23rd of march in the headlines this morning germany imposes yet another round of harsh anti covert descriptions as a huge scandal over political profiteering from facemask sales hits the top with the health of self in the firing. of testers hit the streets across europe against these painful new measures people tell us why they are there now. we are fed up we no longer know wishful to stand on we are a little lost it's all a blur the thing is you are on the streets life so much we are here in castle today because all the measures that are being taken here in germany no longer serve the people. the us grapples with the biggest surge of refugees in

decades journalists are warning the boy did ministration stopping them from filming the crisis. i respectfully ask u.s. customs and border protection to stop blocking media access to their border operations i have photographed under bush obama and trump but now 0 access is granted to media. good morning i'm kevin i would hear it out international's the world newsroom this morning with the latest for you for the next 30 minutes so we can stay with me to take you through what we're talking about today this 1st you have a chance wrangler merkel has warned the covert situation the country is very serious as she announced a new round of harsh nationwide restrictions till mid april that includes a ban now going on gatherings and the closure of shops it's effectively shutting down public activity over east. even you we are in

a situation which is very serious the number of cases is rising exponentially and intensive care beds are filling up again me it comes after a german research institute confirmed the country had entered the 3rd wave of infections last week saw the highest number of daily coronavirus cases in 2 months and a massive corruption scandal now of a facemasks has reached the top with the health minister himself facing questions our europe correspondent scott the latest. the federal government here in berlin has extended covert 19 restrictions across the whole country but that is amid a mask crisis which is in snit a new face the german health minister a report over the weekend in the online version of news magazine dish bagle claimed that again spawn authorized the purchase of more than half a 1000000 masks from a company called bird bird as berlin boss mr spawn's husband himself down your

phone care the company insists mr food and care had nothing to do with this transaction that no commission was paid and denies any wrongdoing whatsoever and 1st on to order media that the board of hooper birgitte media over the health ministry of justice system is a mask perhaps you imagined when the german government was an urgent need for this this is your proof of the minister directing it that kind of act and the minister defines what that means that the border representative in berlin mr phone was not informed about the mask business neither by his company nor his husband who had been the direct contact person human that contradicts common sense. and i can only repeat that according to birthday mr spawn's husband was not informed or involved in the transaction at any time but earlier version of the article had claimed the bird it was owned by the health ministers husband that was later corrected to reflect mr frewen his role as an employee but that hasn't stopped lawmakers from

seeking clarification from the health minister this salami tactic with the bit by bit information from the ministry of health about the procurement of masks undermines the trust in the institutions of our democracy it has to stop we now need an independent transparency officer to shed light on what is going on the health minister himself is biased mr spawn's allies have dismissed the article as thin soup but opens. parties are circling and can smell blood the blood they're publishing house owns papers like the dow also deals in masks half a 1000000 went to spawn's health ministry does billing representative this spawns husband both like to attend buddha parties because somehow the villar has to be paid what does one actually have to do in the merkel cabinet to be dismissed of course procurement had to be done quickly during the crisis but the wording of 4600000000 euro suave out

a call for tenders is under considerable suspicion in view of the corruption scandals to ruling coalition politicians of already fallen jew to personal business dealings in mosques for profit scandals but what started out as a probe into a pandemic profiteering now morphed into a wider investigation into what money german politicians have been making aside from their ministerial salaries the scandal has caused real damage to the ruling conservative union's reputation they suffered for huge historic losses in recent local elections with the green party taking up the slack in one of those areas and nationally when it comes to polling they were emerging as a real potential challenger in this september's bundestag elections in what's being called the super election year here in germany there couldn't be a worse time to have the whiff of corruption surrounding you peter all over r.t.

earlier. i discussed the situation in germany with a member of the ruling party embroiled in the mar scandal he told me the country's more divided than ever and to make things worse people are fed up with contradictory lockdown rules introduced by the government. germany has never been as polarized as this and in post-war history we have a gap between rich and rich and poor country and city young and old left and right nationalist and patriotic people are fed up or see a lockdowns i've just heard reports from from a different source from russia that pretty much life is back to normal it's it's tough it's one of the toughest countries in germany's some other european countries too but germany politicians are basically toppling over each other to raise the bar to make it even more difficult for people plus the vaccination council germans if they used to one thing are used to an orderly state orderly administrative procedures and we don't see any of this and we see contradictory. administered

