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So were going to be reducing our forces in germany some will be coming home and some will be going to other places as ever we cant say what the plans are with a vague system told i had to train my important during the next couple. Earthshaking changes to why i think we have 3 new American Leadership the future is going back to head of the table but of course the u. S. Presence in germany is the sort of old lethal and let him go back were going to back in do you. Also on the day its crunch time again and post press that negotiations between britain and the European Union this weekend could be crucial oh not we had expected. A fast process of negotiation its the 1st time we thought that we would we will have a clear day which for the end of the decision we will see what will happen in the next. Welcome to the day we start in the u. S. Where lawmakers in congress are preparing to block President Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany in july the pentagon announced it would pull out about a 3rd if u. S. Troops based here. But in a rare example of bipartisanship the final version of the annual defense bill support see continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and requires a full Impact Assessment to be carried out before any troops are withdrawn the package of measures still has to be voted on for now it looks like all 34. 00 and a half 1000 u. S. Troops in germany will be staying put for a while longer here the defense bill before the u. S. Congress puts a 4 month hold on plans to withdraw American Forces news that was welcomed in berlin. But this is im glad that there appears to be agreement between republicans and democrats in washington on revisiting this decision we will certainly discuss this with the new American Administration in jew course. But a minimally conscious. Patients President Donald Trump announced the surprise withdrawal in july a punitive measure against germany who the president claims hes delinquent in his night payments. Hes planned to reduce American Forces stationed in germany 12000 troops beyond that the details are unclear. Its just whether or not they stay in germany or whether they are moved to other places in certain instances so bad has been well it has been put forward but it certainly will be open for another administration to look at if the president Analysts Expect president elect joe biden to reverse all or at least part of trumps plans u. S. Lawmakers are also wary of the impact on already strained u. S. German taz. Yet were now seeing Congress Taking up the matter and questioning the purpose of the withdrawal you. The u. S. Wants to define its National Interests but it also wants to keep germany as a strong nato. The cost and logistical complexity of relocating thousands of u. S. Troops might also persuade washington to leave them where they are. Well jeff rath is the president s half a American Institute for contemporary german studies at Johns Hopkins university he joins us from washington d. C. Welcome to day w v the National Defense authorization act its a huge a piece of legislation which covers a very some of which we might touch on tonight but lets start with this base 36000. 00 troops here in germany what was it about President Trumps desire to bring u. S. Troops home that was able to unite such a Fractious Congress well thank you for having me you know that the the congress is united because they had deep misgivings about the the impulses behind President Trumps decision you know that the number is 34500 in the legislation that youve described and theres nothing magical about the number 34500 but if youre going to change it there needs to be a strategic rationale there needs to be consultation with allies there needs to be an explanation to congress and none of that happened the 1st time that donald trump brought up the idea to reduce the troop numbers and so thats what the congress is now requiring of any administration before it makes any changes to the to that forward deployment so its interesting to question the status quo i mean what is the argument for a wealthy sovereign nation like germany subcontracting its defense to the United States. Well i wouldnt say germany is sub contracting its defense to the United States germany is part of a multilateral Defense Alliance nato and it has all of its forces integrated within nato the United States is in europe in part to deter russia and to fulfill natos most important obligations but its also there to help strengthen the troops of allied forces to train with them to ensure that they are a cohesive fighting force if there is ever a need for them to to deal with hostilities so you know germany is not relying on the United States to provide for all of its defense instead it is working alongside the United States in a symbiotic relationship thats been pretty beneficial to both sides for you know the last several decades in august of my palm pilot a secular state assigned to deal with polands to redeploy some u. S. Troops from germany there so what would happen to vet deal if Congress Scraps President Trumps germany plan. Well thats a good question to the law that is just been laid on the table and should be voted on next week it focuses on germany but it doesnt actually mention anything about poland by name so all we know based on this act would be that the United States would have to present a strategic rationale to congress and would have to wait 4 months before making any changes now any significant changes in the consolidation of facilities and headquarters is a huge undertaking and in your piece setting this up made that clear it would cost a lot of money it would take time it would require political and other kinds of permission so you know this doesnt in danger the change in american presence in poland it might make it a little slower to