we ask. congress to amend the relief package bill negotiated for months by lawmakers he says the amount of cash expected to be handed to americans in need is just too small. congress found plenty of money from foreign countries lobbyists and special that. the bare minimum to the american people. for these french government backs a bill to introduce a so-called green passport under which movement restrictions will be placed on people who haven't been vaccinated against the virus. so israel's coalition government is full and after the knesset failed to secure a new budget in time it means the country will be headed for

a general election in less than 2 years. with as you watching international. congress to make changes to the much for the $900000000000.00 covert relief bill he's called it a disgrace for not putting the american people's interests 1st. more than a few pandemic related provisions u.s. president wants individual payments to be increased from $600.00 to $2000.00. congress found plenty of money for far john trees lobbyists and special ijaz while sending the bare minimum to the american people who need it it wasn't their fault i am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculous lilo 600 dollars to 2000 dollars or 4000 dollars for

a couple house we can answer quickly reacted blaming republicans for not providing information on wall to mount the president himself expected to be written down in the package she said democrats are ready to discuss the matter soon as lawmakers gather again this week over the things in the bill the terms not happy about they have nothing to do with the pandemic though for example new horseracing rules are written that even a section on the dalai lama succession going president has threatened not to sign it if amendments are made auntie's correspondent takes a closer look hollow it the warring sides in congress have finally set aside some of their differences and agreed to dish out $900000000000.00 in covert 19 relief for families and businesses but the $600.00 stimulus checks which are half of what people got back in april have left many underwhelms one time team in $600.00. is this a joke and jobless no health insurance this isn't going to cut it congress

listening some senators even took offense at people questioning their life saving bill always real help. it's a trillion dollars for god's sakes what is that $1000000.00 and. there is no money fairy we don't have this money we don't have 5 percent of it and your we had to borrow it is real help will it be enough i think it will be but we're just going to have to wait and see but the covert relief package didn't come alone the absence of the money fairy didn't stop congress from slapping on a $1.00 trillion dollars spending bill which combined with the covert bill made the overall document over 5 and a half 1000 pages long the behemoths took so long to upload to the internet that congressmen only received it on the day of the vote and it's kind of hard to believe they managed to read the whole thing before passing it. for congressional leaders refused to put any legislation on the floor to be considered and

scrutinized and amended now they release a $5593.00 page bill with no opportunity to read it let alone amend it no responsible legislators should vote for such a thing this is going to goes over 3 hours just to prove that it is. impossible. you need one without the opportunity to read between now and the time and we will if you take a closer look at the bill you can see there's a lot more than covert relief in there military spending for example was more of a talking point than the pandemic and words like missile aircrafts and munition appeared far more times than anything related to health care masks weren't even mentioned once in the document foreign aid also proved to be a high priority billions of dollars are said to be poured into countries like ukraine israel and cambodia funds that could have been spent on domestic needs and then there's a whole bunch of other issues that were deemed very crucial like ensuring the

integrity and fairness of the election sorry horse racing how could that sport survive without money from the government also investing in general programs is something the u.s. just can't do without be it programs in pakistan or commissions on determining gender equality in statues and even the dialogue reincarnation gets mentioned in the bill because in case you forgot he can't get reincarnated without u.s. taxpayer dollars this jumbled mess of spending proposals caused even some senators to trash the bill. tonight i voted no against the suppose it covert relief bill because it sells out billions of dollars to foreign governments the sudan. or not more important than american citizens and while trump is expected to sign the document later this week many are already calling on him to veto the bill don't trump you must veto of this farce relieve bill this isn't a stimulus package this is

a message for and. every american left and right should be calling for a veto on the stimulus deal which provides more funding to foreign governments and turmeric an arts centers than to their merican people covert relief might be badly needed but while 600 bucks why do some good for americans in a tough spot senators are obviously willing to put a lot more money behind their own agendas if you look where the expenditures went look we know what this is this is nothing but a con it's a ruse it's a chance to to provide special interest in special issues the money that normally wouldn't be able to be earmarked this is guaranteed to provide monies that would normally not be able to be available but now they are which is a christmas tree the idea is that you take something you slap on benefits and expenditures and bills but america needs something so we hold the american public hostage in the meantime they get

