because dealing with that means we have to change our approach to business industries are on the wolf on attempting to debunk legitimate science by producing new evidence in science, lighting, science. that's how ignorance is manufactured, their attention only seeking tv, rail science, rowing using stier to against the shell. ah, the head of nato vows to keep expanding the western military alliance, sobbing. yet more countries near russia. in spite of protests from moscow news network, cnn fires that produce sir, now for he's charged with sexually abusing children. questions are now being asked as to why it took 18 months for police to make an arrest after a criminal complaint was filed last year. also coming up this or a new study,

find subdivisions and u. s. society could be reaching a tipping point with large scale violence, not only predicted, but expected. and as global concerns spread over the all me, crawling coven variant, the w h o europe director tells r t. it's vital to deliver a vaccines where they're needed, including brushes. but nick, shant health, including vaccines, go beyond politics. we should never take into account the country of origin. ah, a live firmer international new center in moscow. this is our team. my name's you know, neal than you're welcome to the program. the secretary general of nato has said there can be no compromise on expanding the trans atlantic defense alliance doubts

. despite calls from president putin, for guarantees that nato will not add new members near or indeed on russia's borders. charlotte gibbons k takes up the story quite a lot to digest from that press conference with the nato secretary general. but he talked about what he sees is being patton of aggression coming from russia. and he said, nito will continue to do all it's necessary to ensure that the rights of its allies, its members, are protected. but nature supporting his opinion. does not mean that it's a threat to russia recently moved from macedonia, and also montenegro have both been accepted into the nato, a life that is despite protests from the russian government about that. let's have a listen to what else yen stilton burke had to say. nato has proven over the last years that are open door policy is not only something we are support

in words, but those in deeds parted by inviting to new countries. montenegro north muscle now to become a member. so we have enlarged the line so that all spheres with 2 new members, despite protests from, from russia. and also we are supporting ukraine in ukraine's efforts to come closer to nato membership. so he went on to talk about what he sees as russia substantial and military and build up all the pu door areas with ukraine. and he said that that build up is a provocation. and that it could destabilize europe as well as russia's point of view. it has repeatedly denied that there is any intention, any build up that is looking to invade into ukraine. we know that russia's foreign ministry spokesperson has slammed this sort of talk. and she said that such

statements just will not help deescalate tensions in the region. if a tional laws, this is it is information campaigned the aims to create. firstly, the image of russia is an aggressor. secondly, additional passion of the region, including the black sea, the russia crane border, and se ukraine. this will not bring stability and security either in international relations or the regional janda, what it will undoubtedly complicate everything. meanwhile, journalists, primarily of course, western journalists freely used the word aggressor, referring to our country. what right do they have to do this? i trait understand is every time, when was the last time rush attacked, anyone, people need to pick up the screen with arguments. and how many times have native countries attacked sovereign states in the last 20 years. how many special operations were carried out by the nato countries? kenny show me something, im close to that from the russian site. no, there is nothing that you need to figure out where there are facts and where there

is propaganda. now it's not just russia that saying, look, we north intending to invade ukraine. we're also hearing similar views from some of your groups leaders, for example, the prime minister of italy. this is mary a druggie, a said that he's been talking to president putin over the last few weeks and months and as far as he's concerned invading ukraine, this idea isn't based on any fact. we've also heard warnings from the french president about this kind of talk. the who was suggesting that this war is brewing between russia and ukraine and could pull in other countries as well. president michael and saying such talk doesn't help and actually could end up being a self fulfilling prophecy. charlotte davinsky, i also spoke with former pentagon security analyst, michael maloof. he thinks the aggressive remarks coming from nato are being guided by washington. stop,

bird. i think has to look out for nato interests and he's not going to try to at this point to try to ah, discourage ukraine. and because natal, because nato wants to do more military exercises and i think stolen bergen. nato generally is under some very serious pressure behind the scenes from the biden administration and pushing that narrative and is in their interest to push nato it up to the border for containment purposes of russia proper. the united states is coming halfway around the world to, to assert this kind of action. when you have moscow, i, alarmed by the activity assertiveness by ukraine and native, generally and, and thereby they have every right to, to arm their, their western flight. as far as i'm concerned, i marie a cnn producer has been charged with sex

crimes involving under age girls arrival news. i to lead has also discovered a criminal complaint involving the man dated from last year, suggesting that law enforcement knew about his alleged activities well before they actually made an arrest. for more on this less cross live, not to r u. s. correspondent, caleb, my pin at kill them. hello, the reported details, according to prosecutors of what the knife former cnn producer did really is hard to stomach tickets through the case. sure, john griffin is a long time cnn producer, and we understand he's now been arrested. he's charged with 3 counts of attempting to engage in illegal sexual activities with a minor. now we understand that what happened was there was a mother who took her adoptive daughter to meet with him after receiving $3500.00

from him over the app known as venmo. and at that point, we understand that in august of 2020 this, there was a myriad of electronic devices that were seized from this mother. and now at this point, we have cnn coming forward and saying they had no idea about these illegal and despicable activities. allegedly carried out by their former producer, and they also make a point of saying that none of the electronic devices that were seized were owned by cnn. here's what they said. prior to his arrest and indictment, we had no knowledge about the case. now the question remains, why did it take so long for this arrest and charging to take place? you know, if the, the complaint was received in august of 2020, that's when the electronics were seized. why is the arrest simply happening now?

