hello there i'm a military man you're watching in question broadcasting live from our to the american national headquarters in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from across the nation and all around the world here are your top stories for today in new york city at least 41 transit workers have lost their lives due to the corner virus this as new research now indicates that european travelers brought the virus into new york a full report on that next then the former green party candidate for a new york's governor race says andrew cuomo is getting a bit too much love these days given his past history with the state's hospitals before all of this coronavirus talk we're going to talk to him next and the nation's food banks are on high alert as many of them are overrun and now low on

food supplies we'll tell you what's being done about it all right it's time to boost your news i. like run a virus continues to plague new york hitting some of the poorest working class areas the hardest thousands of low paid workers forced to work to make ends meet as they remain on the front lines and now there are reports that dozens of transit workers have lost their lives due to the virus and new research now indicating that the state's outbreak actually originated in europe trinity chavez has the report. today the coronavirus continue. going to take

a dramatic toll on new york it's like a battlefield behind your house the number of corona virus cases and now more than 150000 with more than 7000 deaths. the virus having the biggest impact on some of new york city's poorest areas the disparities that have plagued this city this nation that are all about fundamental inequality are once again causing such pain. and causing people innocent people to lose their lives it's just abundantly clear it's sick it's troubling it's wrong new data showing jackson heights elmhurst and corona queens have higher numbers of coronavirus cases than in wealthy mostly white parts of manhattan. people. oh it's terrifying here because we're downwind of this of a hospital that's

a percentage of the death of the national crisis while queens the epicenter of the outbreak in new york city accounts for more than 3200 factions many are still forced to continue to go to work if you want to. keep. many low wage workers on the front lines from grocery store employees to public transportation workers all deemed essential working around the clock during the pandemic right now everybody who are here receive a large if they still work in the m.t.a. confirming the corona virus has claimed the lives of 41 transit workers in 5 weeks and more than 6000 have fallen sick or self quarantined this as new research shows that the novel coronavirus likely circulated in new york for weeks undetected with more new york infections coming from europe and not asia critics pointing out that the findings contradict. didn't terms argument that is ban on travelers from china

in late january delayed the arrival of the virus to the us reporting in new york trinity charges r t. well the media has been abuzz the last few weeks about new york governor andrew cuomo has daily press briefings on the coronavirus have been broadcasted on national t.v. networks and as he pleads for help and relief from the federal government in what is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic here in america and his name is been dropped as even a possible replacement for joe biden by both democrats and even donald trump himself but one person who ran twice against cuomo in the governor's race says cuomo is not as progressive as the media is making him out to be and he's joining us now to discuss america's cuomo crush green party presidential candidate how he hawkins is here how we thank you for being with us now to be fair the cuts on new york's hospitals did start with republican governor george pataki back in the

ninety's and andrew cuomo has continued that by closing more hospitals but also refusing to raise taxes on the wealthy as a way to make up for the state's budget shortfalls yet he is now the media darling so what do you make of all this. well compared to donald trump he does look pretty good he's done a pretty good job with the resources he has the problem is new york state has a lot less resources with 20000 less hospital beds than it had in 2041 less hospitals than it had in 1997 and yes his predecessor republican george pataki set up a burger commission that recommended that closure of hospitals but that has continued under andrew cuomo stan year he's cut medicaid which at 30 new yorkers depend on he designed or he set up medicare medicaid redesign teams in

appointed berger the guy that had the previous commission to do the 1st one so it was cut in the 1st year into cuomo was in office in 2011 in this year under the cover of the coronavirus crisis well people are paying attention to that he proposed more cuts to medicaid and he got him in the budget he really wanted 2500000000 you got 1600000000 and he was even threatening to forego up to 6700000000 in federal aid to get those cuts and what he got was the ability to delay the cuts and also tightening the eligibility requirements for medicaid. until we get that federal money so there are cuts that one is bad as he was threatening but you know that's continuing a trend which leaves a shorter resources when we come up with a problem like we have now yes so you must be perplexed as to why everybody is in love with cuomo right now so given that you know all the all the things that you just stated for us he has been quite mild and his references to president trump he

has not taken any harsh stance against the president a lot of people have asked him why who haven't been more harsh on the president for not quite meeting efforts to fight coronavirus fast enough especially in new york do you agree with that sentiment. i don't agree with the sentiment i understand that he. he has to work with trump to get what he can given how sure we are resources but you know i'm perplexed as it were joe biden when he was asked as trump has blood on his hands for his delayed and misinforming response and biden said oh i wouldn't go to far that's too harsh i mean you wonder if i was really trying to be true so that's where i think the criticism directed toward is coming from the. ok we're sorry about that we've lost connection with how we hawkins that was how we talk in green party candidate for president we'll move on here to saudi arabia

