in the headlines this hour thousands of demonstrators turn out in baghdad exactly one year after the u.s. assassinated iran's top general the growing tension is seeing teheran again vowed to avenge his death while american strategic bombers are flown over the gulf. coast among the stories that shape the week the u.s. suffers a post-holiday coronavirus surge with cities like los angeles already out of intensive care beds one nurse tells us that's not the only thing in short supply. and we're stuck now we were running low on oxygen on supplies on you know all the respiratory drugs definitely. definitely staff on the auction time president warns that

a smear campaign and trade war against the sputnik vico vaccine is hampering its global distribution as the country starts accusing the russian japanese i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health i'm happy because this should be the end and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. hello and welcome to the weekly from r.t. international we're going to take you through some of the biggest stories we've covered here is the world turned to 2021 1st so more up to date developments to get you up to speed on tens of thousands turned out in the iraqi capital this weekend marking exactly a year since a rainy and a military commander kassam solid body was killed by a u.s. drone strike at baghdad airport i'm very proud to use the anniversary to demand foreign troops leave iraq they've been on the streets since saturday night having led candles at the site of the attack and set up on the moral solemn. not only

ignited fury across the middle east but also escalated tensions around the globe. so. i. believe. that if it's not me. i i. think.

i'll just ahead of the anniversary around after 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 sol about his death. other leader that the resistance will make life for the enemy tough and tough on one of the forms of post vengeance for more to sell him on his blood will be different it's expulsion of americans from the region another method of horse vengeance will be punishing the perpetrators of this crime and those who want it. solomonic daughter recently told us he's going underground but her father's killing hadfield iranian 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 add a child for the new is in iraq and my telegram of all it one am

i see every deal is sharing on that china's had a girl about the explosion in airport i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend he was asking for my father at various he is he ok or no because i hear the 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 out 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 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 that everything will be stopped because they killed general soleimani to power 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 chump 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 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 saves 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 i says 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 warthe than the other one. until some of the case stories from the past week in the united states registered a grim milestone over the holidays passing 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 it intensive care units are at full capacity right now los angeles county is one of the worst affected regions overwhelmed hospitals vera setting up a makeshift wards and beds outside the authorities have even reportedly sent out rushing guidelines for clinics to give less care 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 all so 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. a officials did issue a safer at home order to try and curb the spread of the virus gatherings for anything other than emergencies and political or religious purposes a band right now a most non-essential companies are being forced to shut the city's marriage 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 1000 surge. of a massive santini its public recklessness that's to blame for the rapid spread of the virus. i can't even imagine what would 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'd 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 does it does it matters your age and your cum or didn't but there's plenty of younger people that have died from this. container has started a mask over vaccination program with russia's sputnik v. jab health workers among the 1st to receive it the country follows a russian but erosive approving the shots and argentina's health ministry says that so far it's seen only minimal side effects like a headache in favor and one percent of people have taken it meanwhile president fernandez has dismissed fears of using sputnik 3 saying it's fallen victim to a politically driven international smear campaign. and from 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 says the whole world is eager for the vaccine there's

a geo political dispute who will be the one to distribute the vaccine correspondent recall to remeron from ulty spanish channel reporter next from outside a vaccination center in the capital. we'll be remembered in argentina as the start of the biggest effects a nation ever carried out in the country has received 300000 doses of 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. 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 and 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. 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 that. it seems to me today is the beginning of a new stage for us largest vixen nation company 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. the campaign will involve around $7800.00 vaccination centers as a whole and distributing those. 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. in america commentator francisco domingo's told us he suspects washington's leading the propaganda campaign against sputnik v. in an effort to save face and eases the effort to create a call all other north korea deeply by the united states but also avoids some of the e.u. . and this is a deeply in russia and china but the reason needs. to come to a conclusion there is certain a massive. the. then these countries china russia and a few others actually are the ones if you have a. if you call people before profit if you actually cared about the population rather than anything you know the results and you know if you want to be where you were to compare we foreman's all european countries even the united kingdom but

