Former heads of state urge U.S. to commit $5 billion to global COVID battle, urge Biden to take more forceful role at Thursday summit

A group of former heads of state led by Gordon Brown, former U.K. Prime Minister, is calling on the U.S. to commit $5 billion to the effort to combat the pandemic globally and urging President Joe Biden to take a more forceful role at a COVID-19 summit planned for Thursday.