be realized but but it it doesnt stop the United States from carrying out the changes in poland which really would have meant adding about a 1000 troops or so to the existing number that the United States already has there that can still happen ok and interestingly President Trump has already threatened to veto the and e w but not because of the u. S. Troops in germany but because of dead confederate generals and social media so just because you just took a survey to those couple of things that that appeared to be puzzling the president. Right well so the the the n. D. A. Would set up a process for renaming u. S. Military bases that as you said are named after former confederate officers that would take place over 3 years and you know its a complicated process. The president is opposing this move its really a little hard to tell why frankly because you know republicans are are willing to vote for this act as its written as far as we can tell and so he seems to be you know willing to die on this hill but there arent too many people who are willing to die with them when it comes to the social media issue you know it revolves around a provision of us totally different piece of legislation that insulates social Media Companies from you know libel suits and other liability for things posted on their on their platforms. No one sees this in any relation to the National Defense authorization act so you know theres theres no enthusiasm in the congress to start mixing up these issues and its now a question of whether the president is going to you know carry out his threat to veto the law and then everyone is going to be watching early next week to see what the majorities are in the congress because if they pass with bipartisan support they might indeed have a veto proof majority which would be kind of a capping you know irony at the end of Donald Trumps presidency if he if he had a veto that could be overturned ok so. Vote next week how long depending on the size of the majority and donald trump may or may not be able to to scupper it. Yeah i mean theres nothing that donald trump hates more than losing weve seen that in the way hes been trying to contest the Election Results over the last several weeks since he was defeated by joe biden and so if he sees that the congress has the votes to overturn veto he may well you know find some kind of excuse to to avoid that kind of an embarrassment at the end of his presidency ok thats very clear thank you for joining us jeff rocky from Johns Hopkins University Thanks so much. Our time is running out for the e. U. And the u. K. To Reach Agreement on their post trade relationship the transition phase smoothing britains departure from the European Union and the end of this year in less than 4 weeks theres no sign of the 2 sides reaching agreement on what happens after that but the talks are continuing and both sides say theyre committed to finding a deal i dont intend to make any prediction our position is clear we want to do and thats why we we have to try to see the very beginning to be a loyal partner in the framework of this difficult but important the decision. We already all the possible options we what we want to do not attend it just kind of see people talk about fisheries or issues around level Playing Field you forgive me for but particularly since were at such a sensitive time this discussion im not going into the the precise details of those discussions but you know we are at a critical phase. Just to see how you could get officially on a level Playing Field today in w. s a brussels correspondent. Been speaking with the European Parliament former breadstick coordinator gave a hofstadter and asked him whether a deal can be reached i dont know i dont know i hope that there will be a deal because i think its in the interest of both parties to have a deal in the interest of the europeans and certainly in the interest also with you kate but you never know so im quite optimistic about it i think that what is happening now is quite normal i have never seen in my political career. That a deal was done before the end of the of the time frame i should say before the the limits. Of it in Member States there are concerns that maybe the u. K. Gets to go to a deal do you think these concerns are overblown. No but its what is true that is that you could not have an outcome of these negotiations were the u. K. Has a position has an agreement that is more favorable for them than to be member of the European Union you cannot have all the advantages of the European Union without the obligations without paying into the European Union thats impossible you feel there is a risk that this may be the case that they i think there is a recent attempt by by people in the u. K. To reach a deal that is as good as possible of this normal without having your british and says that is certainly the case for some of them but they think that will never succeed because the European Union can never except that a country outside European Union is better off. A Member States of the European Union that is impossible whos to be blamed that were in this situation now that its taking until the last minute at the moment of the referendum. Johnson and michael gove and all those have said there is no problem we will have a deal like. Norway or turkey or at least canada with the European Union and while they are in fact for the moment negotiating around the table is the last turkey and certainly less than norway and maybe even less than. So they have told in the past that bracks it was possible with doubt all the difficulties in the negotiations we have today it takes 2 to tango should the you not have made some more concessions i dont see where we could have made more concessions. Because when we talk about the playfield its normal that when you give access to your internal market you oscar that at the least the day after