the headlines this hour 6 e.u. nations hit town took finds the after receiving fewer covert vaccine doses that they had expected the companies this is down to manufacturing upgrades designed to boost production. another era strategist is lined up for the incoming biden administration signaling the rocky road ahead for relations with russia speaking to r.t. investigative journalist glenn greenwald warns against being blindsided by the prism of the past. people. in history. the democrats are very clear that it's. essentially the democratic party.

no truism period also. the high profile u.s. democratic party lawmaker calls to rein in the media over dixon formation. very well welcome to you from our team here in a very chilly mosco you're watching r t international with me karen now our top story several e.u. countries are making their anger fell so after they received far fewer doses of the fire as a vaccine than expected 6 countries say they were given very short notice while fires that blamed the shortfall on money are functioning upgrades to boost production with more details his dimitry park. europe is in panic the covert crisis is far from under control growing numbers of cases keep breaking daily records

agreements warriors are overwhelmed and an end to lock downs is nowhere in sight and now to make matters worse by user has announced it has to temporarily decrease shipments of its covert vaccine and the patient facilities and processes and the factual requires new quality tests and approvals from the authorities as a consequence few doses will be available for a peon countries and the end of january and the beginning of february this temporary reduction will affect all european countries pfizer added that the delays are necessary to make improvements to its production line meant to boost the amount of vaccines that can roll out but for many european states that are struggling with the surgeon code cases the announcement came as an unexpected blow and health ministers are furious this situation is unacceptable not only does it impact the planned vaccination schedules it also decreases the credibility of the vaccination process the delay has only added to the many issues that european countries are currently faced with now people who have already taken the 1st job might not get

the 2nd one on time the pharmaceutical giant promised to make up for the delayed shipments in coming months and it seems to me you brass are happy to take their word for pfizer and now this delays i immediately called the c.e.o. of pfizer he reassured me that all guaranteed doses of the 1st quarter will be delivered in the 1st quarter the european commission has been working tirelessly to secure enough doses of the most promising vaccines we have access to enough doses of vaccine to vaccinate over 80 percent of the european population but these reassurances have done little to quell outrage from member states who have been fuming over the sluggish pace at which the vaccines have been destroyed. unit especially when compared to other countries the situation is exacerbated by the fact that states cannot get hold of the vaccines

directly they rely on the commission to purchase and distribute the jabs among member states but with a shortage of supplies and difficult storage requirements of minus 70 degrees celsius the approach has not proven effective and countries are struggling to meet an occupation targets experts fear all these shortages and delays could lead to people losing interest in getting vaccinated at all jeopardizing immunization goals it might have. to fall in the 1st place all my degrees even more in their interest to give birth made to people we would get that would get to be more. they are bothered whether this is equally good thing but if you do this because of this which is. it really is that they lose you production and believe this product to different countries they would sit surely they're. all

blondes that different. different countries will really hound if. you would understand that the snow is falling or the governments but the fallacy or the producer of the most use now says it sure to there that then because if you look for it to be affected that much. us president elect joe biden is fleshing out his foreign affairs team and is again falling back on the ballot error xperience victoria nuland as his choice for the 3rd biggest job at the state department which might not bode well for future relations with russia nuland was in charge of european and your asian affairs under president obama she played a central role in u.s. efforts to stay ukraine's new government after the 2014 revolution newlands no fan of russia having repeatedly pushed for

a tough approach towards moscow. we have to maintain pressure assad regime continues to barrel bomb its own citizens with impunity perhaps even emboldened by moscow's help russia's new direct combat role in syria this country is on the on line says eastern. caribbean. and you know the e.u. . it's not just familiar faces returning to the next white house a few divisive tactics are also coming back today's edition of artes on contact discusses that later with investigative journalist glenn greenwald you can watch the full show later on r.t. america and also online. i see very little to say on the part of the law because they have bought into the overarching narrative that there are only 2 choices you 19 and democratic party and fight fascism in her or succumb to fascism i have my. eye charlotte strategy in syria which is to say i know you hate

but your only choice is to unite behind me or be ruled by isis that's essentially the choice using and with some exceptions on the left it seems to be for the left wing loyalty to the democratic party is higher than i've seen in a long time now what do you think the consequences of that are going to be for a country in crisis there's a strong argument which i think i subscribe to that in many ways the failure of the obama administration to deal with the systemic problems gave rise to a figure like trump and trump ism what's the danger of continuing these kinds of neo liberal policies not a coincidence that after 8 years. we've got donald trump and obviously if you go back and do exactly the same thing that the i ministrations did for years which is what i'm scared to do any rational person has to expect to see not see not the

