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Chauvin Guilty on All Counts in Killing of George Floyd; U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Chauvin Conviction, Announces Probe of Minnesota Police; Van Jones on Police Reform: Congress Must Act Now; Arrests Reported as Navalny Supporters Protest; Super League Appears to Be Dead. Aired 10-11a ET

Aired April 21, 2021 - 10:00   ET

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COURTENEY ROSS, GEORGE FLOYD'S GIRLFRIEND: This is a huge day for the world.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST (voice-over): Guilty on all charges. Former police officer Derek Chauvin convicted for the murder of George Floyd. We

will connect you to criminal justice crusader Van Jones, who says it's now time for Congress to act.

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ANDERSON (voice-over): Then Alexei Navalny's deteriorating health sparks protests in Russia.

Plus, the E.U. ramping up its climate commitments with a new law. We ask the bloc's executive vice president for the European Green Deal if it is

enough.

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ANDERSON: A very warm welcome to the show. I'm Becky Anderson. This is CONNECT THE WORLD.

Guilty on all counts: over three weeks of grueling emotional testimony, prosecutors implored jurors to focus on the video of a desperate George

Floyd, gasping for breath and then dying under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.

The pictures, they said, proved what happened over those 9 minutes and 29 seconds, that the officer murdered Mr. Floyd. Believe your eyes, the

prosecutors said.

The jury, heeding those words, convicting Derek Chauvin of all three charges against him, the trial bringing a moment of hope and justice

served, with celebrations breaking out in Minneapolis and across America.

But also a moment of reckoning over how to address what is the much larger issue of racial injustice. Floyd's death last May sparking a global

movement to bring attention to systemic racism faced by Black people and other people of color in America and beyond. The U.S. president and Floyd's

family calling the verdict a step forward.

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JOE BIDEN (D), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Nothing can ever bring their brother, their father back. But this can be a giant step forward in

the march toward justice in America.

ROSS: This is a huge day for the world.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

ROSS: We're finally starting to see, you know, we walked around with eyes wide shut for a long time. So they're starting to open today. And this is

going to be the first in a future of change.

BRANDON WILLIAMS, GEORGE FLOYD'S NEPHEW: We came for one thing and one thing only. That was justice for George Floyd. And today, that's what we

got.

BENJAMIN CRUMP, ATTORNEY: This is a victory for those who champion humanity over inhumanity, those who champion justice over injustice, those

who champion morals over immorality.

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ANDERSON: Chauvin, led away in handcuffs, off to jail, awaiting sentencing. Here's the booking photo released by the Minnesota Department

of Corrections. Chauvin returns to court for sentencing in eight weeks.

In his post-verdict speech, President Biden said, and I quote, "We can't leave this moment thinking our work is done."

Activists say now is the time to keep the momentum going in addressing racial injustice. CNN commentator Van Jones wants Congress to act now to

ensure a death like George Floyd's never happens again.

He says, and I quote, "This is what accountability looks like. All we want is for the police to obey the law."

OK. Before we move on, the U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland is making a statement now. Let's listen in.

MERRICK GARLAND, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: I know that nothing can fill the void that the loved ones of George Floyd have felt since his death. My

heart goes out to them and to all those who have experienced similar loss.

I know such wounds have deep roots and that too many communities have experienced those wounds firsthand. Yesterday's verdict in the state

criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis.

Today, I am announcing that the Justice Department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department

engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing.

This effort will be staffed by experienced attorneys and other personnel from the Justice Department Civil Rights Division and the U.S. attorney's

office for the District of Minnesota.

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MERRICK: The new civil investigation is separate from and independent of, the federal criminal investigation into the death of George Floyd that the

Justice Department has previously announced.

Congress gave the department the authority to conduct civil pattern or practice investigations, which looked beyond individual incidents to assess

systemic failures.

Those investigations allow the department to determine whether a police department has a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful

policing. The investigation I am announcing today will assess whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of using

excessive force, including during protests.

The investigation will also assess whether the MPD engages in discriminatory conduct and whether its treatment of those with behavioral

health disabilities is unlawful. It will include a comprehensive review of the Minneapolis Police Department's policies, training, supervision and use

of force investigations.

