and in. a close betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. germany politicians are logging heads over how to solve the worsening covert 19 crisis public support for tougher restrictions. on local mayors in france vent their anger over the fact vaccine shortages in the just ticklish countries rollout places teething problems we hear from one of the regional officials. the main thing and this is just a joke. the vaccine ourselves. following a wave of allergic reactions california calls for a batch of modernity to be withdrawn it comes as the number of countries also try to allay vaccine safety. troops

checkpoints washington d.c. looks a lot like a war zone ahead of joe biden's inauguration amid fears of an insider attack coming from among the 25000 national guard sent in to secure the big event. basically every street has this fencing up if you follow me as i walk out on the street or in your vehicles only security vehicles only police vehicles. they're great to have you with this is our theater and. the german authorities are split over how to deal with the double whammy of new corona virus strains and stubbornly high infection rates the country's already past 48000 deaths public support for tougher measures has plummeted leaving the government in a tight spot correspondent peter oliver has details. with germany looking for

a solution to the covert 19 crisis there are a number of options available to the government in the fight against the pandemic there is a selection of options on the table from the requirements to work from home to where f f p 2 masks in real traffic to clear or contact restrictions or curfews the problem though is the authorities are all split when it comes to taking measures and far from reaching any type of agreement it seems so messy increasing the severity of lockdown is the only option is fears over a new take sions of covert 90 are rising the leader of the state of the varia wants to see more action being taken and swifter fashion the basic problem in our handling of the pandemic was often that the counter measures were taken too late and then loosened too early it also weakens our if it safe decisions made together in berlin were any implemented half heartedly and in different ways some are

already looking for an escape like german foreign minister heiko muss who's floated the idea of loosening restrictions on those who've already have the job those who have been vaccinated should be able to exercise their fundamental rights again if there are only vaccinated people in a restaurant or a cinema they can no longer in danger each other those comments of put the foreign ministry at loggerheads with the interior and health ministry says as long as it's not clear whether a vaccinated person can transmit the virus they can be no exceptions there will be some agreement from angela merkel's meeting with the leaders of germany 16 states later on tuesday because there simply has to be but it won't be smooth sailing a number of those states are particularly on happy at the moment while berlin officials pulling different directions over restrictions it's clear from one poll that the public is becoming more fed up. only 28 percent of the population are in

support of tougher measures that's down 21 percent on previous polls it's the chancellor who has the job of balancing the bickering when it comes to what's right and what's wrong dealing with covert 19 and as always it's a case of trying to choose the least bad option peter all over r.t. . as countries around the world ramp up their covert vaccination programs the world health organization warns of what is calling a catastrophic moral failure in how supplies are distributed we now face the real danger that even as vaccines bring hope to some they become another brick in the wall of inequality between the worlds of the world's haves and have nots the problem is of equitable axis is at

serious risk. more than 79000000 doses of vaccine have now been. in at least 49 higher income countries. just 25 boarders have been given in one lowest income country not 25000000 not 25000 just 25. i need to be blunt. the world is on the brink of a catastrophe moral failure. and the prize of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries. however it's not always smooth sailing for those lucky enough to have access to the vaccine france's mass vaccination programs comment a scathing attack from regional mayors who say that there aren't enough doses and

that the rollout is riddled with the just the core problems it saddens me to see it but it's a mess the state decided brutally to transfer all the burden of the organization of local vaccinations to the mayors who found themselves in total distress from this is one of the european countries hit hardest by the pandemic is vaccinated more than 400000 people so far but is aiming to reach a 1000000 people by the end of this month and over 2000000 at the end of february. commenting on the delays the french official promised over half a 1000000 doses a week from next week meanwhile we spoke to a marin a suburb of paris who's very concerned by the situation. if you begin to understand that everything is built on improvise ation we have to admit that in fact we are responsible for everything from ages 8 1st for the completely chaotic recording process as well as for the mobilization of doctors medical staff the organization of all the logistical crisis is up to the orders for syringes and cotton wool but

the main thing and this is just a joke we have to go and get the vaccine ourselves there's no delivery my myself as man drove my own around i was so weak oh it's in the hospital for $25.00 doses of the vaccine obviously everything is built on employs a shit it would be ridiculous if people's lives were not a stake as well as other serious issues such as the possibility for our country finally getting out of this crisis and returning to something similar to normal life and economic prosperity and. that of joe biden's inauguration and following the capitol hill riots washington d.c. looks a bit like a war zone there are barriers checkpoints and troops deployed across the city and intelligence officials now fear some of the 25000 national guard sent in to provide security could actually pose a threat and carry out well they're calling an insider attack the eyes worried they may have links to the pro trump reuters so this members are routinely screened for

