Walk again. Alan spencer shares his amazing story with he used to use this all the time. It was absolutely necessary. Im going to go now and hit squads, nerve agents. So we need chaos. The New York Times vacancy for correspondent reads like something straight out of a spy thriller revealing the predetermine origin of just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow choose day november the 24th. Welcome wherever youre catching the news hour from today. The transition process for the u. S. Presidency is still in limbo, but donald trump refusing to concede defeat, but joe biden is already lining up candidates for his proposed ministration. Theyre all familiar faces from the obama era as arties killam up and told me earlier. Weve heard from the Biden Harris Administration that they have named 6 individuals that will be in their cabinet, one of those, the nominee and the person they will select for their secretary of state. Is Anthony Blinken. Now Anthony Blinken is certainly not a newcomer to the washington d. C. Foreign policy establishment. He served as a Deputy Assistant to president barack obama as a National Security advisor to joe biden, as well as a deputy secretary of state. He has indicated that basically under his leadership of the u. S. State, department trumps america. 1st Foreign Policy will most likely come to an end, whether we like it or not. The world simply doesnt organize itself and until the trumpet, ministration. The United States had played a lead role in doing a lot of good organizing and helping to write the rules. And joe biden starts with the proposition that we need to reassert american engagement in american leadership. Lets examine his record to see what we can possibly expect to. Now, blinken was a big supporter of the usa as unilateral invasion of iraq in 2002. He was advising joe biden, when joe biden voted for the resolution of congress to support george w. Bushs invasion of iraq. Furthermore, lincoln argues that the situation in syria is the result of a failure by the United States to adequately intervene. He blames the crisis in syria, not on u. S. Intervention, but on a lack thereof. This is what he said about syria. We failed to prevent a horrific loss of life. We failed to prevent massive displacement of people internally in syria, and of course, externally is refugees. And its something that i will take with me for the rest of my days when it comes to the situation in libya, he was actually critical of joe biden, and more in favor of u. S. Intervention than joe biden was. He spoke critically of joe biden, who was his boss at the time saying that intervention in libya was, was more needed and basically indicating that joe biden wasnt as supportive of interventionists. He was. Furthermore, blinken has repeated the allegation that russia is paying bounties for the killing of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. When president trumps tons of lead in the peace and on the world stage. And takes his word about rushs attacks in our elections over. Thats right. Intelligence agencies that exacerbates the problem when we have a president whos told that russia may be putting bounties on the heads of our troops in afghanistan and does nothing. In fact, worse than nothing, by his own acknowledgement, speaking to president putin at least 6 times after he got that report and not raising it, not confronting him, and even invites in president putin to washington and russia back into the g. 7. We have a real fundamental problem. Its important to know that u. S. Intelligence has admitted on multiple occasions that there is actually no concrete evidence to back up that allegation about russia and bounties in afghanistan. That didnt stop mr. Bacon from repeating it. So many people look at mr. Blanken and say this will be a return to more of the obama era u. S. Foreign policy that mr. Blinken is certainly not a noninterventionist. Certainly not an isolationist. And certainly an advocate of u. S. Military interventions around the world and efforts to overthrow governments that washington doesnt approve of to another headline stories today, the race for a working covert vaccine is heating up. You know, the british swedish form a judgment to publish interim test results. For its job develop with oxford university, but as arties w. Hawkins reports, the findings so far are underwhelming. Astra zeneca are the latest company to join the front runners in the covert. 19 vaccine race announcing an efficacy over 70 percent after concluding their phase 3 trials. You know, these preliminary results may sound humble compared to other vaccines. The companys c. E. O. Is optimistic, same as you will be highly effective and will have an Immediate Impact with the u. K. Having already preordered 100000000 jobs. Boris johnson is more than happy with the result. Incredibly exciting news. The oxford vaccine has proved so effective in trials. There are still further safety checks ahead. But these are fantastic results. Well done to our brilliant scientists at the university of oxford and astra zeneca and all who volunteered in the trials. So why the relatively low efficacy of Developers Say that 70 percent figure is an average of 2 doses. Regimens to high doses gave a result of 62 percent with a high dose following a low one raising efficacy to 90 percent. Now this 70 percent average figure is therefore lower than trial results announced earlier by madonna at 95 percent also provides a 95 percent though that company who raised their of a can see from an initial 90 percent result with the russian sputnik vivax Team Standing at 92 now these figures are crucial, given the highly competitive nature of the market, and its been a bumpy road for astra zeneca. Today, as these results were published, the companys shares actually fell on the back of the lower than expected average efficacy, even as european stocks rose on the good news of another vaccine entering the market. Now the vaccine trials had to be halted in september because of a serious suspected adverse