the american dream paved with good refugee it's this very idealized image. makes americans look past the deaths that happen every single day this is a history of the usa america. the headlines this hour german hospitals in crisis that is the number of the patients in intensive care jumped 40 percent compared to last spring meanwhile america struggling to cope to it is seen a record number of covert infections and deaths but congress so far failed to agree another stimulus package questions are being raised too about where the money from previous ones has gone. i know a big chunk of it goes to the military and paying politicians. back yard know perfectly people are going to get rid of it i think privileges neither side really cares about poor people and the british government rolls out its mass vaccination

program during the day that is nearly half the population no expresses some concern about the jobs it's a. good afternoon just gone 3 o'clock in moscow you're watching r.t. international pandemics grip is tightening on germany where hospitals warn that they are severely overstretched the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared with last spring and every single german state is now deemed to be officially at risk as peter all of our reports. german hopes for a loosening of coded restrictions over the christmas period look in doubt as cases of the virus remain high across the country on sunday the states. became the final region to be categorized as an at risk area meaning the whole country is now in the

highest risk level according to the scale used by germany's public health authority the robert cock institute in the south the state of bavaria declared a continuation of a state of emergency is blocked by the fact remains that the numbers is simply too high the figures must come down to the health system because it's already a threat it's not just the number of people who have coronavirus which is causing problems it's also the intensity of the illness in those that have it which means many more are requiring intensive treatment those ending up in i.c.u. of risen 40 percent from the spring during the 1st wave of the virus. in states like saxony the number of patients in intensive care is 5 times higher than it was in april hospitals either reaching their capacity limits or have already exceeded the the lockdown measures that were brought in at the start of november haven't

worked in lowering the number of infections to where authorities would have wanted them coupled with problems with contact tracing is pushing german health care to read all strain is interesting as we can see that the health authorities are increasingly exhausted for example they are no longer able to determine from where people have contracted the virus we see more and more outbreaks in older people's homes and nursing homes is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the virus out of these institutions and to protect the people there local government officials here in the german capital fear the restrictions in place has not been enough to combat the spread. of the 1st wave was a children's party compared to what we have now we have very high case numbers many people affected and we didn't have that at the start we had the pandemic well under control and now we have significant difficulties bringing the numbers down. while politicians from the local right through to the federal level here in germany

a concern that the current covert measures aren't enough to stop the spread of the virus we're also seeing protests against those very same measures by covert skeptics conspiracy theorists and those concerned that anti coronavirus measures will see them lose their jobs. i. am not sure you know. despite those protests it seems more likely that the federal government would introduce tougher coronavirus measures across the whole country than there being any type of festive reprieve to the measures all. already in place peter all 'd over r t. meola just a warning of a possible 3rd wave of the pandemic early next year but after the logs and the way forward later in the program our panel of experts debate their necessity and impact

on society that's still to come. in the meantime america's covert crisis is also getting worse the average daily infection rate over the last week is top 200000 with some 2000 people dying every day despite the die situation though congress is so far failed to agree a new aid package to help those most in need during the pandemic the proposal does include around $900000000000.00 in funding and aims to help american businesses in particular restaurants hotels and airlines and it also targets the unemployed but has more against the now explains previous aid packages have not always helped those they were supposed to. the united states is hurting worse than anyone else by coover it it's been a disaster by any metric lost lives lost jobs lost opportunity now is

the time to help the american people at least hypothetically quote from mcconnell yesterday he said we're both interested in getting an outcome now that seems like bland talk but in washington speak with means we're actually talking see for you all for me couvade relief might mean money for food to pay rent for medicine a few $100.00 might make all the difference so how would you feel knowing that those same politicians that card agree for months or then don't whether to finally give the shrugging family a few 100 dollars wall less that those same people gave the pentagon a 1000000000 in kuwait relief money to quote prepare for and respond to the crew of ours so what are the pentagon do that by mosques by gloves babson anti sceptic. pentagon used tanks spend money meant for mosques and swabs to make jet

