think of the friday as of last summer my ex from the future crack up once kaiser. is goodbye from him donald trump farewell to the white house with a speech outlining his achievements but 2 weeks since riots sugar american democracy to its core washington d.c. europe's up security ahead of joe biden's inauguration. ceremony extends and strengthen. nationwide as the country steps up its fight against the pandemic. local mayors in france vent their anger over vaccine shortages and logistical setbacks we speak so one of the regional head. main thing and this is just

a joke we have to go get the vaccine selves. and health officials in california warn against using a large batch of them and then a job after a number of allergic reactions. live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight here on r.t. international i'm daniel hawkins welcomes the program. i was just hours to go before the inauguration of joe biden as u.s. presidents outgoing donald trump as the liver to his farewell speech he boasted about his achievements in office and extended his best wishes for the new administration i stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. we did what we came here to do now as i prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on wednesday i want you to know that the movement we

started is only just beginning there's never been anything like it. was set to be sworn in as the $46.00 president later on wednesday a massive security operation is underway in washington d.c. thousands of national guard troops will bust into the city at the start of the week total of $25000.00 plus and i will be keeping order in d.c. throughout alteration day in the wake of the capitol hill riots. braced for trouble various have been set up across the city and the f.b.i. is also a security personnel. inside a. have revealed 12 national guard troops have been removed from duty to the possible links the street with groups. drawn how do you has been following the build up with washington. we are at the corner 14th street and ask and we are just away from the national mall the national mall is basically all this area is what's

called the red zone it's in the d.c. metro area it is all locked down the streets the bridge is the tunnels it's been like this for basically a week but it's really over the last 24 hours you know the amount of security the amount of intensity has ratcheted up you can see just yesterday when we were out here as i mentioned earlier it was pretty quiet couple media people like myself out here doing reports but now there's actually national guard members troops standing on the street you know information and that's the case behind me here you see the white tent that's one of the many checkpoints the way this works is in the red zone all the streets you have to go through checkpoints and what's in the national mall down the road in the distance here it increases with the amount of security intensity presumably tomorrow will be going to the national mall for this checkpoint in following the war through their secret service police will have to show our media credentials more than likely will have they'll check our bags that

kind of thing that's already happening in a lot of these checkpoints in fact my photographer rode 17 miles incredibly promiscuous this morning he wasn't allowed to bring his bike in to this area. to this red zone controlled area right now there are no specific threats but the national guard has been doing additional security screening of its members the associated press is reporting that a dozen national guard members right now have been pulled from inauguration the inauguration ceremony because of ties to right wing extremists and fringe groups and militias whether it's the local boys proud boys 3 percent we're not sure but that just gives you an example of the intense security the national guard the army looking at its own people to make sure there is no potential problem we're not hearing of any threats and it's been very quiet here in the d.c. metro area far but there have been protests there have been rallies and other locations throughout the country including today in richmond virginia outside the

capitol there where you know the boys proud boys oath keepers 3 percent is again that right wing kind of fringe movement too and on types showed up in and faced off when you hear of any riots or anything violent that faced off with black live matter protesters so the concern is that tomorrow there could be the potential for protests it will seems incredibly unlikely based on the security and how intense it is that anybody would try to pull anything but again there's concerns about people trying to infiltrate the national guard or even from what i've seen one of her trying to pose as media trying to pose as 1st trying to infiltrate one way or another again i want to be clear we're not hearing of any threats but security here is high and they're not taking any chances. for more u.s. chops and roger hill believes the additional vetting of troops to. i think it's a form of censorship this is just a step towards that for troops and i think it's just a prequel to. what we will see with this new by the ministry 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 and we also we all swore an oath to do so. why the loss of trust in that oath at this point in time. germany is to tighten and extend its current code restrictions nationwide and spiking infection rates chancellor angela merkel met regional heads on tuesday evening to work out the latest battle plan against the pandemic the decision comes amid rising public hostility towards the locked outs with more details his piece of . so this was a long discussion between chancellor angela merkel and the leaders of germany 16 states to try and work out what they were going to do about the coronavirus pandemic this meeting had been scheduled for the 25th of january but it was brought

forward due to some serious figures coming out when it came to numbers of infections and numbers of people in germany that have died with the coronavirus what we know from this meeting is that lockdown measures that are in place here in germany will be extended through until the 14th of february also private gatherings will be limited to one of the person from a household other than your own medical masks will have to continue to be worn on public transport in shops specific f.f.t. to masks very very strong masks they will have to be worn by care home staff when it comes to them dealing with patients until all patients in those care homes have had both jobs of the vaccine against the virus stools and kindergartens they'll also be closed down until the 14th of february this was we understand one