orders we see contradictory and failing state policies so germans are fed up but they don't or all of the requisite and appropriate conclusions in the right numbers that this government has failed. but germans are the only ones in the e.u. increasingly frustrated with the handling of the pandemic next then our correspondent in paris shall adu bensky gauging the mood of other europeans as they to warn they'll no longer take economically damaging restrictions with following images from the weekend reflecting maybe their anger. and. on the streets of europe these all the scenes that have been playing out those countries what's again are announcing

a fresh wave of restrictions as the 3rd wave hit rallies protesting against what they've branded health dictatorships were held from austria to sweden serbia to switzerland from poland to france demonstrators say they simply have enough we don't know we are fed up we no longer know which flew to stand on a little lost the soul of blur we have the impression of being masak we're not free . and we no longer have a social life this restrictions are totally useless i don't feel like i'm involved we can go out like we want as long as we have our certificate so should we change the restrictions may be coming in germany more than $20000.00 troops to the streets in the city of care so one must protest just to try to recent reversal will be easing the destruction was a threat to freedoms. to here and we are here in castle today because all the measures that are being taken here in germany no longer serve the people but i

consider corona virus to be a serious disease just like the flu which can also be very serious but to make a pandemic out of it as we are experiencing now with many restrictions on our basic rights i don't think that is justified. we want to cannons and pepper spray we used to disperse protest is the tactic was also used in the netherlands protesters were left wet but they remained undeterred across in the u.k. in the capital of london approach. justice defied a current ban on public demonstrations they demanded the rules can change a cool echoed by more than 60 piece they've written to the whom circuitries saying quote malloy saying people protesting was no to acceptable at all do you believe was no proof dozens were arrested as tempers for 8.

going. to be in must say a different term cool was taken in defiance of health regulations thousands packed the streets for the underclass coachable a party atmosphere shut down by officials as it descended into destruction. nothing justifies destroying collective efforts to contain the virus nothing justifies desecrating the side of the route by and building collapse nothing justifies attacking children's games and public facilities. while the evil is trying to tackle vaccine shortages it's admitted to making mistakes during the pandemic but have lessons been learnt and i think this isn't so still being made on the go and not very thought free. i think they're not doing a very good job at it even if it's working but by luck not really by design i think

that. in some extent is a land of very sick of it but i think that. is the most important thing as exit are easy to consent he said europe a little i think we have learned from and we took action. the thing is you can't restrict life so much easier citizens are once again feeling the pain of tightening restrictions but after more than a year of living by the rules it seems now that more and more people believe that they are if they do damned if they don't. ski ati paris. us is struggling with an unprecedented migrant crisis on the southwestern border there a record $5000.00 unaccompanied children alone are reportedly being held in border patrol custody investigative journalism group project veritas the news release the

shocking images from one migrant facility in texas 3000 immigrants are apparently being kept in tight spaces willing see for yourself looks like they're wrapped in space blankets 50 of the refugees 2 are believed to positive covert in the last few days alone the managing editor 1st of project veritas telling us more. there is a major influx of illegal immigrants and that is according to the source of my view 50 of them are coded. that sexual assaults he does go assaults take place daily our sources told us that there is many as 3000 migrants in this facility and donna texas at one time they're very cramped from the photographs you can see it's very spartan living there's not a lot of mats or beds or cots they are living in a difficult very tight spot it looks like a nightmare it looks like like something out of a fiction novel you can look back as far as comments from this administration encouraging people to rush to the border encouraging people to climb any barriers

just any way you can over it under it get in and we will take care of you a plain and simple people are coming over sick or not legal or not and they're being processed and it's being done in an awful matter now that we've uncovered the conditions here but it just seems like mass chaos and yes there is a kind of a carrot and it seems gearing up was more pictures to a democratic party little make his release these images from the same city in texas migrants into the youngsters being held in an overflow facilities in cramped conditions hundreds of children allegedly been stranded in patrol custody across the area now for more than 10 days border crossings from mexico into sort of 20 high presenting a difficult challenge for the blood of ministration but nonetheless it played down the emergency. children presenting at our border who are fleeing

violence or fleeing prosecution who are fleeing terrible situations is not a crisis well it does point we've got washington d.c. officials going back and forth about whether or not what's happening at the border is really a crisis we've got biden promising that he will visit the border meanwhile we've got the border officials and leaders of the democratic party in congress urging the administration to get back to reality take their share of the blame for the policies that seem to have mentioned this crisis and really get a grip on what is happening you have a breach on national security levels that have never before been seen in modern history it just blows my mind how disconnected from reality they are or maybe they do know maybe they just don't want to call a spade a spade you know because it's uncomfortable it's a slap in the face i think they're you know just want to let you know what's going on we need to get a handle on this before against out of hand even within

