the u.s. enters in 2021 with a grim new record registering its highest ever covert daily death toll. endemic restrictions that take a devastating toll on the french hospitality sector we hear from a small business owner who describes the desperate plight some people are in. it was my neighbor who lived right in front of my house at a restaurant for 2 generations during the 2nd lockdown everyone had to close again but some roadside restaurants were authorized to open and as she was not on the list the next day she hanged herself. several countries consider introducing covert passports while companies develop mobile apps to enforce compliance but there are warnings of significant complications.

are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us and the united states saw the year out with a grim new record by registering more than 380-3800 excuse me covert deaths in one day one of the worst affected areas new york logged almost 8000 new infections. looks at how the pandemic has changed the city as the new year rolls around many in new york city are hoping that 2021 will be completely different the incoming administration of joe biden is promising that they will turn things around with coded 19 with very swift measures and a local government is reassuring everyone that soon things will be back to normal. here in new york city all of the country we're getting a shot of hope. we now know that we will ultimately defeat the coronavirus but what

will this new normal be a lot of things won't be like that old pre lockdown world before the masks and temperature checks are one of many small businesses will be gone over 30 different retail and restaurant chains filed for bankruptcy in 2021 and many more downsizing stores and restaurants shutting down during the pandemic big tech is now moving in amazon facebook and google have moved thousands of their employees to the big apple the 3 tech giants now have over 22000 employees in new york city and more are expected these silicon valley giants are buying up iconic office buildings another aspect of new york city life public transportation is also not doing so well the jobs of thousands of transit workers are on the brink as the trains shut down each night in order to be clean and comply with health regulations new york city is going to enter 2021 with a significant loss at this point this city has actually dropped off the list of

america's top 10 zip codes many rich folks have packed up and moved on the cost of rent has decreased by 30 percent so how normal will this new normal be once restrictions are finally lifted it looks like many things have changed in a way that is not easily reversed. r.t. new york france recorded 26000 new cases of cold it on new year's eve the highest rate since mid november and the government has responded by tightening a nighttime curfew in several cities. we don't want to implement a nationwide or local lowdown so if we will propose an extension of the curfew which instead of starting at 8 pm we'll still it's at 6 pm in all the regions where it's needed is some cities or regions where the incidence rate is above the maximum alert level these measures will be implemented from generally 2nd 2021. aside from the curfews bars and restaurants remain closed over the festive period it extends months of restrictions that have taken

a devastating toll on the hospitality industry restaurant owner vincent manye describing to us the desperate state of that people are in and how his neighborhood was driven or his neighbor excuse me was driven to suicide. this is for them so i've been living in la trinité so for 16 years i have 12 hotel rooms and 2 restaurants we serve from 40250000 per year we employ 12 people during the winter period and around $22.00 people during the summer period so being suddenly left without work for 5 months is not easy our commune is specialized in selling local products seafood we produce a lot of fish there are no more events there are no more buses there is nothing and on top of that we are closed in terms of health i took antidepressants i took center tips i throw up every morning i don't sleep much and i don't sleep well and i think i'm not the only one in this position among people i know there was my

neighbor who lived right in front of my house who had a restaurant for 2 generations she survived the 1st lock down she was 36 years old she had a roadside restaurant it was an establishment that everyone knew and appreciated during the 2nd lockdown everyone had to close again but some roadside restaurants were authorized to open and as she was not on the list the next day she hanged herself if you want to morbid detail it was her 11 year old son who took her down from the noose. a poll from a french socialist a think tank suggests that 25 percent of artisan traders most of whom have seen their income plummet have considered suicide and out of all of those who have lost their jobs the number is even higher at 27 percent and the french economy shrank by a record 13.8 percent back last spring when the 1st lockdown was in force and businesses deemed non-essential were the worst head with the hospitality sector

seeing a contradiction or contraction of around 50 percent in output vincent one yeah again says many business owners see no way out. if you want to close bars and restaurants that don't follow protocol that's fine but on the other hand most of my colleagues have scrupulously respected all the rules that have been imposed on us and today there is no study which proves that restaurants are a source of infection when you see people crowding in the subway i don't understand why there is less danger in supermarkets or in the subway than in a restaurant i didn't take a salary for 6 months so ultimately i paid to work luckily for me and my wife we've put some money aside we've put it aside but it melts like ice cubes in the sun so inevitably it makes us questions we wonder how it's going to be tomorrow if we'll be able to pay the rent if we'll be able to pay for the car if we'll be able to pay

for the kids' school especially when we know that business owners and friends have no direct help at christmas my children told me daddy don't give us presidents will sell all our toys instead to earn money to have food. politicians around the world are insisting that corona virus vaccines will stay voluntary however many countries are already preparing for kobe to passports and companies are preparing mobile applications so the authorities can check through people's phones whether they have had the shot the common trust network has already developed such an app in collaboration with airlines including virgin atlantic and tons of but it leaves people with mixed messages on what exactly will happen as dimitri pollack explains . if you're still not sure you want to get a code vaccine the choice might now be a little clear several countries are debating whether or not people who get the job should have certain privileges for being covered safe not

