when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look so common ground. ah, top stories for this hour live on our t street classrooms, book ports, and sirius and strike action. italian government is bracing for a wave of civil unrest as it rolls out, not to treat coldly greenhouse is for all. well, what we want to use for this green possible to be revoked. if this doesn't happen, we will close the poor to think that the green pass is an unlawful tool, an improper one that should not be forced upon the workers because it is discriminatory. billionaire, facebook boss, mach soccer bug is accused of electron meddling as researchers for the new york post claim his donations aimed at boosting. turn out in us, swing states may have well helped joe biden get into the white house. us judge

accused as a dc jail of violating human rights by denying medical care to a suspect in the capitol hill, riots on the program we hear from a lawyer representing several of the defendants and in a well 1st of moscow metro roles off a facial recognition system allowing passengers to pay that fed just by standing in front of a camera, a correspondent dmitri. pub checks it out. ah, it is noon on friday and a hefty program for you today. welcome to it. this is our to international transport workers in italy, a threatening, enormous strike action over a new cobit green pass system. starting today. all workers have to show proof of vaccination or negative cope at test all go without pay. now this comes despite a relatively low nationwide infection. rate of $3000.00 per day with around 40

daily deaths. i mean time doc workers entree asked, are outraged over the drastic new measures they're vowing to block the cities port in protest. lisa, we're here to protest against the green fasfa workers would think that the green pass is an unlawful tool, an improper one that should not be forced upon the workers because it is discriminatory. so we are demonstrating against this government decree. what we want is for this green pass law to be revoked. if this doesn't happen, we will close the port. we don't want to go up against the government and we certainly don't want to block the port because we have families to feed whatever happens even if the government makes a u turn and delays, the implementation of the law. we will strike any way to send a message to the city and above all, to show solidarity with all italian workers or mass rallies are planned and several italian cities throughout friday. and police are bracing for a repeat of last week's violence scenes from run. ah,

now despite the public outcry, the italian government is refusing to back down now it's already met the national 80 percent target for vaccinations, meaning heard immunity has now been achieved. but for some reason, the government wants to go even further. ortiz at charlotte do, but he has more on the public resistance to cove. it measures all across europe. when italy's government last month's warned that it would bring in the new green card, no pay decree, it expected the announcement to trigger an enormous acceleration of vaccinations. however, that has not materialized while jab rates didn't initially increase the has since been a steep decline. and with around 2500000 workers still unvaccinated,

there are concerns, more violent rallies could ensue. italians are not the only ones who have been taking to the streets to express their anger. hearing france weekly protests against health parses and mandatory vaccination of health workers are continuing. there's a concern that those protests could be about to get a boost to of, to francis government announced that it wants to extend the use of health policies up until possibly the summer of 2022 already voices of discontent or rising faculty to packaged from they're not going to have a carte blanche until the 31st of july 2020 to parliament must decide it's an attack on freedom's individual and collective freedoms. in a parliamentary democracy, it can only be done through parliament. those plans by the french government also

seemed to be in contrast to advice that was recently given by the country's own scientific council. it suggested that it to covey situation remains under control. health passes could be dumped fast sooner in this scenario. the cobra pass system could be canceled between november the 15th and the end of the year. if there are low case levels nationally. it's a waiting phase in order to prepare to cancel the past system, which will allow us to limit the risk and scale of a possible new wave in december, january, adding fuel to the fire form friday in france, test to show that your covey negative will no longer be free for those who are vaccinated. another carrot and stick a measure perhaps. but the issue isn't specifically about the coven jab. the coping pandemic is seen government across europe flip flopping on policy, ignoring advice, it's come from their own scientific advisors. and all of these says perhaps

deepened divisions. in fact, many in europe wondering if they governments are really working in their best interests. charlotte g, blue sky. i'll see paris your social time ago. i spoke with conservative commentator francesco, jubilee. he thinks italy's mandatory green pass is we'll have a serious impact on society and on the economy. we are the only country, not only europe, but the only country all over the world, where you must have the so called green past to go to work. and in disease quite irrational without the green fast, you can enter in a restaurant without the green pass. you can enter it in a hotel without a green pass. you can think i'd be trained, for example, if you want to move from rama to me or from aroma napoli with an i b train. you can take heat if you don't have the green path. what is happening in our country, and i think is very dangerous. also from the social point of view is that we are creating some teachers that are the ac,

