u.s. drug regulator proves it finds this covert vaccine for emergency summit reports of the agency's head being threatened by the white house. today our nation has achieved a medical miracle it will save millions of lives and soon end the pandemic once and for all. the rejects the use of emergency authorization saying safety must come 1st to them so what's the rollout certificates for those stupid inoculated against covert prompting fears that people will feel pressured into having the vaccine i guess the baby should. read. one thing i would say to the european union if you stop having so much bureaucracy and let those countries decide for themselves they would turn frank seems by now to

blah blah. etc that's such. a. string of the times the british city of birmingham gives world could name to 6 new roads infuriating until. either thanks for joining us this morning you're watching r t international the u.s. food and drug agency has approved. vaccine for emergency use to reports the white house chief of staff had threatened the f.d.a. chief to approve the banks or resign donald trump has praised the development. today our nation has achieved a medical miracle we have delivered a safe and effective vaccine in just 9 months this is one of the greatest scientific or karpal assurance in history it will save millions of lives and soon

end the pandemic once and for all in the u.k. people with a history of allergic reactions were advised against taking pfizer's kovac jump and in america the f.d.a. revealed 6 volunteers had died during trials we told 44000 people but the regulator insisted there's nothing to worry about the 4 had received a placebo or the remaining 2 deaths were well within statistical expectations. more americans have now died from cove it than were lost fighting in world war 2 almost 300000 people have lost their lives to the virus killable pain reports. we've got 15000000 cases of covert 19 in the united states we've got hospitals overwhelmed 107000 people are in the hospital at this moment doctors say these numbers are going to keep getting worse on wednesday there were more deaths from covert 19 on one day than there were on september 11th these are pretty big numbers

that people are looking on at the situation then and just appalled at how massively coded 1000 has expanded throughout the united states how much the pandemic seems to be completely out of control now joe biden is promising that when he takes office he will tackle this issue for his 1st 100 days in office he's talking about a mask a mandate and i'm absolutely convinced that in 100 days we can change the course of the disease and change life in america for the better i'm going to ask for a mask in place everyone for the 1st 100 days of my administration to where madness will start with my signing in order on day one to require mass where i cannot be the law there is some concern about how a mask mandate would be enforced around the country where there are states and localities that have mandated masks be worn we've seen kind of rebellion among

sheriffs and local police officers who are refusing to enforce it for example in california this local sheriff referred to a mask of mandate as dictatorial here is what he said he is expecting us to arrest anyone violating these orders cite them and take their money close their businesses make them stay in their homes and take away their civil liberties or he will punish all of us the riverside county sheriff's department will not be blackmailed bullied or used as muscle against riverside county residents in the enforcement of the governor's orders unemployment numbers in the united states are actually the highest they've been since mid september we. at a situation where this week 853000 people lost their jobs bringing the total number of unemployment to 10700000 according to the u.s. department of labor now despite this there is a deadlock in congress they're fighting over the stimulus package others not a clear agreement between the 2 major parties about how relief should be provided

and of course we've got the 2 major parties blaming each other take a listen how many more businesses have to shutter how many more dreams have to be shattered. how many more people have to be laid off. before nancy pelosi and the democrats will act if we need more turned and looked at more time but we have to have a bill and we cannot go home without it things are pretty out of control the rival parties are blaming each other joe biden is promising that he will turn things around however there's a strong amount of opposition to the measures he's already proposing even before he takes office quite a problematic and serious situation here in the united states people are kind of confused about what exactly to do. to protect themselves you know also when i think many americans don't like to be told what to do so they've restrictions and they continue to fight the restrictions and by their doctor by some of the states are

stretched you know beyond capacity following every holiday there's a small surge and now it's a pretty big surge after thanksgiving there's still a significant portion of our population that doesn't get what's happening. while the united states is happy to resort to emergency authorization to end the pandemic as quickly as possible europe is a caution with the head of his medicines agency saying safety must come 1st as well as rejecting the need for emergency authorization the use also calling for vaccination certificates for people who have been inoculated and for block wide mutual recognition of coronavirus test results now they move all this is to encourage eventual vaccine uptake and to resteal cross border travel. right now the european union is working full speed to review the safety of vaccines and make them available to see do we have the opportunity to reach an agreement on how to proceed

with covert 19 vaccines and establish a common system for the lead ity of tests however opponents of vaccination certificates are concerned that they'll end up becoming defacto obligatory because people could be required to have one before being permitted to do certain things like travel i call again and he'll put this issue up for debate. i'm nervous about the idea of having these travel as certificates or these certificates that say you've had the coronavirus vaccine because what that means is that actually will then end up being a coronavirus passport so i think the thing is to encourage rather to rather than to make sure people are automatically told they have to have it it should not be compulsory go green with the gentleman there no problem but for air travel. it should be made compulsory by the airlines to make sure that the people on the plane are sent the blah blah about really dumb and cetera that's exactly what the

