in the country. electricity. struggle to cope with the deadly winter storm. this is. the 1st. vaccine. blockade on the shipment.

on right here in moscow welcome to our you know me with your new stories this hour . the government accused. of power that's after the social media john block people publishers in the country from sharing news posts my colleagues. earlier talked through the story. rough start to the day if you are a news junkie or a millennial and facebook is the open in the morning because on thursday all of a stray a wake up to find that its go to news platform had pulled the plug on any and all roekel and international stories not obviously sparked shock but also outrage now this is all because mogs are not a fan of proposed legislation in the country which would have force attacked and

social media companies to pay news publishers to repose that content facebook says this is unfair i'm not willing to negotiate and so on this really bold blanket ban a move which has infuriated government for facebook. sections were unnecessary they're way heavy handed and they will damage it's reputation here in australia their decision to block the strains access to government sites were completely unrelated to the media code which is yet to pass through the senate facebook's actions to unfriend australia today cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services were as they were disappointing i mean regular contact with the leaders of other nations on these issues we will not be intimidated by big seeking to pressure our parliament as he votes on our important news media bargaining code so what we just heard that and this is what's really got

people tugging on facebook now the proposed legislation is about news but facebook has gone beyond the me to say and it's blocked pages that really can and do affect people's lives so the bureau of meteorology blocked far and much as the services which post updates about deadly bushfires they've been taken down to charities including women's shelters or legal services for aboriginal people as well as very crucially state health departments which pay a really big role of course in the ongoing pandemic now some of those pages have been restored but it's too little too late straight to like ah this is preparing it's code that 19 faxing rollout and now hospitals are worried that they will not be able to get out information to the people extremely concerning to find this morning that since vincent's melbourne's facebook page has been blocked these during the pandemic and on the eve of crucial covert vaccine distribution we hope this situation can be rectified very shortly now

a facebook spokesperson said that the banning of non news organizations was a mistake but some would argue that the reputational damage has been done already this is just one example we've seen recently over the past few months governments and big tech facing off again and again but is this just sort. adding fuel to the fire well absolutely particularly stateside how many times have we seen mark zuckerberg being pulled into those endless hearings and facing accusations that his platform doesn't tackle harmful content enough that it's engaged in censorship that it doesn't react quickly to allegations of abuse facebook in these circumstances often raises its hands and says you know what it's easier said than done it's a very difficult almost impossible task while the astray and situation now shows that actually it is that easy whereas apparently removing the live stream of the christ church massacre in new zealand wasn't for many this was the icing on top of the cake for a long time big tech face says allegations that it wields too much power at the

banning of course of the democratically elected president of the united states donald trump being the latest case in point so this latest situation just another example of silicon valley overreach and these actions will only confirm the concerns that an increasing number of countries are expressing about the behavior of big tech companies who think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them they may be changing the world but that doesn't mean they run it but what today's events do confirm for australians is the immense market power. of these media digital giants these digital giants loom very very large. in our economy. and on the digital landscape the hash tag delete facebook trending people are asking is it compatible with to what krissy some thought that facebook was too big

to fail but looking at the anchor reactions it might well have triggered its own downfall here. to moving the program or a deadly winter storm sweeping across the southern united states millions of americans without electricity for days texas has seen a record seasonal freeze with temperatures dropping as low as minus 18 degrees celsius for the 1st time in over 3 decades it's led to rolling blackouts and extensive damage to homes. this is this is it over. there is a split is. to. look at is the other imbra. gave you good to go to regular pandemic right here for the birth of my. meanwhile photos circulating online claim to show texas senator ted

cruz flying to the mexican resort city of can cool injuring the disaster crew 1000 commented on the pictures yet but they've caused a massive backlash on social media and he's not the only politician in hot water a local mirror was forced to step down after his response to pleas for help from residents no one owes you or your family anything nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you trying times like this sink or swim it's your choice the city and county along with power providers or any other service owes you nothing it's pretty bad that you know us texans just came here for a whole other part of the country this would have been an issue you need we'd see much more of this action. so i see. cold. water got all the blankets out would try to all sleep together to keep us warm and then

