look hostage the debt stuff happen every single day. there's a history of the usa america. finds its shares plummet after the u.k. attaches a warning to its covert job for those with a history of allergies and america's drug regulator revealed 6 people died during trials with paralysis or possible side effects of. the london in the book because they only know that most other men should not go on to do the play target don't you think that it wasn't. clearly getting emotional while calling for tougher covert destructions in the bundestag as germany sees a record high number of deaths per day chancellor's appeal hasn't won over everyone . after 15 years of america germany's a country that does not want to protect its borders against illegal immigration and instead imposing curfew senate seat isn't. rounding on facebook the us government

in almost every single us state take legal action against the social media giant accusing it of breaking the law to maintain its online dominance. today marks exactly 15 years that our team has been on the air throughout the day we'll be bringing you a look back at some of our major stories from a decade and a half of questioning more. hi there and thanks for joining us this morning you're watching r.t. international. shares in the pharmaceutical giant pfizer dropped nearly 2 percent on wednesday on the news of deaths and mornings in the u.k. people with a history of allergic reactions were advised against taking the company's kovi jump

well in the u.s. drug regulator the f.d.a. revealed that 6 people had died during trials that stress that this was no cause for concern and within statistical expectations later on thursday is deciding whether to give the vaccine approval for emergency use in the united states auntie's correspondent gets the it has more. this was very very bad for publicity at a time when people are already nervous with all the rush that scene's all the cut corners and now warnings any person with a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine medicine or food should not receive the pfizer beyond vaccine how did they miss during clinical trials that people with severe allergies best stay the heck away from pfizer's vaccine was hardly a mere coincidence 2 british nurses went down with a severe reaction on the 1st day of public vaccination the question it begs is what

outs that pfizer mean is that in addition to what we already knew that the vaccine can cause pain headaches fatigue fever swelling and potentially even think szell paralysis among non-serious unsolicited adverse events there was a numerical imbalance of 4 cases of bell spell seen in the vaccine group compared with no cases on the placebo group though the 4 cases in the vaccine group do not represent a frequency above that expected in the general population look that genes can take decades to test it is a miracle that so many have been developed so quickly a marvel of silence and rest assured if pfizer's vaccine most of this save this possible wouldn't be allowed anywhere near you heck the press sold it as well what a gift from god pfizer makes a final push drug company pfizer says it is a great day for science this is really a historic day we have pfizer the company's vaccine is not only safe it is effective authorities doctors scientists watchdogs

a confident it's safe more or less and every death during clinical trials was thoroughly investigated a total of 6 of unrolled participants died during the reporting period all deaths represent advance that occur in the general population of the. groups where they occurred at a similar rate again it's unlikely their words that the pfizer vaccine caused any deaths but what irks me is that we learn that people had died during clinical trials and that others had developed think szell paralysis we learned this not from pfizer who made the vaccine but from the f.d.a. whose job it is to greenlight mass vaccinations and it's very safe to say that people would be grateful for a little more transparency when it comes to knowing what exactly it is that's being injected into their they there's a question where messiness not only functional it's incision but also most.

people targeted or that particular person the main question here is to assess what clinical association or an initial it dated coalition ceased between the doses of the face of the scene and the actual death of those people these are serious things that just has to be that they have they should be sure investigated before if you send the politics and it probably should be informant i mean this is not only a thing that goldman should know before the order. but also the party has to be formed. shortly into me and you will decision as to whether to use a c.c. not you can kind of understand those who are uncertain everyone's jump in march they were telling us that a vaccine would take years few months ago they were bashing the russian vaccine saying there's no way it could have been tested properly and now here we are wise

it's vaccine is out albeit with undocumented side effects and surprisingly if unpleasantly eventful clinical trial history the end of the day the vaccine is as safe as it can be that's past european american. testing and rigorous standards there really isn't much to worry about but it would be nice to get a little more information in the future not have to learn about facial paralysis only after vaccination has begun. in the meantime new york lawmakers have introduced a bill to make covert 19 vaccination mandatory amid a storm of criticism the bill would require those in the states without sufficient immunity to have the job but only if it's deemed safe for them to have it the association of american physicians and surgeons says that it would amount to a violation of human rights is what new york is think of the bill what would happen

