Company well speak with a former amazon employee who criticized the companys working conditions during this pandemic alright its time to bootstrap views i. Begin this hour with the global fight against coded 19 today the pandemic now tops 3600000 cases across the globe with about 254000 reported deaths about a 3rd of those cases right here in the u. S. Where there are now over a 1000000 confirmed cases and about 70000. 00 deaths meantime in hard hit new york a total of 319000 cases and 25000. 00 deaths and now a Mysterious Illness has shown up in the state hospitalizing 15 kids leaving doctors puzzled arties trinity chobits has the story. Today new concerns coronavirus may be linked to another life threatening illness but somethings happened the last few days its beginning to concern our health department. And again parents Pay Attention because it does involve our children. Me york city issuing a Health Care Alert after 15 cases of a multisystem employment or a condition called callous saki disease was detected in children under 16 years old in City Hospitals according to officials 4 of the 15 children tested positive for corona virus while 6 others tested positive for having coronavirus antibodies suggesting a potential link between the 2 illnesses there have been cases identified in the u. K. And we are learning that there are very small numbers of cases identified for example yet and. Were not sure what make of this yet the department of health said in a statement all patients had subjective or measured fever and more than half reported rash abdominal pain vomiting or diarrhea respiratory symptoms were reported in less than half of these patients yet with so many unknowns surrounding coronavirus in new york officials are forging ahead to reopen the state trooper we take with path we take coming down the mountain how frasse those at the crime continue does the crime continue and that is purely a function of what we do the governor announcing a plan that would allow some regions to reopen as soon as may 15th but will have to meet certain criteria that includes 2 straight weeks of reductions in deaths and new cases it requires more than 30 percent of hospital and intensive care beds remain open to prepare for a potential surge newco that hospitalizations must remain below 2 per every 100000 residents and there must be enough Testing Capacity to test 3 percent of the population monthly and 30 contact tracers for every 100000 people while the death toll has significantly dropped hospitals are still seeing more than 600 new coronavirus cases a day with 230 people who died on monday reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r. T. Meantime nearly 21 states remain on lockdown while 23 other states are in phase one of allowing businesses to reopen its a controversial decision in the hands of many governors across this country. Takes a closer look at some of those states that are getting back to work and how one specific group is just trying to stay alive. Stay at home safer at home lockdown all things weve heard to flatten the coronavirus pandemic curve but now after weeks of doing just that states are flipping the switch from closed to open one finger i also know that tables are pretty rare for the 1st time in weeks restaurants bars and casinos in montana are back in business but with precautions easily repaired for them as we want to remember it touches every. Individual and its for. The stranger danger as well as possible. And the same precautions are seen on the opposite side of the country as florida opens their restaurants but theyre only allowed 25 percent capacity weve been here for the past 4 and a half days here and up for make sure that were ready you know sanitizing things making sure that everybody knew the process of what were going to do to make sure that everybody is kept safe you know from the service after challenge down at your local restaurant you havent been to in weeks now you can walk it off on the beach in some states like florida texas and South Carolina all seeing visitors again also giving beachgoers the green light president. I really believe you can go to parks you can go to beaches you keep it you know you keep the spread you keep you stay away a certain amount and i really think the public has been incredible some though not feeling the same i dont think the. System would like. To do this. While some states are continuing their phase one reopen other states are just fighting to be considered like massachusetts where hundreds gathered at the state capital calling for the bay state to reopen the virus was real it is real. But it was not a reason to shut down the whole country to shut down and shut people in but one area of the country isnt dealing with an open or closed conflict its more life and death in parts of arizona and new mexico the Navajo Nation is the largest reservation in the country bigger than West Virginia but it has more covert 1000. 00 infections per capita just behind the 2 hardest hit States New York and new jersey with the death toll as of monday night 73. 00 more than 2300. 00 infected despite Congress Passing a more than 8000000000. 00 kovan 1000. 00 relief bill the Navajo Nations are getting help at a snails pace tuesday President Trump will have a roundtable discussion on how to support the Navajo Nation but in a valiant effort to help and also pay back ireland reports that the country will be giving the Navajo Nation one point 5000000. 00 to help all to pay back the thousands of dollars the choctaw nation donated to ireland back in 1905 during the great potato famine more than 170 years ago and washington fair in france act are. Other news making headlines today 3 family members are now being charged for the shooting death of a Security Guard over a facemask dispute in flint michigan the Security Guard was reportedly arguing with a woman and not allowing her to enter the store without wearing a mask after the argument she laughed but 2 men later came to the store and shot the guard so now the woman her husband and her adult son are being charged with 1st degree premeditated murder and gun charges. And california has become the 1st state to borrow money from the federal government to pay out Unemployment Benefits the golden state borrow 348000000 bucks in federal money after almost 4000000 people filed for unemployment tied to the pandemic california it was approved to borrow up to 10000000000. 