hello there i'm in the military and you're watching in question broadcasting from r.t. american national headquarters in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from across the nation and all around the world here are today's top stories 1st president trump has instructed the u.s. navy to shoot down any iranian boats that harass american ships meanwhile iran launches its 1st military satellite into space we'll have all the details for you and a full report then u.s. attorney general bill barr now threatening legal action against state governors who have ordered a lot of virus lockdowns plus there's an internet boom happening in india facebook already swooping in and spending billions of dollars on that country's telecom

giant alliance geo we're going to discuss that all right it's time to boost your views you. tensions are once again rising in the persian gulf after a brief confrontation at sea between the u.s. and iran now that close encounter resulting in president calling for the take down of iranian gunboats quote harassing u.s. warships artie's rachel blevins is following the story she's joining us now from the news room with the details on this rachel well manella president trump is now arming the u.s. navy with a shoot down and destroy order after a close encounter with iran has increased fears of escalation in the persian gulf trump took to twitter wednesday morning writing quote i have instructed the united states navy to shoot down and destroy any and all iranian gunboats if they harass our ships see his warning fall. it was an incident last week in which the us claims

a lot of investors from iran's revolutionary guard came within just 10 yards of u.s. navy and coast guard ships in the gulf near kuwait while the navy released footage calling the incident dangerous and provocative or wrong also released footage and a statement in which it accused the us of presenting a false and agenda fueled narrative of the encounter the i.r.g.c. claims the u.s. a block the path of one of their ships on april 6th and ignored warnings as a result they said they increased maritime patrols in the region which is what led to the confrontation with the u.s. navy and response in terms latest comments a spokesperson for iran's armed forces said quote today instead of blowing others the american should put all of their efforts toward saving those members of their forces who are infected with corona virus the confrontation also comes as iran releases footage showing the launch of its 1st military satellite the news has increased fears over whether iran has the technology to create ballistic missiles

secretary of state my problem peo pointed to the trumpet ministrations move to designate the i.r.g.c. as a terrorist organization and claim this was proof that they have launched a missile but when you talk about the un security council resolution 2231 i think every nation has an obligation to go to the united nations and evaluate whether this missile launch was consistent with that security council resolution i think it remotely is and they need i think iran needs to be held accountable for what they've done. now as one of the countries that scrambled the stay what was left of the iran nuclear deal after the us pulled out and 20 a spokesperson for germany's foreign ministry also expressed concern over the new development. now words of the iranian rocket program has a d.c. stabilizing effect on the region and it's also an example. of our european security sure that's going to u.n. security council resolution 2231 of 2000. calls on iran to

refrain from activities involving i was with the committee that could carry nuclear warheads. while i was in europe have attempted to act as a mediator between the u.s. and iran washington drastically increased tensions when it targeted and killed iranian general qassam solo money in january but shocking move sparked concerns over how wrong would retaliate and if it would flex its power to close off access to the strait of hormuz a vital waterway through which more than 20 percent of the world's oil supplies flow every day but if iran didn't close the strait of hormuz analysts had predicted it would make well prices skyrocket sending them over $100.00 per barrel almost immediately such a forecast is all the more important after all prices fell below 0 for the 1st time in history this week raising questions about how the state of the oil industry is playing a role in u.s. foreign policy reporting in the newsroom rachel bludgeons archie. the origin of the corona virus has been a politically sensitive issue for china and

a point of contention between democrats republicans and president trump who referred to it as the chinese virus now one state has filed a lawsuit against china accusing the country of lying and covering up the virus when it 1st appeared back in the late 29 teams so for more on this let's bring in our team is far from that this could be the 1st of maybe many states following suit that's right manila missouri's attorney general eric schmidt. he's leading the case and after talking with economists at the university of missouri the state is looking to get upwards of $44000000000.00 that's with a b. now missouri is the 1st state to file suit against china and to seek damages in this way and it could be the 1st like you said of many states doing this now according to the lawsuit it reads quote during the critical weeks of the initial outbreak the chinese authorities deceive the public suppressed crucial information arrested whistleblowers denied human to human transmission destroyed medical research and had millions exposed to the virus and hoarded protective equipment

causing a global pandemic that was preventable well today the chinese government called missouri's lawsuit absurd. litigation which violates the basic legal principles according to the principle of so for the quality of its natural for the actions taken by chinese governments all levels in terms of epidemic prevention and control not subject to the jurisdiction of the u.s. schools now missouri saw hundreds last week manila protesting the stay at home orders the state has in place according to johns hopkins university more than 6100 people are confirmed to have covered 19 in missouri and $229.00 have died now according to legal experts the lawsuit faces an uphill battle because china is a protected is protected by sovereign immunity but missouri's a.g. says that he's counting the chinese communist party as a non-state actor which he says fortifies his legal argument manila. now speaking of attorneys generals. and lawsuits you have u.s.

