working conditions, claiming the company puts profit over people's lives. blackers work between 10 and 12 hour shift. now you will go to the bathroom, not able to take a break, not able to, to have time off sick pay. no, nothing like of course people are going to die. ah, that i could have you with this. this is our team from moscow, or it's just turned 11. am this thursday and around and i was time president putin starts his annual end of the media briefing. fielding questions from journalists at home and abroad. we're going to cover most of that life for you when it starts. for now though, let's bring in our senior correspondent or i guess they have who can take us through some of the topics the russian presidents likely to talk on either what's likely to come up in this is kevin moran. while it's anyone's guess, this is all through all vladimir putin, but we're all in attendance here. there are hundreds of journalists not quite the, the record numbers we saw in, in previous years. but these are pandemic tons. and because of that, because of social distancing measures, because of safety concerns, there is a limited number of journalists that were allowed to attend the, a little over 500 as for what vladimir putin will be speaking about. well, traditionally, a lot of these press conferences, much, much of the thomas devoted the seuss u. e cannot make internal matters. so that is, you know, difficulties facing the russian people. but of this, you always, he always talks about international themes, the most pressing concerns of the day. and we expect much to be honest with you because of the present president spokesperson himself said that these times are more turbulent than they have been in decades. and did, did they are, he is called the, the, the international situation of, of great concern. and the, at this time, we're seeing unprecedented enmity hostility between the united states and russia nater to a lesser degree and russia as well. russia has just put forward a proposal to, to nato, into the united states for, for mutual assurances of, of security summit, cooling it, an ultimatum, nevertheless, that there's a lot of tension, a lot of tension internationally and vladimir putin will be certain to touch on that. okay, and you're going to be that for us among the press pack and in for the long haul as well. austria was 4 and a half hours was nice so we got a flask, etc. we'll catch up with a later. for now though raggedy, i thank you. next the future of the world without american leadership might be grim and chaotic. certainly according to secretary of state antony blinking. but as artes nicky aaron's been finding out? or quite a few countries reeling in the aftermath of washington's help. have you ever wondered what the well, it's might be like without the united states as a chaos. that's what it thinks when we're not engaged. when we don't lead, then one or 2 things happens. either some other country tries to take our place, but probably not in a way that advances our interests and values or no one does. and then you get chaos . yes, the you asked have used this magic touch to bring peace and harmony too many estate, far and wide, one fine example operation enduring freedom, better known to you and i as a us invasion of afghanistan. following the september, the 11th attacks, the u. s. entered the country with a mission to hunt down the summer. been logged in and punished the taliban government of the law with most of the country since 996, the promise was one of retribution, the goodies to faith in the bodies. we must rid the world of terrors, or children and grandchildren can grow up in freedom. we are not nation building again. we are killing terrorists. ah, [000:00:00;00] in the news. they call it collateral damage to you and i that's innocent. people in the wrong place at the wrong time when 10 civilians, including 7 children, were killed in an strike. the military initially defended it only a month later, did they acknowledge it was a tragic mistake. and yet, none of the military personnel involved will face any kind of punishment, then consider the hundreds of other similar cases exposed by wikileaks. in reality, the kind of peace, the u. s. has brought to the country has left its people so terrified they've run for their lives, and the 6000000 off guns have either been displaced internally or have fled the country altogether. fueling a refugee crisis that continues to reverberate across europe. by the time it withdrew, it had become a mirror as longest war and yet makes wake it. lesson alarming needs to add to the goal is to use a wash money out of a tongue, raises a goal . my goal is to have people on then there is iraq, as america ended this time, and i was gonna start its next step was to announce the end of active combat for its troops in iraq. though the picture won't change too much, some $2500.00 service members will remain on the ground even in the coming year. it was 2003. when the us approach the you went to make the case for invading iraq. so i think saddam hussein stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, and we will remember how that ended and yet moving a 1000000 raw case on estimated to have lost their