bill december treasury board. in the day's headlines russia expands its vaccination program with the ambitious goal of vaccinating over half the country's population by the end of the year. the 2nd batch of sputnik the arrives in argentina that has demand for the russian vaccine against kobe stores across latin america. and hawks circle over the white house as president elect joe biden packs the state department with obama care about or. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teach q.

and moscow thanks for joining us this hour. russia is expanding its mass vaccination program the aim is to get 60 percent of the population in the included this year r.t. as constantine rushkoff reports from a central moscow vaccination center. the vaccination out here has to do and as you can see there are people lining up to get inoculated i think there are the 50 dozens of people who are waiting in the line right now and we're going to go inside and i'm going to give you what they were but before it let me just quickly know this is probably the nicest place in moscow right now to get inoculated and you know after all this is russia's iconic and most famous department store but it's gorgeous architecture and decoration for. sale this. year 740. 7 s that's where you show your i.d. and this is actually all you need to get not here and that goes for every russian citizen 90 yet enough to know that if you follow that. right no.

one can see how you're doing a i'm fine i just have a nature throat perhaps you just need to drink some water yeah i already have i feel better now. are you have you already thought about how your life will change once you develop antibodies at the i hope it will change because i work in a museum we have lots of trees a terrace so i hope my life will get better some do you know i thought it would hurt more after the injection because this vaccine is supposed to be more serious than a flu jab for this which i feel no difference it's just like every of the shot in this series i decided to get the job but while ago i was just waiting for the opportunity honestly i should have been inoculated in a local clinic but i just wanted to speed up the process because i want to be immune as quickly as possible that this doesn't mean yes yes my husband and my friends took the job i have no reservations so i want to get it as soon as possible

i think the more people that get it the great day in fact that summation will have in the end. the vaccination is free of charge and that goes for every russian citizen who have decided to take a job all you need is to show your id and name your field of war according to russia's top health care officials the main goal right now is to achieve herd immunity before the next fault institution certainly it would love to have everyone get the shot and thus have no problem so far we have not been able to be nice people on such a scale from any type of infection but the fact that we will be able to get 60 percent of the overall population inoculated in just the 1st year is a big achievement so in addition to over 800 hospitals in moscow where you can get a job in a more traditional setting there are no actual nation i would use it at really popular and trendy places mostly inside shopping malls but also in the exhibition center and even in the theater. seats that are now available in the country 1st one

spot and then there was another one or both developed by russian scientists mass vaccination started in russia last december and according to those in charge of rolling out the jobs there are over 80000000 people here who has been ready to vaccinated. health care workers at essential workers were the 1st vaccinated. russia's healthcare minister is that the countries wanted to run poppy vaccine this for abusing in other regions why now there are $2000000.00 doses of spot by the end of the month. in all russia is not just trying to meet demand for its next scene at home a global demand for its job has soared as well a look at who is ordering later in the program. in the u.k. a senior minister has sparked outrage by hinting that brits may have to wait longer

than 3 months for their 2nd job the previous they promised 12 week maximum weight was are to criticize us too long. some people won't be a bit concerned by saying you know you want to be able to deliver and getting a 2nd dose within 2 weeks can you guarantee that on 5 for example you will be able to get a 2nd dose we absolutely are aiming for that we should be able to deliver it and i think we can be quietly confident does the governments know something they w.h.o. f.d.a. and pfizer don't while the seriously willing to concede their gambling with the nation's health by playing fast and loose with covert vaccines this is dangerous 2nd shot as critical and 12 weeks already stretching it not sure what to make of this this is a rare under promising rather than a real risk the different vaccines have been tested with different times between the 1st and 2nd doses ranging from 3 weeks to up to 3 months the government originally planned to stick to the shorter timeframe but now it says it's ok to

delay it for the full 12 weeks in order to get a 1st dose to more people now that decision was met with widespread criticism and concern from both the public and medical professionals a british doctor's campaign group has even appealed to the health secretary to at least make an exception for the pfizer vaccine which recommends the shortest gap between jobs in a statement the drug's firm points out that there's no data to say the 1st dose gives protection 21 days british communicable diseases expert dr bihari franconia says the 2nd job can't be held up indefinitely. the 2nd dose is crucial in boosting the immune levels so if you are so optimally immunized and then you never get that boost that immunity will eventually start to frayed and you become one rouble to infection we have to immunize as many as possible as fast as possible and i accept giving the one vaccine prevents severe illness in more people by using up