today when we got up there was no water we have no real update of when it's going to come on our phones barely work. while authorities in texas struggle to keep power grids up and running some are blaming wind turbines for the disaster they are frozen in able to operate all those however are laying the blame squarely on the local government's doorstep kill them up and takes up the story without electricity texas residents are resorting to some rather desperate measures in the hopes of staying warm they're firing up the grill and the generators and some of the even tried to use their cars to heat their homes resulting in several deaths and over 300 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning people are dying from carbon monoxide poisoning we have had so many calls in so many incidents that we can't even track them all the major oil refineries of the state has shut down due to freezing weather that bright new future of green energy isn't working out so well in the present the wind turbines that accounted for almost

a quarter of texas is energy last year have frozen to a standstill every source of power that the state of texas has has been compromised whether it be renewable power such as wind or solar but also as i mentioned today. access to coal generated power access to gas generator power also have been compromised alternative energy sources have been a key aspect of the democrats' push for ecofriendly policies a key plank of our build back better recovery plan is building a modern resilient climate infrastructure and clean energy future that will create millions of good paid union jobs critics are blaming joe biden and the democrats saying they pushed climate friendly policies a bit too hard and branding the outcome catastrophic live shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america if the last few days have proven anything it's that we need oil and gas relying solely on renewable energy would be

catastrophic many of these sources have proven to be unreal. the united states may be a global superpower but at home it's a lacking power quite literally all of this critics say are symptoms of america in decline. aren't seeing new york another suggested indication of a decline the protracted military presence on capitol hill a run 5 fellows in the guard troops are expected to remain in washington d.c. until the middle of next month the decision was reportedly made over lingering concerns of violence here is r t america's foreign friends with more. one of the places that i actually lived in was a news anchor was an el paso texas where you had fort bliss that is the 2nd largest army post in the country when we pulled up to the gates here this morning it looks like i was walking into fort bliss there is a there's a whole street that's blocked off here that goes right into a checkpoint you'll see that these cars they go in they get checked pointed by

police by national guard and you see this is all happening literally just you know maybe 2 football fields away from our u.s. capitol you can also see to the left of the capitol here in our life we have almost like these little trailers that have been put out we have a lot of these members where they're actually staying there was 26000 troops here during the inauguration the numbers starting to go down but they want to have 5000 troops here scheduled again like you said till march 4th because you have a lot of cuban members talking underground and in sub read it's in you know you have a lot of these different you know social media other outlets and they're going to talking about possibly coming back again on march 4th believing that trump will be reinstated as the president again the fence looks like it goes down for miles now it goes all the way to the reflection pool in front of the capitol you know this is the people's house kids come here on their snow days to slide down the hill and now it's completely occupied by the national guard here i want you to look at the fencing right now normally you'd have barbed wire fencing you have barbed wire

fencing outside of federal prisons this is razor wire this will kill you if you try to breach this fence here that fence that goes all the way around the perimeter of the capitol $50000000.00 now again there's talks of having the national guard stay here until the early fall it's it's going to cost american taxpayers 2650000 per day to have 5000 troops here. the 1st. coronavirus vaccine has arrived in israel earlier stole the shipment from getting to medical facilities there are blockades since being lifted the initial 2000 shelters are intended for people in poor health medical personnel working in intensive care units the services the following is a translated report from our tiara back. after coming under international criticism israel has allowed the shipment of the 1st batch of the russian vaccine sputnik v into the gaza strip through the qur'an border crossing and almost.

today the 1st batch of the russian vaccine has arrived it will be great help for all citizens certainly all of us will take the shot we hope other badges will arrive in gaza as well otherwise the street will simply crack under the pressure of the can danny. according to the health ministry the 2000 doses which have been shipped are intended for individuals in poor health and medical personnel dealing with coronavirus infected patients in intensive care units and emergency services staff but a lot about the program will get underway on sunday morning in 2 centers in order to cover all the provinces of girls the vaccination campaign will go on until one of genesis of the health ministry affirms that the russian vaccine is one of the best and most effective among international analogs the russian vaccine will help cope with the consequences of the pandemic affecting medical facilities due to

a lack of capacity. to see further batches of the vaccine in the near future which will allow us to inoculate the whole population express our deepest gratitude to russia and its president carmen's and people what they did for palestine. the shipment comes after israel prohibited vaccine supplies to medical facilities in gaza the reversal of the ban opens up the prospect for future shipments of the facts into gaza yes the. people in gaza call israel's decision to hamper the delivery of sputnik vivax into gaza blackmail and that's amid thousands of sick people including children who need to be vaccinated urgently. former goldman sachs banker richard sharpe has officially been confirmed as the new chairman of the b.b.c. he's known as an ambitious man with a press of a list of contacts sharp has a background in finance and has worked for some notable institutions in the sector

