nic: thank you for having me on.he easterseals disability film challenge is a weekend film competition where over the course of a weekend, participants create films that have somebody with a disability in front of behind the camera. what was unique is that normally these are narrative films. this year, because of the coronavirus, we ultimately made a documentary short film competition where participants videos from the safety of their home. we have the most film submitted this year. i am really excited. host: how did the contest get started? nic: background on me. we are in a zoom world. i'm sitting down, so he cannot really tell, -- so you cannot really tell, but i am a little person. i am 3'10". it was my dream to act. i went to business school and i continued to do standup and acting and i learned early in my career that i have to be in charge in all facets of my career. writing, shooting, creating my own content. and ultimately, that led to work for me. work led to work. i am lucky that i have been in tv shows an

nic: sure.ell, just as you said, 61 million americans -- what is interesting about that is that the intersectionality of disability, that includes people of all different races, genders, ethnicities, religion. ultimately, we are talking about a huge percentage of people with disabilities. in terms of what brings all that group together, i would say the entertainment industry. what better platform than to be able to have film and tv where you could get a show like " speechless" in a title role on a tv show. so now if you have cerebral palsy, which intersects all different races, genders, ethnicities. if you have cerebral palsy and you see michael fowler on abc, then you are able to see yourself. i feel like it is the media that ultimately has an amazing platform of getting behind the disabilities community. beyond that, the disability community embracing these roles and these portrayals. host: in the years that you have been doing this, can you tell me one or two specific stories that you know ha

but is that because the see it's no ordinary sense nic he's home to his craft at specialist sent to school in the us these are diplomas which i did my set the school they teach us how to make you whole the ha ha ha it's not just to do it from her mouth you need to do it from your belly and when you do it from your belly must come from your belly out to all the way from inside that's the way how sad that smile as when they have a big belly ok you go like this oh christmas. and of course i add to it as i'm in the jerusalem sand then the holy land i gave with the whole i continued to be whole all holy land. just. it takes just 10 minutes for easter to transform himself into center clothes. her christmas. gifts today the palestinian sand is listing in nursery school outside the old city. as we walk he prepares himself mentally he wants to be able to answer any questions the children might ask oneself the hole you currently urgings clothes they are already asked me that i said go ahead or a year i park it you have the airport and then i go with the camel to jerusalem it's. just 30 thoughts i at

cnn's nic robertson is live this morning at 10 downing street. nic, boris johnson planned to ease restrictions around the current holiday, now a rude about face with this new variant of covid-19. >> reporter: 16.4 million people in the country, a third of england under a tier 4 lock down because of the new variant that the government says could be more transmissible by 70% more. scientists don't believe it's more deadly, just that it can transmit faster and more readily. the concern of course is over a shorter space of time, that could diminish capacity in hospitals and that would have a knock on health effect. but the immediate effect for the cabinet session boris johnson is having today, this emergency session with government experts is to look at the impact of the fact that more than 20 countries have now banned travel from the uk, most significantly across the channel to france, 20% of goods coming in and out of the uk, go across those port crossings, they are blocked today. 6,000 trucks stacked up on the roads. roads being closed by the poli

cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us live from lon do. good to see you, nic.dline is looming yet again. where's all this going? >> well, we know at the end of today there will be another telephone between boris johnson and the european commission president. we know that in about an hour and a half ago the eu's chief negotiator michelle bonn yea briefed eu ambassadors about how far the talks had moved so far. from the talks they'd had the previous day. they're obviously in talks continuing today. and we understand they moment that there haven't been significant progress or they certainly haven't bridged the gap ts on the three key remaining issues on fisheries, on the playing field and the regulations that would govern how you implement and manage the agreement, that those are still outstanding. and there does seem to be the tone coming from brussels coming out of that briefing the way that's been reported out, bonn yea's brief being the ambassador social security that the eu's willing to go the extra distance. the problem at the moment is however from their pe