engine parts and body armor and people are wondering where the heck the trillions of dollars it could relieve just for a 2nd that's 12 zeroes where that covert money has gone ok so if issues are now calling for the pentagon to be investigated for such brazen misuse of money desperately needed elsewhere what about the rest turns out there's a 1000000 other dubious ways to spend covert relief money are you tired of white supremacy. welcome to the klan or cover an $800.00 burn it down resources for the revolution snack block than a parent group that helped organize b.l.m. protests a group that supports and enables the rights of writers that have shaken america qualified for $145000.00 in covert relief parity the group which has no web page and only recently started a twitter account is vital to the community systemic racism is

a blight on civilization but this is kind of it relief money right see this is something the pentagon doesn't get either this is money for the desperate for losing pain because of the virus lot money for jet engine parts or stirring up riots and these problem goes right to the top where a company that belongs to a congresswoman's husband the company which had a great year raking in millions and consulting fees can then claim half a $1000000.00 in extra pandemic relief money it's amazing how well socialism works for the few don't you feel powerless when you read stories like this one i sure do along with angry. now that's keeping it in the family while omar's husband's firm get half of all her campaign spending they also got a check of taxpayer provided relief people have jobs and homes in the morris husband

gets half a 1000000 dollars and go with relief funds when will the voters in minnesota do something about her costs the congresswoman denies any wrongdoing as is tradition what can you do while you can if north all the incompetence in the corruption hoop that a few $100.00 trickle down your way to pay off the angry landlord to keep your throat while you search for a new job that might still exist you and millions more just don't expect too much help from above they're busy doing what they always do arguing with each other with all the challenges america has right now we think covert reading should be on the floor but instead the democrats put cats and cannabis this week they'll say such pretty things i have tears in their eyes as they profess to care about your situation and then off all the fear radical help in the world billions trillions in

relief that many americans will never see but hey pentagon just scored the sweetest new dress uniforms why can't you just be happy for them it is a kind of naive to expect that even in an extreme situation that we are in now with a combination of the cold did a crisis the health crisis and the crash of our capitalist economic system the dominance of large corporations and the dominance of the wealthy is not going to be operating in the relief program and that is what is happening in the paycheck protection program $523000000000.00 a lot of money was supposed to go to medium and small businesses. it now appears from a report of the small business administration in washington that the richest one percent of companies over 25 percent of all that money that was not the engine that

was not the purpose but that is the way the society works and it includes doing that with relief efforts by the government that when california people are calling out what they see is another misuse of funds during the pandemic the state's governor allocated 80 $1000000.00 to hoardings carrying educational messages about caving in but that's angered some who claim that the money would have been better spent supporting local businesses that have struggled during lockdown now as americans wait for congress to agree on the latest covert relief package we got reaction from new yorkers about the holdup. and i know we're talking about it right now to get a little bit more progress on a 2nd relief for itself one time i mean i think it's going to get start no matter what i think both sides don't really actually care it's really politically charged and probably why it strategically take info on i deprecate experience fortunate at

the same time i realize there are kind of hurdles that you have to overcome in order to actually get it passed. i know a big chunk of it goes to the military and paying politicians the systems are already set up. a kind of i mean for a little bit easier for probably money and approvals to go through in that and those situations they are prepared for any other speed might have more. they might help them out more to give money to. the military than to help people that are essentially pork this is america. i mean if there's a there's people that if there's a way to take advantage we're going to get if you firefighters on the ground and go give it to the store that you know front of i don't i don't think so myself actually i know for a fact that people are taking advantage of it individuals as well as businesses that don't actually need. large corporations even though there's been a lot of people giving money back which is good i guess

a step in the right direction but i guess you call it fraud right i think it would be nice to be able to feel that their communities are supported by the tax dollars that are being paid by those communities and sort of it. to the people who are the loudest and have the most people out there return kind of arguing for them. not the u.k. has kicked off this mask around of our space and program with the health secretary that dumping it in day however despite the fancy any half the british population does have concerns over the safety jab produced by pfizer and biotech so let's get more on that london space with a salad he said covering it for us good afternoon she tell us more than about the weather it is going smoothly. well of course the united kingdom is one of the countries which is essentially been one of the faster roll out this vaccine program to give approval to the. backseat and it's not without its

concerns but markets have reacted positively the government say that this is something that could get life back to this close to normal as possible once it's rolled. out health secretary hancock describing today that they would. not start to be rolled out to 50 so-called vaccine hubs across the country including guidance and thomas's hospital here behind me describing this day she says it's the day to day of the. v. day. coronavirus vaccine across the whole of the u.k. and the beginning of the end of this pandemic we're not playing yet. but it isn't without some hesitations amongst members of the public has been appalled by the polling company opinion trying to get people's perspectives on the

