the stand the differences and similarities of cultures across the pond is another matter with. current affairs that matter to you. the madonna vaccine receives approval for emergency use but the coronavirus pandemic continues to rip through the u.s. putting further pressure on a struggling health care system. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up hungry and traumatized more than 300 children kidnapped in nigeria free after 6 days in captivity. a former governor in the next mexico's state becomes the latest victim of drug related violence that

spiraling out of control. but hindu woman in india recounts horrific ordeal under a new more aimed at preventing forced religious conversions. u.s. regulators of now approved a 2nd coronavirus vaccine a mass evacuation is expected to start within days test show that the mcdermott job is more than 94 percent effective when administered in 2 doses 4 weeks apart its approval came just hours after the vice president was given the fire as a vaccine on live television in a bid to build support for the rollout alan fischer begins our coverage from the white house. all right this was a very public will have confidence in the corona virus vaccine. the vice president his wife and the us such in general getting an injection live on t.v.

they want to shoot americans but the vaccine walks and it's safe the american people deserve to know that we've never been more prepared to combat the coronavirus than we are today and even while we see cases rising and hospitalizations rising and heartbreaking losses we'll continue to marshal the resources that we have secured as a nation including a safe and effective vaccine to meet this moment. senior members of the white house could run a virus team were also at the event the most recognizable dr anthony insisting the vaccines are finally providing a light at the end of what's been a very long tunnel as we get into january february march and april that light is going to get brighter and brighter and of bitterness is going to be replaced by the sweetness and we all hope and i think this is doable that by the time we get to several months into this year we will have enough people protect it that we can start thinking seriously about to return to normality not at the event in the old

executive office building right next door to the white house itself the president instead he was tweeting out allegations without proof that the presidential election had been stolen from him his spokesperson says he's open to getting the vaccine that are just no plans to do that at the moment for the 2nd friday in a row regulators in the u.s. approved a vaccine the food and drug administration giving americans to use authorization to moderna that'll mean 6000000 doses being sent out in the coming days and because the drug doesn't have to be stored at extremely low temperatures it could be used in more locations more than 3000 initially but while the vaccines provide some good news the scale of the problem in the u.s. is actually growing more than 3000 deaths a day in recent days hospitalizations a record numbers health providers across all 50 states warning their close to breaking point and with families planning to gather in

a week for the christmas holiday the experts are worried that will create another deadly spike that will cast a shadow into the new year alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house let's go live to washington our white house correspondent kelly hellcat is there for us so kimberly how long before americans begin to get the madonna vaccine. well according to a press call that is still under way with the food and drug administration that it could be within days it monday potentially even where we will start to see some of these vaccines that the madeira vaccine now that it's been greenlighted being injected into the arms of millions of americans and we know the health care workers have been getting top priority we know this because the pfizer vaccine is already being injected and has received approval as of a week ago so it's pretty remarkable the fact that there have been 2 vaccines approved in a span of just one week now the director goes on to say that he understands there's

some skepticism about these vaccines given the fact that they were approved so quickly but in this call he once again reassure the public that the process was rigorous the debate over the science and the data from the advisory panel was robust and also that it was purely. data that was looked at in terms of reviewing this in other words this was a scientific process from start to finish and there was no political pressure to perhaps approve these vaccines hastily so this is something that they are really trying to get out because again there's enormous skepticism in the united states so the other thing that's important to note in all of this that we've heard a lot of talk about similarities between the madrid a vaccine and also the pfizer vaccine we know that they are going to be prescribe rather similarly in other words that it is for individuals 18 years of age and

so what they're saying is that again with this madrid a vaccine like the pfizer vaccine that there just isn't enough testing in data done on children and young adults or teenagers so as a result they are not encouraging it for those under the age of 18 and once again like we found out with the pfizer vaccine those that. have anaphylaxis or susceptible to allergic reaction should not get this vaccine that is also the case with modernity so there are some concerns but they are certainly outweighed by the benefits according to the food and drug administration which as of just an hour or so ago has approved this to be distributed in to be distributed throughout the united states very quickly i should also say this is a global pandemic we know that other countries have signed up to get millions of doses of this vaccine as well canada the u.k. e.u. japan south korea switzerland expected to follow the lead from the united states but certainly this is something that the world has been watching for knowing this

is a rigorous process and seeking their own approvals in their own countries so that this global pandemic can be addressed as it needs to be done in the united states given the number of infections and hospitalizations and deaths are hitting record highs white house correspondent kelly how live in washington and so to new york now from where we're joined by wafa sun a professor of epidemiology and medicine at columbia university could have you with us again professor what's the difference then between the madonna and the pfizer vaccines. there are very few differences between these 2 vaccines i think there are more similarities certainly net then differences they work equally well or and they also have a very similar safety profile they both required 2 doses to be vaccinated i think some subtle differences like riggs ample of the pfizer vaccine the 1st there was the 2nd those is given about 3 weeks after the 1st those one of them

