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Approved by a judge and a full report will tell you the reason for this odd request all right its time to boost your news i q. Now to our ongoing coronavirus coverage President Trump today signed the nearly 500000000000. 00 Coronavirus Relief bill into law that will give Small Businesses struggling to keep employees on payroll 370000000000. 00 then 75000000000 for hospitals nationwide and another 25000000000 for covert 900 testing meanwhile lawmakers are already looking toward another built as the crisis continues to affect the American Economy so as this virus continues to grip some states. Like georgia they are actually preparing to really open this as president tassels with his own advisers on what to expect from the virus in the coming months arties Trinity Chavez brings us that report. Today a sobering reality as the coronavirus death toll climbs past 50000 the virus killing more americans than the vietnam war the us having one of the deadliest days yet more than 3300 deaths reported in a 24 hour period the deadliest day since the outbreak began each state battling its own challenge california marking its deadliest day yet 115. 00 human beings lost their lives families torn apart it was the deadliest day in the state of california. Holding a tight grip on new york with more than 263000 infections day after day there are still more than 1300 people showing up at hospitals even as the state comes down the curve that we all were. Until we have a matter of being able to say it in the past this as news the virus may have spread more widely than previously thought the state Antibody Test study showing nearly 14 percent of residents may have had the virus the numbers in new york city even higher at 21 percent what does that mean i mean these are people who were infected. And who developed the antibodies to fight the infection and the lockdown demonstrations erupting around the country. Are not. Dozens of demonstrators taking to the streets of New York Miami North Carolina and alabama while the state of georgia is reopening nonessential businesses including spas bowling alleys and tattoo parlors after getting the green light from Governor Brian Kemp despite the state having nearly 22000 confirmed cases of coven 19 i told him very distinctly i said mike was there i said you do what you think is best but if you ask me im happy about it im not happy about it and im not happy about bryant camp but the president also sending mixed messages publicly taslima with his own top advisers disagreeing with dr felt she over the issue of testing you know i have agree with them of the no i think were doing a great job in testing i dont agree if you said that i dont agree with it yet experts say the c. D. C. Counted more than 800000 cases in the country is widely undercounted due to the testing shortages now what so much uncertainty surrounding this virus the new York City Council is proposing a covert 1000 relief package into protecting Small Companies the homeless tenants as well as essential workers in fact one piece of the legislation called the essential worker bill of rights would require companies extend protective measures for those employees as well as hazard pay for those hourly workers who remain on the front lines working through this pandemic reporting from home in new york treat each other as r t. A Multiparty Coalition of m. P. s are now calling on parliament to develop a universal basic income as part of a post pandemic plan to avert economic catastrophe but Dominick Rabb standing in for Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is still on the mend from coronavirus himself out. It rejected the notion of u. B. I. During a teleconference this week meanwhile e. U. Negotiator Michel Barnier a is criticizing his u. K. Counterparts for setting quote unrealistic deadlines and demands for a post bracks it deal so joining us to weigh in former u. K. M. P. George Galloway George you and i have discussed u. B. I. In spain just a couple weeks ago who will be the 1st in the e. U. To implement such a plan but now nearly 100 m. P. s from across the u. K. Are in favor of doing the same thing there dominic rav quickly kill that idea and a number of tory m. P. s have already come out against such a plan so is this idea already dead in the water or is it worth a debate. Well its the latest liberal does i told you when we talked about over spain its not something i myself support im Old Fashioned i believe that people should work on the state has a responsibility to find them work if there is no work available on the socalled free market and its the responsibility of trade unions on this state and the employer to haue more of a decent living wage for people the u. B. I. Is a kind of low force charter and that doesnt sit well with me its a charter in which if you want to work you war and if you dont want to work youll get what is in fact our glorified door all game which will have to be bid for of course by those of us still working. So its not the way forward in my view and it wont go anywhere in britain because both the conservative government and the labor opposition bortle pulls it the charter is led by the liberal party. Who doesnt have much of a punch in british politics these days so im not expecting this will go anywhere but the crisis provokes this kind of demand is that our unemployment p r universal credit is sure absolutely insufficient and so completely incompetently run that theres real pain agony for people who are thrown out of work so much my position is this. No one should be forced to work in an unsafe environment and my goodness weve got one no and you do 2 thirds to 300 dead people in the last 24 hours and weve still got a highly infective unsafe environment yeah and once they can no longer work there must suffer no loss of the stunt for one george their argument is that some 3200000. 