the 2 doses to give to double the number of people accept that but if we then fail to boost their immunities in a given time span then we may be losing the protective effect of the 1st vaccine that we gave if that is the case it's very unfortunate therefore the 2nd vaccine ought to be given within a good time frame not an indefinite time interval and a shocking revelation doctors in the u.k. are reportedly being told to throw away a leftover crown of our specs scenes similar incidents have been reported across the atlantic as well but shoppers in the united states were fortunate enough to receive a covert 1000 shot on the spot they were offered the vaccine by an in-store pharmacists who was looking for any takers after 2 health care workers missed their appointments but not everyone is so lucky one health specialist shared the story of a doctor who could not give left over doses to patients or technicians due to

hospital policy the time he received approval doses had been tossed to her by her commented on the issue. i think there is a lot of inertia in people rising above tight regulations sometimes regulations that are written out need to be challenged it is a shame to waste 2 axioms if you have got them spray you should develop what you would call forward planning and have a register of people that you can call at short notice and immunize them don't waste any because this is an important and valuable medicine to protect people so you if you do forward planning and you find the people who can be on a reserve list and they can be called very quickly and they can attend as soon as possible within a couple of hours then you must do that planning to immunize the people with the spare vaccine and america video of a woman suffering convulsions after receiving

a coronavirus vaccine has caused a stir and warning some viewers may find the following images upsetting. as mother received the pfizer vaccine in louisiana at the beginning of january and according to her son she had experience any health issues before getting the shot runner described his mother's condition and an exclusive interview with r.t. she said that the day afterwards she woke up with a headache and she's had a headache every day since until today today's the 1st day she has had a headache but she started noticing. a seizure like movements or less like 1st. it was 3 days afterwards and she was admitted to the hospital by 4 days with she had no control of her legs when she was trying to walk the doctors said they think it's the metals and the vaccine. is causing her to have the neurologic or reaction. pfizer has not confirmed the case and said it was investigating however

it's not the 1st time concerns have been raised over the safety of the chav norway is currently investigating the deaths of dozens of elderly people who had recently received the vaccine runner says they response here is received to his video suggests his mom's case isn't a want to off i've heard of other cases since i shared a video on facebook i've had thousands and thousands of people message me comment and average myself personally i haven't read all the messages but i read hundreds of them myself personally and people tell me their stories their daughters or sons their mothers or you know all of member members of their family have had reactions share their vaccines our plot of some of them you know had a lot of misuse that are negative so you and this is your mom or you know you're lying or whatever bigoted comments you know it's it's not really something that i try and entertain too much and i want people wouldn't trust that they want to code vaccine to take away codes things and get back to normal. after the

break russian opposition figurehead i would say not only has been detained after returning to moscow falling to less 5 months in germany where he had been recovering from an alleged poisoning attempt all the details on that story and more after this break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in

a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the death. or inmate in the shallowness. welcome back to the program argentina has received a 2nd batch of the sputnik the vaccine comes as more countries across latin america have been opting for the russian anti coated jab artist and hawkins has more. whatever the science behind the covert vaccines other factors are at play politics

being a key one it's no surprise that vaccine approval and distribution has been like a parliament divided along party lines countries are mostly sticking to their own before selling all of their neighbors north america and europe have made their own pitch while competing vaccines have been subjected to increased the skepticism scrutiny and smears so it may come for some was a surprise that much of latin america is leaning towards the russian option being the latest to sign up reduced ration of sputnik vaccine in paraguay proved the increasing interest of latin american countries in a safe and effective russian vaccine against corona virus we expect the more countries in the region will also approve it soon and ready to create new partnerships to pool their foods in the fight against the pandemic. joins argentina bolivia and venezuela in placing orders and cuba are in talks to start local production with mexico peru and brazil also potential customers yes sputnik ves

