germany. down until the end of the month with. a hearing is getting underway in a british court. extradition request was. counting is well underway in the state of georgia for the remaining 2 american senate seats there's also a playful control of the chamber to. discuss the possible outcomes. are going to have a divided government and a very. boring in this country.

allows the police to record a greater amount of personal information on activists and protesters all in the name of state security despite fears basic freedoms are being endangered. thanks so much for joining us this is. germany has toughened up its rules and extended its low down the country has now surpassed $35000.00 related deaths. takes a look at how berlin is trying to slow the pace of the pandemic. following a meeting between angle of merkel the german chancellor on the leaders of germany's 16 states locked down in the country will be extended until the 31st of january

what that means is that all bars and restaurants schools gyms mound non-essential retail will be closed there are some new measures being put in place as well you'll now only be able to meet with one of the person from outside of a household other than your own bond in areas where infections are above $200.00 per 100000 of the population there will be a limit on where you can travel it has to be within a 15 kilometer radius of your home in announcing these measures angular merkel said that they would necessary. we're now there a close to full capacity in some hospitals which is also one of the reasons for us to introduce these far reaching madness today epidemiologists had hoped that she would go further and extend this lockdown beyond the end of january no such look there for them there's also well some pushback already from some of those who

agreed to this deal on tuesday we've heard from leaders in the state of lower saxony saying they've got no intention of limiting the movement of citizens in their state vote and book of said that they're reviewing the situation and whether they would be keen to do the same in their state and also we've heard from the state of mecklenburg western pomerania he said they want to get this school open now it's not just the state leaders that have been unhappy with lockdowns we have seen demonstrations here in germany against the measures that have been put in place just last weekend in nuremberg the riot police had to be called.

well german chancellor angela merkel also defended the vaccination program in germany which had come in for criticism for moving at a pretty much delayed single pace she said that the right things were being done to ensure that germans got the vaccinations that they needed earlier we heard from yen spahn the german health minister said. all people in germany who wanted a vaccination should be able to receive one by the summer of this year well the new measures that were brought in on tuesday they're going to be reviewed again on the 25th of january well be decided if they need to be extended through into february. donald trump has warned t. for activists to stay away from washington ahead of a stop the steel rally by his supporters us president also warders federal officials to treat the n.t. for movement as a terrorist one n.t.

for activists have brutally attacked our law abiding friends neighbors and business owners and destroyed historic landmarks that our communities have cherished for decades this violence and lawlessness has no place in the united states and will be called out for the domestic terrorism that it is. interim supporters have been gathering in washington for a rally on wednesday in a last ditch protest against the election result this will be officially confirmed by congress later in the day city officials fearing trouble called in the national guard auntie's killem open picks up the story. this is it wednesday is the day that congress takes the final steps in certifying the next president however a storm seems to be brewing the date the surface as washington d.c. braces itself for a delusion maggots the porters they are heading to the capitol for a last ditch effort with a massive rally in the hopes of keeping donald trump in the white house while

that's unlikely one thing is for sure we better batter down the hatches because it is likely to be a wild day. the democratic mayor balancer is very worried about the upcoming rally that is why she asked the national guard to step in in a country that is so divided at the moment it's no surprise that some find that to be somewhat hypocritical this democratic mayor made no such call for the national guard of the military to intervene when black lives matter wreaked havoc in washington d.c. in fact she called for the withdrawal of forces deployed to quell the riots did may

have been a real trump supporters when the ones bronzing a looting big screen t.v.'s from best buy tearing down the lincoln statues torching churches throwing rocks at police and basing up innocent bystanders those were b.l.m. and other joe biden supporter there is some. genuine cause for concern though local police say guns could be involved we have received some information that there are individuals intent on bringing firearms into our city and that just will not be tolerated local police have posted signs all over the downtown d.c. area reminding people that it is illegal to carry guns now things might indeed get intense given what we've seen between the 2 sides in the past.