middle hosking to used to be destroyed and companies that have no allegiance to god takes many jobs possible and ship them to places where did a slave labor needed you so community so continue to ravish with unemployment crises. drug addiction suicide oppression all the things that are common in a small american town for all accounts of increasingly even larger ones and that anger and dissatisfaction is going to continue to grow so that when you are a smart her more stable version of donald trump people are forgotten with your mom ministration just like the democrats are very good at creating your brand that is rightly different than their reality. but essentially that our credit party stir. motors i'm curios i'm just i'm so that's what they believe and this is why you see your consecrating so comfortably 500 r.t. why is the operatives cheering for for joe biden why wall street celebrated want to

terrorists or so their own. year it is very easy to see exactly. leading democrats though are now considering whether a new power is on needed to rein in some elements of the media u.s. congresswoman alexandria cacio cortez has joined a growing group of demanding a clampdown against this information but republicans fear any clampdown will focus squarely on then came with more pain 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 really

growing up our elected officials offices. and demanding believe no holding back there but it seems that now alexandria kazuo 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 904 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 don't think this is going to be much bigger just want to. focus so. much longer term around just an image over time. but don't believe this is going away. 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 they love my. r.t. new york. a british police force is resorting to a bit of public shaming to try and combat lockdown violators letter to police have posted bodycount video on twitter saying they issued over 140 fines to people flouting the rules across a single weekend and we give you a point over it because over the whole reason believe that you come way out of a week you will be cheated you can leave home to go to work you finish work you go straight home who lives here. well if you're. right.

if you don't watch the news or you think you're impervious or. you know it's a. you know you're in the wrong look. the deputy police chief described the reasons given by a violators as ridiculous the other inexcusable they ranged from boozy parties described as business meetings to people venturing out to get their nails done but a british data security expert we talked to say it's a questionable use of police resources which could well backfire but the theory says is when there is evidence of misbehavior when there is evidence of civil disobedience if you put that to people then you are likely to encourage more civil disobedience more criminal behavior and more serious behavior so i don't think this is a policy that's been thought through i think it's a kneejerk reaction somebody has thought it would be a good idea but clearly very poorly misinformed and is this really the best way of leicester police bending their time and efforts in making videos. brazil

is struggling to cope with the coded 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 admits that health care is in the area has collapsed. maybe you believe we have to leave the moment to foreign panics the pandemic came back to the now sometimes on the front also people are losing their left once this phase is tragic in our capital.

there were only 4 doctors here yesterday and over 70 patients in this room and there were 12 patients intubated where my mother was being treated. 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. even if we think the facts and will work it will take a while so we know these numbers will increase for a while unfortunately like this. on the way it's no time to be a fusty a self the european food safety authority says it's ok to aids mail was

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fables caution us to be careful what we wish for because it might just come true after 4 years of donald trump the democrats are trying on friendly retaking power in the united states is that a cause for celebration or concern. welcome back giant u.s. corporations have pulled financial support from politicians who have spoken out in favor of donald trump despite the firms themselves having previously pumps huge sums into the president's policy saskia take a look at corporate america's efforts to fix it but 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 supported you voted for the person who nazis supported 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 find 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 at this point in the election cycle political action committee will not support any member of congress who ignores these principles of democracy including those who voted to decide to fire the electoral college results for some it was news that mike even donated to the red tape and they did 150000 dollars in 2020 while the democrats got handed

over a 1000000 so besides being a monster crossan jumping on the gun nike's move was also a mosque across in forgetting that when your going to take the moral high ground you better make sure you will clean as 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 fox because it didn't and neither did any of the dozens of other companies that have now decided that constitutions are wrong and republicans need to be taught a lesson disney wal-mart and be amazon and general electric morgan stanley the list goes on and some have even gone a step further 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 is also being called on to resign and had a contract for an upcoming book cancelled 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 wads which would probably be making a 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 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 do any other of all of big business and they've won the election all bets are off. the cheap palffy nutritious and easy on the environment but let that be enough to convince you to add a male lens to