back seat and it shows that around 35 percent most world of the public say that it's unlikely but they see themselves taking this vaccine almost 50 percent 40 percent on the back seat say 47 percent say they worry that it simply won't work and there's been a lot of skepticism around this vaccine around how safe is it is whether it's been rushed of course there are a number of people who feel like pasta number of important tests in order to get this approval and in general we've seen a lot of pushback against some of the measures in this country to deal with the crisis including protests in the middle of the city. against what those protests to say. and dystopian measures would lock down.

one of the other main could. so what we've been seeing from people here in the united kingdom you could say around the world is the impact on civil liberties are being much touted health passports for people to be given in order to access services to be able to go on flights and so on and also feels to do with vaccines being made mandatory but the world health organization had actually advised against making vaccines mandatory across the world. i don't think that mandates other direction to go in here especially for these vaccines it is a much better position to actually encourage and facilitate the vaccination without those kinds of requirements. now the u.k. has been criticized for how they've handled the virus from different ends of the spectrum there are also concerns of some of the logistical problems to do with the

rollout of the back seat but pfizer the company producing them may not be able to provide enough to do you carry as many as 800 and also this particular vaccine has to be stored at minus 70 degrees and it's thought that there are enough facilities there isn't enough of the necessary types of freezers and other logistical appointment needed to try to store these vaccines stay safely and to transport them so many questions between why the government they feel confident that they can successfully roll out this truck see that least to those who want to. force in london. for this vaccinations they start in the u.k. then a union representing doctors is calling for a public inquiry into whether shortages led to avoidable deaths from doctors association u.k. says that this would help the government to learn from its mistakes. we think the

government kicking the can down the road basically we already had the 1st wave of coded there is no doubt about the fact that there was a problem with securing and ensuring that p.p. got the frontline we know because the doctors association were right at the front line of actually listening to frontline doctors who were telling us that i had daily reports of doctors telling me that they were having to go to screwfix to get thing basic things like masks we worry that the government is conveniently forgetting course lots of this what we need is to learn those lessons and the only way you can actually learn those lessons is by proper judge led inquiry well according to one report between april and october over 100 staff members including those who are working in the care sector died as a result of their job meanwhile human rights group amnesty international says that over $600.00 health workers have died during the pandemic in the u.k.

that is the 3rd highest reported figure for any country globally however the u.k. government doesn't says that those n.h.s. providers who have been audited were always able to get what they needed in time to warn again though disagrees. why is it that the national audit office have come out and said there needs to needs to be comprehensive lessons learned there needs to be is proper exercise as to where that p.p. that was promised did actually reach the front line they've had a long careful look at this and they've produced a report and i can tell you that i was giving a lot of interviews and as was much of da u.k. we were listening to frontline talk to all of us who are working hard and we reporting these issues we have clear data to support that it wasn't getting to the front line so this is again something that really worries me about the kind of memory problems that government might decide to have late it was not the case that p.p.a. was officially gets into the front line so you know this needs to be taken very seriously and the way the government does is it commits to

a timely judgment inquiry a sting is possible and that's why the doc has a cut so c.h. and together with the good law. project and our class taking the government to court and makes the right decision. for the company the south around grapples with the worst crisis in the middle east around lashes out at what it brands in few main u.s. sanctions that it says a scuppering its efforts to get a vaccine to the details just after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on the offense very dramatic development the only way i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful

very critical time time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by. shaped by one person or those with. the cares thinks. we dare to ask.

again welcome back i was nations around the world to battle to turn the tide against it 19 experts are warning that we could face a tough start to next year. we could still see a very severe peak particularly i think probably in january is when i predict there would be most likely if we take our foot off the pedal on this 3rd wave disposable but it's also preventable so we don't have to wade through it again we must avoid the mistakes of the summit by not wasting time in listening to those who speak loudly about these untruths that another outbreak is impossible the u.k. france and germany are among those who've been implementing various lock downs and restrictions to fight the 2nd wife however chancellor merkel warns that the current measures might not be enough. relying on hope one help us the situation is getting very serious these measures will not be enough to get us through the winter. my