as the 2020 election saga reaches its dramatic climax and the sun finally sets on the turbulent trump presidency something tells me that even after the crowds clear away and the new president is inaugurated trump won't be gone and neither will his supporters caleb mop and r.t. new york. julian assange will shortly find out if he's being granted bail or not the hearing in london has gotten under way and it comes after his extradition to the united states was blocked on monday. well let's go live now to believe the court in london. is our correspondent good

afternoon. so is julian assange let's not forget he's a convicted jumper is he expected to go to bail on this occasion. well the decision in the future the fate of 2 the sun shines in dallas yet again with the british court system that's a decision that will be made very shortly after whether 2 years on is granted bail by the british court system of course it follows the u.s. is decision that they say they will be appealing that monumental decision that the united kingdom decided not to execute this on to the united states of course of the u.s. you would have what they call it his alleged role in one of the largest compromises . in history for publishing classified documents relating to the war in iraq and afghanistan if he was to be convicted in the u.s. he would serve a sentence of 175 years behind bars given songs for now has been spared that fate

of the u.s. is most notorious prison but the decision today is whether or not he will have to continue to face the u.k.'s most notorious prison if he is not granted bail today now the case on monday was one of the only for medical grounds not the case being politically motivated like to decide just defense team really were hoping to see so today that lawyers will be stressing that is one of the main reasons he should be granted bail is because of his psychological torture that he's in jordan belmarsh prison if not longer they argue that he is at a high suicide risk that of course was one of the key reasons why the district judge decided not to extradite you in a song on a monday but also there's a huge grounds that actually the case was thrown out on monday and. so why is it being pursued even now by the united states and that he thinks that they will be whether or not you're the son of scones his bail conditions that is a massive reason why he would not and that is of course because of his new family

here in the united kingdom he has 2 very young children with his partner stella morris and so morris says that his children need their father. as long as julian has to injure suffering in isolation as an unconvicted prisoner in belmarsh prison and as long as our children continue to beat the rest of their father's love and affection. we cannot celebrate. we will celebrate the day he comes home. but they do of course pose a very tough challenge indeed because the judge has refused the last 2 ballot applications the 1st time after he completed his sentence. in 22 hours that was when he was seeking political asylum at london's ecuadorian embassy for a whopping 7 and a half years he remained within those confines he was then pulled out in from the city in april of 2019 and put into a belmarsh prison here in the united kingdom so he then stayed there and the 2nd

time he was denying it was because the charts and heard that he was at greater risk from post at 19 in belmarsh prison. soapie a very tough challenge for the u.s. defense team to try and get him on well today to understand of course has been stuck in prison for serving that 50 week sentence but actually he's been now almost double that time because of his history of absconding to the decision to grant bail it's comes tension to the next also of course policy decision on monday based on medical grounds not on political grounds that seems to know why did contact actually a huge blow not just before the sun for the actually for journey. well why many say that this time you give it to you this has been going through has already had a hearing at that jenison on the freedom of press but also it's a brutal imitating journey as well why. we went that decision from westminster

magistrates' court as soon as it comes in we'll bring it straight to our viewers could see it showed here at woodstock. you know the news the u.s. state of georgia is counting votes in a crucial race to decide who will control the american senate for the next 2 years president trump and president elect biden both say they're confident their respective parties will win politicians care not assert take or see these power or powers given granted to party american people on loan and we could never give that up if the liberal democrats take the senate or the white house and then i think this white house we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you. the 2nd round vote in georgia was held after last november so no clear winners for the state's 2 senate seats democrats now have to win both seats to take control of the chamber republicans need just the one seat to retain the advantage as things

stand the democratic candidates have a small lead in both seats some agencies are actually having already called the race for one of them. you know neal discuss the possible outcomes with our guests. a lot resting on voters of one state normally people don't know whether their senators will control the balance of power in congress when taking to the polls this is the exact opposite is that regardless of what happens in georgia over the next few days we are potentially looking at an interregnum where we're not going to see much legislation get passed you know through either chamber that there is a massive split in the republican party right now you have 12 g.o.p. senators for instance who are still trying to contest the election of president elect joe biden against the wishes of their own majority leader mitch mcconnell but bottom line unless we see some things like the bus or reform which the minority leader chuck schumer has indicated he may or may not get into i think the point

