The ultimately legalizing once again the National Security and surveillance state that we all call this current version of the United States of america you see after expiring back in march the freedom act reauthorization restores government powers that lets Law Enforcement collect tangible things tens of all things related to National Security investigations without a warrant requiring only approval from a secret court the pies a court that has reportedly rubber stamps many requests not reportedly they have these tangible things include things like oh you know warrantless access to your internet browsing in Search History without having to prove you were under suspicion of doing anything wrong because you know who doesnt want folks like Christopher RaySteven Elliot or william barr digging through your Search History online so all. All those supposed to freedom protectors road storming state capitals armed to the teeth with guns and pretend patriotism you know the ones who got scared away from rain you know fighting for the right to reopen the bars and nail salons our elected officials in the u. S. Senate were busy shredding even more of our constitutional protections and bill of rights seriously by stay at home orders that it has nothing nothing on the United States congress when it comes to removing personal rights and freedoms here in the United States which is why my friends we are always watching the whole mess. In a city. Like. This you always see. Great city displays systemic deceptions so. Youre. Going to watch the entire world winter and im a nice across the Goodness Gracious so everyone was out there on Capitol Steps across the country in state after state saying we want our rights back we want to go outside we want to. Really be you know at home all the time. And then washington like passes actual things that violate peoples rights they passed things that actually you know it was real there was a she was an extension of the old patriot act like that actually does violate u. S. Citizens rights regardless of what you know fancy lawyers want to say in congress or you know people justify that kind of thing and nary a peep or rally 8 the interesting thing about this is that it did hit certain news way of cycles but it didnt get a lot of attention so i think that a lot of americans arent necessarily aware that this is happening what i did see on social media was a few libertarian groups kind of speak out against it but thus far it cannot be all like a tree in the forest nobody heard it so i think that part of the reason. Thing is that there hasnt been enough Media Attention paid to it but in addition to that this is a very interesting time to push something or reauthorize Something Like this and congress more and more people are still looking towards another round of stimulus package theyre trying to figure out whats going to happen with the economy so for this to come up now and theyre not really be a large discussion in the grander sphere about who they think is largely in part because of the timing in the framework. You often see that happen whether by choice or happenstance to go up and see these kind of interesting bills that strip away rights kind of always being passed through the cover of darkness usually theres some other bigger issue going on that kind of keeps everyone distracted and then thats the time where its like hey you know what the old ones reauthorized which i was part of barney when they labeled these bills they often label them with the exact opposite of the content of the bill when it comes to stop its controversial theres nothing freedom about allowing people what william bar or whoever these energies down the line to start digging into our browsing history at all i think you know absolutely and it also brings to the question why because the process if you going through and getting a warrant is not extremely long weve seen cases where within 24 hours one was given why would we need to obfuscate that process to go ahead and do things sooner and what types of not only violations of liberty and personal privacy but other things as this lead to because i know that there are a lot of people who probably dont want their browser history out there for the world to thier for anyone to see but in addition to that what gives you the leveraging power to do so outside of our current process i think that you know weve seen this this is a real obviously weve had this process for your but since the original time frame i think the American Public has moved a lot more you know progressive when it came to ignore it when it came to forcefully pushing against having this level of scrutiny this level of privacy invasion and so its very interesting to me that even beyond all the protest began all the conversation weve seen over the past. 67 years were now back in the exact things space it is really interesting to see that there was a few people that put up a little bit of a defense of this in the senate it now moves over to the house to see what happens there and you know they was it steve dames republican of montana and ron wyden not a democrat of oregon and you know one of the rare times they get together and they did offer up an amendment that would have prevented the use of section 215. 00 for warrantless surveillance of internet searches which is what were talking about but that 5 failed by just one vote for didnt show up one of them including Bernie Sanders didnt show up to vote that day failed by one vote the memo that would have prevented that rand paul of all people surprisingly rand paul of kentucky he proposed an amendment that would have actually exempted americans from being able to be under 5 the Court Approved surveillance which is actually i think something that we really need to discuss and should be brought up that failed just so you know 51128585 senators voted against that from keeping americans exempt from the court which is what we saw abused during the whole russia gate controversy so its very interesting to see how you know theyre all joined up to crush you know to keep the court intact despite the problems that weve seen with it over the years and and what is the narrative around the necessity here because they know that sometimes in these arguments there is the we want to protect this nation against terrorism terrorism threat so we want to be able to intercept that type of communication or you know those things different codings before incident actually occurs. But do we have evidence that this actually works i mean weve been weve been using this process for a long time now and then you know most of the evidence that youll see is usually the f. B. I. Paying some homeless person then giving them the weapons and the idea in the bar you know i mean you always see those entrapment things or i look at and say thats clear entrapment you took some guy or some disgruntled. Almost person maybe and gave him all the technology gave him the bomb and said oh look we caught a terrorist plot you know thats not actually stopping terrorism very rarely do you stop a crime before it happens thats only in the movies and on t. V. Shows. As flowers bloom wildlife run free and waterways and aquatic life enjoy a time of little to no Human Interaction code 19 has provided a respite from Mother Nature but this is not a time for environmental activists to take a rest actually its time to sound the alarm even louder across america the u. S. Environmental Protection Agency has sued city and industries forcing them to clean up their act reducing pollution that threatens our air and Water Quality for example in my home state of illinois the wood river refinery was sued by the state and federal government for releasing toxic waste water directly into the Mississippi River 2 years ago they settled one lawsuit agreeing to spend 10 1000000. 