Outbreak but is this fighting putting more strain on americans already worried about their health and their income will discuss alright its time to use i q. The house of representatives have passed the 2 trillion dollar economic stimulus package to combat the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a historic vote today but it was not all smooth sailing after one congressman objected to the way the vote was planned argues Rachel Blevins is joining us now live from the newsroom with more details to this rachel well manila President Trump is now set to sign the largest economic stimulus package in u. S. History after it was passed by the house on friday however lawmakers who hope for a quick vote with no debate were met with opposition from one congressman who argue that. House members were failing to do their most basic job show up and vote watch out for concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus left the house opting for a voice vote republican congressman thomas mathy warned he would push for a roll call vote which require at least 216. 00 members to assemble in order for a vote to be held mathy took to twitter where he wrote the constitution requires that a quorum of members be present to conduct business in the house right now on the eons of essential working class americans are still required to go to work during this pandemic such as manufacturing line workers and Health Care Workers while the package was eventually passed by the house and that is opposition to fast tracking the vote drew attention from President Trump who also took to twitter referring to massey as a 3rd rate grandstander who was just trying to delay the bill for publicity but was from called for throwing that the out of the Republican Party he has not been the only critic of this deal today on the house floor arguments were heard both for and against the deal but members who voiced their opinions were limited to just one minute h. I dont agree with every proposal included in this bill the vast majority of it will work directly to provide relief to the people who need it most communities across the nation expect this body to act today the truth is this bill will spend 6 trillion dollars not 2 trillion dollars even that cost fails to include the cost of borrowing this money there is no attempt by congress to reduce spending elsewhere in the budget to pay for this bill the sad truth is that most of this money in this bill is unrelated to finding the coronavirus. Now as a reminder while the 2 trillion dollar stimulus package includes direct checks for americans more than 350000000000. 00 in loans for Small Businesses and more than 100000000000. 00 for hospitals it also creates a 500000000000 government Lending Program amid concerns the u. S. Is doing too much to take care of Corporate America after days of debate republicans and democrats in the senate who voiced their disagreement over various provisions in the deal came together to pass it with unanimous support while the stimulus package has the support of both President Trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi who often appear to be at opposite ends of the spectrum it is received criticism from fiscal conservatives who contend the deal is doing much more for corporate interests than it is for the hard working americans who will be impacted by the pandemic independent congressman just in the marsh argued that for 2 trillion dollars congress could double the checks and give every family of 47000. 00 per month for 3 months that would be for more hopeful than the to the people than the senate bill he said he went 8 everyone prevent favoritism and ensure the economy has the flexibility it needs now the 2 trillion dollar package has been passed by both the house and the senate trump is expected to sign off on it as soon as possible as a number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Continue to skyrocket reporting in the newsroom Rachel Blevins r t. And as the country grapples with this new pandemic the war between President Trump and the media continues disputes over the choice of words or numbers facts and figures have the country divided when unity is more important than ever one writer is calling us all out on this debate and hes joining us now to discuss Ruben Navarrette is a syndicated columnist at the daily beast the Washington Post and numerous other outlets as a robin your latest column calls out everybody on their bias sees and calls out the president you say the media core. Secondly points out that codice is rushing to reopen america by easter but you also point out the media bias there so how does this division hurt the country in fighting coronavirus. Miller thank you for having me on you you can put your finger on it the countrys worried about its Health Americans are worried about their paycheck their Economic Outlook but they count on leadership in washington to make things better to fix the problem and to ease that anxiety the media gets in the way of that because while it should be holding the president s speech to the fire what it should not be engaged in on a daily basis in these white house briefings is a kind of gotcha game where they beat the president and try to get him to say dumb things that the president has a penchant for send them things all on his own he doesnt need the medias help but if you look objectively at these press conferences it is a back and forth the tit for tat between the white house theres a suggestion going on between the media and the president and its not helpful what we want for these briefings is information you know give me the information to help me protect myself and my family but keep the sandbox antics out of it yeah and you have some criticisms of also the quarantine or is all that means all of us right everybody treating social distancing like an extended vacation you say a lot of people seem to be having these really you know i mean for lack of a better description these 1st World Problems right saying that theyre bored or or you know theyve watched everything i write flex put that into perspective for us. Right so i live in Southern California and if you live in south florida or something california