tim anderson the low to mid 50s. they will drop into the 40s late tonight. highs tomorrow , only the middle portion of the 50s. the rain and wind arrive on saturday. sunday, showery . not necessarily a washout , but unsettled. some straggling showers early monday. we dry out for a few days, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday , but it is still going to be chilly. it is december, after all. >> worth repeating, try not to go to the mountains this weekend. >> the widow tomorrow afternoon to work your way up there. after that, forget about it. >>> we are live at walnut creek on ice . throughout this whole food drive , we have met some amazing volunteers. we are going to introduce you to a stroke survivor who found >>> we are live in contra costa county where you can still skate for free at walnut creek on ice. all you need to do is bring a food item or make a monetary donation. there's still some spots left. if you are worried about the rain , we are in a covered area. still a lot of skating to happen here. john ramos introduces us to a volunteer, a north bay man w

we heard from and difficult alice, tim anderson who says australia is concerns about the alleged chinese threat have stemmed from an over reliance on policy directives from the u. s. this is a serious abuse all public money. the fact that a us from the think tank is urging purchases. australian purchases of u. s. military equipment is at the least a serious conflict of interest than properly at the worst, some serious corruption going on there. but we have to understand this in the context of the operations of the a strain military which are largely to serve as an adjunct for the u. s. military adventures all round the world. while you might say the blow back or the backlash from all of the other wars that we've been dragged into, china has done nothing against australia is particularly interest. china has in fact been major trading partner and potentially a major investor in australia and to raise the specter of some direct confrontation with china is, could well pose an existential threat to the australian system. so i think you have people across the political spectrum in australia, v

tim anderson, who says that papa new guinea wants to remain neutral and not get drawn into global politics. in terms of multi polarity. it's not something that's discussed enormously there, but it's certainly the case that they want to maintain this autonomy and not get drawn into big politics. i mean, you, its influence in this part of the pacific is largely through its proxies or sometimes called deputy sheriffs, lieutenants, australia, new zealand, australia, new zealand have exercised a lot of influence in the region, particularly through the pacific, all in forum which they dominate the chinese in, in the pacific, in the southeast pacific, like in africa, like in many countries, are major investors, these guys, an infrastructure in resource industries and so on. now what the pacific islands walk really is not to destroy their traditional relationships, but rather to have equal dignified relationships with other countries. and i think that's quite a reasonable position. and that's a rob on this ours most pressing new stories from around the globe for more head over to r t dot com. and

we heard from tim anderson direct, so the sense of account the hedge, a monic studies. he says the us deliberately undermines international institutions if they don't serve washington's interests. in today's world, the u. s. has really been dis, satisfied with all of the institutions in terms of we're used to call a rules based order and has been systematically undermining them. what the biden administration says now is really consistent with what the trump administration says. the u. s. is declaring economic war on more than half the world these days. and these old ideas of independent panels, judging countries in trade, disputes is not suited to you as interest these days are just so happens that china and australia are on the same side on this issue. but that's not to under martin, the fact that there are serious tensions between china and australia considering australia has decided to start in government is destroyed at this to side with the us in its attempts to isolate or contain china by sending warships, for example, to the south china sea with the us, imposing

we heard from and difficult alice, tim anderson who says, australia's concerns about the alleged chinese threat have stemmed from an over reliance on policy directives from the u. s.

countries have spoken out in protesting against that pressure by washington that goes live to tim anderson, director of the center of counter hedge, a monic, so his tim, happy new year. i'm not just your blue almost. so thanks for joining us here at archie. now, the smart, these old dispute is tre dispute between china, australia. they appear to agree that the u. s. is overstepping espoused by preventing judges from joining. you know, the panel. what do you think of this? i will, she'll take on washington's a move and will it be affected by what australian trying to think will happy new year to you too. thank you. yes, it's not really just in the strike thing, i believe almost 80 percent of the w a members are 164 members opposed to this and i'm trying to get round this u. s. blockage on the pointing new judges to the dispute settlement board, which is one of the key institutions of the government. but i mean in, in today's world, the u. s. has really been dissatisfied with all of the institutions in terms of what used to call rules based order and has been systematically undermining them.