It will assess the effectiveness of the MPD's current systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure

constitutional and lawful policing.

Broad participation in this investigation from the community and from law enforcement will be vital to its success. The Justice Department has

already begun to reach out to community groups and members of the public to learn about their experiences with the MPD.

We also seek to hear from the department's officers about the training and support they receive, because their perspective is essential. All these

voices will help provide investigators the information they need to conduct a comprehensive assessment.

All these voices will be critical to the reform efforts that will follow if the investigation determines the existence of constitutional or statutory

violations.

If the Justice Department concludes that there is reasonable cause to believe there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful

policing, we will issue a public report of our conclusions.

The Justice Department also has the authority to bring a civil lawsuit, asking a federal court to provide injunctive relief that orders the MPD to

change its policies and practices to avoid further violations.

Usually when the Justice Department finds unlawful practices or patterns of practices, the local police department enters into a settlement agreement

or a consent decree to ensure that prompt and effective action is taken to align policing practices with the law.

Most of our nation's law enforcement officers do their difficult jobs honorably and lawfully. I strongly believe that good officers do not want

to work in systems that allow bad practices.

Good officers welcome accountability because accountability is an essential part of building trust with the community and public safety requires public

trust.

I have been involved in the legal system in one way or another for most of my adult life. I know that justice is sometimes slow, sometimes elusive and

sometimes never comes. The Department of Justice will be unwavering in its pursuit of equal justice under law.

The challenges we face are deeply woven into our history, they did not arise today or last year. Building trust between community and law

enforcement will take time and effort by all of us but we undertake this task with determination and urgency, knowing that change cannot wait. Thank

you.

ANDERSON: The U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, making a statement a day after the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin. Let's

bring in CNN's Van Jones.

What did you make of what you just heard?

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VAN JONES, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Long overdue and greatly welcome. Very, very glad to see this take place.

Listen, if you talk to young people on the ground in Minneapolis, in the Twin Cities area, they tell you horror stories about the way they're

treated on a routine basis by law enforcement.

I think what people don't understand about that particular part of the country, from a liability point of view, it's off the charts. It's

beautiful. It's everything you can possibly want. But from a disparity point of view, it's off the charts in the other way.

Translation?

It's a great place to be white and a terrible place to be Black. That is Minnesota.

And so, you know, there's almost like an ongoing war between the growing communities of color, the Somali community, the Hmong community, the

Liberian community, growing there with just incredible disparities and pushback from the police.

The federal government should have been in there a long time ago and this is a very big deal. The federal government does not, lightly, in our

system, go past the state level down to the local level and start poking around for pattern and practice abuses with local law enforcement. Almost

never happens. This is a very big deal.

ANDERSON: Just after the verdict you said in part, and I quote, "This is the beginning of something. Sometimes when we fight, we lose. But let this

be proof. We can fight and we can win."

You say this is the beginning of something.

What do you want to see happen next?

JONES: I want to see Congress take action. We saw something good happen in the courts for once -- and, please, you know, understand, I can't remember

the last time an African American was killed by a white officer and the officer went to jail. It may have happened. I can't remember it. So it's a

very, very big deal, what happened in the court.

And Keith Ellison, the African American Muslim state attorney general, elected by the people a few years ago, threw everything he had at this

case. I mean, he brought in experts. He spared no expense to get the right outcome here. And that's what it takes.

So the voting mattered. The protesting mattered. The elected officials mattered. But that's just the courts.

Where is Congress?

Where is Congress?

Why haven't we passed a law to ban the chokehold, which everybody has been shocked by around the world?

No law yet.

Why haven't we created a duty for a police officer to intervene when a police officer is killing someone?

Still, not illegal in the United States.

Where is the national registry for horrible cops like Chauvin?

Doesn't exist.

All of these things are now common ground, common sense and the House has passed legislation. The Senate is sitting there, doing nothing. So this is

the time to take up some of these measures. Maybe the Senate won't take up the full House bill but they should take up some parts of the House bill

that are common ground.

So senator Tim Scott, African American Republican, and Cory Booker, African American Democrat, should come together and get something done in the

Senate now.