youre used to being outside at the beach and beautiful outdoors and whether its really difficult for folks to stay indoors and i think that there was a very slow uptick in both florida and california for people just hearing the order paying attention stopping kids about about this its as if you had 350000000 teenagers out there who didnt listen to their parents tell them how serious this was and it wasnt just the spring breakers it was a cause. Constant reminder to all of us of all ages to treat this seriously to stay indoors to minimize our social distancing and unfortunately it took a long time to figure that out were just getting it i think but weeks and weeks went by and i love the virus to gain that much more strength absolutely and ruben real quickly last thing here journalists or those who purport to be a journalist like you know jim acosta at c. N. N. Or chanel raelyn at 0 a and they have shifted from covering the story to becoming the stories themselves how does this hurt journalism and americans faith in our industry. Right its devastating because what jim a constant others have forgotten is its not about you you know youre there is a vessel youre there to be the storyteller collect information to give it back to us but when they took center stage and made the story about themselves they hurt all of us the profession the hurt the country and this case it really hurt the the desire to get information that its critical to ourselves and our families so again step back folks its not about you you know the some of the some like the spot like and show you another day but just for now get out of the way Ruben Navarrette i got to leave it right there but thank you for calling everybody out on this Ruben Navarrette thank you so much the. Thank you. All the global coated 1000 pandemic has proven to be indiscriminate from royals like Prince Charles to the minister of Health Matt Hancock to now even the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson. I develop tomorrow symptoms over the coronavirus sense to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so im working from home im so far isolating and thats entirely the right thing to do. With infection confirmation is growing many brits are growing frustrated in the governments response and the optics created from the Prime Minister being able to whats perceived as cut the queue for a coronavirus test former u. K. M. P. George galloway is here to weigh in so george many brits are upset that the Prime Minister who seems to be displaying little to no symptoms at all was able to obtain a task people view him as a cue jumper when the commoners who are very ill in hospital cant even get to test themselves how do you view the optics of all of this. Well as donald trump said a week or so ago i mean that is the way of the world the people who are running things people who are in charge will be able to jump queues the problem is not so much that the Prime Minister of britain can get our coronavirus test but the other people cannot particularly the doctors and nurses who presumably the minister of the test to the british Prime Minister it is a scandal of monumental proportions that not only our medical staff nor gift just many of them are without even the basic. Personal protests. Ssion equipment were working without masks or working with the reuse mosques in a way that it clearly has stumped on the problem that you must not do thats the big scandal not the Boris Johnson and the Health Minister and also the chief medical officer by the way of 3 of them no down with corona virus today this bug is seeking out politicians like a heat seeking missile all over the world the political leaders are there was in our circles are being somewhat disproportionately struck down another tells you one of 2 things mother in law out of the something really dark and mysterious is going on are the millions and millions of us have already got this this just being tested and were not you know i think im with you on that one george i mean theres no way to tell because it seems this global shortage of the task now given that george it seems though as the wealthy the elite the lawmakers they seem to have no problem finding those tasks we know its not fair its not equal but for these World Leaders like Boris Johnson and for leaders like donald trump should they be given preferential treatment because of their roles in this world their job. Well not in the world as i would design it but in the world we have of course thats going to happen and by the way some of them are being tested when they have absolutely no symptoms of top senator ron paul we talked about a week or so or our goal absolutely no symptoms but able to get a test at the drop of a dollar or 2 and the way of the world the drum described it but it is a remarkable thing that countries that go around the world is. They doing and occupying other peoples countries projecting their military power are everywhere aircraft carriers Nuclear Missiles cruise missiles everything theyve got except face masks for their own doctors and nurses go figure yeah absolutely such a shame that i mean those are the people that again that are going to pay for it now george mr johnston says he will still be working from his home office at 10 downing street hes taking every precaution to conduct his duties while self quarantining he says documents dropped off at his doorstep Video Conference and what have you though mr johnson is only aged 55. 