in london our colleague nic robertson is there. everyone wants to know what the new variant is and i believe that prime minister boris johnson said it was 70% more transmissible? >> reporter: that's what the scientists are telling them, 70% more transmissible, not any more deadly and doesn't appear, the assessment so far in the uk it is resistant to the vaccines that exist. the spike protein on the coronavirus of this particular variant is more capable of penetrating the human cell to begin that chain reaction of infection. that's the assessment of british scientists so far and the prime minister reversed course over the weekend allowing much of the country to get together over a period of five days as many as three different family groupings in one house to enjoy christmas. he reversed that saturday and put one-third of england into the tightest lockdown the country has seen now in many ways. that meaning people can only have christmas with their own family in their own home. latvia, estonia, chile to canada to israel to saudi ara

nic robertson joins me live from london. nic, we've been here before. was talking to you sunday hours before the deadline was meant to expire, here we are again, are we any closer? >> reporter: if you believe as the european commission president, and there's no reason to disbelieve her, she said wednesday this week that progress had been made on most issues. she talked about how this level playing field issue, the idea that the uk regulations could track eu regulations and the uk wouldn't increase state aid to businesses that would undercut european businesses, she said that there were some agreements there. and i think this gave, in the middle of the week, everyone some optimism. but towards the end of the week, both acids have been making the position very clearly that they want to try to negotiate this out, that there is a narrow path to getting a deal here. michel barnier has told european parliamentarians who are putting in place this sunday deadline, saying if there isn't a deal done by sunday they won't have time to pass it through the european p

even ng is falling on this city it's time to open the doors of centers house seeing said nic is always a thrill especially during a pandemic don't follow the rules or. any on the xenon of my came to santa his house so my children could get to know father christmas this year there have hardly been any other activities in town so at least we can meet him and take a few photos with him and get into the spirit of things may be safe every year i mean i have 3 girls 3 little ones so because of color now you know the situation this year has been difficult especially for kids so to make them feel happy since we haven't done any christmas activities or came to see interest in them south or so says the only certain the holy land of i think. i think they should all. in spite of the pandemic the circus to see your aims to fulfil his duty. in knows that this. people need something to believe. the santa i want to give them love and joy but i want i want i try my best to give that either nobody will be a hound me i'll go in the street i'll give them but investors do the work. like that so it lifts. y

nic robertson joins us now from london with more on that. hi, nic. >> reporter: yeah, hi, robyn. move opportunity here to say wee negotiated very, very hard, it was tough we came really close. but it was a tough negotiation. unfortunately, we're going to have to make compromises to get a deal. now, that could be the narrative that emerges. those compromises if they're going to be made are political compromises and that's what boris johnson will have to do in the phone call today with those on the european commission president. i say boris johnson will have to make those but it's clear that confirmation will be required on both sides. the sticking points are pretty much what everyone has known about, and the negotiators absolutely know about. they are how are you going to regulate any agreement that's made? who enforces the checks and balances independent? you know, how is that done? secondly, it's a big issue for britain, 0.08% for massive gdp. but it's a massive issue for boris johnson that he can protect british fisheries. what it really means that the united kingdom wants to k

nic robertson joins me live from london. they're extending the deadline, is that a sign that they're close to a deal or just that each side just doesn't want to be the one to be seen to be walking away because there's so much at stake? >> the art of any negotiation is that neither side wants to be carrying the can for the blade. we've gone into the weekend in an atmosphere of gloom. you had the phone call yesterday between the european commission president and boris johnson. i think we're in a phase now, perhaps you can call it invigorated gloom but it's still gloom because we don't know what's actually happening in these talks, why they feel that they can actually bend some ground by continuing to talk, obviously a lot of pressure because of the cost of a failure to get a deal. a lot of pressure continue talking but we don't know on the basis of what. and this time there's no deadline put in place here. i think when you talk about the boris johnson managing expectations, you know, saying that this may come out to be no deal