ANDERSON: I want to talk to you about that momentarily. Just to your earlier point, it is incredibly rare for police officers in the U.S. to be

charged, let alone convicted of murder or any crime involving police wrongdoing for that matter.

Police officers, I've got the numbers here, are prosecuted in less than 2 percent of fatal shooting cases in America. This case, therefore, is an

outlier. It doesn't reflect what's going on in America today. Let's just have a listen to some of what Joe Biden had to say after the verdict.

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BIDEN: No one should be above the law. And today's verdict sends that message. But it's not enough.

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ANDERSON: So we are seeing, Van, renewed calls on Congress to pass meaningful legislation regarding policing reforms. And you are calling for

that. But a bipartisan deal intended to address racial bias in policing, as you rightly point out, currently as it stands, is still in the Senate.

Is there the political will across the divide to get this done?

JONES: Well, what we have is in the Republican Party, Tim Scott, the only African American senator. He is greatly respected on both sides of the

aisle. He's as conservative as he can possibly be on every issue.

But this issue hits him personally. He said he's been pulled over dozens of times, he says, just because he's an African American, driving around in

the United States.

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JONES: And so he can speak to it from a conservative point of view and from a personal point of view. He is deeply respected by Republicans. And

he's working on this.

So it's conceivable that you could identify a few areas, like the ones I just mentioned, and get that bipartisan consensus. You can't get it for the

full House bill. It wouldn't fix everything but it would at least let things move forward. We saw that with criminal justice reform in our prison

system in 2018. It could happen in 2021 for police.

ANDERSON: Before the verdict was announced, Van, the president said he was, quote, "praying to get the right verdict."

Now critics argue that he should not have voiced his opinion before the verdict, as that might have incited violence if it went a different

direction. As I understand it, the timing of his statement was after the jurors had gone into recess. So it wouldn't have affected the way that they

had made their decision.

But do you agree with those critics?

JONES: No, and I'll tell you what, if Joe Biden tried, if he put together a commission and worked on it, he couldn't be more irrelevant to the way

that the young people in this country feel on the streets right now.

There's -- I am not relevant. You're not relevant. You have a generation of young people going through hell right now when you're talking about the

pandemic and the lockdown. They've lost their proms, their opportunities to graduate in front of their families. They've lost relatives, jobs. And you

have this avalanche of protests.

It seemed like it was going no place. The president could say Mary had a little lamb, whatever he wanted to. This generation is not listening to

them. They're not listening to us.

They're trying to figure out, does my life matter?

Can somebody just do anything to me, shoot me, beat me, brutalize me, have my friends videotape it and nothing be done?

There's nothing any celebrity or politician could have said to this generation one way or another if the verdict came down the other direction.

What it would have said is, we have no protections for you.

If you have a badge and a gun, someone can literally choke you to death in all of your friends and walk free. There's nothing the president could have

said or done that would have created a positive or a negative reaction. They would have forgotten they had a president in that moment. And we would

have to deal with the consequences.

ANDERSON: Van Jones, it's always a pleasure. Thank you very much indeed for joining us. You make an awful lot of sense. Thank you.

Russia's president warning about red lines, as allies of his toughest critics are seeing red. They are leading protests today across Russia and

elsewhere to show support for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Human rights monitors say more than 100 Russian demonstrators have already been detained. The Kremlin critic is thanking supporters and also

displaying a streak of gallows humor, calling himself, quote, "a walking skeleton" on social media. His first message from a prison hospital outside

Moscow.

For Vladimir Putin, the message could not be clearer. In his national address, the Russian president said if he threatened Russia's security, you

will regret it.

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VLADIMIR PUTIN, PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA (through translator): Russia is poked all the time without any reason. Of course, instantly around them you can

see all the smaller hyenas, like around a large tiger, just like in the Kipling story.

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ANDERSON: Literary illusions to Rudyard Kipling aside, the Russian leader's get-tough message for the West is pretty hard to miss right now.

CNN's Fred Pleitgen is at the planned protest in Moscow.

