thinks. we dare to ask. the u.s. congress members debate an unprecedented 2nd impeachment of donald trump exhausted national guard troops are pictured at the capitol building in the wake of last week's storming by trump supporters. grimm for tips from a german crime a tory and highlights the extent of a resurgent condom making here a doctor's burden is accused of stockpiling vaccines at the expense of other member states also. you know if you sit down in the restroom particularly for the family i'm pretty sure they fit. for a leader more in the u.k. police crackdown on lockdown violators but of course on camera apparently breaking

the very rules they're supposed to be enforcing. a very warm welcome to you 80 9 pm here in moscow and you're watching r t international with me here aaron well right now representatives in the u.s. congress though debating whether to plow ahead with another impeachment of president trump this time for inciting his supporters to storm the capitol last week. he must go he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all know tripping all over themselves in their rush to impeach the president late in this regard to the rule of law by the tyrant president the house is action today will only extend the division longer than necessary i can't think of anything that would unify this country more if there was a big bipartisan vote in favor of impeachment. keeping across the story for i think

oxys caleb maupin in new york i caleb a dramatic end to the tron president say i mean he's only go so we've left but his rivals are still gunning for him what's the latest with just days left in office for u.s. president donald trump it appears he is now facing his 2nd impeachment the charge is inciting insurrection that is the charge being leveled in the article of impeachment drawn up and being voted on as we speak by the u.s. house of representatives and this is what donald trump has to say in response to his accusers. on the beach but it's really a continuation of the greatest which it is their politics it's the human i think it's a good thing for men they get to our country and it doesn't diminish sangar. emotions are running high in the aftermath of what happened just

a week ago on capitol hill when trump supporters stormed into the halls of the u.s. congress and damaged property there were gassed so it was quite an incident where folks are referring to it as the capitol hill riots and in light of that we have at this point even some republicans that favor removing donald trump via impeachment this is what we heard from liz cheney a republican representative of wyoming. there has never been agreed to be trailed by a president of the united states of his office and his oath to the constitution i will vote to impeach the president. 15000 national guard troops have been deployed to washington d.c. they've been sleeping in the halls of congress on the stone floors and they will remain in washington d.c. until the ratification and inauguration of joe biden on january 20th and at this point it looks like donald trump could very well be facing his 2nd

impeachment trial very soon the goal of democrats with impeaching trump just just days before he is set to leave office anyway is to make sure he can never run for office again trump is the 3rd president in u.s. history to be impeached andrew johnson was impeached bill clinton was impeached and has already been impeached once over his phone call with ukrainian leaders alinsky and this would be his 2nd impeachment proceeding so all eyes on capitol hill we've got the military we've got the whole country watching it's quite a tense moment as it appears that the final moments of donald trump's leadership in the united states may be upon us with the whole country watching to see if he goes out via impeachment indeed and stay with us on oxy international for the outcome of that debate in the coming hours thank you for now. well as lawmakers attempt to remove trump from the white house tech giants have already voted to raise the

president's online presence each it has now joined the likes of amazon at facebook and twitter in suspending donald trump social media pages as well as purging thousands of his fellow is claiming they could incite violence what if follows last week's storming of the capitol building in washington d.c. which some leading politicians and mainstream media have branded as domestic terrorism as the 3rd media giants continue to crackdown on the president i spoke to legal internet and politics experts about whether the platforms are indeed too powerful. they just won an election they're going to see how far they can push this this is a stress test to see how far the law will go how long how much people will tolerate and are going to go as far as they can because drunk with power of they know which way the wind is blowing donald trump is no longer going to be in the white house almost all of these companies face antitrust suits that are going to be decided by the biden department of justice and so now there is going to be less of a priority to maybe make these arguments internally that donald trump and his

account should be protected but these are self interested actors it is all we have that they are now controlling pretty much the entire communications system all over the wall but it will be a matter of time before censorship will be move on to other parts of our problems that will credit bardi companies like twitter facebook and on us and can do this to their own president if they do it anywhere in the well to any government they don't like oh certainly so. they that the largest problems within these companies is that there really is no actual basis for which they are operating there is no bible there is no constitution there is no their terms of service are often edited and malleable and even then subject to vague enough to be subject to the whims of internal discussions within the company this it means that

we have to rewrite the 1st amendment in this country because this is a quote private company that 99 percent of all the people on the planet used our laws are outdated and unless that is changed nothing will change at least in this country now the question who should be more the rating perhaps the saudis this should be a form of duration but it needs to be transparent so this state of affairs at the moment they don't know who makes those were the rationed do you think the creative intended to end like this with a massive bans and censorship. of course absolutely look there was so much involvement in not only private equity but in government sponsored this was never intended to be good those dean going to giants and being exposed to all they actually are this is a mission statement to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and the information age the glee without barriers now people used to believe this does