live more or less the same route we are asking that from japan we are asking that from vietnam we are asking that from canada in the future we will ask debt from the United States of america if we conclude a trade deal so what we are doing is quite normal but is it is seen in the u. K. As their sovereignty so. If fact what they want is to have all the advantages of a free trade deal but not the inconvenience not the obligations not the payments that they have to make and that is for us impossible because if we do that yet then we destroy the European Union thanks a lot for. Africa faces some huge challenges when it comes to acquiring and distributing coronavirus vaccines many countries are carrying massive debts and dont have the funds to buy them well this means they could be left behind as countries around the world race to secure their own supplies so in 200 countries have launched an initiative aimed at working with pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide fair access to vaccines. Better leave them alone is about to get her 1st covert vaccination shes taking part in biotech pfizers vaccine trial and you had a spark wanted to. You know. She would not be able to afford the vaccine herself regardless of which vaccines are approved they will cost billions of dollars to purchase and distribute thats money most african countries dont have its a pipe dream to expect that the entire continent will get the vaccine politicians and doctors insist that africa not be left behind. You to be unfree as an example for 80 percent of the population of germany to be vaccinated but the high risk individuals in south africa and the Frontline Health care workers in south africa are not gaining access to the vaccine until a pandemic a spot and we need to bring about the sort of the calibration in terms of access to these vaccines for many countries kovacs is their only hope that scene initiative set up by a 190. 00 countries including germany the tarus members are to receive cheaper access to the vaccine so they can vaccinate at least part of their population. To look over. An initial supply of vaccines to cover. 30 percent of the population so the highest Priority Group to be covered in this will be Health Care Workers and also has already been said the most Vulnerable Group which is there. But money isnt the only concern Distribution Logistics present another hurdle for example the biotech Pfizer Vaccine has to be stored at minus 70. 00 degrees celsius the necessary infrastructure doesnt even exist hopes lie in the vaccine for master seneca which can be stored at refrigerator temperatures but it must also be paid for and distributed africa fears it will fall by the wayside. To be vaccinated. For him press people. And. Become more difficult if. We do not want to live. In many countries the pandemic has triggered and word economic spiral in south africa alone millions have lost their jobs with ice a vaccine their future looks bleak. Pandemic is also. A major. I think at Warner Brothers for its film releases next year shares in cinema operators nosedived after the studio announced that it would debut 2020 ones u. S. Film releases in cinemas and on its streaming service h. B. O. Max thats a plot twist that many in the industry say they didnt see coming. Unprecedented times call for creative solutions. Brothers executives describe their historic gamble. Revealing that they would be releasing their 2021 blockbuster movies in theaters and online similar. In a major shake up for the Entertainment Industry. For the way it is the latest salvo in the streaming wars which pits warners video on demand h. B. O. Mocks. Netflix. Plus. Film fans welcomed the news its rios a Great Company have always liked that. I think thats a great idea for their Profit Margins i guess so i dont have anything against it i think its good. Studio executives said the strategy would be in place for just one year offering a glimmer of hope that lucrative Box Office Revenues will return and already hard hit Cinema Companies plunged you know what people are going to be looking for that kind of a theater experience because quite frankly they already got enough of the home theater experience you know to. The Warner Brothers pit marks the beginning of a new chapter for hollywood the question is will it change habits forever. And. Matthews joins us from los angeles welcome k. J. What do you think how big a deal is this. This is massive this is a huge game changer and i know its having a huge impact because just yesterday a lot of the stocks for Movie Theaters they fail people are very concerned that this is changing the way we see films prominently now so people are very very concerned about that a lot of reports saying they dont like it because they love the experience of going into a Movie Theater having pop or ordering a hot dog or food or going out to a date at the Movie Theater so which is a different experience but we are living in cold it 19 times so this requires a lot of changes and think we should believe one of brothers when they say this movie is just temporary yes and no ill tell you why it is temporary because remember we are probably a couple months away from having vaccines for colgate 19 so this was really brought into effect because of the fact that were living in a Global Pandemic the Global Pandemic will not last forever so once Movie Theaters start to rebound people will want to get out and go back out to see the Movie Theater already people are are getting very antsy about staying home and being part of the lock down so i dont think this will last forever however i still do believe that there will be a lot of films being released on streaming platforms you will not see every major Motion Picture release in the theater even after the Global Pandemic so as far as the cinemas concerned they just have to sort of give and hope that they can then