of the big sticking points between angela merkel and the leaders of the local government and people are encouraged to work from home where ever it is possible we also heard from the german chancellor saying how there was real concern when it came to new mutated variants of the covert 19 virus and that's something we've heard expressed by the health minister of germany yen spawn just recently as well isn't would do it soon for this mutation is 1st and foremost more transmissible than others more transmission means more seriously ill people that's why limiting contact and continuing to bring down infection numbers is so important. when it comes to sticking to the rules that are being put in place germans are pretty much on side but when it comes to toughening those measures not so much the most recent poll showed that only 28 percent of germans would opt for increasing toughening the

covert measures that were put in place upon them that's a drop of 21 percent on the previous poll it being taken the politicians are also split in knowing what course of action is best for the country if there are only vaccinated people in the restaurants or cinema they can no longer in danger each other as long as it's not clear whether a vaccinated person can transmit the virus they can be no exceptions i would consider a curfew after 8 pm to be justified i reject nationwide curfews on principle the vaccine has also been discussed chancellor merkel said that she'll be speaking to lead is on thursday about the century we're all for one and one for all vaccine program that brussels has put forward and is carrying out at the moment there has been a lot of criticism of the way it's been handled here in germany with the health ministry coming under fire for the slow roll out what we have seen is really quite ambitious proposal being put forward by germany saying that all people in germany

who want a vaccine will be offered want by the end of the summer now that is a colossal undertaking when you think about at the moment just around 1100000 doses of the vaccine of being handed out with only just over one percent of the population having received both doses that are needed to ensure a successful vaccination against covert 19 of the head of the world health organization has warned of an impending disaster due to the on equal distribution of code vaccines you describe it as a catastrophic moral failure. we know is there a 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 excess is at

serious risk. more than 79000000 doses of vaccine have now been. in at least 49 higher income countries. just 25 borders 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. the vaccination campaign in france has come under fire from regional mayors they say there are enough doses there go round the rollout is riddled with

issues 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 france is aiming to vaccinate a 1000000 people by the end of the month and more than twice that number by late february so far the figure stands at around 400000 responding to the delays the government has vowed more than half a 1000000 doses a week starting monday we heard from the mayor of one paris suburb. 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 process is up to the orders for syringes and cotton wool but the main thing and this is just a joke of the day we have to go and get the vaccine ourselves there's no delivery

my myself as man drove my own zoe car to the hospital for 25 doses of the vaccine obviously everything is built on improvise ation it would be ridiculous if people's lives were not at stake as well as other serious issues such as the possibility for a country finally getting out of this crisis and returning to something similar to normal life and economic prosperity. and a foreigner has become the 1st us state to top 3000000 coronavirus cases that's triple the number of infections can better just 2 weeks 2 months ago hospitals in america's most populous state are struggling to cope tens of thousands of covert patients require medical care california's places hopes on vaccines with more than a 1000000 people getting jobs so far over not everything is going to plan scalable reports. that the nation 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 arising take the u.s. state of california fewer than 10 individuals required medical attention over the span of 24 hours we are recommending that provide its use of that and they libelled accident in 3 and paws that may stray sion 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 the. worst 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 bionet tech 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 the 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 finds it and by intake are of liverpool to deaths the number of incidents so far is no salome 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 rushed 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 coded world finally emerging salem oppen r.t. new york. exact he's critical mass of all faces in legal action for failing to move the telegram messaging up from one store story to the break. well today we're going to talk about what happens when. governments. gather what corporations want.

back in the process of buying the messaging out telegram an activist group is suing the tags john for failing to remove from its store i mean this service is being used to spread extremist content telegram currently serves is the preferred need not see white nationalist communications channel fanning anti semitic and anti black incitement during the current wave of protests across america. the coalition for a safer web claims that a gram was used by the capitol hill rioters and violated apple's guidelines the push to get telegram taken offline it comes off the tech giants recently banned of the social network apollo for hosting violent content and that platform most popular with american conservatives well that ban on paul along with other online purges appears to have given telegram a popularity boost reportedly picked up 25000000 new users in the space of just 3