anyone believe that anymore i don't think so the question that i have is are we now bifurcating the internet are we going to totally solve select from the point of adolescence or before or to be handed down by our parents to our children that we now only go on social networks and only interact with people and their only hosted on servers that either are liberal or conservative or possibly even more extreme versions of that that to me is a vision that i think is something that is closer today then i've ever known it my lifetime. the u.s. secretary of state's last big foreign diplomatic trip powerful and france the plug has been pulled on my pump a visit to europe partly because officials that are refusing to meet with him has a france correspondent on the defense. well the trump era is coming to a close not only with the social media blackout for trouble things such as you tube

and twitter but also it seems the cold shoulder for many of the cabinet take mike is the u.s. secretary of state who is due to be in europe on wednesday for some high level meetings including with the general secretary of nato he said in a tweet just a few hours ago that he was reading looking forward to those meetings essentially his sworn song for his counterparts in europe but at the very last minute the plug was pulled on the trip more you will the u.s. state department says the player who was a man who didn't recognize the victory over by didn't even u.s. election last year is now the man who wants to make sure that there is a smooth transition we are fully committed to the completion of a smooth transition process to be finalized over the next 8 days as a result we counseling all planned travel this week including the sixty's trip to europe it's a very different take in the e.u.

with apparently pompei you being pursued. and the european commission saying that officials didn't want to meet him they didn't elaborate on that but we've also heard from diplomatic sources there was a sense of embarrassment around the idea of being in europe given that although he had condemned the violence of those crowds who stormed the capitol building in washington last week he hasn't said whether president from being a cause a factor in that however the luxemburg foreign minister he said the trouble egg them on the trumpet a criminal a political pyromaniac who should be sent to the criminal court he's a person who was elected democratically but who isn't interested in democracy in the slightest and it also seems that there were other reasons to save face and to cancel those meetings because had meetings gone ahead with officials in the there was a problem that would have had. to be addressed and this is the compensation of the jewish families whose artifacts were stolen during the holocaust in the 2nd world

war a dispute between washington and luxembourg now for a very long time and give you that some of suggested that there is a story in the capitol building in washington last week where neo nazi sympathizers this could have put pompei you know in a bit of a pickle it seems to trump administration will come to an end not in a blaze of glory but in a goof of some very lax way. from a british diplomat start to talk to william allinson told me he thinks that declining such meetings shows a failure of diplomacy. it is very rare that meeting in the camp that short notice but it does show that currently relations or buyout between the european union as a whole and the united states policymaking a little trump administration inaudible a diplomatic track to this meeting should never be canceled what has happened is a failure at any rate in diplomacy my suspect in this case more than u.s.

diplomacy because they will bear what's to come he wasn't invited at the last minute it was a i'm sorry to say blatant showmanship. from pigs showed themselves he stuck his neck out and i think they've cut off his head. it's cruel to say that. you as president elect joe biden has chosen he wants to run the set of all international aid agency a u.s. aid and it's another era name samantha power previously served on the national security council and was barack obama's a u.n. envoy revealing his choice biden explained why he wants power on his team. it's one of our country's most respected voices on humanitarian issues and i have seen both her passion and her principles firsthand there could be no one no one more qualified to lead those efforts samantha during her previous high profile

government jobs power has faced a raft of ethical questions from critics she pushed for military intervention in libya on humanitarian grounds during the civil war then nearly a decade ago she was also a strong supporter of u.s. involvement in syria and yemen both of which have succumbs to a devastating humanitarian plight oh now she's sure to she's now she's the one to lead washington's mission to hail the world the united states has a chance to partner with and support people who are on the front lines in battling cove who are trying to build climate resilience who are standing up for the rule of law. standing up against inequality and trying to create a more just society humanitarian support democracy assistance economic development those are not nice to you know our foreign policy tool box they are critical. let's bring in our guest michael maloof he's

a former senior security policy analyst at the office of the u.s. defense secretary thank you for joining us on the program now usa it is a diminished agency because of donald trump if some of the power was put in charge how might that change. well her position is actually accorded to biden is going to be elevated to the national security council level so that gives an added importance as to how foreign aid will be used and humanitarian assistance will be used as a guiding light or upcoming foreign policy under biden and also shows that we might even go ahead and so far and weaponize that given samantha powers previous experience and and recommendations to then vice president biden into obama the president. as you pointed out libya was it was one of those outcomes yemen was another so if we if we need humanitarian assistance or and

