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by the u.s. military going to discuss all that coming up all right it's time to use i.q. . it's a move no one seen in decades on monday oil prices plunged into the negatives prompting president trump to make this announcement we're looking to put as much as 75000000000 barrels into the reserves themselves that would top it out it would be 1st time in a long time it's been good for the rate brace. now adding that much oil is a major task but where do you store it meantime oil prices continue their downward spiral today for more on all of this let's bring in our fronsac she's been following this story and this is the 1st time in history right that that oil has dropped below 0 right now and you know this is really

a domino effect all from the coronavirus now people have these stay at home orders so people are they're driving less no one's flying anywhere so you have all this extra oil not being used and there's only so much oil the world store and. we're already bumping up against the limits of storage capacity and that's why we're continuing to see the price to continue to sink now as for storing that much oil the department of energy is currently trying to lease some $77000000.00 barrels of available space in the strategic petroleum reserve created after the 1973 oil embargo now cheap oil leads to cheaper prices at the pump which is a big win for customers but data shows gas is down 50 percent right now compared to this time last year but again the demand is at an all time low as one oil industry analyst explains this is a no win situation you will be going through is going through.

a list of best. jobs. i know analysts say that the direct impact is going to be purely in terms of the job loss that they forecast with companies that are going through their bankruptcies because they can't sustain these low prices or because they are going to have to cut down production because they won't have be able to sell the oil at that low price and for a lot of these oil producers can't shut these wells down fast enough opec in the g 20 production their cuts are are happening what in may so now you have saudi arabia and opec talking about moving that date up now they are and actually another big oil producer here russia actually they saw the same effects too with the ruble dropping in value overnight but russian president vladimir putin his office says that this is this should not be looked at from an apocalyptic angle he says now putin says that there is no plan as of this moment to set up another call with

president trump to look over the oil market situation but it could be arranged quickly one analyst points out to fix the situation the biggest producers russia and saudi arabia they would reduce the amount of oil that they're offering to clients across the world listen here. should. gradually create some kind of what would per share on. one. montreux find programs comes for. months. 6 months from now now u.s. oil companies like chevron so that they will reduce their output but marshall a commodities trader was quoted in the wall street journal saying this quote this will be a huge wake up call for complacent oil company chiefs if they do nothing and sit there like rabbits waiting to be hit by a car they'll be hit i wouldn't be surprised to see more layoffs it's got serious now so again some analysts project this won't get cleared up for another 6 months

milla but some actually project this will go all the way into 2021 meantime president donald trump just order the energy secretary and treasury secretary to come up with a plan to get funding to the u.s. oil and gas industry as crude oil continues to sink in price manilla when is all of this going to and. thank you for filing that report things. right while many countries have taken a hit because of code 19 india has had a mixed bag of experiences some of criticized the lock down measure imposed on the country's population of some 1300000000 just a few weeks ago forcing migrant laborers to travel back home on foot india has been reporting low numbers though which some say has to do with factors ranging from the climate to relatively little testing testing happening but on monday a record high number of new cases were reported now one indian state looks like the mirror opposite of the rest of the country and that is the southwestern state of

kerala where the slogan break the chain has helped mobilize the population to flatten the curb so joining us to discuss this important topic is historian and author. thank you for being with us so carolina doesn't have nearly as many new cases per day compared to other indian states you wrote that it has much to. do with it's left wing government and civil society organizations mobilizing the masses of volunteers to help make hand sanitizer and face coverings cleaning public facilities etc does it look like the motive government may be willing to take a page from careless example here. well it is nice to be with you the 1st thing to see if they care there is a spirit of 35000000. 17000000 almost 17000000 women or half 1000000 of them a member of what we're doing. it's an extraordinary state because people

organize into trade unions remains organizations walker do all kinds and when the last nudes came from or what was believed to be some kind of virus i mean this. needs to be reined in to actually you know she's a star. and hearst einstein evidence. related to all of the groups who act you know very swiftly the speed going to the direction probably group started in direction. and senate. ross who right do you think i'm going to national action and mainstream what i'm going to go when this really hared. you know number of action. number of people who died very low and b.j.

on the day that narendra modi announced a partial curfew the carolina government announced a $270000000.00 relief package that included free food loans to families through the state's women's cooperative that you just mentioned 2 months of pension payments and even suspending a loan and utility payments among some some of the other incentives happening in kerala so what kind of lessons do you think the united states and perhaps even other countries can take away from the state of carolina. frankly i don't want to read around the bush government looking at it is that going to governor and they're pretty. with the well being of the people so where is the government. sensually millions of migrant worker goes won't you know you are to believe we don't really have any dollars to where you are going to get anything on your behalf

was the i didn't do it government going to get a government ahead of you different better you. probably should probably have. a good very simple things you know things that shouldn't be done by any. government for instance in every single group governing in unison it created community insurance so that people who have a product aren't buying food just because all the movement of those who want to be because holmes i mean there's a sense of giving in these lesser cream governments that i really want to run yeah it's sounds like they really care about each other as neighbors they're the way people should be and that the humanitarian angle of s. and lastly. how do you how do you compare carolus experience to this pandemic