days brings its total user base to more than half a 1000000000 among them the leaders of at least 10 countries earlier michael you know neil discussed their fits to topple telegram with a panel of guests. big tel for a long time now has absolutely been acting like a cartel we see coronated 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 against the other illegal and 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 common constantly paraded around twitter and facebook these apps these platforms are notorious for left wing threats and for inciting

violence on forums like facebook there have been murders rapes and suicides lifestream g.-mail was infamous when it was being used by islamic terrorists to actually kind of tax 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 buy 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 any of these people have these entanglements have these and then dayton 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 independence 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. the leader of russia's parliament is accuse the authorities in the u.s. of using this month's chaos in washington to crack down on free speech but more on the story is more aggressive. well this was the opening session of the russian parliament the state do with the 1st session of the year and of course they reacted in disgust to what happened in the united states on the 6th of january the storming of capitol hill the halls of congress and they also discussed what happened in the aftermath in the days after when donald trump was removed from twitter for example other conservative personalities and figures mazel online on various platforms as

well as apps applications where conservatives millions of people communicated with each other were removed from the google store and apple's own store year story sure but he did the current president who got the votes who missed 75000000 american mice as well as his supporters were stripped of a fundamental right freedom of speech their access to voters to the largest social media platforms was blocked why did that happen because of a court decision no yet only a court could have taken such a decision it's the opponents of the president who stand behind this decision and this is nothing but a violation of the basic rights and freedoms of u.s. citizens reacting to these bans and these removals many leaders european leaders for example angle merkel the chancellor of germany they voiced alarm concern and worry that the power of these tech giants as well as symbolism

behind what they did a muzzling an elected president no less the this is a worrying sut at here the russians also pointed out the irony of the united states experiencing what it had actively and happily exploited for many years which is coups in revolutions where they painted those who stormed parliaments and. marched on government officers as freedom fighters and heroes or worse the race for power that unfolded between the 2 leading parties in the united states led to the storming of congress and human casualties we have always opposed violent unconstitutional actions the united states on the country has encouraged and supported these processes in many countries around the world interfering in the sovereign affairs everywhere washington is called participants of unauthorized political campaigns fighters for freedom and democracy when the same thing happened in the us itself they called these people domestic terrorists who now face 15 to 20

years in prison these will be the real political prisoners washington has to admit that either this is double standards or they have those who are suffering for their political views there was a point to the speech by the speaker of the russian parliament it wasn't just to mock the united states there are elections coming up in russia parliamentary elections this year and they expect him to ference they expect foreign meddling primarily from the united states and its nato allies attempts to affect the outcome and you know the lessons have been learned about what happened in the united states and their efforts are being undertaken to ensure that voters in russia don't have the sort of questions that american voters did in the aftermath of the election there and that nothing alike to what happened on capitol hill

happens in russia. europe's most active volcano mt etna has put on a striking display as molten lava lit up the night sky in sicily persuade organic irish was blown up to 4000 meters into the tunnel thirty's of issued an ash advisory warning to airlines is the latest in a series of eruptions in recent months thankfully nobody was injured in the explosion. cincinnati zoo's released its pinguin snorts into the wild but to waddle among the visitors social distancing is in place though so i guess i won't be able to get too close as their king penguins the birds are all named after famous kings including our very own larry king martin luther king and even burger king. and the log ahead sea turtle named connor is finally returning to his natural habitat after being rescued from a florida canal in september reptile was found in a poor condition and underwent months of care in a rehab center he was fitted with

a tracking device so his adventures can be followed online as part of a conservation program. up next cross-talk explores the legal consequences of the recent events on capitol hill as he won iowa back in half an hour with the latest join us again that. the world is driven by dreamers shaped and personal those. dares thinks. we dare to ask.

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should. repeat. the same. record. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle social media platforms today function as the public square they were key to almost everything we do when society the same platforms can ban you would be platform you essentially disappear you should private companies have that kind of power is it

time to rein in big tech. discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest lionel in new york he is a legal and media analyst in c. back we have geoffrey carr he is author of inside warfare mapping the cyber underworld as well as founder of the suits and spooks cyber security conference and in los angeles we cross to graham elwood he is a regular on the jimmy door show as well most host of the political financial empty on you tube julie cross-eyed girls and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated but it was going to lionel in new york i mean we've had this flurry of events around big tech the the banning of parlourmaid parlor appears to have reappeared beastly donald trump has been banned from most of these platforms and there are a lot of complaints that

a lot of other conservatives are being treated the same way a sense.