publishing. thousands of lease documents, the director of the center for counter hedge, a monic studies tim anderson. welcome to the australian pm's intervention, but he believes it's taken too long. anthony albany slide many and all in his party have been really saying one thing privately and doing nothing publicly. and they are really looking for permission from some other players to move forward. and that move forward very cautiously. so it's a welcome move that he is rising up with you as the authorities. but he's raised it without addressing any of the questions in principle. and he's raised it after a large number of the corporate media, the new york times washington post the guardian, so on have rice at themselves. so in other words, it, it seems like a safe time for albany to start raising it. now. he's rising it in a, in a safe way, which might have some moral persuasion on the bought administration, who knows, but at least after all these many years, he is finally saying something with a winter season here for many across the world. some fiery celebrations have already been spotted in roma

tim anderson. thank you, tim. thank you. welcome. turning to africa. now we're 17 countries have agreed to a landmark trial agreement aimed at streamlining the continent, civil aviation. the single african air transport market is a flagship project of the african union. that main aim is to interconnect the continents nations by relaxing existing regulation and allowing aviation companies to work together to maximize opportunities. the market is also set to contribute to africa's economic growth by creating new jobs, as well as allowing free movement around the continent. local corresponded poem, david reports. it is common knowledge that the costs for flights between african cities is of the most expensive regional travel in the world. many airlines, how to route to europe, to connect back to africa, which has negatively impacted economic growth in africa. well, that may be about to change the single africa ad transports markets initiative was this cost for approval and gratification by international and africans. civil abuse shall leaders. in short, a

tim, how big a deal is this? >> andersonour government basically is forcing our intelligence community to release things they never wanted to release. remember, this is the fourth or fifth bite at the apple that the intelligence community had. and the first few go-arounds, the intelligence community kept arguing for national security reasons we can't release these details. and the combination of trump's conspiracy thinking and joe biden's determination for transparency has led to this day where we have documents that have no redactions at all, which talk about very sensitive cia operations that have nothing to do with the assassination of jfk, but everything to do with the secret world of the 1960s and '70s. >> does anything change the official historical record or conclusion about jfk's assassination? >> no. nothing -- i mean, i have to say, this was described as ten "war & peace." i couldn't get through one in the course of an afternoon. i sampled based on some assumptions about, about 10% of the material. i didn't see any

dressed in a kilt tim hopped up and enthusiastically whipped the baton through the air for a rendition of leroy anderson's prior experience, again, won a raffle and just hopped up there doing a nice job. the orchestra did manage to follow along and it tim became a viral star for his theatrics. some of the classically trained musicians did admit afterwards they had to look away so as not to laugh at tim's lively conducting. love your passion, tim. >>> our next high is the joy of freshly fallen snow. albert is a camel born in texas and now living in anmal sanctuary in california. the 5-month old had never seen snow until he woke up last week to a winter wonderland on the farm. albert could not contain his excitement. >> you're a snow camel. he is so excited. a snow camel. >> i mean it is exciting. shelly loves to run the 200 acre ranch where albert lived said albert rounded up his goat friends to take them on a walk in the fresh powder. check this out, guys. she says he's a lovebug at the farm often trying to plant cis kisses on the dogs despite their best efforts. love that guy. >>> our final high goes to

could be delivered to discuss the issue and now crossing lived at sim anderson director the center for counter hedge a monic studies. tim, thanks for joining us here. arching. now the seems to be look at some external influences in the purge of these new untested be $21.00. stealth aircraft also take on the findings of this big tank. yes, will this, as you alluded to this, think tank is founded by the u. s. military to a fair degree and the australian government. and of course, the fact that a u. s. funded the think tank is urging purchases. australian purchases of u. s. military equipment is at the least a serious conflict of interest, then probably at the worse, some serious corruption going on there. but we have to understand this in the context of the operations of destroying military which are largely to serve as an adjunct for the u. s. military adventures all round the world, so the military or the hardware, let's say. and also the strategic planning of, of the strong military has been mostly not to defend australia, but the 2 ladies at junk role in all of the u. s. military adventures. whether they be in vietnam

. >> no, tim, he's not on a dating app but he's on new year's eve. >> i'm back. >> same old spot right after anderson and there's going to be hijinks and we'll see what happens in new orleans. >> they don't drink down there i heard. >> hum-um. >> you read your bible and go to bed. >> bible versus with mom and then we'll be -- we're going to have some fun. we'll see. coming up. >> i'm going to put the kids to bed and try to stay awake. >>> this is the craziest story ever, like is it so five years ago or so two years ago. >> it might be the craziest for today. >> donald trump's announcement turns out to be a digital trading card of himself. reaction from president biden and steve bannon. before we begin, i'd like to thank our sponsor, liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. and by switching, you could even save $652. thank you, libertyutual. why? why? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i c