he's also known for backing the conservatives donating hefty sums to the ruling party besides there is also been a long paid adviser to the u.k.'s finance minister during the pandemic work for a current prime minister barak's johnson when he was mayor of london. when the chairman of the b.b.c. is a position appointed by the queen on the recommendation of the. government mr sharp will take home a $160000.00 pounds a year that's around $220000.00 for 3 or 4 working days per week british journalist and author francis beckett gave us his thoughts on the apartment the position the b.b.c. is the long. while it tries to maintain its independence and planes and crisis it said. it has to animate so its relationship with a government that's continually compromise its independence and that it tries to pretend i'm all well now a former prime minister has used the power of control. of control of the gentleman

in quite sleep over the political way that boris johnson has just used it the trouble with the appointment into is not that it is a pension but that it is a banker with close ties to the conservative party i'm the banker who can at least be acute sense of having of having a political agenda that is in line with the comments that appointed. to lead bleak times for its chile's purpose pandemic leaving a stark choice to eat or to treat or not for the short. measures human beings to change nature so i think. yes i think as long as the last

person is that there's going to make people uneasy. why should we why should we be forced to buy time just because nature. being your brain why don't we just choose that. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being so. direct. what is true what's his face. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us

in the depths. aura made in the shallowness. minutes into the program welcome back large protests continue in spain over the arrest of council on rapper pablo his cell has been jailed for slumbering the crown on tour of fighting terrorism mr russell was arrested on choose the universe. where he and his supporters and themselves and hundreds of public figures have spoken out in support of the artist while i'm still international described his detention and excessive restriction on his freedom of expression protests in support of a 32 year old pumping taking place across the country resulting in riots and clashes with police.

i. was. just to offer some props back into all this in 2018 pub last sell was convicted by a spotless court over tweets calling former king juan carlos the 1st the mafia boss he also accused police of torturing and killing demonstrators in migrants herself fell afoul of legislation covering spot in your drive to freedom of expression dubbed the gag law by critics the court roulettes punish law prohibited such expressions of opinion with a member of the castle national assembly told us suppressing free speech is inexcusable. spending over many is. fundamental rights activists have their right to free speech and. free creation.

is they call themselves the most progressive overmanned in the history from spain on so for in their case often has been wrong because is a clear sign that this is not true or not this is one of the reasons why we only need and this is not because we want to build a new a new on 3 with a more open and free. laws we want a more open system the system which. killed your creation like the one i sell or others like matanya so of course we need this this change so we are fighting for this for a more free. 3. ok let's move on to the fallout from last month's trading frenzy over again stop the american gaming

company and one of the key players in the story keith gill has testified u.s. congress about the jaw dropping surge of the retailer shares that's after a lawsuit was filed against them accusing the investor of violating numerous industry rules earlier he laid out his defense the idea that i use social media to promote game stop stalk to unwitting investors is preposterous i was abundantly clear that my channel was for educational purposes only and that my aggressive style of investing was unlikely to be suitable for most folks checking out the channel the lawsuit against bill was filed in massachusetts earlier this week it claims he hid behind the status of an amateur while having licensed securities credentials furthermore the suits accuses him of manipulative conduct harming the integrity of the market the trading friends iran game stop erupted in mid january

the company was having a tough time because of the pandemic now that saw a traditional investors betting on its docks dropping however armchair traders on social media instead stock interest in the company sending its share price soaring well let's get the take on all this now from our tease very old financial guru and kaiser host of the much watched program that kaiser report max good to see you again can we just start with the man at the center of the story today keith gill his background in the financial industry how much trouble could he be in. you know i think that's not really the story at all the story here is that melvin capital and citadel had been selling counterfeit shares of game stop on the open market for cash they were engaged in a massive counterfeiting fraud and this set up a situation that made the game stock a potential candidate for what's called

a short squeeze it was it was pointed out originally by michael berry the guy who gave us the big short back in 2008 this is called naked short selling by melvyn capital it's illegal and it disrupts price discovery and the regulators should have been regulating so what keith gill was involved with that the wall street bets crowd was they were doing something the regulator should have been doing for the several years now and that is stopping melvin capital associated with citadel capital who's got ben bernanke sitting on their board former fed chairman they were engaged in massive fraud as are so much of the hedge funds and players on wall street engaged in massive fraud on a daily basis they paid over $30000000000.00 of fines last year and what's come out in the testimony today in d.c. is the business model of the side phones on wall street bankers and that is to

