in. the headlines in r.t. a high profile u.s. democratic party lawmaker calls to rein in the media over this information being investigated journalist glenn greenwald talks to us about the possible consequences of free speech. there on the east leading where. billionaires are all the parts in my novel and sort of valley just sound sir in the way that they believe this politically audience egypt's a vast majority of americans across political lines believe that the country is quite the morning apart that's according to a new poll and a shift in vaccine advice is always 13 die after receiving

a fison jab at the country's drugs agency doesn't sr is no reason to be a lot of. good afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in moscow you're watching r.t. international now u.s. congresswoman how xander cassio cortez has joined a growing group of democratic politicians demanding a clamp down on the media in the wake of last week's riots the capitol building in washington d.c. the republicans do you fear any time will focus on them. reports. the congresswoman who is known by her initials is seen as a rising star in the democratic party a o c is all about diversity social justice and protecting civil liberties she communicates with her adoring public primarily through social media with thousands

sharing her tweets and live streams why do we need to change people's well being and ability to survive for yet another corporate bailout we need to get the relief of going up our elected officials offices. and demanding believe no holding back there but it seems that now alexandria cortez's a ok with media censorship we're going to have to figure out. how we rate in our media environment so that you can't just disinformation and misinformation so bright all of the news media and teach people how to properly consume news now you can see where this is heading for a o.c.s. critics let's unpack this proposal she wants to basically establish a ministry of truth we've all read 1904 and you know to determine what is truth and what is not so who sits on this committee exactly i'm curious that she's talking

about is fine for a member of congress to blast the media president trump has been known to do that now and again but i don't want some federal commission deciding what is false but what a.o. c. wants the government to do is already being done by social media's gatekeepers donald trump and his closest supporters have been taken off of social media one by one facebook has even banned any reference to stop the steal the catch phrase donald trump supporters used when they said they felt the election was rigged against them and they're finding online hangouts to be much harder to come by at this point we've seen twitter's rival parlor drop from the app stores before being shut down by amazon completely twitter c.e.o. jack dorsey was caught on tape suggesting this is just the beginning we know we are focused on one and. this is going to be much bigger just wanted to. focus solely on. the real world but also.

much longer term around just an image over time. that don't believe this is going away and politicians have long been accused of being slow on the digital uptake but they seem to be learning 1st hand who really has the power over what we hear see and read in these increasingly polarized times mean that open conversation is needed more than ever but the billionaires who hold the keys now have all the cards hey look ma. r.t. new york what in today's edition of the ati show on contact chris hedges talks the investigative june this plan greenwald and i discussed the growing sentient powers of unelected tech executives you can catch the full show later nati america and or site online dot i party clearly the way. are very much on board yet that i have free speech. whatever they want to

call it quite so obvious terror is right when extremist this is dangerous and it not only should their free speech be restricted i asked the congress which presumably would have to be amended 1st man put it oh and they're on their knees pleading with. billionaires an oligarchy a monopolist and so on it's on bally to censor in the way that they believe this politically advantageous if you want to go on twitter and post a link to the new york post reporting on which contain a lot of information about what joe biden was doing in ukraine what he was doing i don't have a presidential front runner you couldn't even post a link to his band if he spoke our it lee announced through a longtime democratic party operative now works as a spy are never going to suppress the spread of that story that was stunning intervention on the part of silicon valley let's talk about removing donald trump

from social media platforms i think even the shopping was of the shopping network i mean and why that's dangerous a dangerous precedent i've really interesting. that numerous world leader including one famously after known use relationship with president trump stood up and very ounce twitter's decision. to ban president trump from the popular met includes chancellor former who is a center right politician with him trump has argued and bickered almost entire presidency and why because they're extremely concerned that these private acknowledges who they cannot battle the e.u. has been trying to break out to go out and break out they spoke for years and he simply can't do search you are all are also coming from their democracies and they know that it facebook and twitter can cooperate in trauma from accessing the

