join me every socially on the elec so i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to get us to the world of politics or business i'm sure. i'll see you the. shopping centers food courts and even an opera house these are just some of the places moscow residents can get vaccinated as russia ratchets up its coronavirus vaccination program. also this hour germany extends and strengthens covert restrictions nationwide as the country steps up its fight against. as donald trump spends his last night in the white house washington d.c. has been turned into what looks like a militarized zone hours before joe biden's not curation the next u.s. president i guess it's a pretty good chance what they doing so they close

a lot of pretty much the downtown areas to navigate the checkpoints that no concrete blocks everywhere never seen security like this if you're anywhere in america. you're watching arts international coming to life from the russian capital this and every hour welcome to the program. russia is continuing to ratchet up its coronavirus mass vaccination program more vaccination points are opening up across the russian capital so muscovites can get a job while shopping grabbing a bite to eat or even at the opera artist reported earlier from inside moscow's famous helicon opera house. russia's mass vaccination is picking up steam here in moscow vaccination houses are being set up across the city in addition to regular hospitals and this one for example is inside an opera house which is quite symbolic because this is

a historic building right in the heart of russia's capital and it used to be a hospital during the 2nd world war besides the fact that this is an opera house that comes for the benefits well 1st of all the entourage of of this beautiful building and then while you're waiting in line to get inoculated you could listen to a relaxing opera music 1st few hours here at this vaccination is reserved for employees of moscow theaters let's have a listen to their take on the vaccination and the pandemic in general. lumia global conversed of all it's dangerous for me as a vocalist because the disease would severely affects my singing voice because it has an impact on the loans on the vocal operates itself or do you vote with which incident in august i was very sick so i decided that it's important to overcome it somehow because my contracts have brought a full and through here in the theatre you have to constantly be on form 2 weeks after leaving the hospital i sank the battle parata but it was very difficult for

small business the pandemic was difficult it is not yet clear how difficult because we do not know all the consequences if we believe in a bright future but it is not yet clear think gone we work in russia because everything is much more complicated abroad. so there are people who are reluctant to go to regular hospitals for vaccination because they might be where we have taken up infections it was dearest might be unfounded by its mobile inoculation points like this one give these people psychological comfort and plus the pro says is really simple all you need to do is to show why it is done 1st come 1st served basis vaccination in russia is being done completely free of charge him. and there are a few options there are 2 approved and registered vaccines that are available in the country 1st one sputnik v. and then there is another one at the corona and then there is a 3rd one that is common up and already showing promising results in clinical

trials and top of that russia is conducting clinical trials on a one dose spot nick live version of its major corona virus attack seems russia's health care officials are setting their sights on achieving a herd immunity before autumn and that means that at least 60 percent of the adult population or $40000000.00 russians must be vaccinated in the next 7 months this is why it's a task even production wise but according to denise monteiro who's russia's minister of industry in trade the plan of how to pull this off is there in the solution as of today almost 6500000 doses of the 2 components of sputnik v. have been produced we were expected to produce not less than $7000000.00 doses in january and 11 1000000 in february and 15 1000000 doses a plan from the blues and of course the vaccination points like this one are going to play a role besides theatres and cinemas themselves one population to get successful the

vaccinated as much as anyone else because there have been hard times with a pandemic they're losing profits by the day due to restricted seeding the more jobs are taken the sooner life can get back to normal. germany is extending and toughening its current interest actions nationwide due to spiking infection rates chancellor angela merkel's announcement comes amid rising public hostility towards the lockdowns. and all of our efforts to stop the spread of the virus faces a serious threat i would like to emphasize that we decided all measures that were limited until january 31st are now extended until february 14th that of course is a huge step in we understand what dam eans for citizens and others or private gatherings will be limited to one person from a household over than your own kindergartens and schools all closed right the way through until the 14th of february we've also heard