extremist connections. well it is an unprecedented situation as far as the security and the amount of national guard troops are my last count 22000 but there's expected to be 25000 troops on the ground here in the washington d.c. metro area and so we're at the corner 14th street and street just just down the just south of here is the national mall so basically all of this area has been shut down the streets the bridges the tunnels as we get closer to our gratian day and the fencing that you see behind me right there this is throughout the area basically every street has this. and if you follow me as i walk out on the street there are no vehicles only security vehicles only police vehicles but just over my shoulder here as you look south you see the concrete barriers and then you see a white tent well in order to get through into this area you have to go through various checkpoints along the way on the major surface roads here on the major

streets you have to show your i.d.'s in some cases they're checking bags i didn't have that issue when i came from my hotel which by the way is full of national guard members i'm not going to say which one for security reasons but that's really the case here bus loads of them coming in over the last couple days but anyway i went through one of the checkpoints had to show my id had to show my media badge had a bag on me then check it but presumably as we get closer to wednesday the security is going to intensify sold ready very intense is going to be ratcheted up i could tell you this over the weekend i went for a walk in the area saw drones overhead a lot of convoys of vehicles going throughout the city with sirens on basically a show force that's expected to continue all of this as now we hear that the f.b.i. and the army are looking at the backgrounds of national guard members to ensure that there are no warning signs or no flags that there is nobody within their ranks

that could possibly try to incite any violence so just think about that for a 2nd the army and f.b.i. looking at basically their own army looking at their own people to ensure that there is no there's no one within the ranks that are going to create a problem at this point i want to be clear there's nothing to suggest that will be the case but again security they're not taking any chances at this point so all this as the security intensifies here in the d.c. metro area and we you know continue to take a look and see you know have how things are going to progress as we get closer to wednesday. earlier we spoke with former army captain roger hill who says the additional vetting of troops is unwarranted i think it's a form of censorship this is just a step towards that for a troops and i think it's just a prequel to what we will see with this new by the administration if if we know that these patriots who swore to take an oath just like i did for the 13 years that

i served to support defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. what do they have to be afraid of when we ask we all swore an oath to do so why the loss of trust in that at this point in time. the recent wave of big tech censorship shows no sign of abating with apple now under pressure to ban the increasingly popular messaging app telegram campaign group is suing apple for failing to remove it from its store claiming telegram is being used to spread extremist content telegram currently serves is the preferred you not see white nationalist communications channel fanning anti semitic and anti black incitement during the current wave of protests across america and the coalition for a safer web claims telegram was used by the capitol hill writers and violated apple's guidelines the push to get telegram taken off comes after

a big tech giants recently banned the social network parlor hosting violent content platform is popular with right wing americans the part about along with other online purges appears to have given telegram a popularity boost it reportedly picked up $25000000.00 new users in just the space of 72 hours bringing its total user base to more than half a 1000000000 among them the leaders of at least 10 countries including brazil france and turkey and my colleague in an o'neill discussed efforts to topple telegram with a panel of guests. big tel for a long time now has absolutely been acting like a cartel we see coordinated efforts being taken by amazon and google to take down for example parlor which was a main competitor to twitter and when we see them now kind of circling over other apps like telegram you know they'll claim things like oh it's about safety it's about that trying to take down violent threats i think that is absolutely i'm sorry but but look what we're witnessing here is the attempt

a concerted effort on the part of this unipart of democratic machinery to consolidate media in the hands of approved democratic party apparatus is to consolidate all media and information platforms that to make sure that they're completely in compliance with the you know party messaging the modern leading this lawsuit is marc ginsberg a former u.s. ambassador he's claiming the semitic content on telegram puts him in perl as a jewish person and calls his emotional distress do you think there's any merit to his case there's no merit at all to this case again this case is going against it's trying to utilize the law to go against the 1st amendment that's the freedom of assembly it's trying to limit the freedom of speech is trying to limit that and while these are private companies there are still people that are able to or are