nic robertson joins me from london.faced two major issues this year, the pandemic and brexit and now increasingly under fire for his handling of both. >> reporter: yeah. and this whole notion that the brexit trade deal talks could be resolved one way or another this weekend does seem to be sort of losing a little bit of credibility. a huge amount of pressure on boris johnson over the year that has eroded his credibility as a national leader in terms of handling co-vid, as you say, but also in the way that brexit is being handled. his party is divided over this. a hardline brexit people are insisting that he takes a tough line with the eu negotiators. and others in his party very cautious about the potential economic fallout and cost of a no-deal brexit. the position of the prime minister is tough. he's due to have a critical phone call with the european commission president in the next few minutes to determine whether or not the talks should continue. and in what form. but under -- we should be under no illusions the di

name the attacker which again is believed to be russia and that this attack will not go unanswered nic thanks a lot because true there. still ahead here on al-jazeera we look at why thailand is now facing a major corona virus outbreak merits capital. under attack a new report that shows the number of journalists being killed for their work is on the rise. in the immediate future got a bit of a warm dry up for the southern placed plain states for this here this is an arc of representing cold weather really snow in montana down towards colorado that live in chicago cross the plains states and move eastwards to come to because against this warm weather so eventually you get quite a concentration of quite severe weather potentially through tennessee and kentucky is 2 examples than the cold air that follows will bring snow initially just into the midwest and following that it's just cold out the ranch's in some in the sky but if i take it a bit further east so you can see the development here that looks quite potentially stormy in warm weather and a southerly and then that tucks in the give

rather about it nic you're winning rules and regulations that help the wall recess and reduce their panic. his arms reach. in the museum towards it's a brand new kit another reason why the walrus is good spirits can be seen up on the cliff so he says he's counted some $200.00 polar bears around vancouver him. the trick to have always lived alongside paul of this one so so gay knows when it's best to just leave the polar bear is suddenly looking too interested in a sea. a very great and our religion isn't that we believe that you're descended from an animal. my brother for example descends from a polar bear. they told me to my great disappointment that i am the descendant of awards not a little broader walk not too long ago a polar bear sinton something edible right in front of circus kitchen window the more they have attacked melts away the closer these predators get to humans. that's why even the smallest children here learn how to use a flare gun once a year so a guy pays a visit to the primary school inventor him here he teaches children how to avoid a confrontation with a band. the am

sure nic so the house to debate which is what we're seeing now is scheduled to wrap up with a vengeance the next few minutes for this final house vote to occur likely within this next hour from there this legislation will pass to the senate where the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said members will stay until it gets done and then on to the white house where president is expected to sign this bill into law that with this president you never know what you get until the moment comes but all of this is of course racing toward the midnight deadline which is in about 5 hours time here in washington if this doesn't all get done prior to midnight then the federal government could be shut down because that's when the funding runs out and that really speaks to how wide is bad this legislation is not only will it keep the government open for the next fiscal year not only will it provide the covert relief but there is plenty of other unrelated items to that congress really put off until these last few weeks within this lame duck session session to address but more on the scope and elem

nic robertson is at 10 downing street in london for us.if this trade deal comes to fruition, who comes out ahead? who loses here. >> reporter: the u.k. loses, expected to cut 4% of its gdp as a result of this trade deal and leaving the european. of course that's not the way it's argued politically here at all. it's a case of the u.k. gets its sovereignty. the u.k. can act in a different way in the european union, go after different markets around the world. the way it's being analyzed by the financial sector, it will be an economic hit for the u.k. a deal is expected to be announced fairly soon. this has taken literally 4 1/2 years to the day from a vote on the street at about 2:30 in the morning, the 24th of june, 2016, when the votes were being count asked it became clear that britain was leaving the european union. that was a momentous moment. it did feel like the country has shifted since then. 4 1/2 years later eleven months of talks this year to get to the point we're at now. and it is an historic moment for this country. certainly i

