Biden signs sweeping action on climate change
President Biden is forming a White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy to tackle climate change. Nancy Cordes reports.
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President Biden is forming a White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy to tackle climate change. Nancy Cordes reports.
President Biden has signed several executive orders aimed at combating climate change. But will his policies do enough? Climate scientist Michael Mann, author of "The New Climate War," joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss.
Biden's COVID-19 "national strategy" and his statements to press only cite K-8 schools in his push to reopen "most" schools in his first 100 days.
President Joe Biden announced steps his administration will take to combat climate change and build a greener economy. "It's a future of enormous opportunity," he said, vowing to "put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security and foreign policy." Watch his remarks.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Joe Biden's pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says America's global leadership "must be rooted in our core values: support for democracy, respect for universal human rights, and the promotion of peace and security." Watch her opening statement from her Senate confirmation hearing.
President Biden rolled out a series of executive orders yesterday aimed at addressing systemic racism. Black Women's Roundtable president Melanie Campbell joined CBSN to discuss the president's racial equity agenda, and the steps her organization is taking to hold the new administration accountable.
President Biden signed four executive actions Tuesday aimed at advancing his racial equality agenda. The measures target groups of Americans the White House said have been underserved and historically marginalized. Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization, joined CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
Before Washington woke up, Moscow ratified a renewal of the last major arms control treaty between the nuclear powers, but the White House confirmed "willingness," not agreement.
President Biden unveiled a plan Tuesday to boost the weekly COVID-19 vaccine distribution to states by 16% for at least the next three weeks, bringing the amount of weekly doses it will release from 8.6 million to around 10 million. The president also said the government plans to buy another 200 million vaccine doses by the end of the summer. Ed O'Keefe reports.
Most GOP lawmakers are balking at including the increase to $15 per hour in the president's COVID relief package.
The new orders will enable the federal government to vaccinate 300 million Americans.
More than 14,000 federal inmates are incarcerated in private prisons.
The National Association of the Deaf called the move a "historic win."
President Biden is ramping up efforts to get more Americans vaccinated as states sound the alarm on a vaccine shortage. The administration will be increasing weekly vaccine allocations, while also giving states advance notice of upcoming shipments. Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
President Joe Biden and his administration are boosting COVID-19 vaccine distribution by 16% for at least three weeks, and announced plans to buy 200 million more doses. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, CBS News' Skyler Henry, and Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller spoke to "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano about the pandemic response, and also the upcoming impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump.
Vaccine appointments are being canceled around the country as states and cities report shortages of the shots. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Biden promised it will be "this spring" when any American who wants a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to get one.
President Joe Biden announced plans to buy 200 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines and increase the distribution of shots to states across the country. "Help is on the way," he said. But he also warned the fight will take months and that people need to continue to wear masks. Watch his remarks.
President Joe Biden spoke at the White House about policies to advance racial equity and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic's disproportionate impact on minority communities, and signed a series of related executive orders. "We need to open the promise of America to every American," he said. He also called for action against white supremacy, and condemned bias against Asian Americans. Watch his remarks.
The president-elect is elevating the post of science adviser to Cabinet level — a White House first.
President Joe Biden has set a goal that the U.S. will eventually roll out 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines a day, rather than 1 million a day, as previously suggested. Ed O'Keefe reports
President Biden is expected to announce executive action today to address the problem of racism against Asian Americans. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN AM with more on that plus the administration's latest steps to fight the coronavirus pandemic and negotiations on a COVID-19 economic aid package.
Jen Psaki was joined in the briefing room by domestic policy adviser Susan Rice.
President Joe Biden is expected to address racism toward Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic with an executive action Tuesday. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN with a closer look at the directives the president is expected to sign on Tuesday and his efforts to expand vaccination efforts and coronavirus relief.
The executive action is expected to be part of a slate of "equity" directives.