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Netanyahu whos still facing corruption charges mind you cant form a new government with his main challenger meantime israelis take to the streets and protest were going to discuss all of that sit tight its time to boost your news i. Q. And breaking news just moments ago into our news room the department of justice has dropped the case against former National Security adviser Michael Flynn now this after internal memos were released that raised serious questions about the investigation that led to flynns 2017 guilty plea for lying to the f. B. I. Now flynt was President Trumps 1st National Security adviser who became a key part of that russia gate investigation. And moving on the corona virus pandemic continues to unfold worldwide there are now 3800000 cases more than 264000 deaths so. Here in the u. S. Alone still leading the way 1200000 cases and more than 73000 deaths and the virus stricken state of new york officials are now reporting an unexpected spike in their death toll reaching nearly 1000 and just a single day now totaling more than 25000 in that state alone and theres also a Mysterious Illness found in children who have tested positive for kovan 19 that is living dr scrambling for an answer so for more on this we turn to our tease trinity charges from new york. Today an urgent new warning about kids and coven 19 dozens of children falling ill across the country from a rare illness officials are calling pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome new York State Department of health confirming at least 64 suspected cases in the state most of the children testing positive for corona virus or virus antibodies sparking new concern the 2 illnesses may be linked to that uncertainty. That comes with it a disease that still is not fully understood by the Global Medical community. A disease that we all wonder about in terms of our own personal lives the rare but serious injury which inflammation affects the heart and other organs can send the body into a state of shock common symptoms include fever rash abdominal pain vomiting and red or irritated eyes the illness leaving so many questions unanswered parents to Pay Attention so where do they see the symptoms to reach out to their doctors early because the most important thing in this situation here again is not only diagnosing it early in the appropriate treatment early this is new york officials reported an unexpected spike of nearly a 1000 deaths on wednesday following a change of reporting since the state normally updates its code in 1000 tracker by early afternoon each day the new information didnt come in until after 8 pm missing the deadline the death toll was more than 4 times higher than the 232 daily fatalities announced earlier that day meantime many new york leaders under fire as researchers claim their delayed response to coop in 1000 helped spread the deadly virus throughout the u. 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The lesson we have to take from this as not only new yorkers but as americans our nation wasnt in position in terms of testing and we could never let that happen again the findings which are drawn from geneticists tracking signature mutations of the virus travel histories of infected people and models by Infectious Disease experts suggest the virus quickly swept from new york city through much of the country before the city began putting social distancing measures in place helping fuel outbreaks in louisiana texas arizona and the west coast nathan grupo an epidemiologist at yale school of Public Health told the New York Times we now have enough data to feel pretty confident that new york was the primary gateway for the rest of the country new york city quickly becoming the epicenter of the outbreak accounting for rough. 30 percent of infections in the whole country makeshift morgues in freezer trucks filling the city streets new Yorks Brooklyn pier which usually hosts live music shows a Ferry Terminal and shipping warehouses is now whos doing a fleet of refrigerator more trucks filled with thousands of dead from the coronavirus pandemic reporting in new york trinity charges r t. O tensions between the United States and china are on the rise creating concern that it could be the start of a new cold war and may likely eliminate progress on a trade deal so to talk more about this Rachel Blevins joins me now to go to get into the details so rachel what is the current state of this trade deal or where its time right now in the United States and china were supposed to be finalizing phase 2 of a massive trade deal but instead President Trump is now questioning whether china is following through on the agreements it made with phase one so because of this he says that hes planning to talk to farmers in the coming weeks and to decide whether to terminate that go altogether and that could mean more tariffs on china now trump was asked about this and asked about whether he thinks that china is following through with their end of the deal take a listen to what he said. To him hopefully theyre going to keep the deal well see they may they may not going to find. The state Department Also confirmed that it is in the process of turbo charging this plan for the u. S. To move back on its reliance on chinas manufacturing supply and they say that theyre doing this because they want to work with what they describe as friendly nations so rachel how is china responded to the latest comments from the u. S. Well china has denied these accusations from the u. S. Specifically with Health Information about the coronavirus in order to hoard medical supplies and were responding to those comments from secretary of state the koran a virus may have come from a lab and will harm a spokesperson for chinas foreign ministry. Was quote making up lies and accused him of failing to keep his story straight take a listen to her response. The reason why he made such selfcontradictory comments is because he has been making up and covering up a lie by fabricating the more lies that is an open secret already it is not only a war between humankind and viruses but also a war between truth and lies on the shifting the blame will not solve the problem or the lives lost we sincerely regret the lives lost in the United States. Now china is also calling on the us to present evidence of its claims and beijing is in queues in washington and trying to shift the blame away from the u. S. Response to the current virus now rachel is there any sign of the u. S. Backing down or even just changing