vexing the saffron crocus belongs to a family of plants that is quite potent sure nic says the strands of sash on the powerful even in tiny amounts in fact if you suffer from definitely affects you she rang contractions and you certainly shouldn't consume more than 1.5 grams a day for tack definitive x. marks in my eyes come off from calm soft. to be safe we're only going to use one small bag around half a gram soaked in a little white wine for our main course of togliatti with saccharine and chili. the hotter the chili the greater the boost to your circulation and your sex drive. after wiping the sweat off your brow from the main course a dessert of strawberries bonilla ice cream and chocolate would not go amiss right . well better not. otherwise you couldn't do all that good work by a carbohydrate with a high sugar content and the high fat content in a dessert like that does give you a brief energy boost by down off it then off to about 15 to 20 minutes you're more likely to feel like once and feel the need to go to sleep instead of just producing a hot shot him to gain. the strawber

but i hope there will not be as many deaths one life lost is one too many well it's straight away to nic in lena's ever since she was joining us from. croatia so you've been monitoring the situation there tell us what you can see. yes. a small town in central part of croatia so far i can say center of town ruined many buildings in their garden called lives so far we know of one girl 12 years old is killed but there are also many injured people every few minutes weakens he hears and violence rushing 2 to see suck the nearest hospital and also capital of zagreb the 2nd the hospital mayor of spirit 2 we can hear him cry for help he said anyone just help he just came to pay to come to pay 3 and help armies here police here nurses said doctors everybody came but what dutch made the most the ordinary people from other parts are for. they also came i spoke to them they said we saw. pictures on television we also said we also have children so we decided to come they have alter they have shovels just so they came and help. like 15 minutes after the earthquake. this was totally system collapse int

when the organize nic-- organis it becomes disease. they are the product of infectious agents. they stimulate the body to produce their own antibodies. that is how a vaccine against polio works. now let me tell you thousand is made. first, the polio virus is grown on tissue from monkey kidneys. each must be grown separately. second the virus of each type is activated separately over a period of days. third, the three enactivated vir viruses are mixed. final think is bottled for distribution. now let me explain what we mean by inactivation. at the beginning, there might be as many as four million slooif virus particles in substance. at the lowest point, that virus concentration can be measured, there might be only one virus particle in a quart of material. but in practice, the manufacturers don't stop there. the inactivation process is at this point. you might wonder why they can't treat it for safety. this is not possible because the vaccine loses some of its power to treat immunity if it is given too long. a good vaccine must be made as effective and safe as possible. the basi

nic robertson is live at 10 downing street in london. what's the latest at this hour, nic?porter: sure. erica, it feels like an historic day here today, but it's sort of been on again, off again this morning. we're expecting some kind of statement at some point, it's been almost sort of anticipated. late last night and then the talks went on, pizzas were seen going into the negotiation rooms at the uk headquarters in brussels. we understand overnight, they were talking about really, really small details over the fishing rights of eu fishermen and uk waters after the deal is done. and they were talking about, you know, would the eu fisherman be able to get the fish only at bottom of the sea or some of those in the middle of the sea, like the herring and mackerel and tuna and things like that. those are some of the very fine details that we understand are still being hammered out. but the anticipation at the moment is that there will be a deal and it's coming in the -- just a week shy of the deadline, which is the end of the year. the next steps will be ratification. likely,

on this way to work in the old city this is centers house the work place of jerusalem say nic and also it says family home it's. december the busiest time of the year for santa and yet in 2020 the pandemic has changed everything it's azeri hard for us with this crazy situation what we have would cover 19 i try my best to have a plan a b. c. that has me as a santa i'm trying to bring joy for jerusalem and to the word also my message is always love and happy and happiness and safety for them and joy and we say inshallah everything would be ok the palestinian christian from jerusalem's old city has been slipping into the role of santa claus for the last 3 years in real life he's a former professional basketball player turned coach is a remembers that there was no santa around when he was growing up in jerusalem a city 3 were 2 religions called home when i was a kid i never see really sad and that's why i want to eat of the children here this evening t.v. in a show on pictures or fake santa the like a toy and now when they see it real in jerusalem they feel very proud of what we have said

