[000:00:00;00] the ah prussia will secures borders in the same way the u. s. does. that's the pledge. let me put you made in an almost hour long conversation with us president joe biden. belgium suddenly backtracks on its coated measures and reopened theatres and most that's after its highest court said the restrictions were too excessive. elsewhere, joe biden, distances himself from previous promises to shut down the virus. he says it's up to individual states, not the white house. the sorted out we discussed is a response to dependent back so far plus a special. we got a rare glimpse inside. one of the brushes, most notorious,

produce homes in the day to some of the countries most dangerous criminal in the wake of the collapse of the night denied. walking into a sound like this were all these hard and tattooed criminals give you. this look, been rejected by a fellow prisoner and become in a pariah with something they feared. the most. the news broadcasting roger refers to the moscow. this is our to international. i'm sure thomas certainly glad to have you know, russian leaders like to be putting says moscow will act as the u. s. does in securing its borders. that's a pledge made in an almost hour long phone call with joe biden, during which the us president also promised not to deploy offensive strike weapons in ukraine or cheese iliad. katrinka takes a closer look at what the 2 men discussed, though, the details of the latest phone conversation between the president of the us and

russia have come in from both sides. and their versions are not strikingly different. but moscow and washington are indeed emphasizing different things. the advisor to russian president vladimir putin pointed out that his counterpart made it clear that the u. s. has no intention of deploying offensive strike weapons in ukraine, which is a very important thing for moscow. the kremlin has called that a red line many times before. now, besides this, mister bruton told the u. s. president, that russia will defend its own interest just like the u. s. woods if it faced similar threats. now, when the, the new threats of sanctions where the new warning came from, joe biden watermark potent responded by saying that this could lead to ties being cut completely between the 2 countries. now moving on to how the details of the

phone conversation were presented by the white house, according to washington, joe biden called to deescalate the whole ukraine crisis. and also promised that the u. s. and allies will be monitoring all the actions by russia and also that they're ready for any decisions that a lot of my food makes on ukraine. plus, as the white house puts that joe biden spoke of reinforced nato strength and also of further military assistance for ukraine by nato. if the situation escalate, you have to remember that this phone call follows proposals being made by moscow for new principles of european security. in particular, what russia ones is, legal guarantees for nato not to be expanded further east and also for new

weapons being deployed in places like ukraine or elsewhere on russia's doorstep. now we do also have to understand that in about 2 weeks, very important security and negotiations will take place in europe in geneva, in particular. and this phone conversation is happening in the build up to what we heard from both sides. that the 2 presidents a won't take part. however, they will be personally supervising these talks. now, a little earlier, the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman shed light on what russia once from these talks politically, i would have him to do at certain viewing the talk truell ask the u. s. to insure family go guarantees of security for a shaft that nato will not be able to move on the east. and that weapon systems that threaten russia will not be deployed near our border where there is no agreed position. but when all of the western partners within the

e. u and nato european securities no new topic since 1990. we have been proposing not to allow the security of some countries at the expense of the security of others said, joe, what was so interesting about our proposals, which are currently being discussed is the west pretending that this is the 1st time to have heard about it. yet we already have written fundamental principles in our joint document, and they were supposed to have been already implemented. the fact is that the presidents of the us in russia are in touch more and more often. and we have already heard from both administrations that these frequent contacts will continue in the new year as well. earlier we spoke to investigative journalist rick sterling, who thinks that moscow demands to stop nato's expansion in the east are quite understandable. i think it's reasonable to say that moscow has very legitimate, legitimate concerns. it looks like the u. s. in the military,

industrial complex is looking to to increase the conflict in ukraine. nato is already expanded into many countries. there are numerous countries on the, on a, on the border that, that were part of the soviet union. and there are no part of nato. so, given the proximity of ukraine to, to russia, given the proximity to moscow, only 460 miles of the russian demands. the red lines are completely understandable will despite europe struggling with the new omicron strain, belgium has suddenly you turned on some of its toughest covert restrictions. this comes after the countries highest court ruled that the measures were too excessive by its judgment. the council of state suspends the measure of closure of the cultural sector facilities. it rule that this measure was not proportionate and cannot make it possible to understand why the attendance of theaters and cultural

