because they want my phone and i read on inside objects and you surround yourself with people who are encouraging you to do it not to stop or it's all like my life was over, jumped office about balcony and died. mm youth . he just couldn't stop with hello, i'm manila trail. you're tuned into in question. we're live at r t america headquarters in washington, d. c. these are the top stories of the day. first, russian president vladimir putin takes on the international media and his annual press briefing. growing tension between moscow and the wac will bring you all the latest with analysis. plus, the james web space telescope will be launched this weekend will tell you why this

launch is so important. and our sports h q team has a special year in review with some of the best highlights and interviews of the year. so stay tuned for that. all right, it's time to boost your news. i q ah, the annual end of year media briefing by russian president vladimir putin has wrapped up the breathing not so brief running over 4 hours are tease, murat garcia brings us all the key points. so we had questions ranging from, from issues with mortgages and provincial towns to big questions. lou did questions even from foreign journalists, asking vladimir putin if he can guarantee that russia won't attack you crazy. so will you guarantee unconditionally that you will not invade ukraine or any other

southern country, russia, distributors, those directions will not depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia. security in the sense we've made it clear that any further movement to the east is unacceptable that we are not threatening anyone. we didn't come to the u. s. a. u. s. borders no, they came to ours. not an inch to the east. that was a nato guarantee in 1990. so what became of that, they fooled us. we've seen 5 waves of nato expansion and you keep demanding some guarantees from us. you must give us the guarantees it is up to you, and you must do it immediately right now. instead of talking about it for decades, he also spoke about the other thing. the busha has been charged with a suspected of manipulating. that is the guy gas market in, in europe. he says, well, what we're hearing from various outlets is basis and senseless. germany, for example, is buying gas at $57.00 times below market price. we're and then they're using that

gas to perhaps celadon, to poland, which is paying an entirely different price because it insisted on trading with russia at market prices. now, the gases are the above $2000.00 while he, these ruinous ruinous for both e. you citizens who have seen their household built for electricity go up for 500 percent ruinous also for businesses which year which are seeing an even larger rise the rural to him with by them look, they are lying to us. they're confusing. every one gets promised. shipping the entire volume request is like counter agents in accordance with the exec ranks, russia, or even increasing the volume around the 20 more since they're increasing shipments to europe in it. i believe the gas form is the only company that you have for that . so as supplies and not supplying the european modern enough europeans in, i think they had the premium market good for they were left behind when we're talking about leisure. quite natural gas americans are and sparing this shameless

to the premium market. luckily, america, brazil, china, south korea family with han, yes. and the prize campo saying we must not mail troy long term contracts, but now you're european commission. we must use margate terms or the market will regulated now. well, here's how is regulated al, equipped to $1000.00. 1000 cubic meters of you're welcome to the other thing that popped up here was us you of recent scandals and russia involving jails. prisons and the torture of suspect, said inmates by prison authorities. these were both, both incidents were shocking because that was graphic footage. event happening. there are more cases where we haven't seen footage. this is something that has been a sore point among russians for, for many years. and vladimir putin was asked, what is being done about this. he said that the russian government is taking action . there are a number of criminal proceedings against her former prison institution,

their staff members, as well as the fact that peter, this is a problem only in russia. this is a problem in even in developed countries that it is very difficult to put an end to it. of them, which in this case is necessary festival to rely on the dates of the investigation . 17 criminal cases had been initiated and obeying under investigation earth you have named only one or 2 people, but there are a 1000 or more than a 1000, dismissed in their criminal cases, opened against them. yes, there is a problem we need to work with. it's a milan or conscientious or fully fledged investigation of those crimes. and these are clearly crimes that have been committed, them will to bring it to an end so that everyone understands the punishment for these offences is inevitable to play. i was lucky enough also to be able to ask vladimir putin question my question was about canceled culture. them fidelmo you as well as you might walk this is that heavily? so palladium in west, a lot of them sometimes in very extreme form, for example, with her, for example, the incident with j. k. rowling. and the axes that she made samus with her harry

potter movies have turned against and asked why did we have to do what he thinks about the social justice culture and whether it is coming to russia? so been this initial system, the peculiarity and strength of, of millennial society lies in the fact that russia has evolved as a multinational and multi confessional state. and we've learned to respect each other. and then this means to resume the basis of our traditional spiritual welsh own you might look the peoples of the russian federation of a sudden, internal moral protection against such retrogression with them. well, this must be full. no one, no rigged instructions and shelves quoted by the supposed to vote traditional medical, not the biggest crowd that attendance today, because if that makes safety measures the social distance in effect here, this mas mandatory mosse, of course, that was also humidifiers and all sorts of antiseptics pres, inaction today, but they were much bigger crowds and previous years. nevertheless, this,