00 george does the u. K. Have a backup plan in the case that the Prime Minister falls too ill to carry out his duties. Well up and speaking personally i wouldnt Boris Johnson out to buy a loaf of because i wouldnt be sure that it would come back as i had ordered it or in the state have left the shop and so i dont think were going to be much worse off if mr johnson stays home for a week or 10 days maybe 2 weeks the real work of combating this is going on in the hospitals and in the medical profession of course water is too important to be left to the generals fighting a virus is too important just to be left to doctors and we have a backup plan a but im sorry to tell you the backup plan is dominick rob didnt know that most of our imports came our across the channel from cal they took dover but he is our foreign secretary but theres a likely love the emerging the chancellor of the exchequer the young mother neither of us knew a couple of weeks ago most of us got pronounce his name is rishi son. Mark he is the next Prime Minister of britain mark my words. And combat in cope at 19 is tough enough for a country still dealing with a civil war and starvation thats an unbelievable task that story coming up and then at the sports a few regina and brings us part 2 of her talk with maya good parents and blots on the growth of surfing on their behalf. As the election cycle rages on the media highlights or even invents what they deem to be important even radical what they dont tell you is how the Political Center is collapsing in Todays Campaign is what voters think about the status quo. Including it looks i dont know maybe to people who are just after they caught up with the wives they have never been told they say thats why i. Was. Always told was oh yeah measures come on guys you have. All the measures when you was going to disease but no one. Is youll media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. The isolation pool community. Are you going the right way or are you being that. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world. Corrupted you need to descend. To join us to the death. Already maybe in the shallows. The talk United Nations envoy to syria called for an immediate countrywide cease fire allowing citizens to save their own lives and tackle the Common Threat presented by the coronavirus arties yulia shop of all about reports from moscow the United Nations special envoy for syria has called for a complete nationwide ceasefire in the water on country to enable efforts to combat the code 19 pandemic syrians are acutely rollerball to call in mind to. Peers have been destroyed or are degraded there is a short. Medical Treatment Professionals internally displaced persons for jews. Living in conditions. Especially dangerous mr peterson has also called for large scale releases of detainees and abductees and also to grant the humanitarian organizations and immediate access to all detention facilities in order to ensure adequate medical care and protective measures i also appeal on humanitarian grounds for long. Term ease of use. There must also be immediate access for everyone to humanitarian organizations to all detention facilities. And steps to ensure adequate medical care and protective measures in all places of detention on sunday the government of president Bashar Al Assad announced the 1st case of the virus a young woman who flew into the country has been diagnosed with the disease transport between several provinces in cities has been suspended as a wednesday and nighttime curfew went into effect by the government until further notice schools and universities were temporarily closed in damascus and even the great mosque was closed for the friday prayer for the 1st time in centuries i mean because of the 1902 ation worldwide according to the ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to russia has spoken to newspaper is best if syria calls on the World Community to ease sanctions on the country to protect it from the coronavirus he said the local Health System is on alert mean while syrians have rushed to stash figured and fuel as fears grow that authorities would resort to even stricter measures after reporting the 1st case of the infection plus the country borders iran with a number of cases a still here this woman said it knows no boundaries. Discriminate. You live in areas one troll by the government or on their areas and dangers all the syrians the World Health Organization has announced it is sending testing kits to the northwestern adlib province the last rebel stronghold in the country the risk is particularly acute in the opposition held northwest as well as in the kurdish controlled north east the 2 areas to outside of assads control there were no testing kits available that could contain the spread of the virus about 3000000 syrians leave that 1000000 of whom are displaced and live in our crowded displacement camps where decent hygiene and social distancing measures are impossible they can turn out. Rescue committee has warned an outbreak of coronavirus in Northern Syria could be one of the world has ever seen u. N. Secretary general antonio terrorists called in countries to seize find all corners of the world also to live sanctions and direct efforts to combat the common enemy the coronavirus pandemic the measures dictated by common sense hopefully will be heard but all the conflicting parties. And estonia touted as the most advanced Digital Society on earth is also home to the worlds longest bentonville epidemic lasting nearly 20 years now in 2017 this tiny baltic nations seem to have won that battle against this highly addictive synthetic drug but 3 years later its clear that country didnt actually win that war argues alex mileage has the story. A picture Perfect Little nation with a big problem to know the drug appeared on the scene in a stony about 2 decades ago is stony in about 2002001. A pretty substantial contraction in the supply of heroin the taliban poppy man that came into place right around then really put constraints on the supply of heroin to europe for whatever reason. Was then supplied by fentanyl in 2001 the country of about 1300000 people so fentanyl hit the streets hard it was even more potent than its plant based predecessor heroin in no time dystonia how to fentanyl problem use reached epidemic proportions unlike heroin and other drugs that are plant based synthetics come from laboratories some experts say many of these labs are in china and india but Law Enforcement agencies in a stony i havent been able to track the origins for certain fueled by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids by 2017 the country suffered from the highest overdose rate in europe deaths were nearly 6 times that of the european average however thats a mere story and police meet startling progress in their fight against the drug amounts of Law Enforcement operation led to 2 major bust that effectively