reaction in a participant. And in october 1 of the volunteers in brazil died, causing uncertainty about its future. Why the advance trial of a promising vaccine was suddenly passed . Astra zeneca has caused its trials after an unexplained illness in a participant in the u. As one Company Makes huge strides in the vaccine race and other drug giant hits the pos button on its late stage Trials Volunteer and where the most at vance to corona virus vaccine trials in the world has died. And despite the news, astra zeneca testing continues. Well, those adverse effects were investigated, though the company and the Brazilian Health authority refused to comment in detail on the case. The trial was deemed safe to continue, though in the United States, the delay lasted several weeks. And todays results dont include data from american trials. Despite the lower efficacy, the upside of this vaccine is cost effectiveness. While the estimated price of the Pfizer Vaccine is around 19. 00, the modena job between 25. 00 to 37. 00, those prices go up to over 40. 00 and as high as 74. 00 respectively for the total treatment of the cost of the sport mcvie vaccine is estimated at 26. 00 per treatment the final costs are yet to be announced. The astra zeneca job would not only be easier to manufacture and store, but the cost for both doses could be as low as 8. 00 for the race is now on to register. These vaccines, Astra Zeneca States that it would seek emergency use listing from the World Health Organization with russia saying theyve already begun the sputnik registration process. Despite the good news, its too early to say. Weve seen the back of the pandemic, even with these promising trial results, doos is not the time for complacency. While we continue to receive encouraging news about 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for a new tools to start to arrive in the coming months. Right now, we do extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas. Cold workers and the systems are being pushed to the breaking point. Even with several vaccines hitting the market in coming months with the world in the grip of the 2nd covert, 19 wave, theres still a very long and difficult road ahead. Until we see a return to at least some semblance of normality in the final cost of any vaccine will be a key factor in how widely it is wrong. Creating fears that per countries will be priced out of the sky in the latest edition of going on the ground dollar today. Online know what the director of the International Vaccine institute the Gates Foundation. Their Research Suggests that global cova debts will double of high Income Countries by up to the 1st 2000000 doses of any successful vaccine. Do you agree with . Thats a great study and weve been using it to advocate for something called codex kodaks intends to purchase 2000000000. 00 doses, and those doses will be provided to everyone and what cannot, is paper the Gates Foundation paper you quoted says, is that if the 1st 2000000000 dose are taken without any consideration of equity, then there will be a doubling of go global covert deaths. Hence the reason why go back needs to be successful, needs to be fully funded, needs to be funded beyond the 1st year into the 2nd year. I think the one thing that kobe teaches us is that this virus, like all viruses, will find those weak points in our defense. And we really need and should be working together in this Global Pandemic to help each other. Whether its, you know, p. T. E. Masks and gloves, whether its a vaccine solution, whether its, you know, reaching out to countries to help them understand what the burden of covert is. And once we have the vaccine, its taking that vaccine from where its manufactured, to where it can be wherever its needed, in a way that will reduce the global burden of code. That is the most important thing. Well, while many around the world, the way to cope a job, china has come up with a way to limit the spread of the virus. And its calling for a global fire wall in the form of a system of q. R. Code that would allow cross border travel to resent china has proposed a global mechanism for the meat recognition of health says if its based on nucleic acid test results in the form of internationally accepted q. R. Codes, we hope more countries will join this mechanism. China has been using q. R. Codes, essentially digits filled bar codes to prove Health Status since february to generate them. Users enough to install a smartphone op which stores medical data trucks, their Movement System has been questioned in the west on data privacy grounds. Europe though, has proposed similar schemes, including the idea of a munity passports in the u. K. So lets discuss the issue with a number of guests. These tests can be a lot of false negatives. A lot of false positives and you are now better track and trace me where on going in terms of this town or that this incredibly dangerous citizen i will do for my safety and youre seeing in the United States as well as across the globe. The people are starting to rise up saying enough stop, protecting me. I wouldnt live my life the way id choose. We not only i was reading heathrow airport, used to be one of the busiest. Ive seen 82 percent fall and passengers. Whats the way that to get wheels out into, if not a set, a similar system to this reason that travels collapse is not the pandemic. Its the lockdowns. I mean, since march 12th, europe has not been able to fly to the us. And europe retaliated and we cant fly there and now were living under the regis situation where yeah, we once believed in the right to travel, but thats been denied to us. So many people have been locked in their nation states right now. The answer is to is, liberalism is deliberate, travel, liberate and recognize human rights again, do you think that we do need a Global Policy in order to try and move on somehow to try make 2021 better than 2020 . There have been studies that show the virus respond differently in different regions, that there are different conditions in