the technological expertise to legend in the assassination has led many iranian leaders and experts in middle eastern affairs to believe that the israeli government may have been behind the assassination trita parsi of the quincy institute for responsible state craft observed that israel is a prime suspect. because of a few factors, it has the expertise in the capacity. it has done it before and it has the motivation. but it's not just the israeli government who is catching allegations in the wake of this assassination. simon tisdale speculates in the guardian that quote, donald trump and boots with hardline, israeli, and saudi allies may be trying to lure the turan regime into an all out confrontation in the dying days of his presidency. so while many have been lamenting the fact that us president donald trump was the 1st us president. and i can't even remember how long to not start a brand new war or conflict during his term. just remember that there are still

a whole lot of shopping days left between today and january 20th for him to start one. so let's start watching what's going on on a cd. you streets, you want to see them so you like to see the rises. you always stay, i'll see you always great seeing displays systemic deception is the late show which so brings up the job as well when watching the winter. and joining us today to discuss the latest on a potential ramp up to war with iran is the former senior security policy analyst in the office, secretary of defense, the one and only michael maloof and investigative historian and journalist on the mashable, security state. the always great girth order. thank you both gentlemen for coming on with us today. if you could do so, michael, i'll start with you. what is the significance of this assassination for the mission

of iran? and this is not the 1st time. we've seen iranian nuclear scientists assassinated in recent years. is it? no, it's not. and there's been about 4 or 5 others prior. i think for iran, it shows 1st of all vulnerability. and i think that a lot of this was probably not only israeli instigated, but also part of an inside job use an enemy k. or even kurdish officials. because after all, you know, israel has a base up and up in the north eastern part of syria in the kurdish controlled area . and there's a lot of kurds in iran. however, this is significant because of a limit. clearly, it means that iran has very little taste for dealing with the west and, and certainly now with the biden administration. and i think that that was actually

the motive. what given this time period in this limited time period, if he couldn't get the united states to initiate attack and attack, at least he could get that lay the groundwork so that the climate and the foundation for any future discussions and, and recrossed moment with the iranians particularly by the, by the administration toward a trying to renew, for example, the jason p. o, a or the iranian nuclear agreement, which just just wouldn't happen. and i think you may have succeeded this, assassination comes just a week or so after u.s., secretary of state might pump a pail over solly, highly secretive meeting between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and saudi crown prince mohammed, bin top, tommy, do you believe these events are connected, and what do you believe is behind the timing of this assassination? politically? first of all, it's very difficult to believe it,

but there was no connection. clearly when you were pope a, netanyahu and m.b.'s all in one room. there is going to be a discussion of the question of how to provoke iran, which is what certainly, peo, and netanyahu have been working on a situationally for the last year and a half. so i have no doubt that that was being discussed and but that is indeed the intention of the israelis in carrying out this assassination. they will or will take some action that will allow the u.s. government, which will allow people in the u.s. government to somehow prevail upon these pump. aoe basically to prevail upon trump, to be somehow aggressive militarily against iran, to carry out some sort of military activity,

which would then set in motion some escalation. i personally don't think that's going to happen. primarily because pump aoe has tried at least twice during the trump administration to do precisely that in situations which are far more fraught with regard to u.s. perceptions of threat or, or challenge then this situation. and so i don't think that trump is going to be responsive to any effort to get him to do that. and even if trump were responsive, i can tell you that the u.s. military is dead set against any use of force against iran under these sorts of circumstances. i want to ask you this character, do you think that these kind of chains of events and why, why this is happening now? do you think this is something being, you know, pushed forward in order to kind of lay the table for the next administration to raise the bar? i mean,

i know i know that joe biden has kind of come in at least saying that he wants to relook at the nucular deal and bring that back. but that doesn't change the hardliners in this country and the military industrial complex who wants to see more war in the middle east, especially with iran. could this be laying the table for that to come for the joe biden ministration to give us reasons as to why he would, might try to kick up a war with iran? i'm not sure that it involves the notion that the biden ministration is at all likely to take the bait for a war against iran. but i do believe that the israeli child to us is certainly about the thought that they could manipulate a new biden ministration or politically in a way that would make it far more difficult to reach some kind of intent with near 0 to give them a chink that they are probably right that they can manipulate them straight. they

