believe in the best. you will be the. blue moon. pies are shares drop after the u.k. attaches a warning to its code for those with a history of severe allergies and america's drug regulator revealed 6 died during trials with facial paralysis listed as a possible side effect. but none of them are looking to go by the old when the time is muslim women should not go on to do the target killing dead in the city. angela merkel gets emotional while calling for tougher code restrictions as germany sees a record high number of daily deaths up the chancellor's appeal hasn't won over everyone. after 15 years of america germany is a country that does not want to protect its borders against illegal immigration and use instead imposing curfews senate seat isn't. also this hour the u.s.

government takes legal action against facebook accusing the social media giant of breaking the law to maintain its online dominance. and today marks exactly 15 years that r.t. has been on the air drop the day will be looking back at some of our major stories from a decade and a half of question and more. you're watching our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. shares in pharmaceutical giant pfizer dropped nearly 2 percent on wednesday on the news of deaths and warnings in the u.k. people with a history of severe allergic reactions were advised against taking the company's coated jab on the u.s. drug regulator the f.d.a.

revealed 6 people had died during trials though it stress that this was no cause for concern and within statistical norms later on thursday it's advisory panel is deciding whether the vaccine should be given approval for emergency use in the u.s. . has more. this was very very bad for publicity at a time when people are already nervous with all the rushed that scenes 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 added the myths 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 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 sheens can take decades to test it is a miracle that so many have been developed so quickly a marvel of science and rest assured if pfizer's vaccine most of this save this possible wouldn't be allowed anywhere near you hack the press sold it is all but 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 dissimilar rate again it's unlikely their words the size of vaccine caused any deaths but what me is that we learn that people had died during clinical trials and that others had developed fishel paralysis we learned this not from pfizer who made the vaccine but from the f.d.a. whose job it is to read mass vaccinations you can kind of understand those who are uncertain everyone's jumped in march they were telling this that a vaccine would take years few months ago they were bashing the russian vaccine saying there's new wade could have been tested properly and now here we are pfizer

is vaccine is out albeit with documented 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 passed 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 our vaccination has begun meanwhile new york lawmakers have introduced a bill to make over 1000 vaccination mandatory for some amid a storm of criticism the bill would require those in the state without sufficient immunity to that job but only if it's deemed safe for them to get it this is asian of american physicians and surgeons says it would amount to a violation of human rights though here's what new yorkers think about the bill. well it happened with the wind yesterday that's going to huge i think you planning

on how that goes we're going to be more inspired and feel safer to take it because that part of it too we're already questioning. you know if people have their degree actions to see these should even try and get it so you know they're still restaurants that are answered i think it's a good idea for people who actually. i'm sure there's many pitfalls and fully support personnel the real civil liberties part of our our bill of rights fully fully support those rights but they also have to consider if there are public health risks for a flu vaccine is important but it's not mandatory as the common thing can be the same way mandating it seems like it might actually like cause more problems than it texas just because it might get people. to it their backs against the wall but i think everyone should take it i mean it is concerning but i'm the only way forward

is trial and error so obviously i want i want to keep my freedom and i but i don't think there's a way as long as it's proven to be safe for people even medical exceptions that are real medical exceptions yeah i would be in favor of it. the festive 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 saw a record of nearly 600 daily deaths discussing the need for a tougher response in the bundestag chancellor angela merkel became uncharacteristically emotional. duns was the late dr my nothing up in his feelings and weeks in the cia and he didn't begin to lessons are feel a shit i'm 60 plus look at london in the book because i they also know that he was muslim and he should not allow god to do that but i thought it illing dead and doesn't if it was art and then they had 12 and it's a feeling. i should use the slips of i don't mean it was a. one of the measures the chancellor is pushing for is an extended winter holiday

for schools and their gardens that idea is backed by the german academy of sciences another of her proposals is shutting all non-essential shops from december 24th also merkel's government wants as many germans to work home as possible. over the chancellor's lockdown proposals have drawn outrage from opposition politicians who have lashed out at her for failing to provide an effective covert response. after 15 years of america germany is a country that does not want to protect its borders against illegal immigration and its instead imposing curfews on its citizens and dispatching legions of police officers to control mask wearing on the trains. these are purely symbolic restrictions which firstly are ineffective secondly the interfere disproportionately with people's freedoms and thirdly they were only intended to simulate a planned course of action for the audience germany has stepped up its covert restrictions

