in broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the united states has saw the year out with a grim new record by registering more than 3800 deaths in one day one of the worst affected areas new york logged almost 8000 new infections looks at how the pandemic has changed in that city. as the new year rolls around many in new york city are hoping that 2021 will be completely different the incoming administration of joe biden is promising that they will turn things around with coded 19 with very swift measures and a local government is reassuring everyone that soon things will be back to normal. here in new york city all of the country we're getting a shot of hope. we now know that we will ultimately defeat the coronavirus but what will this new normal be a lot of things won't be like that old pre lockdown world before the masks and temperature checks are one of many small businesses will be gone over 30 different retail and restaurant chains filed for bankruptcy in 2021 and many more downsizing stores and rest

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us and of course happy new year now all of russia's 11 time zones have now inaugurated the new year and just ahead of midnight the russian president used his annual new year's address to recognize those unable to share the celebrations with their families. friends and you know to everyone is sitting at the festive table right now lots of people are still in hospitals and i'm sure they feel the support of their loved ones and friends that i do you mean. with all my heart i wish you a speedy recovery and a happy return. although unfortunately we haven't managed to completely stop the pandemic yet the fight against it won't stop for a single minute fewest doctors and nurses paramedics continue to work hard. many of them are on duty on this festive nights. on a civil suit emergency service employees that are also solving the most difficult of tasks now military personnel that were destroyed in conflict zones abroad as peacekeepers assured the army and the navy it's thanks to

by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our 2 international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now several countries are making their anger felt after they received far fewer doses of the pfizer vaccine than expected 6 countries say that they were given very short notice while pfizer blamed the shortfall and manufacturing upgrades to boost production more details here is. europe is in panic the covert crisis is far from under control growing numbers of cases keep breaking daily records. are overwhelmed and an end to lock downs is nowhere in sight and now to make matters worse pfizer has announced it has to temporarily decrease shipments of its covert vaccine and the patient facilities and processes and the factual requires new quality tests and approvals from the authorities as a consequence a few doses will be available for a peon countries and the end of january and the beginning of february this temporary reduction will affect all european countries pfizer added that the delays are necessary to make improvements to its production line meant to boost

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now britain finalized its exit from the e.u. just 2 days from the e.u. just 2 days ago that's right and it is already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe are being turned back if they do not have the right customs paperwork and after 4 and a half years of resisting drugs into the country's. millions of remainders are in no mood to back down as our 2 sons can tailor reports. and so began the downswing new age of an independent britain off to 40 years of wed to bliss the u.k. is out on its own we saw the fast ferry leave britain's shores cross the channel and dock in kalai while the lorry to enter the euro tunnel off to midnight might have been given a friendly go ahead for others trying to cross from wales and i meant it wasn't such a pleasant the new wealth has been quiet and holy has so far today the port authority indicates that 6 freight loads bound for our land have had to be turned away do not have the correct references but being nearly bogged do

are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now we start with wednesday's storming of the capitol hill when thousands of trump supporters converged in washington for a last ditch stop to steal the rally shortly after in address by the president they marched to congress and invaded the building. 5 people died as a result of the unrest including a 35 year old air force veteran who was shot by police dozens of protesters have been charged and arrested r t america's ben swan witnessed events. well the atmosphere out here is absolutely incredible right now as you can see president trump is speaking addressing a huge crowd which is over by the white house but we're all backed up all the way to the washington monument. we know that people were storming into the capitol we know that tear gas was fired and we also know that rubber bullets were fired but i was just showing video a minute ago it from inside the capitol of a young woman on a stretcher bleeding pretty proof usually had a lot of blood on the side of

broadcasting live direct russian news moscow this is arch international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. 2 of spain's most populous regions have halted their vaccination campaigns over and supply shortfall madrid and catalonia have used up almost all available supplies and local officials believe brussels is partly to blame. we must stand up to brussels and demand more doses we need more vaccines and more tests and everything that distracts from this tosk will prolong the fight against the virus madrid and catalonia have administered almost all available doses and all remaining supplies are needed to provide 2nd doses to people who have already received a 1st shot the head of spain's vaccinations says it is a nationwide problem so. the number of doses we're receiving has been significantly reduced the vaccine is not being delivered to the rate that we anticipated it's a real problem for the national vaccination plan and it means a ton of us regions will have to review their strategies the supplies we do half will be needed to give 2nd doses to those who have already

