if you really. believe. the u.s. drug regulator approves covert vaccine port of emergency amid reports of the agency's threaten the white house. today our nation has achieved a medical miracle it will save millions of lives and soon the pandemic once and for all. rejects the use of immersion to authorize ation saying that safety must come 1st to the robots difficult for those who have been inoculated against. people will feel pressured into having the facts of our guests debate the issue. but 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 were transferring

seems by now to blah blah. street sign of the times the british city of birmingham gives woke to 6 new broke some purists the p.c. brigade. either thanks so much for joining us here on r.t. international. first this hour the u.s. food and drug agency has approved this covert vaccine for emergency use after reports that the white house chief of staff had threatened the f.d.a. chief to approve the vaccine or resigned on the trump has since 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. the u.k. people with a history of allergic reactions were advised against taking pfizer's kovi job comes just after the country began its mass rollout of the vaccine and in the us the f.d.a. revealed that 6 volunteers had died during the trials which involved 44000 people regulator insists that this is nothing to worry about though saying 4 people had received a placebo while the remaining 2 deaths were well within statistical expectations. ultimately though more americans have now died from cove it than were lost fighting in the 2nd world war almost 300000 people have lost their lives to the virus killing more pain has details. 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 in 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 wear masks that 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 master mandate as dictatorial 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 had a situation where this way. 853000 people lost their jobs bringing the total number of unemployment to 10700000 according to the us 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 how many more businesses have to shut or how many more dreams have to be shattered. how many more people have to be laid off. before to nancy pelosi and the democrats will act for 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 doctors or by some of the states are stretched you know beyond capacity following every holiday there's a 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. all u.s. is happy it seems to resort to merge the authorization to try and pandemic as quickly as possible europe is a caution in the head of its medicines agency saying safety must come 1st as well as rejecting the need for emergency authorization the usual secluding for vaccination certificates for people who've been inoculated for a block wide mutual recognition of coronavirus test results they've all done is to try and courage eventual vaccine uptake and to restore cross border travel. right now the european union is working full speed to review the safety of vaccines and

to make them available and as rich as you 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 validity of tests however opponents of vaccinations are difficult so concerned that they will end up becoming defacto obligatory because people could be required to have one before being permitted to do certain things such as travel collignon 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 to blah blah about 3 don't accept or that's exactly what the problems we've got with this. group who are going to be taking its toll and. i think there will be more people who are going to pick who profession probably outlooks you reach certain they're very concerned with how to reach this client she has come out with who already. are right now because it's nothing against covering vets. but this it's really really helping us. not put sir do your duty as a. car is your concern 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 miletus thing going on then people will not take up that vaccination 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 the 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. i'm sorry. you shouldn't believe these people or assume who claims crazy ideas all the time in the coming months and years we will know about the long term validity of that vaccine and not the 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. heading to germany and the delhi infection rate there has been steadily climbing since october and others led to a debate about whether or not to pull the plug on traditional christmas events in a bid to try to keep people safe on these peta oliver has more 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 the still on sale of the restrictions on selling out cold will harm my business we will leave the lots of income as things stand we can stay here until the 20th december maybe we'll be allowed to open up again after 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 be called a place to congregate prompting some politicians to warn that they may be leading to the spread of covert 19 across the country. 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 the c.s.i. 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. lockdown 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 it's fought 3 week this needs met 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 is 590 deaths a day that 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 open it's not very christmassy like to try to find a balance between not being scarce and. trying to have a good time maybe i think it says not a good day it's still open at the same time it's a little bit sad because it's christmas and every value won't be together and enjoy this time. it is ours 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 peter all over r.t. barely. 6 people were injured after being struck by a car at

a black lives matter protest in new york on friday police confirmed that the injuries appear not to be life threatening the rally in question was held in solidarity with people jailed by immigration and forces the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd was arrested in the area was cordoned off 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 biker cops behind. the entire day that by cops the bikers they were behind us the entire time they could have prevented it if they did their job a lot you know where peacefully watching the turn around i see a car coming sadly it's difficult. one of the brothers moves me out the way i've seen the car started to think. they could extract. the british city of birmingham has been branded work bill for the way it's named 6 new streets they include diversity growth equality road and humanity close

a panel of judges selected those names from suggestions put forward by the public but some locals and pretty quick to trounce the selections. 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 trust close compliance crescent woke washed way i'm calling it now someone's going to put a d at the end of humanity close radio host and columnist john gaunt says that 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 these streets and these closes in this way it's

virtue signaling i'm sure it's not in shoot with most birmingham people it doesn't reflect what birmingham is what birmingham's becoming birmingham is a modern thrusting city but we could talk about the achievements of birmingham and birmingham people there's luck and loads of people not necessarily people but organization bands groups great achievements they couldn't name the south but no they want to slugger the demos and they're 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. really 300 dead seals have been found washed up along the shores of the caspian sea a warning you may find some of these images coming up now disturbing scientists are looking into what may have caused the mass deaths one theory is that the seals were

killed by a virus but researchers say that they need more data before they can be sure they are live in the year caspian seals were put on buses list of endangered species. bush will it is almost impossible to determine the cause of death of the sea also at 1st glance the only fact is that remain there toxicology viral logy and bacterial infections this will require special research and considerable special resources. coming up joe biden's latest cabinet pick does nothing to dispel fears the interests of corporate giants are being put 1st or the team obama is making a comeback is coming up after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world