even ng is falling on this city it's time to open the doors of centers house seeing said nic is always a thrill especially during a pandemic when folks only use the. n.p.r. museum not of my came to santas house so my children could get to know father christmas this year there have hardly been any other activities in town so at least we can meet him and take a few photos with him and get into the spirit of things maybe safe every year and i have 3 girls 3 little ones because of course or no you know the situation this year has been difficult especially for kids so to make them feel happy since we haven't done any christmas activities who came to see duracell in south or so says the only certain the holy land i think. that. i think they should do it. in spite of the pandemic the circus to see your aims to fulfill his duties. as. he knows that this year old people need something to believe. the santa i want to give them love and joy but i want i want i try my best to give them either if nobody would be a hound me i'll go in the streets i'll give them but most of the work. that they sell i

good to see you, nic. one of the biggest concerns is the serious impact on food supplies coming into the uk, and then, of course, there is the chaos surrounding travel restrictions on families for christmas, all due to this new covid variant. how bad could this potential by get? >> reporter: i think we got an indication how much the government is concerned about how this could impact people in the country, whether or not they're worried about the possibility of panic buying or just sort of settling people's nerves, after what has been a very unsettling weekend for people having their travel and christmas plans up ended by the prime minister. the transportation secretary has been on british television this morning, trying to calm people's expectations about what this means to have the truck crossings into france closed for the next 48 hours. he said look, only 20% of goods come and go between the uk and france across that channel, across that channel crossing. so minimizing that, he said the majority of goo

you'll start to question all america a way to really excel there nic related to them and it is a rare event to create in a period community a very rare day undercover and i'm going to say about a side the area you will get exposed to on t.v. i can't wait for decontaminate reply marielle if your audience is as brave and everything to. track down. where narrow you can defend yourself and your reference from the weapons of mass communication. thanks for the teen girl fear of the enemy out there is your reaction to an error. americans love by an aunt. this was a fundamental part of how our political leadership and our country at large understood the bargain you get a hoe and then you know rebel right that's the things you don't revolt if you have a stake in the system. and be really interesting to dial it back and think about the longer deeper history l.a. housings men in the united states not just that question of the american dream that the bigger question of who the dream is and for. this hour's headlines stories the e.u. strikes a milestone deal with china removing barriers to investm

you will start to question all about your way to excel the nic related to yemen to. earlier era going to create enough career to media narrative a undercover going to destabilize iraq. if you will get exposed i'll take your complaints decontaminate your lying low self reliance and brave everything to. track down. where you can defend yourself and your everyone from the weapons of mass communications. thanks for the r.t. to. give the enemy our fingers you. know whole battle for the journalists always you will gobble to of all was looking scared when it's a lot of the kindle. so do these they're for sure the war well this is the. wolf when you can do that if you have one. that i would do to me. if you did that most of the people machines and you. did you spoke of the 2 young girls well my yeah but. none of us have but they told us they chased to a bird that he saw you the world they had this minute by minute that is so well. certainly this own choice meaning that it's own the design up with the set and still. pushing you to do that we would be. for the guns. for that t

correspondent nick calmly who's reported extensively from belarus welcome nic so what does this prize it means for the push for democracy in belarus. well this is obviously an important symbolic gesture from e.u. lawmakers there underlining if it needed to be done once again their support for that democratic opposition in belarus in a way though this is nothing really new city has spent the last few months traveling around europe been getting the red carpet treatment wherever she's gone most european governments have said that they do not recognize alexander lukashenko as the legitimate president anymore they see her as the winner of that election so this is the question now how much is a prize like this really change definitely in recent weeks we've heard the calls from the opposition from cities. that you're now has to follow on those warm words with concrete measures these sanctions the e.u. has imposed so far have been very targeted at the top layers of the regime travel bans assets freezes nothing really that could really surprise the regime that basically has been under sanction