different places, on climate, and so forth. So, you know, we dont want a lot of all standards because Global Standards means mark down a fact. This is just leave about, i really dont care about cases. I care about the death rate and the death rate is very slow. And again, we have to be very cautious with technology because once you turn the saw, its very hard to turn off. They will never relinquish. I mean, passports were supposed to be temporary and really bristol stuck with them. Ok, keeping the stories with a medical theme though, a texas man suffering from a rare muscle disease has come all the way to russia for treatment. Alan spencer, was told back at home in the u. S. , hed never walk again. But since arriving in the russian city of perm in october, hes been up and about. He shared his story with us. I had to use this everywhere. I went. When i was a boy or when there was a new car, sick on what without it, i was thinking i was with alan spencer. Could have been dead by now or in a wheelchair or bad band. Thats what doctors back home in america told him 5 years ago. I used to use this all the time. It was absolutely necessary. Im going to go now into scary people walking in an incredibly allen has escaped all those outcomes. When i started to notice a Little Something with my hands, they were going to go on like this. So that not some sort of right, but i didnt have any problem with strength. So i didnt think i heard anything wrong. 2012 came, i had a fall and i was like, whoa, that was unusual. 2014 i came again and i had a really bad fall. It was like, ok, theres something wrong, something wrong happened to be a rare inflammatory muscle disorder known as inclusion, body myositis, between 5. 70 people per 1000000 habit. They said theres nothing we can do for its completely untrue. What did you feel when you were in that will i wasnt as disappointed as you would think. My father had died of a form of a. O. s and so i thought, well thats as a doctor said, good news and bad news. The good news is youre not going to die. The bad news is youre going to be told to spare for the Vice President of Time Warner Cable for west texas as successful man allen had to quit his job in 2017. He simply wasnt able to work anymore. The disease was eaten away at his muscles, stealing his abilities and his life. But then he heard from a friend about a clinic in perm russia that could potentially treat him at 1st. He didnt take it seriously. My friend andy had said in, in february theres going to be a wedding, are about this clinic that i think by be able to help, you know, are you interested in this kind of like, well, not really. I didnt tell him that the way to be perfectly honest with you, you know, i dont, i think is an american youre, you probably have a stereotype of what the breast in hospital looks like. If mayo says that nothing can be done. Probably nothing can be got the sentiment email gave my email interest. The next day i got a, an email back from the director. The c. E. O. Actually of the clinic and they govern touch with me all winter and said if you come we think we can help you. We are not sure to what degree, but we do believe that we can actually help you a glimmer of hope was born. But coming to russia in the middle of the college, 19, penn, jamming with borders shot and planes grounded, it seemed like mission impossible. Back in may one of the gals from marty called dandy and said, hey, hows your medical tourism . But Building Business doing, he said not so well that started the process. It took 17 months to finally come to russia and it was worth every single day of trying. He says, so they started me on this treatment of injections and infusions. And the neurologist put the Magnetic Field on my hear pulsing through and what it does is it wakes up the neurons in the head. So they started to move in the wake of the muscles. My eye could actually swallow better, and i could talk a little easier if i would, you know, world, this is starting to actually work. What turned out was we were getting this world class held help in this clinic in perm russia. If we can get travel to open up, i really intend to work with dan di and others to get peeved. Well, here from america, its a wonderful thing. I mean, it shouldnt be a secret. Here you go over. Well, good job. All the words of a great story. Ok, still to come this hour a Holocaust Museum in florida, sparks outrage with a new exhibition all knowing a person who has no link to the story ahead. Welcome to maximize or looking forward to this is what happens to pensions in britain. You watch kaiser report 20 minutes into the program. Welcome back. The New York Times has been accused of resourceful b. Up with its latest job for a moscow correspondent, successful candidates are expected to deal with hit squads, cyber agents, and shadowy military figures. That description of russian mites and war like the plot of a spy, a movie. But as igors, adele of explained, fiction can often get mixed up. What youre about to hear, sounds like its being ripped straight from the blog buster screenwriters playbook. Vladimir putins russia remains one of the biggest stories in the world. It sends out hit squads on with nerve agents against its enemies. Most recently, the Opposition Leader alex in nevada, only. It has its cyber chaos and disharmony in the west to tarnish its democratic systems. While promoting its full version of democracy, it is deployed private military contractors around the globe to secretly spread its influence. At home, its hospitals are filling up fast with coated patients as its president hides out in his villa. I mean, add some dramatic music. Do a cool video edit the whole thing with a few explosions here and there, and youve cooked up a trailer for the next hit limited series on netflix. But no, its not that not by a long shot. Its actually the opening over the job adverts for a russian reporter with the New York Times. Page searches for unbiased to impartial or balance. Come a blank, no results found in the text. Not