a week i was already calling the white house to say hey guys you've got to take a look at it when you create a system that incentivizes people to come across and they're released that immediately sends a message to central america that if you come across you can stay while there are big calls for the administration to get things under control and start responding to what many are calling a crisis it seems like the biden administration does not want there to be media access to what is happening on the border and the u.s. facilities that have been set up one journalist was quite outraged about the fact that he had to go to another country just to take photographs of what was happening here in the united states he had to stand on one side of the border i respectfully ask u.s. customs and border protection to stop blocking media access to their border operations i have photographed c.b.p. under bush a bomb and trump but now 0. access is granted to media these long lens images taken

from the mexican site until now u.s. faces journalists have a need it's time to in another country to face because what's happening in the united states now many will recall that while donald trump was president so to graps of children held in facilities detention facilities that were set up during the obama administration were widely circulated and there was mass discussion and outrage about you know what they referred to in the media as kids in cages and there was widespread does that ing of the facilities your recall congresswoman alexandria kazuo cortez had a well publicized visit to the detention facility and there was widespread coverage but the biden administration seems to be rather adamant that it is simply not appropriate to give the media access and to publicize what is going on at the u.s. borders i don't necessarily think that it's appropriate for a journalist to be inside out of centers that are at that aren't are not permanent places for children that children are not placed there permanently now white house

spokesperson jen psaki says that the biden ministration is very committed to what she calls trans parent sick but it seems like when it comes to the situation at the border it's much better to divert people's eyes and change the subject and try to avoid bringing attention to something that is to resolve a situation that many are referring to as a crisis. ahead of the program morning by the way thanks for being with us us judge warns practically the entire mady and now that the democratic party narrative as a poll reveals trusted outlets is plummeting. chose seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all.

get to shape out these days become educated and it gains from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic development that only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

i get to see the us federal judge them is accused of the country's entire media from t.v. to newspapers radio being puppets of the democratic party and the public appears to agree with most no saying out let's support political positions rather than inform the. increased power of the press is so dangerous today because with very close to one party control of these institutions the new york times and washington post virtually democratic party broadsheets nearly all television network in cable is a democratic party trumpet a democratic party trumpet i mean what to make saturation it's not like they treated his inauguration as the 2nd coming of christ in the inaugural address the beginning had a little bit of soaring rhetoric a teeny bit at the end in the middle it sounded almost like a homily like a priest explaining something from the bible while they were just excited once it

was actually in the white house they saw this throwing the tough questions at him. out of them although not to my current crisis that me just not all that but they did go wild of those weird c.g.i. hands or maybe they were just expecting the other president or president harrison i took a virtual tour of vaccination centers on a i will admit though that seldom that's what great in times of timing because remember that bombshell recording with donald trump pressuring elections investigated georgia to find him ballots he wouldn't have to move out of the white house while the recording revealed that the post misquoted trump's comments on the cool based on information provided by a source did not tell the investigator to find the frauds or say she would be a national hero if she did so instead transferred to the investigates to scrutinize ballots as in she would find dishonesty there. you will notice that establishment

media errors missions mistakes and outright lies always slanted one way against me and against republicans meanwhile stories that heard democrats or undermined their narratives are buried ignored or delayed until they can do the least harm media outlets should be regarded as political entities not journalistic enterprise yes but that's just an exception because when it came to trump the washington post was very sad and honest and objective and balanced and anyway trump had fox news on his side always share leading yes i have heard how some democrats want cable companies to drop fox news one american news network on newsmax but maybe you shouldn't spread conspiracy theories no i'm not interested in what silberman said he should be borne in mind that the 1st step taken by any potential tarion or dictatorial regime has to gain control of communications particularly the delivery of news it is fair to conclude therefore that one party control of the press and media is

a threat to a viable democracy well that's a huge saturation no one watches the news anymore anyway it's all about social media just that one twitter not a democrat party trump it to be seen silicon valley also has an enormous influence over the distribution of news and it simply filters news delivery in ways favorable to the democratic party and although upstart conservative networks have emerged in recent years their visibility has been decidedly tailed boys social media either by direct bans or content based censorship well that's not true what about paula what do you mean apple amazon and google while i'm sure it was for a good reason and as the censoring content yes there was that one time that twitter brought that one link to the new york post article about hunter biden's business dealings but it's a little like it was a big story that could've i don't know sladen. and anyway there are other hard