problems we got with this. group who are going to be taking you know not getting the full information about and so i think there will be more people who are going to pick who profession coming out to look you eat certain they're very concerned return to rush this flight she has come out there who. are right now this is nothing against having vaccines are present but this it's very routine or. not put the european union hasn't really. isn't concerned the one thing i would say to the european union is if you stop having so much bureaucracy and let those countries decide for themselves they would have vaccines by now i think that's an incredibly dangerous thing to say this is been in the making for 20 years we've had a rolling review is this is going on this vaccine is safe the m h r 8 would not license this vaccine if they did not believe it was safe and the problem is when you start to spread those sorts of rumors that's why people won't

be vaccinated and the more you tell them you have to have a vaccine and people believe that there is some sort of military thing going on then people will not take up that fax nation and therefore we undo all the good work that's been done to date certain conspiracy theories and go our bordering on factual know looking as if they're going to be happening and this is just going to fuel those more extreme conspiracy theories that one of bill gates trying to use vaccines that plant microchips in people this is simply going to reinforce their fears isn't it yes i somehow i believe absolutely. sorry. you shouldn't believe these people or assume who claims crazy ideas over time in the coming months and years we will know about the long term validity of the vaccine and after certification and maybe we'll need to do it again and maybe there will be a 2nd version in all and that will improve the years but we need to save the economy now in germany to the daily infection rate has been steadily

climbing since october 100 led to a debate about whether to pull the plug on traditional christmas events in a bid to keep people safe peter oliver bowles from berlin. usually where i'm talking to you from would be the scene of one of the busiest christmas markets it's not to be this year there's no room at the inn for the christmas market due to the global pandemic but one thing that's a memory of christmas past is the smells of mold wine that still on sale at the restrictions on selling out cold will harm my business if we will leave the lots of income as things stand we can stay here until the 20th december maybe we'll be allowed to work and up again off the lockdown is over but the sale of a cup of festive cheer is causing a divide in the country though while bars and restaurants of being forced to close on the germany's lockdown lights mulled wine in the stalls have become

a place to congregate prompting some politicians to warn that they may be leading to the spread of covert 19 across the country build one stands subvert our contact restrictions i don't understand why the city of cologne allows this in the end this will lead to new infections and that's it will be time for that later when we are vaccinated the owners of these stalls disagree though. i think we should do everything we can to stop the spread of this virus we wear masks and observe the timi to distance rule and disinfect our hands even germany's most famous christmas market in nuremberg is closed they've had to make changes to traditions going back to the 16th century with this year's chris kindle christ child opening the advent season from a local t.v. studio. this year everything is different the coronavirus crisis is preventing us from doing many things in the run up to christmas such as advent celebrations and

gathering at the christmas market. lock down restrictions that were brought in back in november haven't had the desired effect in getting the number of cases of covert 90 down that means that the federal. government here in berlin and the leaders of germany 16 states are going to have to thrash out a new set of restrictions even if that means putting christmas spirit on hold is fact rick this nation it as hard as it is and i know how much care has gone into setting up the mood wine and waffles tat it's not compatible with for it to be a greet only take food away and it is home and really saw it from the bottom of my heart but if the price we pay is $590.00 deaths a day then that in my view is not acceptable but. obviously the public don't want to cancel christmas but i spoke to people here and asked them what they thought about these mulled wine stalls being no it's not very christmassy it's like to try

to find a balance between not being scarce and. trying to have a good time maybe i think it's not good that this do open at the same time is a little bit sad because it's christmas and they're very won't be together and enjoy this time. it is a bit sad that there's not so much to do at this time but i think we need to be cautious and i suppose those few places with mulled wine should remain open it's clear for a bundle of merkel's address to the bundestag that the chancellor wants to see things go further sacrificing christmas spirit in the name of safety feature all over r.t. . 6 people were injured after being struck by a car at a black lives matter protesting new york on friday he's confirmed the injuries appear not to be life threatening the rally was held in solidarity with people jailed by immigration enforcers the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd

was arrested the area was cordoned off after the incident witnesses told us what they saw. our people got hit our people got hit by a car for us were doing a peaceful protest we had those bikers. cops behind us the entire day the by cops the bikers they were behind us the entire time they could have prevented it if they did their job much aware peacefully watch the turn around or see the car coming sadly they will pass one of the brothers movie on the way the same way the car started to think. they could smack. the pretty city of birmingham has been branded woke of ill for the way his named 6 new streets the names include done versity growth equality road and humanity close a panel of judges chose those names from suggestions by the public though some locals have been quick to transfer pics these new street names are completely