a bad idea on paper but for those in the back of the line or just hesitant to inject a rapidly developed chemical cocktail life might not be the same sure you don't have to get an ocular added but good luck if you want to travel or go to a bar or pretty much anything anywhere that requires your code pass several governments have already spoken against introducing such a system but have a very clear position on this as important as vaccination is for all of us there must be no special treatment for the vets in these distinguishing between the vaccinated and the not vaccinated would be the same as making it mandatory it would divide society there are no plans to introduce a vaccine buspar to give people access to places such as pubs and restaurants once the coronavirus becomes available but not everyone's so opposed to the idea that the moment when it's not possible to offer solutions to have ruined such

a procedure is the question but the discussion about to come be still to know and even in countries that have said that they won't be introducing the covert passes some politicians are saying there's nothing they can really do against businesses requiring a proof of vaccination we are looking at the technology and of course a way of people being able to inform their physician that they have been vaccinated but also i think you'll probably find that restaurants and bars and cinemas and other venues sports venues will probably also use that system and companies including i.b.m. have taken matters into their own hands developing apps that would allow businesses to track employees and customers while there is an argument that encouraging more people to get the job will bring about the end of lock down. yes but what about personal freedoms the one thing though you had to stop and restricting people being this all brings you that you got hit with one of the rights you pull from pin one from one for them to be able to live their life i mean what you're in

a country free what freedom of speech. is not really much of it i think is disgusting because it is a form of tyranny. that takes away our freedoms to travel freely. takes away our privacy completely mean at the end of that people got their ferries about things and they don't want to be pushed into things you know a lot of people think they. will tell you what to do having control of the. everything's up in the air at the moment some countries have taken the idea of passports in another direction instead of handing out vaccine passes spain has decided to do the opposite and make a naughty list will set up a registry and shared with our european partners of those have been offered vaccination and rejected it spain's health minister didn't specify what exactly what happens to those who get on this register but when a country starts making lists of people it usually doesn't and very well it's

a scary thought and it kind of reminds me a bit. of this is going to far lists of people that are not complying with something almost reminds me. of the yellow star on the sleeves of germany a lot i don't really know what a poor dog i don't like when people get what we should all be leery of when people get put on the list for being the particular type of person that's not doing something or is doing something or is of particular we're not to go with that it's discrimination as we know it used to be rather interesting i will tend to be against giving people. special rights or something just because the. man after all is also a matter of how lucky are you to get in quickly and how low on the priority list that you may have to wait very long and she's sure that because it is doubtful it would be i was. here at archie we have worked nearly $24.00 seventh's throughout

the past year to bring you the news as it happened and plenty of you also headed to our website for updates our jesus q. taylor takes a look at the stories which generated the most clicks. and roddy's ronnie's rallies will smith campaign oh good timing because i'm reading about you know no tory no hacking not today now i'm reading about you'll favorite stories on our website this year the one you clicked on the most i'll be honest i spend most of my time online going through all of the hate comments the trolls heaping on you tube so i've never really got round to check out our column but i'm glad i got the chance now let's see in this one came in. a concept bodybuilders dream wedding to his girlfriend canceled because of covert

on your probably moved by this modern day juliet oh just look at the pair and titans so sweet. tom. and i see why you like the story his girlfriends of sex don't you know i think they should but so. what else ok well this one not quite as remounted but still determined 2nd. a huge b.l.m. rally in new york whoa nothing new really have a protest today keeps democracy in play why so many hits then. you know i've got a thousands gather here and it's ok but restaurants a shot and small businesses are killed to slow the spread of trump's ronnie's of course the dobbs super spreaders it's almost like you were not convinced that covert doesn't attend democrat led romney's visit restaurants before 10 pm shocking

well timed to the big one then let's see what came out on top. what we have here facebook and it's fact checking all need stories yes you have i remember this now turns out the lead story here is that the independent group is absolutely packed with democrat donors i next c.n.n. people on friday they've developed an appetite for branding any news to the right of the left hopes what you it's actually quite surprising because usually big tech just nubs right wing media content while that's a wrap on this year. here's hoping you keep on playing through 2021.