the f b, i did not give an answer that is satisfying people the allegation to deeply disturbing the f b i along with our law enforcement partners, will continue to aggressively investigate those who victimized the most vulnerable in our communities. now the us attorney's statement regarding the arrest of mr. griffin, provide some pretty shocking and harrowing details. apparently, mr. griffin is accused of having tried to set up training sessions for under age girls as well as women. griffin sought persuade parents to allow him to train their daughters to be sexually submissive. the mother and child flew to boston in july of 2020, where griffin picked them up in his tesla and drove them to his ludlow house. at the house, the torso was directed to engage in and did engage in unlawful sexual activity. and now this long time, cnn producer is now in custody,

awaiting trial facing charges for 3 counts of sex trafficking, minors. i've convicted, he could face life in prison, but many are looking at this case and asking questions about the timing. why was it that these electronic devices were seized in august of 2020? the criminal complaint was filed, but he's just been arrested now. what exactly is going on here? people want clear answers, but at this point we don't have those answers. thanks for taking us through all the authorities. caleb, my pin. well, we have written to the f. b. i requesting a statement on the revelations made by fox news relating to this case. we let you know if we get a response and the reversible divide bounced the stage american society is reaching according to a new academic study. it's a tipping point. if polarization is to extreme, people become divided even on the shock issue. if we reach that point,

we cannot unite, even in the face of war, climate change pandemic or other challenges to the survival of our society. or earlier former pennsylvania state senator bruce marx joined my colleague roy to show here in the studio to show his perspective on the growing rift in american politics. the nbc accomodate of nbc was saying, he said there was 30000000 people right now. ready to take up arms to for donald trump, back in the office. that's somewhere between 20 and 30000000 people. that's a mass movement in america, in favor of political violence, which is a new thing. does that sound accurate to you? well, i don't think that you're gonna see anybody taking up arms in the literal sense of, you know, having, you know, weapons. but i think that maybe there's a 120000000 or 130000000, or maybe more people who be willing to vote for donald trump. we had the tobacco and afghan stan, which was poorly handled in and maybe united states look weak on the international . you know, a platform where they didn't get the americans out before the troops,

laughter. that's number one and number 2, with all of the spending that were happening because of these, you know, bills that the democrats just wanna throw money at. we, for the 1st time. i mean, in a long time, we have inflation so that, sorry, this is, this is not just the media fear mongering about inflation in america. because we've been reporting that it's nearly at a full decade high inflation in the united states. it's just about everything across the board now is more expensive than it was even just a year ago. is that, is that true? was absolutely it's, it's absolutely true. i'm just, i grew up in the 70, so i can remember when we had inflation, then we really haven't had inflation since i'd say the, the late 1980 s has been fairly stable. absolutely. you go to you, listen, you can't fully american public. we have the whole problem, you know, with the transport and getting goods, goods into the country. i wanted to ask you just briefly, going back to biden's approval ratings and the inflation crisis cove. it afghanistan, the list goes on and yet he says,

he says the following about mid times have a quick listen to this. if you would, in 2021 as a unified democratic party for unify than ever. now we look at 2020. do i want to tell my republican friend get ready bell you're going in for a problem. he seems certainly out and made and optimistic. the how do you think is ratings right now will affect the midterms. i think they've already infected the elections, the united states. we had a republican when governor and virginia completely unexpected. ah, and that was in part because of the lack of popularity of president biden. it's typical that the party that's out of power does well in the mid years, but with biden. and his lack of popularity is really even his inability to campaign could didn't even campaign for himself when he was running for president. i don't think that we're going to see him going around the country and supporting very many democrat candidates. and republicans, i think you're gonna feel very good slight of

a of candidates. the u. k has reported a record cobit search with 88000 cases registered in the past 24 hours. testings being ramped up amid fears over then you all may chrome strain. it's so far been registered in 77 countries. but despite the rapid spread, early studies from south africa and hong kong suggest all me crohn is less likely to coal, severe illness than the delta very, and very few debts up being linked to the new string to. nevertheless, countries worldwide are ramping up, their vaccine campaigns are corresponded. elliott patricio sent on with a w, h. o z regional director for europe, hans kluge to talk that how much more do we know about on the chron at this point? we know much more. and we have the doors and about all michel, it's to, it's the latest variant. it's spelling much more faster, but i always tell, we're not in the business of fighting one variant when the business of fighting all