also the united states where you have something close to the reason everything future campaign unfortunately she's altered by it with the media and legal rights and all that were considered because the magically prison who created the massacres that we're going to be the country control is the or the we were the jobs. but an american broadcaster larry king is being treated in hospital right now after being diagnosed with covert nighty he's currently the host of larry king now and also politicking here. he's 87 and said to be in a stable condition but remains on the medical watch because of his age and also a number of other underlying 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 he would r.t. we wish him all the very best and a very quick recovery to. still to come on the week it lead online after canadian police arrested 2 people for violating

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in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. join me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. hello again canadian police are being accused of using excessive force during a raid on a home after reportedly receiving a complaint about a gathering that had violated restrictions officers were met with resistance when they moved in.

fines were issued 2 of the 6 people were arrested in the old occasion in the quebec province but video of the arrest has caused a stir online with some questioning the officers use of force the police say though doesn't show the whole picture. the video only shows some of the intervention the individuals were disobedient and refused to cooperate the individual arrested in the video had assaulted a police officer hitting him in the feast several times. with corona virus cases on the rise in quebec hand hospitals being stretched to their limits the authorities are banned all gatherings of most of that province the only exception being for those living alone who are allowed to have one visit people violating the ban could receive a hefty fine. over the border of the u.s. a new york state lawmakers are proposing moves which would allow carriers of infectious diseases to be detained if they're deemed to be a danger to public health the draft legislation comes as the state becomes the 4th

in the country to record 1000000 coronavirus cases. the provisions in the draft bill could be used if the state declares a health emergency over an epidemic it doesn't however specifically mention coronavirus the ability allow the governor to unilaterally order an infected person to be detained for up to 60 days court order authorizing the detention must be obtained within that time and a judicial review after 90 days to discuss it with us now american attorney and political analyst resurfacing also anesthesiologist dr dong of the washington pain said to both welcome to the program thanks for joining us reese with coronavirus cases in new york now surpassing a 1000000 are steps like these. 2 to be considered. i don't believe that we've reached that place yet and the reason being is because it's one thing to shut down the business it's quite another to strip the freedom of an american citizen and i believe we're tearing dangerously on that and it's any time we believe it's

ok to force a person to be detained these are questions of freedom these are questions that frankly bring in their constitutional right to not be detained and so we're very much so getting towards a place of a totalitarianism authoritarianism and these are these are just issues that i have i don't think we should treat so lightly with the doctor don't give a new york state coronavirus numbers which tragically high proposals like this it's about time to were a bit late given that the vaccines are rolling out now. i think it's a bit later we should always say but what we're doing i think the attorney has a very good point these are civil liberty issues look at any other virus or disease that we had in our own or in our history look at the aids virus we never quarantine anybody we actually try to normal life say well this is our once problem and all that we did not put a marker put someone in a in a camp for an infection we don't even do that with tb which is highly communicable

or other diseases that are communicable look at that look what they've done it out they don't talk about desk now they talk about more and they talk about ace's the case numbers up as physicians we care about mortality and to your point look at all the great things that we have we have there putus on how to cure things while you're in the hospital or before you get there and that we actually have you know potential cures with vaccines or your immunity so this seems a little bit late and it seems very drastic as once we give up our freedom it's very hard to get them back noting that but given that there are laws against people who deliberately spread infections given how easily transmissible something like 19 is surely something does have to be done when the public health officials are also up against anti vaccines anti lock down anti musk. so dr john brings up a really important point when we were facing the spread of the hiv virus that they could go on to develop and become aids we were not really sure back in the eighty's