attorney general bill barr firing off saying he is looking into suing the state governors right and this is all over clashes milla between president donald trump and state governors on how exactly to respond to the coronavirus now most if not all states are on lockdown and both trump and bar say businesses need more freedom to operate and trump says that some governors have gone too far listen to bill barr here. we want to govern our debt is something that intrudes upon our infringes on a fundamental right of constitutional right. there balloted by that and those situations are emerging around the country just next and. and i think we have to do a better job of making sure that the measures that are being adopted are properly targeted. now barr says some of the restrictions governors have put in place infringe on the constitutional rights of americans but he didn't give any specific examples are also says one way the d.o.j.

might act against governors is by joining in the lawsuits brought forth by citizens or businesses over these restrictions as well reporting in washington fair and fronsac r.t. . and other news making headlines today calls for a vote by mail have intensified across the nation after 7 confirmed cases in wisconsin have been linked to primary elections according to state health officials the cases include 6 voters and one poll worker and they expect those numbers to grow the governor of wisconsin tried to delay that primary if you recall but got overruled by the state supreme court. and you may soon be able to check if you have coded 19 in the comfort of your own home that's because the f.d.a. has approved the 1st in home test kits the f.d.a. recently gave emergency clearance to lab corp for these nasal swab kits which will 1st be made available to health care workers and in the coming weeks the kits which will run about $101000.00 will be available to the public. and canada's

capital city of ottawa has turned its focus to some of its most vulnerable citizens the homeless with covert 90 now active in the community the city is taking action to stop the spread of the virus among those who live on the streets artie's alex the highly bitch has that story open your yoga classes in delhi india. to dr swabbing in the streets of miami florida around the world there are efforts to help societies most vulnerable through the coronavirus pandemic. in ottawa canada's capitol there are an estimated 950 homeless people on any given night most choose to stay in the comfort of one of the city's shelters about 10 percent remain on the street in usual circumstances the majority are taken care of but covert 19 has brought new challenges one of the greatest hurdles is the implementation of social distancing or was homeless often share spaces making it difficult in fact

the majority of the facilities have communal bathrooms and kitchens knowing just how quickly the virus can spread out of was home province of ontario and the canadian federal government are investing over $8000000.00 us to curb the spread of the virus amongst the city's homeless the federal government has contributed over $3000000.00 while the province has put in the rest here's ontario's deputy premier and minister of health christine elliott in some areas there are hotels being rented in other places it's community centers and other areas but every person with covered $1000.00 is there is to be treated and deserves to have a place to say additional beds and shelters are being added to help with the effort in ottawa a local rec center is becoming a physical distance 6 base for homeless men making up to $140.00 new beds available and the city has reserved 70 hotel rooms and is looking at expanding to 50 more to accommodate homeless families single women and youth in need of emergency shelter

in fact about 2 thirds of the money will be used to record for self isolation and social distancing initiatives including activating dozens of new beds in what are being called social distancing spaces and local governments across the country will be doing the same canada's federal government is helping communities from coast to coast spending a total of over $110000000.00 u.s. dollars on the effort as mentioned on the canadian government website the funding could be used for a variety of needs such as purchasing beds and physical barriers for social distancing and securing accommodation to reduce overcrowding in shelters. currently in order while there are at least 6 confirmed cases of covert 19 in the shelter system all the people are in isolation the city credits proactive shelter workers for keeping their numbers low but local officials know that more needs to be done to protect the most vulnerable from the current virus for t.v.

and i watch my heart of it. $94000000.00 that's how much money the australian government will spend to begin building up a stockpile of crude oil but that stockpile is going to be stored here in the united states the government says the move is intended to confront australia's fuel insecurity which may arise from major events such as possibly a military conflict the federal opposition criticized the plan however calling it bizarre because who puts their reserves overseas. and facebook and best big in india hoping to capitalize on that country's internet boom well get the latest with ben swann and his take and then later at the sports h.q. regina hamm shares how some of the biggest tennis stars in the world are keeping in touch during quarantine i'll be right back.

