northern whites place within the arctic circle stretched december 21st on w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin germany's coronavirus numbers take a worrying turn for the worse the head of germany's disease control agency raises the alarm as new infections hit another record high and the death toll mounts what's the next step for decision makers leading a response also coming up the u.s. state of south dakota is among the country's worst coated hotspots our

correspondent reports from a town where the pandemic has turned personal with neighbors dying and tensions flaring up over a master plan the. u.s. regulators say the time has come to break up facebook antitrust lawsuits could force the social media giant to sell off what's out and instagram. plus what goes up must come down that was the plan for the space x. test flight the starship prototype made it miles up into the air but the journey didn't quite and has helped. i'm sumi some a scumbag glad you could join us a worrying development that is how the head of germany's public health of such huge has described a spike in kona virus infections and deaths in the country at his weekly news conference the president. of the robert capa institute said the situation had

deteriorated over the past 7 days she stressed that the country needed to do everything possible to prevent another exponential rise in elections and to protect vulnerable groups like the elderly in care homes were outbreaks have doubled since the spring now his comments come as the number of daily infections hit a new record of more than $23000.00 and the total covert nighty death toll surpassed 20000. but if it's also true in countries the infection activity we are currently seeing can quickly rise back into the exponential phase again a few extra cases could be enough to spark that. and ladies and gentlemen this we must avoid the virus has spread widely across the population. but we are also seeing large regional differences within germany. this shows us that the prescribed measures are working if they are implemented effectively because this is also

something we have been seeing in other countries germany this means we can prevent the spread of infections for more on this story and we can speak now to toby yes quite he's an epidemiologist and director of the charity institute of public health here in berlin toby yes thank you for joining us robert cock institute is saying that the infection numbers are alarming do you agree how worrying are these numbers these numbers are absolutely alarming i mean we see these numbers since days and weeks in germany so while the lockdown light was able to flip in the curve the numbers don't go down the health care system is on its limits we are seeing these numbers not really being affected by anything we do right now is that we definitely have to acknowledge these numbers are absolutely alarming and we see the virus spreading very widely among the elderly as well to b.s. why is that why is there such a spread in this part of the population. i think there's a very diffuse situation in germany also including now the elderly holds including

the nurses homes and other institutions so this is really alarming so not just the number but also the age group that is affected right now. you mentioned lockdown light there has been some frustration with a leading lawmakers here for taking this kind of piecemeal approach revisiting measures regularly and also not deciding to go with a tougher lockdown do you think that was a mistake. i think it was a mistake at the beginning because we tried really to flatten the curve and then to hope that the numbers will go down so we flatten the curve that's happened but then the numbers didn't go down and we know this since weeks that we should have acted now and really increased the measures and we definitely have to do it now and not wait until after christmas this will be too late because the number of infections in 2 or 3 weeks we see the hospital again being filled with new patients and the i.c.u. been filled with new patients so we have to act now because the health care system

is on its limits you say we have to act now what exactly should be done what do you recommend. i recommend to conduct a heart lockdowns really close down as much as possible recommend that people stay home over the christmas holidays otherwise we see the same thing as with thanksgiving in the united states with the peak about 2 weeks after thanksgiving that the numbers will increase we cannot afford it and the numbers go up again or that we have another exponential rate of the numbers. there is has a fancy of course to lock down over christmas because it is such an important holiday for so many people to spend time with their families so what is your message to people to germans in particular why it is important to go into lockdown right now. i very much understand that people would like to see families the same is true for me i would love to see my family but it's just not possible this year so i really recommend people stay home and doing as much online as possible and to limit travel this not just seeing the family but also traveling across germany

which will be an issue because of the broad spread and they brought in sections of the way to right now in germany. to be escorted director of the institute of public health here in berlin thank you so much for sharing your insights with us thanks for having me well with those numbers still very high here in germany did have you went out onto the streets of berlin to find out what kind of holiday celebrations people are planning this year. i think i go back to when i would not see down my. car maybe just. in the same room not really. really. decided not to visit my grandparents i think it's better to make an effort to keep them safe. not that it's not about how it feels it feels terrible for everyone we have to get this under control somehow. my daughter will only come for a short period of time we have to accept that i hope this won't be my last