colleagues you know enable discuss the possible 3rd wife with a panel of experts. quote 19 actually as far as to why this would not really care that it is of course most why me or the know anything any time the others will get the chance to come across my susceptible population it's when in fact that is going to me likely happen because of the mixing we will be seen during the christmas time december january time was when we 1st started really to discover what the virus was all of the pandemic intensified into the summer a knob again are we facing the same scenario in 2021 do you think this is going to be a pattern i think 22 and you want to be different than what we have somebody anybody in 2025 medically because we are seeing the vaccine coming into the into the human eye and of course it would take a little bit of time before to get into the general public to achieve the herd immunity so that we can but it's also

a change in of the virus but because of the vaccine 2021 it will be different we've barely reached a plateau in this 2nd wave should the focus not be more impacting the disease not trying to break it instead of the what ifs of a 3rd way it's always a brand new novel situation that we're all having to deal with 1st and foremost we've got to do what's best in terms of the public health issue i have a virus myself earlier and. several months ago i think a lot of muscle around the world. so a 3rd wave coming is obviously absolutely frightening and i do think it's wearing on us as humans as individuals but on the other hand we've got to let the experts really drive this and see this to an end so that we can really get obviously as we know it peter talk of a 3rd wave might jump in the spirits but just how important is it for businesses to get at least some of their seasonal trade in because you hear many stories of

businesses having a tough year on the mic they make a good. almost all a good christmas a good new year if that's not here there's businesses that are going to close and they don't care too much about a 3rd wave or talk of it we have bigger companies giving up is going out of business. people who are. trying to lock their homes are the or are there people. who can least afford. lots of bankruptcy you've got jobs of unemployment. if you're not i would hope that this 3rd time we might do something close to protect people work. but we tell people we're older we want beauty's if they want good start and you're. washington is actively attempting to prevent iran from buying any coronavirus vaccines that's the claim that's being made by the chief of iran's central bank

echoing earlier remarks made by the country's foreign minister kobie 19 vaccines have to be purchased through the official channels of the world health organization but all payment methods have been blocked by the inhumane embargo of the us government over 50000 or a means of died during the pandemic him with over a 1000000 confirmed infections that is the worst hit country in the middle east so let's have a look then the sanctions could be affecting that situation from ministration has imposed restrictions on iran's financial system as part of its maximum pressure campaign and these target arraign individuals and banks as well as foreign entities working with iran's central bank transactions for medical supplies can be exempted but they do need the u.s. treasuries approval we've asked the u.s. treasury to comment on her an allegation is that american sanctions are preventing access to a covert vaccine say far we haven't received a reply of a. it's

a political scientists need gave us his views on the sanctions. the sanctions are primarily you know financial and trade in egypt but the basically i think all aspects of the rain and economy have serious people effects on their hot sake the u.s. is doing whatever they can to undermine it arms ability to pool cue the necessity medical devices and in this case back seized on the horizon and the case employees pay sharing. government all sorts who we are not to unfreeze billions of dollars of the remaining an asset that iran needs in order to purchase. you know millions of doses of vaccine by causing all of these restrictions if you will still and i'm creating the global war to combine

these disease so if u.s. is not it will be declining has and i mean money to you and constantly iran it will not take such drastic actions that directly affect their well being i means of iranians watching i say thanks to companies softening that's how the events around the world are looking so i fostered i go back again and i tell them. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. problem drugs don't do is come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies too in every state in the united states we seem very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids invited to america

under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose if your dose and really became his drug dealer soon is to blame patients don't do this many affection was on the government's. side max keiser this is the kaiser report i follow him back to stay stand a telegram group where there are 24 hours a day just talk to people it's t m e a forward slash aryans pill. and joyously we've got about 8000 in there now going to be blindly as party on planet earth so stacey remind me again what's happening

in the world rides well the big news in the past week is at the end of last week a video was released of a conversation between the former bank of england had mark carney now interviewing people for the council on foreign relations so a very powerful organization in america and larry fink who is the c.e.o. of blackrock the largest asset management firm in the world they have 7 trillion dollars under management so you know larry fink is like an untouchable right like he's probably more powerful than the president and he said to mark carney this clip we look at it is something is real but it still untested it still is still has many . we have to go to many markets to see if it's really probably real or if it's going to be a variant of that sometime in the future lastly that we're running out of time i would just say.