Keep her pensioners who already can barely afford to eat but didnt have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse. Also coming up anti vax or messaging on social media is being blamed for driving a deadly measles epidemic on some o. Where children are now paying the price. Some of those children are dying in front of the front of the minute front of other families in the intensive care unit. Going to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the french protesting today over a future that everyone agrees will be expensive but no one agrees on who will pick up the tab across france today workers went on strike angry over president microns plans to reform the nations Pension Systems retirement age in france is 62 and the state pensions are generous and the number of retirees is just getting bigger where you can do the math and you can see the problem president says that reform is the only way to confront a prohibitively expensive future now that was the argument that president Jacques Chirac offered back in 1995 the last time that french president attempted to touch pensions 3 weeks of strikes then forced the government to give up nothing changed is president looking at history repeating itself. A sea of strikers its the largest mobilization across france in decades this time its all about Pension Reforms for future generations. Their pension its a can already barely afford to meet. Who dont have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse. All cindy said the knish that i might retire myself in 10 years time and im not sure ill be able to survive on what mccall is proposing is that simple. However by thursday afternoon scenes from Paris City Center showed increasing violence groups of protesters smashed store windows and clashed with police among them members often Anarchist Group the socalled black bloc the violence made visible to frustration many strike supporters feel with the french governments. Take even if that is it going and he says i want to say don its always the one class who pay the price yes i think thats unacceptable thats a fact if theres money then the people in power like capitalists have to pay it off they know how to find money for not for the deals that it is theyve turned the world upside down and they want us to pay but we dont agree with that you went on in the for that all. The general strike was called by trade unions to protest the governments plans for pension reform many fear it would increase their work time and reduce their pensions to strike has received widespread support. Several forces united for this its really big terrorist students says 5 and doctors lawyers and yellow vests like me. Unions say they might extend the strike as far as monday. Lisa lewis spent the day on the streets of paris talking to protesters and she told us why so many people refused to accept macros pension reform plans. Well the people who are here today in paris and other cities of france of this need to demonstrate against him on my cost the president s pension reform there are worried that when they get to retire one point all the children get to retire that there will be nothing left that he will actually squeeze pensions so much that people wont be able to make ends meet they have been telling me that theyre really concerned that the government seems to be taking more money away from those who are already struggling to make ends meet instead of taking it from the rich thats why theyre here today demonstrators whove come to demonstrate against the pension reform peacefully have also voiced their concerns to me that you know if there are too many violent clashes that might actually distract from what theyre asking for and the government could then say oh these people are violent you shouldnt go and to not to demonstrate and thats it looks like thats whats really happening here today. There was the so was there reporting from. Parents are here at the big table with me now is luke andre he is a french journalist based here in berlin and the correspondent with rodeo france its good to see you again i want to kind of ask you if this is the the reality in france the french can retire at 62 their pensions are calculated with very generous formulas and do is this about a growing ageing population of Senior Citizens insisting that they not be forced to sacrifice anything in their old age its a bit more complicated than that actually got a dual system in. Mainly for the private sector your pension is calculated on the best 25 years in the public fixed or is the best the last 6 months is and now with. The reform to a single Pension System the Public Sector and some special systems into the Public Sector but not on the there are 42. 00 special pensions instance of a lot to lose and the ngo is it could be explained that people that working in those fields. Should maybe low wages with the perspective of a better pension and when the rules are changed me the way. They kind of angry what would be the solution that if we talk about just that that aspect of it what about a gradual change then so that the impact is is not you know black and white that it softer thats out of the negotiation now and. That takes place now until next week the Prime Minister is about to announced some more details in exactly the graduates of the reform is one of the very matters that he can play on the reports to the governments there is from should take place from 2025 to 5 years but you could stretch it out the Prime Minister was at the beginning open to introduce. Only for people coming into the labor market like postponing by 40 years basically which wards declined so there would be something in the middle but thats one part of the negotiation you know the last time we saw it strikes like this was in 1905 and of course it was Pension Reforms that brought people out on the streets the government backed down and they said ok were not going to do anything did they miss an opportunity then to begin gradual changes that could have maybe even been completed by now i mean was that a missed opportunity for sure for sure remember a shock was elected maybe 95 the demonstration took place in the full 95 until 2007 it did no major reform on anything just minority from on the Pension System but that was the turning point of its presidency and now weve gone to. President he was on the front page of Time Magazine a few months ago. Theres talk about him resetting the presidency in france i mean. Can he do that or will this break him thats the 1000000. 