so join us in the. aura maybe in the shallows. russia slams the u.s. for undermining free trade unfair competition the washington post about european companies pulling out of the stream to pipeline project in the face of u.s. sanctions. u.s. democrats demand cable and satellite providers justify hosting right wing media outlets a move republicans say is an attack on freedom of speech. israelis face being banned from public places and even jobs unless they've been vaccinated against covert 19 the so-called green passes are raising concerns over human rights. that choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody. because some people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights are being ignored here.

and i agree french farmers dumb fertilizer and old tires outside government buildings to protest against the removal of meat from school menus. good to have you with us so i'm calling moscow with the news for a lot international this hour 1st for you russia is accusing washington of undermining free trade and putting its geopolitical interests above fair competition it's after a report on u.s. sanctions against the north stream to gas pipeline project revealed that a total of 18 european country companies are dropped out and it's all down to u.s. pressure across developments for us this tuesday he goes down off. well from the very outset the u.s. has been hell burned on do you really ignored stream to me so this time the u.s. state department has compiled and submitted a report to us congress kind of detailing the measures they have taken so far in

this direction and how effective these measures have been this report by the way also comes at a very sensitive timing because the biden administration has been accused of well in the action of not being keen enough on preventing nordstrom too from coming to fruition this report is not yet available to the public but ned price the spokesman for the u.s. state department has revealed or that some 18 companies european companies have decided to pull out of the north stream to a mid u.s. pressure and when i say pressure i mean sanctions so far the united states have been sanctioning the russians while the u.s. for excuse me the e.u. firms have remained sort of in the clear but that's only so far this constant threat of sanctions coming from washington while it has always been and is still hanging over european firms so well 18 of them have decided that better safe than

sorry and while they decided to cut ties with the project now when it comes to russia moscow has always been saying that the north that north stream too has nothing to do with with the united states that it is strictly a matter of relations between russia and europe and germany in particular because that's where the pipeline is going and all these efforts that the u.s. that the u.s. has been taking russia views it as world geo political warfare here is the latest reaction that we have on this the u.s. state department has acknowledged that america is undermining the principles of free trade and competition subjugating market laws to its own geopolitical interests and acting inspired of the wheel of silver nations but there's an added layer of irony to this story because remember. how they said that 18 companies have decided to cut ties with nordstrom to the right and the way this information was delivered to the media by price the spokesman for the state department one might

you might be misled into thinking that all of that was achieved under the biden administration which turns out is not the case and it only came to light when price was confronted by a piece matley over the issue of listen. strategy including the legislative strategy of the strategy of course congress is has been behind has been working to good effect the credit is winding down all this work was done of the previous administration and out of all the been months all the month. are you telling me that i am all we. really is all of a sudden of all while the. only thing where i am speaking for is. the man. i am not oh i also being for the department of state ok the people who have been working miss the people who are working this now were the same people

a month ago or the same people. 3 months ago. so essentially what happened there could easily be interpreted as the state department kind of trying and taking credit for what was achieved when donald trump was still president here price effectively confirming just that and again quite ironically because this is something that happened with the trumpet ministration at the very start of his presidency when basically the democrat leaning media they were just trying to pin all successes of his administration on the legacy of obama and his cabinet and so on and so forth but basically now this is all is revolving now around the nordstrom to project which is by the way 97 percent complete out of the total on. the 1200 kilometers of the pipeline only if you doesn't are left to be well laid on the seabed so there is that and basically this whole thing germany for instance is very

keen on finishing this project it has repeatedly said that they are very much interested in well flicking the on switch on the on the north stream to pipeline so effectively it pitches the u.s. against its ally in europe germany and we'll see who will come out of this victorious. us democrats are calling on cable and satellite t.v. providers to justify hosting channels labeled by their spreading this information some purported news outlets of longer misinformation rumor mill some conspiracy theory hot birds that produce content that leads to real harm yet to our knowledge the cable satellite and over the top companies that disseminate these media outlets to american viewers have done nothing in response to that misinformation by these words among the channels mentioned are fox news the one american news network news

max t.v. the allegations are over their coverage of the 2020 presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic republicans for their part condemn the democrats for attacking free speech but democrats are sending a message that is as clear as it is troubling these regulated entities will pay a price if the targeted newsrooms do not conform to democrats' preferred political narratives this is a chilling transgression of the free speech rights that every media outlet in this country enjoys. a legal and media analyst lionel claims it's all nonsense and it's not up to the democrats to decide what should be broadcast. since when is this a serving who like. what if they say something bad thrower to live with it. there's always something wrong who says it's wrong who says it's misinformation the next time you or a spouse or a partner or a lover or relative if they say listen i want to talk to you say no i don't want to