christmas. by not this. now public health experts in the united states are warning that the country is facing a bleak winter due to the pandemic over the past week new corona virus infections have been climbing as you can see on this chart here they've risen to an average of more than 200000 infections a day the u.s. is detecting many more cases now than it did earlier in the year and if we take a look at the number of deaths now there are at levels not seen since the deadliest days of the pen demick way back in april and may daily fatalities are now averaging at over 2000 people that means one person is dying from coded every 40 seconds and that grim number is almost certain to climb much higher hospitals are overwhelmed and states across the country south dakota is one of the hardest hit states it has a positivity rate of more than 43 percent of those tested is all over salad traveled there to find out how it has become an unlikely hotspot. south

dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. . in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear masks but some people balk at the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdowns are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it very difficult for a lot of businesses like most of the people nowadays like even ehlers are not right now but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting

a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like. a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients were not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating them on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's

a really big thing right now i kind of see and understand his weekly press conference mayor paul 10 hakan of the republican party updates his community about the latest developments the mayor has been criticized over his handling of the pandemic has its place with a mass murder why is it such a challenge for you to convince your sentence. in this part of the country i think there's a fierce independence a lot of people have made the mistake of calling a cowboy country at one point and people didn't appreciate that but the point of that term meaning we're independent we don't like people telling us what to do. christine no bjorkman wishes for more government action against the pen demick told her she lost her husband took over at 19 after a 30 day long struggle at the hospital her ordeal. when. she says his death could have been avoided with stricter rules. the whole mask

mandate got political and shannon never been political and should have been a medical thing. and i think it just got so blown out of proportion and i think maybe it came from our president he started it. christina bjorkman is pinning her hopes now on the president elect and a nationwide mask mandate want to see takes office before then thousands more could die from cold at 19 in south dakota and the rest of the united states. also in the u.s. regulators and top prosecutors in $46.00 states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against facebook alleging the company used its dominant position to crush or buy smaller competitors the suit would force the company to divest its major acquisitions instagram and whatsapp the legal action follows a similar suit against google and it comes of a growing bipartisan calls in the u.s.

for more oversight a big tech firms. facebook's growing dominance has long been a phone in the side of the u.s. government. now citing breaches of antitrust law washington wants the company to be forced to sell off instagram and whatsapp by using its vast troves of data and money facebook has squashed or hindered what the company perceived as potential threats they reduce choices for consumers they stifled innovation and they degraded privacy protections for millions of americans facebook acquired photo sharing platform instagram in 2012 unpurchased messaging service whatsapp in 2014 both are now technically so closely linked to facebook that divesting would pose some serious challenges. steven beardsley from business is looking into

this story for us hi stephen this definitely is not the 1st legal action that facebook is facing and yet at the same time it's being see it seen as very significant why is that what's different here or for sure facebook has face of course regulatory actions from the u.s. and from europe oftentimes for data security that was one of the biggest issues with the cambridge analytic scandal from recent years. it's never face antitrust lawsuit and this is serious as that piece mentioned this affects the wholeness of facebook release challenges the whole most of facebook analysts believe that whatsapp is worth about one 5th of the total market value of facebook it's really become a driver of growth now when you combine that with the network effects of what's app as well facebook is using all 3 of its platforms basically to talk to one another and to consolidate data that way and that makes all of its other future endeavors such as a crypto currency which is in the plans it makes that possible so to break that up is not only a problem financially for them it's a problem in terms of the larger schemes of what they want to do but that dominance has been in place for some time now so why did regulators decide to intervene now

at this point is exactly right that's going to be facebook's defense going forward f.t.c. which is the federal regulators in the u.s. they had their chance in 2012 with instagram in 2014 with the acquisition of what's app to say no we're not doing this but instead they went forward now in their defense tech changes fast and no one knew back then what was going on remember that facebook bought instagram for $1000000000.00 and that at the time was seen as too much instagram had 13 employees so you know facebook then was also facing more competition from the likes of twitter which had also been good for instagram and google plus it just come out so in facebook's defense they can say look we were facing competition however in basically in defense of prosecutors right now are for what helps prosecutors case is what they include the complaints and they say they have e-mails from zuckerberg they have internal documents basically saying that you know that facebook's decision was better to buy than to compete and zucker zuckerberg himself so. in one e-mail to his c.f.o.