Fred, where are you in Moscow and what's going on?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, there's a mass of security forces here in central Moscow. I'm near the Red Square. I

want to pan over here.

We're actually close to the famous Bolshoi theater. It has a massive amount of security forces in front of it. Those are the Russian riot police that

are getting ready for these planned protests.

Of course, what the authorities have said here in Moscow and, quite frankly, have said in many other cities here in this country, is they are

not going to let these protests take hold. (INAUDIBLE) people taking part in the protests. They are not sanctioned by (INAUDIBLE) any sort of

authority so they are illegal.

That makes it very dangerous for people who want to show up here. Now as far as the opposition is concerned, the folks close to Alexei Navalny, they

do say they want these protests to take place. They have already taken place in a bunch of cities across Russia.

Of course, it's a very large country with 11 time zones under very difficult circumstances. So far, the number that you just had, of more than

100 people detained.

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PLEITGEN: In just the last couple of minutes, it's now over 180 people who have already been detained across the country. Of course, that number

(INAUDIBLE) will be set to rise as the protests get underway here in Moscow. That's set to happen in about an hour and 40 minutes.

But right now, it really is a cat and mouse game. You can see the police really is cordoning all the main areas off, especially this area around the

Kremlin, the center of Moscow, trying to prevent these demonstrations from taking place.

Also, a lot of folks who are close to Alexei Navalny, who called for these protests, like his spokesperson, one of his lawyers, they have been

detained in an effort, it appears, by the Russian authorities, to try and once again sort of prevent any sort of organization from taking place.

So in about one hour and 40 minutes we'll see how many people actually turn up. So far from what we've seen across the country, it does appear these

protests are moving forward, of course, with the goal, Becky, of trying to get Alexei Navalny, trying to get him the medical attention he needs, to be

seen by his own doctors.

We have heard from Navalny's organization that his -- the state that he's in is very dire. He himself saying that he looks like a walking skeleton,

Becky.

ANDERSON: Thank you. That's Fred Pleitgen, just outside the scene of what are expected to be protests in support of Alexei Navalny who, as we've

suggested, with gallows humor, has described himself as "a walking skeleton."

Just in to CNN, a search underway now in the waters off Indonesia for a missing submarine with 53 people on board. We are learning this news

directly from the country's military commander.

Now the submarine similar to this one went missing after asking permission to make an overnight dive in the Bali Strait. The defense ministry says

aerial surveillance spotted an oil spill near the dive point several hours later. Singapore and Australia are offering to help in the search.

In our crisis, which we are all facing together, is global climate change. Ahead on the show, the landmark agreement the European Union has reached

and why the timing is key.

Plus, over before it started. Why the proposed European super league never took flight.

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ANDERSON: It is not often that normal everyday folks triumph over big business but that is exactly what seems to have happened to the European

super league. Six English football clubs, that were at the core of what was this proposed super money super league, have pulled out after their fans

cried no.

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ANDERSON: They were joined by three clubs from Spain and Italy. There is no other word for it. This was a surrender. So just 48 hours after the

league was announced, it appears to be dead.

The football club Arsenal may have summed it up best by saying to fans, "We made a mistake and we apologize for it."

Let's bring in CNN "WORLD SPORT's" Alex Thomas.

Alex, blink and you might have missed it. But almost as quickly as it was started, it ended, a footnote in history.

Where do we begin with this?

ALEX THOMAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was such a turbulent 72 hours. I've even heard it suggested by a pretty respected football finance expert that

maybe this was all just a sham, again, to reinforce their negotiating position, these top clubs, with a governing body like UEFA, where they're

trying to get more money from the Champions League competition the group that -- the competition that pits top European clubs against one another.

I won't go that far. I think these plans, that we know have been in the making for years and years, were rushed because they wanted to get their

project declared ahead of the revamp of the Champions League, announced at the UEFA Congress earlier this week.

And they got their PR strategy completely wrong and it led to this overwhelming momentum opposition that included Britain's prime minister,

France's president and a member of the British royal family, fans, groups, legendary former players.

