in the headlines this hour thousands turn out in baghdad to mark a year since the. top general. tehran again vowed to avenge his death while american bombers are flown over the gulf. coast in the stories that shape the way the u.s. suffers a post-holiday coronavirus in cities like los angeles already out of intensive care beds one nurse tells us that the only thing in short supply we're stuck now we were running low on oxygen on supplies on you know all the respiratory drugs definitely . definitely. also the argentine president warns that a smear campaign and trade war against the. global distribution of the country

start using the russian job. i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the i'm happy because this should be the end and i'm internally grateful on behalf of all the nurse. there is sunday on r.t. and that means we're taking you through some of the biggest stories covered here over the past 7 days and across the new year some of today's developments to take you through 1st tens of thousands turned out in the iraqi capital this weekend marking exactly a year since iranian military commander was killed by a u.s. drone strike in baghdad airport angry crowds use the anniversary to demand foreign troops leave iraq they've been on the streets since saturday night candles of the site of the attack and also setting up a memorial ceremonies murder not only ignited fury in the middle east it also escalated tensions around the globe. so.

i. really. feel. like if. i i. were just ahead of the out of syria iran i asked the u.n. security council to stop what it called washington's military adventurism as the

pentagon flew strategic bombers over the region then on friday a top iranian official vowed revenge for sort of moneys death. other. resistance will make life for the enemy tougher. one of the forms of vengeance for to sell him on his blood will be the definite expulsion of americans from the region another message of harsh vengeance will be punishing the perpetrators of this crime and those who ordered it saddam ali's daughter recently told going underground that her father's killing had fuel the iranian anger. the 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 a boat one am i see. 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 unfold 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 the off road in iran together what happened in iran and iraq was something something so special in the history you see how people come to the streets 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 general fully money did for them america sought that everything will be stopped because they killed gen soleimani departure of the middle east but they are so wrong they didn't see the anger of the od 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 interest 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 plan they are making them and 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 saves people not just his own country he did this for all countries he did this for people not just middle east he destroyed 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 ringback in europe how he was saving them from 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 it's one of them is a war stand the other one. some of our key stories from the past week the u.s. registered a grim milestone over the holidays 20000000 confirmed covert cases since the pandemic began the number of daily deaths also set new records while the state of california is reporting that its intensive care units are now at full capacity but angeles county is one of the worst affected regions that overwhelmed hospitals are

setting up makeshift wards and beds outside and the authorities have even reportedly sent out rationing guidelines for clinics to give less kat to those less likely to survive although it's still unclear whether those guidelines have been implemented one nurse in l.a. told us just how bad the situation has become we're stuck now we were running low on oxygen on 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 also they could have released the 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 well a officials issued a safe road home orders to try and curb the spread of the virus gatherings for anything other than emergencies and political or religious purposes abound most non-essential companies have been forced to shut as well and the city's mayor people to think twice about their plans over the festive period. there's no celebrating this year for our health care workers who are facing the toughest times they've ever seen for them with staying home for them we're skipping holiday parties every sacrifice makes a difference to stopping the covert 1000 so often ask your sent to public recklessness that is to blame for the rapid spread of the virus i can't even imagine what it be like to be a governor right now of a state. 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 big saving why i would drive by bars and people would have their masks off and there be it 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 continue 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 dies it does it matters your age and your come morbidity but

there's plenty of younger people that have died from this. well over on the east coast new states has now registered more than a 1000000 cases since the outbreak began the day number of deaths is also in a record levels despite being heavily criticized off to telling residents to stay out but then being seen dancing with his wife on times square on new year's eve. looks at how the control to see has kept an especially tough year for the city. as the new year rolls around many in new york city are hoping that 2021 will be completely different the incoming administration and 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 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. artsy new york. veteran american broke us to larry king's being treated in hospital after being diagnosed with he's the host of larry king now and also politicking hill international he's 87 and said to be in a stable condition right now but does remain under medical watch because of his age and also a number of other health issues king's news career stretches back 6 decades including a lengthy spell at c.n.n. during which he's interviewed many of the world's leading figures and we wish him all the very best and a speedy recovery. they still come in the rushes coronavirus jab makes headway internationally as argentina starts a mass vaccination campaign with the sputnik. details after the break.