lives as a result, along with thousands of american troops on the outcome. widespread sectarian violence and the rise of islamic state. and then this syria, after humming and hiring us centered syria in 2014 shifting from working quietly behind the scenes to support rebels to overt displays of us force. i have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force, particularly after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. the images from this massacre sickening, a crime against humanity and a violation of the laws of war. the big promises were made like defeating ices. by like 2014, the $500000000.00 spent training, what was supposed to be $5000.00 on t ice is syrian rebels as managed to successfully train about 5. so once again, why that is goodwill and both sides and the really good chance for success, the u. s. has secured the oil among the many us military for raise the promise always the same one of stability, peace and freedom. but with the growing list of foreign interventions turn sour perhaps his time, the u. s. consider a career change from the global policeman. tony blinking has a very difficult job and that is to try and put a good face on a, on bad policy on, on an administration that you know, promised the moon a can even launch. we haven't had a foreign policy success in decades. our invasion of iraq in 2003, of course, predicated on over a decade of, you know, sanctions based containment of saddam hussein. that change the entire middle east, which in turn gains the entire world. not for the better either. so, you know, the united states has a problem, we are in a position where we have the, the power, the, the accumulation of power to, to make this stand and continue to make the stand. and right now, there's not too many nations that can stand up and prevent us from doing it. it doesn't make it right. we've seen the consequences of this. but for the moment, the united states, no is a, is a superpower. the lack of moral compass to ethiopia. now where the authorities, it amounting that western mainstream media stop spreading, fake news. they claim that unbalanced coverage of the civil war. that, than that it's biased towards the rebels fighting the government. people have taken to the streets around the world to support the elected ethiopian government rallies have also been held near cnn's los angeles bureau, people to mounting the u. s. it's west that i stop interfering in the fulton country. all teeth pulled a sleigh report from the philippine capital the government and people all of range of the wasted media coverage of what is happening in the country. any yeah. with those belonging to the tiguan people innovation on easy to p l. a. meeting? well, in a wall trying to pose a democratically elected government, instead of remaining neutral mainstream wasting, media has chosen to take sides and the jury duty here pins and any he'll get as well as a brought strongly feel that cnn has covered the conflict over the past. year in a manner that is highly biased and detached from context. and you times in 6. he said he's so sweet, claiming that it was the government, a prime minister at b meant cnn has in fate a much better. 8 news anchor with the largest ethiopian television channel has monitored and reported on the false reports. the channel continues to spew out. for example, when t p a live march used to abby suburb, you know, they, they are at this 60 kilometer away from abby's c and nana reported that i'd be sub about is under siege by t p a live this completely tech news. and that the used tech picture another the chip in i allays is transferring. we can talk to great region, but impractical be keeping i had lies is not doing that to use factually. but see an inch from this method in order to attack the it's your pin economy. i'll just hear about published a video cap on facebook with the heading thousands of to grand a wasted in ethiopia. it shows a video of vigilantes and states that they are looking for to grands. but what it doesn't mention is that these such an teeth were heating a quote from the government to go out and protect their own neighborhoods against to grands who were coming in. looting and killing people on november 26th. the french state owned international media office, france 24 reported that some t p l. a fight has had reached deborah sina some 50 kilometers from addis ababa. it was simply untrue, as picked up by fact finding organization in the capital city. yeah. wants to sell her falsity. but it's, it's, it's becoming that the really fucked heart of becoming boarding experts agree the mainstream press is talking with one voice, suggesting a coordinate it behind the scenes and not only the media, they enjoy the rights groups like amnesty a human race which they also collect these reports in the sample assembler report, and then today congress man data opinion, and then they use it to impose sanctions, be easier, can government if it's clear that western media is wilfully and deliberately choosing to misinforming williamson. it's unfortunate because during the war time, if that credible reporting is urgent policy oxy, i just have a back. yes, yes. well, just to add to that, the un high