versus the rest of the country where modi is government has issued you know very harsh lockdowns and has done you know what people would criticize a very limited measure as in curbing the outbreak. you see it's important for people to understand that in india china are one and a half 1000000000 people who almost our population here we can study should this is very different from china or will you just milling it is much higher so in india the government doesn't. really create all of these leave it and when and under what the government has done nothing and i'm very very what are you going to have i mean like situations in india we'll have all grads the situation is only going to get worse because this more the government is dallas there were very simple things like the need to be able to eat a meal or 2 meals or i mean 3 new. you looked at

a legacy that government was all about the on back tracing and we're on what's. unfortunate we have to leave it right there. thank you so much for sharing the insight on carola today. the unprecedented peace deal between the united states and the taliban brought about hope that it could bring an end to the longest war in u.s. history but continued fighting a delay in talks and then the latest accusations against the united states are raising questions about the success of this agreement are his rachel blevins is joining us from the newsroom with more details to this rachel what's going on well manila just weeks after the united states signed a historic peace deal with the taliban the group is now accusing washington of violating the terms on numerous occasions according to a document from the taliban's political office the us military violated the deal at least 50 times richer in march 9th and april 10th this includes $33.00 drone

strikes in $1000.00 provinces 9 rocket attacks and 8 night raids the attacks killed at least $35.00 fighters and $65.00 civilians now the timeline of the attacks is both before and after the united nations called for a global ceasefire in response to the spread of covert 19 the un secretary general called on all parties to pull back from hostilities silence the guns stop bigger tillery and the airstrikes but that was not the case in afghanistan following a weeklong reduction in violence at the end of february which was the lead up to the signing of the peace deal reports claim taliban fighters have since carried out more than 2000 and tacks and afghan and nato forces of carried out more than $400.00 in response to the claims of spokesperson for u.s. forces in the country said the united states remains committed to deal with the taliban and in accordance with the written terms of the agreement they will continue to support and defend the afghan security forces while the u.s. has held on to

a clause in the deal that allowed them to continue what they deem as counterterrorism operations the taliban has claimed the attacks carried out were in rural areas not outlawed by the deal and it has a q q is the act in government of delaying a crucial prisoner swap. as one of the 1st major steps to implement the peace deal the taliban agreed to release 1000 prisoners and the afghan government agreed to release 5000 in multiple phases the taliban called for the release of its top commanders 1st saying they were needed to identify others however the afghan government said it would release the top commanders 1st but only if they went back to prison after helping to identify members when 100 taliban prisoners were released earlier this month the group argued it had no way to verify who they were or if their release was legitimate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the threat it poses to prisoners and close quarters has increased the fear that the deal could fall through if there is a break out in prison and

a significant number of taliban fighters die now that he still has also been thrown into chaos by rivaling leaders in the afghan government attempting to claim power in addition to threatening to cut more than $1000000000.00 in financial aid as the coronavirus threatens to spread across the country secretary of state my claim the trumpet ministration is also considering a full pullout of troops if the deal is not secured while the top u.s. general in afghanistan has admitted that the war cannot be won through military fighting the latest claims of continued bombing by the u.s. raised questions about just what washington is accomplishing as the longest war in u.s. history continues reporting in the newsroom rachel blevins our chief. and iran's foreign minister meets with syria's president bashar al assad in damascus both expressing their displeasure with the u.s. sanctions on their countries we're going to discuss it next and later at sports h.q. regina hamm shares the story of one runner who decided to tackle the boston marathon

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will still not know what childress. wearing their face masks and keeping social distance iran's foreign minister zarif traveled to syria to meet with president bashar al assad the pair both condemned the u.s. for continued and increased sanctions on their countries and believe the west is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political gain but the trump administration has attempted to end all that chatter by saying last month that humanitarian supplies were exempt from sanctions so here to weigh in on this former pentagon

official michael lewis so mike we know that the u.s. has ramped up sanctions against tehran in the last few weeks amid this pandemic however pompei out says humanitarian aid isn't included in this and we know iran though has come out and said they would never accept aid from the u.s. so what is the point of all this political back and forth rhetoric. i think the united states is trying to show that it is indeed a humanitarian country by offering this assistance but it's always going to come with. a lot of strings attached now one thing that is is occurring that isn't being talked about is that the pompei who represents the neo conservative wing of the trump administration actually have been talking increasingly about regime collapse in iran and we've seen increasing efforts toward the center just as israel

has stepped up its bombing of of iranian targets in syria in recent weeks so the question then is what's going on now that israel has got more of a unified government a unity government as it calls itself that now can start looking outward and start playing their their usual games again and what i'm concerned about. is that the this release now will use this time to try to coax the united states in toward military action. and this could be done through iraq and that's that's seems to be where the trend is is heading and just as united states publicly talks about trying to offer this humanitarian assistance and now i will get back to the subject of syria and iran but you mentioned lebanon and our or rather we're hearing have of israel shelling into lebanon do you know anything