00 for necessary upgrades and monitoring of the refinery as well as 500000. 00 to clean up the low income homes and buildings that were affected just an f. Why these low income homes and buildings were home to Young Children and pregnant women who have been profoundly exposed to lead and other toxic emissions for years many of the children were born premature suffer from abnormalities and lived with a Life Long Health issues equated with the disaster now do you think the e. P. A. Pressure implants push the factory to do better but not so fast to look 66 the company that owns the wood river refinery has suspended all work on the lead Abatement Program they were required to complete this means that the thousands of lives the factory has put it risk over the years are still subject to lead unhealthy water and poor air quality the reason code 1000 and the department of justice seems to be helping the polluters issuing a problematic new policy the d. J. Recently said it would suspend the collection of penalties for violations of consent decrees and other enforcement orders as david baron managing attorney at the environmental nonprofit justice said settlement agreements and civil litigation are only as good as the governments willingness to watchdog the consent decree. And make sure that the parties comply. That is that is huge news because i mean i think were all relieved a little bit when we started seeing you know because of the stay at home orders at home may just get a little cleaned up and like hey theres less air pollution as a group but you kind of got relieved and thinking that hey by the way theyre still cleaning up but no under this cover of like oh well we cant send him in but. You know its too much money watch oh were just not cleaning anything exactly and these were major phased out plans the one in illinois for example had 7 different phases to it in addition to obviously the money that was going to be used towards revamping some of these homes that were extremely damaging a lot of those are Public Housing projects some of them are you know regular standalone homes but in addition to that it is now you are pushing more people to be threatened even higher from covert 1000. 00 because now they have they have this consistently poisoning in addition to the fact that they cant go anywhere so these individuals are in their homes the water is definitely not clean water and on top of that they are dealing with a lot of the residuals from the lead poisoning to begin with its brutal when you get it when you lay it out when you really think about that because its like yeah ok now you go to stay at home you know lead contaminated home you know these are things that are probably people we were talking about public help that doesnt begin and just with cope with 19 Public Health those across the board Environmental Health those across the board and this is ridiculous but you know at the end of the day weve seen its big businesses over and over again kind of wording you know. Throwing out the lard throwing out common sense just to kind of maintain not maintain any kind of Corporate Responsibility absolutely and its good that you point that out because b. P. Is probably one of the ones one of the larger corporations that was get the most from this term from the department of justice because b. P. Has had a lot of regulatory issues particularly as it relates to environmental awareness and the Environmental Issues that they have caused with oil spills and other things. Now. They are basically sitting pretty and able to skirt a lot of the regulations because theyre there nor horseman chicks during this time of covert 19 and shelter in place stay at home orders no one is actually coming out to make sure that they are following the regulations that were designed for them give out one of what theyre properly shut down and theyve got their employees at home there probably no one is really working there are so you dont have to worry about but on the other hand you know that you know that youve got to keep these peoples feet to the fire because they will do anything anything to not have to be responsible or be held accountable for their actions in the past but the thing that suffers most is the families are there not what your needs are people who are basically getting screwed over because no one is cleaning up their backyard exactly and these are families who had protested these are families who had marched these are families who wrote letters to the editor these are families who came to d. C. I used to work for the e. P. A. In illinois and one of the most interesting things about this is that it takes years for any piece of litigation to come down from the federal government when it relates to environmental policy and Environmental Protection so you have families who have had issues with their water with for the past 35 years because of this plant and they were just beginning to see some level overleaf and terms of in terms of the litigation back 2 years ago and the regulations that were given then for the reopening of the plant for them to you know basically right their wrongs was a multistage process theyre not even finished with phase one and now they are basically issuing the issuing statements that they cant do the other 6 or 7 because of covert 19 and it really is garbage and so if you can use that excuse of the. I have to ask you when were going to 2 its like were going to see this job or across the board with bart making that decision are we going to pretty much just absolutely so illinois is one example but were also seeing this in dallas were also seeing it in different areas across florida right now there are over 350. 