hitting stories to report on. some media pundits warn that back could trigger an assassination attempt so anyway it's a total mystery to me why faith in the u.s. media is at an all time low. so taylor but the media's alleged democratic bias has failed to protect some of the party's biggest names case in point and joe biden says that new york governor andrew cuomo should resign if a probe confirms allegations of sexual harassment 7 accusers come forward in a matter of weeks about it but biden faces his own similar. to tara reid worked as his staff assistant 30 years ago and has tried to have her sexual misconduct allegations against him publicized but the new york times under the leading media to insist there is no evidence to support who claims while the white house has also strenuously denied the allegations we discussed with her direct and the apparent

double standards in the handling of the case. but what happens with powerful people like joe biden he spent $2200000.00 according to f.e.c. records on public relations to squelch stories that would be just favorable to him i see the same tactic being used towards russia with anti russian propaganda that our political system is being influenced by capitalism and its kind of reach the empires kind of coming to a halt unless we focus inward and look at infrastructure so you have these corporate entities that own the media the only information. and i find it stunning when i see them criticize other nations about propaganda when actually we need to look inward and clean our own house. like animals to be slaughtered that the e.u. farmers chief says the blocks new agriculture policies left them and he told us why

european commission that has not give him comprehensive assessment what the impact of all the green deal. for just a killer would have in europe and agriculture and i believe that this is quite important in order to assess what we are up against a gross european hagrid like any agricultural sector in any part of the world is very much an integrated sector so your current extract or in sex for out of it without being a comprehensive impact truthers textures and there's of course is missing and we would like to see the overall impact in a in a in a sense that we could actually make i'm a system and what needs to be done and what the risks are and this is what we have been pushing european commission to come forward with. the e. is 2030 farm to fork strategy aims to slash pesticide use by 50 percent so called nutrient losses and use of anti microbe drugs should also be cut by the same amount

your credit say they hope that's going to lower the bloke's organic sector to flourish in the next 10 years the culture commissioner further says an impact assessments been carried out and insisted more comprehensive reviews would also take place it muted there would be short term negative impact from the policies though however a farmer's representative says they're going to simply lose market share because of it. in general we are very much interested in maintaining our competitiveness and this means that in dice the consumers we need to be competitive in both the price and what the product sense it's blake basic a price and quality ratio and what we feel that this person they use internal market there's a risk that we lose our competitiveness if the objectives and the principles that the european agricultural have to accept as art of the green deal and the farm to fork are not followed to the same letter and that's also

a part of the equation what would be the crowborough impact of all the sustainability initiatives of the european union in our program of training efforts to our trading partners except the same approach or do where do they have a somewhat different if it's different that means that we would most probably face unfair competition in the worst case the end europe but certainly internationally. are finally for now the ups and downs of the last 12 months in the pandemic well some bright in news maybe just a bad start in theme parks in the u.s. state of california will be reopening next week after a year long shutdown but there are plenty of do's and don'ts as well in these covert times even talking about how you should and shouldn't write on rollercoasters dimitry poke explains. remember having fun like a theme parks roller coasters. well apparently they're coming back but 8 maybe not quite as fun as you might remember that bella fornia has

announced it will reopen its theme parks but on the condition that people will stay dead silence while sipping through the air on their favorite roller coasters so basically defeating the whole point of the ride if you're having trouble imagining just how depressing boring and sad a silent roller coaster ride could be while japan introduced a similar rule last summer and it was about as fun as you could expect. while much fun and keeping in line with the whole covert thing a bunch of other measures were also introduced such as how many people can be on a ride seating patter the amount of households that can be on one train you get the idea so basically it's we're open but we might as well not be because all the

measures we're going to introduce will make air time as joyless as possible what's the point of even opening it's not like you're going to be making any money off of this plus it's not very clear how exactly they're going to be enforcing the no screaming on the ride rule perhaps ejector seats while on the move. you know probably no candyfloss to sit so far thanks for watching check it out call more of a social if you are in a more but was saying today course if you've got any a break news of a stretch mobile device when it happens you will miss something 29 coming up to 30 minutes past the i would have you doing today hope it goes well bye for now. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of

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