some. headlines this morning ahead of one year anniversary now of washington assassinating a ran's top general u.s. strategic bombers fly over the region and to run it was revenge for his killing. a making the news in the week just gone to the u.s. suffers a post holiday coronavirus with cities like los angeles already out of intensive care beds a nurse tells us it's not just the boards themselves that are in short supply either. we're stuck now we were running low on oxygen on supplies on you know other respiratory drugs definitely bad definitely staff. also

argentina's president was a smear campaign and trade war against the sputnik the vaccine is hampering global distribution as the country starts to live ring brushes. i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health sector i'm happy because this should be the end and them eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. good morning from moscow welcome to the weekly with me kevin now when we recap some of the top stories of the last 7 days that we brought you and 1st an anniversary taking place today iran is marking exactly a year since its military commander was killed by a u.s. drone strike it comes after a top iranian prosecutor accused the british security company g 4 s. of involvement in the death of kasim sort of money washington justify the attack of the time by claiming he'd been threatening their embassies the assassinations

leading to growing fears of open military conflict the murders also led to showdowns across the globe. don't go. up i'm. cut. out. of. me. because if it was me. i i i.

commemorations for the slain general are taking place across iran while in neighboring iraq where this has nation took place i agree crowds of hit the streets lighting candles at the site of the attack in creating a memorial with a car in which she was killed. washington's ratcheted up tensions head of this anniversary flying strategic bombers over the region and on friday a top iranian official vowed revenge for seller monice death. the resistance will make life for the enemy tougher and tougher on one of the forms of harsh vengeance for more to sell him on his blood will be different to expulsion of americans from the region another message of harsh vengeance would be punishing the perpetrators of this crime and those who ordered it. so the money's daughter told r.t. is going underground program that her father's killing and fueled the reign in anger. that turbot night. before

a few hours that this happened for my father i hear and i spoke with him on the phone and i knew it that the situation in iraq was so dangerous so i added a child for the new is in iraq and my telegram. one am i see every deal is sharing on that china telegram about explosion in airport i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend who was asking for my father at various he is he ok or no because i hear any news that there is explosion in airport. and your father was in the car and they hit it i got so shocked and full of stress like my heart was going from my chest when i turned on the t.v. and i saw his picture. i understand what happened and from that they tell not i'm still shocked

a lot of what happened it's so hard to believe how is the death of your road iran together what happened in iran and iraq was something it's something so special in the history you see how people come to the street and they are crying and they are sad and they are angry and they wonder bench and they are waiting for an answer because they know. what generals really money did for them america sought but everything will be stopped because they killed general soleimani departure of the middle east but they are so wrong they didn't see the anger in the eyes of iranian people they didn't see their tears they didn't see their sadness and i have to say that generously money has a military from people. that they will take revenge from trump and they are so

wrong they are thinking this war will be end the end of general soli money this is the beginning our people are united and they will stand in front of such a they just powers why would donald trump say that your father was a monster he is the monster not my father my father did his job so well and make them so angry you are seeing every plant they are making them in the list is destroyed everywhere they are trying to enter and hurt iran they are failed why of course for them my father is a big monster but my father is a savior he saved people not just his own country he did this for all countries he did this for people not just middle east he this troy i says because he don't want people people innocent in europe got killed by such

a dangerous virus how my father can be a person who wants to kill an american people and people in europe how he was saving them from the ices he was saving them so don't let anyone to hurt them he was fighting for them how he can be a terrorist to kill people do you think it means anything that joe biden will be in the white house there is no difference between biden trump they are the same guy and they are following the same policy there is no difference between them trump or dare killing my father but biden support death so there is no different the problem we have with our it is with their policy this will not change they are the same people the same mind the same way. and each one of them is worse than the other one. that's going to recover most some of the

