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Here in the u. S. May not have a serious impact on the countrys food supply after all but what about distributors were going to discuss all right its time to boost your news i. Today marks a 105 years since the start of the Armenian Genocide horrors in which 1500000 armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks however turkey a successor of the Ottoman Empire denies the deaths constitute genocide claiming the toll has been inflated and that those who were killed were simply victims of a civil war but a new page in history has turned highlighting what historians have said all along that these atrocities were in fact genocide and the 1st one of the 20th century r. T. America producer joe ritchie brings us the story. Overheard. The army general sides on the floor and they were both unanimous except which is like. We seem to believe in miracles you know. Yet here. Today marks 105 years from what is considered the traditional start date of the Armenian Genocide when over 200. 00 intellectuals were rounded up and deported from constantinople most would end up murdered it was the beginning of the mass slaughter and expulsion of 1500000 armenians but now for the 1st time in over a century both chambers of the u. S. Congress recognized fully that what happened to the armenians was in fact a genocide something that had been ignored or denied especially following world war 2 when American Foreign policy relied on turkey as a vital ally in the struggle against the soviet union this begs the question is life different for armenians now that the strongest nation on earth essentially acknowledges what happened we should not forget that the unmeaning genocide is a part of the day decomposition because there is no i mean the feminists in the world who hasnt affected by the minutes on the site. So its something that it was a it was a good news but not complete i may not share in the sense that. Its a moment to celebrate to the effect that after all its a resolution that commemorate commemorates the genocide and the go. I think among the subtle motivations to affirming that history was to preserve the memory of the survivors who are after all the that handful of people who have reconstituted the armenian nation is the affirmation of the in tar union experience that comes out of this resolution that needs to be recognized as i think for armenians life may be better after the resolution but there are glaring omissions so far the president of the United States has yet. Called the events of a century ago a genocide and then there is turkey whose president receptive to one strongly opposes the use of the term and as some believe continues the legacy of genocide denial. In our belief genocide is forbidden those who are trying to create a genocide out of what was their relocation i guess theyre just trying to find a criminal we consider this accusation the greatest insult to our nation im confident that the grand National Assembly of turkey will respondents that which was made for domestic audience in the u. S. In contradiction to what we know to be the actual historical facts its continuation of the genocide because. There is not human genocide alone there is. Culture in general so its too general science when happened in armenia after 115 it continuous up to today. By destruction of the armenian chooser of armenian more lawsuits or armenian monuments therefore its a continuous genocide. On todays stop with you. So far it remains to be seen how long it will take President Trump for the turkish government to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide will hold of. Reporting in washington d. C. Joseph rechy party. And joining us to expand on this paria is the executive director of the army an Armenian National committee of america are not always good to see you thank you so much so today on the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden issued a statement on the subject and touted all of his years in the Senate Working towards recognizing the atrocities as a genocide President Trump doesnt seem to agree with that sentiment why the disconnect or disagreement on the subject between some politicians. Actually are here is a great continuity among president s and ministrations the trunk statement it was a really weak statement it was basically written in on explorative d. C. And then interest President Trump but really it was little more than a copy paste of the obama biden insurance policy which was you know a face of language euphemistic language mental and verbal gymnastics to avoid using the word genocide so theres actually quite a bit of continuity of officials when they sort of the white house and thats true biden obama so would you call out biden record is he is he not telling us the truth when he says that he worked for years to recognize that as genocide. Part of the truth i mean as a senator he was a great champion of the issue as Vice President he was part of an administration that not only broke its pledge to recognize this crime but fought congress for recognizing it entered a number of other steps that were very. Frankly thats the other part of the equation now if i President Biden was against policy by president obama then that he should share as much he should tell us exactly what went on in the white house and if he was for it obama was against it he got overruled well you should you should tell us that but failing that i think we have to assume that the obama biden ministration was over one of one voice on the say right and we know that the turkish president obviously which i dont want consistently denies the vents actually constitute genocide and has been upset that congress would move to formally recognize that but americas closest ally in the middle east is israel theyre also on the same page as turkey on this matter so given that the jewish people have suffered the holocaust does it bother you that they