a call for whoever can to work from home where that's possible masks will continue to have to be worn on public transport in shops and in places where you going to be in prolonged close contact inside with another person the new mutations of the covert 19 virus seem to of been very high up on the list of things causing concern to politicians in here in germany we hear the angle of merkel talk about this in the press conference we also heard the health minister yen spawn saying that these mutations of covert 19 will cause 'd for serious worry these and 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 limited contact and continuing to bring down infection numbers is so important. when it comes to

increasing the severity of those measures that are being taken to prevent the spread of covert 19 there are signs that there's not much stomach for it here in the country at the moment only 28 percent of those polled in germany said they wanted to see tougher restrictions put upon them that's down 21 percent on a previous poll while politicians aren't really in any kind of agreement when it comes to what's the best way to move forward for germany if they're only vaccinated people in a restaurant 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 i'm going to merck will also took time out to talk about vaccines saying that she will be speaking to brussels on thursday about the use one for all and all for one

vaccine program it's something that has come in for a bit of criticism here in germany judy how slow it's taken to roll that out just over one percent of the population here in germany that received both jobs of a covert 1000 vaccine that are needed. later today joe biden will become the 46th president of the united states every inauguration is a momentous event for america but this time around the ceremony will look markedly different and large crowds and no parades and said almost 200000 flags have been placed on the national mall or meant to represent the people who were prevented from coming up by the pen demick other safety measures don't relate to thousands of national guard members have been called in to maintain security creating an atmosphere and around the capital that's more akin to a war zone as r t america correspondent john honey reports we are at the corner of 14th street and

ask and we're 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 bridges 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 crew 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 so the latest works is in the red zone all the streets you have to go through checkpoints and 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 the naga aeration 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 there and i want to be clear we're not hearing of any threats but security here is high and they're not taking any chances. but it's not just in d.c. that security has been stepped up rallies are planned by both democratic and republican supporters nationwide in vala violation of anti pandemic rules and that's led to fears that a day of surprise that celebration could have disastrous consequences artie's my county have had story the good news is it will be a sunny inauguration for the 1st time and many many years it's about it for good news washington is on red alert had locked out no huge crowds no fanfare they've even divided the city into color coded zunes like baghdad residents could move

around in green zones but red zones are restricted and guarded by 25000 troops there god didn't know to get instant enemy not against terrorists but against their room population. all of this of course following what they call the insurrection of capitol hill on january 6th since then the secret service the f.b.i. the national god intelligence anyone with a badge has been moved to prevent trump supporters from trying it again and everyone's a suspect even the troops stationed in washington being screened for right wing

sympathies by the f.b.i. this is like something out of north korea. we're continually going through the process and taking 2nd 3rd looks at every one of the individuals assigned to this operation we need to be conscious of it and we need to put all of the mechanisms in place to thoroughly vet these men and women who would support any operations like this. and. distrust and fear are in the air hagon like like a poisonous me step 3 way it doesn't matter which way you voted people are statistically warrant this isn't the country they've lived in their entire lives i guess it's pretty. tense but in doing so they close. pretty much the downtown areas to barricade the checkpoints there's no concrete blocks everywhere so you really can't get anywhere near the national or constitutions i mean you know it's really sad that it's lived in washington for 20 more than 20 years i've been to

a lot of inaugurations and i've never seen security like this here or anywhere in america and it isn't just washington d.c. it's it's all over the country and there is good cause one in 3 voters still believe that biden wasn't legitimately elected $1.00 and $3.00 hold this radical view and you were out so kay that's bad but in america where the most guns per capita in the world at really really bad right now there's too much going on in our country when i'll be watching. when i'm in a truck ministration if you're scared of a long gun our country was born on long guns the revolutionary war was won and fought with longer we have a country that's getting more deeply polarized because we have 2 political parties that are playing each other for each other's problems and issues the foundations of the parties because something needs to be done these these congo law in the country

