this is close to. the city street scene. hello there i'm here in front like you're watching and broadcasting from our to america's national news headquarters here in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from across the nation and all around the world here's the stories that we're working on for you today 1st while the world is battling with hope at 19 u.s. and china continue flexing their military power in the pacific this while the chinese navy holds a massive drill in the south china sea plus the u.s. federal government is now considering working with one way but under certain conditions so this means china's tech giant will be removed from america's black list to find out next that the cruise line industry is in the limelight the age of coronavirus while some cruise lines are slow in issuing refunds by hand or actually

prepping to set sail again right the total time to boost their new i.q. . so as u.s. china relations deteriorate decades old tensions in the south china sea are ramping up between both countries well a number of nations have conflicting territorial claims in the region in the united states seems eager to strike that fire to the detriment of china our case alex one hell of it has that story. there from the united states armed forces are patrolling the south china sea we're conducting a lot of surveillance flights we have conducted a number of the taiwan strait transits we are continue to watch closely what the chinese are doing and the u.s. is keeping an eye on china in its own neighborhood using intimidating military hardware such as b. one b. supersonic bombers in the sky and warships in the water. the trumpet ministration

also plans on deploying long range cruise missiles in the asia pacific region china has called america's maneuvering and illegal trespass and has put the u.s. on notice saying that it is willing and capable to defend itself for decades the south china sea has been subject to several overlapping territorial disputes between china vietnam the philippines taiwan malaysia and bernard and there's a reason for that without a doubt the sea is very valuable about one 3rd of the world's shipping flows through the strategic body of water 10 percent of all the world's fisheries are there and to top it off the south china sea is thought to contain $190.00 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 11000000000 barrels of oil. to the dismay of its neighbors over the years china has taken possession of a number of tiny islands in the sea and since 2012 the country has gone so far as to create manmade islands like this one which now holds a runway and

a sophisticated military base besides sending military assets to the region the united states is also fueling the fire in other ways secretary of state mike pompei oh is urging members of the association of southeast asian nations to stand up to china accusing that country of taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to grab more territory many analysts reject that claim and a number of the south east asian states that are involved in the territorial dispute are accusing the u.s. of stoking trouble to forward its own interests meanwhile china maintains that it is working with others in the region to preserve peace and stability here is china's foreign minister at last summer's is yet meeting in bangkok. we think non raging country should not deliberately amplify differences in disputes left from the past in fact they should support the efforts by china in asia and in having these differences properly addressed we don't think these non region countries

should make use of these differences to sow dispute in china and asian countries. from trade to the coronavirus washington is hitting china on multiple levels the dispute that so china see is just another step in a plan which some say is creating a new cold war between the 2 superpowers and is aggravating a situation that regional players have been able to manage on their own for r t m alex mileage. united states could soon be working with weiwei to establish 5 g. standards one year after blacklisting the chinese telecom giant to keep it from working with u.s. tech companies now the move could signal a shift in policy at a time when washington wants to be at the forefront of 5 g. we'll talk more about this r.t.s. rachel blevins joins me now with these details so rachel. right now looking at it what do we know so far about this decision what was nearly one year ago when the commerce department decided to blacklist and at the time they cited national

security concerns but now it appears that they may be taking a step back from those claims so reports are now claiming that the commerce department has drafted a rule which would allow u.s. companies to work with wall way to set global 5 g. standards they say added knowledge is the importance of inclusion in creating industry standards for 5 g. but there will still requires approval from other agencies before it is finalized the commerce department has yet to address this or to say if their focus is now moving away from national security and towards the importance of 5 minutes so rachel how has this decision to blacklist weiwei how is it impacted companies here in the united states where u.s. technology companies like intel and qualcomm have been at the forefront of pushing for the government to pull back on these restrictions because at the end of the day wall way is the largest producer of telecom equipment in the world so these companies here in the u.s. are the ones that stand to lose the most now when looking at the impact that all of this has had over the last year the senior director of policy for asia the