have very strong friends who are already in the key national security positions in the state department and in the national security council to the actual security advisor to biden. these are people who are going to be listening to what this rate is up to say. and on top of that, or underneath that perhaps more precisely, the israelis have already manipulated opinion in the united states and elite opinion in the united states by being able to purser a, this assassination as being something that was taking out the leading nuclear scientist in iran. and i notice that r.t. itself has fallen for that manipulation and it's, there's absolutely no reason to believe that that he in fact was a leading nuclear scientist. and probably he was not a nuclear scientist at all. that was not his background. and i think one of the

ways in which the israelis have succeeded successfully admin if you waited the entire world politically, is that they were able to portray a fuck riza day as being somebody who was involved in a set of activities that the u.s. government u.s. intelligence people were involved in that is the, the portrayal of a, an effort by the iranians to obtain the technologies that they needed to enrich uranium. this was back in the early 1990 s., and they managed to portray riza day as being in charge of that by saying that he was at the instant the institution that they were holding the us intelligence people were holding accountable. the fact is, he was not at all involved in that institution,

and this was proven later on by the iranians in their documentation. that's what it's not all you can hear. that is absolutely fascinating. and you know, michael, what is the best course of action for iran right now? is there any option that keeps going from providing more excuses for 30, arabiya israel and the us to ramp up tension by i think they're going to be much more strategic in their thinking. they may not do something immediately. i think that they, they will probably hunker down and continue on their course, working more toward an alternative world order, working more with russia and china. they will, they will try to become much more self-sufficient. so sustaining internally and build up their own industries, but they have no stomach right now in dealing with the west or for that matter for much of the e.u. for that because of the because they basically let the basically let iran down.

however, i am really concerned about is that netanyahu for 4 months has tried to get the united states to take the initiative and in an attack on iran has failed. and what we're seeing now is netanyahu basically developing bases not only in oslo, because of the military assistance is given, does a budget, but also into the u.a.e. . and could, with this so-called normalization approach, he wants bases in both of those countries. which thing gives him a forward force projection to launches and initiate his own attacks in the future because he's absolutely made it a red line that iran will not be able to do a nuclear program allegedly toward nuclear weapons. and i think that this is something we've got to be really concerned about and sensed by and comes from the obama biden administration,

in terms of leading from behind. they're not going to have any control over netanyahu. netanyahu is made that very, very clear why i want to thank you both for coming on in the lightning our audience today, and really making this thing and given us some good information. once again, michael maloof girl. always a pleasure having you both. thank you so much gentlemen. thank you. all right, as we're going to break, remember that you can also stop watching the hawks on demand or the brand new portable t.v. which is available on all platforms will definitely pick it up coming up. we're going to delve into the latest on the rising covert numbers here in the u.s. and canada. and then we break down the chaos and confusion surrounding the pandemic lockdown regulations and how confusing they can be. stay tuned to watch from the hawks

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today or thinks we dare to ask the u.s. is facing a possible surge of coronavirus cases. after a few busy weeks, days of travel surrounding thanksgiving, many experts are worried that infection numbers may finish rise, as was the case in canada just a few weeks ago. after that country celebrated the same holiday parties out hellish

as the story. as thousands of americans took to the sky, this thanksgiving travel season was like no other. it's still a little scary, but you know, we've tried it sanitize a lot like use hand sanitizer as much as i can. and we just keep our masks on pretty much the whole time. even with the 2nd wave of the corona virus in full swing, more people jumped on board planes than any other day since mid march. according to the t.s.a. 1170000, people traveled by air in the u.s. on sunday alone, loss of fliers, but a big drop from the same day in 2019. when 2900000 people were screened by the t.s.a. . the reason many chose to stay put the states giving is obvious, namely, the coronavirus pandemic. u.s. officials warned against travel over the holiday. this after seeing a dramatic jump in covert 1000 cases north of the border in canada. canadian,

