Best and worst COVID-19 countries: How does yours fare? (Full show)

The US retains its unenviable number-one spot in number of COVID-19 cases, but India has overtaken Brazil and is projected to reach the top. India has recorded more than 873,000 in the past week alone. Meanwhile, public health officials and policymakers the world over are eying Israel as a model for what a successful mass-vaccination effort and speedy return to relative normalcy would look like. RT America’s Trinity Chavez and John Huddy join Rick Sanchez to report on how countries around the world have fared in their struggle against the pandemic.

Dr. Richard Wolff of UMass Amherst joins Rick Sanchez to share his expertise on the already-visible signs of inflation in everyday purchases like milk of housing and cars. Is the US on the brink of "stagflation," and should working people expect to be priced out of markets they once took for granted?

The world's attention turns to the South China Sea as the US and UK send a number of warships enter the contentious and geopolitically crucial region in what some observes deem a show of force to Beijing. RT America's Alex Mihailovich reports. Then author and Hollywood filmmaker Sean Stone reacts to the 2021 Academy Awards.