declaring a unilateral 2 week cease fire in yemen saudi officials say the move is in response to the united nations truce calls and to help stop the spread of. a cease fire if it sticks opens the doors for a deescalation of the 5 year long fighting in yemen. and back here stateside protesters are calling for inmates to be released in chicago after an influx of coronavirus cases inside that jail detainees who was recently released from the cook county jail describe the conditions as complete chaos about $230.00 detainees and 90 sheriff's personnel at that jail have tested positive for the coronavirus. and opec and allied oil producers held a virtual meeting today seeking an agreement on oil production cuts in response to a slowdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic but can all of these key players make a deal that will actually last artie's rachel blevins has been monitoring monitoring

the high level meeting she's joining us live from the news room with more details to this rachel wellman though the price war between russia and saudi arabia appears to have reached a cease fire as 2 of the world's largest oil producers agreed to a historic deal on thursday. that saudi arabia agreed to remove $4000000.00 barrels per day from its april production levels while russia agreed to cut $2000000.00 the deal was made during a virtual meeting between opec members and other allied oil producers amid a need to respond to the drop in demand from the ongoing lock down over the coronavirus pandemic as a result global oil demand has dropped by an estimated 30 percent resulting in a push to decrease the markets or oil supply by around $20000000.00 barrels per day this to. of agreement with lead to cuts of $10000000.00 barrels per day and told june with the number tapering off in the following months while russia and saudi arabia have indicated their willingness to cut oil production they have also said

that a deal would depend on whether the u.s. agrees to join but despite ongoing talks with the saudis and support for other countries being required to cut production the trends in ministration us fall back against placing limits on u.s. oil insisting that production is already falling on its own in a statement the u.s. energy department said quote with regards to media reports that opec plus will require the united states to make cuts in order to come to an agreement the e.i.a. report demonstrates that there are already projected cause of $2000000.00 barrels per day without any intervention from the federal government meanwhile oil prices were up ahead of the meeting thursday with the global benchmark brant crude oil futures 3 point one percent at over $34.00 per barrel and the u.s. benchmark west texas intermediate up 5.9 percent at over $26.00 per barrel the deal comes the weeks after a breakdown in talks over production cuts between russia and saudi arabia that resulted in

a price war and an increase in production which then oil prices falling to their lowest point in 18 years now it remains to be seen whether washington's bridges of patient will indeed become a sticking point in finalizing a historic deal and if the world's top oil producers can come together to bring stability to the markets as a coronavirus lockdown continues reporting in the newsroom rachel blevins artsy. and here in the u.s. immigrant farm workers are being deemed essential workers as well while they're getting up every day to help grow our nation's food supply during this coronavirus outbreak a lot of them are having trouble feeding their own families archies natasha sweet has those details from los angeles as confident teen sweeps the globe the effects have taken a toll on nearly every industry this and. whose farms across the u.s. from california iowa north carolina to florida 80 percent of the 3000000 farm workers in the u.s. are latino and 90 percent are working on temporary visas from mexico only about

half of these essential workers have legal authorization to work and despite taking the daily risk of being exposed to the coronavirus many of these farm workers are struggling to make ends meet according to student action for farm workers in durham north carolina farm workers there are an average of $11000.00 a year the organization says a farm worker must harvest 2 tons of sweet potatoes to earn just $4.50 and just last week the episcopal farm worker ministries saw an increase in need among immigrant families for basic groceries and well more than 200 families came to the offices in search of assistance some 50 families left empty handed immigration and customs enforcement or ice and other city officials have urged and documented immigrants to not avoid seeking medical care during this pandemic no one should be afraid of going to the doctor and seeking medical care if they need it in the state of california hospitals and other care providers are required to provide care to

everyone regardless of their legal status but some say despite being considered an essential worker they're still worried about getting the medical attention they may need our community is mean facing a lot you know and it's really on the scrabble board right now and share a lot of what's going on no you know in the yes you know we're afraid to going it this that and in know not knowing if immigration they inside going to be there and then their work you know it's always name very hard as the entire country is working to cope with financial hard times church groups and other organizations are seeking donations for immigrant families who are struggling to feed their own reporting in los angeles and tashi sweet art. and florida property owner strike back at the mandatory each closure but will it amount to anything as this outbreak continues to grow and later over the sports h.q.