celebrated thanksgiving a month and a half ago, and since then, the nation of 37000000 has seen its daily coronavirus case count, nearly triple. according to the public health agency of canada, the number of infections has gone up from 2000 new cases a day in mid october to around 5500 a day, with few canadians flying to get their turkey dinner. many are blaming the festive gatherings themselves and not travel for the surge. if the current trend continues public health officials in canada say that the country could see up 260000 new cases of covert $1000.00 per day, by the end of december. in the states, a search like canada's would likely take the country over the edge. currently, the u.s. is seeing approximately $200000.00 new infections a day. with the current trends, christmas will likely be very different this year in both the u.s. and canada. but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. vaccines are being fast tracked to combat the virus. and one of the front runners from pharmaceutical giant, what derren inc,

has joined the list, asking for emergency approval in the u.s. and other countries. the vaccine is expected to be highly effective at preventing symptomatic disease and very effective at preventing severe outcomes from the disease. in fact, we're down to claims their product is over 94 percent effective. the other vaccine in the running for fast track approval comes from pfizer. and its german partner beyond tac, while pfizer's vaccine will be the 1st, the u.s. looks at for fast track approval. canada is set to become the 1st country to clear modernise covered $1000.00 vaccine. the boston based biotech has a deal with canada for 20000000 doses of its vaccine with the option to procure i didn't. dish will 36000000. the u.s. is also on the list with 500000000 doses secured. and the u.k. and european union have agreements with, but they're not as well. while hopes for the release of an effective vaccine are high. many continue to be concerned about the possible ramifications from

a relatively new inoculation. but according to berna, based on what they've seen so far, there is little to be worried about, in terms of significant safety concerns, serious threats to our health. we've not seen any such concerns to date. of course, we continue to monitor and we'll continue to monitor all the safety is a top of mind. like with the other shots, one major question remains with more down as covert 90 vaccine. and that is, how long will it be effective? none of the coronavirus vaccines have been around for very long, and a positive vaccine response doesn't mean it will be long lasting for watching the hawks. i'm alex cohen, 19 has changed the world as we know it. everything from concerts and schools to weddings, restaurants and bars have been up ended, but a vaccine would just may be on the way. but they're not announced today that it would file for f.d.a. authorization of its covert $1000.00 vaccine,

which is shown to be safe and 94 percent effective. but another issue has been brewing for months. state and local governments are at odds over the covert 19 relief response. because president trump threw all responsibility over to the states, the fallout has largely been managed by them. no place is this more evident than new york and illinois. where governor cuomo and governor pritzker are at war with the mayors of their state's most vital cities. governor cuomo, in new york city, mayor de blasio consistently but heads over the closing of schools. governor pritzker and chicago mayor like could have the same issues. they're publicly feuding over what to do about restaurants, specifically outdoor dining in the closing of bars in a city. and state already up to its neck in debt. and folks are questioning the protocols as pandemic. logic continues to be fluid. and at times contradictory. research suggests that when people congregate indoors, in effect, the person is almost 20, hives more likely to transmit the virus than if they were outside. but in new york

and pretty much everywhere across the american south. restaurants remain open for indoor dining. it isn't see why are some cities and states allowing it separate checks? well, they want exactly reliable either most people without preexisting conditions or asymptomatic when they have hope at 19. so they'd never actually present a fever at all. in june, an australian hospital found the majority of those that made it with copd 19, did not have a fever and her feet. we've seen them, at least in major cities, but how did they stop covert 900 spread? the national disaster brought on by cope with 1000 left, a hodgepodge of state and local leaders to design policy. no more, truly equipped for and even among states that seem to control the pain to make will . as soon as people got comfortable business and restaurants reopened and the surge began again, there seems to be no end in sight and states are at their wit's end. and you know,