didn't and other than without the vaccines that are the b c. and he's not correcting the democracy. milan is the 2nd sci fi in italy, and the 25 percent of the work are inside the public transportation in atlanta. they don't have the vaccine, they don't have the green pass. so probably they're going to paralyze the public transportation in milano, but we can also talk about the logistics system, not only the part of to ask that, but also in the south of many big parking and other logistic important industry where the 2015 percent of the workers that they don't have the vaccine. so we have to decide what to do. we can stop our, our economy, and we don't understand why, how government he's pushing these music is very strongest. and while a mandatory coverage shots are becoming widespread in europe, doctors here in russia are trying to reach the same goal though through public awareness. a submission of one lung specialist whose videos helping people

understand the virus and stay safe of them. a huge online following his story, features and documentary doctor covey, which will be showing in full throughout the day here when i see. but if an hour, his a quick preview, ah, the little children with what it says i'm, it will still it'll go to in slogan, noise to utilize for a freshman which total would you think that that would progress if that's something you would preview them? what the cool got the percentage of your properties was from what soon he got home with the way he's got the west boy. with

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his money through legal loopholes he funded the targeted private takeover of government election operations by nominally non partisan but the most of the ideological nonprofit organization. we should stress that suggestion of illegality and soccer bugs, donations, and the facebook boss himself says he only gave to non partisan organizations last month, priscilla and i didn't a to $300000000.00 to support election officials with the infrastructure. they need to administer the vote. today we're committing an additional $100000000.00 to make sure that every jurisdiction that needs funding to help people vote safely can get is one of the main beneficiaries of the facebook funding was the center for election innovation and research. and it said back of the new york post claims saying it was proud to assist both republicans and democrats in the election. we spoke with journalist daniel lazar, things that a private funding does play a pivotal role in the outcome of american elections. this is the privatization of

elections. and when you privatize elections, essentially you undermine their neutrality and their objectivity. so it's very possible that the, this money helps your voters in a certain direction and help determine the outcome of the election. the electoral process with us is a mess. this is the only country where this takes place. election should be entirely government funded. they should be entirely neutral and objective. they should not favor any party whatsoever. and there's no reason to have an injection of private money of this magnitude. there should be reform process, but it's just not going to happen because the system is completely broken and it's totally out of control. and while a 1000000000 as a free to try and swing elections, those who riot against the voting results wind up going to prison. and on that story of us judges rule that a jail violated the rights of

a suspect in the capitol hill. riots by denying him medical treatment. christopher warren is being held in a washington dc detention facility on multiple criminal charges over his role in january 6. riots that we does have a form of blood cancer and broke his wrist while in custody in may. it was in may that a doctor prescribed surgery which was still not being provided and author reviewing the case. the federal judge held prison officials and civil contempt and brian to the delay and medical treatment inexcusable. i find that the civil rights of the defendants have been abused. i don't know if it's because he's a january 6 defendant or not. but i find this matter should be referred to the attorney general of the united states for a civil rights investigation into whether the dc department of corrections is violating the civil rights of january 6 defendants in this and maybe other cases we spoke with a tony albert watkins, who's representing several suspects in the capitol hill riots. he says that the case is part of an overall disrespect shown towards the detainees. there are

showing incidents which really is january 6th, which version were involved in january 6th for being treated with a relatively reinforced respect by individuals who are working for facilities which hours the january, the parents i problem the problem will be taken care of and shoulder if for problem, we should have taken care of insurance. i assure you will be ordered to be taken care of and people will be compound to address the consequences of not living up to their obligations pursuant to a federal judge or more than 650 people have been arrested nationwide for elation. involvement and january 6, riots back then, supporters of the outgoing president,

donald trump, storm the capital building, tried to stop congress from certifying jo biden's election victory out of the original number 78, still in jail, pending trial, mostly on charges of assaulting police office. now off to the federal ruling, the dc corrections department responded, saying it's committed to ensuring that all inmates have access to health care in a timely and efficient manner. but albert watkins again believes the problems go far beyond any lack of medical care. and so when you have individuals with no criminal history, you are being confined in d. c and overcrowded show. and he was totally restrictions in place and personnel who are working or making the lives of those defendants, or simply not taking those measures necessary to fully protect them from others for confine it traverses from

confinement to torture. and that's the problem. i think most of the come as we go into the 2nd half of this friday program, the u. s. cities a boasting that police budgets month stuff to all those coal to defend the police. no surprise. it comes after a surgeon, bob and pride. lauren, that story went back in just a ah ah ah ah

oh now it's showing wrong. ah, well please. just a to shape out. because the kid and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look so common ground. oh right into the 2nd block of your friday program. now here when odd t. so commuters here in moscow can now truffle on the underground just by showing the faces of the russian capitals on rolling