00 in. Till the end of july. Right here in washington some top ranking House Republicans want an investigation into chinas funds flowing into american universities the Group Alleges china is attempting to steal ideas in a letter to the secretary of education they say quote we cannot allow a dangerous communist regime to buy access to our institutions of Higher Education the department of education is now considering launching that investigation. Chairman of n. B. C. News andrew lack is set to step down at the end of this month amid what the network is calling a decision to restructure their leadership but after decades in the Mainstream Media black is no stranger to scandal and its kind of become the hallmark of his career. Blevins is joining us now to discuss this crazy turn of events so rachel what do we know so far about why hes stepping down. Has been with and missy off and on for nearly 3 decades so the network is branding this is just a way to restructure their leadership as they go into focusing on news in the digital age however the timing of this is incredibly notable because just last week and this n. B. C. Host chris hayes became the 1st prime time host on the network to actually address the structural so allegations against president ial candidate joe biden that were made by former Senate Staffer to or now he didnt give his opinion however he did present the reports and because of that they saw a massive backlash so much so that hashtag fire chris hayes was actually trending on twitter now the network hasnt responded to the backlash however they have been known to go about this sort of restructuring method and each time they come into a major scandal now there are a number of scandals rachel. That mr lack has been associated with can you give us a stroll down memory lane that. Has been known as the fixer for n. B. C. Which is to say that any time the network runs into a sort of scandal where they. Need to restructure their own employees or they need a boost in ratings he has been the one that theyve called now if we take a look at his time with the network we find that he was hired as the president of n. B. C. News back in 1903 after dateline was caught faking an explosion in a story he then made matt lauer the anchor of the today show in 1904 black then left and b. C. In 2001 and later returned in 2015 after the networks primetime anchor Brian Williams was caught fabricating multiple reports now during this time as chairman lack also kept journalists ronan farrow from publishing the details of his investigation into Harvey Weinstein now when ronan farrow left and b. C. And he was finally able to speak out he revealed the not only was locke accused of downplaying those Sexual Assault allegations against lauer however he was also accused of Sexual Harassment by women in the workplace who said that he was a predator and went after them so the fixer had his own dirt to cover up and andy alack also had issues with this very network and somebody very near and dear to my heart to our friend ed schultz what he tell us about all that drama thats right so he was briefly the c. E. O. Of the broadcasting board of governors which is a Government Agency that supervises the media and during that time he did an interview back in 2015 where he actually compared to a terrorist organization now he was quoted as saying we are facing a number of challenges from entities like archie which is up there pushing a point of view the Islamic State in the middle east and groups like raum now the fact that he included archie in that same sons with 2 known terrorist groups raises a lot of questions and also makes one wonder why he was in charge of a Government Agency and thats just the beginning of the question will decisions that he made one of which was talked about by our late anchor what he had to say. I think the clintons were connected to the lack did at the hip i think that they didnt want anybody in their prime time or any any word in their lineup supporting Bernie Sanders i think that they were in the tank for Hillary Clinton and i think it was managed in 45 days later i was out of the mess in b. C. Now all in all andrew has had a career marked by the questionable figures he protected and missed scandals that he was hired to cover up yet we will see what unfolds at the end of the month and the real story behind it rachel thank you for filing that report thank you. And over in the United Arab Emirates where a massive fire tore through a 48 story Apartment Building residents evacuated the apco tower in sharjah as Emergency Responders continue battling those flames no casualties so far have been reported but 7 people did suffer smoke inhalation local reports say the fire started on the 10th floor. And on top amazon engineer resigned after the Company Fired several employees who blew the whistle on working during the pandemic britta speak to one of those employees next and then over at the sports h. Q. Regina hampshire is the 1st winner of the inaugural ultimate guard and the whole ball competition yes thats the kind of direct path. I think ron to china. And the saudis are trying to disrupt the american shale industry oh my god imagine that theyre trying to disrupt the american shell industry. The underline nearer to it some call it a myth of American Foreign policy is the countrys exceptional position on the worlds. Hey this is the heart arneson consensus the reality is very different the Global Pandemic has demonstrated the u. S. Should focus on its own exceptional problems. When almost choked small seems wrong all right old quotes just dont call. Me lol but you get to shape out these days become educated and in gains from it because the trail. Once on a find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground. The world is driven by shaped by phone person. Dares thinks. We dare him to ask. Him. I. Have Senior Engineer at Amazon Web Services has resigned in solidarity with fire corporate and warehouse workers who protested poor working conditions with amazon amid this pandemic timber a was the v. P. Of a division at us and posted his reasons for quitting the company on his personal blog site so according to bray he quit because quote he was in dismay at amazon firing what was the blowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of coalwood 19 so he went on to say that this decision was especially hard for him because he it was the best job ever that hed ever had and overall hed be losing about a 1000000. 