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right here's news that probably won't surprise you netflix just announced it added almost 16000000 subscribers all thanks to these stay at home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic so this gives netflix their biggest quarter yet and more than double what they were expecting their total number of subscribers worldwide is now a whopping $182000000.00 accounts so forget netflix and shell this is about netflix chain. and facebook is making a huge commitment in india as the social media giant has just taken a large stake in india's role lions geo platforms facebook has agreed to invest

$5700000000.00 for just under a 10 percent stake in geo which is is a 3 and a half year old subsidiary of the nation's most valued firm reliance industries and the biggest telecom operator in the country with more than $370000000.00 subscribers so joining us now to discuss boom bust co-host investigative journalist beds one so bad this move by facebook makes it i guess the largest minority stakeholder in this indian telecom why is facebook making this move to india now. well there's a couple of reasons for it number one obviously india is a massive market and a huge opportunity for facebook to get involved in that space but they've also been losing a lot of market share in india specifically to a company you might have heard of it it's called dance you know who but dance owns talk because of the fact that the talk has basically taking over so much space and is really in the eating so much space really across the world here in the u.s.

and everywhere and remember facebook at one point wanted to buy to talk and passed on it at one point while they're now trying to actually gain ground in places like india where they are way behind ok 1st of all whoops on their part but secondly this isn't facebook's 1st go into india right they failed before. they actually have killed before that's what's really interesting here so so the the to talk part of it aside facebook is trying to make in tree into india in a couple of different ways and one of the ways they try to do that was something called free basics which was free internet service that facebook was going to provide in india in order to basically get everyone on the face book it has not worked and then they tried again with a program called express why fight india and that has not worked either now its has a little more success but it's a tiny user base that uses it in the country as opposed to someone like reliance geo which has something like $370000000.00 users across india and that's why they paid really a premium to be

a part of that space. and then meanwhile in light of this coronavirus stuff all happening a lot of tech companies like facebook and youtube they have been on the power grab for a lack of better description in fact you tube has just announced that it will essentially just delete any content right that contradicts the world health organization this is kind of a slippery slope we're entering. it's a very slippery slope you tube is essentially saying any content that is posted on to their platform that contradicts or disagrees with the w.h.o. is going to be deleted which is insane because number one the w.h.o. has already been provably wrong in several instances regarding the coronavirus including but not limited to the death toll and the severity of this virus and i'm not talking about oh guys we had social distancing that's different no no even there count based on social distancing it was totally wrong now that's a good thing we should all celebrate that but it proves that the w.h.o.

is not the all seeing eye in the sky that knows everything so the idea that any video that contradicts information coming from this source would be deleted it's beyond a slippery slope it's downright scary and now we have isn't the only company doing this mark zuckerberg has said that facebook would also remove any posts about stay at home or orders or protests in the states we've seen like in. those aren't allowed people can't post these up don't tech companies have a responsibility to protect users from bad information but you know is that call that he calls it harmful misinformation but what about on our side if we want to post something like if you attended the 7th. yes exactly i mean what mark zuckerberg has done is insane actually just released a podcast on it yesterday people can check it out on my social media but essentially we talk about the fact that you know zucker berg has said that if you live in a state where the government says you're not allowed to go out and protest because

of violate social distancing orders then then facebook is going to block those posts so that people in those states can't see them well that's insane because manila as you know the whole point of protest is to voice your disagreement many times most of the time with government action it's not violence it's not destroying things it's not setting things on fire it's simply voicing you a protest it's constitutionally guaranteed and protected in the 1st amendment but facebook says no can't do it will actually hide it from users that coupled with what you to a you tube is doing is a whole new level of control over information at a time when they side really with government authoritarianism which is what we're seeing right now yeah i mean it's the kind of censorship that you would impose on something like child pornography and you can't post a protest. yeah exactly and in these cases remember that the point of these protests is people going out and saying hey governor mayor president the

decisions you were making are affecting my life in a detrimental way and here's how they're affecting me and i'm trying to you as as the constitution calls it to redress my grievances with you right i'm trying to voice my grievance with what you're doing again it's constitutionally protected and what facebook is saying and what governors in a lot of states are saying is no you're putting the public at harm by walking outside of your door you have stay inside your shop and you're taking medicine and you'll do it until we tell you that you can't do it never mind of the fact that you've got maybe lost your job and you're waiting on money and you can't take care of your family right now and so the idea that social media would side with government and that i think is disgust i have feeling this isn't going to go over very well. and swan always appreciate your take thank you. things. and over to nova scotia canada now where the death toll from the mass shooting over the weekend now stands at $22.00 that rampage lasted 14 hours and ended after the