internet they know it could be done to them as well and to their countries as well if they simply destroy a competing platform at the urging of people a congressman roe conn or congresswoman alexander across your test the issue demands heard on twitter and within 70. 2 hours are 0 response from your net so it doesn't understand why this is so dangerous. our ability to organize on the internet to be heard is concentrated and great number of socog about our hearts to exist outside of the realm of democratic accountability you are no transparency and with no limits. now the vast majority of americans on both sides of the political spectrum say that their nation is quote fulling apart that's the finding of a new poll that's just come out with a survey of $1000.00 americans found that 80 percent of democrats independents and

republicans somewhat or strongly agree that the country is disintegrating we've got opinion on the streets. i'm playing the part. you know that. everything i know about the president. people that you have 400000 individuals americans dying from coronavirus you have millions of people unemployed you have business is falling for bankruptcy you have riots in the capital you have a president who's been impeached not once but for you. there is no moral compass. and we have issues between the current president and the president coming it's not a very. easy switch over i think a kind of what the current. president biden is doing as far as trying to impeach the ultra president is kind of childish. still to come this hour of corporate

america dissipates implying it's keeping the divisions going some of the biggest companies are putting financial support from lawmakers back from what i can close a bit later on. health officials in no way are adjusting the vaccination of the deaths of 13 elderly people who received the pfizer vaccine or those who died residents aged 80. it seems that some of these patients get such severe side effects in the form of fever and malays that it can make a very serious illness even more serious which may lead to death norway launched its coded immunization program with the pfizer vaccine in late december and on friday rolled out the modern vaccine to sing home residents are on the priority list and since then 29 people have been reported to have suffered side effects

after getting the pfizer jab but the national medicines regulator doesn't see this it's not alarmed by these numbers adding that the risks are low except among the most frail of patients and people with underlying health issues experts we spoke to agree to that the benefits of vaccination do outweigh the risks but that caution is needed for the most vulnerable. they actually all forces in norway believe that there may be a problem that it's right to be cautious that vaccine should only ever really be given to people who would fit well in any case if somebody who's seriously well or frail. really doctors need to think about giving them a back seat i think pfizer baxi is one of terms of its effectiveness initially at least seems to be one of the best rocsi on the market but how long that lasts for remains to be seeing but it is a good vaccine there is nothing wrong with it i don't think it's nothing to worry

about i think i think that the scientists and the medical community in norway as well as the world community should look at those depths and see if there's something that they had in common there is a concern but i think at this point there and so many people have gotten this vaccine and not had any major problems i still haven't seen any legitimate evidence that this vaccination the risk of the vaccination outweighs that then it's at this point. they are a chain pell thingy trisha's and easy on the environment but would that be enough to convince you to add worms to your daily diet or your pain things safety authority has done research which says that beta larvae is safe for humans to aids and it's now up to new members to decide whether they should be made available this 1st european food safety just

a risk assessment or finance it does normal food going to be the way for the 1st approval our risk of deletion is a disservice if and that's are a step in the regulation of normal foods by supports and policy makers in the e.u. in making science because decisions and ensuring the safety of consumers. well if it helps to whet your appetite the un's food and agricultural agency does say that insects are a good source of protein and also fiber and the big benefit for the planet is that their production does not produce a lot of greenhouse gases and there's also a much lower risk too of the spread of animal to human disease so so far so good but researchers do say that studies are still inconclusive more work is needed they say on allergies and they claim that the worms do contain keeton which is perfectly safe for most people but it can cause a severe reaction for some and is also found in shellfish either way you still have to decide whether you'd like to try them there are cognitive reasons derived from

our social and cultural experiences the so-called yuck factor that makes the thought of eating insects repugnance to many a year of beans with time and exposure is such entities again change lower costs and prices could enhanced food security and new demand will open economic opportunities to but these could also affect existing sectors. talk to campaigners on sustainable farming poverty and also animal rights to see if they have any beef about eating bugs. we've got a rising population globally we have real real concerns about food security i think the issue is about having a 3rd that's sustainable 'd that is affordable and has relatively negative impacts so i think the option is one as very much of navigating in 6 is just served perpetrates yes these are these are necessary in the end because and 6

