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Lets begin with breaking news overseas Pakistans National airline has been banned by the European Union following a pilot cheating exam scandal argues farah project is here to break it all down for us so far and what exactly is going on here so middle i dont know whats worse getting banned or finding out why Pakistan International airlines was banned by the European Union for 6 months now the state run airline had not been flying because of the corona virus but it was hoping to resume its flights to copenhagen paris bursa lona and milan in the next couple of months however an investigation into the may 22nd crash of Pakistans Air bus a 32320 that killed 97 people uncovered damaging news about the Airlines Pilots by the Civil Aviation authority listen here. 262. 00 out of 860. 00 which is 30 percent of our pilots have dubious licenses degree they did not pass through proper exams some of them even did not appear themselves in the exams and dont have proper flying experience now pakistan has since fired 5 Airline Officials of the Regulatory Agency and criminal charges they are being considered right now but the European Union Aviation Safety Agency wrote in a statement it is concerned about the validity of the pakistani pilot licenses and that pakistan as the state operator is currently not capable to certify and oversee its operations and aircrafts in accordance with Political International standards and manila the airline says that after their investigation into which pilots cheated will they have grounded 50 pilots for either cheating or having somebody else just simply take the test for them and wow so fair and fair has obviously been a big push back then from the Pakistan Pilots Association calling all of these fines i cant believe this conspiracy yes a lot of weird things going on here so Pakistan Airlines from a decade ago on word it was actually considered one of the better airlines out there because of their strict practices when it came to their pilots which is why the countrys Pilot Association countered the actual claims that almost a 3rd of those pilots had fake licenses saying that there was no truth to these allegations listen here. Pandoras box of pilots fake licenses isnt acceptable it is pertinent to mention here that this fake license inquiry has been in process since last 2 years so without completion of the inquiry 8303 it looks like a conspiracy. A manila when it comes to that crash back in may pakistan so far has not said whether the pilot and the copilot on that flight had fake licenses however the countrys Pilots Association says their licenses were in Good Standing in that they actually have to recertify themselves every 6 months so what will the effects on the airline be because of this 6 month travel ban well aviation experts fear that this ban by the e. U. Could actually affect the Airlines Flights to the u. K. And also canada since the aircrafts are not going to be able to fly over europe which will then force longer routes and forcing longer flight times mela. Thank you for that update. Now over to the latest koeppen 800 numbers worldwide cases now topping 10400000 and about 5027000 reported deaths the top 3 countries the u. S. Still leading the way and brazil and russia follow that here in the u. S. About 2600000 cases with about 126000 reported deaths meantime more states are reversed saying theyre reopening orders as code 19 continues to skyrocket in the push for the public to wear masks is being heard at local state and federal leaders now heres our correspondent john how do you with that update. This june comes to an end really the question is how bad will july be and afternoon is any indicator and any looking good isnt the governor of arizona shut down bars movie theaters germs and water parks once again while the leaders of several states seeing major increases in the cove in 1000 virus are pushing people to wear masks and even pushing people to try to stay home im. Amid the alarming resurgence of the virus nationwide now governor doug doocy arizona after issuing the executive order shutting down bars also nightclubs and even pushing the start of the school year back to late august told people to quote unquote arm yourself with a mask and then proceeded during this presser to sanitize his hands and then put a mask on himself well republican governors like to see along with other local and state officials and many of the red states have been seemingly reluctant as we have seen to push for coated protections and regulations like you know Wearing Masks facial coverings well that tone has clearly shifted as these states are now bearing the brunt of record virus increases Arizona Health officials reported in fact more than 2800 new cases sunday the most in a single day in the state so far and the 7th time in the past 10 days that daily cases there surpassed the 3000 mark its a similar story in other states including texas and right here in florida the Florida Department of health is reporting more than 6000 new corona virus cases today with the state now up 2152434 kovan 1000 cases and climbing i just refresh at a number thats the latest and that could go up certainly through the evening florida set a one day high as weve been telling you with more than 959500 new cases saturday and then another 8500 sunday and the concern is that the 4th of july weekend could shatter even more records and thats why miami dade and broward counties announced the beaches here will be shut down starting july 1st thats friday through july 7th over texas texas is also seeing a record jump in coated cases with the governor there once again closing bars and limiting service at restaurants texas like florida was one of the last states to implement code restrictions and one of the earliest to reopen well now in texas just like arizona the tone has shifted with state officials including the governor urging people to wear masks now heading out. West to california governor of a new sim has ordered bars to shut down in los angeles and 6 other counties as the number of virus cases continues to surge there as well the state is now reporting more than 200000 covered 1000 cases thats