during the vaccine the 2nd dose is given after 4 weeks and another difference is that the more there have acceded does not require. the level of. freezing i would the cold temperature that has as much as the pfizer by dec vaccine does so to make it easier to distribute them who do not vaccine then the pfizer by. ok so maybe easier to distribute but but does lack pfizer's expertise in distribution doesn't it. you know we do it as a much smaller company it's a new company and is not like a well established pharmaceutical company like pfizer but on the other hand merger not with benefit from distribution that would be done through support from the u.s. government. operation work speed which is the operation that's shepherded the development of these vaccines will be responsible for the distribution of the

madeira vaccine in the united states and as an epidemiologist you have no qualms about taking either of these vaccines. absolutely not i think it's a this is a wonderful news and we would not have imagined to have had by this time to vaccines that are so powerful and they give about 95 percent protection which is remarkable and they have a very again is very is a safety profile at this very reassuring so i think because of these facts and because that covered $1000.00 pandemic continues to rage in the united states and around the world i think it's really good news and i certainly would have no qualms receiving either of these vaccines or i could talk to professor many thanks indeed for being with us thank you. in europe the 2nd wave of covered by a team shows no sign of slowing italy is being placed under a nationwide locked out over both christmas and new year with bars restaurants and

non-essential shops closing austria's government is imposing a 3rd lockdown while in germany a temporary freezers of being used to store bodies after a spike in corona virus related deaths overwhelm possibles or a child's reports. in the german city of hanau they've run out of space for bodies in the hospital morgues the shipping container is being used to temporarily handle the overflow i don't know exist either carded unfortunately the situation on hand now has changed we now need to make use of our containers that we have had since april and nationally as a precaution since yesterday to cover the deceased are hidden and total $25.00 deceased can be stored in the container sadly we had to start he was in the container from yesterday. with a record of nearly 34000 new cases and 830 new deaths germany has lost its position as a role model for how to handle the pandemic well they vaccinations are set to start

after christmas the 1st in the imminent probable approval of the 1st vaccine naturally gives us hope that's obviously it wasn't solve the problem and realistically we need to be prepared as months of january and february be the hottest months of this pandemic several european countries are deep in the grip of a 2nd or perhaps even 3rd wave of coronavirus french president emmanuel macron continues his isolation after catching its. continue to be careful on thursday i tested positive which shows that the virus can really affect anyone because i am very protected i'm very careful i respect distance and i wear a mask i regularly use hand sanitizer and in spite of everything i caught the virus surely due to a moment of inattention or a bit of bad luck but that's the way it is. been here french government scientific advisor says vaccine rollout could take longer than thought don't expect to return

to normal before late next year francois phrase he has warned with more than 15000 people in the u.k. currently hospitalized because of virus the country is approaching the 1st wave peak of 18000 hospitalizations. in any normal year central london would be teeming with christmas shoppers but this as we know is no normal year londoners are among the $38000000.00 people across the united kingdom currently living under big toughest of the 3 coronavirus restriction tears yes there's a temporary relaxation for christmas itself so families can get together but in many parts of the country after that the shutters are coming down again and the coming down harder. the cherry generated by being the 1st country to administer the pfizer biotech vaccine has worn off ready stopping the national health service becoming overwhelmed has again become a top priority. how does era london to other news now

a week after they were kidnapped from a school in nigeria more than 300 students are now reunited with their families parents and the northern state of cut scene rejoiced as they saw their sons for the 1st time since they were taken 344 boys were kidnapped from their school last friday by armed men on motorbikes details of their rescue are still all clear including who was responsible and whether a ransom was paid some of the boys say they were beaten daily by their captors. to be honest there was no. little water through no shelter no break and the friday we were taken we spent 2 days without sleep food was leaves and after 2 days without food we were given fresh potatoes and. frankly speaking i feel like god has conscious me paradise because i'm so happy after spending 2 days without eating anything a mother is more than 90 years old and i am lost and she stopped eating and drinking in addition my 3 sisters were mete to hospital. who's in the

city of. walking barefoot some of them limping the 344 schoolboys are led by a nigerian security force us through the save environment of the governor's office in it and after nearly a week in captivity instead of joy and exhaustion written on their young freezes. the government says all the students abducted in the 100 on the boarding school in the town of last week have now been freed but it's yet to explain the circumstances leading to their release

