is there just sort of. hello there i'm here in france like you're watching in question broadcasting from our to america's national news headquarters in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from across the nation and around the world here are tonight's top stories las homeless population is taking advantage of the low foot traffic that has hit the city's iconic airport l.a.x. and calling it home and speaking of airlines they're taking a big financial hit due to the pandemic unable to meet a federal mandate to receive more bailouts well today their union reps are in the hot seat for a senate committee and finally the mighty blue angels are saluting 90 responders across the country but is this really the best use of taxpayer money what about the optics we're going to discuss that all right so tight it's time to boost your news

i.q. . with a corona virus pandemic continues to unfold with cases now topping 3700000 with 260000 reported deaths now here in the u.s. there is more than 1000000 cases and 707-1000 deaths as the number of infections are decreasing in some states others haven't even reached their peak yet still more than half of the country is easing restrictions but over in california an interesting phenomenon is taking place as it's homeless population takes advantage of the strain airflight travel and begin to set up tent at the airport artie's attash a suite has those details from l.a.x. . one of the busiest airports in the country is nearly empty flights are limited with travel restrictions in place some are utilizing l.a.x. as a place to call home for at the time being airports like travelers in los angeles they're

now seen more homeless and some say they believe the impure airports are a safe place to be right now making it easier to social distance then. on the streets according to l.a.x. police over the last 3 months they've counted $121.00 homeless people at l.a.x. however officials say they're seen a downward trend only county $94.00 at the end of april an airport spokesman believes the police crisis intervention team has helped to bring that number down there working to help guide those experiencing homelessness or mental illness to organizations with available services los angeles mayor eric garcetti says he also wants to ensure those without a home are getting tested for covert 19 i'm proud to announce our city will surge a deployment of street medical teams to help fight covert 19 among angelenos who are experiencing homelessness we'll send out field teams to provide rapid results field tests for people showing symptoms health and welfare screenings and high

density encampments and in the same way new yorkers are seen homeless people seeking shelter in city subways the homeless here in los angeles are turning to other forms of transportation for safety. cars he offered this year i'm obviously i can't see the fire truck friends up there so we see this trying to . use stores and shelter. and so right now subway trains are being disinfected once every 72 hours but now warren says as of may 6th the cars will be cleaned every 24 hours of the system is closed essential workers will be provided alternative transportation by way of buses and vans the m.t.a. are issuing new guidelines for subway riders in person is allowed to remain in the station for more than one hour and no one is permitted to remain on a train after it has been taken out of service now airport officials say there are

still rules here at l.a.x. even though it's not business as usual if people are caught here when an airport is closed they could receive a white haitian reporting that l.a.x. and tasha's tweets are key. and back here in washington the u.s. senate commerce committee is taking a closer look at the effects covert 19 has brought on the aviation industry and while that hearing got underway today you have some aviation companies who are given billions of dollars from the coronavirus cares act to not lay off or for low any employees but they did it anyway so to get an idea of what's really going on with the airline industry and the possibility of more bailout money i'm joined by investigative journalist and co-host of boom bust bounce one ben good to see you so 1st things 1st who was at today's hearing what was their big pitch and what was their reaction yes so essentially the it wasn't the c.e.o.'s of airlines in this case it's more of the representatives of the unions who were there essentially that represented union executives representatives of executives of airlines as well as

the airlines themselves the airline associations and essentially what they were there to tell the senate was that the airlines are in big trouble they're not making money they have about a dozen people averaging between the 4 major air carriers in the united states united southwest american and delta they are seeing about a dozen people per flight right now 12 people per flight traveling across the country which of course is unsustainable they're saying that about $10000000000.00 a month that's what the airlines are losing trying to survive the spend democrat now and they're also saying that even though they have received billions of dollars from the federal government to help bail out those airlines that they still need to make cuts now part of that condition as you know fair and with this money that was given to the carriers act is that airlines cannot furlough or lay off employees until at least october but some airlines like united have already started cutting hours for their employees they're not supposed to do that in fact that's one of the