information technology industry council argued that although the u.s. government wants its companies to remain competitive with wall way their policies have inadvertently caused u.s. companies to lose their seat at the table to wall way and others on the end so not only have they lost money but they've also lost influence at a crucial time when the world is making serious decisions about the future of technology and i feel rachel like the whole overarching theme in the news today is everybody is going back and forth on decisions including this one so what's the reason for the change in policy why now while the u.s. sees exactly what wall way is doing with technology and they also see that despite months of warning other countries not to work with wall way it hasn't had the drastic impact that they hoped it would have so just last month we saw a group of 6 senators including marco rubio and tom cotton come together. to send a letter to talk trump and ministration officials and in that letter they called for more clarity from the commerce department and they specifically wrote quote we

are deeply concerned about the risk to the u.s. global leadership position in 5 g. wireless technology as a result of this reduced participation and the economic and national security implications of any diminished u.s. role in 5 g. so before they claim that if the us worked with wall way then it would be a concern for national security now they're saying that if the us doesn't work with while we have been that will be what will harm national security so there are a lot of moving parts there but it is also important to know that even if the commerce department changes this rule of law we will still be largely blacklisted here in the united states and i guess we'll have to kind of hold our breath to see if that decision changes here in the next hours days coming weeks we'll see artie's rachael blevins as always thanks so much for that report thank you. and over in russia president vladimir putin is chairing an on line meeting with top officials to ease lockdown measures in the country but do so with caution putin said that the restrictions should be lifted gradually to avoid another wave of infections the nationwide self isolation is due to end formally on may 11th. closer to home the

district maryland and virginia saw their biggest single day increase in deaths related to cope with 19 prompting officials to warn that this area might be the next virus hotspot well hospitals are also seeing a rise in the number of patients hospitalized with the corona virus and now an ice rink in maryland has been turned into a temporary morgue as funeral homes in the area are overwhelmed and a massive drop in car sales here in the u.s. due to the pandemic it's pushing lawmakers now to provide some sort of aid for the auto industry the retailer sold almost 800000 fewer vehicles than what they expected lawmakers are persuading congress to consider adding car manufacturers and suppliers into their next coronavirus relief package. over to texas regulators there are now relaxing rules when it comes to companies storing oil underground now environmentalist groups immediately raise concern about these new rules pointing to

potential groundwater contamination and other dangers now up until this point companies could only store oil underground in salt caverns because it was seen as the best option for preventing leaks but the new rules other geological formations will now be illegal to use. the cruise line industry is finding itself in the spotlight after several cruise ships continue to operate during the height of the coronavirus pandemic even though the deadly virus was rapidly spreading and to add insult to injury some major cruise lines have been issuing refunds to their customers at a snail's pace artist on how to reports from miami. as the corona virus pandemic worsen worldwide new information shows the major cruise lines continue to operate despite the growing threat of the disease well knowing the luxury liners that continue to fill with passengers are possible incubators for the deadly virus but wall street journal reports that the cruise line industry launched voyages on more than 100 ships on or after march 4th the day of the 1st confirmed cove in 1000

death of a passenger from a cruise stopping in the u.s. a marker of the pandemics long reach and by march 13th the centers for disease control and prevention had linked cruise passengers to 17 percent of reported coded 1000 cases in the u.s. at the time thousands of passengers and crewmembers worldwide were sickened and dozens of people have died since then the u.s. coast guard is now reportedly investigating whether 2 ships owned by carnival cruise lines violated federal law by not alerting authorities in san francisco in puerto rico about sick passengers on another criminal investigation is underway in australia last week a congressional committee announced it was also putting investigation into carnivals actions both in terms of preparing for and responding to the pandemic demanding hundreds of pages of files and documents from the company the. happening and its subsidiaries are also the subject of numerous lawsuits filed by passengers who were exposed to the virus and family members who lost loved ones several ships