the way that they approach this or the tram going to a station does not appear to be backing down any time soon pump a 0 said that these high tensions will likely continue until china provides the information that the u. S. Is calling for which includes more information about the origins of the virus and patients 0 take a listen to what he said. This is why this is why when i see people say well america is bullying the chinese we are demanding of them only what we demand of every nation be transparent be open be a reliable partner the very things they say the chinese say they want to cooperate great cooperation is about action. Opening up its about sharing this information so the details of where patients 0 where this began are things that are knowledge thats in the possession of only the Chinese Communist party. Now there are reports that trade representatives from the u. S. And china could hold talks over the phone as early as next week but if the current rhetoric over the current virus continues there are legitimate concerns that it will hurt not only the trade talks but also relations between these 2 countries which could lead to a new cold war all right arties Rachel Blevins thanks so much for found that report thank you. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally wins the support of a majority of lawmakers to lead a new government paving the way for a controversial power sharing deal with rival turned partner benny gantz now the vote comes a day after Israels Supreme Court ruled that it would not intervene in the new arrangement or prevent netanyahu from leaving the government despite a corruption indictment against him now earlier i was joined by former m. P. George galloway i 1st asked him about the unusual way protesters were actually out there concerns take a listen. To makes it look much more massive than it actually was a bit fool marks to those who turned out very brave people the opener of mr netanyahu in israel its a very difficult place to be dissident to be an opposition it should be acknowledged fault on the theres no country in the region and maybe no country in the world of the sort regularly prosecutes its own political leaders even sending president s Prime Ministers to jail so we should acknowledge john and respect. The decision by the Supreme Court was well surprising to say the least because we now have a man who will be the Prime Minister of israel whilst being tried on corruption indictments he and his wife indicted on very serious charges of corruption whilst in office no they are not many jobs in the world will you get to keep doing the job while youre actually on trial. For corrupt practices whilst in the job and thats what we now have that cant be a stable situation for israel and therefore for the world because so much of our stability in the world is dependent on the situation in israel palestine and georgia you mention netanyahu he is on he is facing trial and actually is going to be coming up here in a couple of weeks may 24th on those charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust he denies any wrongdoing of course but george be that as it may be to still has strong numbers in israel is there a strong possibility that he faces trial and is found not guilty can the new knesset actual majority shift in his political favor do you think. Well of course its possible i dont know the details of the indictment if the indictment would have been brought unless the prosecutors were pretty secure in their knowledge but youre right its as if israel cant imagine itself without netanyahu at the helm and its certainly true that need to know cant imagine himself without being at the helm but just imagine if hes found guilty hell be sent to prison while serving as the Prime Minister of israel and its difficult to see why all the eggs are put in his basket after all his opposition now his number 2 benny gantz is no less hawkish than him hes no more pro peace than him hes got a war record every bit as vivid as netanyahu was you would think the israelis would feel fairly confident about having its affairs in the hands of benny gantz because not really very much would be different so its a bit peculiar in. That are people watching this who have never known israel with any other leader. Netanyahu abouts a pretty remarkable thing in a place as politically volatile as the state of israel now George Israel seems to have gotten past kind of their 1st major wave of the coronavirus and is now emerging from the shutdown of nearly 2 months so now that politics and Public Health are no longer top of the agenda pretty interesting and opinion piece that i read saying that its time to get back to the israel palestine conflict where israel is finally going to annex major parts of the west bank but some say its never going to happen since netanyahu as you mentioned has served for 14 years now and hes done nothing on the ground to prep for it what say oh. Well it all depends on your president and your secretary of state know the promptly all said just the days of bull. Mix a show north of the west bank was a matter for israel alone thats of course not true factually because this is a matter of International Law its covered by the oslo agreements signed on your own lawn your own white house its a motto for the camp david accords also signed on the lawn so it isnt actually true that this is purely a matter for israel but israel proceeds on the basis of theater complete it accomplishes the fact it does it it doesnt wait for other peoples are probation suddenly doesnt wait for the law it just takes over and consolidate its power on the land its done it in jerusalem its done the in the Golan Heights now it appears its about to do it in the west bank of course if an american president definitively said no you will not be allowed to do that then the wouldnt be able to do it because israel floats on a sea of u. S. Dollars on military and Political Support but ask yourself if john howard and donald. Im mike pompeo of the likely people to be saying no to mr netanyahu i myself dont think so all right ill be interesting to see how it all unfolds former m. P. George galloway george as always thank you so much. Jobless figures in the u. S. Keep skyrocketing with even more filing for unemployment were going to scotts all that more next with ben swan and in the sports h. Q. Regina hamm brings us the story of one man this literally climbing to new heights and has become an internet sensation you dont want to miss that were back into. Is youll be a reflection of reality. In the