the session lasted for, for 4 hours, 3 hours, 56 minutes. i believe the people to the on the how long. exactly. and this is these years vladimir prudence press conference. and here to weigh in on putin's marathon presser, former pentagon official might maloof and george se, annually. he is a writer and senior fellow at the global policy institute over in london. now gentlemen, in his annual marathon press conference, the russian liter fielding questions from the press about anything and everything. nothing was off the table from nato to cove. it, he addressed them all. let's start ben with his demand that nato quote, immediately confirm that ukraine will not become a member of the block. now i understand the block saying, i'm paraphrasing thing. we don't want you to tell us what to do. but are they willing to risk a military confrontation over this stance? george, i'll give that you 1st. well,

nato has gotten philip into a robin lovitz because they, they've made all these pledges. they've essentially gradually step by step, turning nato into a de facto member on nato. and they are now granted major that is a graduate putting your, getting yourself into the position that the soviet union going itself into during the cuban missile crisis is, is something that the russians have repeated again and again, which is that at some point of russia will say that we will act unilaterally to secure our interest if that means a confrontation with nato forces station in ukraine. so be it. but there's nothing really you can do about it and it will be the same as it crush of in $100.00. 62 and started making legalistic arguments. the kennedy well yes,

but these miss all of that to defend you, but it's not aggressive. and cuba as a sovereign country and to become that you don't have any massage that he wants to lead americans and know listening to these arguments of rushes. also say no, we don't listen to the stupid arguments. we will do whatever we need to do to secure our interests, and that means we're going into ukraine, dismantling nato infrastructure, nato intelligence operators. so be, it does nothing much lena can do about now. mike, you got a little been out home and producers just sent me some breaking news on the heels of vladimir putin wrapping up this marathon presser, breaking news, a. the a f p is just reported tweeting at the us, ready for talks with russia from early january, according to a senior us official. how much of that do you think had to do with the former, with this press conference and vladimir poodle really outlining his red line? well, i heard, i heard that news before the press conference actually had occurred. and there has

been, there is background dialogue going on between the 2 sides because neither side, once war, having said that, vladimir putin is correct to lay down conditions and from which the countries then can have negotiating points and russia is right. and in one, in a buffer zone. and what they're very fearful of, of course, is that nato will bring in the amount of even offensive weapons, a lot of defensive weapons to can be turned into offensive weapons. he wants that curved as well. and i think he's right, and i recall back back when, when turkey had had honest john missiles and it wasn't negotiating point with kennedy, that ultimately of russia, if turkeys, if those missiles were removed from turkey, the russians would back off with its missiles and create a buffer,

and that actually led to the intermediate range ballistic missile treaty. right? so this is a kind of negotiating points that people, one, otherwise you're going to have a real confrontation. and i think that the, the, the problem is, is that biden has, is listening to the victoria newland and the other. mir conservatives that have their own agendas. and this is what i'm very, very concerned about. plus you have reports that you have the assistance coming into from private military contract, right. who could instigate? and that's what i'm very, very fearful of that it will take a spark regarding maloof george him while he thank you both pleasure and now says james web space, telescope agency's successor to the famous hovel is scheduled to launch this weekend. we'll get you the details after the break, and later at the sports h q

r. sports team. have a recap from a while year as for need their full return from a cobit cancellation. now keep your news. i. q sharp, 247. by downloading the portable tv app right now, it's new and improved because it's tv, as it should be. we'll be right back with when you get the chance he thinks of tones and you think x is going to happen. yeah . you know, why happen instead of distinctive bringing responses engage that are relevant to how we experience reward and pleasure while listening to some people looking at this is the kind of music. is it kind of choreographing of our expectations so, ah, working room,

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for a decade scientists have tried to piece together the early history of the universe . and now after several delays, nasa is launching the telescope. they could do just that. trinity chapa's has those details all santos lay a circle in the earth. this weekend astronomers may be getting a gift out of this world. literally, after 2 decades of development and around 7 launch delays the long away to launch of the james web space telescope is expected on christmas morning. nasa's next flagship observatory in the james web space telescope is gearing up for its launched a space on december 25th after yet another delay this time because of interference by mother nature. the news of adverse weather conditions came shortly after. nasa shared that the launch readiness review for the telescope was completed on tuesday and found the upper level high wind could force

