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We obtained more than 150 pages of internal COP28 documents

the reveal that the UAE as host of the major UN Climate Summit plan to use the event as an opportunity

to lobby on oil and gas deals with foreign nations.

As the United Nations prepares to hold its largest climate summer ever in the United The United Arab Emirates.

The United Arab Emirates.

Leak documents show the UAE plans to use COP28, the summit,

to make new oil and gas deals. We'll speak to the reporter who broke the story.

Then we look at the crisis in Sudan as Human Rights Watch documents new mass ethnic killings in Darfur as fighting continues

between rival military factions.

And we'll remember former First Lady Rosalind Carter, wife of President Jimmy Carter, a memorial service was held

on Tuesday in Georgia.

And again, a special thank you.

Secretary Clinton Mrs Bush

Mrs Obama

Mrs Trump and Dr Biden

thank you all for coming and acknowledging this remarkable sisterhood that you share with my grandmother.

And thank you all for your leadership that you provided for our country and the world.

Secretary Clinton and Dr. Biden, we also welcome your lovely husbands.

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