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News Wrap: Crews battle New Jersey brush fires fueled by bone-dry conditions

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, crews are battling blazes on both coasts as brush fires have broken out around New Jersey fueled by bone-dry conditions, larger wildfires rage in California though crews are making progress, Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces are holding back enemy troops in Russia's Kursk region and Haiti's international airport shut down after gangs opened fire at a flight trying to land. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines with Veterans Day, and in particular, the first joint

0:04.9

appearance by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris since last week's election.

0:10.4

They appeared together to honor those who serve the nation in uniform.

0:14.7

At Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington this morning,

0:24.2

Mr. Biden laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier.

0:27.8

And with Vice President Harris looking on, Mr. Biden reflected on the service of our nation's veterans

0:33.0

as his own time in public service comes to an end.

0:37.3

This is the last time I will stand here at Arlington as Commander-in-Chief.

0:42.7

It's been the greatest honor of my life to lead you, to serve you,

0:48.8

to care for you, to defend you, just as you defended us.

0:53.5

Meantime British Prime Minister Kier Starrmer joined French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris

0:58.4

to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armistististist that ended World War I.

1:03.7

It's said to be the first such joint appearance on Armist's Day since General Charles de Gaul

1:08.9

hosted Winston Churchill in 1944.

1:12.4

America's top climate envoy told a UN conference today that the nation will continue its

1:17.2

environmental efforts despite what he called a bitterly disappointing election result.

1:22.4

John Podesto was speaking at the COP 29 conference as it got underway in Azerbaijan.

1:29.1

He warned that President-elect Trump will try to reverse President Biden's climate policies, including the Inflation Reduction

1:34.4

Act, which funneled $375 billion into climate spending. During the campaign, Mr. Trump vowed to

1:40.3

take the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement once again and increase oil drilling.

1:45.8

Mr. Podesta said Trump should be taken at his word, but that the broader fight for a cleaner

1:50.7

environment will continue.

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