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me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to the way to buy the term all of the past year a surprising number of businesses actually made record profits in fact dozens of people in the united states became billionaires that's according to what a report by the american based institute for policy studies but it's also against the backdrop of surging unemployment and layoffs across the country taylor report. 2020 the years that won't be missed coronavirus coronavirus 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 patients storing unemployment numbers 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 family is a 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 to home and watch their children go hungry but as some plunged into dire financial straits others soared 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 imus and harvey blockbuster a year but according to the richest man or not just who made $75000000.00 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 and 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. made a problem with this or that you have a belief that you don't you that you trust the virus just like what you think it's that they want you to get sick you know here you know what happened afterwards is not enough to make even. a relief on this about protection well he was everybody that 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 could have 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 and 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 and where the. people. america has conquered. 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 a one man could afford to just blow up his rocket while hundreds of millions are left picking up the pieces of their lives. argentina has started

a mass covert vaccination program with brushes. with health workers are among the 1st to receive it the country follows russia and belarus in approving the shot argentina's health ministry says so far it seen only minimal side effects like a headache and fever and around one percent of people have taken it meanwhile president how better fernando's has dismissed fears of using sputnik very saying that it's fallen victim to a politically driven international smear campaign. there is a very vicious dispute going on very cruel dispute and it's 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 says the whole world is eager for the vaccine there's a geopolitical dispute who will be there want to distribute the vaccine our sister channel r.t. spanish reports from outside one vaccination center in the capital. will be remembered in argentina as the start of the biggest vaccination ever carried out in the country marginson has received 300000 doses of v.

now the focus is on monitoring the vaccination of medical workers and hospital staff 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 to delivery of the vaccines cause for optimism. 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 end. in 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 largest vaccination campaign in the history of the province of when osiris 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 $7800.00 vaccinations centers as a whole distributing those is brought from russia everyone 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 it's hoped to live a major positive effect against the virus latin america commentator francisco domingo's told us washington's leading the propaganda campaign against putting in an effort to save face. these are sort of effort to create

a call all elements fear deeply by the united states but also by some of the european car. and d.c. estate in a particular russia and china i think the reason needs that they have to come to the conclusion that there is certain a massive egos goofy with the fighting against it and then it because these countries china russia and a few others actually have demonstrated that if you have a set if you call people before profit if you actually cared about the population rather than anything years then the results of you know demonstrably good whereas if you were to compare formants all european countries in the united kingdom but also the united states where you have something we closed look at us to prevent that's the reason why there isn't a huge campaign unfortunately she's bored by it with the media and the occasional rise in all of the very conservative forces around madly and mad prison who created a massive protest we're going to meet leave the country controllers here they were

in jobs. meanwhile in russia more than 26000 new covert cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours most infections are among older people but almost half of those catching the virus in moscow 46 years old however one pension is proving that there is hope no matter how old you are. it's that i don't know what the secret of my recovery ends 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 she felt really precious to us and we monitored her around the clock. to fix it because. we're grateful to the doctors she's an optimist and radiates positivity that's why she's made us happy for so long it'll be. so brief for this sunday there will be multiple arrests in the u.s. state of oregon as hundreds of protesters marched to the governor's mansion and capitol building demonstrators care to deliberately spread covert to gain herd immunity and use guns to defend restaurant while a shut down orders. in spain catalan police have broken up a 2nd mass new year's raven made arrests a multi-day legal policy was attended by hundreds in an abandoned warehouse in barcelona to organize it's now facing 860-0000 euro fine.

something seems of europe's largest volcano smoking dozens of earthquakes of. there over the new year with white and black smoke and ash rising high from snowy peaks. that's the making for this hour next more of the alaskans battling rising sea levels of the government in washington who they say doesn't. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by our own personal those words. no dares thinks. we dare to ask.

has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. based drugs the people who are chronic pain patients believe that their opioid prescription is working for them and the remedy be certain to do no price at the. close of dependency and addiction to opiates to long term use that really isn't scientifically justified and l. study actually suggested that the long term effects might not just be absence of benefit but actually that they might be causing long term. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confront dacian let it be an arms race move his arms off and it's very dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be

successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. and i can remember when it would flow one time in the fall and then one time in. spring you know a break up and now i mean already 3 times this year they've had you know people get nervous about the flooding of their houses and needing to stay in school or even getting out of new top because they're worried about that kind of stuff and just these last 2 storms have taken so much away you know he went and measured the last couple storms and they're like knocked off 1020 feet in 11 way yeah and so there's marginals i have to do you know the students were off and the kids right now journals about their worries about the floods i don't think are as catch on fire but a fire house flat it has the very next thing they all right there out. there are as

flooded we would grab. some of the box of pictures. so. they've obviously been stressing about it the lack of. things hard. what are you. a burglar but it. was. my 1st year here which was 15 years ago. i thought. you see these commercials you know about helping other countries and i'm thinking look at this place. and why isn't there commercial to help the people here like there's not running water in the houses and and there's you know they still have this honey look at system they have to haul their water like this is not america anymore you know not the america i grew up in this is like wow.

newtok is a very rural. community with their language and their culture and their subsistence it's really strong here still and that's a good thing but worst case scenario my fear is that a couple of houses are lost families are displaced and have to move to other communities or bethel with other family members and that yeah this that. that new village doesn't get built quick enough for new talk to move there and then it hit the community and up every time outs. thank. god. i thank my i want to see the bigger the truck. thank you.