In the next 30 minutes a low turnout as polls close in venezuelas general election which the opposition has dismissed as a fraud and crunch time for brett sick talks the e. U. And the u. K. Push for a trade deal to prevent chaos at the borders next year. Welcome to the program millions of people across the u. S. State of california harbor pairing for harsh new lockdown rules to come into place in the next few hours the stay at home borders places restrictions on the opening of restaurants salads and stalls while also limiting gatherings the measures come in as the state reported its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day the recent surge in infections and prompting fears some hospitals could run out of i. C. U. Beds while covert 19 is now killing more than 2000 people a day in the u. S. Health officials are hoping the approval of a new vaccine will happen quickly the food and Drug Administration is set to meet on thursday to review it how did you castro how s
The russian shot. Behind me scene if he is thinking about this particular thing she says. And. Yet another deadline pushed back with less than 3 weeks for the e. U. And u. K. To reach a deal. With the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment of elements as well this is the weekly R T International hello and welcome. Parlous was engulfed in renewed on wrist on saturday over a security bill 142 people in all were detained in mid clashes with police riot officers use water cannon tear gas as the situations are of out of control theres been huge anger over plans to protect Police Officers by handing them extra powers boosting surveillance r t Charlotte Dubin skate was on the rally for us. Where we have seen a number of what i would describe as smashing grabs by the Police Members of the Security Forces going in to the crowds and wrapping out individuals that they think of causing trouble buffaloed tensions where have the tools except for wood being thrown at the Police Of
It is still very much a work in progress. I havent figured out everything about this man the white house. Perhaps that is an impossibility. Some of the things i will be saying today are tentative in nature, shall we say. We do not have the time to go through an entire chronology of the events of grants very busy two terms in the white house. Instead i would like to raise a few points to how to look at the grant presidency. First to historiography. How he has been treated in the past. I will be very brief about that. Then we will look at some of the problems in the country during his presidency. Then i would like to discuss some of the assets that he brought to the office that help him succeed. Not only personal assets, but assets in the culture in which he was operating. And then i would like to talk about some of the liabilities. And then i will talk about grants achievements in the white house and a little bit about the impact on the evolution of the presidency. First to historiograp
Reporter much excitement here. The Health Secretary saying the dawn appearing on the horizon. Very well respected, has not only said this vaccine from pfizer is effective, its also safe. The government following up saying inoculations will start next week in hospitals. The first challenge is getting the first batch of doses over from belgium to the u. K. They do think they can get that done by next week but theres this challenge that it has to be transported minus 70 degrees celsius. So as a result of that, theyre having to use the special boxes with dry ice in them. Thats a big test. Once the doses are in the hospital, it will be a case of prioritizing who gets it first and theyre saying that people in care homes and their workers there will be top of the list. Then it will be over 80s and those front line health and social workers as well. So much excitement here. Lots of people are looking ahead to next year hoping this will become a mass vaccination of the general public as well. T
Country. And i want to start with blayne alexander. She is with voters in atlanta. Blayne, what are people telling you . Well, steph, good morning. People are telling me two things. One, the voting process is going smoothly and, two, that theres no way they were going to miss today. Theyve talked about the fact theyre enthusiastic, theyre excited and made it a priority to get here today. Right now im at a polling location in south atlanta. I want to bring you along and show you. This location opened at 7 0 7 00 a. M. We saw some people lined up before the doors even opened who were ready to go inside who were waiting out here in the cold in the dark to cast their ballots. You look around inside now, you see some people who are still waiting to cast their votes but i will say, steph, that the low numbers that you see here are because a lot of the people came out early. A lot of people came out during early voting, early voting turnout. You saw more than 3 Million People already cast the