shut down the countrys illegal fentanyl business the police were now worried that since heroin was once again being exported from afghanistan that problem would be back in never happened instead fentanyl users move to other synthetics the heroin high just wasnt enough. To fit the ration off the. On the war on drugs we have a new drug on the market we dont even. Some drugs we dont think we kind of thing that i could live while they are the countrys estimated 20000 injectable drug users began to experiment shooting up cocktails of stimulants opioids and pretty much anything they could get their hands on one of. The worst being flocka you might remember flocka from when it made headlines in the states a few years ago the drug me people do crazy things one man in pill themself another user jumped off a bridge the list goes on not surprisingly in a story on Health Care Workers say the mental state of their injectable drug users is deteriorating so worst Case Scenario is its really not ready to address the threat you know substances pose people will start dying again in greater numbers. And ill be able to help but it seems another serial has risen the return of fenton largely supplied through the dark weather and from a stone he has never allowed feel in 2019 fentanyl made a comeback experts say 70 percent of todays injectable drug users in a store you know are using your story as police are doing their best to fight the threat but with new supplies coming from sometimes undetectable sources official say the focus may have to change to helping the addicts instead of chasing the suppliers for r t m i would smile a bit. I lets head over to regina hamm of the sports h. Q. Regina weve got some more from your interview with my your barrow that you want to share right shes a pretty interesting person you know serving is actually gaining popularity and its finding its way into one of the biggest sporting events on the planet when i asked my god here i had some interesting thoughts on that take a listen. So the olympics are going to have surfing for the 1st time ever do you see that is kind of may be taking it from being a less mainstream to throwing it completely everywhere and having more people be interested because its going at such a Global Platform yeah i think as soon as you put surfing which is a nice is a new sport then its really a coach or if you think about it its for people that live right on the beach that have free. And through you know that lifestyle and theyre very interested in the sport to a platform that just brings. Sports performance you know who was the best and its a gigantic its the biggest platform in sports to be able to say that youre in an olympic athlete you dont have to say anything else like i dont care what your discipline is you know youre in the limbic athlete and to be able to put that stamp and surfing i think its quite amazing. Its going to take the sport to a lot of people will see how it will translate to people actually starting to surf. The. Coastal and to the sport but you know the more eyes there is in the sport the better you know the more sponsors do have the more opportunities the more surfers the more professional surfers so i think its very far as it is and i want to catch on one last thing i know in 2013 you served at nab that a and you had you know you almost lost your life doing what you love did that ever deter you and all of that kind of almost reinforce your love of the sport or else you can overcome anything. Definitely it took its toll on on my mind and my body and how i see this forward nowadays and how much risk i want to take you know and and really being more careful and more. More calm about results you know i just i put my life 1st and then come sports and so i think at that time i was really really hungry and i didnt see that risk as being something. That could. Really not be work and now i take that into account always when i go out i read to put it on the scale and im like ok should i do it should and but in the end of the day you know it taught me so much that i wouldnt be able to be in the level in my sport right now if i didnt have the experience and if i didnt have the years following it to really figure myself out and really dig deep into the safety and into my performance and. To my own self as a person an athlete i think you know every time you gain that kind of experience and you overcome and you become more mature about your performance going to be may get us thank you so much for joining us. Thats it for. Thank you regina we have a lot more news of dont go anywhere well be back at 5 oclock with code 19 continuing to spread u. S. Navy hospital ships are headed to the hardest hit areas well show you where then Health Care Workers are also facing supply shortages some even resorting to raising money online for those critical supplies all that and more coming up at 5 thats it for right now make sure you keep up with everything and question at all times by downloading our brand new free app called portable t. V. To catch up on the news 247 they are very cool i know what you can see better. You know what i mean you get there so you can think about a spectral menu this new dorp or. Kind of where i want to be on course if you dont want that its higher than. The article mafias them. To europe but once they. Leave they are. Because you took. Some of the leave you know how minor accidents are you know if this unit can get it out of. The soil the. Court of the import data because the persona that a kid even. Yes cabbie didnt want me to then. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics Small Business im show business ill see that. Greetings and sal you take was here in the United States of america things are definitely starting to get heavy not only on the numbers of infected rising steadily each and every day but this week also saw a drop in both state and federal governments in the form of unemployment claims according to a recent labor report from the Labor Department more than 3000000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits in just the you were in the United States just last week breaking all previous records including the one set back in october of 90