gone up to that number over the past week governor newsome said monday the number of people hospitalized in california had also risen 43 percent over the past 2 weeks now one of the big concerns among the states with the skyrocketing infection rates is the stress on hospitals and Health Care Facilities so that said while the states continue to grapple with escalating cases others have now restricted access to travelers from these locations new York New Jersey and connecticut are all ordering a mandatory quarantine for anyone traveling to those states from 16 states with escalating coated cases including up you heard of texas arizona florida georgia i know. Just to name a few but really the question is how do you enforce that quarantine which is really i mean selfimposed by people how do you make sure that theyre doing that how do you make sure that theyre staying 14 days in their hotels in their homes or its really at this point no way to do that so thats another concern back to just the honor system i guess john how do you there thank you so much. Well its official now american travelers will be temporarily banned from the e. U. During this pandemic bloc members formalize their reopening and will allow 14 countries to enter the e. U. Which include australia canada japan new zealand and even thailand but china has been conditionally approved only if it reciprocates the favor the u. S. As we know hasnt been able to flatten the curve other band countries include russia brazil and india. And over in the u. K. The city of life has to undergo another walkout because of the new spike of code 19. When the citys mayor says the latest lockdown would have been more effective if it had been done earlier their focus now is tracing the source of the latest spike and increased testing. And as Many Americans cope with unemployment and trying to make ends meet during this pandemic theres another issue looming thats skyrocketing pharmaceutical prices so as some covert 1000. 00 drugs cost just dollars to make companies are now charging thousands for them at least one company jacking up the price received taxpayer money for the development of that drug so what gives our t. Correspondent atocha sweet has that story. As scientists get closer to finding a vaccine for covert 19 treatments to lessen symptoms of the crown of virus are finding Great Success but its not without cost a report released from the Advocacy Group patients for Affordable Drugs reveals the prices for inpatient medicines increased along with the chrono virus their data shows over the past 6 months pharma raise the price of 44. 00 inpatient drugs including 20 essential i. C. U. Drugs the report indicates everything from over the counter medicines cancer and Mental Health drugs to specific over 1000. 00 treatments all have skyrocketed since the pandemic began it calculates a whopping 245. 00 drugs have seen price hikes since january 20th 61. 00 of those drugs are being used to treat the current virus 30 are in Clinical Trials from does appear in particular is getting attention for its partial success in combat in coven 1000 symptoms and its potential to do even more we look at rendition where it reduces the length of illness in a proportion of patients thats great but its not enough but if we put different therapies together different interventions together and we deliver them in a fair and i could do a quick google way. Then i believe we can do much more but after its maker gilliard came out with a hefty price tag for the drug its getting criticism specially after gilead received millions of taxpayer dollars for research for someone with private insurance will charge 520. 00 per viral for patients those on Government Programs will be charged 390. 00 a dose a double dose is reportedly needed on the 1st day so a 5 day treatment will come out to 3120. 00 or 2340. 00 on Government Services however outside of the us in places like india and bangladesh prices will be far less a several day treatment course wont even add up to 1000. 00 this week after revealing prices for ram disappear daniel day see. We believe all patients will have access to a shocking twist in an academic paper the Raw Materials for reportedly cost roughly 10. 00 for a 10 day treatment to make less than a dollar a day in los angeles to talk just weeks. In france hospital workers continue to take to the streets demanding better pay and a budget increase for the overwhelmed Health Care System there the rallies come weeks after negotiations between the french government and representatives president emanuel is expected to announce measures next week. And with more cities calling off 4th of July Fireworks shows due to the pandemic there is growing concern americans will set off their own fireworks at home in fact nationwide sales of consumer fireworks have skyrocketed this year resulting in a higher number of fireworks related injuries the Consumer Product Safety Commission is working on ways to better inform the public about the risks involved. While bitcoin goes dormant and so does cash as more and more consumers move into a capitalist society during the pandemic were going to discuss that and over at the sports h. Q. 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In the midst of the surgeons at corona virus cases around the nation more and more people are looking to move to a Cashless Society that means that fewer people worldwide are actually handling cash and more are either using credit cards or debit cards Online Shopping or looking to use Digital Currencies so joining us to discuss all of that the best cohost and investigative journalist pence one of our van ab so tell us why are so many people looking to get away from using cash and what does that decline actually look like. Yes some of the initial thought is that money is totally right and if you are handling cash it carries all kinds of germs on it because it passes from person to person its rarely if ever cleaned at all and so this is a way of contracting corona virus or contracting germs thats kind of the initial thought about it but the reality is im not sure that really lines up with whats really going on whats really happening is this that since weve seen