We must all band together for the sake of humanity itself. Today many of the concerns cannot be solved or even addressed through the force of arms. Bombs and bullets cannot defend against covid19 or its future variants. To fight this pandemic we need a collective act of science and political will. Ending this pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, managing the shifts in global power dynamics, shaping the roles of The World on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies, and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today. Where we apply and strengthen the core tenets of the international system, including the Charter And Declaration of human rights as we seek to shape the emergence of new technologies and deter new threats. Or will we allow those universal principles to be trampled and twisted in the pursuit of naked political power . Simply put, we stand in Inflection Point in history. An Inflection Point and also a threatening point in the u. S. , with seeking relat
The discovery of coal in the United States dramatically shaped our energy future. Today, there is no greater source of power than coal combustion. Its responsible for nearly 40 of our electricity. But burning coal generates waste. Its called Coal Ash, and every year in the u. S. , 130 million tons of it is created. Its the largest iustrial Waste Stream in america. You could fill the boxcars of a Freight Train that would stretch from new York City to melbourne, australia, with the Coal Ash thats generated every year in this country. The ash contains toxic metals. Lead, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, others. And it en has radioactive substances. Its these pollutants, many of them known to cause cancer, that have people worried. And the big question is, where are all these toxins ending up . Theres fly Ash And Coal dust. Well go on the front porch and do the same thing. You can see as you look up there the fresh ash. Its like an orangish color. When its windy, it can get into their homes, it
own citizens. using actors to portray ukrainian soldiers committing atrocities against russians. then he s going to valued at the whole thing and secretly releas. when people in the west see the clips of that on facebook they will understand why he was justified in invading ukraine. pretty diabolical. but you may be wondering how exactly do we know that vladimir putin is actually planning to do something like this? because in real life, the global intelligence world is a very complicated place. people in it rarely tell the straightforward truths. if you are devising propaganda for the ukrainian government, this might be exactly the kind of story you would place in the new york times. a story like this would give you a way to plausibly deny attacking russian citizens. is that what happened here? we don t know. we have no idea if the new york times account is true or not. then again, neither does the new york times. right in a story, they conceded that the biden offici
citizens. putin will use actors to portray ukrainian soldiers and intel operatives committing atrocities against russians. then he s going to videotape the whole thing and secretly release it to the world when people in the west see the clips of that onip facebook, they ll understand why putin was justifieder in invading ukraine. so it s a psyop that was the claim. pretty diabolical. but you may be wondering how exactly do we knowng that vladimir putin is actually planning to do something likee this ? because in real life the global intelligence world is a very complicated place. people in it rarely tell straightforward truths so actually if you were devising propaganda for the ukrainian governmenting, this might be exactly the kind of story you would place in the new times, which of course is compliant there on your side story likee this would give you a way to plausibly deny attacking russian citizens. is that what happened here? we don t know. we have no idea if the new yo
i m debora patta. the last refuge in gaza. and also tonight, a life threatening storm, californians. reporter: residents are battling and expected one-two punch in just a matter of days. texas convoy. americans rally at the southern border, vowing to take it back. i think we all as a nation want this to end. later, we take note of the grammys, the last minute touches ahead of the big show and music s biggest night. it s me this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. adriana is off. i m nicky battiste. tonight, u.s. and allied forces launched a new wave of air force in yemen, houthi rebels backed by iran and following u.s. bombings in iraq and syria, retaliation for a bombing of three american soldiers at an outpost in jordan last weekend. christina leads us off. reporter: the department of defense said there was a rocket attack in syria but there were no injuries. that makes at least 167 attacks in iraq, syria and jordan