only alex simon short and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. in the stories you shake the way karen r.t. frustration mind some countries that opted for the codifies a jab at supply problems hit europe and north america some in the u.s. having to travel to neighboring states just to get inoculated. mass vaccination campaign kicks off in russia but it's been a big jab at an increasing number of other countries also want you to use it or not in serbian filmmaker gave us his take on the backs of. the to be. exposed to the possibility it's a good. question because it's made as i was told by some. good to be used to receive the same stuff the same groups and the legendary figure

in the world of broadcasting peace career spanned more than 6 decades larry king has died at the age of 87. riots in several u.s. cities just hours after new president joe biden fires to overcome the deep divisions between democrats and republicans. we must end this civil war. the pits really against blue. and i welcome you're watching a weekly day without international countries around the world are trying to work out how to get their populations and not kill ated given the limited supply of vaccines u.k. government for example is allowing up to 12 weeks now between people's 1st and 2nd

pfizer job however doctors are advising against that and they say that no studies have been done to show that the drug is still effective after such a long gap. no other nation in the world has adopted that 12 week delay like the u.k. i mean all those other countries are also suffering similar pressures of lack of vaccine of increasing numbers of cases hospitalization but they have their scientists have adopted a position to try and keep their manufacturers. guidance but also the w.h.s. own proposal of a maximum of $42.00 days interval well italy may model is considering filing a lawsuit against pfizer after a delay in faxing shipments at a time when we're tallaght he rates are again surging in the city of palermo for example hundreds of coffins of code victims are waiting to be buried at a graveyard meanwhile across europe and north america there are severe shortages of

the chapter you are senior correspondent ghastly have picked up the story what was supposed to be an orderly vaccination across the western world is turning into a debacle supplier of the desperately needed vaccines is slowing to a drip in europe and canada and states are collaborating to get their hands on the few deuces available. the health care of italian citizens is not a negotiable issue the vaccination campaign can not be slowed down especially for given the 2nd doses to the many talents who are already received the 1st phase or has decided that now is the best start to upgrade their european production plant which means for italy for example around 30 percent fewer deuces will be delivered in the foreseeable future talian agri reddy planning to sue pfizer these are people's lives we're talking about after all and it seems the corporate bosses

they never even asked anyone and last friday we were all surprised by the announcement of pfizer down biotech to have a delay a immediately called the c.e.o. of pfizer and i explained to him that it is of utmost importance that we get the doses that are fixed in the contract pfizer's european production plan supplies europe and canada much of the world the plant in the united states for now is solely focused on satisfying america needs and this is left canada literally begging its southern neighbor for a handout. or mine american friends help us we need help once again you have a new president no more excuses we need your support. unfortunately for canada things aren't rusian the southern side of the border either the highest number of infections in the world the deaths and in this race against time they're losing

we will have literally nothing left to give as of friday what does that mean it means if we don't get more vaccine quickly our new supplier vaccine we will have to cancel appointments this is crazy this is not the way it should be we have the ability to vaccinate a huge number of people we need the vaccine to go with it the way it's handled in the states is that the federal government every week ships out that scene quotas to various states trumpet boasted that they have millions in reserve but that may have been untrue according to various governors who say there's nothing left vaccine quotas for the states fooling the dwindling number of duces a being delivered. the bottom line is that we don't have enough of banks since it's a jewel problem we need more and we need to get them out more quickly it's soo bad

that people have engaged in what's being called vaccine tourism so americans all over the country indeed even canadians a driving to states where vaccines are available to get the shot florida for example we know right now based on. our record from 5 to me and if very late and i know you and i we had a real problem last week with trying to get last week. when the traffic was more and we we couldn't even get close to the site last week but they did just 1st come 1st serve it's been a fiasco from the get go from day one of the pandemic remember when it all started out allies jump to very each other to buy up all the mosques and ventilators and even neighbors with nothing and they boosted about buying up billions of duces of vaccines which hadn't even been produced again and leave in poorest states with

nothing and now that they hear there's not enough for everyone. meanwhile russia is getting more traction abroad hungry has become the 1st team member state to strike a supply deal for the russian vaccine the hunger in foreign minister said that the country will receive up to 2000000 doses of water on your book the due to the slow delivery of the vaccine we were forced to find a new source in order to get fast livery of reliable vaccine so it is a great honor and a great pleasure to inform you that we have concluded a treaty today under which russia will deliver a vaccine to hungry in 3 stages. well it does come a month after neighboring serbia started taking to live resolve the 1st minister in early january and now belgrade is in talks to start domestic production and interviewing the renowned film director. told us he would be happy to get the russian jap. i'm very happy to be. exposed to the possibility to get.

