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how things work and many other places or ever have. they don t have representatives. in most places and times, if you wanted to take over a country, first you had to control its military. the guys with guns. the army is essential for political control. government dictators have no meaning without the credible threat of force to back them up. guns are two laws is what gold is to paper currency. value and strength in a democratic system. the military serves to protect the entire population no matter who they voted for. that s what democracy is. in an authoritarian system of the armies the enforcement apparatus of a specific political party. that s the difference between the two systems. it s worth remember and that given what we are seeing happen all around the world right now. the german defense ministry recently announced its dismantling its best to train special operations unit. dozens of operators have recently been fired. none have committed any kind of crime. the ru ....
an absolutely appalling scene on the southern border. i have also seen the video. i can t imagine when that would be appropriate. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. there was good news on the covid vaccines today, something we don t get to say every day on this program. this morning pfizer and biontech announced their vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. the companies plan to apply for authorization from the federal drug administration by the end of this month. now, obviously as a parent of two kids who would be eligible for that vaccine if the fda approves, i m very invested in this. i know a lot of you are, too. we re going to talk to the former acting head of the centers for disease control and prevention about this and what it means in a bit. of course, throughout this whole year, calendar year since january basically we ve had this weird, jarring good news/bad news situation on vaccines. i mean t ....
we must all band together for the sake of humanity itself. today many of the concerns cannot be solved or even addressed through the force of arms. bombs and bullets cannot defend against covid-19 or its future variants. to fight this pandemic we need a collective act of science and political will. ending this pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, managing the shifts in global power dynamics, shaping the roles of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies, and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today. where we apply and strengthen the core tenets of the international system, including the charter and declaration of human rights as we seek to shape the emergence of new technologies and deter new threats. or will we allow those universal principles to be trampled and twisted in the pursuit of naked political power? simply put, we stand in inflection point in history. an inflection point and also a threatening point in the u.s., ....
polls for snap elections. a tight race with justin trudeau hoping his handling of the pandemic will keep him in power. although the taliban are showing increasing signs of repressive government, some women are not backing down. a group of brave activists protesting outside what used to be the ministry on sunday. the taliban closed it and replaced it with their feared ministry for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. the protests come after concerns were raised about girls being allowed to attend secondary school. translator: you cannot suppress the voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them as well as by not allowing them to go to school. you cannot suppress the voice of afghanistan s women. now, a private preschool opened on sunday in kabul with both boys and girls attending. that s a rare sight. the taliban insist that public secondary school for girls will be allowed, but they say they have to set up what they call safe transport ....
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. thanks for joining me this hour. so, we know that afghan women are defiant, despite growing signs that the taliban government is sidelining them. a group of activists protested outside what used to be the women s ministry on sunday of the the taliban closed that ministry, and replaced it with their ministry which is called the ministry for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. the protests came after concerns were raised about girls being allowed to attend secondary school. translator: you cannot suppress the voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them, as well as by not allowing them to go to school. you cannot suppress the voice of afghanistan s women. well, the taliban have claimed they will not rule as they did during the 90s but they have done little else to calm fears that women will be denied basic freedoms or be shut out of jobs and schools. on sunday, afghanista ....