by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r g international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us are now russia has confirmed its 1st case of a highly infectious covert mutation 1st to discovered in the u.k. but health chiefs have given their assurance that the russian maxine offers full protection against the new strain production of the drug is being ramped up millions of more doses are set to be released within a month it was done of 4 pts. this new strain has crossed its borders and sneaked into russia along with one of the passengers on board of a jet that came back from the u.k. after all it's a british strain now it's important to understand that right now russia has its borders with the u.k. shut down but that happened back in december when the borders were still open and the world was still learning about this new mutation of the virus but russian officials who are tasked with combat ing this coronavirus are saying that the citizens of russia should not really fear it should not fear this new mutation because the existing sputnik v. vaccine will

international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the high flying meeting in the swiss alps for the world economic forum is very different this year davos has gone digital because of the pandemic and a little earlier the russian president gave a lengthy address covering a raft of topics through video link but i've got to have talks through the key points he raised. this is that to me putin's 1st speech appearance or that of all since 2009 when he was prime minister and perhaps you know it hints at how severe the situation in the world is and that is what vladimir putin devoted a significant portion of his speech to this crisis that the world is facing today the severity of this crisis it is an upheaval in technology cultural social as well as economic huge disparities in the world that is that is resulting in a systematic collapse and vladimir putin highlighted that now we're facing a challenge a problem that is unprecedented over the last hard hard century since the 930 s. . 30 percent live with an income level that lower than $3.00 u.s. dollars a day so that's the kin

are broadcast live direct more studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad you had with us now a 3rd night of rioting has broken out in the netherlands over curfews being imposed to combat the spread of crowds of mostly young protesters have been seen torching items setting off fireworks and rampaging through the streets there are also reports of similar unrest in the southern city of it follows a weekend of unrest in several locations across the netherlands some of which has turned ugly prime minister mark has condemned the violence as criminal the country already has some of europe's strictest lockdown measures and is imposing an overnight curfew from 9 pm to 4 30 am flouting the measure attracts a near 100 euro fine. thousands also marched in spain and denmark with dozens of arrests protesters decrying what they see as the authorities mis management of the code crisis things also turned violent with clashes in suing german political commentator thomas fassbender and risk expert professor david alexander talked to us about the simmering impatience acr

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is arch international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now vladimir putin and joe biden have held their 1st phone conversation since the new u.s. president's inauguration and they touched on a number of hot button topics artie's reports. well the phone call was initiated by joe biden and it seems that much of the call focused on these start treating this is one of the nuclear agreement that was signed between the usa and russia at the conclusion of the cold war and it limits the number of nuclear weapons and nuclear delivery systems that both the united states and russia have now in the trumpet ministration period there were a number of nuclear treaties that expire the clear skies agreement expired the i.n.f. short range agreement expired as well and the new start treaty was scheduled to expire on february 5th but from what we understand there was an agreement on the phone between joe biden and between russian president vladimir putin that the the new start treaty which is set to expire on february 5th would

car broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now a total of $20000.00 u.s. national guard troops are expected to be deployed in washington d.c. for the naga ration of joe biden as president that is significantly more than the number of active duty u.s. troops currently stationed in afghanistan and iraq combined several 1000 of them filled the u.s. capitol building ahead of the vote to impeach president trump on wednesday to deter fresh protests from trump's. sorters it means biden's inauguration next week will be like none other since the nation's civil war and it has already created a national divide that was clearly seen during the debate in the u.s. house of representatives which ended with trump impeached for a 2nd time. donald trump is the most dangerous man to ever occupy the oval office this is so dangerous what you're doing that tyrant president they want to cancel the president he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love the houses action today will only extend the division l

from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now 1st this hour tributes are pouring in for the legendary t.v. and radio host larry king who has died at the age of $87.00 larry was admitted to the hospital earlier this month after testing positive for covert 19 in a career spanning more than 6 decades he interviewed many world changing figures including kings and queens presidents and prime ministers movie stars sporting legends and everyday people with amazing stories to tell the new york native became the master interviewer for generations of journalists. taylor looks back at his extraordinary career. a voice on a name at the became an institution larry king was the indisputable maust of the microphone and a case in point the when you find a job you enjoy doing that you'll never have to walk a day in your life are going to have a bad day but it will not affect. goes on. bad man. lawrence harris i go was born into a poor family of jewish immigrants and brooklyn the sudden death of his father left the family in dire financial