a pittance of what it would normally gotten before but maybe rather than giving all this money for covert relief why don't we just remove the lockdown wonder we remove the dish shackles because businesses are under these more draconian measures why don't you do that instead of just give money here's your 600 bucks maybe 1200 bucks now leave me alone be happy and shut up. u.s. lawmakers are been offered early access to the covert vaccine many though are torn between having it to boost public confidence in the job and putting high risk groups 1st and the split doesn't seem to follow party lights. thank god finance is to help people in need and know how to use it thank god for

those who produce these vaccines if enough of us take hits to get back to. help is on the way. ready he. can. help keep pace traffic yes. if we don't give all politicians the facts and 1st they won't be able to watch his dog and it's that the only source of joy i know that politicians getting the vaccine is supposed to instill confidence in it but right now what i need most is

confidence it will be available to the rest of us. how did i just find out politicians in the us got frank see the full from john book. we need to distinguish 2 different things and a handful of leaders are prime minister or president leading members of the senate of the senate you know the public the little political figures and celebrities get the vaccine to show the public that it's safe and that is necessary that's one thing it's another thing to say that in general politicians just simply be prioritised because they have political power being politicians these are 2 separate matters they can't be conflated any humor. in principle for who gets the vaccine 1st should be those who are most vulnerable and that especially is frontline workers essential workers the elderly and the infirm so it's true that probably some some politicians might be infirm some politicians might be front line workers but they're not there's no reason why publishers politicians should be

pushed to the top of the list simply because they're over 50 the french government has backed a bill that would impose movement restrictions on people who have not been vaccinated or who can't prove that they're good free auntie's correspondent paul asli has more on france is preparing to end its health emergency by april the 1st so says the french prime minister john kass takes he's presented a vote in the national assembly ended establishing a so-called long term health emergency management regime simply to it is vaccination and those opposed to it might just find themselves in trouble even if they just planning a trip around the city. the prime minister made on to the plan measures make the movement of people and their access to transport subject to presenting test results showing that the person is not infected is falling vaccination or medial treatment to some politicians the may still believe i'm vaccinated people feeling as though

they 2nd class citizens if this bill has really been tabled it must be fought but all elected officials and citizens committed to democracy and freedom in the face of this senseless deviation it is up to us to bring the government back to a semblance of reason this is the bill establishing a long term health emergency management regime which has just been introduced by cast tax read the following in this law the prime minister can make you a 2nd class citizen if you refuse the vaccine we must wake up it flies in the face of a promise made by french president emanuel mcconnell he's government they should skeptics their feet and covet vaccination which begins on sunday would be purely voluntary. i want to be clear i will not make the vaccination mandatory but the idea of a stick to a certain freedom is for vaccinated people has been mentioned several times in public debates since this presidential announcement for example

a member of the union of democrats and independent party valerie 6 has proposed the issuing of green pos folds to people who have been immunized with the public we could take the example of israel which grants each vaccinated person a green passport allowing them to go to places of culture and to restaurants and to get back to normal living the french inoculation program will target the most vulnerable members of society 1st such as the elderly and only oscar and medical examination and come since he has given it's a great start but it's what comes next that has people here worried policia out see paris. earlier we spoke with a member of the french national front who believes that the government has taken a step too far you know emanuel micron the prime minister and the health minister of iran promised 1st there would be no compulsory vaccination and that they would

leave the freedom to choose to the french in fact thanks in particular to marie le pen we see that the draft law speaks of a measure completely veiled aimed at limiting subjecting the french people that certain rules in their public lives thereby deciding for them whether they will be vaccinated or not i think that it is shameful in fact it is a restriction of freedom which moreover contradicts the constitution this is a manifestation of dictatorship it seems to me that the government does not understand that today the patience of the french has run out they agreed to strict discipline for many months they said yes to the introduction of quarantine said yes to the imposition of a curfew said yes to the imposition of sanitary rules they agreed to everything that was imposed on them the next day the government came up with nothing better than to further could tail their personal freedom this is called segregation if the government wants the french to get vaccinated they must restore an atmosphere of trust that's the voice of wisdom elsewhere in europe

a voluntary mass vaccination against kobe 19 begins in spain on sunday the spanish health ministry said that the red called will be kept of anyone refusing to get vaccinated it is considered important to record cases of rejection of the vaccination in the vaccination registry in order to understand the possible reasons for a locked in sin different population groups. into the latest polls just over 40 percent of spaniards are ready to have the virus vaccine 16 percent said that they would be willing to get inoculated if it's proven effective almost one 3rd will refuse to get the job all together. you know where i want to bad i'm not going to get vaccinated i don't support it i don't want to be registered anywhere neither the government the city council or anyone else has to know what i do. i believe it violates our privacy and they should not interfere at the moment no i'm not going

