Remote work is saving, commuting, lunch breaks, and over france, fishermen threatened to sink a planned offshore wind farm, claiming that it poses a risk to sea life and livelihoods. Very good morning if youre wondering where you are, this is r. T. International. Ok, lets start this hour in the United States where the outcome of the 2028 president ial election is deepening divisions as counting and recounting drag on in a number of states navy 2 weeks on from the vote. Trouble ministration is still confident. The president will secure a 2nd term my own view or looking at this election that we, we have what appears in some sense to be an immaculate deception. Were moving forward here at the white house. Knew something that there will be a 2nd term Media Outlets have called the election for joe biden, but donald trump has yet to concede victory, and hes making claims that the elections were fraudulent. His team is launched. Legal challenges in several states and abounded, recounts. One is in front underway already thats in georgia where the race is too close to call though some republicans are raising concerns saying that is not being independently verified and tally in the 2020 president ial race in georgia 159 counties is under way the largest manual retaliate in the countrys history and hand count stems from an audit required by state law. According to the law, one race must be audited by hand to ensure voting. Machines are counting ballots accurately. It began at 9 am friday and is expected to be complete by 11, 59 pm, wednesday. Officials in nevada working to finish counting votes in clark county. Although we still have work to do, the staff will be fully engaged friday, saturday, and sunday with reconciling all of the records that we have in place for all the votes that were cast in clark county. And now the Republican Party there result has filed a lawsuit looking for a recount of votes in Maricopa County in a separate lawsuit. The arizona g. O. P. Came together with the Republican National committee and the trump campaign. Litigation is looking to block certification of the States Election until affected ballots can be looked over by hand from supporters. Continuing their stop, the still rallies. Thursday, demonstrators gathering in richmond, virginia. There was an even hour. I know that for all voters are quiet, but that he was there for the president to lead the world outdoors or michigan were about to overturn wisconsin. Were about to overturn. Thats over, you know, theyre going to find out real where your very 1st go, pounding in short, youre in arizona in nevada because probably still in what we the u. S. Postal Service Whistleblower who shared information about backdating ballots in pennsylvania with project there are toss was questioned by u. S. P. S. Investigators, Richard Hopkins says he stands by his initial claims that i did not reach my state. After tweeting about the dominion voting machines, deleting votes, President Trump tweeting friday morning that 2020 was a rigged election where 14 for the news with rick sanchez and fascist suite are state officials and independent observers. Also, there is no indication of wrongdoing in election in the letter to the trump administration. U. S. Election officials called the 2020 vote the most secure in american history. But recent poll indicates widespread concern among voters that mail in voting could lead to fraud. Our panel of guests discuss the issue. Every agent or every employee also put their name and their position on their letter. This is definitely a slap in the face to the trumpet ministration. They were directly talking to President Donald Trump in this letter and look for heads to roll. Obviously, after that, you know, some Bureaucratic Agency saying they think it was the most secure election ever. Thats fine, but we, the people have a right and a campaign has to get to the bottom of this. And if we get to the bottom of the process, the rule of law, the constitution this, that our founders knew how to set this up. Weve had other elections where there either was allegations of fraud or enough questions of fraud that they changed the election. So lets get to the bottom of it. Lets see what happens. Georgia has a republican governor, a republican cheap elections officer, 2 republican, great senators, republican senate, governor. Its all republicans involved in this vote count. So youre telling me that republicans coronated it was fired against the president of the United States to create this, this loss that obviously is attributed now to going to truck in some state dept president obama is lecturing the American People on concession when Hillary Clinton and the democrats in congress, never conceded to present trump, they never stop digging into him. But look out, all im saying is dont accept the results until we get to the bottom of it. Then we should. The question is whether democrats would accept the results if we get to the point where we find big fraud. Republican supporting trumps fraud allegations are putting democracy on a dangerous path thats according to former u. S. President barack obama. For the u. S. Election system has been questioned for decades to who can sense a closer look at the history of fraud in u. S. Elections. Theres a common theme in the media when it comes to the possibility of irregularities in the u. S. President ial election. Its a ludicrous claim that there chris, every vote counts, but when someone gets enough votes to win, the loser concedes that is what happens in this country. Described as unfounded ludicrous and baseless allegations made by President Trump and his Campaign Team remain just that allegations until proven otherwise in courts