a rocket off course or even damage or destroy it these last minute snags come after years of delays and cost overruns for web, the biggest and most powerful science observatory ever built for space. the telescope, which comes with a price tag of some $10000000000.00, has trudged through one of the most difficult development timelines of any space program lasting over 2 decades and costing billions more than its original estimate . now the $10000000000.00 infrared observatory will soar from french giana on south americans northeastern coast, aboard the european aryan rocket on christmas day. we've done a 2 decades of innovation and a hard work, and this is the result. we're opening up a whole new territory of astronomy, so we will see things that we've never been able to see before because this telescope is much more powerful than even the grade level telescope. the telescope dead, the hubble space telescope successor, which has been an orbit since 1990, is designed to peer into the atmosphere of distant alien planets and see some of the 1st galaxies that formed after the big bang. i like to think of it as nasa's

vehicle for the deepest space, exploration that amana humanity can do. it will allow us to see farther back in time, to the time when the very 1st stars and galaxies were being born. for decades, scientists have tried to piece together the early history of the universe, and the j. w. s t is the 1st observatory that may give them a real shot at answering longstanding questions. so there is one major difference between j w, estie and hubble, and that is that hubble is looking at the universe invisible light. this is the same kind of that you and i can see with our eyes. j w. s t, on the other hand, is looking in in for red light. this is the kind of heat light that are bodies. shine. a lot of things in space also shine really bright in for red light. and while hubble space telescope is orbiting the earth, g w s t will orbit the sun, which is going to be about 3 times as far away as the moon. and by being much further away from our planet j w. s t, we'll get a much clearer and cleaner picture of the infrared universe, not the will provide coverage of the pre launch launch,

and the post launch activities for the james web space telescope, the world's largest, and most powerful space science telescope for in question trinity child as r t well, it's been a wild year in the world of sports with seasons playing a full schedule to life events making their return. our tease steve chris stock goes and regina ham share some of their favorite moments and best live events from 2021. well to say 2021 has been anything, but a roller coaster would be a major understatement. but one thing that always seems to give people hope a reason to smile or just some pure entertainment as sport one constant that bonds us together. absolutely. and what a year half from wondering if sports would ever return after 2020 to this year, having stadiums, packet fans cheering on their favorite teams and giving us those truly memorable moments. so in honor of the end of the year, what do you say we take them back to you? yeah, i like that idea. so let's go back to the beginning with an icy start to the most

incredible moments that made 2021. think winter sports can't be any more extreme. me check free diver, david dental, the 30 year olds at a world record in men swimming. and this happens to occur under the i. dental swam nearly on meters or 265.75 feet below the ice. in la host, a former quarry about 62 miles worth left, the prod, it took him one minute and 35 seconds to accomplish this, beat me off and had it. but again, for the record to actually count the, i've had to be at least 11.8 inches thick. i jumped right into it. you know, 1992 your career almost ended with the horrific like injury that happened during training. one point you feel you might have to amputate it. you faced all that adversity went on to win 55 hundreds, easy world championships? what kind of mental and physical challenges did you overcome to make all that happen? the physical one was the biggest hurdle, to be honest, the mental challenge was, was believing that i could do it not, never lost that way. and really it was, it was pushing myself to the limit to,

to try and re gain strength and, and to regain some type of a full use of my leg, which never really actually happened. but thankfully, had some good surgeons around around me in italy. and i and also in the u. s, and i was unable, unable me to get back on the bike. said if i hear that between what us and johnson johnson, one of the most dominant champs in m. m a including a for me, a few by weight champion depending about 11 dime. what made it modest is the domino and you're not to now the we give me 2 minutes 44 seconds in the background park. were there too ill regina? i meant title and fun facts. the hit that johnson took, if this was in the us would be a legalizes in a grant position, but not major. no gathering of some of the best price in sports world. today from severe spain, those nominated for these illustrious boards gathered in a different way to accept their win and share how they gave back to make sport

forget that was not a sports. i'm under your test in taishan, naomi osaka, osaka, one to us opened titles in 3 years, including last year's in 2020 and on the core team to push the boundary. the sport off of it. though she demonstrated incredible activism and support for the black live matter movement during your on the flushing meadows of soccer were different math every match featuring in the black victim of racial violence in the united states. now there's an old saying that lightning never strikes twice, but terrible bay begs to differ. the squad went back to back winning their 2nd stanley cup in a row after defeating the material canadians for games to one. and it all went down wednesday night on the bolts home ice taking game 510 over the hats. i'm so happy we. i didn't want to go back to montreal, but the act that the fans in one child come on the act like they want to stand like god bless you kidding me? you kidding me? john romano? tampa bay times their final is less, less serious. okay. you gotta love it. i mean,