a number of times the last was in november but the number of new cases is still high it's frustration among a lockdown wary germans boiling over into widespread protests number of germany's left parties on top of it believes the government has seriously mishandled the coppa crisis. everything has been find it this government has done over the last year we wouldn't be finding such a top position right now in that situation hashes should. not be acting alone all the measures rely on one thing and that is probably the sections many people approach this business on that have lost their lives and then when they got them and closed down their businesses in november promise. now that money has reached the intended beneficiaries yes because we've got schools they face if you've not been down. gosford fire some of whom are you know that did

just send their east. los is when i was asked that we need a spanish t.v. and a response talk too late. social media giant facebook won't be heading the like button over news it's being sued by almost every state in the u.s. over antitrust concerns that countries federal trade commission has filed a lawsuit as well and is pushing for a breakup of the company something that facebook has likened to revision this history of legal action target's facebook's acquisition of instagram and whatsapp r.t.s. ben swan reports 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 post 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 what's up what does that mean it means that if these states attorneys general when their lawsuit they would force

facebook to actually sell off the assets of whatsapp and instagram a very big deal in the tech world another large tech firm you tube has been criticized by song for supposedly stifling free speech after the platform made the decision to remove it is alleging voter fraud in the u.s. election this is what the company had to say 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 errors change the outcome of a historical us presidential election the decision comes after the so-called safe harbor deadline at the last day on which states can challenge the election egypt says the passing of the deadline was one of the reasons for it leaving the videos the platform has been actually leaving thousands of election videos since september and this all comes as the top administration takes the election all the way to the

supreme court meanwhile many videos containing unproven allegations remain up on you tube these include claims a russian collusion in the 2016 us presidential election and even conspiracy theories about the 911 terror attacks you tube decision to remove vote fraud allegations has rubbed some the wrong way starting today they will remove content about election fraud even though the record case is about election fraud going through the system at this very moment to 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 youtube and at google deciding what we can and cannot say in regard to politics slowly but surely we've 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 a century these online platforms function as the public square. and while we're talking about the us elections texas has filed

a lawsuit with the supreme court against 4 battleground states one by joe biden a look at that story just after this break.

join me every 1st week on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. come back texas has filed a lawsuit with the supreme court against 4 states won by president elect joe biden . being supported by 17 more states the attorney general of texas alleges that wisconsin pennsylvania georgia and michigan illegally changed their election laws compromising the result of the vote certain officials in the defendant states

presented the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail in voting the defendant states flooded the citizenry with tens of millions of ballots applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they are lawfully received evaluated and counted. a lawsuit does not allege voter fraud but points out that there were voting irregularities we asked media and legal analyst lionel why the case is significant the reason why this is important is that under article 3 of our constitution the supreme court is the site of original jurisdiction meaning you go directly to disappear in court in cases of lawsuit or dispute between states was very rare 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 basing this lawsuit the reason for this is that it is allege that it is against the constitution for the courts in essence to change the rules of elections they should be done so by legislature 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. space x. starship project has suffered a setback after a prototype exploded while attempting to land instead happened on wednesday evening after a high altitude flight test in texas. the

flight which was to test things ranging from engine performance to aerodynamic capabilities have gone well so much so the space x. founder has already called the launch a success adding the company got all the data it needed a starship project has a number of goals including space tourism and mars combe ization some early test of the starship one badly this year the company started receiving nasa from launching new systems. today marks a special birthday for our weather channel celebrating its 15th anniversary. it was back in 2005 that r.t. burst into broadcasting life and it's fair to say since those humble beginnings we've made something of an impression on the world. earlier it

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today undercover to destabilize the. war or if you will get exposed to a latino kids wave gave them so many to lie low self you are used as brave it was unclear. trip through where mary you can defend yourself i enjoyed reforms from the work in the us to the recursion. trades with the teeth. of the enemy of the interview earlier where. there are 14 years on the air are to have been reporting on major events around the globe and sharing that voices on all sides are heard as part of our anniversary coverage say here is a look back at how we reported on some of the events that helped shape europe over the last decade and some but had less of an impact. had it not been for our t.v.