about that right. it would probably be it's probably a very recent occurrence that probably is aimed at. targets this this is part of the intensification that i just referred to them and this is something that i'm watching very very closely so are. some of my colleagues from overseas who are watching this development very very closely this could portend taking advantage of this coronavirus and pandemic to try to take political slash military action at a very vulnerable time now and assad has said that coronavirus has actually shown the west's moral failure maybe you can interpret that for us but has this pandemic curbed the fighting in syria. i think it's put

a damper dattner on it somewhat because of the spacing that's required and people are coming down with corona virus. in the us and the pandemic fashion in the refugee camps and in highly congested areas such as it live province aleppo that all those all those places where you have a high concentration of people as well as the internal the internally displaced persons camps and this is something where. you could see a massive increase a dramatic increase in. not only people chechen the virus but also dying from it because there's just no other way in and they lack the military that they lack the the medical assistance that's necessary certainly the incubators the ventilator in order in order to the ventilators in order to deal with this and some real hardship cases and

a lot of those people are only they've got secondary. health problems and the conditions in which they live or are. you having been to lebanon many many times and visited a number number of the camps and i can attest to that because sanitary conditions are are putrid and i'm sure you have been right on top of each other and they have no where to go right right i mean right outside you're going to get hit by a bomb and you come inside you're likely to catch some sort of disease and mike i'm sure the other mike pump a.o. has floated around the idea of easing sanctions on iran and other countries but he hasn't really given any concrete plans or even real signals that that would actually happen how imperative is it for it to happen. well it's imperative for it to happen but i think that is just talking to the wind as far as in her wishful thinking on their part i don't see anything substantive happen in that direction if

there was a true effort to do to show some conciliation i think there would be more talk of that but that's why we're not seeing this increased pressure on the neo conservatives to and the israelis to actually go to attack iran at the juggler militarily and toward regime collapse and that's what the trend that i'm seeing and even though trump doesn't want to do that the pressures are the pressures are going to remain and that will mean at least that sanctions will remain on the maximum pressure sanctions will will remain on yet as they say talk is cheap we'll leave it right there mike no move always appreciate your expertise thank you. thank you. and other news around the world raging floods in eastern congo have killed at least 25 people 25 others have been injured and 3000 homes have been destroyed floodwaters caused the river system to crest near the city of new vera currently the red cross is trying to recover more victims.

that is music being played on this holocaust remembrance day on this somber day survivors attend ceremonies share stories and participate in marches but that unfortunately is not happening this year due to the on a virus pandemic. or much of the world may still be on lockdown but one place sure isn't that's outer space in fact nasa and space x. have announced may 27th will now be the day to resume astronaut launches from the united states together they plan to send 2 astronauts to the international space station so for the past 9 years the u.s. space agency has relied on russia to help launch astronauts into space and then return them safely back to earth. ok let's go over now to regina ham at the sports h.q. regina normally by now people in boston are celebrating or resting after the marathon

but that's not really the case this year but one guy yet for one guy he decided you know what i was going to beat the norm because it was a historic moment for the boston marathon when the 120 for the running of it was canceled and postponed to temper now one runner decided waiting was not an option and he was determined to finish the race as planned patrick me gabby was the only runner to hit the pavement wellesley massachusetts on the original day of the marathon the premiere spring that was postponed to the fall over coronavirus concerns but mchattie decided he was going to take up the course anyway he was small but his supporters from nearby drivers who wanted his minutes of cheering him on he were a modified half marathon course just a casual 13 point one miles of course without the support of thousands of spectators that normally lined the course the medical device sales manager finished on the actual finish line on boylston street in boston i will make add he was all smiles after crossing the finish line he said he had a lot of strong driving forces in deciding to run this year's event take

a listen. obviously my loved ones of people are. in my life. the people who have supported me. you know i think. i look pretty emotional guy so i had a long chat with my mom on sunday and. my wife and i are expecting a baby in the next 3 weeks and. it's a scary time for a lot of people so the thing that keeps me no more keeps my life sort of balances running. from one happy other deathly want to see this tennis player do you know meyer is keeping partner roger federer all social media volume challenge yet to answer brace he has thanked us at home campaign and hit some pretty rapid fire volleys meyer's not just using your hands but both of her away and she did not drop the ball which is a few famous fans because this included world number one novak djokovic he shared some of modi's you know congratulating her talent and julia saying she was a pretty big fan of his other celebrities also took part in the challenge that this

definitely takes the cake i don't think i have that much hand eye coordination manila and i feel like you know unless you're like a goalie in hockey sometimes they do that with the ball they keep you know agility i just i would drop it i could totally keep watching her doing like the next hour hour because i'm trying to figure out like how is that fake no she really did it it's on her instagram she's sitting there and she must start with one go to the other and then incorporate the legs like once you got that stability of top you go my bro's is trying to wrap around like how do you how do you get your legs to do this but i'm still trying to figure it out is there a chip i'm admitting it will make me for that regina and we will have a lot more news coming up at the 5 pm hour president trump will soon welcome new york governor andrew cuomo to the white house both men expected to just to discuss new york's handling of the pandemic and how the federal government might be able to help we'll talk about all that and more coming up at 5 pm so that's it for right now i'm going to make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by

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