commissioner for human rights says the both the government and the rebels have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the crisis of moral in the mainstream media impacted ethiopia. and who might be profiting from it had to our website finance that to be under reported world and our award winning programs at r t dot com i see, and it's also in the spotlights in the us after a form, a long time producer, phil disgraced star chris cuomo pleaded not guilty to child sex trafficking charges . court documents reported by fox news alleged that john griffin tried to pay off witnesses, including that he offered a woman $30000.00 in january, and also sent $4000.00 to a family member of a 9 year old. he's accused of assaulting. griffin was indicted. this month on allegations of attempting to lou minors for sexual activities and coerce girls as young as 70 years old to go to his home. he faces a maximum life sentence in prison. if he's convicted. cnn says the charges against john griffin, a deeply disturbing this by far the 1st sex scandalous cnn. in recent times, this month, of course, the network fired chris co for alleged misconduct after he helped his brother, andrew then new york's governor to fight off a sexual harassment case. cnn host on lemon was recently accused of sexually assaulting a bar tender and last ship c n. n. legal analyst jeffrey toobin was allegedly called performing a sex act during a work related video cole, or to contribute to lauren chen suspects the scandals. will den cnn's ratings the charges that john griffin is facing. they are not capricious. they are not merely based on a. he said, she said, situation. there are evidence of payments at text messages that duly people to believe authority, specifically that he has been up paying underage girls a for sexual favors, as well as trying to involve their mothers to varying degrees. he is engaged in grooming, and some would argue as well sex trafficking, many mainstream media outlets not just seen themselves have, i think, been a little bit hesitant to talk about this issue. even though we can only imagine what the reaction would have been if this had been someone, for example, on the fox news team or the trump team that had been discovered doing the exact same things overall as cnn's credibility has been shipped away, specially over the trumpet ministrations years, a lot of people just no longer believe that they are a fair and unbiased source of news. and it's just not a good look for a network that is already struggling to keep up a positive public appearance. and sadly, the only time cnn has been, i think, really disgust widely lately has not been for their amazing journalism or content. it has been because of these, these negative new stories involving their personnel. if the feds are alleging that not only did john griffin engage in these terrible behaviors, but he also then try to pay off a witness to remain silent. i don't think we have much reason to take john griffin at his word. and i think the fact that he has engaged in these things shows that as a person, there is not much he is not willing to do when it comes to preserving his own freedom. i still hadn't ought to be an american athlete, voices. her frustration of the reco breaking results of transgender rivals, saying it's vital with no disparity in school for all natural blue. ah, ah, ah. with what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race. his on offense, very dramatic development only personally and going to resist idolatry. how that strategy will be successful, very critical time. time to sit down and talk ah, hello again. i'm a, some workers have rallied in new york over what they say, the company's reckless disregard for safety and union busting policies. have been a wave of criticism over how it treats staff after 6 died when a warehouse collapsed during a tornado in illinois early this month. caleb moore been report, so we're here in time square, and as you can see behind me, there's a large demonstration of amazon workers and their supporters. now the main talking pointed, this demonstration is workers' health and safety. here the new york vase, amazon worker, is one adequate protections from coven 19 as they go to work every day. but the whole country is reacting to the incident where we saw a tornado that hit an amazon warehouse, killing 6 amazon employees that was earlier this month. december 10th, and the country is still reacting to that horrendous news. many questions are being raised about jeff days else. the billionaire ceo owns amazon and whether or not he's really concerned about the safety of his workers. this is what some of the protesters, amazon workers and their allies had to say to us when we spoke to them earlier. those workers were not allowed to leave. they weren't allowed to have their phones . we saw the screenshots, amazon is letting us leave. the van driver said they were told that if they didn't come back with their vans empty, they would not have a job. the next day. they were saying we need to go. there was a storm and the manager say no, you have to stay. you were not allowed to eat. that's like a 100 years ago with a triangle. shirley's factory worker's