00 britons are going to be furloughed and then their jobs are never going to come back and i think thats the fear that and the argument that theyre making there and i know at least here stateside in the u. S. Amongst a lot of millennial is a lot of young people are really into the idea of u. P. I. Is it the same across the pond. Yes. Of of the succeeding generation to the 68. 00 generation of hippies who would who would rather you know tend their garden or do what they call useful nonwork learn the piano and so on and sometimes sing to young people but its not a way forward for the working class for the working people in this country are i believe if you can work yeah you must work and you must fight course there talk be better conditions otherwise you will continue at work and all the millions like me will have to pay for people to sit on their sofa instead of whining about not credible it will not happen yeah it wouldnt be fair to folks like you and i who choose to keep working as we join working george and lets switch gears to democrats it talks are going so hot between the u. K. And e. U. For plans after the u. K. Formally departs the union on the 31st of december the e. U. Seems to want to delay that date for another 2 years because of the coronavirus but the u. K. Seems to be moving full steam ahead pandemic or no pandemic george this sounds to me like the divorced spouses one begging the other not to move out yet even though the divorce has been finalized by the courts. Exactly beautifully put look we are Steve Mcqueen on his motorcycle in the great escape we are out of there were jumping over those friends and we are out of there the end of the year this is the denial in which the e. U. Is living that somehow well stay for another 2 years and help to shoulder the burden of the e. U. Is economic collapse of course well we wont do it the people wont stand for the government want to agree to it we are leaving and if the e. U. Negotiators want to compound the critical in terms of kill can only situation theyve gone. By starting a drug war with lost just because we have the money to do to leave them there will suffer from more we will were out of there of the other Steve Mcqueen on the book were out of the right well leave it right there George Galloway appreciate your time today thank you. And a federal judge has ruled in favor of the Baltimore Police department after they were sued by the a. C. L. U. Over the launch of their Aerial Surveillance Program as a result the camera equipped planes could take to the skies as early as next week Rachel Blevins is following the story shes joining us now with more to this so rachel what is the latest on this case well a federal judge has now ruled today that the Baltimore Police departments Aerial Surveillance Program does not violate americans privacy rights now in his decision u. S. District judge Richard Bennett specifically wrote images produced by the air Pilot Program will only depict individuals as minuscule dots moving about a city landscape the movement of these dots cannot be tracked without significant labor so hes claiming that this program does not violate americans 1st or 4th amendment rights and now that we have his approval we already have the city of baltimore is approval and so there is a chance of this program could be launching as early as next week now we found out about this program from the Baltimore Police department when they announced that they had plans for an aerial surveillance Pilot Program in which 3 planes equipped with cameras would fly over the city they will collect a one image per 2nd and they will stay in the air for 12 hours a day now the department claims the planes would be used to help investigate murders no one fatal shootings and armed robberies but their surveillance minnow would cover around 90 percent of the city wow thats just. Mind blowing one photo per 2nd over the course of 12 hours is a lot of photos so rachel what concerns does the a. C. L. U. Have over this i mean is it because our photos going to be little dots or they can be able to see our faces well thats a question that were 8 all trying to figure out right now on the a. C. L. U. Is definitely warning of all of the unintended consequences here right there saying that sure the Surveillance Program may capture a robbery suspect but what happens to those thousands of images that are taken of you and your family in your backyard where youre presuming that that your private space and that you have the rights to that so in their lawsuit they say oh you specifically argued that the program would put into place the most wide reaching surveillance dragnet ever employed and then American City giving Baltimore Police a virtual visual time machine whose grass no person can escape so theyre essentially arguing that by starting this this is something you cant go back from and theyre creating this all seeing eye that could watch all americans thats a little scary a little creepy but this isnt the 1st time the baltimore p. D. Has faced complaints over these type of civil liberty complaints what more can you tell us on that right so the Baltimore Police department actually already implemented this program back in 2016 they just did it without telling anyone about it and then when people found out there was obviously a lot of backlash so they took a step back and now theyre going about a different route to get aerial surveillance and this time around but we have seen a number of lawsuits against the Baltimore Police Department Just in recent years and one of the most egregious examples of that is actually baltimores elite gun traced task force now it was initially praised for going to guns off the streets up until their officers were caught trafficking drugs conducting illegal searches stealing cash and property running a racketeering scheme and planting evidence all while the citys homeless side rates skyrocketed now we