easy to transport and store it's also competitively priced but could there be another factor let's face it as far as neighbors go do it politically north and south america are pretty much like chalk and cheese take venezuela and bolivia pushed into pariah state status over the years or cuba really designated a state sponsor of terror it was a matter of when lot if south american nations would start looking for friendlier countries to hang out with the 1st thing we have to look a here is the blockade against them a lot in american country in a case of benefit or york and a very limited i can we back in economically in the u.k. back in the american made back in there out of read you can be levied by working in that country. we can think of the the russian companies of our left exposure to us

punitive measures. in them from the us. an increase in the possibility to trade in with partners like venezuela countries traditionally closer to the united states such as mexico or costa rica have already opted for western design vaccines brazil is there on the fence while plans to launch production of sputnik v. are in place regulatory approval as been delayed moscow says it's just a temporary issue in connection with unreliable information that appeared in a number of media outlets about the refusal of an emergency registration for the sport make the vaccine in brazil we clarify that the national health surveillance agency has requested additional information regarding the sputnik the vaccine which will be provided shortly russia plans to expand sputnik v. corp in the region for many countries on the continent it seems like the best choice practically and financially and whatever the global politics at play in the

upper echelons of power latin american nations agree and a pandemic like none of us have ever witnessed it's protecting the people which comes 1st. naturally these issues are being politicized by many sectors 1st and foremost washington who politicized the distribution of the price of vaccine to the allied countries especially here in latin america but this is of course counterproductive to the interest of the people who are essentially looking to get the cheapest vaccine quickest to safeguard their health and improve the health care system of the country so i think it's to some extent it was inevitable that the distribution of the vaccine was going to be politicized by some sectors but i guess this is all to the detriment of the people living here in the continent. with the trombone ministration leaving the white house soon you might think there's a brand new team of faces poised to come in and replace them but many of joe biden's key cabinet picks hark back to the days of his old boss especially when it

comes to the u.s. state department as artist mon gars he explains. out with the old and then with the well even older it seems go ahead and flick through do biden state department nominations you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd slipped into a parallel above the presidency there back well almost all of back from the people who brought you look at tasha feel libya and the bungled war in syria got stuck into the coup in ukraine and brought relations with russia to what they are now or as the chief in waiting puts it this team behind me they embody my core beliefs that america's strongest when it works with the sellers it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back judging by the team's track record now is a good time for innocent civilians and potential collateral casualties around the world to start quaking in their boots because this cabal of liberal bruises seems

to have much less compunction about dropping bombs than trump ever did such as mr blinken who believes that the us failed in syria because it didn't destroy it enough in syria we made the opposite error of doing too little without bringing appropriate power to bear no peace could be negotiated much less imposed or how about victoria nuland was a tool it's prefer jets and armies and bombs to take out anything that doesn't fit their picture perfect idea of democracy newlands more widely she gives in with with cookies and smiles and gets you to trust her says you'll have a friend and then says this behind your back. dawood be great i think to help glue this thing and to have do you when help glue it and you know you america

is strongest when it works with its allies biden said. nuland does that make sure that america doesn't become too strong and keep those allies guessing about who she's trash talking this stuff or take samantha power now slated to take over america's aid agency machine she's good at anything it's making sure that the u.s. doesn't work with other countries to get things done to the assad regime russia and iran 3 member states behind the conquest of and carnage in aleppo you bear responsibility for these atrocities these are the people who helped bring trump to power they are they are part of what voters grew disenchanted with the and lost wool is the endless deaths the endless failures that again don't expect too much from a biden state department in the words of

a famous defense secretary if it's foreign policy chances are biden will get it wrong. i think he's been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past 4 decades looks like it's going to be a continuation of a increasingly aggressive us foreign policy that makes sense because that has been the the trajectory that republican and democrat administrations have done over the past several decades and his most recent picks seem to be a continuation of that this is an ongoing thing and that coupled with his his defense department picks a 3rd of whom have major ties to the defense industry all signals are that we are about to see some serious neo-con foreign policy problem is that you have this inertia within us foreign policy and there's 2 parts to the inertia one is just the fact that all of the think tanks all of the contractors everyone that is part of