work between 10 and 12 hour shifts. totally isolated on the outside world. and we are here. so there, man, among things hasn't paid. amazon has shown itself to be incapable of protected workers, lives incapable of doing anything but putting profits over people's lives, over safety. how many more people in our class after die? how many people have to die to be working this inhumane like this at the speed in these warehouses to get these packages out there? this is impossible. i absolutely was not able to go to the bathroom, not able to take a break, not able to, to have time off, no sick pay, no, nothing like of course people are going to dine now. protest of also been highlighting the fact that while the pay of amazon employees is considerably low, jeff bezos, the billionaire, c. e o seems to have avoided the tax bill and is not really paying his fair share of taxes. he recently spent a light, a lot of his own personal wealth on a trip to outer space. now the protesters here say that the conditions in amazon warehouses are unacceptable. workers' rights are not being protected. many people calling out this huge international corporation. taylor mauppin, r t new york and american track and field athlete who's last transgender rivals. 5 times in her career, says female swimmers should fight for the right to fact competition and not have to compete against biological men who changed gender than the athletes. also launched a legal battle under the fantasy women sports act and says, will people need to speak out the fact that that's still happening, that women, us to lose into biological males in their own sport shows why we need more female athletes to speak up about this i just want to say to the female athletes in pennsylvania don't let anyone silence. you speak up, tell the national collegiate athletic association. your ethic directors and your coaches, that he one fair competition. because dylan, this is nowhere near as scare as it seems. and the amount of support is overwhelming. top pennsylvania university, swiftly, a thomas who competed in the men's team for 3 years before transitioning in 2019 has already broken several records. the season raising questions, not just about the right of transgender to compete, but if their biological makeup gives them an unfair advantage. some college parents civil, so written an open letter to the college athletic association, expressing concerns about the physical disparity between competitors at stake. here's the integrity of women, sports, the precedent being set, one in which women do not have a protective and equitable space to compete as a direct threat to female athletes in every sport. what all the boundaries, how was this in line with the n c, a commitment to providing a fair environment for student athletes or the transgender swimmer self rebuts. the accusations saying she submitted all the necessary medical papers which were approved and therefore allowed her to join the female team. yet an idaho state representative we spoke to says transgender. inclusive competitions are far from being fair. if you are a biological male and you want to identify as a female, you are more than as an adult. you are more than welcome to do so. but we're never, ever, not in any part of society, let alone this. we're not free to choose the consequences. so the consequences of deciding to be a biological female is if you love sports, you can't compete on the women side, conger, biological male. we just physically cannot compete against a biological milk. i don't care what hormones they've taken, they don't even come close to dropping their testosterone level down to ours. we're stepping back instead of moving the ball forward and providing more opportunities for girls and women. now we're starting to have ours taken away even more, and we're supposed to kindly and politely, like good little girls stand on the sidelines and cheer for the boys. i refused to do that when they're competing against us. friction between the e. u and one of its members, states is again, threatening to boil over with brussels, now launching an infringement procedure against poland over its challenge to the supremacy of the law. the commission considered that these rulings of the constitutional tribunal are in breach of the general principles of autonomy, primacy effectiveness and uniform application of union law. this all stems back to when poland passed a series of laws overhauling its judiciary, creating a controversial chamber of the supreme court devoted to disciplining judges or that riled brussels which claims warsaw has effectively stripped the judiciary of independence, but refusing to yield in october, poland ruled that e u membership did not give the blocks. imperial legal authority now was all alone and his confrontation hungry escalated a feud with brussels on wednesday by announcing that it won't change its immigration laws. despite a european court ruling last month, e, you ruled that a hungarian asylum law that excluded people if they arrived from a country where they were not deemed at risk, failed to fulfill its obligations under the blocks law. while the route means that hungry could miss out on billions of euros in a new