00 consent decrees in the United States for major corporations for these you know smokestack buildings and all these. Other things that have really created some problems for the local residents either because theyre dumping unhealthy things in the water or because they have serious air quality issues theyre exacerbated now by the fact that all of that is actually making it worse for families who are trying to protect themselves from cope at 19 so on the one hand you have regulators who cant go in because of the stay at home waters on the other you have parents and children who are at home but are also being extremely exposed and because of that exposure their risk for kobe 1000 is a lot higher. And always remember too these are also people who are probably in the poorest of communities who are going to have to face this directly head on while the people who own the companies who are living in the rich communities they dont have to worry about lead in their water they dont worry about these kind of toxic chemicals in their environment its Gross Gross Gross gross thought as were going to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on the members of the brand new portable t. V. Which is available on smartphones through google play an Apple App Store simply by searching portable t v or you can stream us to your big t. V. By downloading the portable t. V. App on apple t. V. Or online a portable t. V. This app will be available on more devices coming soon and coming up on the show tensions are once again rising between the United States and iran this time over but those were largely mergers Rachel Blevins brings us the full story stay tuned for watching the. Show seems wrong. Why dont we just. Let you get to shape out just the attic. And indeed it was betrayed. When something is find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Yeah like. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area russia. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. Take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have Nuclear Weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so thats why were going to drill down on the story for you today right here on the news or direction where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. 2 of the countries that have been the subject of rigorous think sions from the United States are now working together at the iran ship speel to venezuela the u. S. Is reportedly looking for ways to intervene which could signal a new conflict amid increased tensions arties Rachel Blevins joins us. Now to discuss the details what am i to thank you for asking what is the latest conflict presently have these reports that iran is in the process of sending supplies to venezuela and now were sort of waiting to figure out what the United States is going to do and there are reports of the u. S. Is planning on intervening in some way and that could be directly sending u. S. Navy ships out to the Caribbean Sea to try to stop these 5 iranian tankers that are carrying more than 45000000. 00 worth of gasoline and supplies so they could try to stop them in their path before they even get to venezuela now the u. S. Has yet to confirm that but we do know that they have these incredibly strict sanctions a motor iran and venezuela and theyve really spent the last year trying to cut these countries off from the rest of the world its really breaking my heart here in this because it sounds like my dad used to describe the way we used to sanction cuban we still do but the way we you know the whole cuba versus the u. S. Thing back in the sixtys with the blockade and things like that now were seeing this going how has iran responded to the reports that you wish may actually intercept their ships in korean waters while iran went ahead of this and they submitted a complaint to the United Nations and they said look if the u. S. Tries to stop or tankers in the sea we will treat it as an illegal act of piracy and any consequences that come out of that will be washingtons fault now a spokesperson for Irans Foreign Ministry is also speaking out and hes saying that its not up to washington to dictate where running tankers are around the world take us no you have to say you have my own kind of what american stated regarding our oil tankers and various locations around the world is illegal and shameful if they make any moves against this very legitimate the ceiling of our ships i would definitely place reaction by the Islamic Republic of iran. Now at the same time Iran Supreme Leader is also renewing calls for u. S. Troops to get out of iraq and syria and he went as far as to say that if they didnt leave voluntarily they would be expelled now its not clear yet exactly how that would happen but a Statement Like that isnt. To increase tensions even further between the u. S. And iran. Very sticky situation how the u. S. Sanctions impacted both countries where would the u. S. Is pacifically targeted countries that are known for their oil reserves and they have done everything they can to cut off their business and hurt their economies and that has had a major impact specifically on the civilians of these countries especially when it comes to getting access to medical supplies and even basic things like food and clean water now this partnership that were seeing between iran and venezuela is coming up because theyre seeing ways that they can Work Together in a minimal way because iran has the chemicals the venezuelan needs in order to refine its crude oil but of course because the u. S. Does have these things in place it is likely to want to intervene in some way and this is really frustrating at a time when we have a pandemic going on right now and countries around the world have called for the u. S. To back off on these sanctions for the civilians if nothing else but thats only made the trumpet ministration double down on it seems and its said that its not going to remove the sanctions on iran unless it goes along with its nuclear demands and its not going to remove the same of them as well unless they overthrow their government im going to go out on the limb of i going to just look at the. Doubling down on that because right now the Trump AdministrationEven Congress u. S. Elected officials are looking for any kind of thing to distract from the fact that what over 90000 citizens abroad no i mean anything to distract from that whether its a war or conflict or whatever they want to call it is one of those things right. Absolutely and they feel like you know theres such tension around us while we have a very interesting in story past not only in terms of sanctions but also just our relationship broadly that this is this is par for the course it is there anything i mean where do we see this going what do you think the ships were actually intercepted to get into the caribbean do they know well this is hopefully something that will figure out in the next 24 hours in terms of if there is you know its one of those things because the u. S. Hasnt said anything about it