a russian rock scene because it's may as i was told by some of the prominent serbian doctors is one of those that he used to receive the same style and the same rules that i was thinking years ago he idea of getting much seeing those who he's counting on some percentage that people are not going to react positively but a majority of the of the people who grow up salute the safe ideas so a national accident is a continuation of their history when i say one through russian democracy it's an ideological i didn't 3 creation everything is becoming about politics today whatever you do it the same is with boxing so let's hope russian job will be in the future since it's a continuation of production. russian signs it is going to be

a much more spread that you believed before it started. mass vaccination campaign did kick off in russia this week with every citizen given the opportunity to get the sputnik jab authorities have set an ambitious goal to to get 60 percent of the population inoculated by the end of the year and people can even get the jab at shopping centers has constantino rushkoff now reports the vaccination out here and as you can see there are young people lining up to get inoculated i think there are 5050 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 say we know this is probably the nicest place in moscow right now to get him not to leave and you know after all this is russia's iconic and most famous department store but of course it's hard to get through here decoration for

. this. except for the reception desk that's where you show your i.d. and this is actually all you need to get back here to here and that goes for every russian citizen he thought he was good enough to predict the fall that. no. one can see how you're feeling 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. or have you already thought about how your life will change once you develop antibodies. i hope it will change because i work in a museum we have lots of researchers so i hope my life will get better. i thought it would hurt more after the injection because this vaccine is supposed to be more serious than a flu jab but i feel no difference it's just like every of the short history 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. 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 vaccinated the greater impact from a shot it will have in the end. the box nation 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 fall just as certainly it would love to have everyone get the shot and thus have no problem so far we have not been able to mean 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 in the uk you laid it 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 now vaccination i would pose is that really popular in trendy places mostly inside shopping malls but also in an exhibition center and even in the theater 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 who got vaccinated became a rush to russia's health care ministry the country is planning to run on vaccine distribution in all other regions by another 2000000 doses of spontaneity and they want to do this by the end of this month. and some sad news this week the legendary t.v. and radio host larry king died on saturday he was 87 larry was admitted to hospital early this month after testing positive for 19 and

a korea spanning more than 6 decades many will changing figures including kings and queens presidents and movie stars but also every day people too with amazing stories to tell us to tailor the expect now of his extraordinary career. a voice on a name at the became an institution larry king was the indisputable maust of the microphone and a case in point the when you find a job you enjoy doing that you'll never have to walk a day in your life are going to have a bad day but it will not affect me when i. goes on. bad man. lawrence harris i go was born into a poor family of jewish immigrants and brooklyn the sudden death of his father left the family in dire financial straits and a rod laurie badly finishing high school but he had to pass on to use the voice that had been given to him and i don't know why most of. a good voice pre-puberty

people kept telling me you got to be honorary so i would imitate radio with less than $20.00 in his pocket a 24 year old larry set off for the sunshine state in such of golden opportunities that he said goodbye to lawrence harris i got and became larry king he took a gig as a d.j. all the while freelancing writing columns and trying to get on the air waves and from those humble beginnings he started he walked his way towards his big break came in 1978 when king landed the upon a miss the late night radio larry king show it started in 28 cities 5 years later it was 118 larry king became a household name radio's number one interviewer larry king thank you very much ira good evening everybody on this tuesday night wednesday morning across the united states this is larry king's show 10 years at peabody award later king decided it

was time to move on larry king life was born a smash hit from start to finish the longest running most watched show on c.n.n. pulling in a 1000000 viewers nightly for 25 years king with his trademark baritone sat down with presidents of rappers ballerinas even preachers and even killers mark where you really live with us those terrible moments for you for the world for a lot of people around and circles close to john lennon some said king was too soft on his guests but his interview style made him a man of the people talk show host his uniqueness was simplicity no gimmicks no skits no long sentences and king insisted no preparation and i use that as questions i never thought about a question of a plan b. question i had questions written ever not to be outdone by a vivid professional life king's pasta one was also full of flat a brief fall from grace off to accusations of grand larceny. i saw him walk as an

announcer at a horse racing truck he was married 8 times to 7 women he went to the same bagel shop with his childhood friends every morning he reluctantly gave up smoking and red meat and even more reluctantly took up walking 4 miles a day he left voice mails for his assistance with what to post on his twitter and he had a flip phone until the very end. of your order that you have a flip phone. but with phenomenal success also came miss fortune king overcame a series of health scares and was stalked by enormous personal grief including the passing of 2 of his children within weeks of each other the very next day king sort solace in the place he called home the studio where he stayed until the very last because the mohammed ali of broadcast interviews brought his unwavering voice and

curiosity right here to r.t. and did what he always done best questioned more on the larry king question being listening learning you know of or several i never learned anything where i was talking it's important to listen. question more the more than 6 decades of success over 60000 interviews numerous awards countless suspenders and one inimitable voice a legend an icon a king is dead i don't know what to say except to you. my audience. thank you and instead of goodbye. of soul. our union unable to reminisce with r.t. america host rick sanchez who worked alongside larry king for several years larry king was the king he was the king of communications in america.