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thinks. we dare to ask. well the corona virus is everywhere around the world but so is hunger take a look at this you are looking at about $800.00 cars just outside of pittsburgh waiting in line for hours to pick up just a week's worth of food at their local food bank people are struggling and now the food banks that are there to help them are struggling too here's artie's ferran

from south with more to that story fair and given all of that video of all those cars lined up some of those people were actually waiting for almost 4 hours to reach just the front of the line when they finally got there the food was out and that's pretty sad right now because many of those people it was also their 1st time ever going to the food bank now what you're seeing here is the start of a massive domino effect that slimming down on these food banks now close to 10000000 americans they lost their jobs in march and 4 in 10 americans don't even have 400 bucks saved up so there's the need for assistance by these food banks but on the flip side many people are trying not to spend money so food big donations are down then you have the volunteers who sort of hand out the food and they tend to be mostly senior citizens and they're high risk so they're staying home now the food itself doesn't just come from people donating but also from restaurants hotels even casinos and right now they're all shut down grocery stores donate but they don't have that much to give because people are stocking up on food and fear of knowing of not knowing when their quarantine is going to end or will it ever end so

the food bank is stuck buying from grocery stores and they have to pay full price like one in omaha who just spent more than half a $1000000.00 when they normally spend around $73000.00 a month so many of the state's national guards they are stepping in now washington the 1st state to actually see a major outbreak their need for food has doubled to 1600000 people the governor there calling for federal aid arizona it's seeing double as well and the governor is calling for 5500 more national guardsmen to come in and help now the lard. this food bank in the u.s. feeding america they project that they're going to lose about $1400000000.00 in just the next 6 months alone so enter c.e.o. and founder jeff bezos of amazon who just donated 100000000 dollars to help literally feed america and that's less than a 10th of what it needs now the question is has the u.s. ever dealt with anything like this before well during the great recession back in 09 more than 50000000 americans needed food and its pictures like this from the great depression that we're seeing today except it's now people waiting in their

cars now what's happening today will be a major test to all food banks in the u.s. as this crisis deepens reporting in washington fair and fronsac r.t. . and a group of homeowners in florida and one florida county are suing to get the beaches reopened that were closed by local officials in response to the coronavirus pandemic r.t. correspondent john honey has more for us from miami they want their sandy back yards reopened a group of homeowners in walton county on florida's panhandle including former arkansas governor mike huckabee are angry that the county's board of commissioners passed an ordinance closing the county's beaches because of the coronavirus pandemic and they're suing to get the ordinance overturned the lawsuit alleges it's an unconstitutional taking of property without compensation thus violating privacy and due process rights and that the case is about how the ordinance affects the rights of ocean front property owners not issues related to the general public

according to the lawsuit quote the county's ordinance forces family members into a confined space within their house rather than allow them to social distance and recreate in their sandy backyard if you look at this corona virus tracking that for the state of florida walton county located way up here now has 26 confirmed cases of the coronavirus a week ago it didn't have any just like more than a dozen other counties in the northern and central part of the state well now the corona. iris has spread like wildfire from the very south down here in key west all the way up through the panhandle with 16300 cases and counting at least 34 counties including miami dade and broward have closed their beaches since mid march but others still remain open in the state for fishing surfing jogging and swimming that's the point of a separate lawsuit filed by an attorney named daniel you felder against florida governor rhonda santas you filter says decentest should have closed all the state's

beaches by executive order more than a month ago in this tweet you father says the census has quote blood on his hands by leaving it up to the cities and counties to do it all circuit court judges weak was sympathetic to you felt his claims ruled for dissent to side saying it would be an overreach of the court to issue such an order closing all the beaches but the judge still recommended that you fail to keep up the fight you filter tweeted this week quote on tuesday a judge heard our case to close all of florida the judge was a true professional however the case is now moving to appeal i am proud to be on the right side of history and will continue to fight to save the lives of floridians and americans throughout the country and so the fight continues for our t.v. john hunting. iraq's caretaker prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi chaired a cabinet meeting to discuss u.s. troop presence in his country earlier this year the iraqi parliament voted to end

an agreement that allows us troops in iraq which followed the us assassination of a top iranian general on their soil but now prime minister mahdi said circumstances have changed and the current situation requires a reconsideration of that decision. i take a look at this a huge section of a bridge in tuscany collapsed on wednesday but given italy is nationwide coronavirus lockdown fortunately the bridge was not really experiencing much traffic only 2 truck drivers were on the road. that time according to italian news reports just one of those drivers was hospitalized. and in libya rockets came raining down on tripoli damaging cars and a hospital complex spittal was treating over 300 patients at the time including 2 for the coronavirus the attack on the hospital was the 3rd such strike on a tripoli medical facility in just the past month. and space crew members from russia and the u.s.