exactly what we were up against but we knew later on in the ninety's in the 2000 that if a person only knew that their status was positive and intentionally had sex on protective with people in order to cause those people to contract hiv aids then they were using their body as an arm weapon that's a very different situation where you have people who very well could be curing a virus and have no idea that they're carrying the virus and so they've been court you know quarantined or they're tested and so then to say well we've tested you and now that we've tested you we're going to detain you while you're stripping their rights from them without them no way we're having an opportunity to seclude them in quarantine themselves and that's why it's overreaching job in china took some extreme lengths in order to tackle the pandemic i seem to have paid off isn't it time for new york to show a bit of tough love given the the hospitals are fit to bust. well china is

a totalitarian state i'm not sure we want to emulate the c.c.p. and what they do in how they manage things whether it's fire ases or the economy or human rights i don't think we should really you know you know control that out as a goal the other thing is ok hospitals are busting at the why aren't they why isn't new york city or state asking for the ships that we sent up 6 months ago the hope in the mercy they're not asking for that were all the tents that they built you know to carry all these to people where are they i don't see that happening so i'm not saying they're not true but you know we were up back in march and april bringing ships of ventilators in these tents i don't see them right now so why the wisest overreaction i think it's we have to ask ourselves we have cures we have heard immunity and we have normal immunity that we that this is a non lethal virus it's 99.9 percent it's curable people get it and they get better some people get sick and die dacs true 'd but they probably were sick anyway it's

sad but you know we're not promised immortality on this planet we can't have safety all the time. race one of the big issues for critics of this plan and it is any a plan at this stage is the idea that people who flout rules will be put in some sort of special facility maybe in the wording is fairly vague on they say it does that concern you because given the transmissibility of something like this obviously you could arrest somebody and just put them in a police cell potentially infecting other people presumably there has to be special consideration like an isolation of the kill the bill actually says that a person really spelled by the governor or the health official to be in batches can be quarantined for up to 60 days before a white house or some type of. hearing process has to be held and then up to 90 days without him ever going before

a joint and so. well then the other issue is there is to be the bill also suggests that if the health official deems it necessary they can be forced to be back in the now we're just absolutely in the place where we're stripping people of their human dignity of their rights deciding what you want to do with your personhood whether you decide you want to be backs unaided or not whether it's for religious reasons personal reasons health reasons we have the choice whether we want to act in sydney's. agreements with our government and people if a person chooses not to there is no way that the government should be able to force them to be vaccinated this is what we ran from when we decided as a people we the people wanted to become the united states of america business is the type of totalitarian totalitarianism and wool that we felt that england was imposing on us that we did not want to be subject to not having any say so in our one for us destiny you know we've reached that place if we are really considering

allowing our government to force vaccination john we've been this mythical retard we've been living with coded for in the coronavirus for a year now the mosques came in has been pushed back the lockdowns came in there's increasing pushback that the same for the vaccinations that are now being rolled out what will be the solution then to put people's minds at rest who are concerned about coronavirus and hussein. relative suffer with coronavirus if not having buried relatives of the coronavirus. well i think we have to really differentiate a couple things here number one did i die from coronavirus or with corona virus so many things from the c.d.c. here are being mixed with gunshot wounds are actually little toys the sir cancer hypertension or heart attacks as a coping death and clearly death no matter whatever reason it's very him is very tragic but we need to look at the scientific. signal frozen for a minute that phrase in the meantime there if we get

a signal back if i could ask you that although it does sound to some people to critics of this idea that it's a totalitarian move in new york might it not just at least act as a terror and if this were a case where this was just all bark and no buy then i could understand the government or of those in government in new york saying listen we've got to figure out a way to crack down to scare people into complying because we've got a lot of people who are saying they're not in a vaccinate and we've got to be able to have some sort of leverage the problem is that you simply cannot use stripping the rights of american citizens over a as any potential form of leverage when you began to do that you cease to be the united states of america and it's just not who we say we are ok we'll leave it that i wish you all the best for 2021 reset us and thanks for much and also to dr john dombrowski with australia. look for the new year to you by thanks and off i think

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