that its much of a secret though, that the New York Times isnt that interested in covering a happy russia. But some readers werent that impressed with the sudden spasm of honesty from the paper did the see any right. New york times new russia crisp on in job at these jobs for a New York Times correspondent in moscow is telling and not a good way screenwriters wanted for a new james bond film. Imagine yourself working undercover in moscow. The capital of love to meet putins evil empire. If you think you have the creative writing skills to turn the monday into juicy narratives of horror and suspense, contact the New York Times, weve been in touch with the New York Times for comment. You know, both sides of the story and all that, but weve yet to hear anything back from them. Cynically speaking, it makes perfect sense. Positive stories from russia dont tickle the fancy of pulitzer prize. Judges, allegations lacking evidence though, do just believe in the bogeyman or purely a surprise winning journalist and former New York Times. Foreign correspondent chris hedges says the other exposes the real russia angle of the paper. I initially thought it was satire. I didnt think it was real and then i went on the New York Times website and read it. And its really kind of an obituary to journalist. The role of a Foreign Correspondent is to be bicultural. It is to get into that culture and explain how they view reality. And here you have this narrative, pre written narrative demonization, really of russia and vladimir putin. And i have to say that theres nothing in that description that the United States doesnt do in spades. And far worse, and so why even open a beer all in moscow . Why have somebody spend hundreds of hours studying russian and reading russian history and literature and, and culture . Why not . Why not have algorithms do it . It was absolutely appalling, but its part of the siloing of the American Press to serve a particular demographic. In the case of the New York Times, it is a Democratic Party based readership. Its a way to make sure that whoever they send to russia feeds back to them what the, what they want a Holocaust Museum in florida has sparked outrage with a new exhibition and honor of someone who had nothing to do with the chapter of history alongside of the nazi war crimes the Memorial Center presented images and quotes captured in the aftermath of George Floyds death. Now the death of the black man in minneapolis back in may spark months of protests against Police RacismPolice Brutality in the u. S. On a day beyond the museum said the george floyd exhibition is supposed to counter any identity based hate, but members of Jewish Community groups find a hugely disrespectful. Once someone faces an act of anti semitism, racism, or any form of identity based hate, what they do result in death or not. There is an uprising of many emotions were felt. It was important to bring the Human Experience of the aftermath to our museum. We strongly question placing the george floyd exhibit in the Holocaust Museum, one wouldnt expect to see holocaust exhibit at a museum about the africanamerican experience is deeply offensive to appropriate or persecution to score cheap political points masquerading as intersectionality cost historian Efraim Zuroff fears thing you exhibition reflects a dangerous trend of equating musts, much less sure events in terms of scale, harder to the atrocities of the holocaust. The death of george floyd compared to the holocaust. I mean thats absurd, totally absurd and totally inappropriate today. Especially in the western world. The major problem that we face, one of the major problems is of course, how, of course discussion, how it was distortion is not to deny that a tragedy of the scope of the holocaust took place. But to change the narrative of the holocaust, in many cases, to hide the involvement of people other than the german and austrian, nazis. And this attempt to universalize the holocaust is a very dangerous phenomenon as well. And this is a classic example. Not every tragedy is the holocaust that every tragedy in the holocaust should the holocaust be could period to far less the tragedies. So he had to you see this is a battle over the active, see the narrative and the perception of that. Ok, just before we go to break, i want to bring you live to parra swear. There is a large scale protest knowledge developing in the french capital several 100 people have set up tents in the center of the french couple as youre seeing here as well. People move whether or not theyre going towards the protests or going away. Were not quite sure at the moment. Lets show you some earlier pictures after the migrants were a victim from an illegal camp. All the skirts of the city last week, there demanding emergency accommodation. There, as you can see, clearly here is a standoff with police who are attempting to make them leave. The area will be keeping a close just the raw and half past 10, the french couple any and all significant updates. We will bring it to the on. If youd like, delve deeper into indeed, baths or any of this horror stories, id suggest a good place to start is r. T. E. Dot com. Plenty of fresh content always being added there as well. Im back in just over 32 hope to see you again. Then was a pandemic . No, certainly no borders just blind to nationalities, so much. We took a back seat to be judged as commentary classes just until we can do better. We should everyone is contributing way. But we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. The challenges created, the response has been so many good people are helping us. It makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business. Im showbusiness, ill see if with nothing really settled, some of trumps enemies want the president and his supporters to pay a price for the cost for years and gains in rumors of war. As trump tries to bring troops home, some say he instead wants to start a war maybe the old rule group will be more political but ive got to live by your attitude