concerns that lawmakers had today is essentially saying they want to make sure that the money that was given to the airlines does not go to executives it does not go to shareholders that it goes to keeping employees paid so that they don't lose their. obs and ben you know with united you know having the schedule cut is there any pushback that the government can do kind of you know i mean is that you know getting in trouble per se i mean what can the government do to make you know to kind of give them a slap saying you didn't do what you were supposed to do well the biggest lapis to take your 8000000000 dollars back that. a company like united right if you really want to get their attention you say you're not following through with the agreement and so we're going to take that fund back and then you need to return it within 7 days 14 days whatever it is obviously that has a huge effect what's what's really being said here though by the airlines is they're trying to make the case that look yeah we took the money and yes we agreed to do this but we can't we can't fulfill what we said we were going to fulfill and

so we need you to let us keep the money and continue to make cuts and by the way some of these airlines have already promised the ones who say that they're not going to have cuts until october have already said come october they're going to make cuts and that'll be cuts across management executives will get cut as well as you know the line employees so everybody is looking at contraction the other thing they talked about which was fairly interesting fare and that this hearing is what is the future of air travel look like a lot of these airlines are saying they're going to require face masks they're going to require gloves on passengers and they're also saying and this is fairly interesting that at least for the foreseeable future they will keep middle seats on flights empty so you will be sitting next to someone directly wow well for some people they might actually enjoy that like myself. but ok but quick that is the age i don't exactly right so now i want you to take a listen to what was said today and how much the airlines are asking for and the way that they asked it it was interesting to me i want to get your reaction but 1st

take a listen here about your ports will need additional federal assistance at least as large as the initial amount provided in the carriers and. and congress must provide billions of dollars in financial support for other parts of the aviation ecosystem i recognize it's not popular to come up here and ask for more help but the scale and the scope of this crisis requires it and we're going to have to get past the sticker shock and get to yes. can we get past the sticker shock ben i mean that to me i know that a lot. to say a lot 1st of all it's as if the airline representatives there and in that case you had the head of the airline executives union essentially telling congress you have to treat us like we are the most important and essential industry

in the country airlines are not i'm sorry but they're not 1st of all 2nd of all the airlines act as if bankruptcy is not even possible right as if they can't go bankrupt and then reconsolidate and emerge from bankruptcy and yet companies like american airlines and united airlines have done that in the past they have gone bankrupt at times they have restructured and then come out of bankruptcy but i think it's interesting that the head of the executives union is saying this because the reality is this if you do go into bankruptcy it's very unlikely that the same executives will be the ones in charge of the airlines when they re emerge from bankruptcy so it sounds like executives trying to save their own jobs their look no one's going to blame any airline for going under right now and because they're going bankrupt but bankruptcy does not mean that you fail or cease to exist as a company airlines are not going away they'll have to restructure and they'll have to come back smaller and more nimble but this idea that another carriers package

even larger than the last one specifically tailored to the airline industry must be passed immediately it sounds like nonsense especially to millions of people across america who have no job right now and they're still trying to figure out how to take care of their families absolutely better leave it right there coast that boom bust and investigative journalist pence one ben thanks so much very other headlines making news around the world kenya is now calling for an investigation after a plane carrying medical supplies crashed in somalia killing all 6 people on board a somali official asserts the aircraft was shot down. based on a report that a projectile was fired from the ground and hit the plane as it approached the airstrip now that airstrip is a base for the ethiopian military under the multinational african union mission combating. over in russia now president vladimir putin is chairing an online meeting with top officials to ease lockdown measures in the country but do so with caution that the restrictions should be lifted gradually to avoid another wave of

infections the nation wide self isolation is due to end formally may 11th. as the u.s. and china relations deteriorate decades old tensions in the south china sea are ramping up between both countries will a number of nations have conflicting territorial claims in that region in the united states seems pretty eager to strike that fire to the detriment of china artie's alex mile of it has that story for whom 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 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 reading 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. 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 it is aggravating a situation that regional players have been able to manage on their own for r.t. i'm alex my look at. the blue angels are flying across america to boost morale to a population hit hard by call that $1000.00 but is this the right approach and what's the price tag on all those flights to discuss that next with my buddy rick sanchez and in the sports h.q. regina hampshire has an inspiring story of one man determined to hike mt everest a poster back into.