last the next step few months until people start to come back after the vaccine is out that. Yeah you know interestingly our large movie chain here by the name of amc was really a gas im very upset at this decision the sinjar of that company basically said we had agreed with h. B. O. To allow one film to be released in the theater of history form but they were just really taken aback by the fact that h. B. O. Max wants to release the entire slate in both the theater and on the street and quite warm in a step theyre not in agreement with that that would cause them to lose a tremendous amount of money and they dont see how they could sustain this. Growing longer than even a year so theyre fighting back at some of movie chains are even open yet because of the fact that there are so many love lockdowns all around the country so well just have to wait and see but a craft of your mini movie chains dont like this obviously will cause them to lose millions and millions of dollars ok so we can we can see the want to brothers a rationale people are going to cinemas so lets lets push it into their homes but one wonders how was h. B. O. Monks performing before this announcement i wonder how much this is about trying to sort of boost that particular platform. Thats exactly what this is about this is about them trying to level the Playing Field because there are bills like a 1000000 screaming but one out here and trying to make headway keep your head above water with far the competition is hard or very hard so the way to do that is to bring people in by saying look were going to give you every single new release and guess what it will work lots of people who are not subscribe to h. B. O. Matts who made the 1st cry to netflix or hulu or amazon are saying you know what its worth it i pay the 15. 00 and come on and i will go ahead and sign up for a film back so they will bring about a lot more says fibers by doing this unfortunately its at the expense of the the major movie seems so briefly k. J. Should we expect of the studios to do this i dont know i was really heart you know there was a filmmaker here on Television Just the other day and he was saying this really is not sustainable because he was saying that when you make a film that cost more than 100000000. 00 there simply no way to recoup that money its not sustainable if it only is released on a streaming quote for what people pay 15. 00 a month to see a message to to the films its just not sustainable so theyre saying they think this is more of a temporary thing but if you really want to see blockbusters and you really want to get blockbusters to be made they cannot be made and only be released on stream clock ones because there just isnt enough money there so i do think this is temporary and i think its not need jerk reaction to the Global Pandemic i cant see this being the case and 20232024 does a soldier as ever and same a journalistic a. J. And i. Thank you. Im not whilst but i am a good. 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Those are your words give me a girl. Cant sleep. Urged good sleep. Good commercials. This is the the premiers live from dallas well an Opposition Leader calls for a boycott of sundays elections claiming that rigged but leaving the door wide open for a big win for president Nicolas Maduro the ruling party also on the program that ash moves thousands of the hinge of refugees 20 island in the past. Promised a better life but human Rights Groups want a disastrous condition. And many are calling it a Seismic Shift fulfill a promise announces a Game Changing distribution from fanatics that has fans free choice and cinema owners down in the dumps. Im from welcome to the program found its way to hold parliamentary elections on sunday but the opposition is boycotting the vote call by president Nicolas Maduro Opposition Leader and head of the National Assembly when quite claims the polls will be rigged to strengthen the tourist grip on power this follows years of turmoil that have seen venezuela become increasingly isolated and desperate. An epic predawn line for gasoline in venezuela shortages widespread hunger broken down institutions all made worse by International Sanctions yet despite it all president Nicolas Maduro has clung to power his nemesis speaker of the assembly and selfproclaimed president one guy you know now working from home 37 years old hes made a career out of denouncing maduros policies hes organized the National Referendum after the vote and invalidating the upcoming elections. And say. Action called by the dictatorship will be held without any of the necessary conditions theres no right to elect and be elected no independent arbitrator no possibility of free participation by Political Parties. But his call for a referendum has split an already weakened opposition as it did not participating in these elections is not only suicide but also an irresponsible attitude to the suffering of the venezuelan people. There is nothing to decide because all the competitors were chosen by the regime. So who are you going to allow and. Then israel has been in political crisis since the disputed election in 2018 that son Nicolas Maduro win by a wide margin most of the International Community including the us and the European Union said the election was not free or fair they took why dose side as Assembly Speaker he was next in line to be president under the venezuelan constitution a standoff followed quite oh held mass rallies and attracted International Backing but he failed to convince the military and moderate state on. Since then material has consolidated power sidelining the National Assembly and installing a parallel legislative house filled by loyalists. Meanwhile why those popularity and influence have shrunk dramatically. Some coming election is likely his last stand up big win by my duros ruling party which is almost guaranteed