talk to you why because you spout misinformation when you listen to that so why the name of god do we put up with this nonsense we are looking at it complete and total disintegration of the 1st amendment and freedom of speech because now we're saying oh no no no we want you to speak we just don't want to hear misinformation disinformation and bad information conspiracy theories unfounded. decides that since one is had a disqualifier on the dissemination of information my god i'm telling you right now you're not going to believe this but i'll bet you somewhere someplace somebody might think that what you and i are saying is dissent from a should surely be to shut us down if you don't like it go someplace else or clarify it this is the most frightening i have ever seen ever.

have some of the wider ramifications of all this later in the program everything from work relations to family ties feeling the strain as us political divides and practically every part of society will get on to that formulating this policy. next i was really syracuse to get vaccinated against covert could be banned from jobs and most public places but the new regulations are facing fierce criticism as policy in our records. this is why a cohen street in tel aviv which runs parallel to the coastline it's where many of the city's hotels are located but right now things could not be quieter there are no tourists and the airport is closed this is one of the few hotels that is open but this is the post this we can go assuming you want to enter it you have to have what is called a green possible it's issued off to persons received to fax summations 21 days a pos and in

a month's time just opposite the hotel you won't be able to into shops like this you won't be able to enter supermarkets gyms shopping same to synagogues in fact you won't be able to go just about anywhere in israel and you have a green possible but it comes as the government steps up if it's to vaccinate the population it's being met with mixed reaction on the street i think it's necessary i think it's a good idea and we can't force everyone to vaccinate but always a choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody in israel suffers because some people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights are being ignored here if i choose what to put into my body and i choose not to put a box in myself i'm going to be. banished from getting into a soccer game getting into a mall taking my boy to a day trip it's ridiculous and so you know human rights are even more than and

it's very easy to slide when you start even with the good intentions to do things like. too much government. and foresman so jerusalem plans to ban on vaccinated people from certain jobs and as won't get anyone found forging vaccine certificates will be jailed a black market for counterfeit certificates says for having on telegram we already 100000 uses have joined groups. that promote forgeries i think that the government should not be bad people from having jobs i think that the government should most definitely ban. people who put others at risk from jobs in which they can put others at risk more important than my job is my life and in my life is at stake if i don't take the vaccination so i would take the vaccination and if i get to keep my job because of it that it's an extra bonus. i

understand if people take this this road in forward a certain document i wouldn't do it personally but i can completely understand this is a growing right thing that the waivers so this gobies or make them or buy them should be punished vaccine has a can see and skepticism have become a growing concern in recent weeks as israel's a world leading inoculation program slows down just under 2000000 israelis have not received either of the tee shots and many say they don't plan to it's forcing the government to come up with new and same tips to encourage people to receive shots thank you ladies and gentlemen we are very happy to host you in the world's 1st ever vaccination card. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

thank you thank you i think it's a good idea i think there are a lot of people that are just. lazy. thank you thank you. for putting up more people come because of kind of faith and i hope everyone will come and will keep themselves safe. thank you thank you. thank you. and we spoke about the new measures with israeli political analyst have a go ask it who also warns that they breach fundamental freedoms. green passport is not a good idea we should leave the people of their freedom of choice as long as they don't harm others it's really gets to the basic idea of freedom of choice if

somebody wants to get vaccinated i mean it's a good idea to do it i did and most of my family members also but if someone chooses not to do many it's his rights not to be discriminated not to be a victim of a public bully for that which it should get back to on normal lives keeping in mind there are certain groups of people whose house should be especially protected. and not to harm everybody not to harm our children not to harm our future not to harm my common. french farmers have done 1st allies or an old tires outside government buildings in the city of l.a. all of the removal of meat from school dinner menus. and they also brought cows and goats to set up many farms in protest of the move by

the city mayor however the authorities claim that scrapping meat from school meals will actually help in the fight against the corona virus. the new health protocol cool to me to social distancing in school canteens a single meat free menu will serve students faster and streamlined meals and many parents are fuming about the move warning that families from more deprived communities in particular will suffer. so you see in this is i think that unfortunately it's a very political decision which could have been made with more consultation and in particular with the participation of parents for some families it is the only possibility to eat to have meat in the diet at least a few times a week so often our children are growing and we are depriving them of dietary diversity for me it's a restriction on our freedoms i don't understand how in peace can intervene in questions of diet the way they do and if we have to respect their ideology they must respect ours so i am absolutely against it. all refer milly's who relied on

