global pandemic could lead to positive change. the fix for him. all hail the lockdown exposes privilege and poverty during a crisis on a. bi jury and authorities say that moment 300 school boys who were kidnapped almost a week ago have now been free it will be live in cut scene a state with the latest. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a u.s. panel of medical experts puts their recommendation forward for madonna's corona virus vaccine paving the way for the f.d.a. to approve it for emergency use. france's president emanuel mccraw is in self isolation after testing positive for covert 90. argentinians express their

frustration is that crippled economy continues to suffer from the financial effects of the pandemic. we begin with the possible imminent release of hundreds of school boys who were kidnapped by an armed group in nigeria 6 days ago the government under mounting pressure over its handling of the crisis has been negotiating for their release protestors urging politicians to increase security while a large social media campaign labeled bring back our boys has been launched at ciena state governor says that it's not yet clear if all of the schoolboys have been freed. we have so far. given 340. schoolchildren later on we also understand 4 have joined so we have to

leave 344. children that out on their way to cousin and now they have surrendered or that is with them so we will find out. it's. still some left like i said even the figure we gave was not to stick because we were looking at between city $32400.00 and now we have gotten $344.00 so we will know exactly about tomorrow the boys were taken when gunmen who are thought to be linked to boko haram stormed a school in the northern city of kut sina last friday hundreds of others managed to escape before the kidnappers fled to a forest hideout utility. that after we scaled the fence we were hearing voices saying that we should come back thinking they were police officers unknown to us that was the bandits they then gathered us at a spot that was when we realised that would bend it's wearing military uniform.

been walking for so long i was already exhausted from a sickle cell patients want to hold my friend shoulder one to my right at the to my left before i could continue the treacherous walk into the bush as the bandits continued to float people from the bank so that they moved faster lived out 2 cats in the states but address is the but what's the latest. the latest we're hearing now is that the government in some form of state is trying to move these children. to buses to drive all the way to cuts in and military escorts we've seen helicopters flying overhead tonight and it's more like trying to ensure that the roads are clear for the passengers to be here the governor of course in a state as sure that they will be here no matter how long it takes because they

need to be here by morning the president who has been vacationing in his home town of dora is expected to meet them tomorrow according to the governor immediately on arrival a team of doctors and nurses will be deployed to while they will be kept to look after their health and then rest them a little bit some counseling and debriefing will take place and then the president will see them before they are reunited with their parents that's the situation right now and i understand and we heard that the boys 'd are already on their way and then some protocols need to be observed with this on for a state government before they funded reach but i think we hear that that is being sorted now so weeks pick them to be here in the coming hours initially. 3 o'clock is being projected as the a to expect a time of arrival but with the short delay experience a short while ago we probably may not see them here until probably 4 o'clock in the

morning but a lot of people are really expectant hoping to see them and when we broke the news to parents we met earlier today in why the boys were taken there was jubilation in town and a lot of people are really really happy that this ended well to remember nearly 7 years ago on the 14th of october 2014 a must abduction took place in a government go 2nd to school in chibok in northeastern nigeria more than $160.00 of the. these girls have been recovered and up to no more than 100 others have not been seen and some presumed either dead or fully integrated now with the book or around fighters so that's what the government is anxious to sort of avoid from happening again so in the early days when these children were taken on the 1st day on saturday there was a month hunt for the abductors and then they were cornered to a particular section of a forest in some forested between them for

a student gets in a state why they were pinned down for over for over 5 days and that was what provided the opportunity for him to mediate is to go between the government and those who are abducting but tension rose actually when the book came in to say that they are holding more than 520 of these students and that was what do you what scared a lot of people and also the fear was that book or arm was spreading its sort of area of operations far beyond the traditional operational base of northeastern nigeria to northwestern nigeria which is already being overrun by bund its and kidnappers in this particular region so the situation right now is that we expect in these students in the next 3 or 4 hours if everything goes according to plan it . does is an address reporting live from katsina in nigeria many thanks indeed ahmed joining us now from london is nigeria affairs analyst and the

a local who's also a specialist on colonial legacy in africa could tell you this what are your thoughts on this and the fact that the government is clearly negotiated the release of the boys despite having a no negotiation policy. yeah definitely i mean. shortly after the boys were abducted the governor of katsina state openly said that he would be that negotiations had opened with those responsible for the abduction and it's still unclear as to who the government was negotiating with and the details of that magine what the tradeoff was. but it does put her in a very difficult position given that going into the last election he categorically said that he would refuse to negotiate with her on both that on the basis of them being an organization who don't want peace and i think that was something which should also be extended to for example for money has been another bandits in the