couple with that would be human rights advocacy and an insistence upon that in in any assistance that we give. does that mean that we're going to go ahead and shoot it into people's heads again so this is a that her elevation like this raises some important questions as to just to what extent foreign policy or foreign assistance will be used as a foreign policy weapon as opposed to give an absolute assistance in the future yeah i want to walk you know how much of a bargaining chip is the u.s. aid in achieving america's why the foreign policy goal of. well we don't have any money real he so i don't know where this assistance money is going to come from but it does give it its attempt it's an attempt to put the united states back into the vanguard of of. espousing human rights foreign assistance as

a consolation prize and to try to continue and spread us and influence in a in a positive way and i think that's what binds administrations intention is. whether that chaves it or not given the history of what has occurred is going to be problematic and i think that really relationships as you pointed out in the with the between the u.s. and the e.u. are so ruptured and with other countries are going to be very very leery of accept the u.s. assistance because of all the strings that would be attached and and what what could what could follow. her or her recommendation to invade libya actually affected us russian relations so that those are the kinds of ramifications we have to look at as to what part what role she will actually play in pushing this agenda and to what extreme. thinking about funding we know that at the under donald trump

usa funs was slashed by more than a 5th because he wanted other nations to step up to the plate how likely is that to be completely reversed on the joe biden i think it will probably be reversed but that but again will the other nations step up and the chances are well if the united states is leading wide why should we bother we saw that before there there the amount of assistance that came from other countries was the u.s. trying to take the lead to actually begin to diminish so. i don't know that it's going to be a concurrent thing the u.s. is really trying to lead that vanguard and i don't know that they're going to be successful again no one really trusts and us in keeping commitments and agreements any longer given the past history so that of that type of assistance and the and the repercussions there of if you don't if you don't follow u.s. rules i think are going to be something people are going to be looking very very

closely as seems like it's already a done deal less so is it just a formality for the senate to confirm power as the u.s. aid helm or might that be enough concerns to reject. no i don't think there were enough. under biden the senate will be under senate control under democratic control. schumer being the majority leader they'll push or push through all of. nominees and if there's any ties of course the vice president who would break that so in effect the senate would be in a democrat majority and that to that extent and i think all it's there may be discussion and there will be probably delays but inevitably all of yours appointees will get through former pentagon official michael maloof in washington d.c. always a pleasure thank you very much thank you. europe is suffering a new surgeon coated cases with france germany and spain registering some of the

highest daily rates and 1st hit to merging from one of germany's was affected regions is highlighting just how bad the situation has become some 300 bodies are piling up in a queue for a credit story i'm in saxony a coffin stacked one top of the other often simply labeled with words like cove it and infectious risk when it comes as the european union struggles to maintain unity over covert vaccine purchases brussels the surgeon member states to keep to the blocks centralized distribution scheme but not all seem to be keeping to the agreement as artie's pays all of our reports. the european union's one for all and all for one vaccine plan is co-op against the problem of members self interest when it comes to obtaining the jobs germany has snapped up an extra $13000000.00 doses of the pfizer vaccines being criticized by its partners for doing so it is selfish

behavior to buy medicine by yourself disrespecting common decisions is another example of the german policy of respecting their own interests above the interests of other e.u. countries berlin insists it is playing by the rules and that those extra doses would be sent out until the vaccine is being dispatched across the rest of the european union germany says the real problem lies with problems when it comes to production it's not correct to see the germany secure vaccines at the expense of other countries. would see it we have ordered enough vaccines and the question is how can they be produced how fast they can be produced and if we would have ordered more it would not have been possible to produce it quicker the shortage is due to the lack of production capacity it isn't just germany that's being accused of looking out for itself cyprus is courting israel for vaccine delivery saying that

the european union isn't forthcoming with the new doses to provide a mass switch to rollout the initial indications were very encouraging but at some point there was a setback in its effectiveness 2 companies came up with the vaccine 1st phase a buy in to commit done but the number of vaccines is not enough for rapid mass vaccination e.u. commission president has live on the line is telling member states to cut it out into it heya to the plan that they all agreed on we have all agreed legally binding that there will be no parallel negotiations no parallel contracts so the framework we are all working. in is a framework of 27 together we are negotiating together we are procuring and together we are bringing forward this vaccination process brussels is calling on member states to come clean about any side deals they may have going on the president has asked commissioner this to send

a letter to all health ministers asking them to provide us with all the necessary transparency on the way in which they are complying with the provisions of our vaccine strategy in terms of contacts or lack of contacts rather with. those pharmaceutical companies that we have been or are negotiating with the commission on doing themselves any favors demanding transparency from member states when it comes to vaccine procurement when they are being all that clear on who will get what when the 27 agree that brussels would negotiate on their behalf the accusation is that that is being undermined by member states looking out for number one as we see the e.u. were very slow compared to other countries both in their regulation approvals both

