develop programs for between documentaries. to support. subscribe to eugene forward slash al-jazeera english. so movie looks. a cry for help hospitals brazil's amazon the state are running out of oxygen and struggling to cope as they try to contain covert 90. come about this and this is all to syria live from doha also coming up the u.s. vice president assures americans he's committed to his safe in your gratian as the f.b.i. raises concerns about potential for violence across the country. the u.s. refuses to reverse its decision to label yemen's bluefins as

a terrorist group despite a warning it will be a death sentence for yemenis. counting votes in uganda as general election the incumbent president is seeking a 6th term his main rival is a musician turned politician. the health system in the brazilian state of ana sonus is at the point of collapse because of a surge in corona virus infections hospitals are running out of beds and the reports of patients dying because there's not enough oxygen to treat them doctors and nurses have put messages and social media pleading for more supplies researchers fear a new variant of the virus detected in brazil is likely to be more contagious it's prompted the u.k. to ban travel from every country in south america as well as portugal because of its strong links with brazil several other governments are introducing tighter

restrictions to try to stop the spread of the virus lebanon's announce an 11 day round the clock curfew after a dramatic surge in cases by all fronts has extended its night time stay at home order one of can you not have has more on the situation in brazil from rio de janeiro when as has been the situation is very critical escalated from one day to the other the worst already no room in the hospitals there was no room in the cemeteries to the very people but now today there was no oxygen and health workers were so desperate that they were asking for help trying to juggle around these oxygen cylinders and asking people just. to give whatever they could to the hospitals and here's pretty much what they had to say. best how best to use it in court if you will see have mercy on us we are in a deplorable situation we have simply run out of oxygen in an entire unit we have been on lock suchan

a lot of people dying if anyone has any oxygen available piece into to us at the redemption clinic piece and everyone sees what they are many people dying put in love of god but just this photo was there was a this is chaos we were seeing to small stock of oxygen but it will only last 2 hours. but he says. we need oxygen we have one cylinder for 5 people and 100 doctors i'm a few patients take turns breathing for the love of god don't just don't know what else to do this is a calamity the health minister had a meeting with the mayor today and he said that he was he could finally said he would set a date for the vaccination campaign again and that would be next week on january 29th hour the problem is that brazil's regulatory agency and visa will only meet on sunday to decide which vaccines will or will be allowed to be.

distributed in the country so i have not given the official green light and today the government the federal government has sent a flying to india to fetch 2000000 doses of the after zeneca vaccine which brazil is also working to produce here but still has not enough apparently. well the vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceutical from sign of x. coming under scrutiny from regulators is being trialled in brazil and scientists there are no say the latest data shows it's only 50 percent effective and that's far below the 78 percent the brazilian researchers announced last week they say the original figures did not include all the data from clinical trials but the vaccine known as corona back is the still deemed to be effective the world health organization has set the benchmark rate at 50 percent son of a has defended its vaccine saying it's still safe for use and unlike the pfizer

vaccine it doesn't need to be friends and the job has been ordered by at least 10 countries including turkey and indeed lesia. turkish president of egypt thai about a one has received that chinese made sign of a corona virus vaccine ahead of a mass inoculation drive shots were given to more than 250000 health care workers on the 1st day of the national vaccine rollout the country has reported more than 2300000 cases of the virus more than 23000 deaths over 9000 deaths in the u.s. have dropped slightly in the last 24 hours down from an all time high of more than $4000.00 more than $11000000.00 people or over 3 percent of the population have received their 1st shot of the vaccine but the effects of the pandemic continues to be felt in the health system as hospitals struggle to cope and in the jobs market and just over a 1000000 americans filed for 1st time jobless claims last week the highest figure

since mid august pandemics had an unprecedented effect on the economy but the fallout means the incoming administration is going to have a long road to recovery rob reynolds has a look at trump's economic legacy. in the trump era tax cuts deregulation and low interest rates made the rich richer much much richer everyone else not so much the net effect of his economic policies has been that is transferred an enormous amount of wealth from lower income and working class americans to the top 10 percent the top one percent the most important thing that you did was a massive tax cut in 2007 tane the benefit of the wealthiest americans for example tesla founder elon musk added $132000000000.00 to his wealth over the past 12 months from 2017 to 2019 the stock market boom and unemployment