variance and stu, delta is dominant. what we need to do is to implement what they call fife, on their mic stabilizers. number one, increase vaccination coverage. number 2, boost boost, boost number city. double. the number of people varying marks. endorse number 4, ventilate, particularly in classrooms. keep the schools open and fife, implement new treatment protocols. how valid are the concerns that vaccines might prove ineffective against on the chron where we know as of to date, that vaccines are still effective. for the 1st or the 2nd dose may be little bit less, but it covers with a cert dosed well on the european union. specifically, we've seen a range of different approaches. why aren't we seeing a more uniformity from the block in particular?

do uniformed, it has been growing over time. but i take the point that it's still really aleck off uniform. people that go political here. it is and it's confuses the people. that's why dublin was advocating to establish a bung european health senate council at the high level to half uniformed in policy, but ultimately still health is a national competency. it's a decision by the country of speaking of sputnik v, a r t. we've heard from a number of experts that the issue has been politicized. is that true anyhow? house including vaccines. go beyond politics. we should never take into account the country of origin. i shared the optimism of the president of the russian federation. that this deb rachel emerged she used listing for sputnik will be there soon. hands close to our t. no, just pick one country in particular in focus germany. its government is facing

a furious backlash against plans for mandatory co, with vaccines and tough new restrictions. cities including munich, i've seen maps and rest on an official and dressed and has received death threats or europe. correspondent peter oliver reports munich was the latest city in germany to see demonstrations by anti vax groups as well as those that are opposed to the measures that have been put in place to try and stop the spread of cove at 19 place . there are 4000 people, turned up at the demonstration improv area. that was all relatively peaceful until a group of around $4.00 to $500.00 of them decided they were going to go to march around the city that resulted in some captain. mouse with the police said, bit of pushing and shoving and ultimately according to the place 28 arrests being made. they ranged from people refusing to wear masks to those that had assaulted police officers. what we have seen at these type of demonstrations though, is an increase in the, the speed at which it,

in shoes and the amounts of people who are getting involved in violence. ah ah, when we're talking about these demonstrations, they are groups that serve anti vaccine, as they said, also opposed to those a covert measures. but a lot of them are lumped under the umbrella of a group called the lateral think is now they have be roundly marked a here in germany, in society as well as on t v, in satirical tv programs and, and elsewhere. but things have taken a much darker turn. in fact, old wedding, a morning door rates were carried out across the state of saxony, in the east of germany. and in connection with a plot to assassinate the, the leader of the government of the states of saxony. that's michael catch met,

also to launch attacks against the politicians in that state. now saxony has some of the lowest rates of vaccination in germany. it also has some of the highest rates of covert infection as well. well, following those rates, 5 men and one woman were taken into custody. what it's seen is a number of politicians turning on the messaging application telegram with then saying that it was all about messaging application that this type of plot was able to be finessed and, and the message being spread. they are extremely dangerous because they're not only talking, chatting and inciting each other, but also taking action. very worthwhile pointing out the theme, lateral thing because the anti vax is the deep anti cove measure. people are a smaller percentage of the population than the those at large. what we have seen is a large number of people coming forward for vaccinations here in germany. in fact,

on wednesday, they broke records with 1500000 jobs being handed out across the whole of the country. now, 1300000 of those were booster vaccines. what we have those the read the rest were i the 1st or 2nd doses of vaccine. now what we have is around 70 percent of the population fully vaccinated, but there is a group of around 20 percent of the population that all vehemently anti vaccine here in germany. and they just so absolutely no interest in guessing that vaccine whatsoever. in fact, that's why we've seen or laughed sholtes, the german chancellor talking about the possibilities of potentially in the future . seeing mandatory vaccination countries like austria on greece have already said that from next year they will be implementing mandatory vaccination. it's still at the discussion phase here. in germany though, still i have this our, the lawyer representing a russian national, convicted of murder and berlin,

rick st on evidence in the case and explained why he thinks the verdict was plain wrong. that's coming up shortly. ah ah ah . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy

confrontation, let it be an arms race. he's on offense. very dramatic and development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with . ah, we start back with the news. not our sister channel in germany. r t d has been taken off youtube. it comes on the day it launched its 1st televised broadcast in the country. the reason behind the band is the authority d. e. 's. previous you tribeca was removed and apparently the owner of any block channel is forbidden from starting a new am. however,

