national security adviser jake sullivan. american leadership has to have a different character. about that place progress on climate change, concerns over china s military buildup, and much more. and a tv personality whose views veer to the far right is eyeing running for president. i m not talking about donald trump, rather france s eric zemmour. bernard-henri levy will tell us how this french funded op-ed will help us transform politics. but first my take. believe it or not there s real good news on the climate front this week. approximately 100 countries announced an agreement to cut methane emissions 20% by 2030, closing the glaring gap in climate policy. they also reached a broad agreement to end deforestation in that time frame, with funds to back it up. deforestation produces about 10% of the world s carbon emissions. the private secretary continued to line of $130 trillion with the goal of net zero emissions in their investments by 2050 towards limiting glob
democrat terry mcauliffe. this isn t about trump. reporter: as youngkin doubles down. i haven t thought about anything beyond virginia. reporter: this race headed for an upset? hello i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is testing its international strength. right now, president biden is in rome on his final day at the g20, a major gathering of world leaders, the first in-person g20 since the covid-19 pandemic. climate change, covid-19 vaccines and the supply chain crisis are some of the major issues on the agenda. the president did secure a major victory, a groundbreaking global corporate minimum tax, and this morning, president biden announced a new trade deal with the eu to remove trump era tariffs. the president had hoped to be meeting with world leaders after a moment of triumph at home, going to capitol hill to ask democrats to get behind his agenda, but a final deal still remains just out of reach. tonight, the president flies to scotland f
vote now, and progressives say nope, it s all or nothing. let s not keep having postponements. do they have a deal? i ll speak to senate budget chair bernie sanders exclusively and transportation secretary pete buttigieg ahead. plus final pitch. candidates make their closing arguments in virginia s race for governor, a surprising line from democrat terry mcauliffe. this isn t about trump. reporter: as youngkin doubles down. i haven t thought about anything beyond virginia. reporter: is this race headed for an upset? hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is testing its international strength. right now, president biden is in rome on his final day at the g20, a major gathering of world leaders, the first in-person g20 since the covid-19 pandemic. climate change, covid-19 vaccines and the supply chain crisis are some of the major issues on the agenda. the president did secure a major victory, a groundbreaking global corporate minimum tax,
raul ruiz. later, cap toil hill big oil executives in the hot seat. authorities say the fatal shot alec baldwin fired on the set of his new movie was a live bullet. we ll have the latest on the investigation and also be hearing from a doctor about why it s important to vaccinate children and why some people can get a fourth shot as covid cases drop in the u.s., they are surging in russia. moscow heading into another lockdown. we begin on capitol hill, president biden spoke with white house democrats about a new framework for a bill aimed at reshaping the social safety net which could trigger a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. after his pitch to lawmakers the president will pitch it to the american people. you see him arriving he takes off for europe for a high stakes meeting on global economy and climate change. with me nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell and monica alba. reporter: he s been in the room for about 45 minutes now and there were n
massive bills across the finish line. a live report from the site of the president s appearance as you look there live shortly. we will discuss the president s problems both at home and abroad with republican senator tom cotton here in studio in a few minutes. correspondent rich edson starts us off with the very latest from the north lawn. good evening, rich. good evening, bret. senate democrats say they have reached a compromise corporate tax bill one they say would hit the top 200 hundreds of billions of dollars over the next next decade and helped save president biden special spending plan. we know that we are close to a deal being signed. and let mable explicitly clear, our footprint and fingerprint are on this deal. senior democrats from several congressional groups meet with president biden to shape a multitrillion dollars social spending plan. moderate democrats are also meeting with the president. i said mr. president, i don t know what happened this cannot ha