a daily diet they are panfish safety authority has done research which claims that the beetle if a is safe for humans to aids and is now up to 80 members to decide whether they should be made available. this 1st european food safety agency risk assessment of an ensuite does not all food going to be the way for the 1st word approval or risk of deletion is a disservice to the nursery in the regulation of normal foods by supporting policy makers in the e.u. in making science because decisions and ensuring the safety of consumers well if it helps to what's your appetite the un's food and agriculture agency says insects are a good source of protein and fiber 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 of the spread of animal to human diseases so far so good but rest that is the case studies are still in conclusive well work is needed they say on allergies and 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 perhaps though it's another wriggling doubt which might put off some of the more sensitive european pellets there are cognitive reasons derived from our social and cultural experiences the so-called yuck factor that makes the thought of eating insects repellents to many year of beans with time and exposure is such entities can change lower costs and prices could enhance food security and new demand will open economic opportunities to but these could also affect existing sectors. well i talked to campaign as unsustainable farming poverty and animal rights to see if they have any beef at that. 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 for them all has

a relatively negative impacts so i think the option is one as very much of navigating in 6 is just served perpetrates yes these are to me it is 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 by use several times like we are to needs to in terms less because it is sufficiently cowers are very troubling intensive the majority of consequence of animal or culture comes from remove them so they chose cheap and i think that a lot of been brought on that list think the cow is worse but the environment recent research of 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 cows grazing pasture could contribute towards locking up carbon in the soil that cancels out then we 'd think that bish's i'm familiar with may work because i used to use them for fishing bait and to treat my pets where as a boy and it's it's good that the european regulators say it's sake but i don't personally fancy it i'm stuck with a little bit at the yuck factor simply i don't think they're going to part call the major part of the future diet of 21st century humanity i think we really need to see the review of this illusion that people have problems with it in the market you disapprove. many people that buy protein drapes across europe at the moment. which says it contains croce quite often that protein is produced. more and more people are beginning to see internal parts of london no you can buy. chocolate flavored and ginger flavored salt you carry locusts and all sorts of things oh i

don't think it's a matter of if why or it's just a matter of is coming down. here a little bit what if they give it a try and do you know. because this comes on but more people except you know god because that's who was. germany's main governing party was chose has chosen who it was to lead it into september's election and potentially become the country's chancellor is 59 year old army lisette he's currently in charge of germany's most populous state he's also a merkel loyalist to say is that a change of direction for the party it would be wrong as i understand come to the chancellor's reputation among people here it's a mission we can be summed up in one word trust we don't need this trust as a party and this trust is not a gift or. it's not something you can just bet so on you have to work for this

trust i want to do everything i can to make sure that the c.d.u. c.s.u. is the next chancellor in the federal elections it wasn't an entirely clear run to victory for less said he came a narrow 2nd in the 1st round of voting but in the runoff he managed to secure a convincing lead over his fiercest rival the conservative corporate lawyer friedrich myrth german political science lecturer at martin fund that say's less sets may have the party's backing but the polls are a different story. he was the only candidate was significant permanents experience and he was indorsed by nearly everybody in that c.p.u. leadership blush it among the 3 who run today is clearly the most pragmatist on foreign policy in the sense that he also pretty much like uncle merkel sees german policy towards china through the lens of an export nation exporting high end industrial products lush it among the 3 was the one who is i think prole the

completion of north stream 2 pipeline the other 2 were either undecided or against it so i think we won't see a complete reorientation but i think lush it among the 3 was the least sort of trans atlanta assist at the moment in the polls who the german public would like to see the chancellor replacing angulo markel from the to the camp of the c.t.o. and it's been very and sister party see as you keep a very and state premier suitors well ahead of flush it the decision will not happen tomorrow i think they decided to do this in april and there are important state elections for the c.d.u. and some of the german lenders so we'll see what the polls say in april when that decision comes. we have been having a great day we're back at the top of the hour the latest.

so we've got to do is identify the threats that we have crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on all sides very dramatic development the only way i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and calm. i got this 8 millimeter film purely by accident. time period 963 to 65 plays damascus. i was old don't know why young. i've watched it many times a man posing the monuments and all poster of the hollywood premiere of town without pity and a fight in

a market so without bruises. i had my doubts if i should waste my time on this but i came back to that film over and over again tracing a sequence of events happening in syria at that time and most of those who worked with the wood on the settlement in the crown you know which will sit in the neal curiosity is like a petrol motion machine did lives on without a lunch break and then suddenly i saw him stop let's take another look now at low speed this is key like cohen a super spy who some consider a national hero and others an evil villain an israeli double o. 7. i need because it's bad some. good at the one sure still. if.