world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Aura made in the shallowness. The world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person with those great. Sinks. Week to ask. Yes. Dong the witch is dead for an extortionist private equity job is reported Game Changing record breaking losses as Berkshire Hathaway is Holding Company goes belly up. The number of americans filing for unemployment continues to go up also going up the number of children that are food insecure so for more on these latest numbers investigative journalist a cohost of boom bust ben swan joins me now ben good to see you lets 1st talk to people filing for unemployment whats the latest. Now with the latest were looking at another 3200000 people filing for unemployment in the last week that now puts us very close ferrand of 35000000 people in the last 6 to 7 weeks an unbelievable number of the asli its not a true number in terms of these people being truly unemployed theyre just without ours thats probably the better way to put it right now these are people who are saying i had no hours last week and i had no ability to make income now for 6 or 7 weeks whats really scary about this though is ive talked to a lot of people who say that theyre just waiting in line like they filed for unemployment but that doesnt mean theyre getting unemployment there are millions of people possibly tens of 1000000 right now who are not receiving checks just because you file doesnt mean youre getting money. Wow thats really thats crazy now has the United States ever seen anything like this before and do you think were actually going to be able to bounce back from all this can we at this point i mean 35000000 that is a ton of people it is a ton of people so in terms of the the 1st question if we ever seen anything like this before no not even not even the Great Depression had numbers of unemployment like this which is pretty staggering to think of that i mean that was the most crucial time in terms of unemployment in the United States and its being wharf by what were seeing right now the difference though is that obviously a lot of this is not. You know even created by the market or by any kind of economic downturn its actually government orders that are causing this unemployment mayors and governors saying people cannot go to work and that businesses have to be closed so the good side of it is the Positive Side of it is that you could actually get it restarted fairly quickly if you choose to do so the problem were facing right now ferran is that a lot of states are not reopening right now which means that theyre talking about still several weeks through may some were talking june some places like d. C. Are talking about waiting until august to reopen and that means that Small Business owners who employ about half. The people in this country cant get back to work and a lot of those businesses might not be able to reopen they might not be able to restart again just because theyre given the green light to do so in 2 weeks 4 weeks or 8 weeks and you know youre talking about business as the other thing thats actually not in session right now is school and thats where you have you know weve discussed the Food Shortages prices going up but again with schools being out many of those kids relying on school just to be able to eat the number of kids their Food Insecurity is theyre going up to whats the latest with that yeah theres a new report showing that the number of kids who are now Food Insecurity is hitting an all time a new high level food in secure simply means you dont have access to food on a regular basis or quality food for that matter and thats what were seeing with a lot of homes youve got to remember that the School System in a lot of communities serves as a function were kids get both breakfast and lunch on a daily basis we can have an argument about whether or not thats the role of the schools but the reality is its the reality of the schools right that is the reality of what a lot of young people in this country depend on to be fed the other issue is because so many people are not working right now and as i mentioned a lot of checks are not flowing were seeing record lines at food banks around the country people lining up just to get any kind of food for their families and all that is happening you know we have this chasm right now between government policy and what real people are facing there was a mother in dallas whos also a salon owner you probably talked about her on the show at some point who was just sentenced to 7 days in jail by a judge because she was with her salon against the orders of the county judge when she went before the judge she told her that if she apologized and admitted that she was wrong he would make sure that she didnt have to serve jail time she also has to face a 7000. 00 fine she refused and accepted the gel time and this is what she said she said my children are going hungry and the employees that i have in my salon their children are going hungry and it is my job to protect that so if you think you need. Put me in jail for trying to feed my kids then you go ahead and do what you need to do and he did he sentenced her to 7 days in jail its a stunning moment i think when we look at that again the chasm between what it means for people who are becoming desperate to take care of their families and government policy that calls them nonessential and you know whats interesting about that is the texas state Supreme Court actually ruled to get her to release her from jail but you had like you know but hes like the Lieutenant Governor dan patrick saying that he would actually sat in for her in jail and she when she was in jail before she was released and she said nope this is going to be me and even my lawyer is saying that shes got to be the one to bend the knees so that you know the government can understand whats going on with the American People as always investigative journalist and host of boom bust bence one thanks so much for your time. Thank you. Now one of the american mercenaries captured after a failed attempt to overthrow Venezuelas Nicolas Maduro claims that he was on a mission to seize control of the countrys main airport in order to abducted leader now luke denman was one of the 2 u. S. Citizen seized by Venezuelan Security forces this week in that overthrow attempt now in a video from venezuela he details some of the plot listen here. Now it is still unclear whether his confession reveals accurately the facts of that plot to india now where a chemical gas leak from an industrial plant in the Southern Region is leaving people struggling to breathe many collapsing in the streets as they tried to flee at least 11 people died in about 1000. 