some of these technologies from instagram we can build into our own property but it will take longer it's better to buy time by buying instagram than to try to build it ourself there you go well the biggest story here is that big tech is facing increasing scrutiny not just in the u.s. but as you said also in europe what does that mean for the what means if they're not as pure as they once were seen as being remember the arab spring and how it was seen as social media really was this cause when you can unite both the right and left in the u.s. against you then you really know you're doing something wrong so increasingly these are being seen as something more like public utilities people need them consumers can't stop using them even though they may know that they don't agree with all the policies they don't agree with the data usage but they can't stop using them so our regulators going to step in and say we will help here and that's what they're facing and you know big tech companies have tried to address this before and they tried to get ahead of regulators but they haven't been able to the question is is this going to work in microsoft in the u.s. government went head to head for about 3 years before there was a settlement that didn't quite address the concerns of the u.s.

government so facebook is no no small company here they're really going to bring everything to this fight stephen beardsley from business thank you so much. let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world u.s. president elect joe biden has nominated retired army general lloyd austin to be as defense secretary if confirmed he would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon but he faces resistance from some democrats who have a preference for civilian control of the military. meanwhile the president elect's son hunter biden has confirmed his tax affairs are under federal investigation president donald trump has often accused hunter biden of corrupt dealings in ukraine trump's early pursuit of these allegations resulted in his own impeachment after we pressured the ukrainian president to investigate hunter biden's work in the country with. a female television news anchor has been shot dead in eastern afghanistan my wife was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in

jalalabad she was also an activist who spoke out on women and children's rights it is the latest in a series of attacks targeting journalists activists and politicians. by jon has staged a military parade to markets recent victory over armenia in their conflict of the disputed nagar no kata region turkish president or one joined the celebrations after backing azerbaijan in the 6 week war turkish made hardware was credited with giving a surprise on the upper hand in the off chance of. a 2 day european union summit is getting underway with that where a dispute over the use budget and coronavirus relief fund appears to be over leaders are arriving in brussels to discuss the compromise proposal after poland and hungary have blocked the passage of the nearly 2 trillion general package over a clause linking funding to respect for the rule of law brussels accuses both governments of rolling back democratic freedoms but

a seasoned to crisis manager apparently stepped in to find a compromise. it was them against the rest of the. polish prime minister must feel small and his home garion counterpart viktor all bought. both opposed to clause linking the release of e.u. funds to the rule of law and we entered washington yeah we say arrest sounding ok got to all the mechanisms that punish us here like naughty children is which treaty holder and another member states and european union as an equally and that they are a stronger theory when you are a very. a power move that put a lot at stake specifically the carefully crafted 1.8 trillion europe package on the blocks future finances that includes a trillion euro e.u. budget for the next 70 years and they 750000000000 euro rescue fund to boost ailing european economies something vital for member states who hardest by the pandemic

like. hungary and poland have repeatedly been called out for rolling back democratic freedoms that had vowed to veto the entire budget a crucial test for the e.u. to do for we must be determined very vigilant very committed but now it looks like a last ditch attempt by the german chancellor to resolve the issue has succeeded just in time for the new budget to kick in for next year with the current of our spending make far from over. our brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomenon is covering the e.u. summit for us she joins us from our high aleksandra so why are hungary and poland so opposed to dislike and isn't that links in your funds to the role of law. hungry in poland argued that this mechanism could be used for political reasons that it was just a pretext to force them to bow to demand such as legalizing gay marriage or accepting my gran's and that's of course not the case here because the purpose of the

mechanism is to make sure that the e.u. funds are not going to be misused but those countries were of course the worst of the fact that they have been under investigation for back sliding on democratic standards to rule of law and fundamental rights so they could be in trouble when this mechanism is in place however they also seems to have realized that they could not hold their veto threat for ever today both countries their prime minister has said that they are ok with the solution with the compromise to all done even said that this is a victory of common sense tell us more about this compromise will it work well germany's certainly hoping that it will work and that all leaders will approve this compromise german chancellor angela merkel said today upon her arrival at the