canteens on schools to provide meat in meals to children will now have no more so we can say that the mayor of leo has absolutely no solidarity with less well off residents with working class families and that worries us less for the farmers they say the decision is just the latest assault on their ability to earn a living and farming is again targeted by what a minority of french people are saying and unfortunately for us it's another blow in our heads. we're at the city hall now because they can't impose their ideas workforce in particular burning meat in schools supposedly because of coronavirus. hundreds of top academics have signed an open letter demanding that a french minister quit after she called for an investigation into so-called islamic leftism in education terms become an increasingly popular way to describe an alliance between progressives and muslims that some believe we can society i think

that islam leftism is eating away dollars aside as a whole and universities are not immune and upward of our society. she also highlighted that the investigation aim to determine the difference between academic research and militant activism in opinion in universities the minister's remarks come on the back of legislation that critics say is anti islamic including a new law against radicalism that allows for the greater oversight of mosques and religious schools in october another french minister claimed to islam or leftism was wreaking havoc on the country's higher education facilities and we are some people in paris what they think about the proposed inquiry. and more. we have to i think the government is open least lama folded the media all say the same the bitterness towards muslims i think it's nonsense i believe that such aggression against muslims is an over reaction and it is completely incomprehensible i have a feeling that muslims have no right to live freely in france there is

a confusion between the extremists and the person who practices his religion peacefully so some french have this image of muslims as satirists or extremists and it is not right. on the police once again we're talking about using a strategy that we have known for a long time distraction and polemics it's exhausting it takes away my powers it makes mystical school said i don't want this concept i think it's the wrong word and by the growing movement but i don't really like that confusion. and one of the 600 academics who backed the open letter told us that the minister's outburst is just the government's latest onslaught on academia. don't view. this as for those who signed the letter there were over 600 at the beginning now there are over 13000 from the university sphere who demand the mr quits because we are not mislead thing that she must understand the consequences of such her positions and of her actions

during for years all the loss of projects were aimed at limiting higher education friends i think the students have the right to choose theories to study at university i'm teaching the theory of colonialism the theory of young the theory of intersexuality and to have a group of students who are absolutely capable of recessing all the information they're given and if understanding it they are also capable of seeing the reasonable things in regards to life in france particularly in regards of the phenomena of structural racism or the phenomena of discrimination are sexism this theories are very useful and there is no need at all to regulate any of the areas. everything from work relations to family tell us in the united states are feeling the strain as a result of the country's glowing political divisions take a closer look next quarter. if you take joe biden's word at face value you might think political polarization in america is no big deal the nation is not divided it's not nearly as divided as we make it out to be but if you take

a look at what's actually going on in the streets well a different picture begins to appear. and according to the statistics your eyes are not deceiving you i think we're all aware of how political polarization has affected our elections and system of government but the impacts go far beyond the political arena it seems the facts contradict biden's feel good speeches about unity take the family the core structure of american society it's a real example of unity and something more important than political bickering with that in mind check out what one republican senators family had to say about his

decision to support trump's impeachment we all thought really just gusted with you it is now most embarrassing to us that we are related to you you've been bearers the kings and family name ok as a politician his family cannot get around political talk at the dinner table but divorces parents disowning their children this is happening in ordinary american families it's tough my husband's trumper has cost such strive daily feel like i want a divorce i'm a registered republican who is now an independent who voted democrat my republican family however has dug in they think i'm the crazy one they were more shocked to find out i hate to d.t. than they were to hear i was also known as none of my family members talk to me i'm so sorry for anyone who's lost family over politics it. you could see it in the workplace where playing politics can get you fired and the spotlight of national news like the former what a burger employee who wore a black lives matter mask to the job it went ahead but that's the test that i made

in the style of clothing that i think everything you think say that is the things you probably shouldn't buy the wrong item either unless you want to incur the wrath of those who don't agree with you go a food for example is now being boycotted just because the boss prays donald trump for a also under boycott because the company dropped its contract with a conservative beauty blogger who claims she was targeted for her political views and the head of my pillow is taking flak since he publicly supports the idea that the last presidential election was fraudulent the keyboard warriors have drawn their swords and retailers have even cut ties with the companies because of it so next time you think about buying a pillow think twice unless of course you want your family to fall apart politics podcast just did robert young says the situation might reflect the fact that there's now more communication across political divides. i honestly think that it has to do with the fact that we can interact with each other