00 after vesting of Company Shares and pay is accounted for so he mentioned a number of names in this post and one of those making the most noise is our next guest chris smalls was one of those fired amazon workers at the warehouse he is now helping organize for the movement there so chris welcome to the show thank you for being with us 1st can you address me can you just address tim braised bold move here and how you feel about it given that he named you personally as one of the people the reasons that he arrived at this decision. Yeah absolutely. Thank you for having me 1st of all i spoke with him briefly yesterday i think hes article me and told him that in private we had a brief conversation he told me he was a supporter obviously you know i just want to say it takes a lot of courage to do what he did and im grateful that he was able to do it. The way he did its shown solidarity with all the fired people from these past couple. Weeks myself included. And mr gray also alluded to something towards the end of his post under the section that he called spot a pattern he wrote about how the company treat thats warehouse workers folks such as yourself as compared to earlier he says personally he was treated great but he loved his job it was the best hed ever had but he says the warehouse workers are constantly being weekend is this true and if so can you give us some examples. Yeah absolutely. Ive been with the Company Since 2013. I worked hard for those who knew me. Coming into the job itself every day i gave it my all. Tried to do the best i could with the employees that i manage all supervised. But the company. They never really recognized that they didnt recognize the hard work that i actually put in. Its kind of got overlooked and sometimes you work around people just dont have your best answers and thus that takes away from the job and i think he might oh so at the same exact way even know he has nothing to do a warehouse workers he related to was because he has compassion on the a decent human being can understand it and. Obviously the c. E. O. This company and others that were in a meeting that had leaked memo about me. Tells you to character and i dont think he was that type of person. So he did the right thing yeah of course obviously for your name to have rolled upstream and to have your name being personally mentioned i think that speaks to the impact that people on the other end of the spectrum down at the warehouse actually can have so on that note whats being done now about all of this among the workforce at amazon can you imagine anybody joining up for a revolt of some sort because if all you workers walked out just one day you guys could really cause some massive interruptions to bezos is business plan. Yeah absolutely you know and thats not really sad because thats not really what we want to do you know we all all we wanted was simple demands put a company to be transparent and honest with us put them to protect employees put on the shutdown these buildings that have cases in them to stop the spread of viruses im not asking for them to shut down indefinitely off whatever i want them to shut down and sanitize the building for a minimum of 14 days dont you when you start to spread it a virus stop the spread of people you cant have everybody operating on top of one another the virus and never going to go away its going become a breeding ground and thats what i try to prevent from happening its a little bit too late with the companies doing things now but theres still people getting sick in the still people dying as we speak so this is the reason why i continue to mobilize formed an alliance on may 1st and we had a prime example of what we can do when we utilize our power collectively nationwide and as a result i want to be piece step down today so you know well yesterday im sorry and right thats what we want to continue to do we want to speak truth to power and see what we were goes from there and real quickly are you still in touch with some of your former coworkers are they telling you that things. Are remaining the same are they Getting Better i mean what are the conditions like today. Knowing today yes i am in touch with them every day. Somebody passed away today we got the news today to somebody what about fellow former my former employees not mine per se underneath me but somebody in that building passed away. And tried to prevent and i was unable to do it and you know this is the situation but thats what they told me as of now. While we were very sorry to learn of this loss of somebody you knew at that work directly in the same building with you. Our condolences to them obviously so this is obviously hitting very close to home for you its gotten really real were going to continue to follow up with you to see how amazon the Richest Company in the world is moving along as this pandemic still continues chris smalls thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us please follow up with us. Any time you know thank you thank you. A utah highway patrolman was in for a surprise after he ended up pulling over 8 guess what 5 year old driver this happened on interstate 15 and weber county the patrolman 1st thought the driver needed medical attention because he failed to respond to the flashing lights but then the driver soon stopped when he heard the siren so the trooper was shocked to find the little boy behind the wheel the boy was apparently headed to california to see his big sister and also to buy a lamborghini. And as stay at home restrictions linger residents