to vaccinate. it doesn't seem right or wrong to me i think people should get vaccinated but without forcing anyone everyone should do as they choose. i mean one of those who doesn't want to be vaccinated it seems wrong to me i don't want any government to have to tell me whether or not i must be vaccinated because it's my decision. so that you can friends have reached an agreement on reopening borders for whole is much to the relief of these stranded drivers you can see more on that story after the break. financial survival guide i don't buy a i pod on a future. almost friday that's the last time i buy it from the future trucker watch kaiser. the world is driven by shaped

by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. a lot of questions what does it mean to be a conservative it's coming from the conservative and the change with means to be conservative what about the issue in mind. for conservatives to please.

welcome back france britain will start to reopen the borders to lorry drivers this wednesday providing they of course test negative for code that testing science will be set up to clear a backlog of almost 3000 lorries trying to cross into the continent the move comes as a relief to truckers and travelers many of whom have been stuck for days. we're sitting in a car park for more than 48 hours we have kids we are like 30 people in the bus it's not. right so how much you should wait the point is our lead leave go in my car go away you know we probably meet in the street was that i want just go in my country . with christmas coming up we really want to travel now back to our children to our families we're stuck here we don't have any information that when our water will run out.

in some areas lorry drivers honked their horns to vent their frustration transport secretary says that despite progress in providing enough tests for drivers at the border the backlog might may take 2 or 3 days to clear. it's not all doom and gloom however as u.k. retailers have played down fears of food shortages over christmas due to the disruption we got a reaction from guests in the u.k. he also think christmas dinner will still be on the menu. well some fresh produce does come probably u.k. i mean i gather there's no shortage of carrots and you know perhaps a dollar stuff or maybe in regular supply i don't think we'll see empty shelves i'm maybe proven wrong but i think the supermarkets are planning well ahead of this. and i see my seeds and john did you might not be able to get your lemons and your incentives but for your broccoli but you will be able to get most of the routes but it's not exactly whatever so we might see going around but i don't see shots going

i mean it's a kind of reflective child of year where you know this time many people are going to be reflecting in a solitary state and that will help them to sort of you know look on the bright side of things so well as perhaps normally they would so again you know the sort of threat to the. sexes and well being is. really quite. we were just to reverse it and imagine the french announce the. variation. there was more transmissible we might see a similar action possibly not so robust but we know i'm sure the government would cite something the. israeli government has collapsed after months of parliamentary wrangling failed to secure a new budget the knesset was dissolved at midnight on tuesday meaning the country will now go to the polls for the 4th time in less than 2 years and discuss the

implications with don quarter really seems like tuesday's budget roadblock was the last straw for israel's 7 month long ruling government coalition now benjamin netanyahu party and benny gantz is blue and white party are both blaming one another for the impasse and with these new elections scheduled for march i think we could possibly be seeing the end to 11 years of the premiership of benjamin netanyahu but netanyahu doesn't seem very worried. when i'm not afraid of elections we are prepared for that we will win the public in israel knows who's bringing in millions of vaccines for peace agreement who's blocking iran who is bringing security and who will restore the economy here with great impetus. well netanyahu is ratings are actually at an all time low but he's still projected to do better than dance in these new snap elections but he polls are actually saying these not projected to win a majority like in these previous instances i mean after all his political career

has been followed by a corruption case which he's denied any wrongdoing in and and also people aren't very happy in israel about the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic we've seen protests gripped the country for the past 6 months and they're not really showing any sign of letting up. on. israeli politics have been deadlocked for a long time now a lot of people are saying that another election isn't isn't going to fix the situation it's just going to lead to a 5th election down the road but a lot can happen in the in several months of course we'll bring our viewers the latest details as they become available. stay in israel ultra-orthodox

protesters block several of jerusalem's main roads this is after a student was arrested for allegedly not turning up to an idea for recruitment office to defer his conscription. i. broke out between protesters and police and several police officers were reportedly injured in those encounters the orthodox community has traditionally been exempt from military service which can put the middle with a wider population. this december marks 10 years since the to use arab spring when a series of anti-government uprising spread across much of the arab world challenging some of the regions or thora tarion governments. but fast forward to 2020 and there is still under arrest in the region last year the sudanese ousted their longtime leader of al bashir who had been in power for 3 decades more