wont as a state recognize this as a genocide. It bothers me and in many ways on behalf of the jewish people behalf of the citizens of israel this is ultimately a question of a soft respect over genocide survivors to say it is really beneath the dignity of israel to have to cover up for another countrys genocide when they themselves were victims of genocide so i think really its a question selfrespect israels you the right thing you know for the world for the army is but ultimately for themselves and what would you say is next for your community now that this resolution passed last fall would the Community Seek Something Like reparations or something similar. Absolutely the truth is in the service of justice we need justice we need the restoration of the rights of the assets that were denied to the armenians during the genocide 24th the day we mark the genocide is very much much more with the security of armenia Going Forward ill give one example armenia how can i mean to be safe bordered by an unrepentant or army very angry perpetrator just like its simply not a recipe for a new security Going Forward so theres a moral dimension theres also a security dimension for him. And speaking of Going Forward how do history as events resonate with the young armenians of today how do they talk about it i think i think theyre looking several steps ahead beyond recognition and toward reparations we you know that youre an organization we take things kind of on of the step by step but i think many folks especially younger ones in our community are henri you know looking at the legal arena and looking at the reparations side of the struggle and i think that theyre right to do that. Yeah sounds like within the Armenian Community this is something thats still fresh in the minds because it was just over 100 years ago so there are you know stories im sure passed down through families so its keeping this memory alive right. The 100 year mark was important and there are some folks who said well it was a 100 years ago how could there be consequences for something that happened or years ago but the fact is that there have been consequences every single year for a 100 years but the whole fall on the shoulders of the victims so what we want to see is that the perpetrator also bear the consequences of this crime. You know justice be done the victim be made whole what can be returned should be returned and what happy return should be compensated this is a you know were not asking for any more justice than anyone else this is a basic premise of the just resolution of the problem all right well leave it right there are of him par and always good to see you thank you so much. Thank you so much thanks for. On april 8th the city of han widely believed to be the epicenter of the 19 outbreak came out of a 76 day quarantine with 11000000 people stuck within the citys boundaries finally liberated from their own homes and while this is welcoming news there are new concerns that will han could be hit by another wave as life tries to get back to normal thats because the entire country is still struggling to control the virus now responsible for more than 4000 deaths and some 83000 infections are to correspondent john hubby has more. This is the inside of one of the hospitals built in one hand to specifically treat coded 19 patients its a look at how china is battling the disease as people are trying to get back to some semblance of normalcy many however remain concerned about a 2nd Even Deadlier wave of the virus breaking out in will go on there are 68000. Poured cases of corona virus in who by province spread of the virus appears to be under control there though with no new cases or deaths reported in the latest figures released this week but as we know those figures continue to change who wants Health Officials revised the local death toll upward by 50 percent last week publicly acknowledging for the 1st time that previous fatalities were admitted from the numbers including those who died at home and reuters reports that chinese doctors in will han say a growing number of cases of people recovering from the virus continue to test positive without showing any symptoms becoming one of the biggest current challenges facing the country the Financial Times writes that many sections of the city remain physically walled off with large blue fencing and that in Movement Testing has become a big witness to root out hitting cases one district has set up a hotline and has offered a reward for reporting people with asymptomatic cases despite these being undetectable without a proper test us officials have accused china of reacting too slowly to stop the contagion going back to december and according to some reports possibly even november aggressively stifling media reports online discussion and those speaking out about the outbreak and chinas response to it this week the World Health Organization under fire from the trump and ministration for praising chinas response to the corona virus confirmed that the Woman Institute for all ag. Was hit by hackers with employees email addresses and logging credentials leaked online the Chinese Research lab has been at the center of various reports and theories about its testing of the corona virus and whether or not it played a role in the spread of the disease so far there is nothing to conclude the lab or to researchers played any part as the theories questions conjecture and politics about who or what is to blame continues stores have opened and people are trying to go about their lives again and will hon the fairies are once again operating on the Yangtze River as one man said the river is a symbol for the woman p. Pull the choppy water symbolizing the force of life and he says like the river will continue to flow despite this ordeal and nice analogy amid a beautiful sunset but the question people continue to ask and move on and throughout the world what will tomorrow bring as the Global