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are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is art international i'm sean thomas certainly. right now russia is developing a simplified version of its sputnik vaccine as a long term measure to meet international demand the new drug dubbed sputnik lite protects for a shorter time but only requires one dose instead of 2 its efficacy is thought to be around 85 percent compared to $95.00 for the full version of clinical trials involving $150.00 volunteers are ready to start and tests will continue throughout the year in the meantime mexico has become the latest nation to consider buying tens of millions of doses of russia's original vaccine artie's but i doubt it has more. the sputnik the vaccine once scorned and maligned is turning into an international bestseller production is surging to an average of 830000 doses a day so $4000000.00 doses over the next month the vaccine has already been approved in algeria and argentina serbia believe ia other countries and move by as a lineup i can say the vaccine is affected more than 90 percent based on the trial doubts and also less all

thanks for joining us here and i think internationally sean thomas will be here at the top of the hour with over. on this edition of crossfire we have a look at translate to see as president of the united states as our politics are so divided we shouldn't be surprised there are loads of the legacies depending on how you view trump there also can be no doubt he changed america and the president. seemed wrong all roles just don't all. mean you all get to shape out this day to come to advocate and engagement because of the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart when we choose to look for common ground the. the war in syria has lasted longer than world war 2. who has been suffering the most in this almost no doubt a long conflict regular syrian people. need is more than the many my many years in your brain as i could see everything with my own eyes and hear the stories of its residents one group in particular russian wives of syrian man.

lived direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now it is being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users are abandoning whatsapp over new terms which would mean users sharing more of their data with parent company facebook even global leaders are making the switch to more privacy centric rivals such as telegram looking at the trend here's dimitri. moving to greener pastures has been one of the key drivers of humanity's survival but if in the past people fled from war dictators and natural disasters today we're witnessing a very 21st century style of mass migration the already massive influx of new users to telegram has only accelerated we may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history millions have recently chosen to ditch the old new media as messengers and move to even newer ones like telegram or signal and there are 2 big bug bears behind the exodus privacy is the big one whatsapp snooty and see we'll see who is this little footprint shared more with parent firm facebo

of broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is arch international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us now the european union has announced it is imposing export controls on chronic virus vaccines made in member states amid around oversupply shortages brussels has also given the green light to the drug at the heart of the dispute made by british firm astra zeneca auntie's travelled to minsk he has the story. european union has confirmed that it is taking this extraordinary step of introducing export controls on a covert vaccines this means that any vaccine that is manufactured within the block that's the $27.00 at countries will not be able to be exported outside the block now this comes amidst a huge drought that's been blowing up of the last 2 days over that delivery shortfalls of the dose is this a collision of concerns that the transponding see and export all through the fortnight you actually see. as a protection and safety of our citizens is a perfect. repay that is companies to increase production and knowledge we expect them to do that work well for this hug

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international on sean thomas glad to have you with us we start with news from washington the house of representatives has voted to impeach president trump just a week before his term in office officially ends this time they accuse him of inciting his supporters to storm the capitol last week here is what some of the debate looked like earlier. donald trump is the most dangerous man to ever occupy the oval office the tyrant president not just about impeachment anymore it's about canceling as i've said canceling the president he must go he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all know houses in action today will only extend the division longer than necessary let's come together impeach the president for this high crime against the republic the charge is inciting him surrender we were and were $232.00 members of the u.s. house of representatives voted to impeach donald trump on that charge the highest vote for impeachment in all of us history 10 of those who voted to impeach trump were members of donald tr

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now the european union has announced it is imposing export controls on coronavirus of vaccines made in member states amid a raul over supply shortages brussels has also given the green light to the drug at the heart of the dispute made by a british firm astra zeneca. as the story for us european union has confirmed it is taking this extraordinary step of introducing export controls that scene's this means that anything that seems it is manufactured within the well that's the 22nd country. again. outside of the blog now this comes amidst a huge drought that's been blowing up of the last few days over that delivery shortfalls of the dos this is a collision of concerns that the transponder and export of the 492 exceeds. as a protection and safety of our citizens is a perfectly. we pay that is companies to increase production and knowledge we expect them to do it work well for this huge public spat that's been playing out over the last few days and

thomas jefferson, and abraham lincoln. there is only one person who has ever walked the earth who was perfect. that's jesus. name every school after. >> seante him back in? they threw him out of school. >> well, yeah, but he is the only person good enough for san francisco. the only hope they have. >> sean: good luck bringing that message out in san francisco. i will be there for that schiff show. you know, ric, i want you to talk about that. but you also gave the company insight giving president trump running in 2020. i want to hear that after you give your comments on this. >> well, first of all, what is happening in san francisco is exactly what nancy pelosi and gavin newsom want. this is their city. this is how he has laid out and how she has laid out the governing strategy for san francisco. this is outrageous to think that these great americans are not good enough to have a school named over them. and so, they are going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to strip the names but they are also going to spend millions of dollars on new uniforms, on repainting the school's basketball court. there's a whole bunch that goes into this

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