filming right o. Is no longer speaker that will leave my dear old without any serious competition. As join d. W. Latin america correspondent Johan Ramirez and welcome johan it does sound so Nicolas Maduro is taking no chances with the results of sundays elections. Yes lets just see the facts in this election Nicolas Maduro chose the date of the election that he chose also the electoral authorities and even the candidates because the Political Parties of the opposition they didnt want to participate in this election and then they could have another of these missed the leaders of this opposition parties and put in their places neither is close to each obvious mall and these are the people that are going to participate on the election so he chose everything and they are even for seem that people to vote this week we heard that the 2nd man there were jim off and. He was saying that those who want to vote wont eats on those who wont vote are going to go into hunger one teen a politician opposition saying that in this moment hes. Incredible so this circumstance is is thiers is this a Fair Election i think we can all have the answer ok so why have those call for the a boycott of sundays elections but hes older once hes old referendum instead to to achieve what. He is asking of 3 questions of the people one if they want an equal as mother or 2 leaf for the power 2nd if they recognize or not the result off a sunday election and then if they won him to the International Community to activate all make on his him to get another out of power at the end of the day through question that he has already asked but i think that he needs to legitimize his leadership especially in this moment when he has lost some much popularity and credibility in the country and so just following on from that if one why dont takes no part in sundays election how where is his credibility then how would he in the primaries where theres opposition. Even at his last off rather he has something in his favor or his favor on is the International Communitys support hes still recognized for more than 50 countries as the president of venezuela so even the other so even the circumstances the opposition have not many chances this is the very complicated moment moments for the opposition and in this critical moment it doesnt look like there is another leader who could take out the place though it would imply that the International Community will be recognized in this new neither us president on off venice well it could be a long and complicated process worldwide. So how do venezuelans regard sundays vote. The problem is that sundays election and why the all consultation both of them are in the set they have said there are a disconnected from the reality off of venice well and i mean they are going to choose a no on National Assembly i. Y. O. Is going to ask 3 questions to the people but none of them are going to solve the problem itself. They are shaken by the pandemic. In a very economic crisis the basket the basic basket in venice what i cost 49000000. 00 volleyer is where we talk about millions when you need to go to a supermarket there is a problem minimum wage in venezuela is 1. 00 so all of these problems are not going to be sold on because of this election none by. Correspondent ramirez thank you. And bangladesh has started moving range of refugees to a camp on a recently formed island that critics say is vulnerable to psych loans and dangerous flooding almost a 1000000 range and live in crowded comes on the mainland United Nations says no refugees should be moved against their will i many have pinned their hopes along bangladesh says will be a better situation. 3 hours on a navy vessel brought these ranger refugees to an isolated island off the coast of bangladesh this will be their new home at least for a while. They have been on the move for years seeking safety since feeling myanmar now they have been shipped to another uncertain situation. Where right now that we are not citizens of any country so we are moving to wherever there are more facilities for us. We were not happy at the camps we heard from seniors as well as the television we will get more from the facilities. On the island of passion char this camp built by the Bangladeshi Navy can house 100000 people the silt island formed just 20 years ago critics say the low lying land mass is prime to flooding and dangerous cyclons. Some families say their relatives are being moved there against their will. Love their 1st thing my son and his family to go he didnt want to go but they forced him i came to see him probably for the last time. d then i wonder what if my family goes to the island they will die because of the floods. Bangladeshi Authorities Say all real locations are voluntary and that the new facilities are better than in the currently overcrowded mainland camps on the island flood defenses have been built to keep back threats from rising seas but so far no independent inspectors have been allowed to view facilities. The United Nations Refugee Agency is demanding urgent access to see if the island is safe for habitation. Heres a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world china has released images of its National Flag being unfurled on the moon just before its manned unmanned spacecraft lifted off carrying the samples of lunar rocks to study back on the mission is the latest in a series of increasingly Ambitious Space Missions as beijing seeks to catch up with the u. S. And russia. Firefighters in california say theyve made some progress in battling the blaze in Orange County but high winds and low humidity are hampering the efforts the bond fire as its been the engines forced about 25000 people out of their homes since it broke out on wednesday night. New video has been released to show the collapse of a a c. Ber out a cboe observe a trail not a depressive rico one of the Worlds