big stories that we brought you in a pandemic hit a grim milestone over the holidays in the u.s. passing 20000000 confirmed cases since the pandemic began the number of daily deaths is also setting new records to a los angeles county is one of the worst affected areas intensive care units there are so foley across southern california with overwhelmed hospital setting up makeshift outdoor beds wards are signs louis county reportedly sent out rationing guidelines for clinics to give less care to those less likely to survive it's still unclear this week whether or not those guidelines were implemented well a nurse told us just how bad the situation has become we're stuck now we were running low on oxygen and supplies on you know all the respiratory drugs definitely bad definitely staff we don't have enough staff we are beyond stretched

we have patients in overflow overflow overflow areas that were never intended to have patients other hospitals are setting out makeshift units outside of the hospital our government they blew it all so they could have released. defense production act and ramped up the production of p.p. and all the other supplies that we need and they didn't do that so the whole the whole nations in a big big predicament of how we're going to be able to treat patients safely and give them the care that they need yeah lay officials issued a safe or at home or to try to stop the virus gathering for anything other than emergencies and political religious purposes being banned most non-essential companies have been forced to shut the city's mayor urged people to think twice about their plans over the festive period. there's no celebrating this year for health care workers who are facing the toughest times they've ever seen for them

we're staying home for them we're skipping holiday parties every sacrifice makes a difference to stopping the covert 900 surge. again blames public recklessness for the rapid spread of the virus i can't even imagine what would be like to be a governor right now this story. especially california california is a powerhouse right it's got the 6th largest economy in the world and. the fact that you know businesses are shutting down you have a lot of very vocal californians and and they were giving him a tremendous amount of pressure to open up and i understand that but you could open up safely and people just weren't being saved in my i would drive by bars and people would have their masks off and there'd be if be densely densely crowded and then you hear people like running out homes and having parties where there's 1000 people there so it's the public it's us it's the ignorance of the human being

we continue to. defy the recommendations of the c.d.c. we continued to gather and i understand how important holidays are there just as important for me i haven't seen my family in mines it's terribly serious and people need to understand that you have to be careful and it doesn't matter your age it doesn't matter yes it does it does it matters your age and your come more biddies but there's plenty of younger people that have died from this. meantime elsewhere new york state has registered more than a 1000000 covert cases since the outbreak began and the daily death toll is also it may have record levels and new york's mayor is being heavily criticized for telling residents to stay home yet at the same time i was done sing with his wife on times square on new year's eve kind of moping next looks at how the controversies cut to the especially tough year for that city. as the new year rolls 'd 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 covert 19 with very swift measures and a local government is reassuring everyone that soon things will be back to normal. in the u.s. of them over here in new york city all over 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 'd 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 the 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. the full smalling with american broadcasting veteran larry king has been so good to hospital after being diagnosed with covert 90 cosas the host of the larry king now show and politicking here and. he's 8070 said to be in

a stable condition but remains on the medical watch because of his age and a number of health issues in king's multi decade career a real legend in media including c.n.n. he's interviewed many of the world's leading figures that will soon. by the turmoil of the past year remarkable number of business leaders are making record profits in 5 scores of people in the us have become billionaires according to a report by the american based institute for policy studies despite steep rise in unemployment and mass layoffs across the country so this could total aborts the story 2020 the year that won't be missed coronavirus. current virus a covert 19 entire health care system is on the very brink of collapse lockdown short major health crisis hospitals and health care workers are bracing for an onslaught of fraud of virus patients storing unemployment and so many workers are

still hurting very badly as the economy starts to tank hunger. and mass unemployment collapsed businesses whole industries brought to their knees stability security and choice just wiped out. we here in the same refrain all around the world families are very worried as they are forced to make impossible decisions do they risk the disease as they go out to earn money to buy food will stay home and watch their children go hungry but as some plunged into dire financial straits others sought to unimaginable heights how well it turns out that a pandemic is just the thing to how take the video conferencing up didn't even exist before 2020 no one knows will it exist after 2020 no one knows and given its c.e.o. pocketed 17000000000 dollars this year i doubt he's having sleepless nights also sleeping soundly jeff bezos with people border home armisen had a blockbuster