with the england yesterday that could be huge i think depending on how that goes it's going to be more inspired and feel safer to take a team that's been part of the too ready questioning. you know if people have on their decree actions to taxi to even try and get it so you know there's no question that are answered i think it's a good idea for people to actually. i'm sure there's many pitfalls always support her similar to the liberty. car or bill of rights only fully supports those rights but i also consider if there are public health risks the flu vaccine is important but it's not mandatory at the comp it thing can be the same way mandating it seems like it might actually like cause more problems than it fixes just because it might get people. to like their backs against the wall but i think everyone should i mean

it is concerning but i'm the only way forward is trial and error so obviously i want to keep my freedom and i but i don't think there's a way as long as it's proving to be safer for a given medical exceptions that are real medical exceptions yeah i would be in favor of that. well the 1st this season in germany has had some of the shine taken out of it with the grim specter of the pandemic looming on tuesday the country soaring a record of nearly 600 daily deaths discussing the need for tougher response this was in the bundestag chancellor angela merkel became an characteristically emotional does what it was the late dr my nothing obvious. and he begins the lessons i don't. think that's the man in the book because they are who know that i was made that elimination and i'm going to do that but i target you we didn't do this and. however the chancellor's lockdown proposals have drawn outrage from opposition politicians who lashed out at michael's government for failing to

provide effective covert measures r.t. speech to all of the reports. it was an impassioned angler merkel an emotional german chancellor who addressed the german bundestag on wednesday the chancellor doesn't have the power under germany's federal system to implement a a nationwide strict lockdown but she was speaking to the people of germany as well as the lawmakers do implore them to agree to much stricter covert 19 restrictions this is after 590 people died on tuesday that's a record for germany through this pandemic and say that was simply unacceptable when a crucial phase of the pandemic control only historical experience shows that the 2nd wave of the pandemic is much more difficult than the 1st one. and i'd like to simply say that if we now have too many contacts before christmas and afterwards it

will be the last christmas with the grandparents then we will have failed we should not do that the german chancellor is in agreement with the german academy of sciences and the plan that they put forward for a stricter lockdown they would want to see all schools and kindergartens finished on the 14th of december for an extended christmas new year break that would extend into january some saying as late as january 10th they would also want to see all non-essential retail closed from the 24th of december with as many people as possible working from home or the chancellor's plea was well it wasn't greeted very well. after 15 years of america germany is a country that does not want to protect its borders against illegal immigration and it's instead imposing curfews and citizens and dispatching legions of police officers to control mask wearing on the trains. these are purely symbolic

restrictions which firstly are ineffective so. secondly the interfere disproportionately with people's freedoms and thirdly they really intended to simulate a planned course of action for the audience but heading into the christmas and new year's holidays the chancellor implored german citizens to be responsible when it came to mixing with others and not to try and do anything that would spread covert 90 in the country had done exceptionally well in the 1st wave of the coronavirus those days same a long way away now. social media giant facebook won't be hitting the like button news that it's being sued by almost every state in america over concerns the country's federal trade commission has filed a lawsuit as well and is pushing for a breakup of the company something facebook has likened to revisionist history

legal action targets facebook's acquisitions of the instagram and once platforms or facebook is really coming under fire now that it is facing an antitrust lawsuit from the state's attorneys general of 48 different states across the united states the allegation that's being made in this lawsuit essentially states that facebook has violated the law and violated competitive behavior during its acquisition in the early 201314 of instagram and whatsapp at the time that facebook acquired instagram it had about 30000000 users today it has over a 1000000000 users worldwide at the time that it acquired facebook said that instagram wasn't really a competitor but today instagram has become very much a competitor to facebook and fully integrated into the facebook system for advertising data collection of users and even cross promotion of posts here's what some of those states attorneys general had to say about the lawsuit today we are sending a clear and strong message to facebook and every other company that any efforts to

stifle competition. hurt small businesses reduced innovation and creativity will be met with the full force of our offices the f.t.c. filed their own lawsuit against facebook today as well. and we look forward to collaborating with them in the litigation process the state's attorneys general are calling for an actual divestment of instagram and whatsapp what does that mean it means that if these states attorneys general win their lawsuit they would force facebook to actually sell off the assets of what's app and instagram a very big deal in the tech world. another major legal case in the united states texas filed a lawsuit in the supremes court against 4 key states won by president elect joe biden it's being supported by 17 other states attorney general of texas alleges wisconsin pennsylvania georgia and michigan illegally changed their election laws thereby compromising the results of the 2020 presidential vote certain officials in