are so if i'm with the matter of going the jobs are in which we have to divide our consumption money several times like we have to need to in terms less because it is sufficiently cowers are very troubling intensive the majority of current footprint of animal her culture comes from remove them so they chose cheap i think that a lot of environmentalist think the cow is worse but the environment recent research on oxford university suggested that the calculations that agriculture organization the u.n. organization has made about the contribution that ruin the time it was that's cows and sheep make towards climate change is being exaggerated so actually if we factor in the way it which house grazing pasture could contribute towards locking up carbon in the sore that cancels out then we 'd think that missions i'm familiar with may work because i used to use them for fishing bait and to treat my pets

whereas the boy and it's it's good that the european regulators say sake but i don't personally fancy it i'm stuck with a little bit at the yuck factor intuitively i don't think they're going to part called a major part of the future diet of 21st century humanity i think we're really just in the review of this illusion that people have problems with insects in the market is approaching many people that buy a protein drinks across europe at the moment to get a protein drink which says it contains croce. quite often that protein is produced from insects more and more people are beginning to see it going to in should introduce parts of london now you can ball. chocolate flavored and ginger flavored salty carol locusts and all sorts of things i don't think it's a matter of if why all of it is just a matter of it's coming down the i mean it's already here and if what if they give

it a trendy name it will be come something that more people accept because that's what it was parks. so to come the sad brazilian health minister admits that health care has collapsed in the amazon region overwhelmed by covidien and a lack of equipment and oxygen asteroids just awful. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy one from day shouldn't let it be an arms race is on the spearing dramatic they're probably the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

back now giant corporations have pulled financial support from politicians who have

spoken out in favor of don't want trump to spite the firms themselves having previously pumped huge sums into the president's party. looks now at corporate america's efforts so you fit in with the incoming democratic administration. don't trump free fall from the american president to enemy number one is always complete but it turns out guilty by association too if you voted for trump you voted for the person who claimed the supported you voted for the person who nazis support you voted for the person who the all right supports vets the crowd that you were in apart from being heckled is that nazi having a trump sign a new yard might cost you your twitter account but for lawmakers on the hill loyalty to the president has come at a much higher price over we're not yet making contributions to this point in the

election cycle nike's political action committee will not support any member of congress who ignores these principles of democracy including those who voted to decided to fire the electoral college results for some it was news that might even donated to the red tape and they did 150 $1000.00 in 2020 while the democrats got handed over a 1000000 so besides being a monster crossan jumping on the boat onto our gun nike's move it was also a monster class in forgetting that when your going to take the moral high ground you better make sure you'll clean out some whistle yourself nike uses slave labor politicians should be refusing their donations like anyone cares now you got rich off the backs and sweat of child labor and pittance wages in asia all good americans should refuse to support them or accept any donations from them and you also better make sure you're consistent i'm sure that the osa guts of donations to

the democrats that objected to the electoral college vote in 2016 asking for a friend after the 20020042016 elections democrats cried foul and contested the outcomes as is that constitutional right. don't remember nike pulling its millions than that's because it didn't and neither did any of the dozens of other companies that have now decided the constitution is wrong and republicans need to be taught a lesson disney wal-mart and be amazon and general electric morgan stanley the list goes on some have even gone a step father and asked for a refund take josh hawley to fossella to commit to objecting he's been asked by greeting cards giant who mark to pay back past donations season's greetings seditionist we want our money back who has also been called on to resign and had a contract for an upcoming book canceled counseling being something holy is

generally not a fan of this could not be more william let me be clear this is not just a contract dispute it's a direct assault on the 1st amendment only approved speech can now be published this is the left looking to cancel everyone they don't approve of we'll never know of course but i'm guessing that if trump was still on twitter around about now with the wads which would probably be making 8 caps lock parents it's. unparalleled to see the democrat party acting like such sore winners instead of celebrating and instead of moving forward with their agenda they've instead become even more slight full and nastier than they were during the 4 years of trim if this is what it's going to be like everyone should be terrified their mission now is the engines and blood and i think people are rightly scared you know these people have absolutely the entire media and big tech industrial complex in their pockets and

