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Scientists make a breakthrough discovery that could save dying coral reefs all right its time to boost your news i q. Very usual sighting off the coast of california in fact its so rare that we here at r. T. America wanted to get a birds eye view of the unexpected arrivals along the coastline youre looking at here exclusive drone footage of dozens of massive oil tankers sitting idle along the Pacific Coast with nowhere to go because these oil tankers have a gird due to the Global Demand for fuel collapsing all due to less driving and less flying as millions of americans are being forced to stay home during this coronavirus pandemic argy correspondent natasha sweet is a long beach with a story. With people flying in drive the last of the oil industry is taking a hit and as you can see there are dozens of oil tankers up the coast here in Southern California but these line of rigs it was far north as San Francisco with simply no place on. In this exclusive video youre looking at 20000000 barrels of oil floating off the west coast roughly 3 dozen ships scattered throughout the waters from long beach to San Francisco with nowhere to go as facilities for storing crude are nearly full these tankers are acting as floating storage for oil these oil tankers up and down the california coast are carrying roughly 20 percent of the worlds daily consumption of crude with stay at home orders lingering for almost 2 months the need for oil has sharply declined and across the country Oil Storage Facilities are at their capacity which is why oil has been pushed on to takers to float out at sea pumps are still running extracting oil from the ground and all that oil has to go somewhere so brokers were betting that storage would be more valuable than oil next month leading some on monday to pay potential buyers to take it off their hands Marathon Petroleum Corporation Refinery in martinez california has been idle chevrons also going to refinery has cut back on their processing in as well oiled gained ground in Financial Markets wednesday and thursday more than 40 percent after reaching record lows on tuesday u. S. Benchmark crude was trading as low as 650. 00 a barrel tuesday more than 80 percent lower than the start of the year however oil strength over the last few days has done little to make up for crude enormous 75 percent loss this year there coronavirus pandemic has drained about a 3rd of Global Demand with so many refineries here in california the big question is when will they stay at home borders be lifted but despite california being past the peak of coburg 19 cases governor gavin newsom saying today that he still cannot give an exact date as to when things will get back to normal reporting and long beach the taj a sweet r. T. There is no doubt the u. S. Economy is in peril the latest unemployment numbers are out bringing the total number of americans out of work to 26000000 meantime Many Americans are still waiting for their government stimulus checks to arrive all the while there are. Now that dead people have already gotten theirs. Joining us in studio shes been following the story so far and how i dont fill me in here how is that even possible dead people getting checks all right so on the surface it looks really bad but theres actually a whole thing going on here and what that is is that dead people yes again have already gotten their stimulus check the government has even admitted to this happening but its a double edged sword because the i. R. S. Is trying to send out these payments as quickly as possible as everybody is suffering but each state keeps track of death records which are that reported to the i. R. S. But while the coronavirus is killing tens of thousands of people theres obviously going to be a time lag and that is ultimately another bold monella boy do we know how many how many deceased people have received money so we do not know that number right now but we do know that the i. R. S. Has issued 80000000 payments and ultimately some 170000000 people will be getting paid but unfortunately this is not the 1st time that weve seen this little fiasco happened back in 2009 during the Great Recession we had 52000000. 00 people they got a check for 250. 71 of those people were dead which was a good 17000000 dollars and one percent of those payments given out now you do have President Trump saying that you know hey sometimes you give the bad check to you give a check to the wrong person were going to try to take it back but then you have a legal experts monella saying that if you were alive when this stimulus plan passed and then you die legally you are entitled to that check so it would go to next of kin maybe possibly this is all New Territory so ok since were on the subject subject of checks there are alive people that are also not getting their checks so what about those unemployment numbers so it is not looking good at all the dow jones actually predicted that last week there would be 43000000 new jobs or new unemployment claims it was actually little higher than that 4400000 now you can see by looking here at this chart the only good news. As that last week there was a decline of 810000 but that still its 4400000. 00 that is would be the equivalent to everyone in the entire city of chicago and phoenix filing for unemployment now the department of labor comes out with their new rate calculation in 2 weeks but its projected to be around 23 percent the rate during the Great Depression was 24 percent of the grand total over the past 5 weeks 26500000 this has protesters continuing to take to the streets in some states not following the social distancing roles and calling for the country to get back to work arguing that these stay at home orders are destroying the economy by employers look up was good and those are stored in the capital working were struggling because we dont have the other one im looking to home with family members that i know that have an impact. On their business on the origin interesting story longer so i have friends and neighbors and businesses gone there daryn theres a lot of businesses of. Now the house is expected to vote and approve the 484000000000. 00 corona virus relief bill which the Senate Passed on tuesday so its now the house that will be sending it over to the president s desk which president has promised to quickly sign it now this bill is geared toward Small Businesses and hospitals and another big ad is the 25000000000. 