the even when outside of america i remember there was a time when i 1st started working at c.n.n. and my kids at the time were small and they came up to me and they said dad we're so proud of you now that you're working at c.n.n. and i said why and they said because you're working with larry king lear and king is a guy who was so good at his craft that he was able to do what most people in our profession would never be able to do and that is he didn't have to book guests guests booked themselves he would have a line up the door of people including presidents and prime ministers of every country in the world including the united states job easily who would be knocking on his door asking can you interview me i want to be interviewed by larry king what was the thin record the thing that laurie brought to modern popular journalism was it just the complete change from the existing format was it is subject matter what

your fault. use curious he was he was curious almost to a fault curious in looking for answers without ever allowing himself or his ego or his story to get in the way of that curiosity he asked simple questions like how. why. where larry talked to his guests the way you talk to somebody you just met on the street and you can't wait to find out more about their story and that's what made his interviews so good. king died at 87 yesterday night still ahead for you in the week he was in the nor gratian night no other joe biden's coming to power was marred by huge military presence and also an absence of crowd support take a look back at that just after the break. join

me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation in the community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is great.

in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or i'm a really shallow sea. again now on wednesday joe biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the united states bringing to a close donald trump's 4 years in office but deep divisions in american society just hours after the inauguration people took their discontent to the streets. important for example protesters here faced off with riot police officers fired tear gas into the crowd and a mob smashed windows of the democratic party's offices in the city seattle also

saw violence too with protesters creating barricades and starting fires in the streets then over in colorado here protesters did set fire to a large u.s. flag in the state capital of denver scuffles broke out to his counter protesters tried to put it out but the inauguration ceremony itself was like no other with security so high that d.c. at times did resemble something of a war zone and i'm precedented 25. 1000 national guards were called in to avoid a repeat of scenes like the ones we saw a couple of weeks earlier during the capitol hill riots the unrest seen across the u.s. came just hours after biden stressed that he would strive to bring about unity we must end this civil war pits really against blue. rural versus urban or rural versus urban conservative versus liberal we can do this if we open our souls to so harden our hearts if we

show a little tolerance and you know. and if. we're willing to stand in the other person's shoes as my mom would say just for a moment stand in the shoes well despite his calls for unity biden on a shaming office then fired off a raft of executive orders designed to dismantle trump's legacy the cd u.s. rejoined by the paris agreement on climate change and also the world health organization biden also rolled back on muslim a muslim travel ban and a further construction of a wall along the border with mexico where joe biden's northward speech was gushed over by the u.s. mainstream media a level of praise that donald trump never got to enjoy while he was in office although the speech didn't please everybody those lights that are that are just shooting out from the lincoln memorial i look it's like almost extensions of joe biden's arms embracing america president elect joe biden and vice president harris

told grisel of regret out of the privacy of our hearts if just for a moment so that we all could share it he doesn't keep a lot of things secret when it comes to his emotions and his and his family and his love for his family i've instructed my family in the event i were to somehow ingest some poison. and you rushed me to an emergency room and you had to induce emesis vomiting for those at home if you don't have any syrup of ipecac please played today's media coverage because i think i would upchuck it was the worst saccharin distance anadan nonsense the best of the best was a fellow by the name of chris wallace who was on fox news fax news much which used to be considered conservative whatever that means and he said that he's been

covering inaugurations since 1961 says j.f.k. ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country when we had stentorian oratory the only thing we have to fair is fair itself and chris wallace said with a straight face this was the best inaugural address. he's ever heard. i'm in a parallel universe imagine every cliche everything you've ever heard thrown into a hat just poured out and read and this this finding this almost. cult like did these incantations up the stage at do you unity and what did he do within the 1st he went straight to the white house walked again and basically reversed a number of serious executive orders the president trumpets initially so in the

day were the words they were all coming together were all coming together the 1st he does is give me that pen and there you go there's your unity. report this week commissioned by the french government on the country's colonial past and now in cheery acknowledged historical wrongdoing however it did stop short of recommending an official apology in fact ahead of its publication and you did say that paris had no intention of saying sorry the report proposes setting up her memories and truth commission and also wants to change the way colonial history is taught in schools although it does fail to look at allegations of systemic torture by the french authorities analogy area now many aspects of french rule in algeria and of the war of independence in particular are fiercely disputed by the 2 countries that conflict lasted 8 years ending in 1962 and cost the lives of around

one and a half 1000000 algerians however president might prompt stance on french atrocities in out shiria use to be very different in fact while running for the presidency he did promise to apologize. colonna zation is a part of french history it is a crime is a crime against humanity is genuinely barbaric and it is part of the past which we must confront including by apologizing to those against whom we committed these acts or we asked painful in both countries what they think about france's refusal to apologize when you mention to apologise and not enough moreover the time half of the jury and people were killed by colonialism we must not lie to each other. france is a colonialist country and without colonialism france would not have succeeded france has committed genocide and war crimes from 832962 with over 10000000 victims . our diplomacy is weak and our power is also weak historical truths remain

hidden we want to know our real story to prove to the world that france has committed crimes in algeria all of our history has already been falsified historians say a nation without a history is an ignorant one moreover through the history books we know that france still rules here. of course france should have apologized we must recognize that we committed a great wrong over several generations so one apology is still necessary but not sufficient. but i don't think france should apologize for the coalition of algeria all to the f. young accords france with from algeria so from that moment on contracts are made between the 2 countries and it's not for a country to apologize for what was done in the past. but you can watch in the weekly here not international that was the week that was way back again with more stories and huff and.

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