a year but according to the richest man or not just who made $75000000000.00 as the global economy just crashed and bought and apparently it wasn't all fun and games. there is no instruction manual for how to feel at a time like this i know this causes stress for everyone my list of worries right now like yours i'm sure is long for my own children parents friends to the safety of you my colleagues to those who are already very sick and to the brutal home that will be caused by the economic fallout across our communities well that might not be a manual but that is math and it shows that bezos could give $105000.00 bonus to every single amazon waka and still be as rich as he was at the start of the pandemic but he didn't what did happen was grueling lockdown shifts lack safety protocols and no moscow and firing people who spoke out.

was army the border problem with birds that you have a veto on that you don't you just let you try and divide it just like you want you to get they want you to get sick you know here you know the world is not enough to even. have a lever on this about protection well he does whatever body. workers will college of business and other c.e.o.'s as pandemic profiteers who have made billions while putting workers and their families friends and neighbors at risk do you think you couldn't beat making 75000000000 a year but you can just ask your own musk he might have been broken 2008 but he'll raked in 123000000000 in 2020 when the cash is flowing you know

wanted to stop. all of it. forcibly imprisoning people in their homes. but might. break the people's freedoms where the. people. america. bridges and. so instead of forcibly imprisoning people in their homes musk courage people to get back to work all face starvation and get evicted on no pay what's that lethal virus after all you know you're talking about saving humanity but these are humans that die in the process everybody dies 2020 the year one man could afford to just blow up his rocket while hundreds of millions are left picking up the pieces of their lives. so. argentina is rolling out a mass covert vaccination campaign with russia's. health workers

a 1st in line the country follows russia or a better russian approving the shot than argentina's president dismissed fears of using russia's job warning it's fallen victim to a politically driven international smear further trade war's been unleashed against the vaccine which is hampering distribution. infirm there is a very vicious dispute going on a very cruel dispute and a shameful one where by some discredit how this and i think the 1st thing to bear in mind is that a trade war has been unleashed also since the whole world is eager for the vaccine there's a geo political dispute who will be the one to distribute the vaccine our sister channel r.t. spanish in the week reported from outside a vaccination center in the capital borders ariz. they will be remembered in argentina as the start of the biggest vaccination ever carried out in the country has received 300000 doses of v.

now the focus is on monitoring the vaccination of medical workers and hospital staff of caring for people infected with coded 19 they were the 1st to receive the vaccine across medical centers they worked hard to tackle the virus but it's been difficult not least because some of even seeing colleagues lose their lives the delivery of the vaccines cause for dismissal. this is a ray of hope for us it's like we've crossed the line of fire and are now moving forward against this damned virus we had a very difficult year there was a lot of fear this is a great hope for us and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. i am satisfied i am very happy these are the emotions that come to my mind now i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health sector and happy because this should and the. province more than 300000 people signed up for voluntary vaccination with the provincial governor who was the 1st to be vaccinated

in the region detail the significance of this new step in the fight against the pandemic. it seems to me today is the beginning of a new stage for us the largest vaccination campaign in the history of the province of when a serious begin this morning and this is a vaccine that not only prevents disease. but also represents a real triumph of aleutian in the fight against coronavirus the campaign will involve around 7800 vaccinations centers as a whole distributing doses brought from russia vaccinated will be supervised for possible side effects as well as to inform when a 2nd round of vaccines arrives more than 20000000 doses are expected to be delivered by february 11th major positive effect against the virus that's america. has told us washington is leading the propaganda campaign against a bid to save face. these are suitable. for to create a call all other laws fear deeply by the united states but also by some of the