the defendant states present to the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail in voting the defendant states floated their citizenry with tens of millions of ballots applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they're lawfully received evaluated and counted the lawsuits in question doesn't alleges voter fraud but points out that there were voting irregularities we asked legal and political analyst lionel why the case is important the reason why this is important is that under article 3 of our constitution this supreme court is this site have a regional jurisdiction meaning you go directly to the supreme court in cases of lawsuit or dispute between states which vary where for the supreme court to hear or the answer anything. but in this particular case the supreme court is acting not as

an appellate court not as an appeals court but as the original court and this is unlike any other case and the reason that they are facing this lawsuit the reason for this is that it does allege that it is against the constitution for the courts in essence to change the rules of elections they should be done so by legislatures this is unlike any other case because it goes directly to the supreme court and it's being brought by states and not people that's critical. u.s. election is contested in the supremes court you chief says that this will be deleting videos that allege that the vote was rigged we'll explain old after the break.

which is a planet with 5 moods an atmosphere highly active geology and evidence for the border who shoots in syria it could. be of those for biology is just far beyond our wildest imagination. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. when i was still seemed wrong but all were all just don't call. me world yet to seep out just to come out to. engage me because

betrayal. when something is find themselves worlds apart we just of the common ground. the end of free speech that's what some are branded you tube's decision to delete videos that alleged fraud and violations in the us election we also work to make sure that the line between what is removed and what is allowed is drawn in the right place our policies prohibit misleading viewers about where and how to vote we also disallow content alleging widespread fraud or areas change the outcome of a historical us presidential election and that decision comes after the so-called safe harbor deadline that's the last day on which states can challenge the election

says that the passing of the deadline was one of the reasons for deleting the videos though the platform has actually been removing thousands of election videos going right back to september it all comes as the trump of ministration takes the election all the way to the supremes court in the meantime many videos containing unproven allegations they remain up on you tube an include claims of russian collusion in the 2016 u.s. election plus conspiracy theories about the $911.00 terrorist attacks you tube's decision to remove vote fraud allegations as rubs some people up the wrong way starting today they will remove content about election fraud even though there are court cases about election fraud going through the system at this very moment your free speech the bindings are coming. google owns you tube officially announcing free speech no longer allowed if you have concerns about election integrity you must sit down and shut up repeal section $230.00 and break these companies up

corporate media and liberal politicians claim for years trumps election was illegitimate due to russian collusion and you tube promoted them right now what we see is that you tube has declared itself the arbiter of the 2020 election even though there are still active court cases going on in the supreme court challenging results so it's if you're really anywhere not just the us this should scare you we do not want an elected officials like the people who work at google deciding what we can and cannot say in regard to politics slowly but surely we have seen tech companies like you tube but facebook and twitter as well start to exert more control and more censoring of what their users say this is concerning this is absolutely a threat to free speech and if you're someone who believes that you should be able to say whatever opinions you want then you need to look at this seriously because yes these are private companies but at the same time the way the public discourse has evolved essentially these online platforms function as the public square.

the courts of all playing on the counters on the cake of burning because today banks a special birthday for ati. yes it was right back in 2005 where it all began ati bursting into broadcasting life and i do think it's fair to say that from those humble beginnings we have made somewhat of an impression on the world. older children go there their lives go on going on the research group or you learn in the shallow do the research well enough to know they go to a newspaper and even though i didn't know and i knew that radio. is

a very good value and of m.t.v. is going to resent mobile devices more than 12 earlier i'm going to i'm going to conjure if you don't need to both like your mother your own go. against alternative vision. you'll start to question. your way. through all the. time and it is. going to feel really inappropriate to mediocre. really undercover going to disable it so. you will get exposed on to your kids' way of dickens' i mean if your mind was know your audience and brave everything to a. trip through the room.

you know you can defend yourself and your loved ones from the weapons of mass communication. thanks for the r.t. . it was given to me your fingers you use. it was during all 15 years on air artie's been reporting on major events right around the globe ensuring the voices on all sides are heard and it's part of our anniversary coverage today we're going to have a look back at our place focus on the united states where we've been reporting on things the authorities would rather we had. over the years our fan base here in the u.s. has grown not just bigger but louder becoming a belting chorus among the rich and powerful propaganda or both the television and again the issue of the russian propaganda machine propaganda machine russian propaganda on steroids perhaps part of the reason they love us so much over here is

that we never shy away from america's uglier side violence and chaos continue to rage on the streets of the us suburb of ferguson where protesters and police are squaring off over the killing of an unarmed black teenager the abuse of prisoners in secret cia prisons has been into sharp relief following the release of a report called how america tortures protests over the death of jewel which floyd while being detained by minneapolis police have raged for the night it was revealed that the n.s.a. had been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of americans using data provided by a.t.m. tea horizon and international criminal court has announced it will move forward with a probe into whether the us committed war crimes in afghanistan of the top 22 developed countries in the entire world the united states we account for 82 percent of all the gun deaths corporations love wall street which might be why corporate media has not been paying as much attention as we have. going on police brutality running