summit that she personally had to work very hard intensively to make this compromise possible and that that would be important and important signal for the european union front and center of this compromise system promised that the mechanism would not go into action before the european court of justice has ruled on its legality and that's of course a concession to hungry and poland it could delay the whole mechanism but it seems that there are no significant changes in substance and that is of course very important important here to say the mechanism could be delayed to take us through what happens next will it be implemented eventually. it will be implemented if all you leaders will approve this compromise it will be delayed maybe by one year but i think what's important here is that eventually the european union the

will have for the very 1st time a mechanism of the rule of law linked to e.u. funding and that's why we're hearing from many politicians in the parliament that this is a victory and that poland and hungary have lost our bureau brussels bureau chief alexander reporting thank you. britain and the e.u. have given them. themselves until sunday to decide if their breaks of negotiations are worth continuing a 3 hour dinner on wednesday seen as a last ditch attempt failed to bring the 2 sides any closer to a trade deal the british prime minister travelled to brussels after an earlier phone call between him and the e.u. chief fail to break the deadlock disagreements over fishing rights business competition rules and policing are keeping the parties from hashing out a trade deal the break the transition period expires on december 31st. let's go right to london our correspondent burgomaster standing by outside

parliament very good so it does not seem that we got that breakthrough that many had hoped for. i know them just pretty downbeat so it wasn't a jolly pretty grisman get together where differences can be a result it's really about 2 principles it seems to be at that opposing and where they don't find a way forward this on one hand is the principle of force johnson who after all was one of the leading threats to tears in the country he says it's all about also going to be in a way what's the point of regs if we need to align ourselves almost interpret jewett yes rex's his would interpret this to e.u. principle and on the other hand states the european union where the integrity of the single market is one of the really fundamental principles of the union and they are afraid that the u.k. could in the future be this competitive on the doorstep and could undermined the

the standards of the european union and at the same time have very close access to the single market say so they are afraid of that and at the moment it doesn't seem that there can be some some technical solution because negotiators have really tried to following on on this point of principle have to find some sort of way forward and it hasn't been possible and now there's a new deadline which is sunday is what the leaders have said is going to be the final deadline and then well then a decision is supposed to be made and what's the feeling there in london how much pressure is there on the government to avoid a no deal. boris johnson is probably putting himself under a lot of pressure we know that his cabinet is full of bread tears of people who really fought alongside him for bread it's a referendum that they quite narrow to be a one on the other hand there are back benches here in parliament here behind me and their room is that so much telling the prime minister you toast if you're

giving in to march these are the hardliners in the conservative party on the other and of course. there are business interests and we know that it would read could that doesn't have a deal with the european union is going to hit the economy really very very hard we know for example that the cars trees at the warning that the mass production cost could be wiped out be a $1000000.00 jobs. than really has a very very severe decision to make. mass reporting for us from london thank you so much now a space x. test launch on wednesday completed the highest and most elaborate slight yet for its prototype starship rocket the spacecraft nearly reached its goal altitude of 12 kilometers but engineers still a few kinks to work out before their planned mission to mars and back. every.

picture perfect starred for starship number 8 the rocket is the most ambitious space x. test yet in the company's audacious quest to make human travel to mars possible. and climb for several kilometers before leveling off its slick stainless steel hull glinting in the sun. after 4 minutes and 45 seconds of flight the starship switched off its engines and began its descent. but just as a flawless journey seemed within reach the ship was engulfed in a ball of flames. despite this dramatic finale the test is considered a success by space x. the company believes that the data collected will help to develop a space ship capable of reaching deep into the universe space x. founder even musk was enthusiastic tweeting mars here we come. there will be more

test soon here in the texan desert construction of starship number 9 is almost complete. coming up next on our show conflict zone tips about talks to u.s. congresswoman debbie dingell stay tuned for that. cut

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this week from washington is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell tycoon the man with a vision to me struggle simply to control his home to the media to crises only from home conflicts so for. discussion. where all set. to go beyond the obvious. to live. as we take on the world. we're all about the stories that matter to you country life what ever it takes the money now to. ok. mines. is for me. is for.