have to remember when it comes to baltimore nearly 63 percent of their residents are africanamerican and yet only nearly half of the citys. Police force they are all white and so this is a massive problem that were seeing especially when they also have issues with Police Officers living outside of the city there are a lot of things that the Baltimore Police Department Needs to work on and yet people are wondering if we should be handing them this much power while the laundry list of charges on that just wow rachel womens thank you for filing that really interesting report thank you thank you. And in the age of coronavirus our governments using this pandemic to push for Artificial Intelligence innovation were going to discuss that and then over at sports where g. M. Will take us to try now where punxsutawney is taking to a painful you will level employee. I mean any fans of his size is that once you got infected then youd get a nice one for any response and so that. 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In the midst of this coronavirus pandemic there is a lot of discussion about government surveillance and that conversation goes beyond just the pandemic of course in fact just last year a Us Government body dedicated to examining how Artificial Intelligence can address the National Security and defense needs of the United States so according to a new document acquired through a lawyer request it suggested the us follow chinas lead and even surpass them in many aspects related to technology the specially in their use of math surveillance joining us to discuss this boom bust tell host investigative journalist ben swan so ben following chinas lead thats something that i think resonates with a lot of people that many steps for the implementation of this mass Surveillance Program are currently being promoted and implemented as part of the governments response to the current Coronavirus Crisis why is that. Well the reason that its kind of all seems coordinate right now is because a lot of the people who are in charge of this coronavirus taskforce that would essentially be monitoring and following and tracking americans are also involved in the development of this other program and so youre got crossover between these 2 things whats interesting about this program that you kind of led up to this interview with is that it actually became part of the 2 1018. 00 National Defense authorization act it was passed back at that time and essentially the goal is to catch up with china but the way that you know the u. S. Government likes to go around saying how terrible china is in terms of mass surveillance for its citizens all the meantime is setting up tasks for task forces to essentially recreate what china is doing or to actually go beyond which china is doing in terms of tracking location whereabouts what people are doing what theyre listening to what theyre why. Where they are and how they conduct themselves and the u. S. Is actively pursuing this and then i mean going back to china here a lot of this is traced back to the fears of the u. S. Basically having foam 0 right against chinas technological advances i mean theyre worried that chinas so far ahead but here they are you know playing catch up and then copycatting. Right so china is way ahead in terms of development theres essentially 2 powers in the world when it comes to development you have china and the government of china and then you have the United States but its not the government of the United States its Silicon Valley in the United States so you have the Chinese Government and Silicon Valley are the 2 World Leaders in terms of Artificial Intelligence development the question is what point does the u. S. Government say theyre going to work closely with Silicon Valley to surpass where china is in terms of ai and just because you can doesnt mean that you should and thats one of the problems that we have with ai right now is how far is too far in terms of what we allow this technology to do you know im glad that you pointed that out because it should be to distinguish that chinas technology is state own technology whereas here in the us the stuff happening in Silicon Valley belongs to whoever owns that startup or that google or that you know that facebook its not state owned right so what how does what i mean by the other i mean wars say yes they didnt force yes so what you have in the United States is it a worse system in my opinion because you have a for profit model that is privately owned but then stayed in force because the state in terms of the United States government wants to utilize that private technology. Yeah that that makes it harder im not sure if its going to be easier for us to implement the things that china does because of that disconnect then but this document is also very concerned about indias currency their reform their it notes the civically that the main mobile wallet provider. In india called pay t. M. Is majority chinese own quote in this article which states quote. A big break came in 2016 when india cancelled 86 percent of currency in circulation in an effort to cut corruption and bring more people into the tax net by forcing them to use less cash so why is this such a big concern to the u. S. Yeah well its 2 things number one the concern is that the chinese own majority own companies so there are of course anything attached china to theyre worried about but its also interesting that there is this huge concern over india becoming a Cashless Society which india is headed towards india plans to become a completely Cashless Society and by the way i got news for you china plans to become a Cashless Society as well as it now launches its own Digital Currency but with the us a seen with that is that essentially there is more control by government over the Monetary System which in the west and in the United States is is unthinkable that you would move to this kind of