stands that we're going to have a divided government and a very inert government for the next 2 years at least they believe that should the senate go democratic what you would see is going on the district of columbia d.c. as a state puerto rico as a state with a permanent democratic senators plus they remove all of the filibuster rule which is basically what allow democrats to write any legislation do whatever they want to proceed to impact the supreme court and a horror after horror of 2 including a socialist a o c type of what it shows that's what people are hearing and i think it's a quite a big exaggerated just a tad i guess a lot of truth to that so it seems right now that i don't believe both democrats would when but surely one could absolutely especially with the way we vote in this country even if only. in the worst case scenario happens if it's even

a fraction of the still being made near that a lot of republicans tend to believe what happened that's still really bad i mean it is still the ship is still going to sink because. already know democrats actually don't like the constitution they believe it's a living document but it is not if it's a living document then that means it has no real bearing it means it can be what ever you choose for it to believe it's the end of the republic the show boring in this country do is going to be nothing to talk about for years of joe biden oh my god a recent nationwide survey suggested over 70 percent of republican voters want their legislators to be more like trial than the average member what american citizens are going to do tomorrow is to say i have a voice i think my vote was stolen right or wrong and i'm going to speak up but if you go and just look at what was done and blatantly obvious the

absolute abject theft is a matter of fact the only one of the only instance is a fraud was found to be a trump supporter who is also trying to build for his dead mother so that's why but what i would say is that the republican party has become the vanguard for whiteness and white supremacy that cannot be hidden anymore and if it doesn't do any bread and stop it mention this idea of civil war yet we are headed to that unfortunately i do agree it's time to get back to a politics that is not so divided that is full of acquiescing good but now it's we know we can have unity with you ted rowlands you have a bigger no unity with you because you don't believe in liberty you don't care even on a little right that we were never had unity areas you because the weak party was feckless that we party was spineless and the g.o.p. is becoming feckless and spineless and if they don't get a spine soon they're going to go away ok we're going to be talking opec and the latest deals on oil production after the break.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the cares thinks. we fear to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confront cation let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic developments only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical

time to sit down and talk. welcome back a french court has ruled the police can recall details personal information relating to activists and protesters will in the name of state security trade unions say that noting down political and religious beliefs and social media activity endangers basic freedoms with more on this story has shown the dubious ski from paris. france's highest administrative court has found itself in the midst of a toxic debate the council of state has approved plans by the government to broaden

the information that can be collected about individuals for intelligence files this includes political or religious convictions and if someone is a member of a union these decrees also authorize the recording of a person's social networks or even health data revealing the particular danger leading to an infringement of the right to demonstrate to a stigmatization the freedom of opinion union action the fact of being a member of the union which suggests that being a member of a trade union could be associated in one way or another with the imperatives of internal security state security the fight against terrorism so what are these intelligence files and what exactly are they used for the decrees relate to 3 files these used to be limited to being about hooligans or violent demonstrators now they are being expanded to the list of data of people suspected of terrorist activities

all those likely to undermine the integrity of france and its institutions files like this can help security services to keep an eye on individuals who are seen to pose a threat to sunny's lomis terrorist attacks were formed in 202033 since 2017 but some argue that concept behind these decrees is very at best. in fact the authorities can collect data on a lifestyle a vague definition from the outset increase the threat of arbitrary nish each of us can become a subject of data collection if our behavior is considered likely threats to public safety. the green light for these decrees also comes at a particularly sensitive time here in france at the end of 2020 there were mass demonstrations against 2 controversial draft laws nor just by the government.