of law. But such control the season, nothing new. All School President , barack obama. I come from chicago. So i want to be honest. Its not as if its just republicans who monkeyed around with elections in the past. Sometimes democrats have to and heres jerry, not another democrats on the current chairman of the house judiciary committee. In my experience in new york paper ballots are extremely susceptible to freud. Your paper with no machines, i can show you, i can show you experience which would make your head spin was and followed. The 2004 election saw concerns raised about multiple aspects of the voting process. On key swing states, ohio saw democrat candidate john kerry question whether the outcome represented the will of the voters. And the d. N. C. Chairman agreed. Im not confident that the election in ohio was fairly decided. We know that there was substantial Voter Suppression and the machines were not reliable. It should not be a surprise that the republicans were willing to do things that an ethical to manipulate elections. Thats what we suspect has happened, and wed like to safeguard our elections so that democracy can still be counted on to work. Former u. S. President jimmy carter cochair, the federal election reform commission, which states that in 2005, that mail in voting is fraught with the risk of ford and coercion. Hes since backtracked on that plane, but remains scathing about elections in the United States. The american political system wouldnt measure up to any sort of International Standards for several reasons. Lack of Central Election Commission capable of issuing uniform rules, lack of equal access to the media for all viable candidates. And the inability to conduct recounts the election process in america has of course, come a long way. In the 19th century voting was controlled by gangs who would broadly bore, coerce voters. It looked Something Like this. Im all for it, my boy to form an alliance with you against bill cutting and is slated later this candidates and some people, every irish vote you sent them a nice way in the coming elections. Things became less violent and more nuanced in the 20th century. Lyndon johnson ended up winning a primary. He was losing in texas by just 87 votes. All thanks to the last minute appearance of a ballot box full of votes for johnson. This pave the way to his rise in politics and later presidency. It was scandal at the time, but a mission took years to emerge. James, and did not win that election. It was students for him. And i know exactly how it was done. The 2000 bush gore election controversy has been cited by some as a comparison to 2020. Results in the deciding state will close with the Supremes Court giving bush the nod. But the result could have been a very different thousands of voters in florida were labeled felons, preventing them from voting. Bushs brother also happened to be the states governor. No Major Law Firm in florida worked for al gore, even democratic, even democratic oriented law firms. Because everyone was afraid of the bush family and the governor and losing important state business in this election cycle could perhaps be summed up best by joe biden. Himself, we have put together. I think the most extensive and Inclusive Voter Fraud Organization in the history of american politics. Of course, this was just an ironic slip of the tongue biden was really talking about the democrats Voter Protection program. For many though, the issue with the president ial election 2020 may not be the result itself. Or even if trumps claims are all true or not. Against the backdrop of election controversies spanning decades, its the total dismissal and reluctance to even investigate the allegations that will continue to polarize voters for years to come. A former special adviser to barack obama discussed wall buds foreign policy. Like this was on the latest edition of aunties going underground. Do you think its a mistake to see trump is some kind of bolt from the blue, as someone who broke in a fundamental way with american traditions. Because trumps isolationism is unilateralism, his protectionism, his racism, all of those actually buttes have very strong roots in american history. Going back to the founders, going back to the late 17 hundreds. And in some ways, i think trump has demonstrated himself to be a very acute politician, because hes been able to tap in to that different narrative that different version of american, except exceptionalism, america, as the city on the hill that stands aloof from the world, not a country that goes out to change the world. And so right now i think has biden prepares to take office. We do see the country going through a searching debate about the nature of its role moving forward. And my own view is its time for the country to find the middle ground between where it was in the pre pearl harbor era, which was doing too little and running away from the world where it has been more recently, which is drawing, trying to do too much particularly in the middle east, to find that, that stable middle ground to step back, but not to step away from president elect biden, meanwhile, is wasting no time. Hes busy putting together a transition table some of his way some pics of cool surprise. For example, rick stengel will lead the United States agency, the global media overseeing the Governments International broadcast, as he previously defended the use of propaganda and some curbs on free speech. Our 1st amendment doesnt just protect the good guys. Our foremost liberty also protects any bad actors on the internet. Truth is not optimized. Its not enough to battle full sword with truth. The truth doesnt always win. Thank you. Has a packed