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cnn's nic robertson joins me with more.ran has given different versions of how the assassination was carried out. why has it changed so many types? >> reporter: it appears to be more information has come to light. that's the way it was presented, initially an assassination, and more details about the assassination, and the discovery that official says was this new and complex type of attack. there also seems to be potentially an effort here to give an explanation for why such a highly valued and prized scientist who has security around him, has security detail with him could be killed. the after math of mohsen's assassination indicates a carefully planned attack. was it a high-tech killing as iranian officials say or sloppy iranian security? as hollywood graphically depicts, in breaking bad, the k key fob is the trigger. in the real world, in iran, hypothetically possible. >> the channel is in target acquisition. how does the autonomous device work out what it's supposed to be shooting. >> reporter: in an assassination, mor

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cnn's nic robertson joins us live from london. we've seen those chaotic scenes coming out of london as people try to get out before the lockdown came into place. flights have been cancelled to the uk to stop the spread of that variant. and now we're learning that france has imposed a 48-hour truck freeze. tell us about the immediate impact. >> reporter: it's a big concern for the british government. one of the central reasons why boris johnson will be holding that important cabinet meeting today, with top cabinet officials and chief advisers, because fresh food and produce, frozen food and produce and items destined for british factories come in daily across the channel crossings, about 10,000 trucks cross every day. now, the uk can survive obviously without some of those products coming across the border, the things that would come across this time of the year in bulk would be brussel sprouts, cabbages, those sorts of things. but the idea that the uk can suddenly, without warning, be shut off from those food products and many med

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nic, the prime minister is imposing emergency new restrictions there, what is happening?eporter: 16.4 million people in the country, about a third of the population in england have been put under tighter restrictions until just a couple of days ago, people were told they could have three different households in their house for christmas dinner at the end of the week, they could stay for five days. over the weekend, the prime minister turned that around and people are being told you cannot leave the area, the southeast of the country. don't have anyone into your house, that's absolutely forbidden over christmas, only your family in the house over christmas and the reaction from countries around the world, isolating britain effectively, countries from argentina, columbia, el salvador, canada, israel, kuwait, saudi arabia, pakistan, jordan and in europe as well. latvia, the netherlands, belgium, germany, france, all puts restrictions for citizens, most critical the restriction from france, the accompanied freight trucks cannot come from france, and that's where 20% of the su

nic robertson joins me live from london.he fact that they have extended the deadline, is that a sign that they're close to a deal or that each side doesn't want to be seen to be the one walking away, kind of as boris johnson said in that clip there, just because there's so much at stake? >> i think it's that what's at stake. the reality starts stacking up, the maneuvering, the public sound bites which create a narrative of extreme scenarios. everyone knows there's no deal, there will be backlogs of traffic at the borders, as a potential shortage for food and medicines and all of these sorts of things. everyone has known that going into talks. when you're sort of staring down the barrel of this happening skpand you know, the british, for example, the prime minister has the navy on stand by to put into the english channel to protect british fishermen from the potential of french fishermen. when the rhetoric goes up like that, it sharpens and focuses people's minds. these talks are going on without a set deadline. we have heard

nic, you don't depend on walk-ins.you can use your expertise. how has this affected your business? >> you are absolutely right and thank you for having me this morning. we serve almost every other business in the industry ones being affected by the lockdowns. how this effects us is i think a great example of what is going to happen with our economy coming is trickle down effect as they get hit and they lose tricks over to us. it's been very, did he difficu difficult. brian: locked down your entire state 33 million people basically say stay home and we are not going to supply any type of supplies or paychecks for example sal pay grounds, zoos, museums, shut down. retail store capacity 20%. travel and leisure use of hotels are banned. catering band. the governor is looking out for you. isn't that reassuring? >> i don't necessarily know that they're looking out for us you will actions speak louder than words. they don't believe in heir own edigits. and it's so it's going to be increasingly difficult. frankly, i don't know