a new facial recognition payment system. the 1st time has been done on such a scale are corresponding to meet you, poke, went to assess and see how it works. pasco special system is one of the oldest subway systems in the world that they saw all the way back to the 19 thirty's. however, since then it's never stopped growing, evolving and modernizing and today it's widely regarded as one of the most beautiful and technologically advanced subway systems on the planet with millions of passengers every day. one of the key features of the moscow metro system has become the numerous ways people can pay for their right. they can use our universal transit card like this, their regular bank card, a smartphone smart watch, and now even just their face to pay for a ride called face pe. the system uses the latest biometric technology to make getting into the metro as hassle free as possible. a camera scans the passengers faces at the turnstile, matches the biometric data to his database,

binds each person's account, an associated bankcard to charge the fair and the gates open. all that takes about as long as a regular car transaction at the gate. just a 2nd or 2. the face space system has been in test mode since december 2020 with over 15000 people taking part in that says, however, as of october 15th, the system will become available to all passengers and work on all $241.00 stations of the moscow metro transit authorities are already hailing this as the largest scale application of such technology in the world. but is every one ready to switch to the new method? let's ask some passengers, no liberal, why not? it's step into the future. it's practical and convenient. you don't have to carry a card around with the that's why it use it, which there's the super bowl. so miles it goes right negative things about the face page technology, for example, they suggest someone can use a picture of you to pay. so i'll use this technology

a bit later when it's been tested in real life. at the window of pneumonia, it is practical, but at the same time a bit suspicious. i'm pretty conservative. plan comes to such things. i don't like the idea of scanning my face. i think it may be used to control you. while it seems not every one is eager to use the new system, yet, however, the creators say there's really nothing to fear can yes, no sir. of course, who protect all of the personal data and sewer it securely. banking data, which is used for payments a still by banks. we have nothing to do with it. and the photos that passengers download in our app to register. i saw it as biometric, keith, so we did not still, passengers, photos, transit authorities say the face based system will never become mandatory or replacing of the other payment system. they will all stay in place and face pay is just a nice bonus. butter authority to hope that it becomes popular and that the new biometric technology will cut down on wait time for the millions of people that use the moscow metro every single day. power, gar, t,

moscow. foss valley here in moscow, cities across the us are raising their law enforcement budgets. this follows a surgeon crime since last year, when many local authorities cut spending following the whole the fund, the police movement. now new york's new police budget is being hiked by some $200000000.00. in l a they'll get an extra $41000000.00 funding was cut their off the last year, george floyd riots was the mayor of dallas, texas has reversed police cuts saying the city nowadays to hire more police officers than ever. well, new york's or dramatic rise and crime during september, often nearly a $1000000000.00 was shifted away from the police to other departments. l a has also suffered this year with a homicide rate hitting a 10 year high in the summer. and dallas says, grappling with a spike in violent crime last year, homicides, they were up by one quarter hitting a 20 year record. now it is a pass and seen across the us since the killing of george floyd in minneapolis on

the defined the police movement that followed. but a retired police officer, dominic is only things, money alone is not going to solve this problem. you're a mirror and you're going to appease the mob and you're going to say, yes, we're going to define our agency that monetarily as taking away from the supporter of the village. because you're not keeping the police are equipped, educated, a, whatever they need. and you're also sending in the police officers the message to police officers off. i don't value you versus are the opinions of, of the angry mob. so you're, you're taking it on both those fronts. we already have, we do have a problem with bad apples and law enforcement and we need to have a stricter hiring, pause policy. we need to have better training, but people's keep thinking that long foresman, your, your 1st responders, st cops, is the number one, prevention to solve all crime problems when they're not looking at the judges are not looking at the public defender's are not looking at that. the judicial system and they're, they're thinking that either taking away or putting more funding in is them,

solve these problems in the 1st place. it's, it is such a ridiculous problem. it's never going to end, but it's, it's political. it is purely political and that's the biggest problem we're having berlin's sparkling new air hub is dealing with a full passenger load for the 1st time. it's a after a decade, long construction delay and billions and over spending. though it opened the height of the covert crisis and with restrictions now being lifted. brandon book airport is buckling under the strain. it's peter all over now, reports the october school holidays here in germany. we're always going to be the 1st real test for berlin's, the league. you apple, it's not going great. the new b r is a stunner. dear to hand in your luggage the evening before your flight and then turn up for hours in advance for the flight. you might as well go by car to leipzig and fly from there on time capital city airport. can it get even worse at the b r?

