are marching around the world to demand urgent action in combatting climate change as the cop26 summit continues in glasgow. we must demand that our leaders stop holding we must demand that our leaders stop holding meaningless summits and start taking meaningful action. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 98 people have died in a fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone. the blast happened after the vehicle collided with a lorry in the capital, freetown. people then rushed to collect petrol leaking from the tanker and were caught up in a fireball when the fuel ignited. umaru fofana reports from freetown. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck rammed into a petrol tanker. people rushed to collect the leaking fuel, causing a heavy trafficjam, according to eyewitness accounts. there was a vast explosion, leaving fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles in the traffic jam were set alight. hospitals in freetown are ov
are now at the summit but chinese leader xi jinping and russian president vladimir putin are not attending. and a rallying cry to the conference from world renowned natural historian, sir david attenborough. in my lifetime i ve witnessed a terrible decline. in yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery. all this comes as un scientists warn that extreme weather events are the new normal and the past seven years are on course to be the hottest on record. hello and welcome. our continued coverage here of cop26, here in glasgow. the summit billed as a make or break moment a test of whether countries can act together to limit global warming is getting underway. we have the close of the opening ceremony in the last couple of minutes. 7 we had. 120 world leaders are here to begin their speeches to delegates and the uk as the host is front and centre of this huge gathering. in advance of the conference s opening, the prime minister boris johnson has warned tha
history. recent american history. martha: that was the president earlier today. taking a look at ohio where all of the trump-backed candidates won their primaries in a big test of the former president s cloud. we will speak with voters in ohio on the ground there. find out what folks in that really important state are feeling and thinking today. first very tough numbers for president biden. lowest yet approval rating on his handling of the economy. 61% disapprove. the overall approval number is down nine points in the past year. he s at 45%. vice president harris also in the same neighborhood there. she s at 41% from a year ago. neil cavuto, anchor of your world joins me now. neil, great to have you with us this afternoon. thanks very much. martha: we take a look at the market, which is up strongly on the heels of this fed rate decision. i want to ask you about the president and how he s doing on the economy. first to that question. it s an effort to stem inflation. w
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