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A person of interest in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine is still at large. Gaza is running dangerously low on fuel to run hospitals and deliver aid. Republican have finally done it, they unanimously elected Mike Johnson of Louisiana as Speaker of the House.

Five prisoners are on their way back to the US after a prisoner swap with Iran. Canada blames the Indian government for the assassination of a Sikh leader. President Biden speaks at the United Nations General Assembly.

The topic of further funding Ukraine's war efforts is increasingly dividing the American public. The country's wartime president heads to the United Nations and to Capitol Hill this week.

The United Nations says as many as a million people have fled war in Sudan. A judge reeled in Texas's floating border barrier. And prosecutors in the Georgia election case want a four month trial.

The National Prayer Breakfast is getting a revamp. The former South Carolina governor is going back on her pledge not to run against her former boss, Donald Trump.

Who were the victims of the mass shooting at a Virginia Walmart earlier this week and what were their last moments like? And are airlines ready for travel to return to pre-pandemic levels? Plus, what can a United Nations council do to support protestors in Iran as the government intensifies its crackdown?

President Biden's annual remarks before the United Nations General Assembly were designed to rally people at home and abroad to continue their support for the Ukrainian people. He also doubled-down on U.S. competition with China.
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New evidence from the Jan. 6 hearing shows Vice President Mike Pence's Secret Service detail feared for their lives in the 187 minutes it took for the President to call off the mob. The United Nations brokered a deal between Russia, Ukraine and Turkey to get badly needed grain supplies from Ukraine to the rest of the world. And, President Biden has tested positive...

In a giant conference hall in Glasgow, leaders from around the world have gathered for the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Convention, or COP26. This is the 26th such session.

Many say this may be the last chance to avoid climate disaster. Will anything change this time?

Guest: Somini Sengupta, the international climate reporter for The New York Times.

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President Biden continues his travel this week in Scotland, where he is attending the United Nations climate conference, COP26. Biden told the gathering of world leaders that the U.S. will become a net-zero emissions economy in the next three decades.