these lockdowns across the country and really around the world in so many places what were really looking at is the is the simple fact fewer and fewer people can go into a Grocery Store can go into a bar rich shop can go into a nail salon and pay for things with cash if youre going to buy goods to get into your home most of that shopping has shifted over to online so right now for instance a. T. M. Usage is down 32 percent since the start of these lockdowns wasnt really surprising because whos going to go to an a. T. M. Right now and then also according to these about 63 percent of people are using less cash but again thats not a surprising because youre not going out very much most of the products youre buying youre buying through ecommerce well. I mean that makes some sense but in all honesty honesty how likely is that that people are actually contract ing cove it from cash money and i mean in reality isnt isnt it just the case that everyones moving to all things on line yeah i think i think so i think youre right the chances that youre actually conducting code for money is very very slim what is happening is a lot of people are finding that they have to make purchases online and thats creating kind of a series of issues and problems including the fact that you have you know so many people relying on just one or 2 big ecommerce giants you know im thinking of Companies Like amazon right there simply are sucking up all the oxygen in the room long term thats very bad for the u. S. Economy when mom and pop shops go out of business Small Businesses cant survive and one or 2 massive ecommerce giants kind of take over the whole space and then collection i mean i know amazon basically has everything but there are some like nice items like you really got to go to a mom and pop shop to get right then and so all of this Cashless Society it can be convenient for us consumers and its certainly good for the banks and good for the Credit Card Companies because they charge processing fees but its not good for those Small Business owners like i just talked about those merchants. Thats thats absolutely correct look the the theres a huge misnomer here this idea that if we move to a Cashless Society that its good for everyone its more convenient its not good as you said if you own a Small Business because youre having to pay transaction fees of anywhere from 2 to 2. 5 percent on those transactions that are called swipe fees every time someone swipes their card whatever that transaction is these mastercard these giant payment processors are taking 2 to 2. 5 percent of whatever was purchased so thats a negative for those folks and theres also negatives for instance for people who are employees so say that you work at a at a hotel which right now is not getting much business anyways but if you do when youre a valet youre going to rely heavily on cash tip. Well now people who are in a Cashless Society are to carry cash around with them so its much harder for them to actually give tips to people who are reliant on that and lastly of course you have people who just dont necessarily have access to these Banking Systems yeah so theyre at a loss as well on that note i mean going cashless outside of lets say bitcoin not only does that remove any true privacy we have for our personal transactions but it also disenfranchises a lot of poor people Homeless People who dont have access to banking or Electronic Services right thats right i mean you have to remember that worldwide theres a very large portion of people who remain in this world yeah in the United States obviously less but worldwide theres a lot of people who are not banks that was part of the promise of crypto currency as you said but all crypto currencies really try to provide a system by which the banks can be bank they become their own bank and dont have to use the services and crypto currency is being accepted by merchants by the way reduces significantly those processing fees so i think more competition for payment processors more competition for banks in this space through crypto currencies would be a huge help to consumers Small Businesses and everyone across the board and we know how you feel about bitcoin and other tripped out well you are right there our friend ben swan thank you so much for that insight. And elsewhere around the nation a judge in minnesota is threatening to move the trials of 4 former Police Officers charged in georgia for its death the judge says if attorneys and family members continue speaking to the public it will be difficult to find an impartial jury meantime outside the Pretrial Hearing for the officers george floyd uncle spoke to the media about the real change that needs to happen. Im not made of the body i think we need to fix it racism you know what you believe that will be difficult to go it will be different. Some crummy Holiday Cheer for each other because its that we dont need to all be here you know were here because the one reason because one guy decided to take on the few slots. And venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced in a televised speech that the European Unions ambassador and caucus has 72 hours to leave the country this was in response to the e. U. s decision to impose sanctions against a number of venezuelan deputies who serve in the National Assembly and military officials now in a speech muro declared the days of colonial intervention are over. I have decided to give the European Union ambassador in caracas 72 hours to leave our country and to demand respect from the european you get enough of european colonialism against its whale. And australia announced it will spend close to 1000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars to combat cyber warfare against china Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the money will be spent over the course of 10 years his announcement comes weeks after australia said a sophisticated a sophisticated state based actor attacked all levels of their government meantime china rejects those claims that its behind those Cyber Attacks on australia even claiming australia is creating a massive scale espionage project of their own. And over in argentina if youve got the money and