so i know you have some, some thoughts on culture of their well, i mean my, the biggest question is, i mean i see you shortly. but do you think you can't live? i mean, you never know when these guys when the cup afterwards, i mean, you remember when the caps did it, you saw them out in georgetown in the found chug and doing take stands out of the cup. but i got to say for tampa bay, you know, that was their 3rd sports franchise title in the past year to for tampa, bay lightning and one for the buccaneers. we're gonna have to start calling them tampa bay. i think that's a good one. then we go to steve, christophe goes in our sports h q, who i think is actually saving up to go to space to or maybe he's saving up for a ticket to wimbleton out of now what do you, what are you talking about other i'd much rather go to a sporting event here on earth. fair. well speaking of little that it was surely a treat for the fans of the sport as we witnessed. greatness on display sunday afternoon when no back joke of its accomplish something only to others have done in men's professional tennis and that is lift 20 grand slam trophies. the world

liberal. one triumphed at the all england club capturing his 6th wimbledon title. after defeating italian, mateo, bear to me and for set joke ventures now tied with rough i on the door and roger federer for the most grand slam immense titles in history. it's one of our favorite events on the a to be tour. and regina tennis is back now in our nation's capital after a 2 year hiatus due to the panoramic of course. now what's the mood like at this year's tournament thus far? a man feel it is the 50. in addition here of the city opened and let me tell you, i'm excited. i think everybody else is excited to be here between democrats such aquash on the atp and w calendar. so fans are excited to see action. after the match you said something interesting, you turn to him and said, i've never said this before, but no back, you are the greatest of all time now. now what brought that up? why did you, did you realize that at that moment? no, no. i realized that before just, i won't say it again because i said it was,

i was completely honest. there is no going to to say every time i'm on time, so what i said, what honest, this is just incredible. take a look at this by far, one of the most spectacular goals i've ever seen. portland host in the san jose earthquakes timbers already of one. 0 and the admitted also and a headboard di run a screen making that run. now i said it was a keyboard, jaycee marson, koski loses control caught up his line and you see what happens is bria grabbed his bicycle and went for a ride. absolutely not. so we're not sure what to do with themselves. i don't think even he can believe what this happened, known as mr. october around the analyst for a very good reason. a strike that would make the greatest watch on abraham a bit depressed. the execution, just incredible, using the right leg from outside the area, portland would go on. so when it look how beautiful that it would go on to when it pies for a to know and provide one of the best goals, major league soccer has ever seen were here in the movie theater at madison square

garden, with a final presser ahead of you. f c 268, just took place. and let's just say with all the fighters in the main event on stage joined by us, the president dana white. things got a bit oh that we've been here in n y c all week covering the events leading up to the big night. the anticipation is that an all time high. so what are you waiting for? let's go, oh, good. the band outside via reno. more than eager to get a bite. now, starting with u. f. c, making it to return to new york for the 1st time in 2 year old. because in knockout wise, i hey, listen, go to go get read the trace of the book. you know, oh let's go talk to i 24. wow. wow. well, the final action pack day of the world, bread, me 70 do by is it full swing as large crowds have blocks to witness the best men's and women's teens from all over the world in one place,

competing for that coveted emerett 7th title. the games of regular and i would say java down, anybody who went on any given day. and i celebrate that again yet again in dubai. and in the in rainy i'm ins, champion slip blitz box, south africa continue to dominate, becoming the 1st team in almost 2 decades to earn 3 straight titles in the desert. after feeding australia and the cup final. well, the time is arrived the big day. we've all been waiting for has the word gauge to send on the united arab emirates for the 1st time ever make it it the 15 different countries to play host, to with robin garden act bars, the sticks were taped, skates released and frozen as the desert heat. outside the arena was scorching. what's the future of this game? we don't know, but obviously there's going to be lots of positive that will come out of this game

. so is this your 1st talk against time? actually i, we're looking forward to attendance and see how things goes along. side of this is, let's say it's like we've been watching the local game, a special things that are super excited you ever been to catch all good. well, what do you expect to know? i think a little bit of my router one would be your final as the 1st k h l game in dubai is now in the books with mars, heading home with the w. afterwards we caught up with the player of the games stephen camper, who had this to say about the special night. it's memorable because you can always say that you want a game and to buy and what a night it was here, a coca cola arena, the atmosphere inside absolutely electric as fans retreated to an event, they will not soon forget. and you can be sure it will not be the last time that by saki comes here to the you. a reporting from the carriage cell world games in dubai . steve, chris docos, archie and they got

a lot of good trips in there for the sports team. so that is going to do it for us right now, but make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading the new and improved portable tv app. so you can watch this show and all the other anytime you want, follow me on twitter and instagram app. manila chan. i am manila chance. thanks for watching a few back here soon. ah, oil and gas manufacturing, electricity, telecoms, guys, vacation. all of them now have i a t type of infrastructure connected to the internet for clarity, realizing this disruptive potential so that those countries cons, ignore it because it threaten us national security issue. but if we take them to you countries, virtually all of them subscribe to doctrines and maintains selling,

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