is for. me to. talk. is for. he told and 2020. 5th anniversary here on. 4 years ago i'm down from could with nobody wanted to do it since me too many politicians from from both sides of the aisle benefit from loopholes so they don't want to see closed and you'll party is just as bad as the republicans and that is a far in unforeseen events joe biden will take the white house next month but with his party deeply divided other democrats really celebrating my guest this week from

washington is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell is biden a man with a vision over the struggle simply to control his party and be urgent crises. will be thought of. everything go welcome to comfort zone your not unusual party joe biden wins the most powerful job in the world and you all kick off a blame game about why you didn't do better what's the matter with you well i'm one of those people that says we need to stop pointing fingers and we need to take a deep breath and trying to understand why so many people trump as well i think that people are disappointed that we have to close this maturity and. in the house . and that's going to make it a challenge at times we don't know with the senate is going to end now quite

frankly i'm of the it's going to force us to work together you don't want to point fingers but a lot of your colleagues seem to say one of the 1st shots in this war was fired by your colleague in the house of representatives abigail spam she was one of the moderates heaping blame on the left wing of the party for losing seats in the house of representatives we need she said to not ever use the word socialist or socialism mccain we lost members we shouldn't have lost if we're classifying tuesday that election day as a success will get torn apart in 2022 that really kicked it off didn't it. well it did in some ways but you know i would encourage i'm one of the culture is our policy and messaging committee for the house of representatives and i think we really have to take time to understand everybody's true specters very early on 4 years ago i predicted that donald trump could win nobody wanted to listen to me.

but i believe that democrats are doing a very bad jumper talking about tree and that donald trump recognized the fear that workers had in their heart about how our trade policies had ship jobs overseas and that is one of the recent time we've done trump one into 16 early on in this campaign probably buy it probably mayor this year i said to the biden campaign we have to deal with. this defund the police issue it matters in communities cleese are the backbone of many of our communities and some perv's we do have a real problem in this country that if you're a young black man you are being treated differently by market forces meant but not a law enforcement is bad and that we need to be prepared to have an comes to conversations but to deal with this and i do believe it was an issue in many

districts across the country. the messaging was an issue wasn't it because it didn't fit all areas it wasn't a one size fits all 11 house member making sheryl's in to be speaking for many others when she said she'd managed to overcome the national messaging that have been said that are mental to so many candidates it's pretty bad isn't it when candidates find their own party's messaging is something that they have to overcome and you you paid for that in rural areas and also among blue collar workers didn't you. well you know this is what i'm going to say i have a very diverse district i actually have one of the most diverse districts in the country i'm very proud of the fact that i represent u.n. deputy workers steelworkers teamsters are a significant part. what we call the down river center in my district but i also represent one of the must lift up our except this country in ann arbor michigan where the home of the university of michigan is and many progressives i say the

same thing no matter where i am and what i'm trying to do is to get both sides to listen to each other i think each it's incumbent upon each member you were running to represent your district to talk to your gesture to talk about the issues that matter and to just be very straightforward i'm not i think too many how institutions talk galilee. i think that's one of the reasons don't jump on 4 years ago too because he lied because he turned over to google didn't he talked in simple terms that people could understand and or and you didn't it's seems clear that he didn't go that one thing joe biden will not be is a powerful president not only does he have to worry about keeping the various wings of his party together but if he fails to pick up 2 senate seats in georgia that have a runoff next month most of the big ticket items that he wants to pass will die in the senate over and even make it on to capitol hill will that that's

a narrow space to maneuver in i'm going to very much disagree with you i think you're by who is the president of the times and i think he could be a very powerful president he's someone that has the ability to bring people together the last 4 years have seen this country torn apart we've been divided quiz fear and hatred just times not afraid to reach across the aisle he knows how to bring people together he compromise isn't a dirty word there are a lot of things that need to get done in this country and i think i'm samantha. but i want to ask about your notion of where things the country should be going after 4 years of donald trump biden promised in a thanksgiving speech life is going to return to normal but that doesn't sound like much of an ambition does it i don't bother you so robert reich the former labor secretary pointed out the normal would be a disaster and that's because normal led to trump normal is 4 decades of stagnant wages and widening inequality normal is 40 years of shredded safety nets he said