with sick crew members and passengers eventually docked in miami and fort lauderdale among other ports the people being treated at local hospitals are being allowed to return to their home countries or states in march the c.d.c. issued a no sale order and the industry shut down. r.t. recently chartered a boat to take an exclusive look from the water at the port of miami where a line of ships remain docked while others remain anchored off shore with nowhere to go but that may be changing soon despite the ongoing investigation and the continued lawsuits and the call that 19th red carnival cruise lines said this week that it plans to resume cruises starting in august from the port of miami here behind me fort lauderdale and galveston texas the company says it plans to begin a gradual rollout with 8 ships sailing from the 3 ports to the bahamas key west and cozumel mexico carnival is already advertising deals on its website for cruises to mexico the bahamas n. puerto rico and a statement the company said it's committed to supporting all public health efforts

to manage the cove in 1902 ation and is consulting with experts government officials and stakeholders in developing plans to resume sailing operations the c.d.c. says it's closely monitoring those plans and would not give a timeframe when it would be safe for the cruise lines to set sail again all this is passengers who cancel previous trips on not only carnival cruise lines but the world's other major operators including royal caribbean and holland america are still trying to get refunds carnival said more than a 1000000 passengers were impacted by the pandemic as it works to process those returns while royal caribbean and holland america said it takes on average of 45 to 60 days for those refunds to be processed there still no time frame on when the other major cruise lines will set sail again if they even do for r.t. john hardy. airlines are taking a financial head. due to the pandemic and unable to meet a federal mandate to receive bailout bill today they're in the hot seat before a senate committee we're going to discuss that with guns and the sports h.q.

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when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. i. well this week the u.s. senate commerce committee is taking a closer look at the effects kovan 1000 has brought on the aviation industry but while that hearing is going on literally right now you have some aviation companies who are getting billions of dollars from the coronavirus cares act to not lay off or for low any employees doing just that so to get an idea of what's going on and

what we can expect from today's hearing i am joined by investigative journalist and co-host of boom bust ben swine band great to see you hope your stay in safe down there in hot lanta 1st things 1st who is at today's hearing and what can we expect yes so it's no airline c.e.o.'s who are going to be there it's essentially the heads of different unions the head of the airline executives union the aviation union and essentially the heads of the unions are there to do 2 things really in front of congress one is to essentially tell congress how bad shape they're in and we all know they're in bad shape but how bad off the airlines are and then to explain the fact that they have received billions in bailout and the fact that they're really not honoring the terms of what they've been told so let me just break those down for you the 1st part is united airlines so united airlines is essentially saying that it has started telling certain workers is going to cut their hours even though under the carriers act as you know fair and they are not allowed to do that until after september 30th 30th of this year or so after september 30th you can cut hours and you can lay off staff but you can't do it

until then if you receive these billions of dollars in aid so united as it has received the aid but they said they're still starting to cut hours so there's actually a union that has filed with the court asking for a court to intervene and to actually stop this from happening but the other thing that's happening and this is important too is that these these executives are city or these union leaders are sitting in front of the senate today and what they're essentially saying is you know airlines shouldn't have to refund the public's. on the if you bought a ticket and you haven't gotten your refund they shouldn't have to because it's billions of dollars and they'll go out of business if they have to refund that money and you know it's interesting that is there actually was a call for these airlines to refund that money i mean it was brought down like you know by the government but you know getting quickly to this lawsuit as i mentioned before you know and you mentioned as well these airline companies cutting back hours for workers that's now prompted those you a service workers union and they're going to file it obviously as you mentioned to the lawsuit over the schedule cuts is the reason that these companies were given