nic robertson, cnn, london. >>> and joining me, now, from london. whitman is a professor of politics at the university of kent and uk and europe fellow at chatham house. good to see you, professor. so, quote, canada jumbo-style deal. but, what do you make of what we know? how good a deal is it for britain? and europe, for that matter? we really don't know all the details. >> well, if this was a deal that the eu was doing with a country, you know, a country that hadn't been a member state, then it would be a deal praised in the heavens. but, of course, this is really walking back from what had been a fully liberalized trade relationship between the two sides. so, it's highly unusual, stepping back from fully liberalized trade. >> one small thing that might be a reality check for the average person. i mean, things like not being able to use eu lines at airports and so on. having to get a visa when they go to europe. but -- but in a broader sense, how might life change for britons? >> really, since the uk left at the end of january, things haven't chan

cnn's nic robertson is joining us live from london with the latest. this variant was first detected in the uk back in september. why has it taken the british government so long to act? >> reporter: what the british government says is that it has excellent sequencing in the uk and keeping the finger on the pulse on the expected mutations of coronavirus. they say that their scientists have picked this up but the key fact for the government and what they say clearly is they with respect aware that it had this suspected and feared increased rate of infection, this ability to infect more people more quickly until very, very recently so when a week ago the british prime minister said that he wouldn't be canceling christmas, that you could have three families together over christmas the country took this as a sign that the government was accurately understanding and dealing with its own concern about this new variant. however over the course of the past week the government said that it had gotten more information from its scientists, that it was able to see

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nic novicki at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> welcomes dwight d eisenhower president of the united states of america. [applause] the occasion preserves unbroken -- [applause] >> a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt, the great and the new great have addressed this audience, but tonight we welcome a man who history will record as among world leaders in the hour of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid succession of communist aggressions as millions of people were enveloped the nine the far-reaching iron curtain. i have in my estimate of futility of the stem in korea, the rampage in her in a homelah was leading up to savings of -- and traveling our free enterprise economy. here then is the man trained in war, would be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more, he is our friend whom we love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the commonwealth club. i'm george hammond chair of the amenit

nic novicki at 8 p.m.eastern on c-span's q&a. >> stay with c-span for our continuing coverage of the transition of power as president-elect joe biden moves closer to the presidency with the electoral college votes cast from states across the country join us on january 6 leiva 1 p.m. eastern for the joint session of congress to count the votes and declared the winner for president and vice president. and finally at noon on january 20 the inauguration of the 46 president of the united states. our live coverage begins at 7 a.m. eastern from the statehouse to congress to the white house watch it all live on c-span, on the go@c-span.org or c-span.org or listen using the free c-span radio app. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2, every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. booktv on c-span2 created by america's cable-television company. today we are brought to you by the -- as a public service. >> okay. welcome to politics and prose live. we are here tonight with sonia shah and before we get st

nic robertson explains. >> reporter: boris johnson has had a tough year and it shows.is party, in rebellion, as waves of covid-19 pandemic battering britain, worse than most other nations. >> we did it. >> reporter: yet, a year ago, surfing electoral success. >> i am humbled that you have put your trust in me. >> reporter: a massive, 80 mp majority. then, came covid-19's first wave. >> i was at a hospital, the other night, where i think there were actually a few coronavirus patients. and i shook hands with everybody. >> reporter: johnson, slow to grasp the gravity. >> you must stay at home. >> reporter: slow to lock down. slow on ppe. slow on test and trace. >> i've taken a test that has come out positive. >> reporter: days later, rushed to hospital. >> nhs has saved my life, no question. >> reporter: by mid-december, more than 60,000 of his citizens, not so lucky. many, in care homes, lost their lives to covid-19. and through it all, johnson losing credibility. >> anyone who cannot work from home should be actively encouraged to go to work. >> reporter: his return-to-