european car. and disease they ain't particular russia and china i think the reason needs and they have to come to the conclusion that there is certain a massive baby going to be fighting against it and then because these countries china russia and a few others actually have demonstrated that if you have a. if you poll people before profit if you actually cared about the population rather than anything is going to result in a demonstrably good whereas if you were to compare the formants all european countries in the united kingdom but also the united states where you have something we closed at last to pretend that the reason why there is a huge campaign unfortunately it is all the buying it was the media and the occasional riots in tinos all of the conservative forces around madly and much present who created the must be going to meet lee the country controllers here they

were in jobs the time finally here in russia more than $26000.00 new covert cases appear recorded in the past 24 hours most of the victims older people with almost half of those catching the virus here in moscow over 46 years old however one retiring has a nice story in the week is proving there is big hope. i don't know what the secret of my recovery efforts but i know that we need to keep calm and preserve our nerves but a lot of this. she was hospitalized in a relatively severe condition she was upbeat 10 responded well to the treatment she

recovered quickly felt really precious to us and we wanted to. see because. we're grateful to the doctors she's an optimist and radiates positivity that's why she's made us happy for song it is. lovely i would not would a. recap the more the news that we can. put from kevin owen here in moscow i hope this finds you well you have a good holiday if you're still celebrating of course end of the day thank you for watching r.t. international. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often very dramatic developments only.

i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. has changed lives but pharmaceutical companies have them. rack you know solution. based drugs the people who are chronic pain patients believe that their opioid prescription is working for them on the remedy be certain to. price that they pay closer dependency and addiction to opiates to long term use that really isn't scientifically justified and i'll study actually suggest that. the long term effects might not just be absence of benefit but actually that they might be causing long term. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to get us out of

the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. the way of life for the reindeer herders leading a traditionally nomadic lifestyle in the tundra is similar to a parallel reality that hide them from my. lot of them in drive the hoods women who carry the weight of the household look on their shoulders to show them the truth crap when also lets see man we would sit you close no thank you to fast however in the vast expanse of russia there is a sport where a housewife could secure a regular employment status it's in the final 2 nights to make an issue out of the tsunami. and usually she's filthy.

the government has to determine which zones is it going to insure and which those is it not going to insure and it does that based on the racial makeup of neighborhoods. neighborhoods that had a certain number of black presidents would have literally brad lines drawn around them on the map. and they wouldn't insure mortgages in those areas because they believed that the property is would not hold the baby turned on a loan they said. banks take up that same practice they decide they're not going to lend in those areas that meant that all these benefits the potential homeowners were flowing to whites and not. racism into our ownership culture. problem it's just problem is made most of them up and libel wimbledon don't know that we did are probably going to work with them living 2 doors away so we passed a law in 1968 fair housing act it proclaims that fair housing.

is part of the american way of life. is given to nurses provided discrimination actually affirmatively go out and say how do we do. it so the government betrays. i find as i travel across the country that. whether we're talking about white americans or people who may be. another minority groups like the mexican americans i rest. just like the black americans what everybody wants is an equal chance to have a piece of the action that the federal government has never enforced the fair housing act and that state and local governments do not enforce them. you know you can have

federal policy but it's the local administration of these policies that off the mid people receive discriminatory treatment hello my name is out on washington on call about him in a box 300 part of every. hello my name is graham wellington and i'm calling about the apartment around on park street vailable. but it is really so what does this mean it means the places that were segregated in the thirty's forty's and fifty's they're still racially segregated today because we haven't done anything to undo the racial segregation. of the town today is over 95 percent white very few minority families living there. when fix the damage that was done we just allowed all those inequalities to continue but said from this day forward we can't discriminate sell it and fix it all of these policies and practices these systems.

federal government state government and local government. they converge to sort of create concentrated poverty by the time we reach the fifty's and sixty's so that creates a situation where many urban areas you have like what george clooney would call you know chocolate cities in the little suburbs. they're call it the white house and that's a temporary visit. there's a lot of. these guys that yeah every time i don't need to get. work in the. unit i do believe you if you. feel. you. can trust him to tell you. there is no clue gram a promise that

a president can bake think that better.