Largest radio telescopes out of seabirds suspension cable snapped on the 1st of december before engineers could conduct a controlled demolition may recognize it from the 9095 James Bond Film cult and. The legendary nightclub forced to close because of a coronavirus plant there because reopened as a covered 90 tests and to keep cat was a popular venue for swingers and fetishists the clubs advised its new customers calling for a rapid virus test to have arrived with a close and not ready to party. As being called a paradigm shift for the Entertainment Industry Warner Brothers studios says that next year it will debut all of its films in cinemas and simultaneously on its new streaming service h. B. O. Max traditionally sinuous have had about 3 months to play movies exclusively studio executives say the strategy will be in place for a year only apply to the u. S. Market but shares in already struggling cinema operators have nosedived. So lets get more on this from scott rocks for from the w. Arts and culture welcome scott so one presumes that this is a reaction to the pandemic how big a deal is the actual move itself its credible i mean you dont think anyone and and dissipated this its such a radical radical shift basically what waters doing for their customers in the u. S. Is saying for 15. 00 a month you can see big big movies essentially for. So from for wonder woman doomed to make tricks for basically going to be giving them away for free with these subscriptions and this huge push to get people to sign up for for h. B. O. Max and this interest because warner was the one studio that since corona started as a pandemic hit brought out of the movie they released tenet worldwide but obviously people want to look crunch the numbers in the u. S. On that film and found it didnt make the money that they wanted to and so theyre taking it theyre weighing the risks and saying instead of releasing these big movies in the u. S. Were going to wait until we make sure the cinemas are going to be open again that will go back to normal will be full again before we bring our big movies there until that time were going to going to put them out online so what about the cinemas and already forced to close because of covert theres less for them to look forward to opening for now yeah and i think its a disaster for the cinemas they seem to be quite caught off guard here apparently some of the bigger sinnott chains only knew a couple of hours before warner announced this that they were going to do this already there are some of the bigger chains are talking about renegotiating their agreements with warners because they say if wonder woman is going to be coming out online and instead of the same time in the us were not going to charge 1516. 00 whatever the normal price is for a theater ticket we both get it for free at home so will be an interesting procedure now to see how cinemas negotiate with with the warners and maybe get different different price structures but. For a lot of people are saying now that the cinemas if this could be the last blow for some cinemas changes in the us theyve been hard hit theyve been losing money this entire year if they dont have any movies to look forward to that they can have exclusively to draw people back in it might take even longer for them to get back on their feet so the studios like to follow this lead i think are both going to be looking at this to see how warner does. You could see a company like disney take this approach they already have a big streaming Service Disney plus theyve done this with a couple of their films brought them out online although disney has always charged extra for the films they were. Exclusively on un disney plus if this works for warner i think you can see some of the copy at the thing is though this is going to be a loss leader for Warner Brothers hes a big big movies they cost a lot of money to make they cant really make that money back alone with their h. B. O. Max streaming service so itll be interesting to see if in the end it works out for them that they grow their service big enough that they can get enough revenue to make up for the losses if that works then i think this to be a paradigm shift and you could see other studios fall their lead thickets got rights for from date of the arts and culture thank you so much for that. Lets get you up to date more world news at the top of the hour rob want such a a d w Business Update in just about half of the day. For. Literature invites us to see people in particular. Find strain and. Might. Be good on you to. Whats the secret behind this classic. Music. Or the story behind the music. For the. British. I. Told. Him for the world starts to simmer on t. W. Created only half as many jobs last month as expected its yet another clear sign of the pandemics impact on the American Economy isnt going away for congress to agree a rescue package getting louder and louder also on the program which is at the center of the white houses battle with huawei but could a deal see the tech firms chief Financial Officer one joe on her way back to china 2 years after her arrest in canada. And were also in uganda where like in many african countries the sheer cost of getting online is stifling entrepreneurs hopes of becoming the next internet. Business and rob whats in berlin welcome to the program. Theyve been described as grim by incoming President Joe Biden the latest u. S. Jobs figures show the worsening coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on the economy employers added just 245000. 00 jobs last month around half of what economists had expected its a significant step down from the more than 600000. 