youre a fan of che guevara then hey youre in for a treat the birthplace of the leftist revolutionary as a personnel in gross audio was born in this apartment here on june 14th 1028 the current owner is a businessman who currently lives in brazil he bought the place back in 2002 now he says hes got to sell because of the pandemic. And regina ham is over at the sports h. Q. Where do you know soccer fans in argentina got creative with the sport so they can return to the pitch a lot of fans are just itching to get back and play in many soccer fans cant get within 5 feet of their favorite teams as those teams across the world are Holding Games behind closed doors so for those who want to get back in the game argentina there is a very creative solution that takes the game to a new level soccer fans in the province of the mail came up with a modified version of the game from the mind of gustava see you follow the pitch is divided into several different areas allowing players to move within his limited zone the human table football as its being called it has gone viral and after a 100 days of closure due to over 1000. 00 the play football stadium is open back up at this frequency style of play players have between 140 and 295 square feet to move within their specific box and avoid any physical contact with the other participants gameplay can vary from team to team but so far hopes tonight soccer fans together with a bit of pretty strange fun. 2000 and 11 d days until the year 26 well why does that matter its also roughly the number of days until the 26th the world cup or mexico canada and the United States will serve as hosts so washington d. C. Is throwing its name in the hat to host some of those world cup events the world cup 2026 Advisory Board unveiled its vision for how the city would host matches and festivities for the event they are merely balor put her support behind you see saying the Sports Capital and socalled district of champions makes a Perfect Place to hold a global competition members of the Advisory Board include former u. S. Mens National Team player eddie pope former womens Team Goalkeeper briana scary and d. C. United on a goalkeeper bill honeyed the goal is to persuade people to select washington as one of about 10 u. S. Host cities for the 80 match a month long torment with the quarter finals onward being played in the u. S. The 26. 00 world cup is the 1st time the tournament has. Stated by 3 countries in a joint effort other cities in consideration of d. C. Include baltimore philadelphia the new York New Jersey area and miami as contend. The q m heroes look to chip away at the lead that the n. C. Didos have in the cave and that hinge on the result of their game against the dusan bears so the top of the 1st bears left fielder huge and one piece out there is a weak grounder for an r. B. I. Single that scores former Los Angeles Angels infielder Jose Miguel Hernandez to sign with an early one nothing really about the 2nd he will catch or at least with a 2 run double left center gap thatll bring home former Minnesota Twins infielder parker young haul. You off heros lead to tell one they do more that the 5th of the man on c. E. O. Qian chang with a grounder off you want you tried to flip the 1st but the ball just goes away so you know advances to a 2nd and comes on around from 1st to score on the play heroes up to one of 6 its young at bat this time of the sacrifice fly ball to deep center field bring it all. Off. With a commanding 5. 00 to 1. 00 lead it would get better for them bottom of the bases loaded heroes with a 3 run double down the left field line thatll bring home a lesion well sung and for an impressive 91 heroes lead and later in the inning q in 3rd base and younger you wont they r. B. I. Double down the left field line thatll bring home the young heroes just taking away the lot more on top of the one last ditch attempt so homer to center field from. Not good enough bears will fall 11 to 2 and a runaway game and here is only that 2 games back from the diners after a 10 loss in extra innings and manila real quick we talked about baseball blue jays will they i have gotten clearance to return back to toronto they have been stuck in florida says a coven 18 have gone into place and tomorrow is opening day for a summer camp in the us. Big you know there is more places to be stuck the florida exactly youll be stuck in somewhere else. Thank you for that regina are that does it for me right now making keep up with everything in question at all i have by downloading our brand new free app fordable t. V. You can catch their 24 sevenths otherwise follow me on twitter and instagram after the military and i will feel they can watch it. You cannot be both with the yeah you want. The primary purpose of history is to understand the past as a guide to understanding the present and future history should not be steve is feeling nostalgic because a lot of history is facing a change so how should we find the right balance the stats you cite the life. Thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the countrys military and the decision little sheltered lives every song came to a complete. 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Military rape is a very very traumatizing tapping but ive never seen trauma like ive seen it from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished and be offended by hand and almost 10 year career which i was very invested in and i gave a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of our in violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether thats men or women. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that you say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area rush up. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so coveted 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 this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. George was made for radio and he excelled at it he would meet people from all walks of life from all over the world you would even meet one of the most historic military figures of modern times not bad for a farm boy from canada when i started working in the department broadcasting to the United States