in Southern California have escaped the monotonous routine to catch a glimpse of a show from Mother Nature arctic correspondent natasha suite has more on why attendance at the beaches are increasing at night. Right now during the day you can see a reddish tide all the way from Baja California to the south bay in los angeles but at night these same organisms are lighting up the ocean causing waves to have a woman s. And blue lights. This picturesque magnetic blue charging into the waters of Southern California like a bull to look tricity its created through microscopic single celled organisms called dental floss or thats according to scientists there members of the plant and family in abundance in numbers during the day the water will look discolored this reddish or brownish phenomenon is known as a red tide and at night since its bioluminescent this gorgeous blue light illuminates in the waves the reason behind this beautiful scientists actually a means of survival for these microorganisms if a predator attempts to grab the organisms the force of the grab activates the bioluminescence the light is then used to scare off startle the predator take a look at this video posted to twitter you can see dolphins glowing as they swim off the coast of san diego as they splash into the water you can see this by all them in essence happening in real time here is another group of dolphins swimming through the waters of newport lighting up the ocean researchers at the Scripps Institute at u. C. San diego say while scientists have been studying these events for some 120 years the one happening right now is significant and theres. At least a couple of dozen major events this one is pretty spectacular it extends from Baja California all the way up into los angeles region and this red tide in Southern California is not the toxic type found in other parts of the world Scientists Say its common for people to swim or even surf the waves now Scientists Say theyve been documenting these events since the early 1900 but they still cant predict when or how long these sea sparkles will last so of course locals are taking advantage of the sights while they can. Reporting in her most obese to talk to sweets are. All right lets head over to regina ham over at the sports h. Q. Were going to there seems to be a new spore brewing and competitors can compete from their own homes what is this d. I. Y. Sports these are current of ours because many athletic competitions are postponed or canceled by the world athletics governing body due to the pandemic but now due to the competition is springing up it all competitors need is a pole in their backyard or about the next host of the inaugural ultimate garden clash pole vault competition 3 participants including french are in no doubt v 3 to Armand Dupont is an american Sam Kendricks competition was basic whoever could produce the most 5 metre vaults about 16 feet in 30 minutes wins their venue their own backyard with some modifications of course both live in a and to play this tighter 1st at 36. 00 successful jumps well rounded out the podium in 3rd many of these athletes find themselves in a Holding Pattern with many World Championships canceled or postponed indefinitely. Chess isnt exactly the most athletic sport as weve seen in the previous highlight but it is a highly competitive one and for one of the top guys in the game he had to fight for his right to stay on top of the world the reason chess champion Magnus Carlsen battled against american mora in the tense final of the Magnus Carlsen invitational nicely named after himself the event usually held in person moved on line due to the Global Pandemic 8 players take part in a round robin format followed by the knockout decider among the top 4 players in the standings the decider is a fiver says for armageddon carlsen of the 1st 2 games i found a tough opponent nakamura was actually quickly a specialist in form and head to head but carlsen held to a draw to retain his title he pocketed a cool 70000 dollars as the winner of the 2 week tournament and we love our chess here darts here we have some notable names among our ranks who are pretty killer at it i know i can be with you all right thank you for that regina now before we go lets remind you real quickly about our brand new really cool. The app is called portable t. V. You can go download it from your Google Play StoreApple App Store and watch all of our shows 24 sevenths so thats it for now i am now watch and ill catch you back here. You cannot be both with the yeah you like. Welcomed on contact today we discussed the long disingenuous role the United States has played in the israel palestine conflict with professor Rashid Khalidi this is not just a war by the Zionist Movement of the palestinians its a movement its a war i should say really declared by great powers in the race or of the palestinians is really the work of the british in the 1st instance and later of the United States and other powers at a later stage what it why i mean so what the british of course occupy palestine is part of the Ottoman Empire are in world war 1917 now and the marches are drew sloan. What is what is the british are to because they certainly have colonies in india and everywhere else for. What is it that the british are attempting to do to kind of you know with the Zionist Movement was radical right well the the basic goal the strategic. Israeli Palestinian Conflict is not the product of ancient ethnic hatreds nor is it the tragic clash between 2 peoples with claims to the same land it is rather a manufactured conflict the outcome of a 100 year old colonial occupation by jewish zionists and israel backed by major imperial powers starting with the british and a century later with the United States this project from its inception has always been about the forest and often violent displacement of palestinians from their land the seizure of that land by the colonisers and the rendering of the palestinians as non people as if they never existed this century long the so 1st by the zionists and later by israel has always been waged against an addiction is people to force them to relinquish