a lot more we were probably always at our core of this polarized the difference is that now the the barbarian at the gate to use a metaphor is a lot closer in real or than it was when we had cities that lived in liberal bubbles and red states that lived in their bubbles and everybody kind of believed based on the way that you would go about your life that there was a little bit more of a hamas genius lifestyle now the person that is very very conservative sees the 3 of the liberal city life in the liberal city live sees the 3 of conservative ecosystem they are on top of each other in a digital way that simply didn't exist until this moment. crowds have rallied in the caucuses country of georgia after the arrest of opposition. his detention comes hours off the part of a name the new prime minister it's pretty distressed are opposed to many his arrest

over fears of a political crisis the m.p. who's the leader of the united national movement is accused of inciting violence dating back to protests in 2019 back then he was released on bail but had to wear a tracking bracelet but in november he refused to wear the device and bail was increased by 12 $1000.00 which he refused to pay. and other world news the killing of a 16 year old protest has sparked further rallies in the city of young demonstrators walk over posters of a sniper who allegedly shot the boy with a police opened fire on anti coup demonstrators in mandalay killing 2 people and injuring more than 20 others. and italy's mount etna continues to erupt its fired lover a kilometer into the a huge plume of smoke now hangs above the peak of euro's europe's most active volcano eruption also spewed out to love afloat the authorities say that there was no need for an evacuation it's the 5th time mountains are up just in the last. 7 days. sit for us in the moscow news room for now on call him pray with more

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this is boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss i'm rachel evans in washington and coming up the price of bitcoin now dropping 10 percent ophir a week of record high can we expect it to keep making history now countries are looking at taking digital currencies mainstream we'll discuss what boeing is taking yet another head after footage of an engine catching fire mid life work to tempt you to spend more than 100 planes and hope for their notice that crude oil prices be set for a rebound sooner than expected we'll tell you why some analysts are saying a frisco rally could be right around the corner we have a lot to get suso let's get started to save a bit coin is having a record year would be an understatement the world's largest cryptocurrency nearly doubled its year to date value over the weekend as its market capitalization reached one trillion dollars big ben sikka hit early monday following 10 percent

250000 after a week of record highs that saw it hitting a record $58000.00 just 24 hours earlier to put it into perspective for all of 2020 big points value increase just over 300 percent and in the 1st 2 months of this year alone the value of big queen has already increased by over 100 percent joining me now to discuss our boom bust co-host and crypto analyst ben swan and jeffrey tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research ben let's start with you give us the latest on what is happening with decorum right now. yeah as you mentioned you know because obviously it fell back a little bit from where it was headed but you know jumping up over $58000.00 is pretty incredible and if we're looking at the pace of which this is happening it's really remarkable to see big moving at the pace that it is you know obviously a lot of this was fueled by tesla that's at least part of it must and tesla making the decision to buy a $1000000000.00 with

a big coin but it's so many other areas too you know that gets a lot of media attention but for instance you have micro strategies right they just went out and raised one $1000000000.00 to buy a $1000000000.00 worth of of bitcoin that was the point of them doing that let me put that into perspective for viewers that means that micro strategies will be buying about $2000.00 with a big coin every 2nd every 2nd in order to be able to fulfill that order so that look there's an incredible amount of interest in between right now yes it dropped back a little bit but the trajectory continues upward and onward at a fevered pitch wow that is quite an investment now jeffrey set up point is this rise in bitcoin being accelerated by companies like tesla or is there another reason why the cryptocurrency is growing so quickly right now. well i think what we're seeing as a decline in the incredulously that's lasted for like the last 10 years people are coming around actually believing it's real you should also mention here that master card and pay pal have announced in february that they're in europe for an end to

making it possible that their own payment systems are going to be allowing payments in crypto exclusively i don't mean just like trading crypto for dollars and back and forth again but actually using crypto as a currency so if you're carrying crypto i can use my master card at the convenience store and they will now hold crypto right so that is a kind of another level you know we've seen plenty of services over develop over the last have to in years in which people can have these kinds of means of payment but it's always buying and selling crypto what master card and pay pal are talking about is staying within the ecosystem of crypt or some such that's another level that's a different thing it's like on the way to seen something nobody even imagined possible 20 years which is the actual monetization of a completely.