a quick intervention prevented in our dearest largest muslim duction from turning into another disaster in 2014 security experts say nigeria's offer to spread to act quickly when boko haram took more than 270 students from a girl 2nd to school in chibok more than $100.00 of them are still unaccounted for . for 6 days the students were forced to track and hike until i joined in security forces pinned down their abductors in a forest in nearby some for a state. earlier hundreds more students either they skipped on their own or held by the military and many in a poor state of health 14 year old osama i mean managed to make his own way to freedom but the punishing trek across forests and rocky hills has left him now fighting for his life he's bedridden because of sickle cell anemia made worse by this experience his father is desperately worried about his health never to name

him like you. do he said he was propped up and helped along by fellow students as they march for a fake forest when their group was rested for a few minutes he saw a chance to escape he crawled away and hid behind a tree he dragged himself to a village ways brought home on a motorcycle going to secondary school from where the boys were taken is now shut just like schools in 3 other states in nigeria's northwest they all thought of taking no chances that they could be father such raids nigeria's security forces are overstretched and they are fighting many battles including against the arm group boko haram y. against western style education but eventually the government with one of the schools to reopen the government agrees al jazeera gets into nigeria. a weather update next here on our syria then we'll look at why venezuela's president has dissolved his constituent assembly without it changing

a word of the constitution. hello there we've got more record breaking snow continuing across the good parts of japan send across that western side of japan you can see the cloud which has been sliding across the sea of japan see the alignment of the i suppose there that's been fading that north westerly wind then across the area and some very heavy snow as a result of this some parts along that western side of honshu into al-qaeda has seen in excess of 2 meter says snow over the past few days and there's more where that came form we've got more snow coming into western japan as we go on through saturday split the difference as we go on into sunday yeah i'm afraid there is more of that to calm as well away up to was mt fuji all the side of the mountain sheltered tokyo should get up to around 90 celsius as we go on through the next

completive day is no great shakes but largely dry hair loss you try to across a good parts of china very different story into the philippines we've seen some very heavy rain here recently little system which has been making its way across the philippines has brought some very very heavy downpours this is the far south of the country mindanao has seen extensive rainfall in this system may well develop into a tropical storm as we go on through the next couple of days is punching its way across the south china seas and heralding some very heavy rain to south vietnam. but. many of. the malaysian. weaponized throughout history large water persevered and with me and started fighting develop. by nation state and so there could be enough to affect every woman and child. now within the reach of those seeking caleb's combined into those

toxic substances the world would have to man me invisible friends on al-jazeera. who would. you. again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour the u.s. food and drug administration as well the rise the emergency use of a 2nd coronavirus fact seen mass inoculation is expected to stop within days for the maternal thanks and nearly 6000000 doses to be dispatched nationwide this weekend. u.s. vice president mike pence was an ocular to put the fire vaccine in a televised event president elect joe biden will do the same on monday politicians

are getting their jabs in public to boost american confidence in the vaccination persons. more than 300 students have been reunited with their families a week after being kidnapped from a school in northern nigeria after one of motorbikes stormed their school and could see the last friday that strong clear how their rescue was secured or whether a ransom was paid. a former governor of the mexican state of hollis core has been shot dead early on friday in the bathroom of a restaurant in the beach town of. up it's the latest in a series of violent acts in a country already plagued by drug related gang activity john holdren reports. this video apparently records the moment when the x. governor of the mexican state of her lease scope was killed in a restaurant at a muslim discussion sunday vial was holidaying in the resort town of put he was out with 3 other people and of 15 strong bodyguard team provided by the state who

couldn't save him. when he attack happened at 1 40 in the morning the ex governor got up from the table and went to the bathroom that's where nard man shot him in the back. killings have become common at local live limits kampala ticks but the murder of an ex governor is still very unusual the investigation into who was behind the attack is just beginning but it's not. going to be easy that's because the state attorney said the staff from the restaurant cleaned up the crime scene took away evidence and even removed security cameras. in the southwest of the country is the heartland of one of mexico's most powerful criminal groups the whole new generation cartel. this is one of the videos they've released showing their firepower and they've not been afraid to turn it on authorities to fool this is fascination could mark the start of a real season of political violence in mexico and that's because next july the

country's holding its biggest ever elections and in the run up to elections in the country is usually the point where criminal groups try to position their own candidate and they often do that by murdering rival ones. at least not the least sunday former governor of her lease koch would likely not be the last to die john home and now does it or mexico city mexico city is suspending all non-essential activities in an attempt to control the latest spike in infections there it comes a day after mexico's president pleaded with the city's residents to stay off the streets now only the sale of food energy transport manufacturing and financial services will be allowed until january 10th the city's mayor says that hospitals are at 75 percent capacity in mexico city alone that but almost $20000.00 deaths brazil's president says that he won't be getting a coronavirus vaccine and that no one else could be forced to take it either jiah