fell. then came the pandemic and an uncoordinated federal and state response that led to business shutdowns and mass unemployment in my opinion research. earlier and all of us a doctor knew sabrina johnson is a freelance personal trainer in los angeles as the coronavirus took hold gyms closed and she became unemployed and nearly became homeless there came a time it had been you mines i still manage my own employ me. and i will. burn through almost all my savings and that. is kind of late in the bills. and it's a major. player and i think you know. damn near and meanwhile right and then i see the disinfectant but not. in a minute one minute and is there

a way we can do something. by injection troops rejection of scientific expertise his refusal to come up with a coherent nationwide strategy and his politicize zation of mass wearing helped make the us. yes the worst affected country in the world us we have. approximately 2526000000 workers who been hard hit so huge share of the labor force over 13 percent of workers are suffering today directly as a result of the groaner recession compare that with japan where a culvert 19 public education campaign and widespread man squaring helped prevent major shutdowns as of late december fewer than 80000 japanese workers had become unemployed amidst the pandemic trump leaves an economy in ruins one that will take years to repair robert oulds al jazeera los angeles and president elect joe

biden is expected to outline his covert 1000 plan shortly let's go live to natasha and i am who's in wilmington delaware that's where he's going to be speaking that actually does seem that joe biden is determined to keep the focus and cover 1000 and away of course from the backdrop of the impeachment hearing for donald trump. well as biden says quote we are in a race against time the economy and covert 19 are inextricably linked he says we cannot revive the american economy without combat in cove it 19 a little bit later he will announce the formal details of what he calls the american rescue plan it has a price tag of $1.00 trillion dollars a price tag that will have many fiscally minded lawmakers concerned when the u.s. is already already has the largest deficit it's had more than treat 3 true sorry 3

trillion dollars since world war 2 but it's a very expansive plan biden says this is only the opening salvo of a 2 step aggressive process he wants to do things such as establishing a national vaccination program it would establish community vaccination sites across the u.s. he says that the vaccination rollout has been slow he also says that the vaccine will be free we've heard a lot about direct stimulus checks to struggling americans they could get $1400.00 we've heard a lot about parents who have to make a choice between staying home with their children who are not in school and going to work biden has a focus on getting the majority of kindergarten through 8th grade schools open in his 1st 100 days he wants to provide funding to struggling public transit systems fighting hunger bottom line is that people who are struggling like one man we met at a food pantry today and he as he says i'm not blaming this on republicans or democrats

i'm blaming this on all lawmakers and they need to act quickly and do what's in the best interests interest of you and i how quickly the democratic controlled congress does act on this expensive legislation remains to be seen thanks very much indeed natasha can i am talking to us from wilmington delaware. security is being stepped up in the u.s. capitol as the f.b.i. reports extensive online chatter about threats to president elect joe biden's inauguration they have the i direct it says the security service is concerned about the potential for violence at the january 20th event $20000.00 national guard troops are expected in washington d.c. in the lead up to the inauguration to secure the city. well the f.b.i. does say in the meantime it might pens has been talking more about the situation and mike hanna is in washington d.c. and he's explaining how it's going to work. the vice president went to the federal

emergency management agency for discussions with security chiefs who will be guiding security throughout this inauguration period he was also accompanied by the director of the f.b.i. christopher ray speaking publicly for the 1st time since those events last wednesday and christopher ray warned off a great deal of online chatter as he put it saying that there is a real threat of aunt action by individuals over the inauguration period he says that part of the problem in actually ascertaining who these individuals are or what they intend doing is the difference between what he called the aspirational or the intentional what he's talking about those who just talk about doing something and those who are actually planning and intend to do it so great concern on the part of the f.b.i. mike pence himself says that america deserves a peaceful inauguration and pledges himself to do everything to walk to work towards that now there's a man security in washington come inauguration day there could be upwards of