needs to heal right you can't very well run a country with this kind of divide brother against brother neighbor against neighbor and if you listen to democrat press statements at's what they've been trying to do think the events of the past few weeks have proved out just how damaged the soul of america has been and how. important is to restore it that work starts on wednesday the thing with press statements and i can tell you this from experience as they are who always truthful and in this case it isn't they're preaching peace but what they're doing is something else entirely that turning the 74000000 people who voted for trump and to lampas to be shunned and costs that there has to be consequences but history shows this is not reacting not forcing accountability only and all that in those people and those movements i don't know

if there's such a job as a political exorcist but they need to do something to fix the republican party to get this demon alex there are republican members of congress i know who clearly have lost their minds who just will not accept reality when it comes to the facts about donald trump if you voted for trump you voted for the person who the klan supported you voted for the person who nazis support you voted for the person who the all right supports that's the crowd that you are in and no one's trying to be the better person here trump is skipping the integration and flying them to florida not so much as a good luck the biden too offended themselves good britons they say what next merica hasn't been this divided since the civil war but nice to think that little be better off of the inauguration. but why would it no one seems to be in any rush

to make the 1st move passions run high in america today and i think every precaution has to be taken to ensure that a repeat of january 6th doesn't occur. on inauguration day or trying to disrupt the now you ration of joe biden. but the the imagery of $25.00 a nation governed. by a government that is not recognized as legitimate by that number that you know that percentage of the americans so you know this is it's going to be a very difficult 4 years for the united states i don't know if we're ever going to be able to recover from this the partisan political divide is so deep and so wide joe biden is not the politician to bridge it he is one of the reasons why this divide exists so is donald trump and there's there's not a joe biden will speak of unity he will speak of healing but the fact of the matter is he has now the trust of

a significant percentage of the american people and there will be no healing there will be no unity. a recent poll seems to confirm that grim assessments conducted after the storming of the capital it found that 4 out of 5 americans believe that the u.s. is falling apart a similar proportion of those surveyed said though that they were still proud to be an american the canvas opinions in new york and texas there are real divisions and i think that comes from turning out to stop now. i mean there's a lot of political divides that are often sort of manufactured i think there to want to things that happen in the capitol but yet i mean it's really easy to feel like you're going to be scolded for i would say that really not a good spot there has to be a lot of. this country is going apart. you know that and then the tears tears everything you know the president you have $400.00 and individuals americans are dying from poor coronavirus you have millions of people unemployed you have

business is falling for bankruptcy you can't play issues between the current president and the president coming in that's not a very. it's a easy switch over i think a kind of what the current the new president like biden is doing as far as trying to impeach steele trying to sell president is kind of childish. meanwhile another poll revealed that 32 percent of europeans are distrustful of the united states but over 60 percent of respondents calling america's political system broken we asked people in germany and france for their thoughts. the relationship is not good because of trump but whether it will improve it's 5050 but. it will be difficult to unify because trump has a lot of radical supporters the u.s. and e.u. seem to be taking a confrontational approach to each other at the moment i hope the biden would be more friendly towards the e.u. because under trump there was a lot of distance between that see just about music not just i don't know but i

have confidence in this president and you lot of american people who love trial he was the man for the job they thought they were happy with what they saw what happened when we see what he has done and what he's doing we think to ourselves that he really must be stopped that's all trying to start quite large international relations i think you're going to see the repercussions about i think other nations because so it's going to get better but it's not going to happen overnight i know that by pro e.u. from. but i think vested interests in the tradition of friendship and trade relationships. it's been a 4 years like no other and while many are claiming now they're glad it's over there are surely a few moments of nostalgia in store for us all is how donald trump himself might look back at all. each leg. length leg. length leg length. the

