Environment. The main one, reducing emissions. Weve heard the g7 will announce aboute 2 Billion per country fromnt the g7 to help developin countries take steps Away Fra from high emissions coal. This announcement is a broad move from the g7 to emitting any carbon energy source. Getting these countries to agree, a mainstay of energy for generations is actually pretty ambitious. Were talking about a lot of these countries signing up to have their emissions from 2010 byro 2030. Thats the main goal. 2010 level of emissions had by 2030. Whether we get to that is unclear. All of these Leaders Sign on to it and allowing diplomats to kind of hash out the details. When we hear about this later today and expecting to hear about this and some of the ambitious commitments, its going to be light on details, but thats the kind of thing hashed out later by diplomats. Sarah, after the Press Conference by the president he and the first Lady Head to windsor Castle H for a meeting with the queen. Some o
to day actions, but also be confident, the finish line is in sight. remember that we can t finish the we will leave this event here and take you live to a discussion on the foreign policy challenges facing the incoming biden administration. this is hosted by the at lane ti atlantic council. we are joined today by an extraordinary group of speakers, including the swedish foreign minister, the former national security advisor steve hadley, james clapper and the lineup becomes stronger with ellen blakeson and then my colleague gideon buckman and ryan heath. as the united states prepares to transition to a new presidential administration, the atlantic council brought this event together to shape the thinking on how to renew u.s. leadership in the world. what we know by listening to jake sullivan, the in you national secunag new national security advisor and tony blinken, they intend to lead the united states in a different direction with an emphasis on partners and alli
residence. risk assets sell off with stocks opening in the red and european equities close out the day lower. investors seek safety in gold. other safe havens also rally a very warm welcome to street signs. let s get right to the story u.s. president donald trump and first lady have tested positive for coronavirus. the president confirmed on twitter saying, quote, we will get through this together. this comes after his top aid hope hicks tested positive she frequency traveled with the president including attending the first debate in ohio the president s physician released a statement saying both the president and first lady are doing well and will stay in the white house and that the president will continue his duties in full let s get to market reaction, we have seen futures pull back off this news. at one point, the dow was down 500 points, now we are down some 325 points some stabilization s&p 500 down about 43 points we are off the lows. the tech heavy nasdaq currently
good for the united states. every country surveyed thinks china had a better response to the pandemic. what we have seen is that can be countries that don t have checks and balances. i want to know does the pandemic make you an optimist or pessimist for u.s. global leadership? secretary kerry: i m an optimist because i believe americans are really waking up and taking stock of the position the current administration has put us in. there are reasons to be concerned about the pandemic carrying into 2021. that will be difficult and present the next president with major economic challenges as well as global strategic challenges. i m optimistic about that. i believe we will have a new president. i think we will see record levels of turnout in this election. people are seized by a number of issues. by what happened with the george floyd s murder. aggregate of all of the civil-rights components, including environmental justice. people see a link between covid-19 and the unwillingnes
very good to be with you. absolutely. pping and will be if we can kickoff with a question about the pandemic. it feels like authoritarians are getting a free pass to implement more of what they would like to impose on their citizens. from surveillance to military tactics. reference tos a china. feel free to correct me. situation where many countries believe china has been handling this pandemic better than the u.s.. what is the outlook there? where do you think that leads china? clearly, china made a huge mistake from the perspective of the united states and democracy from the beginning by keeping andrmation about the virus arresting those that were coming forward with the truth. what s interesting is, this is the real paradox, clearly societies need to have some kind of rules when the virus has taken over. there are rules about social distancing and wearing masks and things. that means there s a role for government in terms of creating the rules. making sure they are carr