i think. one of the great problems the west faces now is that it just doesn't understand china and i can't make sense of china will close you can't make sense of joint if you don't have a building really study in. the us in food and drug administration reveals it's now approaching 5 allergic reactions to the pfizer biotech vaccine including 3 alaska health workers. the u.k. raises the alarm over a deadly new strain of covert 19 and unveils drastic new restrictions across london and much of southeast england over the christmas period. and the u.s. secretary of state blames russia for a cyber attack on government agencies although security officials admit they do not know who was behind the breach.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is arch international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us authorities in the u.s. have said they are now investigating 5 adverse responses to the pfizer biotech ovid vaccine including 3 alaska health workers officials admit they still do not know the exact cause i think we'll be looking at all of the data we can from each of these reactions to sort out exactly what happened and we'll also be looking to try to understand which component of the fact we might be helping to produce. that news came just hours after a 2nd vaccine developed by monday you know was approved by u.s. regulators meanwhile vice president mike pence received the pfizer biotech shot live on t.v. along with his wife and he gave the shot his vote of confidence. karen and i were

more than happy to step forward before this week was about. to take this safe and effective coronavirus vaccine that we have secured produced for the american people they have now been several confirmed cases of allergic reactions to the pfizer bontoc vaccine a 3rd health worker in alaska was hospitalized after getting the injection to others also had an adverse response with one taken to intensive care meanwhile the u.k. has registered 2 adverse reactions to the shot and health officials have warned people with severe allergies to avoid taking it there is also controversy that americans cannot sue pfizer or moderna. in february authorities brought in the public readiness and emergency preparedness or prep act it provides legal immunity for all vaccine makers for 4 years attorney rocky dunn explained why even if americans fall sick they may never get compensation. if they are sick and they miss a couple of days of work and they don't feel good for 3 or 4 weeks they're going to

get 0 compensation under the american legal system typically and individual injured by a product or service can sue and you can have a class action where literally tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people can sue the government when they implemented this war speed to have a vaccine developed much faster than normal the companies weren't willing to do that for fear that they might get sued so the government said we will protect you companies so you can't be sued in top us physician and consultant to vaccine manufacturers spoke to our channel about the state of jobs stanley plotkin told us whether the shots can stop the pandemic. many people have fear of vaccines and this is true throughout the world and yes

when one really looks at the record vaccines in general have been quite safe now the thing that one has to understand is what is risk if the risk of the disease as it is for ringback covert 19 let's say is 20 percent that's 2 in every 10 people right. and the risk of the reactions to the vaccines that i'm familiar with is about one in a 1000000 so if you compare the risks if you're intelligent you would take the vaccine. what we don't know for any of the vaccines thus far is whether they will consistently prevent infection which is important because if they do that will prevent the

virus from spreading if they don't then we have always situation where vaccination vaccinated people will be protected but unvaccinated people will not be protected so we have a lot to learn about the vaccines. both the comolli vaccine and the astra zeneca vaccine are based on a virus called adult virus the astra zeneca people probably feel that they could. improve the response by using not one. no virus but 2 and that was the good idea of the gama lay a vaccine to use one that had no wires it's a prime and another ad no irises a boost and that seems to work better. they will be collected certainly through in the next year if you're talking about safety

city examination of safety is really. can be done in a month or 2 after vaccination or as if you're talking about efficacy then you in the long observations the term and how effective a vaccine is and over what period of time that's another issue that we don't have any information on i will not have any information for many months hi i'm not pessimistic about the attack scenes at least reducing the infection whether they will completely obliterate the infection remains to be seen. christmas plans are being called off for millions of people across london and southeast

england with some tough new restrictions now in effect the prime minister broke the news earlier after a new mutation of covered 1000 was identified which is 70 percent more infectious. but in the early evidence we have only this new variant of the virus the potential risk it poses with a very heavy heart i must tell you we can't continue with christmas as planned now the announcement sparked protests in london with of the strict new measures expected to ruin christmas gatherings for millions of protesters clashed with police and at least $27.00 people were arrested as colvin skeptics gathered in parliament square according to local reports under the new rules people are urged to stay at home and indoor mixing between households is banned over the holidays non-essential shops and recreational venues will be shut and foreign travel is only permitted for essential purposes the rules will apply for at least 2 weeks and similar restrictions are being introduced in scotland and wales ahead of the

