u. s. c. thanks so much stephen beardsley from d. w. a. business you now to madagascar where a government minister is being hailed as a hero and an example to follow after surviving and helicopter crash at sea sash, gentle swam for some 12 hours before he was rescued. the police minister had been helping search for survivors after a cargo ship a legally carrying 100. 30 passengers sank off not a gas grill, northeastern coast fishermen who sit out before dawn spotted some one in the water . exhausted and still in his wet uniform, madagascar, police minister recorded the message. i call them hidden, i'm alive and well. in 24 hours. i can be back at work. i'm not injured, but very cold. my doctor, i'm thankful to the people of mumble for saving my life and taking care of me. lending and figure. the fisherman brought the 57 year old, safely back to shore. after he spent 12 hours at sea. and other survivor and enforced mechanic managed to swim the entire way to the beach. the body of one of the men and the helicopter has been recovered, but the

u. s. senate chief of staff to joe biden. he joins us from washington, d. c. thank you for for your time. what did you make of today's conversation between piece and bite and what is this that each side wants? well, this is a crisis of the kremlin making and is what is unclear in all of this is what constitutes in vladimir putin's mind, of the security of russia and normalization that does not require a treating its neighbors such as ukraine and georgia as satellites and implicit in all of this and in explicit in one of the demands of the kremlin, is that the ukraine and by extension, any other country, such as georgia, that might be interested in joining nato to be denied that. and the administration is made clear that that is not acceptable, that sovereign nations are precisely racked. and therefore, there will not be a determination made between the kremlin and 3rd parties as to the destination or the, the, the desires, if you will, of the ukrainian and georgian peak. why the sudden flurry in diplomatic activity that between the us and russia in recent weeks they

thanks a lot. but the more still ahead on the news are including australia, join c, u. s. diplomatic boycott of next, he has winter olympics and beijing, but china says it doesn't tell why a large coal fired power plant in northern bows near is being linked with towns rise and deaths and approaches. right? chocolate ship is on the angeles with his trailing open despite questions at his cave, we've got 2 nations datasets criminals. ah o. f schultz has been sworn in as japanese new chancellor. he's replace anglo merkel who's left off his off to 16 years, shots as incoming coalition government has promised to step up efforts against climate change and the pandemic. amongst many other things, alex goes to step ross. a new joins is from the presidential residence in berlin as it was quite a moment. this is no linchpin of german and european politics gone after 16 years. and we have a new chancellor. yes, absolutely. and i'm not at the presidential rest of it. but at the new office of the new chancellor at the moment, all of shows is expected here any minute here, i'm glad merk

thank you so much. kimberly health report from washington d. c. so that's the situation over in the u. s. let's bring in. we're trying to talk about what's going on in the u. k. and so what are the chances of new restrictions for england being announced soon, dory? well, i think they're receding, they have not disappeared, but it's basically burst. johnson has not had any new data for the last 2 days. the last number on new infections was on friday over christmas and boxing day they weren't published. so he will see today the state that he seems since before the weekend and on that basis he will make, i think, a decision about whether they're going to be me restrictions coming in before new year. he really is going to face, i think, a very reluctant cabinets and back benches within his own conservative policy. if he tries to push through any new restrictions that is because they feel vindicated in trying to keep the restrictions as minimal as possible because they are looking at the, the data that is coming out on, on the kron from various studies around the world. and they are seeing wha

thank that. my candidate for us in washington d. c. o has got more now on the u. k. 's preparations and 8 chess england. that's national health service is opening temporary field hospitals. at the moment, the number of people admitted to hospital is significantly lower than earlier in the year. $1200.00 are being admitted each day compared to $4500.00 last january. but the number is rising. the latest figure shows that hospital admissions are at the highest level since march. however, despite arise and hospital admissions, the number of people in intensive care is dropping or a challenge. so it's now up from london, rory, so the numbers there, it's sort of a mixed picture, right? tell us more about how the in a chess is preparing for these record infection. numbers are the only just supposed to be given a ball park figure of about 10000 hospitalizations or the one point to when things start to get ready tricky. and they are just creeping over that benchmark for england lee. so the plan is to set up for that calling face surge hobbs, various hospitals around the country,

u. s. in this particular unfolding of the markets. green inside has always been less christy i and octavia mirandi of openness, l. c. thank you both for your time. thank you. and us, senator. ted cruz has secured an agreement for a vote on possible sanctions for the nordstrom q pipeline. now as part of a deal to clear the way for dozens of bite and nominees, the senate will vote on cruises, legislation on sanctions related to the construction of the pipeline by january 14th. it will need 60 votes in order to pass. now this as europe has never needed, the nord stream to more than right now electricity bills have surged as fears of a gas supply shortage. drive up the price of power across the continent. joining us now discuss is our good friend, an investigative journalist, ben swan. now ben, it seems that every country except poland in some of the scale, maybe in countries, have recorded a price of over $300.00 euros per megawatt hour for the coming week. explain what is actually happening in europe currently. yeah, well, you know, we've been saying kind of talking and she's here for the last few weeks and months that wint