But then crucially on Tuesday when current players and managers, even of the clubs threatening to break away got involved, it became too much. And

here on the King's Road in West London, a rather salubrious area, just a few hundred yards up the road from me, hundreds of Chelsea fans turned out

to protest and block the team coaches arriving for a match between Chelsea and West Brom at the stadium behind me.

I think many owners got cold feet and realize they got it badly, badly wrong. The six English clubs pulled out, followed early on Wednesday by the

two Milan clubs and Atletico Madrid. We've even seen John Henry, a very hardened American businessman, who also owns the Boston Red Sox as part of

the Fenway Sports Group, the Liverpool owner, with a very emotional apology video to Liverpool fans.

It's astonishing stuff, Becky. I've never seen the like of it in almost 30 years of sports broadcasting.

ANDERSON: I was just thinking to myself, over 24, 25 years I've been in broadcasting, I can't think of another story like that. There have been

some odd stories that both you and I have covered across news and sport. But this is an absolutely remarkable one.

Very briefly, what can be learned out of this?

THOMAS: Well, fan power has played a part. But they still have lots of battles to fight, like cheaper ticket prices, maybe representation on club

boards. I don't think it will go that far. It certainly sets back the idea of a European super league. That project is on the back burner for years

and years now.

Maybe there will be some realignment in how football is going, less towards greed, less toward cash. Don't count on it, though.

ANDERSON: It's good to see you out and about on the streets of London. There's the lifting of the lockdown there and we can get out and report on

things. Thank you.

Still to come, after hours of negotiations stretching into the night, a major breakthrough. The European Union sets ambitious new targets for

lowering carbon emissions. We are live in Brussels up next.

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ANDERSON: The European Union has reached a landmark agreement that will put tougher targets in place to cut carbon emissions. This comes just in

time for a virtual climate crisis summit hosted by the U.S. this Thursday and Friday.

Now under the ambitious European Climate Law, as it's known, the E.U. is aiming to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by the

year 2030, compared to 1990 levels, and help shape policymaking among member states for decades to come.

Now all of this to further cement the E.U.'s commitment to reach zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. There's a lot of numbers in there. My

next guest was there as this deal took shape. Franz Timmermans is the European Commission's executive vice president for the European Green Deal,

joining us live from Brussels.

I have to say, sir, congratulations. This is -- these targets look very impressive. Walk us through this deal, though.

Just how binding will it be?

You're talking about targets here.

Is this realistic?

FRANS TIMMERMANS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION VICE PRESIDENT: I think it is. What we're making now is a law. It is a law which will give us the framework to

make other proposals to make sure we actually achieve those targets.

This is binding on the European Union and its member states. And it will guide us through the next 30 years, when we have to develop policies to

make sure that we reach climate neutrality by 2050.

ANDERSON: What does that mean for those who are new to the issue of climate change?

It will not be new to anyone around the world by the end of this year. We have COP26 in Glasgow in November and a lot of momentum ahead of that.

But what do we really mean when we talk about net zero emissions by 2050?

TIMMERMANS: It means we have to change our energy mix, to go to sustainable energy, to renewable energy rather than fossil fuels. It means

we have to look at the way we produce our food in a different way.

It means we have to look at a way we build. It means we look at a way we move around, we organize our transport. It changes our lives completely. It

means that our economy needs to become surplus so that we stop just the digging up stuff and then burning it up in our economy. So it actually

means we have to change the way we live.

ANDERSON: Thank you for that. That's a very good explanation. You were up until 5:00 am negotiating this deal.

What were the main sticking points in those negotiations?

And was there anybody in those negotiations, any country, that feels it had to compromise unduly or more than others?

TIMMERMANS: Well, not all countries have the same starting (INAUDIBLE). In some member states, the electricity generation is already done with more

than 75 percent renewable energy. In other member states, the energy supply is still done largely through coal. And we need to get rid of coal. We

still have 30 coal mining regions in Europe and they have to understand that there's no future in coal.

So we have to find another future for those reasons and we need make sure that the transition to climate neutrality is done in a fair way, in a just

way, so that we leave no one behind. Of course, this is not the same challenge for every member state. So some member states are more worried

than others.

Can we do this?

Is this possible for us?

Does this not lead to a lot of unemployment?