steal or i should say it's to keep every $0.90 of every dollar that they steal that's their business model they pay $0.10 on a fine they keep $0.90 but the underlying business model is there is a bit massive fraud that's why they pay so many hundreds of billions of dollars in fines that's that's the big story here what keith gill may or may not be involved with allegedly involved whether wall street bets that that's a symptom of a much bigger problem that the collusion between the central bank hedge funds sit. capital which is a big fund with major players connected to the federal reserve bank and they're engaged in massive fraud so this is a bit of a show trial with keith kill to distract and deflect attention from the massive fraud that's ongoing that we've been reporting on for 10 years and. nobody gets in trouble because without fraud in the american business model very little g.d.p.

would be generated at all of america's he d.p. is generated through fraud on wall street just to the uninitiated like myself. is it too simplistic to say that this lawsuit is simply those professionals who incurred enormous losses short trading lashing out at amateurs who made big profits . i think it's about deflecting attention from their underlying lawbreaking and this is a show trial this is meant to distract and to get the headline is to put this guy keith guillen from the cameras and to make it into focus on him that has nothing to do with him the problem is that we've got the major guys on wall street engaged in what's called naked short selling the mid to to engaging in naked short selling that's not disputed and naked short selling means you're counterfeiting stock that doesn't exist and selling it for cash for the sole purpose for the express purpose of manipulating that stock price down and this is the case this is systematic you

know hundreds of cases of this and it's a way for hedge funds to make very easy money i would say that melvin capital and citadel capital by comparison they make bernie madoff look good i mean ben bernanke he makes bernie madoff look like a saint compared to the fraud that he's now associated with at citadel capital and melvyn capital and this is just a show trial to put the mainstream financial press down a rabbit hole and chasing the wrong rabbit just to some is there a fear though all of the so-called armchair investors you know getting online and finding a site where they can go cut out the middleman do things themselves without you know even going to university doing any of the financial stuff and making profits and yet you've got the established past worried that this is going to make inroads into their profits is that again too simple to say. this is

a case of vigilante justice in throughout history when the people in power commit fraud the people rise up and impose vigilanteism this is the case wall street bets are a vigilante group going after some a severely corrupt insiders on wall street for this reason they're bringing to the markets. price discovery that the regulators like the f.c.c. the securities and exchange commission and fin sent should have been overseeing and inforcing the laws all this time the laws are on the books unit but they don't enforce the laws naked short selling is illegal but they don't enforce the law and that's been the case ever since patrick byrne discovered this in 2003 with his company over stock and he went down this path of trying to sue the wall street banks and try and if sued the f.c.c. for rig knowing what's called reg show sh which is the regulation that's after

propre it for this type of fraud that bernanke citadel capital is committing on a daily basis ken griffith gave testimony and basically. had no answers when asked why do you commit this serial fraud he simply stammered and had no answers and i don't expect there to be any repercussions because again if you take fraud away from the underlying american economic model there would be no g.d.p. marks just to fit in maybe as briefly as we can the issue around robin hood the subsequent intervention by the investing out some suggest it was interfere in stopping people from buying shares your thoughts. 40 percent of robin hood's revenues come from citadel. they buy information from the robin hood traders to trade on inside information which is illegal but documented and provable

and demonstrably provably so it's part of the conspiracy the only way you can attack this is by using the anti read the rico law anti racketeering law because citadel central bank can griffith and others aren't involved in a racket and they are defrauding the american public they're manipulating stock prices and they're undermining the american economy which is why so many people find themselves in such dire straits why the infrastructure in texas as an been built and people are freezing to death because the money's been stolen and given the canned griffith who's just bought a 2 $150000000.00 apartment in park avenue where that money come from comes from ben bernanke he sits on his board former fed chairman feeding him inside information it's not debate it's no debate about it it's clear we can see through the trading to track record this is exactly what's going on but nobody enforces these laws because america has become a very corrupt old copple e. and it kleptocracy but again if you took fraud out of the american economy there

would be no g.d.p. whatsoever blocks as always thank you very much for explaining all that good to have you on the show again mocks kaiser host all of the kaiser report check it all it's it's all quite a bit thanks in. right more republicans get their start in moments here in art see that i'm back at the top with all the stories making headlines across the globe because she didn't. 3rd the euro food in europe. 20. 1 years from mission one for the beach well storm of the lower street below us rule. when.