able to create and able to do that i don't see it does either legal any legal theory where they can prevail in this lawsuit there's so much trouble stubble standard here i mean there's 5 months that is caught constantly paraded around twitter and facebook these apps these platforms are notorious for left wing threats and for inciting violence on platforms like facebook there have been murders rapes and suicides lifestream g.-mail was infamous when it was being used by islamic terrorists to actually plan attacks by. going into drafts and not actually sending messages this isn't about protecting anyone's safety or emotional wellbeing this is about big tech trying to control the public discourse could this come back to bite the liberal side of the us when the conservative side have more of a say maybe in 4 years down the line they're not going to let this lie there could be a bug back just depends on whoever controls the reins whoever has the power at some

point that pendulum is going to shift i think now we're seeing a greater danger than we thought before because if these people had these entanglements have these and then they can set the rules where does this and is there a merger between big political groups or will there be a concerted fight to keep that independent i would say that big tech is is feeling pretty safe and comfortable right now which is why they're taking so many actions against their competitors because i think they know at the end of the day that by an administration is going to be very friendly with them because they say they toe the same party line. so they come out he's a national survey shows french teachers are reluctant to discuss religious issues and some other of middle schools and just some little story very sick. the world is driven by

a dream shaped by one person. thinks . we ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spirit dramatic to follow only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and.

welcome back the coronavirus pandemic continues to rampage across america with california becoming the country's 1st state to top 3000000 cases the figure being tripled in just the past 2 months 6 hospitals are struggling to meet demand with tens of thousands of patients requiring medical california has placed its hopes on vaccination more than a 1000000 people getting the job to date the must fix the nation is not without its challenges in explaining. the vaccination process brings with it hope that the pandemic could finally be brought to an end however as people across the world are getting the jab problems are rising take the u.s. state of california. fornia fewer than 10 individuals who required medical

attention over the span of 24 hours we are recommending that provide its use of the availability accident been 3 and pulls the administration of vaccines until the investigation by the centers for disease control and prevention food and drug administration but they're not and the state is complete their cells in california have called for a temporary halt to the vaccine from the pharma giant known as madonna the stated reason a higher than usual number of adverse effects all of the incidents are reported to have taken place at a single community clinic in california the site was closed down for several hours after the adverse reactions happened is switched to another batch of the drug and currently medina is investigating what exactly took place but not many others would follow suit even when things got more serious in norway people die after receiving the pfizer bile an attack jab now those who died were elderly folks with serious basic disorders at this point we've got fires there and violent attack conducting

an investigation along with the norwegian regulators it is important to remember that about 45 people die every day in nursing homes in norway so we does not a given that this represents any excess mortality on that or use a casual connection there are 13 deaths that have been assessed and we are aware of into the 16 deaths that's a currently being assessed all deaths of those links to this vaccine many have noted that the official corporate response came across as rather cold and lacking the simple thing fines and by intake are when reported deaths the number of incidents so far is not a looming and in line with expectations reports from israel show 13 people developed facial paralysis after getting their vaccination though doctors say the number of cases is actually higher in practice the israeli ministry of health says it is safe to go ahead and administer a 2nd shot so. did big pharma corporations rush the vaccine jumped the gun and

perhaps in danger public health that's a question on many minds as the vaccination process continues ahead at full speed offering the hope for a post coated world finally emerging taylor momsen r.t. new york. infectious disease specialist william schaffner wants to see a full investigation into the cluster of allergic reactions in california we know that these m. or unable axes are associated with more allergic reactions the less number i saw from the c.d.c. was 11 such reactions for every 1000000 doses so still rather rare but a grouping in one clinic that deserves further investigation did something unusual happened in that clinic or wasn't di it that their church of vaccines report of adverse reactions gives pause to some people but i think by and large 'd

the vaccines have been shown to be safe and or wonderfully effective so across the country at the present time we have more demand then we have vaccines and so our program is rolling out and becoming more efficient we're trying to vaccinate more people more quickly cross the atlantic in the u.k. research is there publish some alarming new findings on coronavirus patients who are into one such report one in 8 people hospitalized in britain with the forest done lights of related complications within months of being discharged on their li one 3rd of patients who recover from the virus are later readmitted to hospital the study also reveals some severe long term effects think lead heart problems and diabetes we spoke with on the scientists behind the study. not only does call it a virus that can cause death and most popular mission but there are clear signals