00 for coronavirus testing in manila this bill follows a similar one approved a last week however that one actually ran out of money so fast it was scooped up mainly by restaurant chains and National Hotels so that resulted in this latest bill having to be put forth through the house still a lot going on there aaron friends i thank you for filing that report. Other news making headlines around the world fireworks were literally on display in one pair as Police Clashed with residents it all happened after a motorcycle collided with an Unmarked Police car. Riots soon followed resulting in protesters setting off fireworks and then police using tear gas and this latest incident comes as residents abiding by lock downs during a pandemic are growing restless. And the Trump Administration is installing surveillance cameras at the Us Mexico Border in response to cope at 19 even though the number of people crossing illegally has dropped reports reveal 60 cameras and 540. 00 additional troops were sent to the border this month c. B. Pace says the cameras are manned by the military and will be removed after the pandemic has ended. And the world could soon face shortages of biblical proportion within the next few months that dire warning coming from the United Nations food agency who point to covert 19 as the major part in the global problem heres arties alex the highly bitch with a closer look at the impact being felt in north america it was not the news that World Leaders wanted to hear its the same town well where did was go tonight the addressing the u. N. Security council the executive director of the World Food Program David Beasley made it clear 135000000. 00 people around the world are headed toward starvation with the coronavirus potentially taking in additional 130000000 down that path in a workstation area we could be looking at salmon and about 3 dozen countries and in fact you know these countries we already have more than 1000000. 00 people per country who are all of the verge of starvation in a number of nations that already have difficulty feeding their people its not only covert 19 that is making things worse but also locusts from africa to south asia swarms of the destructive insects are disseminated crops millions of acres of potatoes and have been left barren by the bugs in 23 countries it is thought that the current locust population. Could grow up to 400 times its current number by summer potentially spreading to new areas add that to the strains of covert 19 things do not look good for these already hurting nations you know their parts of the world the question many are asking is can covert 1000 affect Food Supplies in highly developed countries like canada and the us this is what the u. S. Secretary of agriculture had to say last week gets govan 19 is impacting Food Processing facilities as you know for americans to be maybe worried about access to good food because of this i want to assure you the American Food supply is strong resilient and say this week however things dont seem quite as certain work in at least 7 major u. S. Meat plants has been halted this week in iowa tyson foods pork Processing Plant that employs 2800 workers was closed after at least 180 of its employees tested positive for covert 19. Approximately 20000. 00 pigs a day are handled at the iowa location and combined with a tyson plant that has shut down indiana together they account for about 18 percent of the u. S. Has hog slaughtering capacity. A usa today investigation found that 150. 00 of the nations largest meat Processing Plants which includes pork poultry and beef or in counties where the virus is spiking when it comes to beef the u. S. D. A. Has said that production is down 19 percent from last year at this time meaning that there will be less beef and that it will be more expensive adding to the problem 2 out of 3 of canadas biggest beef Processing Plants are suffering from covert 1000. 00 outbreaks when combined the 3 facilities push up 95 percent of all of canadas beef the country is looking at cutting exports of meat to the u. S. To boost its own supply the u. N. Says while time is running out if we put our minds together and act immediately a global catastrophe can be avoided for r t m alex mile of it. And a time of so much bad news heres some good stuff out of florida the florida aquarium in tampa announced this week that its scientists have made a breakthrough discovery that could be a help saving coral reefs are to correspondent john honey has more. Its called americas Great Barrier reef the coral reef system off the florida keys on the coast of florida the 3rd largest in the world its being ravaged by an outbreak of whats called coral tissue loss disease that started in 2014 well scientists that the florida aquarium in tampa announced that for the 1st time ever theyve successfully reproduced rigid cactus coral and human care and it could provide the necessary help to keep the florida reef system alive and healthy the aquarium released this video showing fully developed coral larva swimming immediately after release the next step is figuring out exactly how long the corals larva swims around before settling down and growing into adult coral roger german president and c. E. O. Of the florida aquarium said quote our. Wolf to say florida is endangered coral reefs continues and this historic breakthrough by our coral experts our 2nd in 8 months provides additional hope for the future of all coral reefs in our backyard and around the globe scientists hope to one day release the human grown coral back into the ocean assuming it continues to grow and even flourish hoping to replenish and restore the diseased and dying coral system last august researchers at the aquarium announced they were the 1st to get Atlantico Ocean coral to spawn in a controlled Laboratory Environment but before this latest discovery not much was known about how this specific type of cactus coral reproduced so its a huge breakthrough for scientists essential providing a much needed window into the creation of this very delicate coral life now its all about sustaining it coralie ecosystems protect coastlines from storms and erosion providing food habitat and nursery grounds for fish and Marine Wildlife and a source of income for fisheries and ter isnt so protecting these ecosystems is essential in protecting earths oceans and seas for our teeth john hardy. All right so are the anti quarantine protesters getting their fair shake among Media Outlets to discuss that next and then over at sports radio to hampshire how one volleyball star found a way to keep up his training all it took a little creativity. Back. So it seemed wrong. Why dont we just dont call. Any world yet to shape out just a. Comes to educate and it gains from an equal betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. And he found it was saas is that once you got infected then you get a nice one with any mean response and so that. Softly protects you against me infection or not while shining with this new crown of bars is sad its a very cold case to trading in many patients who get mild disease any and bodies. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. The isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. Away. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or remain in the shallowness. Across the country protests are popping up demanding local governments will reopen their communities signs saying all jobs are essential becoming a trend crowd saying they dont want to handout but they do want their jobs back the coverage of these protests are viewed very differently depending on where your politics align so here to expand on this is Ruben Navarrette he is a syndicated columnist at the daily beast the Washington Post and a whole number of other outlets ruben good to see you so lets operate in it seems that the overwhelming majority of these protests and you know like lansing michigan phoenix arizona other cities are white truck supporters do you think that is an accurate assessment or is the media somehow skewing what were seeing out there. Bill because you were thanks for having me i think it is an accurate assessment as follows if you are probusiness pro commerce if you believe that the restrictions or too much and that we all need to go back to work then you are more likely to be in the trump camp than the anti trump camp those are Trump Supporters those are republicans or conservatives it doesnt change the fact that this is impacted by the fact that you have many democratic governors like Governor Cuomo in new york and Governor Newsom your california whos taking the lead in imposing some of these restrictions so it does kind of become a blue and red issue in that regard so i think if you characterize these protesters as Trump Supporters and mostly white terms of course that that thats fair. And a lot of media so are chiding those folks condemning them for not keeping social distance not wearing their mass or what have you but is that a distraction you say are they missing the point of these protests. Here of agree with you i think it is not flushed down. What is that the bothers me personally when i see protesters going around without masks heres what it is i have a set of concerns people who believe in these restrictions and dont want to open up the economy have a set of concerns and it comes to spreading germs and the very fact these people could be so dismissive of our concerns that they would protest without masks on really tells you where our politics is broken down i dont mind at the protesting i dont mind they have their signs that they have their point of view but it would help their cause a great deal i think if they at least pretended to take seriously the concerns of the 60 percent of americans who in a recent poll by the a. P. Said that they thought the restrictions were just right yeah there are several states where a lot of these governors are are pulling a lot higher than even President Trump during this time so that i mean thats i guess up for debate again depending on where your political views align and speaking of republicans the republican georgia governor brian cab was entertaining the idea of just basically for being the light switch on getting everything back to normal as a pig you know because people need their massages and their manicures and their haircut but even President Trump weighed in on that and said whoa hold your horses but you know ultimately he said its going to be up to the states so where is the fine line when leadership is giving mixed signals. Youre right the optics are not good great georgia decides it wants to open up the economy it says the very 1st things were going to do is bowling left bowling alleys and tattoo parlors because thats just where you want to be in a pandemic thats where you want to go next week theyre open up restaurants and movie theaters all the way customers in georgia will decide whether they feel comfortable going to these places theyll decide whether were open for business in georgia or not but i think the brain kept the governor of georgia played right into that stereotype of a tone deaf pro commerce republican who doesnt really care about the safety of his own people by making some of these comments basically said if you dont want to go out there you can stay in. That doesnt do much for a Public Health debate though so again he was a caricature he played well the media the media took hold of it i dont think the treatment of him was completely unfair but again these are complicated issues theyre complicated issues and we should be much more respectful of each other at least here give the guy an out and correct me if im wrong when is he also the same governor who was unaware that people could be asymptomatic with coke at 19. Thats correct very late in this drama about 3 or 4 weeks and he said they mostly that this just came to our attention that you could be asymptomatic and the rest of us you and me and people the media knew this are 3 weeks going into that so again not a good look for brian camp in georgia hes probably not the on the line in the short list to be the next Surgeon General of the United States but as governor of georgia governor of georgia i think the people of georgia will decide ultimately whether hes on a wise thing or a foolhardy thing open economy so soon and were going you have been very fair about all of this i think sometimes people classified you as a conservative writer but it sounds like youre kind of right down the middle here not taking right side one where the and the