region and i welcome you make of the fact that as our correspondent saying a few moments ago that this mass abduction happened in the northwest of the country . yeah definitely this has caused quite a bit of concern in terms of firstly the capacity of an organization to conduct such a large scale abduction in a region which is outside of our arms typical region left operation so typically they operate in states such as born in the northeastern part of nigeria. penney's a significant questions about the capacity of the government to protect especially given that it said. an attack on education which we've seen and has become a pattern over the years of our operations has questions as to the capacity of the government to protect children and young people can have much longer lasting consequences in terms of parents confidence to send their young people and their

children to school restore some confidence some confusion about whether all of the boys have been released in this case i mean this the stars bear a striking similarity doesn't it to what happened in chibok when all of those girls were abducted and certainly i mean it is i mean it's heartbreaking to think that not all of the boys have been rescued that. it typically in times there's the. similarities with the previous instance of kidnapping and with the schoolgirls in chibok what we are potentially about to see if it is the case that these are all the boys is a rehashing of the kind of long protracted trauma that came in the years after that kidnapping where and groups and the government would announce that groups of young girls had been freed it would be claimed that those girls weren't the same school

girls from chip work. in this case i mean we're hopeful that the students and the young boys who've been released now the school boys who can release now are the same students and also are all of them. if not then one threats to think what the outcomes are going to be for those who are left behind could talk to anybody thanks to you for being with us any of the local. a panel of experts advising the u.s. food and drug administration has recommended the emergency use of a 2nd coronavirus vaccine the committee indorse the vaccine one week out the backing of pfizer beyond tech currently being administered across the u.s. the f.d.a. is expected to grant its emergency use as early as late thursday or friday that's after the u.s. registered a double record of deaths and infections in a single day let's go live to our white house correspondent kimberly how could in

washington d.c. how fast can this vaccine be rolled out once the f.d.a. f.d.a. gives its seal of approval kimberly. pretty quickly in fact if all goes well and all is on track the 1st distribution of the maternal vaccine could come as early as monday but 1st there are a few more hoops to jump through there is going to be now that this is come out of the panel it's given its recommendation going to the desk of the food and drug administration had the commissioner will then make his final ruling we expect this to be an approval it would go to the centers for disease control the director there gives approval and then the distribution can begin we know already there are some $50000000.00 doses on standby ready to be distributed that would cover about 25000000 people health care workers those living in care homes and it couldn't come soon enough the country is in its 3rd wave and the numbers that are being recorded

right now in terms of infections as well as deaths breaking records no country wants to break more than 300000 americans now have died from this in those numbers still climbing in fact the fear is that as we see this 3rd wave due to the thanksgiving holiday where many americans ignore the public health warnings that there could be another spike following the christmas and new year's holidays and we're hearing that a member of president elect joe biden's transition team has tested positive. it shows just how. sort of contagious this is even when you take all the precautions as joe biden and his team have been doing still you're going to run the risk as what we know is that this was an individual an adviser to joe biden he was traveling with the president elect to on tuesday in the u.s. state of georgia as he campaigned there for those 2 very important senate races

that are taking place in january and they had very limited interactions it was all open air what we know is that the president elect is testing negative but his advisor after experiencing symptoms on wednesday was tested those tests came up positive so he's going to quarantine for 14 days and they're hoping that this is limited to just the one advisor but of course watching very carefully in order to protect the president elect a white house correspondent kelly how could reporting live from washington can believe many things former new jersey governor chris christie ended up in intensive care with covert time to enough to helping president trump prepare for his 1st presidential debate with joe biden he's now put out an advice and i visit us mint imploring people to wear masks. for. people who refuse to wear a mask you know lying in isolation i.c.u. for 7 days i thought about how wrong i was to remove my mask at the white house

today i think about how wrong it is to let mask wearing divide us especially as we now know you're twice as likely to get covered 19 if you don't wear a mask because if you don't do the right thing we could all end up on the wrong side of history please wear a mask. france's president emanuel mccraw has tested positive for covert 19 and is self isolating after developing symptoms he's canceled a forthcoming trip to lebanon and will coroutine for 7 days across office says that it's not known where he got the virus but butler reports from paris. the french president looked tired but relaxed as he hosted a video called friends with several charities the meeting came only hours after the release a palace announced that emanuel macro had tested positive for the convict 19 the 42 year old leader plans to keep working during his 7 days of isolation but he will not. he will honor his appointment but with even more caution than is usually safe

for the president since the start of the pandemic in public micro was a face mask and takes precautions but at times he has failed to social distance. he's attended a number of offense in the past week including an e.u. summit he also met several european leaders in paris including portugal's prime minister and tony acosta and spanish premier petra sanchez who are now self isolating in france the prime minister and michael's wife bridges are in quarantine several members of the government and president's policy up being tested it is clear that the message from the meat is that it is good medicine as usual unless michael's condition deteriorates he will only show it throughout his isolation there is that this doesn't change anything and. it's not a big deal that's what there is a disease trying to say but they're not saying what are the symptoms that the