venues was particularly dangerous for the health of the population. essentially what you have is belgians highest administrative court saying that the government rules make no sense and as a result, government will have to backtrack. this follows a legal challenge that was filed by a local theatre producer. and it followed a number of restrictions that the government had only imposed a short time ago, amongst these new restrictions where that all theaters cinemas, and cultural venues had to close christmas parties would have to close early, and sports venues would have no audiences. and this is in addition to already the mandatory wearing of moss and people having to work from home. but now we have a situation where everything's reversed. so the cinema's, the theaters and the cultural venues ought to re open. and of course, it raises questions as to just what kind of consistency there is to these government rules and regulations. jagow, there are still months and months of the covered crisis ahead of us if the public

is not in our side because of a lack of sense in the measures, we will have lost the battle against the virus only machine. now you do have a part of the public that has been very, very vocal in particularly demonstrating and criticizing these government restrictions in recent weeks, they've taken to the streets to voice their concerns. now in general, the current situation a cross belgium has been relatively calm. they figures point to over 500 cases per day, per 1000000 people. but the situation is quite different just across the border. if we look at fonts, for example,

phones has registered an all time high of more than $200000.00 new cases per day. and that is a high for europe as well. as a result, the government has had to re impose restrictions. you have a situation where the french police are saying that everybody from 11 years and older. now when they outdoors have to wear them off, except if they're involved in cycling, if they're doing any kind of sports or if they're inside the vehicle, so you have within the, you block itself, different european countries dealing with these high covert figures in a very different way, meanwhile, the u. s. is still tops the global table when it comes to the number of co desk, but president biden is now distancing himself from his promise to quote, shut down the virus. he says the solution has to come from individual states rather than the white house. there is no federal solution. it gets found state level and then ultimately gets down to where the rubber meets the road. and that's where the

patient is in need of help or preventing the need for help. just over a year ago, biden's slammed the trump administration's cove and testing efforts as a travesty and said america's vaccine rollout was well behind other developed nations. you then promised to change the course of the disease in his 1st 100 days in office. although that did not happen. over $400000.00 americans have died from coded under biden's watch, with new cases hovering at around half a 1000000 per day. new york has been the worst hit with case numbers they are reaching in all time high. since the arrival of the omicron strain are too soft to taylor discussed with guests washington's response to the crisis. thus far. vitamin said what, for what that is? no central solution. i don't think that is something that one wants to hand from the president. there never was a federal solution to a virus that spreads more easily than chicken box and with each to varian as becomes more and more of the early. the idea that there's some policy or some

politician going to stop it, we should have been acknowledging that this is not a pandemic. and that this is endemic, at least a couple of waves ago. politicians that's a 1st duty is not only did g d p and inflation and everything, but basically saved the health of their, of their countrymen. and this needs to be done. this was not done. joe biden got elected because of donald trump's of failed handling cove. it in the minds of voters in coming up on the year that he was inaugurated and we have covered as bad as it's been certainly case wise. we can now add up all the rough weeks for biden to rough year for bite. 62 percent of americans now, double chad, they said that when we get to a certain threshold, everything's going to be great. that's how immunity we're going to be able to live more normally. in your opinion, is 62 percent in good enough. the terrible, i mean 62 percent is close to 50 percent and that goes to 100 percent. the reason where we are not vaccinated is because people are misinformed. there was not accurate information, but is vaccines and

a fake news that are allowed on social media? basically lead to the fact that patients and people at the end of the day will doubt necessity of having a vaccine. there's definitely a lack of trust in the government as well as a lack of trust in big pharmaceutical companies, especially now that an increasing number of so called lead vaccinated americans are being told. now if you haven't had a booster shot, you're not back need anymore. you as bad as all those people that didn't get back to vaccine mandate for domestic ad chapel. do you think that's the direction of a cutting and the vaccines are for your personal protection? we have seen less of evidence that the vaccine limits trans miss ability. if you don't have that part of the puzzle from a political message being and law making perspective, then you don't have the pretends to set up the mandate. put up other restrictions of occupancy restrictions or telling people that they need to wear a mask from when they walk in the building to least sit down and they can take it back off. none of this stuff is going to stop this buyer. we should be deciding for