here associations between medium. effect in the lungs affecting the heart affecting the liver and also the kidneys and we need to get better at seeing and stratifying who are the people that we need to act ideally we. converse affection if we have it we need to make sure that we treat underlying conditions and will want to treat these people to see if they develop and if they do develop for example diabetes or kidney disease we need to do more research to see how that progresses over time. a recent poll has revealed that nearly every 2nd teacher in france is self censoring on issues of religion the survey showed the holocaust and evolution are among the most contentious topics with but history teacher kevin says that teaching the curriculum has become a real mine field more through so we obviously affected by this problem was i

personally teach in a department that's experiencing a serious increase in islam is about and where there is also a large muslim community for example when we talk about the events like the holocaust some students might say course we're talking about the jews again what's going on it's always the same it's their power we never talk about muslims did this holocaust really happen when we go through the palestinian israeli conflict it's extremely difficult for us to talk about specific facts the students of muslim origin of the take a very pro palestinian and deeply anti is zionist position we consciously criticized we can't teach the curriculum to adam. this comes 3 months after the killing of schoolteachers samuel party he died in an islamist attack last year after showing caricature of the prophet mohammed and a lesson on the freedom of expression.

i know one of our competitors was murdered because he taught our compassion it was the victim of an islamist terror attack. the killing was followed by a crackdown by the french authorities including raids on mosques private islamic schools and charities as a micron's also repeatedly vowed to protect the french model of free speech some of his statements have been labeled discriminatory by muslim world leaders strategic kevin boss who a however thinks the french authorities could do. what the us and. you know i'm not afraid i pass on republican values because they need to be passed on if we the french teaches refused to do this the islamists will eventually win it look at what for example sebastian cuz immediately did in austria he made political islam and the ideology associated with political islam illegal while france's cautious in the

name of friendship of peoples and freedom we ultimately refused to defend own values and refused to actively fights political islam president emmanuel macron who in 2022 when he presents his candidacy for the elections will need to solve this problem refuses to take further steps to deputies from the party forward republic that he is the party all the manual macro and try to introduce a ban on wearing the his jab for young girls under this law but the president did not want to do this for fear of stigmatising this part of society out of fear if stigmatize ation we pass on the problem of fighting radical islam. wrap up some news in brief for you now starting with europe's most active volcano now which is putting on a striking display as molten lava. it lit up the night sky in sicily telling authorities issued an ash advisory to airlines it is the latest in this series of eruptions in recent months. and very different no cincinnati zoos release these

penguins not into the wild but to waddle among the visitors social distancing is in place you'll be glad to know that the guests won't be able to get too close and they are penguins there for the birds have all been named to famous kings larry king martin luther king even burger king. and the log ahead name connor is finally returning to his natural habitat after being rescued from a canal in september reptile was found in a poor condition and underwent months of care in a florida rehab center he was fitted with a tracking device so that his adventures could be followed online as part of the turtle conservation and research program. and good luck to him thanks so much to stay with r.t. updates for you in half an hour.

well today we're going to talk about what happens when. government. fears together with corporations what happens. nuclear become a battleground in the u.s. . people demanding the shutdown of a local plant from. is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no prayer power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits. just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional just. power lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways.

wrong. i mean you get to shape out these they become advocates and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. she still look for common ground. greetings and sal you taishan welcome my friends to a brand new episode of watching the hawks in the brand new year of 2021 yes we finally we finally made it through to the other side of the god awful that was 2020

only to be greeted by who to appear absurdity and violent zealotry of the great january 6th the mago raid on our nation's capital capital an exhibition not of freedom patriotism or revolution but of blind idolatry and sky and white privilege that tragically 2 has left 5 people dead and the nation once again on the verge of a nervous breakdown and you could find no better example of that nervous breakdown in the room than in the response to the apparently earth shattering soul crushing news that twitter permanently banned our brand name and chief one us president donald trump instantly activists from both the left and the right in the middle of the political spectrum were losing their collective minds and either absolute or outrage upon hearing the news of the band from journalist glenn greenwald tweeting out a handful of silicon valley oligarchs decide who can and cannot be heard including

the president of the united states they exert this power unilaterally with no standards accountability or appeal jumped all the way over to mr russia gave himself yes the us representative out of burbank california my good buddy adam ship who tweeted social media companies have allowed this vile content to fester far too long and need to do much more but banning him is a good start. naturally donald trump jr yes the don's own son got in on the game too even name dropping or well as he wrote we are living orwell's 19 eighty-four free speech no longer exists in america it died with big tack and what's left is only there for a chosen few yes a chosen few like donald trump jr himself who made that.