So we need to provide assurance that we'll leave no one behind. And that's no mean feat. That's going to be difficult. But it's feasible.

ANDERSON: Poland is a good example here. It relies on coal for 80 percent of its electricity. It's refused to agree to meeting these reduction

targets.

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ANDERSON: And during these negotiations, the council of E.U. member states rejected a proposal which would have required these targets to be met by

all E.U. countries.

So what mechanisms do you have in place to enforce these targets?

TIMMERMANS: First of all, you see what amounts of money we're mobilizing in this pandemic to recover from the economic effects of the pandemic and

combine that with the European Green Deal.

You see the amounts of money that Poland can use to restructure its economy. I think Poland is willing to do this.

Secondly, there was a strong push from public opinion. Polish citizens want cleaner air. They want a different economy. They want to get out of coal

into the new economy. So we have a huge opportunity right now because we're mobilizing so much money to recover from this pandemic, to do it in a way

that's sustainable, it sets us on a path to a climate neutral society.

And I think there's a lot of enthusiasm in many parts of Poland to be part of that. And there is an uproar of solidarity from other member states to

help Poland achieve that with a lot of money. Up to almost one-third of Polish GDP will come from funds provided by other member states.

ANDERSON: With respect, sir, I ask you what mechanisms do you have in place to enforce these targets. You are talking about -- and rightly so

with great enthusiasm -- the mobilization of an opportunity here. With respect, that's not the answer to the question that I put to you.

TIMMERMANS: Well, what we're going to do is adopt legislation that will, for instance, help us improve the possibilities for renewable energy. We'll

adopt legislation that will remove -- come from our economy that will bring a surfeit (ph) economy that will allow us to invest in a better energy fix.

And for Poland, this is a huge opportunity. This is a country with a lot of really talented engineers. And we're also in the middle of an industrial

revolution that brings new opportunities based on the digitization of our economy and society. And we need to make sure that we invest in those to

grasp the opportunities that will be offered.

ANDERSON: Right. There is criticism that this European climate law still doesn't go far enough. It doesn't go as far as the U.K.'s targets for

example at 78 percent.

Greta Thunberg tweeting this about the European law.

"Lots of insufficient climate 'targets' and 'pledges' being presented today. Our text from October explains why they equal surrender on the 1.5-

degree centigrade target. Same facts pretty much apply to all high income nations."

We all know that everybody wants to be part of this and everybody wants a good headline out of this.

But how do you respond to these criticisms?

TIMMERMANS: Well, I disagree. Of course, it's always possible to be more ambitious but I believe we've pushed the envelope as far as it can go in

democracies where you need the majority to support what you're doing. And I'm absolutely confident that this will take us on a trajectory that will

allow Europe to be climate neutral by 2050.

That probably makes us the first continent on Earth to be climate neutral. If others beat us to it, if the United States beat us to it, great. It

would be wonderful. This is one race I wouldn't mind losing as long as we all get to climate neutrality by 2050.

I'm confident that, with this package, with this -- with these ideas, we can get Europe to achieve that. And I think setting this in law will also

discipline our member states to take the measures that are needed (ph).

ANDERSON: With that, we'll leave it there. Thank you for joining us. But this will not be the last time we speak. Do join us again.

TIMMERMANS: Absolutely not.

ANDERSON: The E.U. will be trying to push its position as leader on climate change and so let's talk again before we get to COP26 in Glasgow.

It's a big, big year, if we are going to be climate safe going forward. Thank you, sir.

Still to come --

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ANDERSON (voice-over): -- for more reaction to what's been a stunning victory of fans over finances and the demise of the European super league.

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ANDERSON: There's one story dominating the world of sports, the very, very, very short life of the European super league.

Just look at these Chelsea fans celebrating after their club, which was among the six English teams originally in this super league, pulled out of

the proposed competition, effectively killing it. The implosion came just 48 hours after the league was originally unveiled. "WORLD SPORT's" Amanda

Davies has all the details coming up for you.

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ANDERSON: Anyway, you've got the back end of this story and the impact, the consequence of all of this coming up in "WORLD SPORT" after this short

break. Thank you.

And I'll be back after that.

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