wild in new york americans dragged punched and pepper sprayed women on the ground even if you believe by police. it took america's nice tree media a week to catch up with the demonstrations protestors say some networks deny them coverage. when most were unaware of america's silent majority we had their backs those living in coastal and urban areas were blown away when people in ohio wisconsin michigan and pennsylvania turned out in droves to vote for trump the surprise. election results are seen as proof that the usa is a divided country among americans who say the economy is poor 79 percent voted for trump and among americans who say their family's financial system is worse off today 78 percent for trump it's pretty clear there's a lot of americans whose voices aren't exactly taking center stage in mainstream

media we decided we'd have a talk with a few of them were working class middle america that's going away all males are gone and that was our bread and butter around here in the coal mines in the southern part of west virginia they're gone there's people who have nothing further away from washington d.c. like you're in wilmington the buildings had already been crumbling for a long time it's not good we don't have jobs. we need jobs poverty is horrible you know business is lost you know like look at airborne and when airborne closed you know thousands of people lost their jobs so it affected a lot of businesses and i just think that we haven't had a voice for you know a long time so i'm excited about the president and i feel like we have been forgotten or certainly aware of why the u.s. military industrial complex might want to merican zan the rest of the world to stop watching r t the 1st u.s. air strike on libya with actually carried out 25 years ago during the reagan administration and it's since been followed by a number of other u.s.

led military campaigns the pentagon is using some of its newest and most sophisticated weaponry and a scan of the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue the u.s. led coalition has been moving troops and bombing syrian territory without any consent from either the u.n. or the syrian government or somebody else who really like to see the back of us most likely is the u.s. state department they never really seem to appreciate our questions on u.s. foreign policy when you want to invade us you know not attacking you i'm not attacking you. that i'm not attacking you i would just love to see your institution ask the same kind of questions of your own government your government which is flying aircraft over aleppo and bombing hospitals i am here asking you what i think are fair questions and i have one more if you can just i'll give you one at tax yes put a texas i'm going to just try another tactic i just i'm curious you are and the fall

out of that u.s. foreign policy is something we will never stop bringing a 5 months and counting that's how long the inmates at the guantanamo bay prison have been refusing food to protest in what they call in humane treatment despite international outrage over the situation the hunger strike is showing no signs of ending and today we're taking a close look at why strapped to a chair and having nutrients forced down their nose twice a day and 3 inmates are undergoing similar feeding procedures in hospital e. government says the procedure is done in the most humane way possible and is trying to prevent death by using it will snow blowers to some they are traitors to others they speak truth to power we will never stop letting you make up your own mind back then at the turn of the decade as sanj was a hero how the pundits cheered his eeks exposing bush era war crimes exposing the elites corporations politicians how they loved him for it for his outstanding

journalism their words it was given on or off on a come on we all know the exact moment these people turned against their former hero edward snowden has been publicly justifying his security leaks in a german magazine he also launched a broadside at washington's persecution of him a minute his calls for better global protection for people's rights and privacy so sure we haven't won over everyone here in the united states with our reporting especially the war makers and the elites but perhaps that's how it should be. r.t. new york. a number of you wrote it so that you want your team to national thanks so much for your company this morning updates coming your way in half an hour.

global free up money ponzi scheme has set the bar 1st ever style collapsing like bernie made off collapsed and now we're going back to poverty so the answer is always bad you need actual sound money like gold but of course that doesn't work so much as a big point on this and what'll happen is they'll be hundreds of millions and billions of people in the world title say that they're such a bank that their their nation state government will say you know what i'm interested in money we just want to have our own money have our own peace of mind and you can go away.

welcome to the alex savage the vaccine cavalry is coming over to help i'm not a moment too soon this week vaccinations against corporate started across united kingdom where the 4 administrations are all struggling with containing the virus while sustaining the economy in england open puts kora votes has broken nights in the ranks of the governing conservative party and public dissent was reflected in ugly scenes in the streets of london the weekend before last. the national long time in england has come to an end and being a place to find the a system. which keeps a vast majority of the country in effective law but trial in england scotland and northern ireland new covered cases seem to stabilized in wales they continue to increase even with the 4 governments have preached to a joint approach to the 5 days of christmas relaxation.