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live. live live. live. live. live. live. so had a number of restaurants in the in the late fall coronavirus restrictions by keeping their doors open in protest over the curbs we hear from one of the owners behind the protest after the short break. social media platforms today function as the public square she took almost everything we do in society the same plug please continue the pot can you

essentially disappear you should probably be companies trying to clone is it time for a big. loan we said in 2008 right here on this show was that because there was no attempt to reform what the banks had done and the global financial crisis was caused by the banks who were hoarding the cash they were sitting on the cash they were lending it here we are in 2021 exactly as they predicted they did not reform the banks in fact they just expanded their credit card they expanded their capacity to print and borrow and then give away cash to their friends causing now this huge crisis. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business oh so you're.

welcome back and that only a number of restaurants have refused to close their doors in protest over coronavirus rules the country is currently under tough restrictions are car restaurants and cafes to close by 6 pm on business owner said she believed the infection rest posed by restaurants is being exaggerated. no i'm not afraid that we might spread corbet because we respect all the regulations distancing masks disinfectants everything that is required of us i don't understand why in hotels and buy highways places that offer the same services as us seated lunches and dinners they say that the virus does not spread but here it does someone has to explain that to us i'm not an expert i'm not the one who has to say the measures that must be taken i hope that after a year they would be able to solve the problem at least partly but things are getting worse if we can fix it they should at least not make us fail so. the

protests kicked off on social media earlier this month under the hash tag i am open but the spite strong support online the number of restaurant owners taking part in the protest itself was reportedly low those that did flout the rules however were issued with fines by police italy was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic last year in europe with the country introducing new restrictions only last week as it braces itself for a 3rd wave remark as a believes the curbs have pushed her sector to the brink. the state support if we can call it dad didn't even cover the basics bills rents and so on we haven't had any real how i could find on friday 400 euros which i have already paid but it was then reduced to 280 i will stay open until they give me explain chanson solutions i've had the same experience as most italians i don't know how our sector will

survive we had very little work not earning so gone we at the end after a year of this we don't have enough money to cover our expenses. let's wrap up now with some news in briefs from around the world. and the residents of the town. put on a colorful and musical display they were celebrating their preacher and st sebastian and people did their best to don anti coated face masks along with their bright costumes. from sunny nicaragua to freezing cold at russia or low temperatures have given a wintry touch to one of the best known buildings in moscow as temperatures in the capital plummeted the normally gold 9 meter star on the moscow state university campus turned into something more closely resembling a giant snowflake the building is the tallest of the stalin era skyscrapers in the city and was the tallest in europe until 990. and in moscow

region a very special employee has joined a local rescue team according to her colleagues the welsh corgi name is obedient a great swimmer and very outgoing the pup not only gives the rescue team a helping paul with their daily duties but also helps them unwind after a hard day that's our rob 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 facebook for up to the minute reports. the be. one else shows same wrong but old rules just don't hold. the world yet to shape out this day comes to educate and gain strength because betrayal.

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greetings ancel you tell you should. all right let's kick. things off today with mr q. and non shaam on himself mr jake angele you remember little jakey was one of the most visible members of the modest addition a suit took over the capitol building and january 6th areas what with buffalo horns and star spangled face paint looking like he got lost on the way to coachella and ended up in washington d.c. well it appears that the shopman whose real name is jacob chandra levy is not exactly handling incarceration all too well melissa blades this a journalist for a.b.c. 15 out of arizona reports that according to jacob's mom he hasn't eaten since friday because the detention facility won't feed him all organic food yes the big bad q. and shot him on is worried that prison food will give him

a really bad tummy ache. and they call activists on the left snowflakes and while little jacob will soon be a hilariously help various put note in future history books that doesn't mean that right wing extremism here in the united states is a laughing matter the wall street journal recently reported the president elect joe biden declared that he plans to make a priority of passing a law against domestic terrorism and he has been urged to create a white house post overseeing the fight against id law ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them not long after hearing biden's announcement on domestic terror laws c.n.n. and the rest of corporate media suddenly began reporting that according to an f.b.i. bulletin armed protests are being planned in all 50 states between now and inauguration day on january 20th. you know my friends or someone whom.