our td's new channel actually has a different owner. and in any case, you can always watch the brand new channel d dot r t dot com. we got the load on on what unfolded on launch day from one of the stations heads. rp augmentin has been terminated by vicki. you to code violation of the times of the letter said that you've got to complain that our dentist had stuck invented some technical safety measures. this means, according to that quite easy, your channel is terminated, you may be unable to use or create any child. and then that was the latest addition to somebody on youtube that includes dozens of channels. it was set out by the fans and company. oh god, t and then to be novice, in most cases, used by team of editors. i see of them to have no relation to our youtube channel that was terminated in september. i did talk technically because the channel that

was deleted in september, it was owned by a different company all to the production. it also was mentioning that at the time of termination of your channel had some 600000 followers. and i got 540000000 views, though, as i say, in any case, the mutual bond to one side or german sr channel, it's off running our teeth dummy armstrong mix of what other obstacles it's hard to overcome to get owner the journey. so launched a has been the usual track through pressure and passive aggression from the self appointed defenders of democracy. i. e. rival, gym, and media. it's bad enough that putin's voice sounds out across the internet. if it were not for one reliable german media outlet, dest spiegel kremlin owned outlets would dominate the german digital information space. in both the number of articles published in social engagement received.

there is reason to believe that most of the traffic on our t channels is real and not acquired through purchased fake profiles. the thinly veiled disdain from rival gym and media outlets have come in a form of gallant cries to stop the so called moscow mouthpiece. and kremlin back putin propaganda, of course, that has nothing to do with our t deutsche. his popularity on a string of social media, where they consistently rank among the top most viewed channels as regards news and politics. ah, it wasn't just rival outlets that ran. so the hysteria of

r t deutsch is rise through the media rankings. politicians got personal and launched. attacks on archie, employees, framing them as perpetrators of this information, and d, stabilizing democracy. those who work for asi have said good bye to critical an independent journalism, and whether they want it or not, all the employees are part of the destabilization of democracy. this is not about the approval of a profane entertainment channel, but about e u wide access for putin propaganda on target dis, information under the guise of alternative journalism. and what goes up must come down, arte deutsche his ascent was yank back down to earth. when you chew band, the channel from is platform with it, wiping out 600000 subscribers. now, despite rumors that the band was burling back, former chancellor angle, a miracle denied that germany had influence you chief's decision. as for r t, germany did not put any pressure in brussels of the decisions it made in germany.

neither the federal government nor the state governments engaging meadows like that . so this fight will, the people's best efforts are t deutsch is primed and ready for action. launching on air and launching a fresh assault on those old ratings and views, rankings. mainstream media be where the lawyer for a russian national, who has been found guilty of murdering a chechen man and the german capital back in 2019 believes the verdict lex, any solid evidence in an exclusive interview authority. he said, the court relied on highly questionable sources. people, the images, and the problem with this investigation is that it's partly based on sources which in off you from the point of view of defense and not credible these belin katanen documents from ukraine. and witnesses who gave conflicting testimonies and caught them rebelling cat is it business project that focuses on questionable russian stories and serious crimes down there,

getting donations from financial helped to do that. and which is why we believe that belling cat does not produce independent neutral journalism. on the contrary, as a clear aim, and there are assumptions that is still in need of evidence. from our point of view, evidence from belin cat is unreliable, gabana for rec, and on. the judge also said while sentencing that there's no direct evidence that it was an order from russia. they relied on clues that from all points of view were insufficient for this ruling stood se, oh, i think that the existence of contract was not established. and there's no evidence that that's why i believe, at least during the hearings in the evaluation of evidence that such participation from russia wasn't revealed. but the court decided differently, the thought back in 2014 russia put out an international love for classical interpol. i believe this confirms that he's not an agent of the russian secret services, as these aren't usually puts on international wanted lists where all their private details to divulge audiences with london. the victim was gun done in berlin park in

broad daylight 2 years ago. as a limb can, can gush billy jose wanted terrorists in russia. he had asylum status in germany. but moscow wanted to put him on trial for the deaths of iran, 100 people in southern russia. he was also suspected of being involved in a series of suicide bombings on the moscow metro and 2010 will. after the court sentence, the russian national to life in prison were murder and rule that he was acting on behalf of moscow. berlin also expelled to russian diplomats and weapons. they prompting warnings of retaliation. the kremlin denies any involvement in the killing. will the russian ambassador to germany as described berlin's actions as politically motivated? we also heard from british politician george galloway. he thinks diplomatic expulsions are a dangerous step in relations between berlin unlawful. it's very dismal is up potentially very dangerous. and we must hope that cool our heads prevail.

it struck me as being so obvious a blind man could see it. an international, lynch mob seeking to convict without evidence and execute the russian state for anything that happens anywhere on their territory. and i'm sure that russia will respond. it needs to show that it will not be kicked around any more. this is not the yeltsin period where rushes lying drunk on the ground, having its pocket picked up, put, and has made russia really something again, any i'm sure will want to show, but it's a word we keep hearing this winter season, inflation. max and stacy delve into what it means for the money in your pocket, right after the shortest.