in their backs in asian campaigns and. again no surprise that there is unset disaffection we we indeed have an across the across the whole front we have a very poor performance by the european union here but the central administration of the european union all they managed was to secure so we $100000000.00 doses for a population of $450.00 so taking into account that you need 2 doses per person this was one 3rd of the population for which the vaccine was secured because of some budget constraints. it is of fish and he said so no wonder the. population is not very happy with that performance 'd in brussels. russia's covert inoculation program is about to be significantly ramped up president putin has announced that mouse vaccinations should start next week. this is definitely

a milestone for this country because from this point it's not only about doctors or teachers or other jobs that forced the staff to be in touch with the loads of people face to face now the goal is to make sure that the russian vaccine is available to all citizens of this country to make sure that the coronavirus pandemic in russia is dealt a final blow and it is looking promising because of the data that we received after the 3rd stage of the trials back in december that pointed to 96 percent efficacy of this put in the jab the question is though whether the infrastructure is ready and whether there are enough doses and we just heard from me seeing a russian government minister who was reporting to vladimir putin that production is on the rise in the plan is to rapidly increase the number of vaccination centers so it's on the way it's coming and i can tell you that so far in this country more

than a 1000000 people have already been vaccinated but everyone really needs to be cautious with their optimism because while the numbers for new cases daily are looking quite good in this country this isn't the case in quite a few countries around the world plus there's the issue of new strains being discovered and i can tell you that last sunday a patient with a new strain has been identified in russia as well and this explains the cautious in the warning that came from the russian president to. someone else used i know that we have this new coronavirus training and our scientists working on the. practice shows that the russian vaccine is the best in the well because we should understand its effectiveness against the new strains for that we need full scale research and i urge you to monitor that to make sure everything is fine. however though despite the things that i've been telling you about earlier we can. remember

that only a few months ago russia's sport think the jab drew a significant amount of criticism before the 3rd stage of the trials some were saying mainly in the west that it was too early to approve the vaccine others accused russia of using the vaccine as a political or a p.r. tool but now all of this is beginning to vanish sputnik viz success is becoming apparent for everyone and we know that only a few days ago the correspondent of new york times in moscow got the job as well we saw a piece in bloomberg in which the conclusion was that basically there are no reasons to be dubious about the russian vaccine and besides us there's of course the international cooperation which points to trust mr putin has just announced that the production of sputnik thieve will soon begin in turkey that's after a phone call with his colleague top aired on we already know that the jab has already been delivered to as far as argentina and more and more countries are

certifying the use of it so again all of this is a sign of trust but what's very important for citizens of this country like i said earlier that next week the job will be available for everyone in this country to. the russian foreign ministry is warning that latvia is prosecution of russian speaking journalists questions fundamental values including free speach. their oppression of journalists rights is becoming ever more commonplace and some countries have set of state mechanisms for exerting pressure on dissident media professionals we view this aggressive actions as a blatant disregard for press freedom and freedom of speech the basics of a democratic society last month a lot of fears security services opens criminal probe into journalists working for the bolts news and r.t. affiliated sputnik news agencies they were accused of violating e.u.

sanctions on moscow and one of the accused told us how latvian security agencies agents lived to gain access to his home. the shakedown started at 9 30 in the morning on december the 3rd somebody rang the doorbell introduced themselves as plumbers well i opened and about 12 self-proclaimed plumbers entered. you may be asking yourself who is this man what did he do is he a drug dealer a devious and loathsome russian hacker may be know the dealer is a journalist making a living by selling his articles to various outlets and from the standpoint of the latvian authorities he recently chose the wrong ones to do business with. i write articles being published in 2 sources that are subsidiaries to receive your savoy 1st of all sputnik a lot for you and bolts news and i several times suggest contributed for real

novice to the dimmer isn't the only one a total of 7 journalists have had their homes turned upside down let's say and authorities the fact that the e.u. imposed sanctions against the tree of head of the media holding that all 7 journalists occasionally wrote for none of the writers though can see any logic to what's happening and how exactly the vortex of penalties against one particular individual sucked them all in. as a matter of fact they are free lance employees of the actions they write and edit texts select photos in other words they do their job and exercise the right to freedom of expression indeed bound only by the shackles of their professional integrity. along with his colleagues exposed events like these in on our of latvians who food for hitler's cause in world war 2.

beautiful. so what is cool to a nazi march elsewhere in la is known as remembrance day of the lothian legionnaires vadim or says the government wants to mute any voice putting this and other controversial practices in the spotlight one thing is absolutely clear the goal of such searches and intimidations is to strip us of all your of correspondence so that people will be afraid of cooperating.