measures coming into force there was a last minute dash for christmas gifts leading to long lines outside stores across london outlets had it reopened following the lifting of a nationwide lockdown earlier this month we spoke with british t.v. doctor turned politician david bull who thinks the government's mix to messaging has undermined efforts to tackle the pandemic. i think people are absolutely frustrate the way they're being treated by the government it to me it exemplifies how out of this the u.k. government has become and it seems to be lurching from one disaster to another and the fact is it's not being proactive toward its being entirely agree at and many people would have said well actually we knew about this new strain we knew the transmissibility was increasing and i think if you were going to put in more draconian restrictions you could have done it and given people a little more time what people are telling you is yes it may be able to spread more quickly i.e. 70 percent more transmissible but if we have no data yet that is more harmful than

the strains that are already in circulation and don't forget it was with focusing on code 98 we seem to have forgotten every other medical condition the fact is we've got hundreds of thousands of people waiting for elective procedures which simply are happening in many parts of the country we've got people struggling with their mental health it's become a code that only service so i think this power play is going on between the scientific experts and the politicians and morris to his credit has tried to resist the call of those scientists but i'm afraid they don't seem to want at the end of the day and boris is obviously bowing to the pressure that he's getting from the scientists but remember science isn't everything this is a balance it's a balance of political decision making and science. u.s. secretary of state might pump a 0 has accused russia of carrying out a major cyber attack on government departments that is despite the lack of any official conclusions from u.s. intelligence agencies this was

a very significant effort and i think it's working but now we can say pretty clearly that it was the russians that engaged the most activity. the breach was reported last weekend and is believed to have targeted several government bodies including the departments of state and homeland security the treasury and the nuclear security administration a number of private companies are also believed to have been breached and the hackers are said to have hijacked software used by the u.s. government to gain access officials say it was done by a patient and well resourced adversary and the national cybersecurity agency has called the attack a grave risk to u.s. infrastructure but it has not named any suspects so far russia has denied any involvement. in use that it used to do we didn't register any official messages from the united states about how accurate facts and accusations about such as we've become accustomed to the fact that the united states as well as all the western countries simply announce in the media about new makes ations address that russia.

political political analyst to gilbert doctorow believes that there are several countries around the key. national security interests. that we. have a city that this particular incident is on or when you believe the water which was only a state rather than lower level why didn't you. or some contractors who mostly were there 'd warren who are several states where he. was. coming up as of the price of cryptocurrency bitcoin hits record highs artie's money guru max kaiser tells us what it means for the future of the economy as he sees it that is among our stories still ahead when we return.

because there is this huge gusher of money printing bedsteads coming out of the central banks and because tesla has nothing working against it because it's not. producing anything like a tie yoga or a ford or some other company where you could look at the actual products in a meaningful context of the global economy in ascribe a value to it you can simply say that well we think that tesla is a mean boy just mostly i mean. money is a mean so we're going to make it worth $600000000000.00 today and it could be worth it could drop 90 percent tomorrow. join me everything on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guess of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back this is our international now hunted by hunter gate joe biden has again been forced to give answers after federal prosecutors launched a criminal probe into his son hunter's taxes in an interview together with his wife the u.s. president elect branded all charges foul play. we have great confidence in our so. i'm not concerned about the accusations being made against him i think it's kind of foul play these accusations are just part of a wider claim including corruption allegations over hunter biden's ukraine dealings and leaked e-mails from a laptop reported to be is our comments now why this will remain

a headache for the man poised to enter the white house. we none of us are clean let's be honest we've all done things we're ashamed of have secrets that we wouldn't want anyone to know sometimes they come to light especially if you're a politician nixon and watergate clinton lewinsky would joe budden and these boy his son hunter biden is now under federal criminal investigation is telling influence over see hunter biden made millions of dollars in ukraine highlighting the corruption of joe and hunter biden quite the character. his scandal ridden chairmanship of a ukrainian energy company a tax investigation under way suspicion of money laundering sex scandals and even apology for hard drugs crack cocaine you may knew all of this or you may be hearing it for the 1st stop on the pentagon what you watch and who you read because proved