00 suffered breathing difficulties and other problems a synthetic chemical leak from the l. G. Polymers plant which workers were preparing to actually restart after it was closed during the coronavirus lockdown. Pretty cool video a super flower moon shone brightly in many parts of the world last night it was filmed by spectators from santiago chile all the way to Berlin Germany now the super flora moon is a phenomenon which occurs when the moon is located on the opposite side of the earth to the sun it is the 2nd full moon of spring pretty cool also pretty cool for joining him just sitting in our sports h. Q. Regina covert 19 isnt stopping some athletes from getting out and about and working out during quarantine right you know and all of us wish we could be working out getting out of our house because we arent doing that except for a sense like teddy and no one is spending time doing that more than athletes who are able to get out and one park or athlete in houston decided to become an internet sensation with his. He tricks. Free he the park or coach taking to parking garages for his the latest feat the 25 year old is becoming known for his risky descents which consists of dropping from story to story as you see right there on the exterior of a parking garage isnt new to the sport hes put in 10 years of experience and the descent thing is still fairly new to park or he trains every day in houston and how they like over 1000 stop him saying its even easier because theres no one in the way a. J. Has garnered International Attention for his work on descents and hopes to make it more of a mainstream concept in the sport. And hes been out of the ring almost 6 years but now one of the biggest names in heavyweight boxing is ready to put on his gloves all for good cause for a time world heavyweight champion of it or holyfield announced hell be back in the ring at the prime age of 57 nicknamed the real deal hollyfield posted a video social media showing of training getting back in fighting shape his announcement raises the idea there could be a no other showdown with mike tyson whos also boasting at 53. 00 to come back to the ring himself the pair met twice in 1900 and the 2nd showdown had one of the most shocking moments in sports history tyson was disqualified the 3rd round because he bit holyfield twice it took a chunk out of here thankfully this time its an exhibition match all for the charity has to unite for our fight to provide students with resources for Emotional Development and education. It took 7 innings for the game of the Korean Baseball Organization between the lot giants and the k. T. Whiz to get competitive but when it did it exploded in me pretty spectacular fashion top of the 2nd with to. Get the giants on the board 1st with the r. B. I. Single the center field off the bat of beige song 31. 00 nothing the lead bottom half part gone through grounds out to short but scores you to tie things all at one with later in the ending catcher jang so mu gets this r. B. I. Single to give his team im night to one. Lead but top of the 7th is where things got interesting outfielder somehow saw at the plate not a fastball from kim hes not a 3 run homer ride for the giants handing them the 43. 00 lead and it was a bit of a welcoming committee as he came back home to the night in a runners on 2nd and 3rd kim jong un grounds to center john you were flies under the tag giants of 7 through the single down the inning pop up from gone is caught by the giants and the team comes away at the win. And another league that were going to have coming back we have the chinese basically korea and germany this week just said that the bundesliga their top Soccer League will be back on may 16th with no fans in the stands but well have live soccer from around the world now you know what did i just go to i got to bring up the park oregon. The big office fans out there i think one of the best opening scenes when steve corella and dwight and andy they do the park or at the beginning but its one of those questions why cant you just you know go from a to b. Just take the stairs you know so you want to grow but its fun to watch because i would not be jumping from level to level in a parking garage i dont have a fear of heights but i i like living living is a good idea. To go there arent you know thanks so much i really have more news coming up for you at 5 theres a growing call for justice over the killing of an unarmed black man down in georgia out jogging in a neighborhood why havent the killers been caught were going to discuss all that more coming up at 5 pm and then its our show for right now but to keep up with everything in question at all times just down the portable t. V. App or you can watch us 247 its a cool app check it out its free and you can also follow me on twitter at fair and balanced remember to question more we got boom bust coming up and more will see them. You cant be both with me yet you want. Time after time called her ration to repeat the same mantra sustainability and its very important to accelerate the transition to a sustainable prize board sustainability span of a man at a more equitable and sustainable well. They claim their production is completely hamas followed his lead the dalai lama this lieblich. Got into congress my models and got it done does not the Prison Companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away theres a 2nd eldest thats the point i mean and i mean look. This is the moves i mean listen we didnt want anyone and im stymied seemed to be based on that understood look forward to going and. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see that. Greetings and sell you take a shit. In the world of us pandemic politics we are on public manipulation overdrive my friends with more than 70000 us deaths and climbing we havent seen this kind of spin control coming out of washington d. C. Since w m ds and dick cheneys iraq war and you can find no better example of this than from our very own brand name in chief us President Donald Trump who took to the airwaves tuesday night and laid bare just who the American People are to him and the business interests that he represents and was created by take a listen. Of stealing our great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. There warriors we cant keep our country as we have to put our country. Warriors yes we are all of us we are soldiers and love fight