funding. dog alone, kennedy said he duck in copy you. you has no legal rights to keep payments. and participation in the recovery and resilience facility from hungary, or from any other member states. the whole process from the point of view of the unity and future of europe is the most brutal sabotage. this is what breaks apart the e u. acute shout open, some of your european politics expert we heard from says the e u is stepping well beyond the dream. it it, is he outrages, ah, what kind of freedoms are people in the brothel administration are giving to themselves, to even think of trying to a colonial style to do to tell of june country that there are laws are, are not the highest laws or they're all lower than highest laws on their own countries. beer being commission, which is a institution that is imposing on or it's so will on member state while ah, it does not come from any democratic leg urgency, so we're hungry and all they're doing is that they are exactly saying that they don't want to be part of such system of all those roused rumble on europe's also facing a winter energy crisis and with price is hitting all time highs. this way. gas tank is initially heading to asia, being abruptly turned round mid journey to take advantage of the premium price is being paid by europeans, moscow's reject. it claims that it's to blame for the crisis, while ukraine's pointing the finger at russia's gas, giant gas promise sharply reduced its own gas sales on the european spot market. despite growing demand and limits the ability of other companies to supply additional gas to europe and compete with gas prom. this is one of the key causes the crisis and the record rise in prices in europe. gas prom supplies gas, according to consumers, requests and full compliance with the current contractual obligations. there's been a 6 fold leap in european gas prices since the summer, as the continent prepares for the worst of the winter cold. there are also fears the countries reserves are insufficient. the shutdown of for french nuclear plants in recent days is also compounding, worries, gas premiums in germany, rose after it's suspended, approval of rushes, no stream to pipeline into europe. and some european politicians came to try and block the project altogether over russia, supposedly preparing to attack ukraine. claims that the kremlin denies international and strategic affairs expert frances perez believes that these economic problems have taken on serious political overtones. when you of i ident, she crises, especially gases, our prices or it becomes a political and a social problem. it's not delete that because the big problem it doesn't mean bucked on the consumers. it doesn't be boxed and you are p at it. the best reason i destroy the box as far as european compact. these are also just problem and vend russia eith, respecting each contractual commitments. us foss, gus exports to where you are been market, arkansas, but varies another question. the gospel, good guess, from an russia supply mo, gus, to rock outside the contractor and framework. and either the discussion is very politically east gas problem. russia, we've all deemed some gas supplies fall economic a very i try, sees all and all jupiter teach reasons, but you cannot save, i guess from his duck exporting vo. gus, you scrub it deep twixt fault, but you've got to explore. whoa, what you are committed to and that is your news for now. so far this of thursday, december, the 23rd at half an hour is that time of year again, president putin will be filled in questions from journalists in russia. i'm from around the world. if we got a correspondent that i will also have expert in that as it's in the studio, we'll bring it to you live a kicks off in about half an hour here and i'll take ah, ah, working room or shed in the back. she popped in. she said, well, i'm getting ready to go shopping for christmas and we, we snuck up there was a good bye to another, shooting another safe part of american life. shattered by violence. the gunman was armed with an hour 15, semi automatic rifle. when the issue comes home, it's time to act. when we're filing on this issue, the other side wins by default, lady that lived over there, i was walking. one of the dogs is why do you wear again? were you scared or nothing? you could take it off of me. i think the people need to take responsibility into their own and be prepared if those kind of weapons were less available. we wouldn't have a lot of the shootings that we certainly wouldn't have. the number of desk when you listen to a sequence of tone and you think x is going to happen, you know, why happen with distinctive bringing response in gauge that are relevant to how we experience reward and pleasure. while listening to some people looking at this is a kind of a kind of choreographing of our expectation . and so it begins 2 weeks of our christmas and new year's, the specials, in which we look back in the year. that was and parents in the future with some of our roster of amazing guests, all heterodox thinkers, that wouldn't be caught dead on breakdown financed corporate media. first up, james howard concert with

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