system the diff the problem isnt the reason its unthinkable to the u. S. Government is because the u. S. Government pushes a Paper Currency that is the worlds reserve currency and so its terrifying to them that other countries will move to Digital Currencies which would weaken the u. S. Dollar what i predict in that been predicting is the u. S. Ringback is going to find a way to follow suit by trying to establish a Digital Currency and how would they do that theyre going to do it the same way theyre doing this the Ai Technology which is to partner with a private entity like a libra or a facebook in order to get the private into these in Silicon Valley to create it for them and then the government will enforce it. You know well have to see i mean the us though the take away always playing catch up to asia and asian markets. Always appreciate your hot takes on this thank you. Thank you. Other news making headlines around the world Emergency Services in russia are continuing to battle large wildfires that have destroyed dozens of buildings and villages in siberia fires have spread through fields and forests on the fact of a heat wave which has hit the entire region regional authorities have issued hundreds of fines to local resident and farmers for violating fire safety regulations which they believe contributed to those fires. And opposition lawmakers in venezuela loyal to one quietly agreed to pay themselves 5000. 00 per month from state funds that were confiscated by the Us Administration recently the pay themselves pay out comes from an 80000000 dollars fund set up by the National Assembly the money is made up of venezuelan assets seized by the Us Government part of that payout plan is expected to include 100. 00 bonuses for doctors and nurses battling at the front lines of rotavirus. And nasa celebrates today the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope rocket launch taking up on april 24th 990 hubble has provided an incredible number of images and observations never accomplished before hubbles observation post is in space allowed scientists to take observations free of the earths atmosphere because of the distortion for the 1st time. Lets head over to regina ham at the sports h. Q. Were going to in absence of many live sports right now its a good time to have an edition of flashback friday to find you know last night we had something similar to live sports 1st year that of the n. B. A. Draft and then the 2020 n. F. L. Draft took place virtually last night highlighted some of the best years. To enter the league so for friday edition of this day in sports history lets take a look back at some moments from the n. F. L. For 6 years ago 1940 exact they granted a franchise the city of tampa bay they wouldnt play their 1st season until 106. 00 but tampa bay still holds a record for the 1st post merger Expansion Team to win a Division Championship and a playoff game all during their 971 season when the 1904 San Antonio Spurs center david robson not just 7 with 71 players entire career with the spurs and he also himself nicknamed the admiral only graduate from the us able to play in the n. B. A. 2000 for this guy right here you know many drafted by the sea to go chargers he wanted to find himself traded to the giants and he would have his 16 year career there as a well. And if you are of the male species you might want to over your eyes on this one people are starting to slowly returned to normal parts of the globe melian asia and i come to gym in china has reopened to its pupils and they are taking their practice to any extreme level your eyes are not deceiving you hear this gym in the shandong province has students saying we did loads of bricks from their growing region itself is actually part of traditional Chinese Culture and has a history of a 1000 years people are taught this by the 6 generation coming through master way who is a regular student of this reform as well we found it has come true calving 2015 and students flap to him dude has oppressed of accomplishment he reportedly won 2 Guinness World records for dragging cars and an airplane all with his groin its actually not an unusual practice and is touted by many as having Health Benefits including feelings of wellbeing and improved fertility so for one of the weird of sports i think i have seen ever i can imagine it doesnt hurt on some level i mean i dont know what that feels like down there with those body parts but it and the bricks can weigh between 5 to 10 to 15 pounds and theyre stacked in there are actually people who have about 3 or 4 Different Levels of stacking but i did notice that the younger man he had a few or less you got to build up to it you know you know on the ground exactly the gray matter you know having those Guinness World records is pretty impressive and shows that the human body is Pretty Amazing you know well call it amazing thing to me that you know right and thats all for right now but you can always follow me on twitter at manila chan and check out our brand new app its called portable t. V. Ill be back here. But thats. Not just. Hello and welcome to redacted tonight v. I. P. Im new we caravan and guest host and purveyor of new quarantine hobbies. Basically a different world we live in since last week the pope recommended universal basic income joe biden is a you tuber burning man will be streaming online this year and i think i might be a person whos into when shine. We put together a great show for you tonight on tonights episode leigh cam sits down with economist Richard Wolfe Professor Emeritus of economics at university of massachusetts amber and formerly a professor of economics at yale and the new school among others hes also the founder of democracy at work and host of economic update on you tube and they have a very interesting conversation about workers strikes then i go into aggressive policing and rejected correspondent enters we does some