00 the like mission but thats was one of his major complaint promises to do finally it is Pension System reform so its kind of have to do it maybe in a way thats socially acceptable maybe to stretch it but if it has nothing on that then i will have a not a lot of presents 2022 reelected well see whos willing to stretch the most in france moving forward look andrea as always we appreciate your analysis thank you. Well still to come on the day britains general election now just a week away will it be another referendum on a look at how remainders the people who are against drugs that are waging their own information war to keep the u. K. In the european new led by dont get is going to be out every day trying to get the message out the people the poor are spread. Lunacy and hypocrisy. The South Pacific state of samoa has gone into walk down as it carries out a mass vaccination against measles of its population of 200000 people and more than 60 some 0 smoked of them children have died since the start of the epidemic in october more than 4000 cases have been reported in samoa since the current outbreak began and the main streets of the capital are largely deserted as mobile medical teams go door to door vaccinating people the World Health Organization says the outbreak is part of what it calls a global collective failure to protect populations against missiles. Now no necessary buying clothes for her son to be buried in. Hes one of more than 60 children who has died in the measles epidemic sweeping samoa. With cases like mine ting the government has declared a state of emergency vaccinations have been made compulsory in a country where only around a 3rd of the population was immunized against measles. 90 percent need to be vaccinated for adequate protection one reason for the rapid spread of the preventable disease misinformation by anti fax anation groups. Anybody tried. To. Force people to come to. Thats. The problem me should we have been handicapped by our drive. Cars. We have so many and time i actually. Think. For. Many of. You. The governments patience has run i use it starts at a 2 day shutdown of businesses and most government offices and advise samoans to stay indoors. Officials have asked residents whove not been immunized to hang red flags from their wind. Medical teams are calling from has to has to administer vaccinations. Others are being vaccinated in Emergency Centers the tiny island nation is desperate to finally sound the disease. And to talk about that im joined now by kate hines she is chief of communications for unicef pacific which has been working to contain this outbreak and its good to have you on the show its friday already there were you are you know when we look at the numbers weve got the numbers of children dying in samoa for a very small country and were looking at the possibility of an entire generation being threatened here simply because their parents chose not to have them vaccinated and that in the 21st century its hard to believe. Thats right incredibly tragic situation here because measles is a preventable disease as we know meant vaccines can prevent that disease and theres 62 deaths now and most of the children of thats too many children who are in hospital also struggling to recover from the means that with to things and this is a man made problem how do you combat this when the culprit is not Mother Nature but the misguided thinking of parents well theres many reasons involved as to why children may not have been vaccinated or the population may not been vaccinated there was a very low rate it was on to 40 percent and the World Health Organization recommends a target of at least 95 percent in order to protect a community or a country from preventable diseases such as measles and so having a very low vaccination rate that has allowed the measles up to to spread and have a much bigger impact than it would in a country which does have high a vaccination as many reasons why families may not have been getting the vaccine and made a family its week and they were staying at home because they were quite scared of coming out because their children might get sick and they were really happy because the outreach work because the government response its huge to reach the entire country now and the community has really pulled together during this crisis cheered reach every part of the country and every person and every child with that thing we understand that one man accused of spreading misinformation about vaccinations has been arrested but the his diatribes against modern medicine that you can still read them on facebook i mean that has to be alarming to you there on the ground and seeing that what the result of this misinformation is fear. Thats right and he backs the movement its been present here in somalia with the traditional he and the spreading to print messages as well to the public and also were seeing that across the world as well its a its an issue thats affecting many communities and having an impact and thats why its really important you know that its working with the government he had to get the correct messages out to the communities to educate the families on the importance of this think thing and we are seeing that when families are aware that this