all this bailout money so there wouldn't be scheduled cuts so as far as this lawsuit and looking at both sides and again playing a little bit of devil's advocate here ben sure couldn't these airlines kind of argue well there's not a lot of flights going on so why keep that many people on 247. well that's a that's exactly what they're arguing just to give you an idea of how bad it is so these airline unions are essentially telling the senate today that across the united states we're talking about of all the major carriers in the united states american airlines delta united southwest across all those major 4 carriers they are averaging fare and 7 teen people per flight that is the average right now 17 and so what they're essentially saying is it's costing them tens of billions of dollars just to keep operating the ball and they're essentially him reaching tens of billions of dollars every single month and so they can't possibly keep going like this and so they have to start laying people off and they have to cut hours

they listen i think that makes complete and total since i agree with the airlines but don't take the federal money you can't do both you can't say hey we'll agree to take billions in taxpayer money and not lay people off then you turn around and say well we actually have to lay people off or we'll go bankrupt you know the other option here is you just go bankrupt airlines have gone bankrupt in the past it doesn't mean they cease to exist it means that they can't pay their liabilities and so they have to restructure and then come out of bankruptcy and a number of airlines in the united states have done that in the past and you know when you mention that these airlines going bankrupt in the past what has happened i mean why would these why are they so afraid to go to just file bankruptcy. well it's it creates a whole series of problems obviously shareholders don't want you to file bankruptcy but it also means enormous problems if you are in the management team if you're an executive at the airlines if you're in a publicly traded company and it's running into the ground and you're filing for bankruptcy what are the chances you're going to keep your job very very slim right

most of the time when you go into bankruptcy and you reemerge from bankruptcy it's not with the same executive leadership and the sweet offices belong to somebody else now who brings you out of bankruptcy very rarely is a c.e.o. allowed to bring a company into bankruptcy and then reemerge it from bankruptcy bankruptcy so i imagine what's happening here is a lot of these executives are trying to save their own jobs and protect themselves but again listen we're in a system where if you if you want to go into bankruptcy and you have to go into bankruptcy and obviously no one wants to but if you have to you can but what you can't do is say we won't do this and then accept billions of dollars 8b6b5b respectively for some of these airlines and you accept that money and then you say well the truth is we can't really fulfill the terms of that so we're going to keep this money but we're still going to lay people off there's no way that can fly and it's interesting too because when i've reported on this in the past as well like yourself and look at some of these c.e.o.'s and their salaries are well over i think the lowest one was about $3000000.00 some of them have given up their salary

for the year but looking forward bannon your and your humble opinion you know you also have you know boeing is at the forefront of this where they received a ton of that bailout money they actually had a lot of their orders for the 737 max cancelled by a number of countries the airline business just seems like not the business you want to be in right now what do you foresee in the for sure happening with all of this well i think we're going to see is a short term and a long term 1st of all there will not be a v. shaped recovery where you know everything falls off when it comes right back it's more of a you shaped recovery you're going to come down you're going to flatten out for a little while and then you're going to come back up but but it is without question airlines are going to have to. they're going to have to cut costs they're going to have to limit what they're doing and they're going to have to restructure become more nimble there's no question that has to take place but i do think it's important to separate the commercial airline companies like delta and american and southwest even united from a company like bow we both problems were of their own creation creating

a $737.00 max jet that crashed twice and killed hundreds of people that's the reason boeing was on the ropes and barely surviving ever boeing to blame coronavirus and the coronavirus pandemic on its problems is sad and it's tragic to do that because the reality is their problems came from faulty equipment poor manufacturing and disregard for federal regulations that have been put in place to keep the public safe they did not abide by those and that is the making of boeing's problems all right about a journalist ben swan and also boom bust ben good to see you stay safe out there there are things. other news making headlines today supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was hospitalized on tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone but despite that the 4 time cancer survivor you heard that right she remains active with her duties joining her fellow justices by phone from her hospital bed to take part in court arguments the 87 year old justice was even heard on the day that she was hospitalized taking part in