$20000.00 soldiers in the district that's more than are deployed in any base overseas just a sign of how seriously the situation is being viewed outside agencies as well are taking action airlines for example banning alcohol on any flights that come into d.c. they've also warned that there will be an absolutely stringent mosque wearing policy enforced on all the flights air b.n. b. for example has canceled all bookings over the inauguration period so there is a massive crackdown within the district one that is totally unprecedented. the u.s. is being urged to reverse its decision to designate yemen's host the rebels a terrorist group the un warns it could tip the country into a large scale famine secretary of state might pump aoe says the whole thing is must be held accountable for what he's calling terrorist acts just absolutely reports from the united nations. it was

a brutal attack on aiden's airport just as newly appointed yemeni government officials arrived killing more than 20 people including civilians and aid workers but what the u.s. has done since blaming iran back to the separatists and designating them a terrorist organization will have more deadly and far reaching consequences that according to martin gryphus the united nations special envoy who recently visited the country we fear my mission there will be inevitably a chilling effect of my efforts to bring the parties together even worse according to the u.n. and aid agencies the move is likely to push yemen over the brink and into widespread famine after 6 years of civil war 16000000 people more than half of the population already rely on humanitarian assistance to buy food 90 percent of which is imported aid agencies say the terrorism designation will disrupt the supply chain increase prices and possibly cause suppliers to pull out of the country

altogether david beasley has the nobel prize winning the world food program. with the designation. it's going to be catastrophic it literally is going to be added up senates the hundreds of thousands if not millions of innocent people in yemen. quite frankly it needs to be reversed the united states has promised to work with the aid agencies but says the move is needed as years of peace talks have yielded little in the way of results i want to ensure that everyone in this council and our briefers that their views their concerns are informing how we approach the designation implementation and we are listening and we do believe that this step is the right will forward the designation of iranian back to these as terrorists is the final salvo in the united states

so-called maximum pressure campaign against iran and it's due to go into effect on january 19th one day before president trump the eaves office already there are calls on president elect joe biden to reverse the decision along with the warning that by that time damage will already have been done christian salumi al jazeera the united nations still ahead on al-jazeera more than a year after the 1st coronavirus case was flagged the world health organization investigators finally arrived in water. and she is iraq's 10 years since an uprising demanding better living conditions but many people say their lives haven't got any better. it's time for the perfect jenny. with

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you know if you don't mind of the top stories this hour the health system in the brazilian state of amazonas is at the point of collapse because of a surge in corona virus infections hospitals in the state capital mouse are running out of beds and oxygen. u.s. president elect joe biden speaking unveiling his call the 19 the relief plan let's listen in house 400000 of our fellow americans have met the same cruel fate countless families and friends that behind with unrelenting grief and guilt anger and frustration and the emptiness felt by the loss of life is compound it

by the loss of our way of life during this pandemic millions of americans through no fault of their own have lost the dignity of respect comes with a job and a paycheck then as americans never thought they'd be out of work. many of them never even convention the idea are facing a vixen waiting for hours in their cars to feed their families as they drive up to a food bank millions have kept their jobs but have seen their hours and paychecks reduced barely hanging on as well that's happening today in the united states of america just as in the midst of a dark winter of this pandemic as cases hospitalizations and deaths spike at river record levels there is real pain overwhelming the real economy

one where people rely on paychecks not their investments to pay for their bills and their mails and their children's needs you won't see this pain if you score if your score card is how things are going on wall street but you will see it verily clearly examine what the 20 crises of a pandemic and this sinking economy have laid bare a growing divide between those few people at the very top or doing quite well in this economy and the rest of america just sense this pandemic began the wealth the top one percent of the nation has grown roughly $1.00 trillion dollars since the end of last year 4 times the amount for the entire bottom 50 percent of america wage earners some

18000000 americans are still relying on unemployment insurance some 400000 small businesses have permanently close or doors. and it's not hard to see they were in the middle of the once in several generations economic crisis with a once in several generations public health crisis a crisis of deep human suffering is him plain sight there's no time to waste we have to act we have to act now this is what economists are telling us more importantly it's what the values we hold dear in our hearts as americans are telling us a growing chorus of tommy top economists agree that the moment of crisis in this moment of crisis with benches rates at historic lows we cannot afford inaction