democrat networks didn't think all of this is a newsworthy issue and neither does daddy president elect biden is deeply proud of his son who has fought through difficult challenges and grit the vicious personal attacks of recent months only to emerge stronger personal attacks he says the justice department investigating biden's taxes might disagree or how's this for a personal attack biden jr allegedly using daddy's name to secure $10000000.00 from the chinese i hope my letter finds you well ira. missing you on your last visit to the united states please accept the best wishes from the entire biden family as well as my partners the biden family is now reportedly under 3 federal investigations with the f.b.i. involved and off to 4 years of russia gate shenanigans i would say republicans probably want a little bit a back

a little hunted gate if you will be. on top 3 federal investigations are going to take a lot of confidence let's just hope that daddy can handle the pressure because if he thought that he would escape the gauntlet that they put trump through well he was wrong the importance of the thing isn't that hunter has bad information about him it's that the mainstream media prevented the public from knowing about it until after the election and what's done is done the mainstream media isn't judging stories by their newsworthiness they're judging them by whether they will help or hurt democrat nominees and candidates and particularly in the presidential election the mainstream media has been trying for 4 years to make donald trump go away and i think this time according to the results of the election they finally succeeded they couldn't do it with the russian hoax they couldn't do it with impeachment but

finally they got donald trump kicked out of office so they believed by getting joe biden elected and the way to elect joe biden was to protect him by not letting the public know things about him and his family that could be damaging to his election chances it's really not complicated. russian scientists believe they may have made a breakthrough in the decades long search for a vaccine against hiv after going through several modifications it is showing some highly promising results as artie's correspondent close sort of explains. russia's scientific censor vector who are about to register their 19 vaccine have made a major announcement and this time it has absolutely nothing to do with the corona virus the scientists claim that their age hiv vaccine has shown a near perfect result with 100 percent of the volunteers developing antibodies now the research itself is taking place in 2 siberian clinics with 240 volunteers

participating vector center says that they have been working on the hiv vaccine since 2011 and there nell certain that it is safe and doesn't cause any side effects according to russia's national registry of drugs the license for clinical trials was received by the actor back in 23rd scene and now let's get some more details about this particular vaccine 100 percent of volunteers should a child be specific antibodies and so i took 60 lymphocytes off to double vaccination and 80 percent of them had antibodies against hiv do viruses so the main question now is proly when the vaccine will actually be ready according to a vector clinical trials should be completed by the end of next year and as soon as registration is complete in russia it will be made available the head of the country's consumer watchdog also announced a little bit earlier actually back in the 1st of december that russia already

developed the hiv vaccine. legal and the language experts are scratching their heads after brazil's supreme court appeared to force covert vaccinations on everyone in the country but with even the supreme court justice struggling to clarify the difference between obligatory mandatory and compulsory and the president coming out against confusion is rife. every brazilian will have the obligation to be vaccinated which just not mean they can be forced to take the vaccine compulsory does not mean that compulsory means that any noncompliance will lead to a penalty for the beginning of the oversimplify it said nancy if you don't want to be treated you have the right not to be treated if i decide for example not to do chemotherapy and to die it's my problem and we in the federal government have already made clear that the vaccine will be offered to everyone but those who do not want to take it don't have to the country is suffering a spike in covert cases brazil is the 2nd worst hit country in the world behind the

us reporting more than 800 deaths from the virus on friday alone we asked people in brazil what they thought about this supreme court decision. i agree with the nation be mandatory because brazilians are not aware of how dangerous the virus is how people going to leave with others without being vaccinated i don't agree with making it mandatory because everyone has to make their own decision about taking the vaccine or not i agree with the penalties because for the good of all humanity to be able to go out and be a tease on the street i agree with the vaccine being mandatory for the good of the whole world. i believe there has to be a middle way that everyone understands the importance of the vaccine and how it can help us but with the nazis being mandatory i believe taking the vaccine shouldn't be mandatory although i also understand that in case the person doesn't take the vaccine it could be difficult for them because it could put other people's lives at risk. after almost 6 years of war in yemen almost 2000000 children are now

suffering from acute malnutrition according to the united nations and already starving population has been pushed into much deeper hardship since the start of the pandemic the conflict in yemen has claimed more than 100000 lives with much of the country left in ruins by a relentless saudi led bombing campaign nearly 4000000 people have been displaced with many families forced to hide in the mountains. we moved here and even had our wedding ceremony here we did not have a place to live or anything else we need help.