a case related to using tax funds to fight aids around the world take a look at this incredible scene and i assure you this massive wall of dust was suspended in the air above its capital city turning the sky into a crimps and blood right experts say that this sand storm is the result of a weather phenomenon called a cold leave out that's originating from the sahara desert no major disruptions were reported but that is just credible video also incredible we're going to have sitting in our sports agent here regina tennis players they are eager to return to the court and $1.00 to $1.00 of the top ranked players actually did just that tell me more about it now is a little bit of trouble because you know everybody around the world is looking. for a way to get back into sport and runners are one of them they're looking to use as the master of the race course but there was one who came almost a half century before him and we take a look at that man in today's events in sports history back to $94.00 britain's roger bannister became the 1st man in history to run a subform in

a mile under 4 minutes one mile minister registered a time of 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds on a cinder track at oxford university in england to a 5 year old medical student ran with 2 pacers chris chataway and chris brasher both of future income of wild game athletes the record though only lasted 46 days for us shows john landry beat it by more than a 2nd and he has absolute exhaust you might be passed out there too but 64 years later say in england it was an ending for longtime arsenal manager arsene wenger as he coached his last game for the gunners then your coach 22 years of the club winning 3 premier league cup titles and 7 f.a. cups the time of his retirement he was the longest serving manager in the premier league coaching arsenal and 823 games yet some fans were happy to see him go after his below average performances in his final 2 seasons and tennis players around the world you mention before are 8 stuck in their homes no to practise or to train however one started major fight his way on the courts and found himself in a bit of hot water a.t.p. world run number one post a video of himself training at a point of romano my bet of tennis court spain the country did relax on lockdown

measures that were in place as march but many athletic clubs did not choose open til next week was quarantining in the spanish coastal city and apologize for his actions means that they do allow athletes to work out by themselves but the serbian was not alone on the boards don't do that next time and despite a 13 hour time difference between the east coast and south korea baseball is back with a few names for american start learning however was a big milestone in the k b o for one former major leaguer in his team's game against the seams on the lions top of the 2nd dinah's young on 1st park so min at bat blast the ball deep to lessen he'll usually make it all the way around from 1st to score the gay. 1st run as a thrown in a ball is cut off by former philadelphia phillies pitcher ben lively in the dynasty one nothing lead later in the. in a ball deep in a stance from a lively for the 2 run homer find themselves with a comfy 30 lead to the 3rd we go live if i'm self opposite for

a phillies tonight and alter in all their wins the battle of a solo middle left field. for nothing you see i'm on stoppable and the homer is a 1st for all there in his cave you know christine it's pretty happy for him there but the lions bats came alive in top of it down especially my great deal of fast but at least for his own solo home run putting it on the lions on the board of the diner still have a 3 run lead it would be a rough inning for right part came in send it out to right field stance or a back to back home or putting in the lions within 2 runs but the night diners lead in for 3 closer one john you off speed pitch to parch and grounds out 1st and ends the game come away with the 43 win and this might be the weirdest 1st pitch that anybody has ever seen considering it wasn't really a 1st pitch in keeping with social distancing rules a ceremonial 1st pitch from 9 year old who was inside a giant inflatable baseball youngster pretty much want to pitch in and there was

a fake swing for the batter at the plate but it reminded all of us that baseball somewhere in the world is back in action in fair and i have a fun fact for you your chicago and. obviously heard of the cubs in 1980 cubs rookie kerry wood hit 20 strikeouts and he tied the record set by roger clemens in 1906 and that happened right at wrigley field. but wrong team. goes starts around if you don't. we have more news coming up for you at 5 pm the white house actually last night announced that it would phase out the coronavirus task force but then today president now says that the task force will continue indefinitely and they're also going to have. new members details next and then the l.a. airport is now becoming a safe haven for the homeless amid the coronavirus crisis we're going to have these stories and more coming up at 5 that's it for now but to keep up with everything in question download the portable t.v. africa had just 247 pretty cool apps to check out you can always follow me on twitter at fair and balanced remember the question will.

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