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welcome back us president elect joe biden has unveiled his latest round of cabinet picks a include yet another a bomb a era official tom vilsack has 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 probably rule america over 8 years he oversaw a record breaking investment to bring us back. the former iowa governor was agriculture secretary under barack obama his tenure plagued by accusations he'd favored major industrial giants such as monsanto bill sank supported a number of controversial measures too including the expansion of genetically modified crops and also helped ease industry restrictions vides cabinet of so far

been packed with figures linked to big corporations for example former c.n.n. contributor jen psaki she's been chosen as the new white house press secretary would austen's nomination as defense secretary spot concerns over his ties to the arms supply raytheon and any blinken perceived closeness with the big and powerful is also being questioned over his nomination for secretary of state rice of political economy jack russell must doesn't believe the new administration will be too different from the one seen under barack obama. always whiteman's nearly all the and now her nose retreads from your mom administration or pro corporate appointees you know it's not only that bill shack was dogged with doing what he needed to do to run afoul of monsanto or geologist but he was in husband mystere i believe the head of the dairy council so and 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 and then were better weren't 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 an office and then they are functioning are an armageddon and 22 want to cheer congress. u.k. lorry driver said that coming under increased attack from migrants in cali they let spike comes as the briggs it transition period gets closer one lorry driver filmed this video which shows men trying to get into the truck positioned ahead of his a 2 of those men then held projectiles at his vehicle we spoke to greg west the driver behind the video about the situation there in cali. people that are trying to come across. we call them immigrants they try very many different tactics to actually port. varick american shows us small and hold up as much as possible

the systems that are fitted within the channel tunnel actually make it much more harder because they can be detected sniffer dogs to sniff and. smell people if they can suit themselves and so the truck is an opportunistic and there is a feeling the desperation of these people of the island so. the main way migrants reach the u.k. is by boat it's estimated a record number landed in britain this year more than 8000 but arrivals are said to decrease as the you can francis signed an agreement in november which will see more patrols and surveillance the u.k. home office also says it's invested millions of pounds in border security request again says the tougher borders is one reason people voted for briggs it is fairly evident that there are more inclined to want to be. in the u.k. the rest of you. genuine political asylum seekers they would probably claim asylum

once they come in to anywhere within the but they don't it does tend to back up and overload the immigration system services within the u.k. so they then struggle to keep up i mean there were many reasons but the reason we voted to remove ourselves from europe was because we wanted the country wanted greater control over immigration is one of the many factors. listing in shop owners in old jerusalem allege that these very authorities are using the pandemic as an excuse to drive their businesses and hundreds of stores have been closed for violating health ministry rules police leah 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 there on the go 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 corner virus is of course the main reason but shop owners yes it is also under pressure from israeli authorities to move why well they believe that once they're forced out the area will be filled with jewish israelis or google 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 could 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 a face masks the people here say that some people not true instead they say that the police are either preventing them from reaching their businesses under the pretext that they're 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 charlotte tell you the truth it's racism if you go to the jewish parts of jerusalem many people there don't even wear masks the stores are open people go to work go about their daily lives before us is 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 coronavirus has devastated business in the streets now is hardly the time to be playing politics or perhaps as residents here tell me it's the ideal time policia r.t. jerusalem. and follow this our locals in the far northwest of russia were treated to a dozen ling nighttime display in shades of emerald green this was the site over more months or a side the city no stranger of course to the northern lights but this particular display well it was larger and brighter even than usual or thanks to a powerful magnetic storm in the atmosphere. a beautiful sight indeed thanks so much for staying with r.t. international throughout the morning and early afternoon from the russian capital updates on the way and often our.

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this is a boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss i'm sorry montecito going to washington coming out it looks like europe. is now working with the highly criticized russian public. sharing data on the krona virus arc seen we have a full report on what that looks like how many experts predict it will hit $20000.00 by the end of the year this comes one day after it took a dip will discuss what its future looks like we have a lot to get to so let's get our. price correction is continuing with prices dropping briefly below $18000.00 still the question is seeing more and more buyers including mainstream investors as hope builds it will break through the $20000.00 barrier so is the b t c rally over or are we just taking a little breather here boom bust co-host christi i join you discard christie as big question really going to reach that 20000 mark by the end of this year. i think

there's still a very strong possibility we had $20000.00 for year and i mean we've had a very strong rally so far so a little price correction in order to get under or and to cool off for a little bit so overall prices are down about 10 percent since touching its new all time high 10 days ago so a lot of it stems from the proposed regulations in the us it's bringing a lot of fear and uncertainty in the markets and then you also have a lot of profit taking as we get into year end for tax purposes from traders who have made an absolute killing in the latest rally so i think you have a lot of good momentum here but got rejected at the 85 to 7 every 3 times and fell to next support level at 178 where i had a very good strong balance so we had some technical support in this area and we also have a ton of how it's just on.