from any transport and we have children they are cold and hungry and they will t. so far from this area. as you see our situation is difficult we need help we need housing food and blankets we are in danger inside this case. the price of cryptocurrency bitcoin has hit a record high of $23000.00 it has surged 30 percent in the past month and more than 200 percent since the start of the year now it has had plenty of well documented ups and downs over the years but bitcoins reputation as digital gold has grown of

late with the backing of some high profile investors financial expert and r t host max kaiser told us why he thinks it is a stable investment even in the pandemic. big cohen is it was going to go to $400000.00 of going regardless of what what the situation is with the pandemic or regardless of what the situation is between nation states because it illustrates similar to a market capitalization of gold the party is caused by paper money and big coin solves the problem of poverty how does big going to fix the problem it decapitate lies is the banks capitalized the central banks it puts them out of business because everybody has their own bank no paper money has ever survived ever in history over the past 300 years every single form of paper money as either gone completely bankrupt or lost 99 percent of its value not have ever work it's impossible to work paper money it's a it's

a faulty idea so we only have really goal but in the 21st century bitcoin is better than gold so big coin is actually pushing gold off the world stage people are buying big going not goal because it's superior to gold and that's the inflection point that we're on in the 21st century we're witnessing a remarkable transformation of the global economy right now this year it's incredible a little over 35 minutes we'll be back with another full look at your news this is art international glad to have you with us. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down

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max kaiser this is the kaiser report. stacy right well max do you know that on monday we're going to see tesla 4 enter the s. and p. $500.00 which is a remarkable achievement from just even a year ago at this time yeah it's this definitely a huge story and there's just so many moving parts to it now and it just a reflection of where we are on the stock market where we are in the business cycle where we are in the there's just so many many layers to it what the particularly about this intrigues you stacey to look at

a few items but the thing that really stands out to me is you know we've been recording from home during cove it and these global lock downs and economic lockdown and that there actually hasn't been much economic activity and people are getting used to being just paid to stay at home and they're demanding modern monetary theory that m.m.t. free money for everybody and so let me start with a quote from. mosque that bruce fenton tweeted out and it's in the context of today and having to produce stuff the idea you can just send checks out and everything will be ok is wrong people have an idea that the economy is a magical cornucopia a horn of plenty that resources flow from let me just break it down for the fools if you don't make stuff there is no stuff well this is ironic i guess on a couple of different levels right so the tesla stock is worth the last i checked

roughly $600000000000.00. and i would say that $560000000000.00 worth of that valuation is comes from exactly what he's saying he's trying to avoid money printing right and if there wasn't the money printing and he would if you were able to get stuff from just money printing the cornucopia of money printing then tesla stock would be 90 percent cheaper but because there is this huge gusher of money printing that's that's coming out of the central banks and because tesla has nothing working against that because it's not fair. producing anything like a toyota or a ford or some other company where you could look at the actual products in a meaningful context of the global economy and ascribe a value to it you can simply say that well we think that tesla has a meaning which is mostly a mame and in money is a mean so we're going to make it worth $600000000000.00 today and it could be worth

it could drop 90 percent tomorrow and there's really there's nothing there it's just they captured the imagination now full disclosure you know i bought some tesla . last year and you know i'm up 800 percent and i'll still hold onto it because i don't have any i don't have any reason to think that the mania driving tousle is it going to end anytime soon. because this is the economy that we're in but his comment is kind of ironic because he says if you want stuff you need to make stuff but if he was actually making stuff the stock would be 90 percent cheaper right there's test love with this also space x. and starling so he is has spent during the scope of lockdown you see all these advances coming from china as we were was covered recently with dan collins and the kaiser report you see these nonstop new things like that nuclear powered sun artificial sun it with. space x.

you've seen several launches this year you've also seen all the satellites being launched so he is doing stuff it's just not that the ordinary person can't participate because it's those are privately held company so he's getting to do that now with this with the publicly owned company tesla he seems to do the least amount of work that is needed and he gets to live off of the mean that he is in the rest of the economy is valued so high is because he doesn't make a lot of stuff yet at scale if you made the same number of cars as chrysler or or a versa.