and the most expensive least adequate health care system in the world no more is worsening police brutality why on earth does your leadership want to go back to normal. you know i think it depends on what you're taking the word normal to me i mean we can't nothing but trama nothing but being torn apart for 4 years in the ability to get nothing done unless you're a billionaire i think that when joe biden says normal we're going to have a national strategy plan for checking cope with and nothing is going to be ok intil we are doing something called the east coast it's stopping its spread how can those that have been impacted helping our small businesses their restaurants the people that have been unemployed helping with more testing and tracing and getting the vaccine out there that's the 1st step of normality you know we need i'm one of the authors of medicare for all it's one of the things that means the most to me it's

most important public policy for me to pursue i will be a pain in the basilica quite frankly to joe biden now on the subject but i believe we will take steps i believe my father in law was the author of social security in this country and my friends who was one of the chief my father in law my husband grew chief architects of medicare i think that the time comes from those kinds of changes when you come out of very difficult moments like we are out of code that i think the time now is for us to talk about those issues i think people understand what when we talk about i want to bring jobs back here i want to make national security one of the critical components something any procurement strategy which the people do not understand what a supply chain was until suddenly we're in the midst of cold it and we saw what was happening with p.p. equipment and had pendent we were on other countries and that we didn't have called

the goods to make a vandal to our nurses and doctors but then we did the head of deal how do you deal with the fact that the sum of all trust in government for years public trust in the federal government has hovered that near record. blows hasn't hit trust in congress is very low just just 20 percent of us adults say they trust the government to do the right thing always or even most of the time just 20 percent arguably america is angrier and more divided than ever isn't it. coming out of the camp administration no question and by the way it's not just government there were only you see your own country's seed it throughout europe people are mad and institutions they don't trust institutions we have to be built the foundations and we have to rebuild that trust and it doesn't come overnight but since the divisions in your own party a staring people in the face again how can you be in any way qualified to deal with those divisions in the country at large but. don't stop working and i

think i've got a pretty good record finding that common ground between people. and the squad and more moderate is what you mean the left wing of the party well described as a don't see reshoot to even their friends alexandra because we're going to this year yes but what we must do. it's have labor at the table the progress that's have to build a table that's large enough to have everybody had it i'm very committed to doing that and quite frankly already doing it but half the country debbie dingell simply doesn't believe the same truths that you do trump supporters believe overwhelmingly that your party stole the election it's not a fact it's an article of faith isn't it which makes you in the uncharted waters now joe biden talks about finding that sweet spot where democrats and republicans can negotiate to gether and i'm wondering where exactly that sweet spot would be

with such people you have a staggering 220 out of 249 republicans in congress that have failed to give either a clear answer or any answer at all about who won the presidential election how do you find a sweet spot with people like that. professional i know many of those people and i know i wish that they would have the courage to speak up a little more. but they do you know many of those people know that donald trump has lost the election one of the things that i'm the angriest about right now is this extended period by rudy giuliani and the president is not resulting in anybody showing that the election was rigged or not handle in a very ethical manner but it is undermining people's confidence in the election outcome in the in the integrity we have to rebuild it look i didn't say this was going to be easy but can you i'm not going to be as negative as you are i know that

ed i'm not naive but you don't start something by thinking it's not fixable i believe it's 6 some are and i'm going to work to do that when when you talk about truth and the truth deficit in american politics it's pretty difficult for joe biden to claim the moral high ground there isn't it the fact checking group ali defect compared to score card or some of his statements this year and the results why although no means comparable to donald trump was somewhat less than stellar weren't they does that matter to you. well i don't know that they were someone less than stellar r.a.z.r. care somebody tells in fields and i want somebody to tell the truth you want me to tell you what really bothers me is social media which was founded in both years of my life time to help bring people together and it's dividing us further because we don't have accountability i think you seem countries across the world trying to figure out how do we hold social media accountable so it does stop spreading some

