will tell us about the national move from covid restrictions to biden presidency. we begin with president biden and the global summit. host on hand agree the fate of humanity hinges on willingness of leaders to be bold. it s simple. will we act? will we do what is necessary? will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? or will we condemn future generations to suffer? yet we already see political reality undermining the global urgency that science demands. china and russia did not show. india is there but hesitant to slow down its coal production as energy demand skyrockets. even as bind promises to lead by example and make record american clean climate investments, the big biden green initiatives remain in limbo back home in washington in congress. let s get to our white house correspondent. biden saying america will lead. how s it going? reporter: that s the big question that is really on every leader s mind which is we see president biden is committed to this and
That saying that it put the united states behind when it comes to those steps and he s calling on other nations in joining the united states in taking. he gave this speech earlier, john, that he briefs that the world is essentially at an infliction point when it comes to climate change and that they need to make changes not by the year 2050 which are the goals that we ve seen so many nations set and also by 2030 and talking about the importance of taking steps now in this decade to make those changes, and he did not lay out any short-term goals. a lot of the goals that he talked about were the ones he mentioned at that climate summit he held virtually at the white house earlier this year. you ve seen him at the summit. he s accompanied by his climate envoy john kerry and his main climate adviser, a position he created inside the west wing. gina mccarthy is there in the meetings with world leaders about what they need to do now. one thing i did notice from his speech earlier, john, is t
Citizens allowing hem to sue to enforce the law as opposed to state officials, and by doing that so far they have been able to evade judicial review. they have been able to let this law continue without being stopped, but the whole point now is have they been doing that in an improper manner, and should courts be able to step in here so other states can t take advantage of this structure and try to craft laws similarly, john? a very complicated legal argument and a very fascinating issue. jessica schneider, grateful for the quick reporting outside of the court. we ll stay on top of the arguments and where the court heads with this one. thanks so much. when we come back, an election eve in virginia where a close race for governor is being w567d closely. we ll have more on that race next.
all of 2020 felt glass half empty. let s try it the other way for the rest of 2021. it s good to see you. i couldn t agree with you more. thank you so much. take care. thanks for being with us this hour. i m kate bolduan. inside politics with john king starts right now. hello. welcome to inside politics. thank you for sharing. a busy new day. defining week for the american president. joe biden is abroad this hour. at home, progress on his agenda is moving but in fits and starts. negotiations over key priority may scramble a plan to vote on everything tomorrow. the supreme court right now hearing the biggest issue of this term. a challenge to a restrictive texas abortion law. a true tossup in blue leaning virginia. who wins the governor s race
Two months after the high court allowed the newly passed law to go into effect. it was a slim 5-4 ruling back then, and one of the court s conservatives would have to switch sides for that vote now from that vote now to stop that texas law. outside the court and listening to the arguments is cnn s jessica schneider. the question is would one of the five conservatives say that texas could implement the law would one of them switch sides and among those the court watchers are watching closer is the trump appointee, justice amy coney barrett. let s listen to her today shepard i m wondering if in a defensive posture in state court the constitutional defense can be fully aired? jess, help translate for people watching that through the significance of justice barrett raising that question shepard this has about a very procedural argument, john, a bit difficult to follow along but the key takeaway from amy coney