now its just kind of a waiting game to see are they actually going to put their men at risk and so. Them right up to these iranian tankers or are they going to do something where they decide to bring in more sanctions or try to take other measures but at the same time it is interesting to see that you countries that have been sanctioned the hardest by the United States right now found a way to Work Together if it does go away or is that way and not surprising not surprising rachel weapons thank you so much for that report thank you. Sometimes the course of future history has changed with just a single action or even a single persons demise chinas ambassador to israel has been found dead at his home near tel aviv although the circumstances do not seem suspicious the incident is still bringing chinas relationship with israel into the spotlight and the United States is not too happy about that arties alex mahela bitch has the story. A seasoned diplomat chinas ambassador to israel has died and the Chinese Ambassador to israel to weigh died in tel aviv on may 17th and only with us courting to preliminary diagnosis is due way died unexpectedly of Health Reasons and the specifics need further verification 57 year old do y. Was found dead in his residence by an Embassy Worker shortly after forensic teams and the police were at the location carrying out the investigation into his death according to israel media there were no signs of violence at the scene it is believed that he died in his sleep most likely due to a heart attack but authorities are looking into all possibilities as the Investigation Continues do i served in Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than 30 years and was married with one son his family was not with him in israel prior to taking his role in israel do y. Was a diplomat for china in ukraine for 3 years he arrived in israel to fill his latest role on february the 15th at which time he wanted to quarantine for 2 weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Although his placement was relatively short due i did make an impact as chinas ambassador to israel heres a tweet from israels former foreign minister is they all cots shocked to hear tragic news related to the sudden death of his excellence he do y. And bass or do was a distinguished career diplomat and during his short time in israel had already contributed to the bilateral relations between the countries according to the Chinese Embassy in israel in 2018 chinas investment in israel accounted for 0. 4 percent of all Chinese Foreign investment and 3 percent of all Foreign Investment into israel do y. Was vocal about expanding this relationship but at the same time defended china from criticism when it comes to covert 19 in april do y. Told the hebrew newspaper israel high ohm in history it has happened many times when the causes of diseases were wrongfully blamed on a specific group of people which is despicable and should be condemned the disease is the enemy of all mankind and the world must fight it together when it comes to china and israel working together as with chinas relation to the coronavirus the us has been very critical due wise death comes just days after us secretary of state mike pompei of visited israel in what appeared to be an attempt to convince the Israeli Government to limit Chinese Investment washington is not happy with israels growing cooperation with china particularly with projects like the haifa Port Terminal which is being constructed and will be operated by a Chinese Company but pompei oh and President Trump of war does are all but if it does not curb its ties with china the u. S. May have to cut back its cooperation with israel china and israel however seem to be committed to cementing a trusting relationship and that could even be seen as the investigation and to do wise death continues. China is sending a special team to tel aviv to investigate the death and israels foreign minister told his chinese counterpart that his ministry will help the Chinese Embassy with anything be a need regarding the passing of the ambassador for r t m alex my love each. To those fascinating work by alex or its interesting how to help this one mans death is kind of like brought all of these tensions and all of these interesting kind of behind the scenes moving and shaking to the forefront of the u. S. Trying to combat chinas influence in the world absolutely and the u. S. For its part is trying very very very very very hard right now to make sure that chinas role is diminished to make sure that they are punishing china to the fullest extent and i think that this is one of those instances where were probably going to see a backfire i think so too i mean do you think i want to ask you do you think that like this idea that like we want to blame china for all of this and blame china for the virus is that just kind of more of a smoke and mirrors thing to kind of cover the longstanding summit going back to obama even bush of this push into the pacific into kind of countering china in that region i think thats 100 percent correct this has given the Trump Administration cover for something that u. S. Foreign policy has engaged in actually for a very long time unsuccessfully but this point i think that if you can make another American People feel like the chinese created something toward their demise that it gives the white house it gives the any administration a lot more leverage in pushing against china in a way that we havent necessarily thing ramped up before or interesting weve got to just understand that china is the big dog on the block youre not just going to get rid of them through other interests standard Old School Ways but its going to get gross before it gets better the art of what he that is are so proud of their remember everyone in this world were not told beloved enough so i tell you all i love you. And im on the ship watching all those hawks out there ever great day and night everybody. Half an hour the full entire History Month on the way to go through a food. Bank itself Movie Theater i. 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Live from the World Headquarters of r t america in our Nations Capital this is the news with rick sanchez. Fan hello again everybody im rick sanchez to all of you who are watching from all over the world whether youre doing so on regular t. V. Or on portable t. V. We are so glad that you are there today the United States will likely hit the inglorious milestone of being the 1st and only country in the world to suffer 100000. 00 coronavirus deaths what are the real numbers were going to break that down for you were going to tell you and were also going to show you just how ugly things have gotten overnight in hong kong i dont know if youve seen some of those videos yet but were going to begin with the showdown between china and