so join us in the. forum in the shallows. with the number of covert patients more than a 3rd higher than in the spring. infection death rates. and states with the stimulus package still read congress is one of the. last one. you know a big chunk of it goes to the military and. i think they just need to really care for people. in the u.s. president elect makes his choice for the country's defense secretary nominating a retired general responsible for a half a $1000000000.00 training program in syria which was

a complete failure. live from moscow thanks for joining us. welcome to the program. of covert cases in germany seeing hospitals in the country stretched to the limit the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared to the spring. has the details. 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 robot called 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 this pushing german health care deral strain. 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 and while the reasons homes and nursing homes it 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. to the 1st wave was a children as poncey compared to what we have now we have a very high case numbers for many people affected and we didn't have it and to stop it we had the pandemic well under control and now we have significant difficulties bringing the numbers down safely while politicians from the local right through to the federal level here in germany a cold so that the current covert measures aren't enough to stop the spread of the virus we're also seeing protests against those very same meshes by covert skeptics

conspiracy theorists and those concerned anti coronavirus measures will see them lose their jobs. i. believe it or not even i'm sure you know you keep all the fuel. 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 already in place peter all over r.t. early. in the united states groom records are being set america's just registered the single highest daily coronavirus the toll globally this year an average of 2000 people are dying from the virus there every 24 hours while almost 1500000 were infected just in the past week but despite the dire situation though washington still called to agree on an aid package to support those most in need during the

pandemic the proposal includes around 9 $100000000000.00 in funding it aims to help businesses in particular restaurants hotels and airlines and also to support the unemployed meanwhile house and senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a final version of the national defense authorization act according to which the pentagon is to receive more than $700000000000.00 in 2021 the news is likely to further fuel anger over the knack of agreement on the covert relief bill brought together the of the details. the united states is hurting worse than anyone else by couvade 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 i mean there's we're actually talking c.

for you or for me who would 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 $100.00 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 perhaps 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 would 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 club called $1800.00 burn it down resources for the revolution snack block and 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 new 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 chuck of taxpayer provided relief people have lost jobs and homes in the morris husband gets half a $1000000.00 in 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 bucks 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 over everything 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 it 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 in california people are crying foul

over the governor's choice to spend $80000000.00 on billboards carrying messages about critics say the money would have been better spent supporting local businesses. well as americans wait for congress to agree the new relief packets we've got reaction on the streets of new york. and i know they're talking about it right now and getting a little bit more progress on a 2nd relief but it's still a long time coming i think it's going to get stalled no matter what i think both sides don't really actually care it's really politically charged that's probably why it strategically to intel i deprecate it's very unfortunate that the same time i realize there's kind of hurdles that you have to overcome in order to actually get it passed. i know that chunk of a goes to the military and paying politicians to systems are already set up i kind of i mean for

a little bit easier for probably money and approvals to go through and in those situations they weren't prepared for any of this they might have more a. they might help them out more to give money to. the military than to help the people that are essentially for this is america. i mean it's there's a there's people that there's a way to take advantage and if you find $5.00 on the ground even go give it to the store that you find out front of i don't i don't think so i have a small biz myself actually i know for a fact that people are taking advantage of it individuals as well as this is don't actually need a larger corporations even though there's been a lot of people giving money back which is good i guess it's 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 the communities are supported by the tax dollars that are being paid by those communities so that it filtering to the people who are the loudest and have the most people out there reach a kind of arguing for them. u.s. president elect joe biden has chosen

a retired general as his defense secretary if approved by senate 67 year old lloyd austin will become the 1st african-american to head to the pentagon. i chose lloyd austin as my nominee for secretary of defense because he will do whatever it takes to defend the american people when the islamic state emerged as a terrorist threat in iraq and syria president obama and i tend to austin who then lead the u.s. central command he designed and executed the campaign that ultimately beat back isis. under the obama administration leading the u.s. central command it was the main military architect of the u.s. led offensive against the islamic state in syria and iraq it was also the one who kind of admitted the failure of a 500000000 dollar training program in syria back in 2015 it was shut down after producing some 5 trained fighters instead of the several thousands which had been planned can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's

a small number. the ones that are in the fight. is is we're talking 445 so is that still the goal to have about $12000.00 of them there is that still the goal what's the expectation then for them at the pace we're going we want to reach the goal that we had initially established for swells but what about the the overall goal is to make sure that we have enough mass to be able to get work done on the ground. we're going to. thanks for joining us good to have you on the program with us today. admitted he saw in that clip to having failed with a 1000000000 dollar project to train syrian rebels to fondle eisel do you think that's going to somewhat put a question mark over his appointment. i don't think so i think that the that that that whole 1000 or so i was so 'd widely shared that they will

blame not just on just what austin i mean everybody had a hand in that the tester. defense secretary according to u.s. law has to have to be in out of uniform at least 7 years before taking office. retired and $26.00 themes for coming on 5 years do you think that's going to be this just a technicality which can be avoided no is this not a it's not a technicality it's very important there's a the u.s. system is suddenly gotten very nervous about the role of the military and we were precedents who's now refusing to admit that he was defeated new action even though it clearly was. he says he will leave voluntarily on january 20th but no one really quite knows and so everyone is very nervous and everyone is very nervous about what the actual role of the military. so are this is not