i. mean some police unions have denounced the global security not going far enough they say officers faced a threats just for doing their jobs and being targeted just for this week in june officers were beaten. stabbed by gehring during a routine traffic stop but critics say these rules these decrees show would all thora tarion drift in france this argument is waved like a red rag but it is not the subject terrorism is one of the goals but the main

thing is the fight against hooligans sects the underground economy and protests deeds violent terrorism is used to carry out political surveillance it is our trade union activity our reason for being which is targeted these decrees maintain the confusion between an activist a member even an employee who signs a petition and has a legal person the c g t can be called into question it is a risk for social democracy it's not the 1st time france has tried this in 2008 it launched the database which provoked outrage as it aimed to collect data around similar themes political and religious affiliation it was eventually dropped but given this a recent push by the french government to move towards tighter security may. asia's despite the mass demonstrations and the approval that's come from the council of state many are concerned that france has crossed a red line and it may not rich treat challenged even ski r.t.

paris. global oil markets have been handed a new year to russia and saudi arabia reached a compromise over oil production for the next 2 months a group of major producers agreed to keep the oil supply broadly steady in february march after the pandemic for some common economies back into lockdown or governments of struggle to roll out vaccines and while russia and kazakhstan have been permitted to add a combined $75000.00 barrels a day for both those months. pledged an additional unilateral cut of a 1000000 barrels a day that is boom bust breaks down the deal you can see the full program here later today. saudi arabia and russia they were deadlocked monday over whether their producer's alliance should boost crude output but were able to actually come to an agreement on tuesday why was there such a deadlock and what was this compromise well it really came down to a timeline there was an original

e agreed to timeline that said back last year when we were in the middle of this coronavirus that production levels with the cuts russia which kind of group oversees this opec plus a group of about 10 different suppliers worldwide saudi arabia represents about 11 russia had agreed to go ahead and a hold down production but they had a deadline that was supposed to expire at the beginning of january in 2021 that would allow the production levels to come up again russia was supposed to start producing at least another half 1000000 barrels a day of oil but what the saudis are saying is let's hold off and let's wait that's what they couldn't come to an agreement on monday early the concerns over the speed of vaccine rollouts were actually part of the debate between saudi arabia and russia over oil production why is that it well yeah it really comes down to when it is normal whatever normal is ultimately going to look like going to be reached again and that's what it really comes down to as well as what the saudis

are saying and their argument to the russians on monday was is that there is a vaccine rollout that's happening across the world is happening in the united states it's happening in europe but it's happening very slowly much slower than had been anticipated as you know brand right now in the u.s. only about a 3rd of the vaccine supply that sitting in hospitals right now has actually been been administered and so because it's taking longer considering the fact that we if we do go back into another series of lockdowns as serious as we saw in the summertime you know air travel comes to a halt. vehicle travel comes to a halt there's just so many things that slow down in terms of oil production. home prices jumped 5 percent on news the deadlock over fed here all output levels have been broken in full of a slight drop on tuesday due to the continued uncertainty is permanent representative to the united nations told us he hopes the market will recover and stabilizing. the fact that we are able to reach agreements with russia and ominous is a positive indication for pick plus that orpik plus is there to stay and will continue

to maintain discussions in coalition with our enemies or players in the market so i think it all indicates a positive outlook i think other nations will benefit from this agreement did he really. well that it isn't in the form of reduced output generally or the moment it is in the form of better prices so i think they will go along with this agreement and then they will support it and we are in continuous contact with a lot of pick partners and mean we try to do something which rights to use it consideration we think that there will be a company in the oil markets with the new year and with the improved economic situation and that will increase our of course tutti for. producing and selling large amounts of quantities. precious thing with him and our

to international day stick around if you can since that decision comes in about where the chain innocence will be granted bail or not will bring it straight to. the pandemic no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities. has emerged we caught up with the we don't look like the whole world beats to. people. judging. 2 coming every crisis at least. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing nature our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenge is great the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud

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a low in welcome across doctor all things are considered i'm peter lavelle is there such a thing as public opinion anymore after all after 2 election cycles in a row data has been largely imperfect is there is more than just one public and are there good reasons not to trust the polls. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest and martin in washington he is president of the national conservative organization that will shapley eagles as well as co-author of the conservative case for trial in new york.