Pandemic continues for john hardy. Other news making headlines nationwide nonus citizens who serve in the military are supposed to have expedited citizenship under the law but that doesnt appear to be the case for a handful of u. S. Troops now 6 Service Members filed a Class Action Lawsuit alleging the pentagon is blocking them from an expedited process to become naturalized citizens but pentagon has cited National Security concerns for the more extensive process. And over to minneapolis where the call to prayer during the holy month of ramadan well be blasted through speakers during this pandemic a call to prayer will be broadcast by 5 speakers speakers 5 times a day rather for residents to observe the holy day holy holiday in the comfort of their own homes the mayor facilitated the noise permit after the Community Requested the service. And closures of major food factories have yet to threaten the u. S. Food supply but that may not be true for food distributors are going to discuss that and then over at the sports h. Q. Regina hamm takes us to spain where one of the most famous soccer stadiums in the world is looking to make a change well tell you what that is. As the u. S. Economy was booming growing numbers of people were made homeless. You can work 40 hours in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still has the lead up to the reality of it were not financially equality and the lack of Affordable Housing for a living minimum wage gave many people new choice you know theres been a problem with the city knows turn to bitch and told me stay away oh miss colton sims of kids will do that there is no answer because yes that requires resource the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become invisible clubs. The world is driven by a dream shaped by phone person. The dairies thinks. We dare to ask. Has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. Based drugs the people who are chronic pain and believe that their prescription is working for them on the remedy be sent to the price that they pay closer dependency and addiction to opiates to long term use that really isnt scientifically justified and ill study actually suggested that the long term effects might not just be the absence of benefit but actually that they might be causing long term. I. Across the country long lines continue forming at food banks many states are feeling the brunt of the massive unemployment in the wake of this pandemic needy families are also looking to the federal government for some help the u. S. D. A. Reports food stamp and roll that is up 40 percent since march farmers have already donated more than 1000000. 00 pounds of food to food banks and asked the u. S. D. A. To buy their crops and distribute them to those in need so to talk about the food and security and Food Supplies we are being joined by joel burke he is the c. E. O. Of hunger free america thank you for being with us today joel so in internees congressional 5 100000000000. 00 tax payer bailout. Increases for food stamps were actually not included in this surprisingly why wont the government increase monies for food programs especially when the Congressional Budget Office say food stamps are one of the most effective and efficient ways to support the economy during a downturn. Well thank you for focusing on this vital issue and its important to point out that is vital as food banks and soup kitchens and food and treats are there only about 110th of the dollar amount of food provided by federal nutrition assistance programs why wasnt this money included in the bill when the simple were republicans we are Nonpartisan Organization but that doesnt mean we ignore the reality the reality is that Speaker Pelosi and democratic leadership are pushing to have a snap food stamps increase in this bill and the Trump White House and Congressional Republicans vetoed it the increase would have equal about 0. 20 a meal 0. 20 a meal the average snap food stamps allotment now is a bit out a 1. 34 per meal this would have risen it to the princely sum of a 1. 50 for a meal and in the last week of repackage it was 2000000000 dollar bill and the food increase would have been about one percent of the total package and so honestly republicans were more interested in getting money to luxury steakhouses than they were to ensuring that working people who are hungry and Unemployed People are hungry can feed their own families yeah absolutely and concern is obviously being raised not only about from from that from this bill but about the Food Supply Chain and whether america will actually run out of food driven in part obviously by the sight of these empty shelves those are artificial shortages because this is just what it looks like but the code that outbreak at blue plants like smithfield in south dakota youre seeing farmers destroying billions of dollars worth of crops Dairy Farmers dumping millions of gallons of milk literally down the tubes theres unhatched eggs being destroyed so because theres no demand for chicken you know at the hotels and restaurants nobody is eating out anymore so how secure is the Food Supply Chain and does its distribution impact hungry americans. I think overall the Food Supply Chain is mostly intact i dont think people with money are ever really going to run out of food any time in the near future there may be certain meat or poultry items that run out just because a Meat Processing plants which were frankly pretty horrible places to work at before this theyve become coated hotspots so there might be some disruption in reader poultry maybe some eggs but despite the fact that farmers are throwing out surplus products the main food supply in america will by and large continue as best i can tell its just that people without money wont be able to afford it and right now there are you know before this crisis 37000000 americans could no reason for enough food now the number is probably at least 50000000 and maybe even