ourself the best way out of it. the sooner we're going to be able to find the best equilibrium that we're going to have in this new reality that the mayor of chicago is under fire for wishing people happy. kwanza the holiday that celebrates african american culture, with many infuriated that she didn't instead address the cities crime rate. and after 3 people were shot and killed and $23.00 injured over the christmas break. joyous client, chicago. i mean, i wish to extend a very beautiful and process to all of you celebrated the see as you like the candles and gather in unity. we hope your holidays filled with rejoicing and happiness. how many people were shot this weekend? happy cleanser to the 4442 people shot in chicago in 2021. thank you for keeping chicago safe and crime free voting. blue works chicago is

experiencing its worst year for murders in a quarter of a century, with more than $780.00 people killed. there is also been a significant increase in sexual assaults and thefts. our guests agreed that the mayor and other politicians should be focusing their efforts at solving the crime wave in the city. i said about the, you know, cool for unity. i think they're upset that she chose to get that message. as opposed to specifically address the crime that's happening or see all over the over the last year. the fact that she's ignoring the fact that she again doesn't address the fact that over 90 percent of the victims are lacking brown over 90 percent of the perpetrators. so i don't think it's the message that people have. i think it's the one to disregard the papers she wants to focus on the holidays doesn't really ignore. doesn't really address the fact that a lot of people are not spending the holidays with their loved ones. because they

have to come to be murdered and being killed. weigh a lot of politicians think is that if they ignore bad news, the bad news goes away. whereas if they address it, it keeps it in the headlines. it perpetuates the new cycle rather than ignoring it, hopefully it falls out of that new cycle and reporters in the media and the general public moves on to other topics for a lot of things that are happening in american society. i think that the public in general is getting tired of politicians going platitudes and basically not doing anything to solve problems or you're watching are to international still to come in . the program talk is slammed for promoting transgender materials among minors that much more after break to stay with .

ah ah, so welcome, nick jam bruno to the show for this christmas week. special nick was casey research for a long time, but he started his own company focused on helping people to see the big economic

and geopolitical picture to survive and thrive. the changes ahead ah, welcome back. this is our to introduction. now tick tock. the app that has seemingly become the heart of the internet has been accused of helping children to be brainwashed by transgender influencers, activists to say that the viral videos promote changing sex for youngsters. identify as trends. oh, major concern is that millions of impressionable children are watching these online influences when these videos would lead a generation of children to believe is that it's easy to change sex and that it's the answer to all of your problems. videos with the trans, her hash tag, have been viewed 27000000000 times according to the firm's own data. more than a quarter of british users are aged between $15.25 and spend more than an hour a day on the app. activists and parents alike are raising the alarm over the

influence the site has on children and tick tock announced this year. it would work closely with stonewall the l. g. b g q writes charity. they both agreed to promote trans content. and stonewall says it's there to help children cope better with all gender issues, but the director of transgender trend believes that this partnership is a dangerous combination for impressionable youngsters. a need to recognize that stone, what is this calabi group that has a particular idea? logical belief, social media platform that's directed towards young people should not be aligned with the political not be great all over the transition videos that ready glamorize the idea of medical transition that they should be seen in a similar way as, as, as a website. that was pushing drugs on children, and i've always been, they different ways to rebel. and to show you that you were rebel as

a teenager or young person. but this particular way, of course, has the dangers of irreversible magical interventions. if you, if you want to help children to understand the feelings and fail not so in load, then you can have a lot of material that talks about how you can feel uncomfortable in sex. you can fail that you're not proper girl or look up the boys that you don't fit in with the stereotype. we're not presenting children with, with content about those kinds of problems or, or gender dysphoria. so it's a political message. stonewall and and others are sending children. it's not helpful message that enables children to find better coping strategies for those feelings of not fitting in a different president. putin fact russia's prison chief last week as