of these myths troops these lies and is actually factually accurate as an impacts are people think when joe biden according to politico fact has 1000 examples of false statements that he'd made during the campaign this year and a number of other statements were labeled hof true or mostly false that's not a proud record is it if if the only choice in america is between politicians who lie a little and those who lie a lot it's not surprising that the public doesn't trust any of you mr. i haven't seen this report and no it's not surprising but we have to live up we have to tell people the truth if you know we've you know our record announcer saying and as if it doesn't make you popular every single day but i won't tell people exactly what i think and i think and what i believe and what the truth is whether they like it or not and that's what we've got to do as elected officials to rebuild

confidence in government so you've got to get rid of the lies and the liars haven't you well i'm not quite prepared to concubine a liar the way you are i need to go look at this report but i do now donald trump is trying a lot of florida so a lot of them have been in the last month. you just have america's most expensive election ever what i've seen one estimate a whacking $14000000000.00 taking in both white house and congressional races you support campaign finance report you co-sponsored last year's for the people at that would have introduced some reforms to the system it cleared the house of representatives but you must have known it would die on its way to the senate so was this anything more than just a symbolic gesture well 1st of all you don't get anything done if you don't start and if you don't try. and we're going to try again if you want to get something done the fact of the matter is some things take more time than any of us want to

see we were even more wealth than bill i'm a railroad more well maybe and more will to do it more you have to educate people you've got to build the coalition so if you have a piece of legislation that if passed and you're talking about it in states with republican senators but you create the demand by the people that elected them to do something you can affectionately get something done but your enemies to get money out of american politics i think this is what i say that i love and that is just not going to happen though is it because the fact is that too many politicians from from both sides of they are benefit from loopholes that they don't want to see closed. well i think your partner is just as not her republican is and that isn't i want to tell you something i think that there is nothing worse than fundraising i hate it i despise it everybody tells me i can t. so much more i've no desire to be the highest fundraiser i do what i have to do to

get reelected i think i'll have people that feel like me and wish we could have a public option so that everybody had same and ryan had to run on the record in who they are and what their positions are you know this is negative you are every single day of the week i get nothing done but if you want to see change you start a fine print i work with many groups are trying on the ground to bring about change and i think we will look at change at some point more than the literally dozens scores hundreds of occasions on which people have have come into power saying we're going to reform campaign finance we're going to reform the political action committees it's been said by so many of your politicians over the years 203040 years i remember hearing about this it never happens do you seriously think you can get that money what does it tip o'neill the former speaker who said money is the mother's milk of american politics it was then it still is isn't it. you know

i could go through things in life that people said that would never change that they are changing i mean if you have to stay at it you have to be really to bring about change women were not allowed to vote it took hundreds of fear a 100 years of women growing to bring about the change now we've been allowed to vote for a 100 years blacks were reluctant it wasn't right you know change doesn't i'd makes me angry i'd like to change a lot of things every night but if i had your attitude not things are going to change nothing would change that's not the way our approach life i approached life these things need to change and this is how we're going to go try to get out let's look if we made everything go and some of biden's early choices for senior jobs in his administration now seems to be some concern that in foreign policy at least there may be too many old faces from the obama years coming about like john kerry

for instance who's going to be the administration's point man on climate change his mantra like biden just be normal steady unflashy decent but that didn't work so well last time around in foreign policy that it. how it depends who you're talking to i quite frankly think that our 4 hours is that it is asked are we now 20 and when you count when you talk to other countries we haven't had normal diplomatic relationships ships in almost 4 years and steady calm dependable farmhouses diplomatic relations is something we need we need to rebuild that respect the trust and confidence that other countries haven't us i think it's just fine but it didn't work so well with a bomber biden administration did it i didn't agree with them on some things but it did work on a number of many other things so i mean they're not caught napping when the russians seize crimea and 2014 the kremlin then told the us to get out of the way

in the eastern mediterranean the kids of the arab spring were thrown under the bus when a bomb about egypt's military leaders who regularly tortured bare opponents if all that's normal then you really don't want to go back to that do i would you want to go back to that i'm someone who's very active been released you shoes and. any great deal of attention but i certainly hope you don't think that things have been normal trumpets we've withdrawn from the world health organization is withdrawn withdrawn from the paris peace accord and when you look at what our relationship is with china and russia a president that would meet and not tell us what he discussed with. putin that's not normal so sorry i i am ready for what you might call doubt i call steady income one of one of the big issues in foreign policy always is israel and despite being jerusalem's closest ally the obama biden team last time around failed