president has had we know that he was tested after showing symptoms and and we don't know where those symptoms are the french government has lifted some lockdown restrictions but reimposed a nighttime curfew as the country continues to battle the pandemic michael's diagnosis is a sobering reminder that anyone can be infected. al-jazeera paris will get a weather update next here on al-jazeera then an apology from the u.s. company blamed for fueling the opioid crisis it didn't go too well at a congressional hearing. and. president elect joe biden's latest historic pick for his cabinet how it could change the way native americans are treated in the u.s. . how

they're what i'm pleased to say that they went to storm that's been sweeping up the eastern seaboard of the us is least moving pretty quickly so that's some saving grace at the moment we're looking at the system just off the coast of new york there grassy pushing further north woods and a swiss by the time we come to sas they will be a thing of the past with dragging in what a cool breeze crisp sunshine sparkling sunshine so blue sky there as we go on through friday it is going to be culled temperatures no higher than around one degree above freezing their full neocon just a top temperature 3 degrees there in d.c. but at least it should be dry by the state ice will be something to watch out for more snow coming into central parts of canada will snow coming into western parts of canada and that will really pack pop as it makes its way further inland as we go on through saturday rains making its way into basi into the pacific northwest some very heavy downpours coming through here further south is fairly dry for a good part of that western side of the u.s.

but he comes out west of weather that mix of rain and snow that's going to push its way over towards the appalachians as we go on through sas de gras actually making its way further race was a notice down into the deep south right does get pretty intense with the possibility of flooding for some. when any p.o.p. and mother put her daughter up for adoption she knew little of what was to come. with family been severed a traumatized child tone between 2 worlds struggles to return home in a profoundly human story exposing deep flaws in denmark's adoption system. was a girl in return a witness documentary on al-jazeera. hello

again this is al-jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour more than 300 school boys abducted by an armed group in nigeria last week of been released gunmen stormed the school in the northwestern city of katrina last friday has been increasing pressure on the government to improve security. panel of experts advising the u.s. food and drug administration has recommended the approval of a 2nd coronavirus thanks again for the drought a vaccine could get authorization for emergency use by late thursday or friday. of france's president of mario mccall has become the latest world leaders to test positive for covert 19 several other european leaders have entered the isolation because of contacts with mcchrystal in recent days. the united states is set to

have its 1st native american cabinet secretary after president elect joe biden's latest nomination that hollande is biden's pick for interior secretary the 60 year old is in her 1st term as a democratic congresswoman from new mexico but a strong grassroots campaign for her appointment she'll head a department that's previously had an uneasy relationship with native americans over environmental issues i was a serious shahab returns he is out in the cold in joe biden's hometown of wilmington delaware he's with us now live tell us more about holland shia. it's something since joe biden began rolling out his nominees and proclaiming it has cabinet potential cabinet is the most diverse in american history there has been this discussion about the difference between

cosmetic diversity and substandard of diversity in the words of one civil rights leader the launch point or not so terribly historic to nominate lots of people of color and women if they believe in policies that keep women and people of color down representative holland congressman holland this is substantiative diversity ballot as you mentioned she was one of 2 native american congresswoman who were elected in 2018 the 1st native american congresswoman to go to go to the house of representatives. if he is confirmed she will be the 1st native american cabinet secretary and not just any cabinet department the department of the interior the battles between indigenous indigenous tribes here and the development here isn't just about oil and gas all of that's and natural resources has been quite clear and recent years it's the public of interior which

has within it the bureau of indian affairs which has been responsible for the destruction of native america over the last couple of 100 couple of 100 years now the idea of a native american woman in charge of that the public at least nominally is symbolically is astonishing and the fact that she would be in charge of a big swathe of the north american continent in charge of the public lands the natural resources the wildlife the water this is this is enormous that's not to say that joe biden hasn't also nominated various people in his cabinet who are you know very close to the oil and gas industry and you know you know there will be there will be battles ahead but at least now there is real substantial diversity in the cap. nomination and not only vote but he thought it was just a wednesday the key progressive senator said he hadn't seen one progressive nomination yet from joe biden now there is one out serious shavar tansey reporting live there from wilmington delaware she had many things u.s.