vacuous was 0 connection to the people history or culture of birmingham another labor initiative the politicize ation of our landscape continues the art a meaningless banality of these new names speaks volumes about the new hollow normal anyway how about trusts close compliance crescent wolk wash way i'm calling it now someone's going to put a d at the end of humanity close radio host in column a strong as the birmingham should have chosen names that reflect the city's achievements instead. this is political correctness gone mad this is snowflakes having a field day how ridiculous to name the streets and these closes in this way it's virtue signaling it's i'm sure it's not in shoes with most birmingham people it doesn't reflect what birmingham is what birmingham's becoming birmingham is

a modern thriller sting city but we could talk about the achievements of birmingham and birmingham people there's luck and loads of people are not necessarily people but organization bands groups great achievements they couldn't name this after but no they want to slugger the demos and their politically correct it's an absolute joke and i'm sure that brahma jordan every working class birmingham people will be laughing at this as much as everybody else. locals in the far northwest of russia were treated to a dazzling nighttime display in shades of and world green this was the side over moments of the city no stranger to the northern lights but this particular display well it was larger and brighter than usual thanks to a powerful magnetic storm in the atmosphere. so it's come to balance ladies cabinet pick does nothing to dispel fears the interests of corporate giants

are being put 1st for the team obama is making a comeback that's coming up after the break.

we are discussing a new school of economics alien economics and this is really brought about by negative interest rates means contact with the galactic federation. welcome back us president elect joe biden has unveiled his latest round of cabinet picks and they include yet another obama era official. agriculture secretary for secretary of agriculture i nominate tom vilsack an outstanding 2 term governor of iowa the best secretary of agriculture i believe this country's ever had he was

there when the great recession was. rolled america over 8 years he oversaw a record breaking investment to bring us back. the former iowa governor was agriculture secretary under barack obama tenure though plagued by accusations he favored major industrial giants including monsanto the sac supported a number of controversial measures including the expansion of genetically modified crops and help these industry restrictions. biden's cabinet so far been packed with figures linked to big corporations former c.n.n. contributor gen sankey has been chosen as the new white house press secretary with austin's nomination as defense secretary his spot concerns over his ties to the arms supplier raytheon on tony blinken sclerosis with the big powerful is being question too over his nomination for secretary of state professor of political economy doesn't believe that we'll be seeing most different with this new administration. always whiteman's nearly all the now have been no retreads from

your mom administration or pro corporate appointees you know it's not only that bill shack was dogged with doing what he need to do to benefit monsanto and g.e.o.s. but he was in a husband image there i believe the head of the dairy council so are this guy has a long history of corporate agribusiness try and other positions revolving doors of the same thing and it's not mary convincing that they were going to have much of a change sure and if the appointments by biden are any indication of what the policies might be another is whether we're live now nixon is going to be obama nominates 2.0 and then we better worry and i don't see biden's policies that are going to be very aggression in terms of a stimulus that's needed and if the democrats don't come up with the robust stimulus economic policy when viney thinks office then they are fleecing their

anomic yet none 2022 congress. ok let me try to say that coming under increased attack from migrants in cali and that spike comes as the briggs it transition period in is one lorry driver filmed this video that shows men trying to get into the truck ahead of his own one of the men that held a projectile at his vehicle so i spoke to greg west the driver who made that they'd have about the situation in cali. people that try to come across. we call them immigrants they try very many different tactics to actually port the tribal and back american shows as small annoyed as much as possible the systems that are fitted within the channel tunnel actually make it much more harder because they can be detected sniffing dogs to. hear and smell people consider themselves inside the truck is an opportunistic and there is

a feeling of desperation that these people live and so. in a way migrants reach the united kingdom's by boat it's estimated a record number landed in britain this year more than 8000 but the arrivals are set to decrease as the you can france have signed an agreement in november this will see more patrols carried out and more surveillance u.k. home office also says it's invested millions of pounds in border security is greg west again he says tougher borders is just one reason people voted for briggs it is fairly evident that. more inclined to want to be. in the u.k. than in the rest of europe is over genuine political asylum seekers they would probably claim asylum once they come in to anywhere within the but they don't tend to back up and over load the immigration system and services within the u.k. so they then struggle to keep up i mean there are many reasons but the reason we