spectacularly to advance the peace process stop the growth of settlements or in the occupation. you wouldn't want to repeat any of that would you. incidentally your party's election platform conspicuously failed to mention but occupation didn't it was that despite the pressure from the progressive house one is a 2 state solution it was once very much on the table and working for it many things have made them more pragmatic we need to deal with human rights violations and palestine there are a lot of issues that need to be. dealt with i want peace in the middle east i'm going to be someone who is going to push this administration to deal with it very significantly one is 1st and so we have a commitment for its troops beyond the muslim travel ban as just an aside as well

so you know i i think there's a lot of hope. for the way that some things may be and may be handled and this is an area especially in the mideast i will be playing a great deal of attention 'd to their rainy and situation is another. situation of great concern only the u.s. has the power to change policy in israel if you're serious about doing that and helping palestinians to get a viable state then you're going to have to use a lot more of that power than you've ever done in the past that's a fact of getting through but it's light on tough enough to do that yes yes you talked about the allies the biden team has indicated it would like to rebuild relations with america's allies after the turmoil of the trump years the rudeness the unpredictability the orders and threats do you think you can paper over the diplomatic damage done by trump. no we're not going to be full of paper over it

we're going to have to restructure our integrity we have to restore people's confidence in us we're going to have to act so that we get old and we gain their trust but they are liars it's not something you do the way that we've handled a number of diplomatic relationships out of the 4 years you have now and there were great mistakes made and you're trying to peel back that but those allies have learned an uncomfortable lesson from the trump years haven't there is anger merkel said in 2017 there were good reasons to continue fighting for the transatlantic relationship but she said we can't count on it anymore the fact is the europeans can't be sure that trump or someone like him well be coming back in 4 years time and frankly you can't be sure that either kenya well i'm going to do everything i can to make sure that it doesn't happen and the congress republicans and democrats need to find a way to send a message to europe and they can count on us as things stand debbie dingell trumbo

is leaving you to pick up the pieces from a pandemic that he failed disastrously to control thousands more may die before the vaccine gets to work one in 3 adults say their families are hungry one in 4 small businesses can't stay open. a united party would struggle to get any kind of handle on the situation a divided one like yours will struggle even more won't look nobody thinks of me as this i'm known as debbie downer ok let's just because i say it as it is i don't try to be down because it's a very serious problem and we have failed to have a leader that stent we had let or had any kind of national plan but i think that people are tired and fatigued and they're dying and they're scared and they're ready to have a leader. you're going to see joe biden come in put together a national plan put people in charge it's not going to happen overnight all of us

around the world are going to have a very difficult winter but if we listen to the scientists we listen to the experts we know that mass save lives then hopefully with a vaccine which we need to make sure is available locally to everybody then this is going to get under control and i think i don't think the pari i don't know how many nasty came so political and so debate about the certainly not now the country's but i think joe biden will inspire people to wear their masks for the 1st 100 days will see numbers go down that seems will become available we have to bill people's confidence up in that seems and i'm hoping next christmas life's going to be more normal for many people if you look at the difficulty now of agreeing a stimulus package with the republicans in congress you can expect much help from

them can you even in this process i'm donald trump hasn't exactly shown much empathy for the suffering in the bereavement that's taken place in such large numbers across america i think was the right leader you will you will get enough votes to be able to do what we have to do i think he views. it seems senator mcconnell recognized that people in kentucky are you can't be how you can be in any of your states that when some people that you represent and not understand how scared people are how much doubt they need but they're paying her attorney telling her they will want you to fail so they can come back in 4 years time and say hey look what a lousy job the democrats did you know i'm not a cynic like you are i actually think that there are people that want to get elected and both parties because they want to help the people they represent so there may be a few that are oh you can't let them win but i think that there are a lot of people that are seeing the human suffering in their just tricks and more

to do something to help the people they represent every day into let's hope you're right thanks very much for being on conference so thank you thank you thank you.

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