it's not just a smart fiscal investors including deficit spending are more urgent than ever is that the return on these investments in jobs racial equity will prevent long term economic damage and the benefits will far out surpass far surpass the cost a growing number of top economists has shown even our debt situation will be more stable not less stable if we seize this moment with vision and purpose and so tonight i'd like to talk to you about our way forward a 2 step plan of rescue and recovery a 2 step plan to build a bridge to the other side of the crisis we face to a better stronger more secure america tonight i'll lay out my 1st step in american rescue plan that will tackle the pandemic and get direct financial

assistance or relief to americans who need it the most next month my 1st affairs before a joint session of congress i will lay out my build back better recovery plan. it will make historic investments in infrastructure that build back better plan infrastructure manufacturing innovation research and development in clean energy investments in a caregiving economy and skills and training needed by our workers to be able to compete and when in the global economy of the coming years moody's an independent wall street firm said my approach will create more than 18000000 good paying jobs our rescue and recovery plan is a path forward with both seriousness of purpose and a clear plan with transparency and accountability with

a call for unity that is equally necessary and union is not some pie in the sky dream it's a practical step to getting the things we have to get done as a country get done together as i said when it passed in december a bipartisan kovan 19 relief package was a very important 1st step and i'm grateful for the democrats republican independent members of congress who came together to get it done but i said at the time it's just a downpayment we need more action more bipartisanship and we need to move quickly we need to move fast our rescue plan starts aggressively in order to speed up our national kovan 1000 response the vaccines offer so much hope we're grateful to the scientists and researchers and everyone who participated in the clinical trials were also grateful for the rigorous review and testing it was that demands of

people around the world already been vaccinated safely but the vaccine rollout of the united states has been a dismal failure thus far tomorrow i will lay out our vaccination plan. to correct course and made our goal of 100000000 shots at the end of my 1st 100 days as president this is one of the most challenging operational efforts we have ever undertaken as a nation will have to move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated to create more places for them to get vaccinated to mobilize more medical teams to get shots in people's arms to increase vaccine supply and to get it out the door as fast as possible while also do everything we can to keep our educators and students safe to safely reopen the majority of our carry through 8 schools by the end of the 1st 100

days we can do this if we give the school districts the schools themselves the communities the states the clear guidance they need as well as the resources they need that they can't afford right now because of the economic dilemma there that means more testing and transportation additional cleaning sanitizing services in those schools protective equipment and ventilation systems in those schools need to make sure that workers who have covered $9000.00 symptoms are quarantined and those who need to take care of their family members of covert 900 symptoms should be able to stay home from work and still get paid this reduced the spread of the virus to make sure workers get the support they need to maintain their families but what they need about we need about 400000000000 in funding from congress to

make all of what i just said happen it's a great deal but i'm convinced we're ready to get this done the very health of our nation is that state our rescue plan also includes immediate relief to americans hardest hit and most in need. we will finish the job of getting a total of $2000.00 in cash relief to people who need it the most $600.00 already appropriated is simply not enough you just have to choose between paying rent and putting food on the table even for those have kept their jobs these checks are really important you see if you're an american worker making $40000.00 a year with less than $400.00 in savings baby of last hours or maybe you're doing your shift driving a truck or caring for the kids or the elderly you're out there putting your life on the line to work during this pandemic and worry every week that you get sick lose

your job or worse $2000.00 is going to go a long way to ease that pain also provide more peace of mind for struggling families by extending unemployment insurance beyond the end of march for millions of workers that means that $80000000.00 americans currently run on unemployment benefits while they look for work can count of these checks continuing to be there plus it will be a $400.00 per week supplement so people can make ends meet this gets money quickly into the pockets of millions of americans who will spend it immediately on food rent and other basic needs as economists tell us that helps the whole economy grow also tackle the growing hunger crisis and merc as i speak and the vice president elect has spoken to this many times one in 7

households in america. more than one in 5 black and latino households in america report they don't have enough food to eat this includes 30000000 adults and as many as you watching all jazeera will bring you live pictures of president elect joe biden outlining his plan to deal with the covert 19 situation in the united states want to bring in the name who's in wilmington delaware that's where joe biden has been speaking. he was talking predominantly about the personal and economic impacts of the covert $1000.00 in the u.s. interest only said normal people rely on their paychecks not their investments to pay their bills really making a significant difference drawing that difference between how the very rich.