other because science is not political right it shouldnt be and should be a political topic so with brian kemp wanting to open a massage parlors nanny patty play it is and tattoo parlors these are businesses that are direct skin to skin contact in the midst of a pandemic i mean thats the last comment on that but also sounds just crazy well im also g. M. C. Wants to open up gyms because you have people sweating in gyms people are not good choices ok i dont so even if he was right open economy the wrong choice in terms of which which outlets hes opening and be fair ive had brushed my tensions recently that the governor of colorado is also pursuing some of the same sort of attempts various businesses in that state and hes a democrat so it is fair to point out that you know the contempt for both parties a healthy thing in both parties are making. The mistake of trying to open up is a calming way too soon i think you find republicans and democrats on both sides of this issue but again it is a very sensitive subject i tend to err on the side of caution and i agree with you we should let science make the call and not politics when we have it right they are great last words they are Ruben Navarrette thank you so much i always enjoy having you. Thank you. Elsewhere around the world a house of worship in haiti turned into a house of horrors after a Childrens Home run by a u. S. Based church went up in flames the incident took place back in february killing a lot of kids some as young as 6 years old but it hasnt been until now that haitian authorities have begun to investigate the event as possibly criminal investigators could soon determine if members of the bible Understanding Church should be held responsible. And the trumpet ministration plans to invest around 12000000. 00 in new aid projects in greenland according to officials the move is tackling chinese and russian influence in the arctic and the news is if you recall this comes less than a year after President Trump expressed interest in buying greenland which is part of the danish greenlander say they welcome the idea but the 12000000. 00 has to come with no conditions. Or take a look at this researchers have finally mapped out the entire surface of the moon for the 1st time in history and this paves the way for more effective future moon landings for other nations who choose to take up that challenge now the images were put together by the u. S. G. S. Astro geology Science Center in collaboration of course with nasa and the lunar and planetary institute. Thats going to regina ham at the sports h. Q. Were starting to see that a lot of professional athletes are finding themselves without any place to train so whats an athlete to do when its a growing trend that they need to turn things around their house to make these makeshift gyms and Training Centers and sports like Beach Volleyball usually require interaction with another person usually a coach or teammate well one dutch athlete is finding a way to fix that in the age of social distancing Beach Volleyball star Alexander Brower got creative to maintain his training a little he simply set up a net in front of a you know great. To volley back and forth for our use this radiator screen in his backyard doesnt have as much sand as the beach but it will have to do for hours one of many athletes who find themselves if they need to change how they work out and keep up their training will a big bronze medalist is under a lockdown in his hometown of and hog it looks like a bit of a tough workout in pretty noisy so brower might not be converting any of his neighbors into family. Science dealing scandals involving both the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox rocked the baseball world now boston finds out what its punishment is for Major League Baseball the 20000. 00 World Series Champions are stripped of their 2nd round pick in this years amator draft for breaking the rules during their championship season will be commissioner rob manfred concluded red sox replay system operator j. T. Watkins revised sign sequences repliers he suspended without pay for the train to oppose it and barred from the replay room for 2021 this carrier former red sox major outscore also suspended through the 25. 00 postseason horror who left houston for the boston job after the 27th season usually parted ways with the red sox in january after he was implicated as the key individual in the astros science dealing scandal and check this out one long time a resident get a chance to do we wish we all could do was going to be lifelong jogger robert kraft not the owner of the new the patriots has been given the green light to jog on the beaches of Miami Dade County the county is still under lockdown due to the coronavirus and crafts as hes been running 7 miles a day on the beaches freak years and had risen to pavement during quarantine however neighbors started a position to petition to help him get back on the sand and that was he was granted a special permit so its nice to see people getting out and about i think manila that gives us a little bit of respite from being in our homes all the time around everybody and good for not new England Patriots owner robert kraft other robert kraft on for dinner or getting a permit to get out there because you know im jogging on pavement bad for the knees and you know he was he running for another 510 years so. Good for a family looking good all right thank you for that regina ok thats all for us right now but make sure you download our brand new free really cool app its called portable t. V. You can catch up on all the news you might have missed there im ill and chant well see you back. People are really remarking that 2020 is a mirror image of 2008 its the exact same problem banks over leverage blew themselves up and are now demanding a bailout at the point of a gun from the fed and other such will banks and except this time the dislocation in the economy combined with the coronavirus is so great that weve tripped over into medieval ism thats how messed up this. Journey has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. Based drugs talk to people who are chronic pain patients and believe that their opioid prescription is working for them on the river. To. The. World through dependency in the direction to. 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