welcome to the kaiser report 1st of the new year's day so we got an excellent day on these christmas lights adorning the set i mean you know i took the money i save and i bought sats all right so i'm going to turn to peak or is the editor over a crack and he's also an advisor at going back. and welcome back this is our 2 international the closing weeks of donald trump's presidency i've seen him forded by the senate and has joined the other half of congress in overriding his veto of the national defense budget it is the 1st time that trump has been defied by the republican led upper house. seeing that on this vote the yeas are $81.00 the news or $132.00 thirds of the senators voting a quorum being present having voted in the affirmative the bill on reconsideration is passed the objections of the president of the united states to the contrary

notwithstanding. and the national defense authorization act was passed by the congress in december it includes pay raises for the troops but also restricts presidential power when it comes to withdrawing forces from abroad that was $1.00 of the trends main objections he also wants the bill to address alleged bias by social media platforms here are the president's comments from earlier we can tide republican leadership will allow the bad defense bill to pass a disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to big tech negotiate a better bill of get better leaders snout senate should not approve and v.a. until fixed former marine corps intelligence officer scott ritter told us what he thinks is behind of the senate rebuke to the president. well there's many in congress to believe that the president's moving too fast that his decision to withdraw troops was a politically motivated decision taken out you know without due consideration to

you know legitimate national concern is security concerns and they also believe that since the president is leaving office these are decisions that should be made by the incoming administration and so congress is seeking to slow down powerful of the president's president's ability to act on his desire to withdraw the troops requiring. detailed reports to be submitted to congress trier to funds being used to withdraw troops these reports we talk about the consequences of with wrong what the president's doing to mitigate that of the hope is that. the time required to research and write and deliver these reports is greater than time left to the president and that the president won't be able to act on his and his desire to withdraw troops. but just as trump is at odds with the legislative branch it turns out a great many ordinary americans like the outgoing president according to

a gallup poll the donald is america's most admired man for 2020 at 18 percent he's not barack obama off the top a spot for the 1st time in 12 years and that leaves joe biden the next u.s. president trailing in 3rd ahead of top dr anthony and the pope however well trump's followers may be the media are having on of it. he is the worst president we have ever seen period it's the greatest failure in the history of the united states a defeat it and paint one term president still refusing to admit that he's a loser in the wake of donald trump's recent behavior causing millions of struggling americans to lose the other. benefits of the covert death toll continues to rise if you no longer just one of the worst presidents in american history but the worst. legal and media analyst lionel thinks trump stands out as

a politician who inspires anything but indifference and believe me i'm i'm a supporter and it admire a president trump for a lot that he's done i've got some things i differ with but admire is popular yes i know there are pockets of places where he is indeed admired so i'm surprised at that because what this man has done and i've never seen anything like it nobody reacts like to donald trump you know it's either i love him he's this savior or i am the media love to hate him they may stele you they hate them they love him c.n.n. has never ever achieve numbers like this when he leaves what are they going to do so they hate him but they love to hate him and the media themselves don't necessarily reflect what people do. dozens have

been arrested in the u.s. city of minneapolis or during protests over a fatal police shooting the local police department has released body cam footage of the incident which happened on wednesday night a bit of warning you may find the video disturbing. the shootout happened outside a gas station when police were trying to arrest a felony suspect according to the suspect opened fire from his car shot back killing the man who has been identified as 23 year old. his parents who are small immigrants have disputed the police account they say their son was just sitting in

his car when he was shot and that police later raided the family home the latest protests in minneapolis happened near the site where george floyd was killed back in may an incident that sparked a summer of one rest. u.s.

historian gerald horne thinks that the black lives matter movement could mark a major turning point. i would control much of what happened in april 1068 in the united states after nobel laureate dr markel to changing the skill at that particular moment you had chemistry chanson well there is another aspect of what's happening today in a sense does. not mean the demonstrations are local jew look at stuart the struggles of black americans what you'll find is that one of the ways we've made progress in the past is because diminish the national solidarity and so that gives

me hope for the future and one of the problems with detroit so soon you're a leader there do something like this don't just spontaneously come to the streets now i'm just saying that and but it just makes it difficult to play it makes it very difficult to channel that energy in politics. that this free this hour and $35.00 and a half minutes i'll be back with another full and fresh look to news start international say with. this sport is nothing like. that it's

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they're here in washington very special show for you today in the fight for 510 years trying to while away technologies continues to be right in the middle of facing accusations of stealing trade secrets and allowing back doors to give the government access to user information. ready to keep security officer for the u.s. they joined us in studio for the full show to break down the security concerns the effect on trade and what it has done to the business there's a lot to get today so let's dive right into. u.s. pressure against chinese telecom giant huawei continues to grow the trump administration is considering blocking all chip supplies now to huawei the u.s. department of commerce is dropping changes to its so-called foreign direct product rule which restricts foreign companies use of u.s. technology for military or national security products although no decision has yet been made a comment department spokesman said quote recent u.s. charges against huawei including conspiring to steal trade secrets we have from the need for caution in considering license applications the u.s.

continues to have major concerns about way this comes as america heightens its global campaign for its allies to ban wall was equipment into their next generation of 5 g. networks but just weeks ago in a blow to the united states u.k. dismissed terms claims and they said that it would allow always 5 g. into the country at least into its non-sensitive parts. the way forward for us clearly is to have a system that delivers for all people in this country the kind of consumer business they want to try g. technology or whatever but does nor in any way. critical national infrastructure our security or jeopardize our ability to work together with other intelligence power.