reforms get underway in the wake of a damning video that showed widespread abuse in the countries jails. now up next, we visit a notorious former prison in saint petersburg that has now been replaced with a more modern facility. the old jail was infamous in its day back in the 1900 ninety's when it was home to some of russia's most dangerous criminals. amid the chaos that followed the collapse of the soviet union constant rush, coff has been granted rare access to it. just to warn you though, his special report contains graphic, descriptions of violence. me were in saint petersburg and in front of what used to be rushes most infamous prison for more than a century. this was the largest incarceration facility in the whole of europe were the country's most notorious and violent criminals were being kept. now we're going to check out the jails, darkest parts that have been hidden from the general public. for decades. this

looks like a perfect sat for a horror movie. even after 4 years since the prison was shut down, its empty cells and court are still sent chills down your spine. this is one of the solitary confinement cells that were widely used during stalin's role in the 19 thirty's and forty's. i mean, you can see how small it is. i think 3 times smaller than a regular. so you can, i mean you can't even fully stretch out your arms while inside. you have to spend days and weeks in a cell like this where it can effectively only stand or sit on the edge of a small metal bed. lying down during the daytime is forbidden. well then it becomes how on earth in the prison was billed at the end of the 19th century as the most advanced facility of its kind in russia. firstly,

because of its iconic architecture, we cross shape of the 2 main buildings, not only gave the jailers unofficial name, but also made it easy for guards to monitor and access every corner of that prison . at a time when cctv cameras were mostly with history, the prison served as a pre detention facility. yet in the soviet times, there was also we did a good win for those found guilty of the most violent crimes like multiple murder behind the field gates. there was a small basement where there was sentenced to death were executed. he came to nationwide notoriety in the 9th ninety's when the severe economic crisis of follow the collapse of the soviet union and crime rates through the roof. russian streets became an arena of bloody wars between newly formed

criminal gangs. what are you looking at? what are you doing here anyway? who do you get to cover that cache you? i mean, oh, watch you that that would, that was kind of talk was colon back then there with dictionaries of criminals. lang was out of radical islam. my escape used to run among russian criminal circles in the 9992. he spent 8 months in this prison on record. your and charges are yeah, boy, of the businesses. someone told me money for went off to deal with the guy. i didn't go to raise the meetings will guns almost everyone has gone to that garage that the meeting place. luckily for me to run the crime rate was so high in the ninety's, europe's largest prison quickly became too small to fit in all the mob stores. and violent criminals up after work with the door opens and i felt the ugly mugs staring at me. their faces of hot criminals. yeah, that's all i sat down, the edge of the bed. it was

a place to sit down these guys looking at me like that. a little cigarette and off of these gangs is a smoke. they took almost a whole pack for me. so we smoked together and talked. so i realized is going to be okay. next warden who served in this prison at the time, recall some of the night mary scenes he witnessed every day at work for me to have caught up to 14 people used to shed this tiny cell. is it true that some inmates have been slapped on the floor under the bed? otherwise it was impossible to fit everyone in people's into shifts. a lack of funding had left the prison without the most basic things like toilet seat inmates ended up rolling their blankets to have at least minimum comfort growing up in russia in the nineties and seeing videos in this presence over crowded south. i vividly remember how terrified i was when i imagine what it would be like, walking into

a cell like this. were all these hardened tattooed criminals give you this look as the door slammed behind you. and some of the former inmates recalled that being rejected by a fellow prisoners and becoming a pariah, was something they feared most, some times more than solitary confinement or punishment from the guard. it was not . i mean, this is a terrible place that ruined the loss of people's lives. no doubt. but everyone who came out to the door, they were mentally damaged. it's clear to me, well, you know, how young guys were rates, but old mob, the couple of times they raped young guys simply because they wanted 6. the country's future president vladimir putin visited the crosses in the 1992. he was particularly shocked that prison dentist pulled out my teeth without painkillers. the decision was made to shut down the notorious jail altogether and build

a new one from scratch. in the next episode were inside the new prison that has replaced the old one is the most important to be is that we have a restroom. you can look from the inside. has any prisoner try to steal a night from you? what happened? i couldn't tell you what language and i killed them, i strangled and she really wanted to be back with you. he's wait for me or that as for me this hour i will be back and let's say 33 and a half minutes with another phone. first news, this is our to internation. ah ah. ah christmas. the traditional yuletide on a day this year may kitchen is traditional with a special christmas guide, me christmas tolerance,

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