all i can demeo them all a big business and they've won the election all bets are off. 5 percent is struggling to cope with the kind of pandemic and the problem is particularly bad in the amazon region where there is a shortage of oxygen for patients and only a fraction of the medics needed to help the country's health minister even admits to that health care in the area has collapsed. say below we have laid still a moment to foreign panic the pandemic came back to me now sometimes on the trail that also people are losing the left wants this face strategy canal a capital letter lead.

such there were only 4 doctors here yesterday and over 70 patients in this room and there were 12 patients in 2 treated where my mother was being treated. so we really have to work hard to keep up with the flow it's not easy but we're trying to take care of people. so even if you see the fact cities will hurt it will take a while so we know these numbers do not he's found while most folks like us

meanwhile india is planning to inoculate 300000000 people as it starts phase one of the world's biggest coby vaccination program to begin with centers like this one in new delhi will only handle 100 people a day health care workers are among the 1st in line astra zeneca and the india's code vaccine at the 2 shops that have received a merchant's the approval of the country suffering heavily from the virus was. more than 10000000 reported cases. now the entire dutch government has resigned over a scandal in which thousands of families were torn apart after being wrongly accused of child benefit fraud administrative errors or heavy handed tax officials go after households and forced many of them to hand back significant welfare payments shala dubinsky has more details. it is already offered his resignation it to the king in the netherlands and that report said that it was both the government

that he presided over this time but also the previous agreed to it ministration that we're all partly responsible for what happened now this all began back in 2012 when parents were regarded as. tax authorities and this is because they had sometimes just incorrectly filled out documents so when one part of the report that said some people missed signatures on most reports now strangely enough it was families that had dual nationality that seemed to be well guarded with particular suspicion at just because that fact at one point presenting about $600.00 of the family says that this was ethnic profiling now the norm was being implemented it was said paul with an eye for meaning they were looking up 6 people while the individual circumstances families loss that they are allowance sometimes with no reason given to them and other families who do already received benefits for being

hounded then for the money to be paid back thousands and thousands of families impacted as we mentioned but the toll for many of these was that this false accusation the demands from payments essentially just too much the enormous strain was one of the reasons i got divorced the tax office is very powerful without going to judge they dry you out they came to my house and took my refrigerator they took away my car they took 40 percent of my salary under the pressure of an overheated political need to fight fraud parents were falsely branded as willful proud status the victims were powerless against powerful institutions of the rule of law and did not receive the protection they deserved well margaret day has said the buck essentially stops we've his current administration but he's not only what made me a gay take m.p. until i pass a new code. listeners 45 can have been full of those elections in march but he's also going to remain here party's leader despite the fact that he says that he is

sort of shaping my own fish this scandal that some already questioning how the party just like we don't who presided over the scandal can we're making in the journal rightly so the good minute resigns innocent people have been criminalized their lives destroyed and the college has been incorrectly and incompletely informed about this but it's some believe bill even those responsible gun senior being party leaders well margaret just says he will be staying on and that can take a capacity in all down mainly to maintain this situation surrounding $1000.00 pandemic we felt the need to step down because of the extreme seriousness of the report by the bottom of the committee and which has started and thoroughly and in-depth what happened and we came to the conclusion that it's an affordable and that we stepped down and at the same time that we are still capable we think with full support of parliament we respectfully ask for support requests for the support

him we think we will get it of course within the parameters of all the debates and discussions we will have respondent to be effective in fighting to come across it well he's an immediate response ability and it did seem contrite in that press conference all friday afternoon and so far his party still is polling high ahead of elections in 'd march but it is yet to be seen how this scandal crucially light impact that. reporting watching r.t. just coming up to hop os 4 in the afternoon in moscow we're back again at the top of the.

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