, secretary mayorkas, dhs, thank you so much for being with us. thank you so much. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m brianna keilar with john berman. it is tuesday, september 21st. g the morning of the night of t