we were of course try and get back to nic the day here on al-jazeera biffen eyeless move on to other news the ethiopian government says it's still chasing undefeated fighters from the great people's liberation front federal troops captured the region's capital mikhail lee last week but hundreds of people are still being displaced daily aid agencies say the area is too volatile to distribute humanitarian assistance within a 1000000 people into thought to have been displaced will joining us now here from doha is peter mahrer he's the presidents of the committee of the international committee of the red cross is good to have you where those here on out 0. just to start with a broad view of the situation the u.n. has been shots at trying to get into the area that the species area and delivery see people who need it you i'm assuming have staff in the area have they been subject to the same attacks and harassments. well we have seen a 10 security situation over the last weeks emerging we have been spared for the time being off major security incidents but indeed we have been in. for since

you'll start to question the whole merit your way to excel there nic related to yemen to marianne to create enough for your community america undercover to destabilize the. literary if you will get exposed on t.v. i can't wait for decontaminate your nightmares l.q. i'll use filters and break later everything to. track down. where mary you can defend yourself enjoyed ramblers from the weapons of mass communication. thanks for the teen girls give the enemy the same good do an heirloom early. pay why are people in debt so much wealthier now housing a very expensive. education very expensive and health care is very expensive because of all the money for. i think that's being done to help people manage their expenses. what a joke. please name the. poor. usual let's just call them up if we are to. easily double their life. i don't look. back and sure enough. even the answer to. this is very silly to. believe if i'm. more simple spiros mean sure when you read of those lists initial want to show you just what that also has been. soaked up progress for doing more to draw all. of it in that yo

nic novicki at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> welcomes dwight d eisenhower president of the united states of america. [applause]

nic the height of the conflted into vietnam he became a single parent of two ung children.lot. we slept in rest areas. we slept in our car. i didn't realize that we were acally homeless. it makesalour world really if we happened to stay in a motel that a happened to have tv, it was really special. we loved nova. especially when it would be about space.ld we walk for hours about the universe. watching nova, i felt big, like, my mind was big, my ideas were big. the trajectory of my life changed. i could see a world outside of our poverty and i felt like things were going to get better.♪ s opened up a world i didn't know existed. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodrf. the newshour tonight, getting the vaccine-- who will be t e fi be offered a shot to prevent covid? we break down the critical decisions.n then, the bienda-- what the president-elect's team say about its planor an economic covery plus, boomerang: making sense of why the pandemic is forcing millennials to move back home with their parents. >> i'm a 36 year old

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correspondent nick calmly who's reported extensively from belarus welcome nic so what does this prize that means for the push for democracy in belarus. well this is obviously an important symbolic gesture for you lawmakers there underlining if it needed to be done once again their support for that democratic opposition in belarus in a way though this is nothing really new silicone has spent the last few months traveling around europe in getting the red carpet treatment wherever she's gone most european governments have said that they do not recognize alexander lukashenko as the legitimate president anymore they see her as the winner of that election so this is the question now how much is a prize like this really change definitely in recent weeks we've heard. calls from the opposition from city. that you're now has to follow on this is for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk but most people here don't want to be recognized you know you agree to be filmed wearing a mask one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one l

until recently more male also lived with her in her house now he comes to visit regularly a couple nic others around us and how am i. not where. i don't know if i'm alive or dead i don't send them here though i have nobody to talk to their friends we have nothing not that i miss have all said be stuck on him if you could you imagine moving to tuzla or would you prefer to stay here. your fellow us remember and every i visit here every now and then i don't want to be in your way you have to live your life without me brother and yeah. yes i mean it's hard for me to let loose but i know it's better for him he has friends he goes to university his studies he's looking for a better life that fulfills me and makes it easy and it works if it's financially slatter mean of it cheers dependent on support from our son most of the survivors of the genocide have still not received any states of fallout. still more of you have nothing you know you never know what's know they will bring to you she's also very sick you know and she have a hard depression you know because of all of this situation and in