boss an hour was speaking on the day that the country's supreme court ruled that the vaccine could be made mandatory the rate of infection there has been increasing and on thursday daily death succeeded $1000.00 but also now are awarded brazilians about taking the backseat let's face it. that big fat it's clear in the contract with pfizer we are not responsible for any side effects if you become an alligator that's your problem i'm not going to mention another animal because you'll think i'm talking nonsense right if you become a superman if any woman close a beard of any man starts singing soprano but may have nothing to do with it as well as controversial constituent assembly has been dissolved it was supposedly created to rewrite the constitution but was in fact used as a legislative super body that could bypass the opposition held parliament latin america at its you see a new been reports. 3 and

a half years ago amid persistent opposition protests that israel is embattled president nicolas maduro announced he was unilaterally calling for a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution written by his predecessor deceased president who will chavis broken by. people who don't know me you know you know i summon the native constituent power to achieve the peace but the republic needs to overthrow the fascist kill and so that the people with the sovereignty will be able to impose peace harmony and a true national dialogue. even appeals from the pope couldn't stop him from forming a 500 member body with superpowers above all other institutions critics were quick to predict that into real aim was to annihilate the opposition controlled parliament and consolidate a dictatorship. the assemblies most notable achievement was to strip within 30 opposition deputies of the parliamentary immunity so that they could be arrested

and tried for nejad lee inciting violence or treason it's fairly brazen. it's clear 'd now. it was indeed of course from the beginning but it's clear now the intention was merely to provide a kind of. so he could pass. many of which you've been straining to repress the do you have any other country in the world was something like this is happening certainly i would imagine you has to be the only instance of the constitutional or constitutional constituent assembly rather. this is not even debated a single article proposed new constitution now that the ruling socialist party will take total control of the legislature on january 5th after highly contested elections the constituent assembly is being dissolved just as quickly as it was created. by. we handing over

a country in peace in peace in pace with a newly elected legislature with diverse representation that will assume the challenge of maintaining constitutionality. says they've done their duty without having changed a comma of the original constitution not predicts that that was ever the point you see in human al-jazeera. the u.s. congress has managed to temporarily avoid a government shutdown it's approved a 2 day extension of funding to keep agencies operating but only until sunday. republicans and democrats try to resolve sticking points on a $900000000000.00 coronavirus relief package prosecutors in the united states are urging a federal judge to reject a near $30000000.00 bail deal for glenn maxwell a former associate of jeffrey epstein has pleaded not guilty to charges of helping him to recruit and groom under aged girls to engage in illegal sexual acts

prosecutors say that maxwell should remain behind bars because the evidence against her a strong and that she poses an extreme flight risk. there's increasing controversy in india over attempts to curb interfaith marriage in one high profile case a hindu woman says that she had a miscarriage because police separate sort of blend husband stays with our pradesh is the latest to pass a law making it more difficult for people from different religions to marry elizabeth brown and reports. think he is recovering at home after what she describes as a traumatic couple of weeks her husband and brother in law have been detained by police and she says she suffered a miscarriage while the government care. i had pain for 3 days so i was admitted to the hospital on the 11th i was given injections then my situation got worse there was a lot of bleeding and i had

a miscarriage pinky and her husband received ordeal began when they went to register their islamic marriage ceremony with the state government they were harassed outside court by a group of hindu nationalists because pinky had converted from hindu ism to islam the couple married in july before the government in the state of wealth of pradesh passed an order which makes it illegal for people to change their religion for the sake of marriage police are detaining his brother selene while they investigate whether they forced pinky to convert and pinkie was taken to a government run woman's shelter. the hospital which treated her told al-jazeera they only gave her injections to help put her pain and light bleeding they get us out the intention we didn't give her any injection that would lead to a miscarriage we gave her the best treatment we could according to her symptoms and manage the situation conservatively so it's wrong to say this. while it's unclear

what caused pinkies miscarriage what is certain is she was separated from her husband because of the new law the government issued. last month citing a campaign by muslim men to forcibly converted hindu woman that's despite the fact no state all central government departments including the national commission of women has found any evidence of such cases. human rights lawyer in the us has the bot of the party o.b.j. p. passes such laws to divide indians she's preparing to challenge it in court the. project itself as a right wing party. what we're seeing here is that this is actually part of a political agenda an agenda both to polarize and communities pinki says she's worried about her future and also rashid's and saleem's so that's a bit of an era but i want my husband and brother in law to come back i ask the

government to release them i'm really worried i've lost my child but please let my husband go. with 4 other states in the process of passing similar orders more couples are expected to be criminalized for falling in love and marrying people outside they have addiction elizabeth. that is heavy with a slow a dream for the going here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. food and drug administration is or the rise the emergency use of a 2nd coronavirus vaccine mass and occupation is expected to start within days for the madonna vaccine maybe 6000000 doses to be dispatched nationwide this weekend a white house correspondent kelly how could reports we've.