president total trump a spoken with king solomon been abdulaziz out of saudi arabia on thursday a white house statement says the 2 discussed regional security issues including the gulf blockade on kasa a statement says the trump thanked king solomon for his leadership and expressed his optimism towards resolving the gulf rift a blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt has been in place against cassava for 3 is the owners of the company blamed for fueling the opioid crisis in the u.s. of apologized before a congressional committee but they told members that they would do things differently even if they could the secular family owns purview pharma the maker of the addictive prescription painkiller oxycontin last month the company pleaded guilty to criminal charges it admitted providing misleading information about the drug and doing little to prevent it from entering the black market over the years

oxycontin has been on the market produced were to reduce the risk of addiction and abuse in a number of ways. in the past 20 years produce spent more than a $1000000000.00 on the n.t. abuse diversion initiatives. purdue instituted what i understand was the 1st voluntary abuse and aversion to television programming in 2002 this program was expanded into worst point various state governments later required to do to keep the program in place and i understand it was used as a model for at least one of the reforms to company to follow what you testified makes my blood boil. i'm not sure and i'm aware of any family in america that's more evil in europe. russia's president vladimir putin held a media conference on thursday but made no mention of claims by the us that moscow was involved in the hacking of american government computers agencies are rushing

to tighten security after confirming that they've been hit in a long running and sophisticated hacking operation putin has been fielding questions that is annual media briefing in moscow while there was no mention of recent allegations the president did deny that the russian hackers never meddled in the 2016 u.s. election putin also dismissed a report alleging russian security forces were behind the poisoning of opposition activists alexina valmy. that it's not a report it's the legitimization of materials from the american special services in the valley has the support of the american special services and if it's true it's quite interesting that this does not at all mean that it is necessary to poison him who needs him if the russian special services had wanted to fatally poison him they would have finished the job they are paying parliament has voted against imposing sanctions targeting egypt's government but a resolution did raise concerns over egypt's human rights record among other topics it condemned the kidnapping torture and killing of italian research journey

originally in cairo in 2016. the premier of this syrian state of new south wales is warming warning people in sydney to brace for more covert 900 cases of cluster emerged in a northern suburb health officials are rushing to trace the source of the 17 infections 250000 people have been urged to stay home for 3 days of emergency testing centers have been set up the country had been cautiously reopening of the very few or no local cases as an american economies have taken a battering recording their worst dropping growth for more than a century the pandemic is the chief blame for the overall 7 percent drop a figure representing mass job losses and businesses shutting down the reports now from argentina or the worst hit countries in the region. the economies of latin america and the caribbean have been hit particularly hard by the coded 1900

pandemic so any grain of good news is welcome when grim used it is sticks are announced. so. our figures on negative all negative it doesn't mean that we are much better off than we were in july but the drops are a little lower than full cost. those statistics still translate into tens of thousands of businesses closing growing unemployment poverty and homelessness. but it's bad in latin america it's even worse in argentina the economy here is shrinking by 10 percent in the 3rd quarter of 2020 workers and social organizations have already taken to the streets on thursday alone we cover 2 demonstrations within walking distance of the el to 0 office. what we'd like is health to be a priority especially in this pandemic and this in a country where 50 percent of children are poor and need public hospitals it would

be an increase to make the health system work along with the peso hitting an all time low against the u.s. dollar it's inflation that bites into workers' wages argentina has one of the worst rates in the walls more than 30 percent this year forecast to be even higher next year you know more of the. we've been saying on all our marches when the workers lose through inflation it's not because that money is disappearing it's because someone is profiting with what should be ours and the rest of the workers. president alberto for and this took office just weeks before the pandemic arrived he said from the start to put the nation's health before the economy but with the russian sputnik 5 vaccine due to arrive next week the economy hasn't gone away. protests like this noisy and colorful ermac in the feature of everyday life in argentina with the culture at night seem fun. but i really like these are

a pretty thought out and i think. the question is always where the money's going to come from argentina is one of the world's leading grain produces but the industry has been paralyzed as a strike by workers demanding a wage increase enters its 2nd week. part of the growing demand from workers across argentina and the rest of latin america they don't want to emerge from the pandemic worse off than they went into and. they're al-jazeera one of cyrus. winds of up to 285 kilometers an hour lashing fiji the cyclon yes a batter's the pacific island a slow moving category 5 storm landed on thursday evening bringing torrential rain and widespread flooding it's one of the southern hemispheres most intense tropical cyclones on record for frank embody mariah is blaming the strong the storm on climate change. if you.

move to higher ground members of the public take the necessary measures. the lives of. japan has deployed its military to help people trapped by record snowfall which is up to 2 meters deep in some places thousands of vehicles are stuck power has been cut to more than 10000 homes in northern and central japan and more heavy snow is forecast over the weekend so. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines in al-jazeera more than 300 school boys abducted by an armed group in nigeria last week have been released gunmen stormed a school in the northwestern city of could see in the last friday there's been increasing pressure on the government to improve security the.