a technicality this is actually an important point the u.s. system used to be a model of stability but it is really changed the last 4 or 5 years. of course pledged his administration would be the most diverse of a scene. leaders looking like but that's the case do you think that's left him open to some criticism that perhaps diversity is being promoted ahead of experience well i don't really know if the head of experience i'm sure austin's a very experienced guy and very capable guy even though he did a very core job of babbling isis. but i think the the whole question of diversity and in front of action it's becoming a kind of a joke people are getting very cynical about it really serves no purpose and meanwhile conditions for the mass of blacks and hispanics in the united states just goes from bad to worse so it really has very little effect and also of course it's on the board of reform which is one of the country's key weapon surprise what sort

of message do you think that sends out. it sends the clear class example that there is a very close alliance between the pentagon and the and the the the arms manufacturers the war machine they are them a close symbiotic relationship they help one another they help one another they do via the revolving door in washington so if somebody leaves the most every service they get up for a high paying job with a with a defense contractor and then you know if a political opening develops they hop from the defense contractor back into the government so it's a really a very close symbiotic and to my mind an extremely healthy relationship. thanks so much for joining us on the program today it's have you thank you. well still to come last the war against the coronavirus and there's a new chapter in the u.k.

with a mass vaccination program now on the way polls also just think money is still worried about jobs and safety and more on the way. what is the fate of the progressive movement can it continue to co-exist with the mainstream establishment left is its current trajectory intellectual dead end and temperance recipe part of a greater political field. shots seem wrong why don't we all just don't hold. any new world yet to shape our disdain become educated and in gains from an equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. come back to the program it's been dubbed the day heralding the start of the u.k.'s mask over the excitation program the latest polls those are just so many brits still have safety concerns over the new job he has more details now from london. well of course the united kingdom is one of the countries which is essentially been one of the fust to roll out this vaccine program to give approval to the. fact see

that it's not without its concerns but markets have reacted positively the government say that this is something that could get life back to close to normal as possible the health secretary hancock describing today that they would. not vaccine starts to be rolled out and up to 50 so-called vaccine hubs across the country including gods and thomas's hospital here behind me describing this day she said it's the day the day that tomorrow is the day when we roll out the coronavirus vaccine across the whole of the u.k. and the beginning of the end of this pandemic but it isn't without some hesitations amongst members of the public that 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 would have

a good of the public say that it's unlikely but they see themselves taking this vaccine almost 50 percent 48 percent worry about the fact she works be safer 47 percent say they worry that it simply won't work now we went onto the streets of london to ask members of the public how they felt about the rollout of this fact see whether they themselves would be willing to take it. there not to see if you haven't seen it i trust him i would take it if it comes to speak to me and i think the misapprehensions point he simply played and i think what it would be all right if it was to sustain it and send it to i don't trust it to be honest i don't know how hard it can. generates. 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 protesters say. dystopian

measures would lock down the law. one of the other main concerns that we've been seeing from people here in the united kingdom and you could say around the world is the impact on civil liberties of been 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 feel has to do with vaccines being made mandatory but the world health organization has actually advised against making vaccines mandatory across the world i don't think that mandates a direction to go in here especially for these maxine's it is a much better position to actually encourage and facilitate the vaccination without

those kinds of requirements 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 you kate as many as they depart 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 acquit needed to try to store these vaccines stay safely and to transport them so many questions by the government they feel confident that they can successfully roll out the track see that at least to those who want to. while the effect of vaccines points to a brighter future those on the front line want to make sure lessons are learned from mistakes of the past we heard from british doctors union representative which claims a lack of protective equipment led to avoidable deaths. we think the government kicking the can down the road basically we already had the 1st wave of caveats

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 judgment inquiry according to one report between april and october more than 100 staff including those working in the care sector lost their lives simply doing their jobs and the international claims more than 600 health workers died during the pandemic in the u.k. that's the 3rd highest reported figure globally the british government said 2 faced intense competition to make sure the health service got what it needed but dr jenny

born again this agrees. why is it that the national audit office have come out and said there needs there 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 frontline they've had a long careful look at and they produced a report and i can tell you that i was giving a lot of interviews and as was you know much of da u.k. we were listening to frontline doctors all of us were working hard and we reporting these issues we have clearly 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 the dove men might decide to have later on it was not the case that p.p.a. was officially gets in line so you know this needs to be taken very seriously and the way the government does that is it commits to a timely judgment inquiry a serious and that's why the doctors the cat sociate and together with the good lord. goodwill projects and our class are taking the government to court and it is

the right decision and washington is actively attempting to prevent iran from buying any coronavirus vaccines that's according to the chief of iran's central bank. over 1000 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 and more than 50000 arabians have died during the pandemic with more than a 1000000 confirmed infections it's the worst hit country in the whole middle east and trouble ministration has imposed restrictions on the country's financial system as part of its maximum pressure campaign its augers reign in 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 approval of the u.s. treasury we heard from iran based political scientist who says the sanctions will hit the iranian people hard. the sanctions are primarily in

a financial and trade in need but the basically i think all aspects of the pain and economy have serious people effects on their power sake the u.s. is doing whatever they can to undermine iran's ability to pool cue the necessity medical devices and in this case vaccines that are on the horizon and the case in point is pray sharing. government osogbo. and not to unfreeze billions of dollars of the rainy and acid that iran meets in order to purchase. you know millions of doses of vaccine by causing all of these restrictions if you will so i'm creating the global war to combine these disease so if u.s. is not it will be caught and has and i mean money to you and constantly iran it

will not take such drastic actions that directly affect the wellbeing of meanings of iranians boom bust so with the latest on the u.s. they want to package talks that aggressions and covert action roll out coming up next the team and i are back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines serug on that . rideau which is a planet with 5 moons an atmosphere highly active geology and evidence for a little water of the ocean in syria or it could. be of those for biology is just far beyond our wildest imagination.

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