the b e r airport is sinking into chaos. and now it is also at risk of insolvency without state aid, the airport is hardly viable. avoid b r and pick another airport just because they stand on staff. the guests are having to turn up at the airport for hours in advance, and that with children, passengers being advised to arrive 4 hours before their flight as a mixture of covey, restriction and stuff shortage is by due to increased passenger volume at the start of the holiday season we expect long awaits at chickens and security control at berlin brandenburg airports. for this reason, we would like to ask you to be at the airport at least 240 minutes before departure . obviously this isn't pleasant for travelers, but it's just the latest misstep in a long line of problems for this transport hub, which only opened last year after some serious delays. originally scheduled to start flights in 2011 plans for the airport. started in the early ninety's in 2009

. the budget for the project was just on the 3000000000 euro, which with hindsight seems wildly optimistic. the construction came in over $7000000000.00 euro with additional work still required that will cost close to another $3000000000.00 even after 3 parliamentary committee investigations. no one is taking responsibility for the airport debacle. it became a joke quite a few years ago. ready with budget. i think initially it around 2000000000 euros build the airport. that's what generally the airport decides would cost gold. and then it was for the 6. and i think the current total now including all the subsidies to go out to wrap around $7000000000.00. and it's going and they're talking about having to put another 2000000000 subsidies into just to keep it running until 2026 for that kind of money. they could have built for airports. this

is a public project right from the beginning are actually not for it's very from the beginning . it was. ready supposed be a private project and nobody wanted to do it in this location, which is why the government could over. but the government made a bloody disaster of it. at one of the problems with the government is doing it is a, they don't really know what they're doing. and b, there is nobody that's really going to be held responsible for this in the end, which is really our problem. this is just one unmitigated disaster. these are unprecedented times, of course, as people start to travel again, as covert restrictions are lifted. but the chaos with berlin's airport predate anybody having ever heard of the corona virus. it continues to give, kicking to those stereotypes of german efficiency that are so popular still with people that don't live here. it's estimated that between the 8th and the 24th of october, around 1000000 passengers, including myself, next week,

will fly through berlin brandenburg airport. the only advice from airlines on the airport themselves is arrive early and expect delays peter, all of our tea, berlin. you can delve deeper into that story from germany by checking out our sister channel, artie deutsch, have a look for them online, some times. the mean time here were not international. your friday program continues at the top of the a long, beautiful, chilled ocean was time on what it was. i middle august all sto, it'll come in and it's like a noise to you. beautiful. a

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ah ah ah, ah, with this is room bus the one business so you can't afford to miss. i'm been one and i'm rachel one and then washington coming up in the wake of china van on bitcoin mining . the u. s. has now become the world leader for this guy, which states are seeing the most activity and how clean energy is playing

a role in the industry. plus the by an administration says it has plans to address increasing supply chain issues. but will it be enough to save the upcoming holiday season? we'll take a look at how the latest crisis is affecting the ongoing recovery. and then more than 100000 union workers are threatening to strike across the country. all one of us grapples with an ongoing labor shortage. we're going to bring you an end up look at why workers are taking to the picket line. got a pack show today. so let's get to it. and we begin with an aspect of big coin that quite frankly, isn't getting much media attention, but it is critically important to the criptos future. the u. s. is now leaving the country and leaving the world for big coin mining. yes. in fact the u. s. has doubled it, share in the energy intensive activity in the 4 months since china began a crypto currency crack down. let's bring in boomer co host, the ice and the president of the brownstone institute jeffrey tucker to talk about this the christy. let's start with you because listen ok,

it's not just that big coin mining shifted to the united states. that's a big story we could talk about. but here in the u. s, there is a movement the gets almost no media coverage. it's that shift to clean and renewable energy for the mining process. what can you tell us about that? i mean, i feel really well there's a shift towards renewable energy and basically every single sector. but the big one mining industry really takes the cake and it's really the main driver of the ship. simply because energy is the biggest and most expensive input. so naturally, the miners are motivated to drive that costs down. other industries that we have in the states like manufacturing, they're also very energy intensive, but they have less of an incentive because they have other costs like metals, lumber, steel, labor, et cetera, that are bigger and that they're more focused on both big points. miners. they are really motivated to buy the cheapest sources of energy available and they can basically relocate anywhere in the world to get it. so source of energy are getting progressively cheaper and will soon outmatched thermal energy on cost. and then on

top of that you also have flared gas mitigation.