51 year old gunman was fatally shot by police authorities say a motive has yet to be determined but they do confirm the gunman knew some of his victims. and back here stateside that giant dark cloud you're looking at there is an actual tornado captured on cell phone video this happened as severe weather pounded central florida early monday other suspected tornadoes killed 2 people as the storm blasted a wide area across the deep south shattering homes and leaving thousands without power. and this year we celebrate earth day unlike any other day because of the pandemic and we earth while it's getting a chance to breathe a little bit there's less traffic on the road less human activity so that all means less carbon footprint clearer skies are reported throughout the world and that experts say a los angeles saw some of the cleanest air of any major city in the world followed by get this india and china biologist and friend of the show dr reese halter shared

his thoughts on this year's earth day. has allowed us to pause to reflect on basics breathing access to fresh water for risky of us more than one of every 3 oxygen in the gift 90 percent of cities with daily drinking water it's time to protect these dripping breathing cathedrals that depend upon it in 6 animals and healthy soils to the earth plage consume less and walk more. all right let's head over to regina hamm sitting at the boards h.q. regina tennis players are we know their harsh rivals on the court but they find ways to have fun as friends on the down time like court. again exactly one better time to catch up on instagram why then players are find themselves with more time than ever due to the postponement of most major testaments so what better time then for some the most famous names in the game to get the other for

a little chat he might be rolled over to rafael nadal actually needs a little help operating in stream live you can figure out how to get it to work the spaniard spoke with roger federer after figuring out how to invite him into the conversation they're both pretty happy there they finally got it the doll admitted he hasn't actually played tennis since indian wells etc joking he will be able to play well in the torah turns british tennis player andy murray also joined the chat later in the 2 talked about adult academy and how the kids are keeping busy during this quarantine keeping up their training murray also admitted he is playing in the virtual madrid open and has been practicing on play station as who else rafael nidal. the chinese rational baseball league is the only professionally currently playing regular season games and for the u.s. president lyons they took a beating during the home opener for the bung guardians 1st and it was an absolute duty live picture andre lou in fact not a guardian challenge a shent to the infield single off the mound he would open up scoring guards up to all the time late one to the left fielder

a double to run who bombed at the 40 lead and a pretty nice slide in the 2nd guardian bats were on fire the 1st time a cheering homer to right field from di payphones home team is leading with 6 runs next thing though is not going to be much better by the 2nd another 2 run homer this time to center field lions by themselves in an 80 colt cup the 4th lions really unable to get anything going as you see a while in shreiking al off a nasty pitch from chen change paying and she paying gets out of the inning with another strikeout this time it's catcher len you leave bottom of the 8th guardians rolling up 112 and putting the icing on the cake with a calculation to run double the center guardians in their 1st home win with a final score 32. the football world is shocked shocked when 6 time super bowl champion tom brady left the new england patriots for the tampa bay buccaneers now there's even more of a surprise as one of his teammates decides it's

a good time to come out of retirement the patriots agreed to trade titan robber and koski to the box reuniting the former teammates must feel pretty good for them it was under seize a 4th round draft pick in the 2020 n.f.l. draft all the bucs receive a 7th rounder in addition to the 510 pro bowler for those unsure of how this all works and grant came out of retirement and was able to treated the patriots actually still hold on to his rights to play a 2020 season on a one year deal worth 10000000 has already passed his physical flying colors gronk previously committed to being part of the recently won the 247 title during wrestle mania 36 which i don't think you'll be playing in anymore and speaking of teams in new england there was news in the past hour about the boston red sox and their cheating scandal and 20 team punishments have been handed down alex core of the manager is banned from the 2020 through the 20 post season they also get a camera operator who is not allowed to play as well as me to work through 2021 and they will also lose a 2nd around 2020 draft picks so not as severe as the houston astros but that been

breaking the past 30 minutes it's pretty impressive already setting news in boston that's about yeah you know you're losing brady use ground now you lose erlick scorer who won your world series so i don't think people in boston are feeling pretty good yesterday i was a little concerned as to why they would come back out of retirement but i mean for 10000000 for a year i would come out retirement if they go you know what we need you to do it if you sportscaster like 18 like our fine how much how much has your 10000000 done you might take the lottery but we'll get there. all right thank you for that regina and will have a lot more news coming up at 5 pm the u.s. navy ship comfort in new york will now be rerouted down to virginia we'll tell you what's behind that move and if you can believe it coronavirus stricken cities have empty hospitals or. reopening that are not that simple we're going to tell you all about that more coming up at 5 pm so that's it for right now the show you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading our brand new preamp portable t.v. you can just play for 7 i'm going to be about. so

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