the military industrial complex is supporting and promoting these types of these types of aggressive war hawks to the state department and the department of defense but there's also something more sinister at play here is the fact that there's an underlying jingoism that is built into us foreign policy and has been for several decades in this jingoism tells us that the u.s. government the u.s. military can go wherever it wants whenever it wants and kill whomever they wish including civilian casualties and that there can be no negative blowback or consequences for if anyone so much as tries to defend themselves there are mediately a terrorist and when that is the over the underlying thought process and bedrock founding principle of u.s. military and foreign policy it's going to lead to this type of aggressive posture around the world and it has to end. kremlin critic on expanded on there is back on russian soil and was immediately arrested by police on arrival providing his

probation and only had been in germany receiving medical treatment after an incident last summer and which he fell seriously ill during a flight washington was quick to react to his arrest with russia's foreign ministry asking the u.s. to focus on internal issues. in response to mr sullivan as well as many other foreign figures who publish pre-prepared comments respect international law do not encroach on the national legislation of sovereign states and who would problems in your own country the kremlin's attacks on mr novell me are not just a violation of human rights but an affront to the russian people who wants their voices heard with more on the story here is our to tailor. the hero. pool is just to the southwest of mosco and around 7 30 pm local time russian opposition forgot it was a cue to land on that flight from by lynn however at the last minute we got word that all incoming flights were being diverted to other at ports and the found his

flight was set to shut me up of us the other side of the capital now we know he has been detained why well at the end of december he sobbed out a suspended sentence on charges of embezzlement not that related to the so-called aid for a shut case that goes back to 2014 not the thomas of that's a suspended sentence to mont it that to he regularly report to an office but russia's presence serves to say that he failed to do so on at least 6 occasions over the past here that was before he fell sick on that plane from siberia to moscow and they said they gave him fat warning about the potential consequences of consistent evaluating his probation now this is not the only early legal challenge ahead for need the kremlin critic is also facing fresh allegations of fraud investigators say the key misappropriated a waste of $5000000.00 worth of donations that were given in good faith to his non

profit organization and that could see a penalty of up to 10 years behind bars blessed us remind ourselves of what's led up to this moment and wine of ani's over ton to russia has gone to so much attention. not just on not last point about requests from german authorities it became clear

that berlin had said something to moscow but most of. the material that was said and substance that really it couldn't be considered anything useful was the offer anything of cooperation nevertheless we seen the e.u. sanctions senior russian officials. of all nice saw go which looks like it might still be continuing. now for a quick look at some other stories from around the world a caravan of around 7000 migrants has been stopped in one of the all of the migrants who are mostly from honduras are heading to the u.s. to escape poverty that's been exacerbated by the pandemic and they were met with tear gas and british forces several people were injured and. a treasure trove of ancient artifacts has been discovered in egypt the relics include over 50 wouldn't sarcophagus didn't back around 3000 years to the new

kingdom period and again statues and marks were also discovered at the side outside of cairo. and as you can see violent protests erupted in the netherlands against a coronavirus locked on police use water cannon to disperse the an authorized demonstration and arrested around 100 people in the some birth the government shut down schools and most shops in response to a spike in cases last week was extended by in further 3 weeks. like many countries cyprus has been hit hard economically by the pandemic forcing ex-pats to leave the island and seek their fortune elsewhere many of them didn't seem to have enough room to take their feline friends with them.

by. a shop reckon they don't know how to survive the food salts previously that would have been that show the whole towels in the restaurants isn't all that any mall. that's our wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and instagram for up to the minute reports.

was a pandemic no certainly no borders and just blocking 2 nationalities. as a mud hut we don't look like she. gets to. judge us coming close asleep listening to. we can't do better we should be. everyone is contributing it's your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges craig has to respond has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together. nuclear become a battleground in the u.s.

. and people are demanding the shutdown of a local plant. yankee right now my focus because it's a very dangerous. power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is or powerline with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways that our struggle. 2

on december the 1st 959 decided it needed somewhere with no weapons and no bull does own explanation of human by human. an ideal community of free people only ever engaged in peaceful activities. where we are there additional to do an amazing place for amazing people. but the people who come here are really going to look. up.