blasted off to the i s s earlier today nasa astronauts chris cassidy was among those representing the u.s. side of this mission and for those wondering if the mission was done with the safety of crew members in mind given the coronavirus crisis russian space officials say they have taken extra precautions to protect the crew during training and preflight preparations following the outbreak. ok let's head over to regina hamm at the sports h.q. regina very there's little in the way of live soccer right now or really any sort of sports news so why not take us back for a throwback thursday to happier times we all love a throwback thursday or because you know you're right manila soccer headlines are few and far between these days so let's have a fun edition of hash tag t v t 20 players had a chance to make news on the pitch will keep it all in the most recent decades 2015 brazilian soccer great paley was gifted with a diamond adorned statue person many to celebrate the 1283 goals scored during his

career he was superstar in the 1958 world cup won 3 cups. 17 masters spaniard sergio garcia defeated justin rose in a sudden death playoff and rose tied at night at a park to place them jewels 1st major title for garcia and his 74th attempt at winning a major event in $1000.00 it was going to be a sad moment for tottenham hotspur striker harry kane he suffered a bad ankle injury in the 1st leg of the champion luke quarter final time to beat manchester city one nil and that game is. last case of the pitcher for the rest of the season. athletes across the globe are feeling the impacts of the coronavirus especially top soccer clubs in europe and their fans over in france though those players are finding a way to give back to those that feel their stance on match day league one top club is making their stand to help those in the front line fighting the coronavirus the team alongside their p.s.g. foundation launched the hash tag p.s.g. engage to fundraise for health care workers p.s.g.

already made initial donation of 100000 euros 109-202-1010 extension 00 judge and $84.00 us dollars and harassing fancy $510.00 or $15.00 to $20.00 euros between $555.00 us dollars to the cause monday when the money raised will go towards hospitals in the greater paris area as well as the sick call puppy left and say volunteers working throughout france and abroad to see striker neymar made his own donation of $805000.00 to unicef that was actually kept secret and france's top soccer league is suspended until further notice due to the virus. bellerose is defying the odds in this time of the kobe $1000.00 crisis and their top soccer lee started their 1st leg of the belorussian cup finals in the thick of it and it's a quick one home squad 6 minutes in all it's under noise he's it get the pass and take the shot from beyond the box but the team on the board one. it's a beaut clark it's a beautiful chip shot and shaktar has absolutely no chance of getting to it there

were a few fans in the stands and they got to witness puzzles that ski with the break wait a minute 30 knowing can stop him and he's going to be seeing the 2nd goal for dynamo their home crowd is happy. he's the only one is actually a closeness of it's key with a shot and shaktar absolutely looked horrible oftens of defense there was nothing for them the whole game and a final shot from dynamo it wouldn't go but it proved the point they'll come away with the 20 win and in the stands was an interesting shot during the game then mowbray. made a weird and kind of successful attempt at filling those stands the home squad took shirts from manchester united arsenal and with the cut outs of players' faces as they became spectators the few human spectators might have rivaled them for enthusiasm about the british 2 nil win and no that was the weirdest thing you and i said last hour it is still the weirdest thing this hour to see and i don't think either person has a lot of excitement going on i still don't know social distancing i don't know what to make of it yeah absolutely and they don't even social distance the dummy no they

put them all in i thought an example then you're saying back to before the humans come on you know there are even the people we're sitting so yeah i go oh i'm so i guess maybe they just don't have the same lockdown rules that we have here they might not know you could take a look there they are they are using you that are spaced but not many and most of the don't just get a glove together thankfully the risk of contracting corona virus from dummy to dummy is low so hopefully these fancy had a good time at the game. at least they're going to get out and not like us all right thank you for that regina will have a lot more news coming up for you at 5 pm eastern is capitalism working in favor of the minority working class hit the hardest by the coronavirus crisis we'll have a live guest to discuss this very topic we've got all that and more coming up at 5 pm symmetries to take come back more of that myth in the meantime make sure you download our brain free app it's called portable t.v. you can catch up on any of the news you missed and watch it 24 seventh's role there

very glad that you know you can call me a quitter at manilla to remember that question will be back here live. in this community there are people who believe that it's ok to eat this stuff. it's really hard there are no jobs. and you see the kids that ask and as a parent. i can come up with arguments and there's a lot of conflict within the game between the teams close to the conflict i would say. is made. close one of the children's children is good because the state of california alone makes $6000000000.00 a year of the prison complex just to get some 20 alive where. you don't care.

anything. i don't trust medical authority at all ever and there isn't for that as i had this horrible autoimmune disorder growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with our mean disorders so my suggestion to people who have health issues they can't figure out if they're going to see a medical professional and they've been going for 10 years and they're still in the same place they should probably take it upon themselves to start testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own. to. join me every thursday on the alex i'm with you and i'll be speaking to us of the

world of politics those lists i'm show business. greetings and sell you. here in the united states we've lost conservatively conservatively more than 12000 individual souls to the cold virus and that number is only going to rise by the time this tragedy has run its course mainly because our political leaders failed to act when they should have in the wake of the tragedy of hard questions must always be asked here in the united states of america one of the most important questions begging begging to be asked of our great elected appear.