more than that so thats the real problem money to buy food here and obviously that number of people who cant afford things as obviously going to grow with you know numbers of unemployment soaring beyond that of the Great Depression and of recent poll by your group hunger free america found that child hunger has soared fivefold with the u. S. At 37 percent of parents cutting the size of the meals or skipping meals entirely for their kids do you think this is happening because of this unemployment or are there other factors. That are should be implicated because of these cuts. There are 2 major reasons weve had so long soaring child hunger in america over the last few weeks what as you indicated is this massive loss of jobs the Unemployment Rate still isnt as high as the peak of the depression but the rapidity of the job loss is just amazing in the depression it took from 192929334 years for that unemployment increase to go into full effect and weve had a massive job loss just 2 weeks thats number one and number 2 in the United States we do have School Meals Programs and 29000000 kids a day get School Lunches at schools around the country many of those are low income and lower middle income families many of them also get school rectus and very very very few of those meals are being served today because the vast majority of those pools are closed joe real quickly how do we help you can donate to hunger free america hunger free america dot org you can volunteer through our website or you can call when its what its 663 hungry when 8663 hungry if you need food so whether you need help or want to get help hunger for you america is there for you that is wonderful ok thank you so much joel barr for chinee and letting us know whats happening out there on the streets of america thank you so much. 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 in villages in siberia fires have spread through fields and forests on the back of a heat wave which is the whole region regional authorities have issued hundreds of fine so local residents and farmers for allegedly violating fire safety regulations which they believe contributed to the 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 the pay themselves pay out comes from an 80000000. 00 fund set up by the National Assembly that money is made up of venezuelan assets seized by the Us Government now part of that payout plan is expected to also include 100. 00 us dollar bonuses for doctors and nurses battling at the front lines of coronavirus. And nasa is celebrating today the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope sprocket lunch taking off on april 24th 1990 hubble has provided an incredible number of images and observations never accomplished before observation post in space has allowed scientists to take observations free of the earths atmosphere distortion for the 1st time ever. Ok lets head over to regina hamm of the sports h. Q. But you know soccer stadiums are obviously empty right now no fans there and one team figured out now would be a good time for a name change its probably better than getting bangs right cuz thats the barcelona is kept one of the most famous soccer stadiums in the world now the club that plays there is doing their part to help fight against the current of ours barcelona is looking to sell the title rights to the storied stadium for one year their hope is to raise money to get you. To the fight against kobe 1000 kept now is the biggest soccer stadium in europe with seats 499354 of its fans it has never had a sponsor since it was opened its a temper of 1957 for those worried this isnt a big deal just impact the 2020 and 21 season and yes it will still be called camp new just in addition to the sponsor spains top Soccer League is still suspended and many clubs barcelona are looking for new revenue sources. If you are a guy you might want to avert your eyes on this one people are slowly returning to the new normal in parts of the globe mainly in asia and a come to gym in china has reopened to its peoples and they are taking their practice to an extreme level your eyes are not deceiving you here this year in the shandong province has students doing what they did lay a load of bricks. From their minds come through itself is actually part of Chinese Culture it has a history of over a 1000 years people here are taught by the 6th generation kung fu master your way who is also a student of this right as well his academy of started 2015 and students flock to him do his accomplishments of the discipline he reportedly carried to get his World Records for dragging cars in an airplane all with his growing this is not actually unusual and its how does having Many Health Benefits including feelings of wellbeing and improved fertility to you and the 2020 n. F. L. Draft took place virtually last night and some of the best new talent to enter the league so for friday edition of this day in sports lets take a look back at some of the best moments today from the n. F. L. 174 they granted a franchise the city of tampa bay city still holds a record for the 1st post merger Expansion Team to win a Division Championship and a playoff game moving to the heart of 984 San Antonio Spurs David Robinson not to 7th highest points total in the n. B. A. 71. 00 plays entire 40 year career at the spurs and south than admiral nickname has gradually us to look at me in 2000 for scary year almost quarterback eli manning drafted 1st overall by the San Diego Chargers he actually wants to charger he ended up going to big blue say the new york giants it actually to Philip Rivers oddly enough many went on to have a 16 year career playing for big blue which is always great monella see those guys succeed thank you for that regina bad does it for us right now you can follow me on twitter at manila chan i am manila chan remember that question more check out portable t. V. It is a brand new 3 and. 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