recently tunis in orthotics clamp down on an arab spring anniversary event only sparking more anger. a recent poll by you gov and the guardian suggests that people in 8 arab countries feel that their lives of not improved after the arab spring many of those questions thought that there was significantly more inequality in society following the events of 2010 we spoke with max abrams public policy professor who believes that the arab spring ultimately failed in its political goals. on the what hand i would say that the arab spring was surprisingly successful in the sense that you had protesters toppling authoritarian regimes and yet the goal of the arab spring was to promote democracy and democratic reform throughout the mentor region middle east and north africa and on that score it has failed even in countries

like tunisia where a jim ocracy was born then. there is still widespread discontent among the citizenry in terms of the political outcome of the arab spring i think it must be judged as a failure. and that brings you right of stay don't forget you can always check out most the reason you had to a website go to r.t. dot com. analysis show seemed wrong. but all problems just don't call. me old yet to see a proud history become active. and engaged but it was betrayal. when

so many find themselves worlds apart when just a look for common ground. today the industry prefers to spend millions of euros in you know the. d.-day regulations will be sniffy all about making money making profits in some of the corporations international markets import export do you imagine the number of printing diseases in every community today it is no due to new viruses own new microbes that is not true so it is due to environment. not going to say you know that moment all discipline. muscles of really just accumulate could only come in a day seemed to be sad. if the so food industry is successful it will create more jobs it will create more value added it

will create more growth so i don't see why we shouldn't also fight for the interest something into street not accept that we have regulation we want regulation i was in just belief we don't behave zaniest penalty just fine. hello and welcome the graustark we're all things are considered i'm purely a bell a lot of questions what does it mean to be a conservative today is donald trump a conservative and did he change what it means to be a conservative what about the issue of class and finally what does it take for conservatives to win.

due process these issues and more i'm joined by my guess. and of cox in greenville she is a newsmax insider as well as contributor to the washington examiner and in toronto we have arthur who wrote he is editor at large and being libertarian dot com are across not going to take that means you can jump in in time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to hunting in greenville in my introduction to ask the question what does it mean to be a conservative today in your mind what does it mean to be a conservative and let's keep in mind the true presidency and the reason general election go ahead well in my mind it means to be a conservative what it's always meant is that we are working to conserve the classical liberal values our country was founded upon but i think there's a role fracture within conservatism these days i think trump has increased that fracture i think it was a system before he actually came into office but it has become deeper and more visible and i think that there are

a lot of conservatives who want to move that movement into the action that he was mostly focusing on which has a lot more nationalism involved and isn't always as attached to our classical liberal values as i would like to see the movement attached to it so i think it'll be interesting to see where conservatism goes in the next couple of years i don't think there's a solid answer for where it ends up right now there's there's sort of a battle to be fought. so let me taking away for when you just said there you i guess i can read that into that is that true did not have a positive impact on conservatism. it during his time in office well i guess it depends on the perspective you're looking at it from from my opinion you know as someone who is really concerned with free market values with individual liberty with limiting the government i didn't see a lot of that the trump presidency that being said i do think for people who are more concerned with issues surrounding the culture or surrounding the popularity of the movement surrounding tracting and more diverse population to the movement i think there were some positive takeaways that you could credit to him and i and i

think that those are interesting and that's why i think i say there's a battle to be fought because there's a lot of new blood that he brought into conservatism there's a lot of people been pushed out because of him and consider it has them and so if those people come back if those new people stay if there's going to kind of be a turf war because i don't think they're fighting for the same ideology largely oh i don't think they are i've known them point you and i will definitely agree your own thing with the same question to you i mean how has it changed conservatives in america if at all and if it is a good or is it for the worse go ahead so i do think that he definitely changed and served as an america. that up until trauma. you had a sort of conservative definitely since bush one bush 2 you had a certain services and that was very focused on. global expansion and very focused on what i guess would be termed neo conservatism. and even from from bush to obama to you to trump you have the american people voting for someone who's going to stop

global expansion stop this kind of focus on the exterior and focus more at home rebuild our infrastructure you know focus on programs at home so i think that he kind of gave the people what they wanted he gave a lot of the tea partiers particularly and conservatives what they wanted what they're looking for in a conservative president. i think even further though he he kind of reinspired. to kind of talk to what hal is saying there with the national ism i think he did reinspire nationals in the united states which was kind of waning there was a progressive push to kind of put national is in the same place as racism or some of these other things as something evil or something that you shouldn't be doing this if we were in a global world now nations are a thing of the past and i think that that every country has kind of recognize there's there's a there's a balance there could be.