u. s. by supporting thank the companies like berks and by supporting stock by bags and clubs like warren buffet. they are driving the world c global complex, which is unconscionable. because you know, just because bill gays wants to make a few more $1000000.00, we're going to go to war. the rest of the world is so sad. this is america today ah, the you leaders join nato in promising tough sanctions against russia and a quote high price for any escalation of tensions and the break away don bass region of eastern ukraine. cnn fires producer after he's charged with sexually abusing children. questions are now being asked as to why it took 18 months for the police to make an arrest after a criminal complaint was filed last year. a new study finds the divisions in u. s. society could be reaching a tipping point with sociologists concluding that republicans and democrats may not even be able to unite in the face of war. and has global concerns spread over the o micron covariance the w h o europe director tells r t. it's vital to deliver vaccines where they're needed, including rushes. sputnik, the shot hose, including vaccines. g

. >> patty justice, j-u-s-t-i-c-e, the 7303rd medical training support battalion. how are you doing today, patty? >> doing great. thank where you from originally? >> i'm originally from mexico city, mexico.

u. s. population that cannot be done without the data that can only be collected through a coherent and widespread testing program. i, mike hannah, thanking for that san washington, d. c. ask herself now to mexico officials there have warned about a new wave of infections. more than 4000 new cases have been reported. mexico detected its 1st case of the on the con variant earlier this month. and her apollo jones is now live from mexico city manual. so mexico and other countries in latin america really preparing for another wait that's right, him. the warnings are clear, not only here in mexico, but in countries across a latin america region. prevention needs to be taken seriously. as this new wave of coven 19 continues to, to make its way into the region. there's been a spike in cases here in mexico link to the holiday season. but there's also a lot of concern over the spread of the con barion, which continues to reach new areas of the region. as you mentioned there in your introduction, and again, it's not only mexico we're seeing this happen in several countries in the region in origin. tina just this week, the country registered the highest number of cases of cobra

. >> patty justice, j-u-s-t-i-c-e, the 7303rd medical training support battalion. how are you doing today, patty? >> doing great. thank you. >> where you from originally? >> i'm originally from mexico city, mexico. i was born there because my father was a vice president of a steel mill. he was looking for something to do but more extravagant, left the united states, and that's how i was there. >> and how long did you live in mexico city? >> we lived there until i was eight years old. and after the devaluation of the peso, it was time to move back here to the united states. >> and any memorable stories from your time growing up in mexico city? >> just went to a british school, bilingual as well. and after that, as i said, came up here to the united states. and unfortunately had a very thick spanish accident, which my mother absolutely was just accord about. so, we had to relearn the english language up here. >> where in the united states did you move to? >> we moved to several places here. after we moved here, my father decided to consult four steel companies. so, our first destination was florida. so, that wasn't too

thank you. and former twitter c e o jack dorothy is now stirring up some controversy on the platform after he said that he believes bitcoin will replace the u. s. dollar in the future. now, notably, he was responding to a question from rapper carney b, about crypto currencies. and interestingly, dorsey who is the ceo of block formerly square, has invested heavily in bitcoin, with his company owning over $8000.00, which is worth about $390000000.00. for dorothy also made a comment about web 3 not being the centralized and gave a warning that it's centralized and controlled by venture capital firms. joining us now to break all of this down to the co host, a crypto analyst, bad swat band, i want to start with dorsey's comments there about bitcoin, replacing the dollar. obviously with them i made a quick one to 3 to 3 words sentence and response. the contrary, but it does raise a good question. is he right? he's not. i don't think he's right in the car to be his listening. i'm sure she watches the show all the time, but don't listen to jack dorothy and about anything about crypto. like jack dorothy hated bitcoin for a long time. certainly he decid

thank you. next evidence come to light that some cia employees have been involved in child sex crimes. a trove of documents has revealed an apparent failure by the u. s. government to prosecute c. i employee suspected of child sex abuse. lia kevin, i spoke with correspondent egos down off to get more information. i have to say that these revelations are very well distressing, and every single case that i am going to talk about here it is good. it is very, very disturbing. even to hear because essentially this is what happened. some new documents came to light and these documents they claim to have detailed or some sex crimes involving children that implicate at least 10 ca, employees, or contractors. so both there are employees and there are contractors that are not being name but are being singled out in these documents. for example, in one of the cases, one such unnamed and individual confessed to having well sexual relations with 2 children have a listen. one had inappropriate sexual activity with an unidentified 2 year old girl committed to having inappropriate sexual contact with funder. then 6 year old on 2 separate occasions, the p b voted unanimously to recommend termi