voted to remove ourselves from europe was because we wanted i think the country wanted greater control over immigration is one of the many factors. palestinian shop owners in all jerusalem allege that the israeli authorities say using the pandemic as an excuse to drive their businesses under and there's a stores have been closed for violating health minister bills honestly picks up the story. the pandemic has left businesses around the world reeling but here in the bubble huta neighborhood in the old city of jerusalem that's only hot off the story over $400.00 stores and counting have been forced to close here leaving families who've worked in the shops for generations desperate normally at this time of year the streets are bustling with tourists and traders we're not far from the al aqsa mosque compound but as you can see many of the shops are closed and atmosphere is one of clue. here somebody who once made 100 shekels now makes 15 or

less that's life now it's very difficult is not like before now there's no way to earn money the jobs here are reliant on tourism and there are no tourists it's been like this for a year the coronavirus is of course the main reason but shop owners yes it is also under pressure from israeli or far as he's to move why well they believe that once they're forced out the area will be filled with jewish israelis. who are going business is not function here look at this coffee house it's closed and those that are open there are no customers they're not making ends meet and who is to blame the government of course there's the crown of ours but they make too much drama out of that there's only so much you can blame on the virus people want to work and they are working but they're not making any money the police say that some motions are flouting the rules by refusing to efface mosques the people here say that

something not true instead they say that the police are either preventing them from reaching their businesses under the pretext that they are breaking the coronavirus and quarantine rules or they coming up with other excuses to force them to close the shops. because we're arabs look at tel aviv no one gets fined there before us because we're arabs we get fined 2000 shekels and reporters fall for everything. i mean to tell you the truth it's racism if you go to the jewish parts of jerusalem many people there don't even wear mosques the stores are open people go to work go about their daily lives there for us it's different my wife had to pay 500 shekels because she hadn't put a mask on correctly the old city of jerusalem is eerily quiet come on a virus has devastated business in the streets now it's hardly the time to be playing politics or perhaps as residents here tell me it's the ideal time policia

otty jerusalem. sort of there for this news hour plenty more to come though we'll be keeping a busy with the latest top news stories this saturday morning join me for more than half an hour. i. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

time after time say we're going underground a year to the day since u.k. prime minister morris johnson's landslide victory in the country's general election a year in office arguably eclipsed by a pandemic that is not the u.k. with the highest number of coronavirus related deaths in europe coming on the show 2000000 that's the number of u.k. families estimated to be pushed into extreme poverty by privileging the rich during coronavirus we talk to the united nations knew and stream poverty special rapporteur about the prospect of a 1000000 more british children struggling to stay warm or be clean and i ask

whether the boris johnson government is merely continuing what the un has characterized as an anti or ideological project to systematically him is a rage millions grand will a biden presidency be able to pull off the same p.r. conjuring trick that the obama white house did we told the white house's 1st official videographer an aide to both new liberal obama and the new liberal senator bernie sanders all the some more coming up in today's going underground 1st with the u.n. warning 200000000 more people could be pushed into extreme poverty by coronavirus the scale of the problem here in the u.k. the world's 5th largest economy is becoming clearer u.k. antipoverty n.-g. o. the joys of roundtree foundation says levels of destitution could be set to double in the wake of the pandemic with 2000000 including a 1000000 children struggling to eat stay warm or keep clean but according to the un destitution was already rising before the pandemic when un special rapporteur on extreme poverty in 2019 for the bolster and claimed britain was in the grip of an ideological project causing pain and misery well now its successor in the v.a.

the shooter joins me now from brussels and they may thanks so much for coming on obviously brussels in the news here over. talks but just tell me what brings you to becoming special robert or in extreme poverty as we're hearing horrific exponential change in extreme poverty in the wake of coronavirus let alone what was happening before coronavirus. indeed so this is a time of crisis it's stream the worrying to see the impact that the current 1000 pandemic is having its is at the same time a time of opportunities when i took up my role as special reports on the right to food in 2008 we already had a global food price crisis that was. reading the impacting populations very significant the with the a doubling or tripling of prices of basic commodities such as we saw. and by some global markets and this is these are times where governments can also wake up to their responsibilities and where bold ideas can be put forward what did it make you

feel when you heard that the united states the democrats and the republicans put $740000000000.00 more money into the pentagon well look the amounts of money injected in the economy since the start of the bendel meet in march 2020 is absolutely astounding all together it's about $12000000000.00 u.s. dollars which is an unprecedented amount in times of peace that states have injected in the economy a small fraction of this goes to source of addiction it's not insignificant but it is much less than would be required to keep the populations safe and prevent people from from falling into poverty so yes we should rethink our priorities yeah i mean i mean i was are very into the pentagon there but i mean you know very well that. a lot of people in the media arguably often talk about extreme poverty being being focused on the global south this now.