c. V. He was chief exec for the National Constitution center, also managing editor of Time Magazine and the barber administration. He served in the state department and he was a prominent political analyst for m. S. N b c. Explode with all editor of grazer. News says that bidens pick should cause concern Richard Stengel taking over the Us Government entity that oversees all of these foreign broadcast operations. Who has described himself as the chief propagandist and he is openly talking about what kind of Information Access the u. S. Domestic public should and shouldnt have. So its very clear that these laws and these restrictions which and to protect the American Public from u. S. Government propaganda have been thrown in the wastebasket. Stengel in many ways is not going to just be what he described himself as a council on Foreign Relations event. In 2018, the chief propagandist, he will also be a kind of censorship czar in combating online media that the u. S. Government does not like. Who share stengel mentality will define alternative media independent media or twitter users from officially targeted countries like venezuela or iran, as dissin from asian actors and simply ban them from the internet or pressure social media platforms to ban them. Again, weve seen this happen in real time. And so what i expect to witness during abide administration is an intensification of these sense sorriest suppression efforts. One of the biggest global changes brought about by the pandemic is a must shift to working from home. Millions of people will, by just staying away from the office of research, is a germanys biggest bank saying those people should be taxed for the privilege. Working from home movie, part of the new normal went off to the pandemic. His post suggests the amounts raised could Fund Material income subsidies for low income earners who are unable to work remotely, and thus assumed old economy and health risks. No, do it. Your brain team is suggesting an additional 5 percent levy for remote staff. They argue its roughly equivalent to what people are saving on, transportation, and food. I think the money could be redistributed to those who cannot work online, many of whom are Blue Collar Workers on the lower incomes. The researchers estimate such a scheme would raise around 48000000000. 00 in tax revenue if im plugged in the United States. 9000000000. 00 in the United Kingdom and 19000000000 in germany. Now, most over surveys that were carried out this year have shown positive attitudes to working from home. A poll in the United States found a heavy, 72 percent of socalled knowledge. Workers want a combination of remote and office duties. Only 12 percent would prefer to work only from the office. Journalists, charlie boyle, and geo political analyst run the road, gave their views on the idea of a new work from home tax. The major cost for people is really nice and i was getting to work. And that is the next 5 to get something every year. And a lot of cases that automatically renew the year, you know, significant costs associated with getting to an office job. I think this needs to be proven 1st. The people who are working from home at the long run will save money. You need a fully equipped, equipped office, you need hardware, you need more space, which you need to rent or to buy. If people stay at home, work from home, the turnover is reduced for many other businesses and this hurts the overall economy. And this is not going to be resolved in the next couple months because the super slow downs over everyones getting crunched, going back to work, you dont. Western governments have really increased their deaths quite considerably. So if this tax, if this extra tax for people who can work for from home is supposed to be Something Like a compensation for these losses. And for these steps, i think its a totally misconceived strategy. No time to even implement, even its political well. And i say yes, ok and secure the 1st 3 months of next year once it actually gets rolled out and well have the conversation for 3 and a couple years time. But what we need is to foster Economic Growth and activity. And this can never be done through a tax. So even in france are warning jobs will go, a marine life will be irreparably damaged if plans to build a new windfall in britain near allowed to go ahead. That story. Just join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics. Im showbusiness, ill see you then. Welcome back. French fishermen are opposing plans to build an offshore wind farm in brittany, claiming it will endanger sea life and their livelihoods, as it has long been pushing for Renewable Energy projects. Picks up the story. Fishing is a way of life. Pay off the coast of brittany every morning, fishermen head off to sea in the hope of catching their breath. But theyre now not alone. A Renewable Energy company is also trying to get it hooks into this areas natural resources. The strong winds and tights here make the coast around the area which is near song creek perfect for an offshore wind farm. 62. 00 turbines are planned with the site expected to be operational in the next 3 years, but fishermen are determined to sink the project. Our leaders have been clear if they dont get answers to their questions, they say cannot be a wind farm. That is a certainty. And it is resident, he says, who would rather die standing in the fisherman cannot be developed. The wind farm is important politically french president not growing, has attempted to patrol himself as being an environmental champion. Now he hopes that wind power could generate almost a 5th of frances electricity by 2028, partly from offshore turbines. Yet one Campaign Group says the const