00 jobs gained in october a much the 5th month of slowing growth president elect biden says it shows the need for urgent economic stimulus. Lets cross to our correspondent in new york. Good to see you so just explain to us whats behind these disappointing figures. Yeah i mean disappointing is correct if you look at the expectations im not sure if i would call them grim because 245000 new jobs is not better it was the 7th consecutive months that we saw a job gain but yes growth is slowing and thats the problem and theres still almost about 11000000 americans being considered unemployed one reason by the way was also that the census and of here in the United States all there for thousands of jobs were not there anymore and then clearly all the infection rates in the u. S. Clearly alarming and we see the measures accordingly by stakes states and communities and so that was definitely also a big reason why job growth is slowing and if we look ahead at the winter months actually might continue to slow. And stick with it because i just want to show you something because joe biden says that these figures show the need for stimulus while congress has been struggling to pass a common 1000 relief bill however Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told reporters that an acceptable compromise is now on the table its a good product its not everything we want dont get me wrong if i dont like the republicans to think that we that this is a dream come true and if not what is the path forward so yes is there optimism that a deal is that to be done. Yeah i believe it when i see it let me quote baseball legend yogi berra its deja vu all over again so weve been there so many times in the past couple of months that we heard from either democrats or republicans that theyre close to a deal but who knows as far as i know it was the 1st time that Menzies Pelosi has spoken to Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell since the election so there is some progress joe biden just a couple of minutes ago actually he also mentioned that he is hopeful that a deal might be reached him soon probably a smallish deal and then maybe a bigger deal after the inauguration of joe biden but what in general we shouldnt forget its not about the number itself its 500000000000. 00 or 900000000000. 00 its what the money is spent for and republicans are looking more at corporate welfare and democrats are looking more at main street so thats the big problem that they really seem to be quite far apart what the money should be spent for and skeletor in new york thanks for making things up today. 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Justice department resumed after the recent u. S. President ial election but it remains unclear what kind of deal could be struck canadian u. S. And huawei officials have all declined to comment. Now for a look at some of the other business stories making the news the u. S. Says any sanctions links to the controversial nord stream to natural gas pipeline were talking companies as opposed to countries like germany the u. S. Also wants to consult governments before levy sanctions washington has long tried to prevent work on the pipeline between russia and germany. A Public Prosecutor in germany is investigating or detained company wife for its role in the wild card scandal it why was responsible for checking accounts at the new the now. Tronics paintings company was placed in liquidation with a debt of 3200000000 euros. 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My car sees that the cost of Internet Access in uganda remains high due to a countrys point for structure. When the private telecoms wants to recover the cost of expanding the networks they often pass the costs on to their customers and for the low cost to be able to afford it need to because sees that the government should subsidize the internet and to make Smart Devices more affordable because there is no one your way docs and of Smart Devices you never want people to access their devices if you have more people on the net it means you create an incentive for the telecoms and if we have more people in than that walk then those calls now can be able to recover their cost. In 2018 uganda introduced a tax on social media use many Internet Users opposed it the government has since failed to meet its revenue targets from the unpopular tax and the telecoms have reportedly lost income or. Should should look at the internet. As a market place that talks up or should be make as more people access the internet. Then as the access thing done and more people are going about to buy a product that have been built in this market less when you get to the markets you will show up off of the market if i am buying malkiel of the m. P. C. Might that if im ordering in more because at some point i have to order in dell look. Very very are you talking that despite a reported rise in internet use in africa the region is said to have some of the most expensive internet trades in the wired. By 2 of mobile data can cost as much as 15. 00 in some parts of the continent that holds back many intimate into pretty new is like none see for much even be a business goes and supporting via local economies. Finally robots and Artificial Intelligence are an increasing part of our work lives and an increasingly familiar forms like our 4 legged friends these 2 small ops dogs have been patrolling the Innovation Campus of Wichita State University Spot and rivet as theyve been they are working on behalf of Consulting Firm deloitte each dog has multiple cameras on its body and underneath a sophisticated set of machinery sponsored ribbit are in a testing phase moment and could one day be used to inspect construction sites or do nightly check ups on infantry. Just time for a quick reminder of our top story the u. S. Out its 245000. 00 jobs last month far lower than expected as the countrys economic recovery is hampered by rising coronavirus cases analysts say the news may add to their agencies or talks in congress on in the much needed new stimulus. 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