Greetings and sell you. Welcome back everyone to another start of another weeks worth of hawk watching here on our t. V. You know there is so much out there to cover so today lets kick things off with a story about coverage a little too much coverage if you will im talking of course about the news that last week both republicans and democrats in the u. S. Senate joined together to pass the usa freedom reauthorization act of 2020. Not surprisingly the usa freedom reauthorization act as nothing to do with freedom and everything to do with codifying indorsing in the ultimate legalising once again the National Security and surveillance state that we all call this curry. 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 stamped many requests not reportedly they have these tangible things include things like oh you know warrant less access to your internet browsing and 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 those supposed freedom protectors route 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 d orders they it has nothing nothing on the United StatesCongress Says 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 house. Was on a cd. Player so lets see this is this you always see. Great see this least systemic deception so which. Brings up the bill as. Well going to watch the entire world winter and im a nice across the mesa Goodness Gracious so everyone was out there on Capitol Steps across the country in state after state saying we won our rights back we want to. Go outside we want to. Really be. Home all the time. And then washington light passes actual things that violate peoples rights they passed things that actually you know it was real there was a shrug which is an extension of the old patriot act like that actually does violate us Citizens Rights regardless of what you know fancy lawyers want to say in congress or you know people justify that because of that and nary a peep or rally 8 interesting thing about this is that it did hit certain news the 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 come to speak out against it but thus far it can a fail like a tree in the forest nobody heard it so i think that part of the reasoning 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 a reauthorize Something Like this and congress more and more people are still looking towards another round of stimulus package they are 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 you often see these kind of interesting bills that stripped 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 reauthorize that which i was part of bonnie 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 at william bar or whoever these a. G. s 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 if you 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 that 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 feel 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 reactor i think in so obviously weve had this process for your butt since the original time frame i think that the American Public has moved a lot more 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 was it steve dames republican out of montana ron widen out a democrat or oregon and you know one of the rare times they get together and things 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 failed by just one vote for didnt show up one of them including Bernie Sanders didnt show up to vote. By one vote some of the 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 fire as a Court Approved surveillance which is actually i think something that we really need to discuss and should be brought up that they all just go 51128585 senators voted against that from keeping americans exempt from vis 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 joining up to crossfires that 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 i 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 those different codings before in 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. Homeless person and then giving them the weapons and the idea you know i mean you always see those entrapment things where i would say thats clear entrapment you took some guy or some disgruntled. Almost person maybe and gave them all the technology gave them the bomb and so 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 like enjoy a time of little to no Human Interaction at 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 cities 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 fettled 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 in f y i 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 you think the e. P. A. Pressure and. Push the factory to do better but not so fast philip 66 the company that owns the wood river refinery has suspended all work on the little bit program they were required to complete this means that the thousands of lives the factory has put at risk over the years are still subject to lead unhealthy water and poor air quality the reason. 1000. 00 and the department of justice seems to be helping the polluters issuing a problematic new policy the deal 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 really think were all relieved a little bit when we start of seeing you know because of the state all borders and all may just get a little cleaned up and like hey theres less air pollution theres a group where you kind of got relieved and thinking that hey by the way theyre still cleaning up but mellow under the cover of white all while we cant summon the body. 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 and 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 of 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 there 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 covert 19 Public Health those across the board Environmental Health was across the board and this is ridiculous but you know at the end of the day weve seen that 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 gifted 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 waters no one is actually coming out to make sure that they are following the regulations that were designed for them i mean i get out of one sort of like ok if theyre properly shut down and theyve got their employees at home then theyre probably no ones really working there so you dont have to worry about it but on the other hand you know that you know that youve got to keep these people speak 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 like i mean these 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 of relief 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 day one and now they are basically issuing it it is showing statements that they cant do the other 6 or 7 because the code 19 and it really is garbage and so if you can use that excuse. I have to ask you when you were in working on a 2 its like were going to see this job 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 Consent Decrees in the United States who are major corporations who are 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 1000 is a lot higher. Than we always remember to these are also people who are probably in the poorest of communities who are going to have to face this directly head on well the people who own the companies who are living in the rich communities they dont have to worry about lebanon or water they dont worry about these kind of toxic chemicals in their environment its Gross Gross Gross gross thought is 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 in 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 affordable 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 venezuela are 2 murders Richard Blevins brings us the full story stay tuned. Watching the school. Am listening. Tough and planning another one of the highest dimmock on the way to both the suv. Bandicoots old Movie Theater i. Was in this way got to dog it so hard not to think of the mother disappeared this woman the work of a coward and an optimist are authentic if. This is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights in his room waiting. On. The floor lookin for the 50 pound is worthless woody allen you have a whole live in a box with a helmet on the. What i think is this is the fund that is a constant. Yeah you like. 2 of the countries that have been the subject of rigorous sanctions from the United States are now working together if iran ships fuel to venezuela the u. S. Is reportedly looking for ways to intervene which could signal a new conflict amid increased tensions arties Rachael Blevins joins us now to discuss the details welcome rachel thank you for having what is the latest conflict phrase that we have these reports that iran is in the process of sending supplies to venezuela and now are 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 interest and 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