there were some of the people are at their words because, you know, as we were talking about earlier, they manage you get so much conflicting information about what is allowed, what's not allowed, what should be allowed, what shouldn't be allowed. and really at the heart of this, i think one of the major problems is that states just are at the they don't have the capacity in the building to truly address this without some kind of federal, you know, mandate or overreaching. look at what to do. absolutely, so the argument for small government doesn't work in a pandemic. it doesn't work because these states, many of them are cash strapped already, they don't have the infrastructure available. they don't have the, the wherewithal to handle a pandemic. some don't have the wherewithal to handle regular health issues that happen at the local level. but what we're seeing is that there is such a crisis because states even states that have leadership of up a partisan likeness. there were things states where there you have a republican governor and a republican, you know, several republican mayors there still are going back and forth. this isn't a partisan issue as much as it is. there are people who aren't equipped for what

they're having to deal with. a lot of it comes down to money according to a report from truth in accounting, at least $39.00 states lack the money to pay bills, but work over $90.00. the total debt among the 50 states accounts for over 1.4 trillion dollars. these states are already underwater and pretty broke before coburn $1000.00 hit. and now they're expected to develop response plans. so, you know, obviously during the, during the start of kobe $1000.00, we heard from president trump over and over about how he wasn't going to help or bail out these democratic states. we're already in trouble, well, factually. the majority of american states were in trouble. whether they were blue or red and i think that that also, you know, helped fuel this problem because there's just no money for a lot of the advancements in a lot of the pushes they're trying to implement as well. and that's the thing that always gets me when you see people on t.v. and they're talking about ok, well, you know, these schools need to put in covert restrictions and things of that nature. we need to, you know, get the school ready to have kids. so they can be distant, you know, they could be 6 feet apart and things like that out of these stadiums with these infrastructure, these health care facilities. when we get the cure or room,

we get the vaccine. you know, they have to be ready to be able to administer in the infrastructure has to be there. there's a lot of communities across this country that don't have that kind of infrastructure in their community. they don't have the health care infrastructure in their community to be able to get those vaccines out to everyone there who wants them and who needs to take them. exactly, and that's one of the major issues i don't think is talked about and know. there are huge funding crunch at the county level at the state level at the city level that make it extremely difficult to implement even some of the things that we heard from the pandemic task force. and a lot of them were great recommendations. but when it comes down to it, if the funding doesn't flow to these areas that need it, no matter how much they want to implement them, it's going to fall short. oh, most definitely most awful. and it's interesting when you said you brought up, are you, you know, how are you said, you know the governor's fighting with mayors and mayors by them with governors across party lines. doesn't matter all of that because chicago is really fascinating when you really break that down as an example of this kind of infighting that's happening now. absolutely, because chicago, chicago is a major day anyway, and they have been for years at this point, a lot of it is related to their pension crisis. but in addition to that, you have

a governor who handily won his election. you have a mayor who is getting a lot of kudos online for her response to cope with 19 at least initially with the shutdown and now because they are getting so much pressure from the business community, particularly the restaurant association and others around you know, chicago's a city of chicago as a bar city there they are begging them to find a way to keep these things open because they're about to go for broke completely. and a lot of their business is already closed with no sign of reopening and no funding to help him do that. so she's basically going back and forth pleading with the governor in some cases, arguing and threatening, making threatening appeals to the governor to make a different decision. and we're, we're just watching it crumbles. it really does come down to the fact that we have this conflicting thing in this country between the kind of greed and love of our capitalism and protecting the community. and these things just don't fit when you get into the covert issues that we've been talking about that for the last year. no, you're absolutely correct. i think that what ended up happening was in the schools for both both political parties. i know that trump park and so much on the

businesses and why we need to open everything but cities and states that the exact same thing, whether they republican led or democratically. because at the end of the day, i don't think anyone expected this to take hold as long as it had in march. close a couple things, expecting that we would be buying before the summer. we're going into, we're in the ball. we're going to be in the winter and there's no signs of this stopping in time to see stating stuff, but we'll keep an eye on it for everybody. all right, everyone. i got to say thank you all for tuning in today. that is our show for you today. remember in the world we are not told that we love to tell you all. i love you and i will keep on watching all those arcs out there another great day and night. everybody

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