vaccine can save that their children and prevent them getting measles and getting sick with seeing a lot of families willing to come and get get that thing the news youre not having any cases of families resisting once someone looks at the door and says we need to vaccinate your child were not saying no. I havent actually seen that in my time here in samoa weve seen weve heard from families who are really happy because they thought that they couldnt afford to get to the clinic or they couldnt travel to the clinic and the government south to families to put up a red flag outside their fire him if they have not been vaccinated and youre seeing the whole community pull together because they have thing that impact everyone is affected he asked everyone who was no family has been affected so that means everyone is very supportive of this campaign. With unicef pacific joining us tonight from some more here we appreciate your time and we certainly wish you all the best and lots of success with this vaccination effort thank you. Well if there was any delves about president obama trumps past the impeachment while those doubts were dispelled today u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today formally gave the green light to draw of articles of impeachment against the us president it marks the culmination of months of inquiries into whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden polygyny says president trumps alleged withholding of military aid to ukraine threatened the heart of the us constitution. The president has and it is the palace undermining our National Security and jeopardizing the integrity of their elections its actions in defiance of the vision of anders and the of the office that he takes to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the state sadly that with confidence and you know that with allegiance to our founders and factual of love for America Today im asking a chairman to proceed with impeachment. With all drunk could be facing potential offenses ranging from bribery and abuse of power to obstruction of congress and obstruction of justice the white house remains defiant despite the legal storms that are surrounding it trump daring the democrats to bring it on tweeting if youre going to impeach me do it now fast so we can have a fair trial in the senate where republicans hold the majority and so our country can get back to business the House Judicial Panel will begin hearing the evidence against the u. S. President on monday a vote on impeachment articles could come as early as next week before christmas. Well just a week before britain goes to the polls and snap elections Prime MinisterBoris Johnson looks to be well on his way to victory in the latest opinion polls but his conservatives about 10 points ahead of jeremy corbins labor party this is a crucial vote well have to tell you that one that will determine the future of the u. K. Johnson has promised to deliver braggs it and get britain out of the European Union by the end of january in another boost for johnson the threat posed by nigel for rogers breaks of party has receded further after 4 of its European Parliament lawmakers quit the party today to back johnsons conserved. Forces deal. Its the only leave option we have it is clear to me that the brics that party is splitting the vote of leave us even if you have to hold you know vote conservative in the upcoming election. Or earlier this week to w. s home the cleavers spoke about the u. K. Election and brigs it with former British Foreign minister David Miliband hes now president of the new york based International Rescue committee living in the us no longer actively involved in british politics but you were at one stage arguably a major player watching bricks and the Election Campaign now from far away how does all that make you feel. Well obviously anyone who cares about britain is grieving about the fact that we have been turned from a country that was famed for its pragmatism for its stability for its International Engagement to a country that is now better known for having abandoned pragmatism in favor of plunging off the cliff that briggs it represents and having withdrawn from a Large International organization has given such such influence over the last 40 years so i have a personal deep concern about how the briggs it process is playing out how its been conducted but i think for the benefit of viewers around the world its important to say that there are forces trying to mitigate the ill effects that brags it might have internationally and i think no sane British Government even if it tries to reorient its economic relationships with europe knows same British Government would sever its political relationships but im talking about how people might be seeing it from overseas on the face of it a referendum about leaving the opinion thats basic democracy but its caused this chaos it was it a bad idea to ask people what they want i think that people have to remember that a parliamentary democracy depends on votes for parliament and when i was foreign minister for 3 years from 2007 to 2010 i argued against having a referendum on precisely the grounds that it was set up a competing mandate with members of parliament and thats been the source of britains gridlock over the last 3 years everyone says that they want to respect both but its very hard to do so and there is a concern that the general election that were having at the moment in the u. K. Is not actually an effective way to resolve the brigs that issue so referendum is no good and the election thats been campaigned for now also not the answer what does need to happen now i think that. Igs it needs to be addressed as an issue in and of itself of course the referendum in 2016 and no definition of what breaks it meant thats why the last 3 years have seen such corals over what kind of briggs it should go forward and