there's a whole host of stories out of europe that you may well have a very different view on from the dramatic greek debt standoff that shook the e.u. to its coal we brought you not only the views of brussels and athens bureaucracy but also of those bearing the brunt from the front lines of that fight. or we've seen violent clashes here in the center of athens greece has seen a marked increase in support for far right nazi groups while greece was being punished for its bailouts with austerity we looked at the way switzerland was aiming to change the way wealth inequality was handled. cash by the truckload the proposed basic income initiative arrived with a splash and the promise of 2000 euro a month for every swiss citizen intended to let them live without basic financial

wary while people were making dangerous journeys to come here from war torn parts of the world here at r.t. we met those people coming to europe and looked at why their home countries at being made so unsafe. while this beach is one that's used as a regular arrival ground for refugees coming from syria afghanistan and elsewhere so there were 60 people. in a movie i think. i would know a 60 we were also among the 1st to see the political and social consequences of mass migration and the rise of those who did not commit. this need to gain a group to write it by their critics is paul right stream isn't so much even cold then neo nazis they however say that their and. against radical islam and defending

europe against what they see as the islamification of the continent some things have stayed the sea and over the years. we've also been at the forefront of new innovations changing lives and on occasion asking just because we could does not always mean that we should. do this germany is selling one because for $85.00 euro it's going to the right ok and if this continues pretty soon bit coins might not be only for nerds they could be the cash in all our pockets we weren't the only ones watching of course. it's a question germans have been wanting answers to since the summer of 2030 how much are they being spied on but it has been for go along the way. these days more and more people are concerned where their food has come from but for some just because

you like pork chops doesn't mean you want to come face to face to pick up. this pint here contains around 3 grams of plastic explosives i'm going to go and hide some way here in the terminal while fraga tries to track me down. sure enough she finds me trying to check in for a flight back. to him good to me even if not all of the decisions from my site have been the best i don't know what i was thinking with that be it. with greece having being in a rears to the international monetary fund and not having any bailout money with no bailout on the horizon as it stands anyway thanks for being with us for the last 15 years from all of the team here in the german capital i'm peter all over for r.t. burley. that's a wrap up of the day's headlines but all those stories have been quite a thirst for news head on over to our web site r

t v dot com. imagine picking up a future textbook on the early years of the 21st century what are the chapters called gun violence school shootings. first it was my job it was my field it was my savings i have nothing i have nothing it is not like i don't try i look for resources i look for jobs i look for everything i can to make this house. and all i end up doing is. the road to the american dream paved with dead refugees it's this very idealized image of our needs americans took hostage the deaths that happen every single day this is

a modern history of the usa by america. welcome to the alex savage of acting cavalry is coming over the help and not a moment too soon this week vaccinations against covert started across united kingdom where the 4 administrations are all struggling with containing the virus was the standing the economy and england open pits core of voters broken nights and the ranks of the governing conservative party. public dissent was reflected in ugly scenes in the streets of london the weekend before last. the national loped and

england has come to an end i've been a place by an atheist system which keeps a vast majority of the country in effective law but while in england scotland and northern ireland new covered cases seem to stabilized in wales they continue to increase even where the 4 governments have preached to a joint approach to the 5 days of christmas relaxation that is substantial control prosy with many scientists warning that the human cost of christmas celebrations later this month could be high in john gotti unfair pretty today we asked 2 top experts how things are shaping up for the festive period and whether to sensible or foolhardy to permit such celebrations and we ask whether to snipe plain sailing for an effective vaccine program or whether there are still potential pitfalls to come but 1st to alex with your reaction to our recent tribute to the late john hume and our show on scotland's national day same time just see. i am says george reid got

me involved in politics in 1709 to my mind he was the greatest m.p. this country that scotland has ever seen at 82 he still talks more sense than many of the muppets involved in the scottish and westminster governments to be solely on citizen says you don't listen lightning to independence for scotland i was particularly interested to hear that professor suddenly i'm a calm a great figure of the national movement scotland professor of constitutional law at the university european m.p. the deal mccormack had drawn up a constitution on the basis of here's what i made earlier isn't it time to put out for any releasing a pillar fernandez says some time to stay lemley a lot from from billy kay one of the guests on the program christine official says i just feel that bore sure that's the prime minister has let is must slip and allowing his disdain of scots who want to diversify from all political agendas to

show 100 norful says fascinating to hear of the connections to in scotland to russia once the the country of my birth he doesn't say which one. summing up of of the show where we're told to vote to how you can assert the 1st saw is described as the jewel dagger between the shoulder blades beautiful exquisite perfectly poised and deadly and all with a smile and look for them was the moving on to the john hume a sure it is said that was a fascinating and and moving tribute i well remember the troubles in northern ireland it is disgraceful that bracks that threatens the peace our system in donna was great to see that nobody trusts the british government to which an answer of. difficult to say well that's a floor or a feature thereby to persuade them and to begin.