Impact on Greenhouse Gas emissions, and adaptation outcomes by increasing climate finance, improving and expanding diagnostics to prioritize climaterelated action and focusing on climate results to deliver impact. The bank will prioritize transitions and key systems. It will use it convening power to support a just transition out of coal. The World Bank Group will become aligned with the principles and goals of the paris agreement. I am delighted to be here today with this distinguished panel. Lets Dive Right in. Im looking forward to hearing your thoughts on specific actions that we can all do together to have the biggest impact on Greenhouse Gas reduction, and adaptation. So with that, let me turn to secretary john kerry, thank you for being here today to lead off our climate event. This is a critical year for climate in the run up to glasgow. To the summit. One where we have to have a impact. Im wondering, could you go through with the u. S. Ambition is on climate and one of the spe
huddled with the cabinet secretary in charge of border security and in charge of migrant shelters. and he told them the u.s. government effort to fix the mess at the border will be led now by the vice president kamala harris. i think she is the most qualified person. two days after laughed off a question about a border trip. not today. [laughter] she became the point person for talks of mexico, guatemala, and honduras. speak with the people of our countries, i believe, need to help stem the tide. after weeks of denying request from the press with unaccompanied kids being held, the administration led a small group of press on a tour hhs shelter they picked. president biden thinks places are filling up because of natural disasters, drug trafficking and trunk. there is a new surge in dealing with the last administration. but it is our responsibility to deal with it humanely and to stop what is happening. the president of mexico disagrees. this is happening because of
day his administration said 90,000 people may die of coronavirus in the next four weeks, president biden is concentrating on what he calls the climate crisis tonight. the president signed the nation cannot wait longer to address it. the biden administration insisting it can focus on both crises at once. the president has signed more sweeping executive orders today to cut oil, gas, coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines. the energy industry and republican lawmakers have characterized the approach is either pie in the sky or big job killer during an economic downturn. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight, live from the north long, good evening, peter. good evening, bret come acclimating at the white house but also jobs day but that doesn t mean the plans he s putting in motion that everyone in this country keep the job they would have right now. first what i m signing faculty and climate crisis is abroad. new banning
going to be necessary to rebuil our infrastructure, which is also one of the biggest opportunities we have for job growth moving forward. administrator, if i may, you may hear from some corners of criticism are why are we doing this now when were already in a economic crisis. look at the state of new mexico on one third of the state s budget is funded by oil and gas parade why not let the country get back on its feet before we do this? the issue in new mexico is that somebody reported bid incorrectly, or not may be precisely enough that wasn t about impacting existing permit and tracking, this was about ne leases on federal land. i think that the opportunity fo the states to continue to approve the royalties from both coal, oil, and natural gas, if properly done on federal land will continue, and it s even an opportunity in the review of th program to look at the royalty issues, look at the job growth opportunities, look at a variet of things to make sure that the things
security and who we are as a country. trey: we understand why people want to come to this country, to escape persecution, to taste freedom and liberty, to no hard work and education and a level playing field, can combine forces to transform lives. escaping a country rife with conflict is one thing. picking a new home is another. and america is picked more than all the countries combined because we are a country that embraces justice, we reward fairness, and we are a nation of laws. in fact, if you look at the oath new citizens take criminal law is mentioned different times. six times. in one paragraph. six times, these new citizens swear allegiance to this thing we call law. is irate we can break this thing we call law and bring allegiance to this thing we call the law. it is ironic to say the least that you would reward people who do not follow the law by administering an oath to follow the law. president obama used is that he wanted a country where everybody plays by the