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it is a unique and merican tradition military flyovers designed to show the might of the united states military and bring out some patriotism but the recent fly overs over major cities during the coronavirus pandemic has lifted up some showing the country is strong we're all in this together for others that has people begging the question is this making good use of taxpayer money we'll talk more about this i am joined by my friend and colleague host of the news with rick sanchez no one and only rick sanchez rick it feels like it forever since i've seen you how are you and what say you is this patriotic or is it a wasted. you know you're right this is interesting with these different shifts that we're having we don't have to run into each other in the office you know anymore but americans are running into something if they look up in the sky i guess we should start the conversation by talking about the intent which seems it of itself quite noble as you said it's called operation america strong implying that

we are strong that we still have the finest and best military not only in the world today but in the history of the world which is why they've had these flyovers which is really what they are and i mean if you blink economists and they flew over an area where i live i have to live very near a golf course where everybody found a spot near the golf course so they could look up and see him how to keep away thinking oh no they already pass because if you happen to blink or go behind a tree you probably missed it but nonetheless the intent is that that members of the military say they wanted to salute those health care workers who are bravely doing what they're doing and they wanted to show their appreciation so they flew over new york san diego baltimore washington d.c. . see that land and other assorted cities that seem to be planned. what do they

cost well each $1.00 of those planes is about $18000000.00 the flight is $60000.00 in gas every time they put one up in the air and that's per hour so if they have to fly in different areas it all accumulates and we're talking about a lot of flights and a lot of planes so it gets very expensive and though the act is noble here is what . i guess if we were going to put it on human terms we'd have to say on the very same day when they were flying the blue angels and the thunderbirds over d.c. for example there were 190 workers who were being laid off and in that very moment could have been they were cafeteria workers by the way and they very well could have been in the parking lot walking away to their cars dejectedly knowing they no longer have work but they were able to look up for half a 2nd and see these planes flying by and it's kind of an example of what some of the critics of this are pointing to the fact that that money for those few seconds

when those planes fly over should probably be used to help those types of people because let me tell you those 190 cafeteria workers who happen to work at johns hopkins hospital one of the hospital that is doing the most right now to try and deal with the victims of the coronavirus they are now joining the other americans one in 7 americans right now who has filed for unemployment in this country who is feeling like whatever you got don't put it on a plane or fuel for a plane give it to me i needed to feed my kids and to take care of my family there's one other issue there's one other issue in this one maybe this has to do with the folks who planned this in the way they put it together where they maybe should have thought about it a little bit better we've started to go. salman and i looked at it just a minute ago the actual flight path the flight path that they've chosen for the

blue angels in the thunderbird flights and most of whom have been flying over affluent communities in other words in baltimore for example they pinpointed all the affluent communities where people could see them and many of the people who live in the inner city never got to see them because they fly so low that they skip the areas maybe that's just an example of something that people would point to and say those are the peoples who those are the people the personnel the employees if you will who are doing much of the work what you've the labor that is necessary right now those are the people you should be staying here to and not the people who are in the a fluid communities who for the most part or in many cases i should say we can't generalize do have jobs where they're being paid nonetheless they're staying at home etc etc so those are some of the you shoes that have come up it's really a nuts and bolts thing for him. and i'm going to read it i get what i had arguments

on both sides i do want to ask you like we got 30 seconds left you know because you made a good point about how much it cost one of our colleagues here actually said that the pentagon actually has that money allocated for these flowers at the beginning of the year so it's money that you know they already have set aside but as you said it's the intent and sometimes you know like when a comedian makes a joke the intent is to make fun of this person but it actually made fun of this person is the intent and only being seen. to your point there's never been anything the pentagon has asked for in the last 50 years in our country that they haven't gotten so to say well this is money the pentagon would have spent any way the pentagon also spends money on toilets that are made of gold that they put on certain planes as investigations of some shown in the past so the key point here is what are the on. dick's the optics or your poor people looking up at the sky and seeing $60000.00 fly by and they're asking themselves why did you give it to me.

it's a great question to ask as always rick sanchez great to see you we will see you soon stay safe out there. but where. and other news making headlines today supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg she was actually hospitalized on tuesday with an infection caused by a goal stone but despite that the 4 time cancer survivor remains active with her duties joining her fellow justices by the telephone and from her hospital bed to take part in court arranged excuse me court arguments the 8787 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 and over to texas regulators there are now relaxing rules when it comes to companies storing oil underground now environmentalists groups immediately raise concerns about these new rules 'd pointing to potential groundwater contamination and other dangers now up until this point companies could only store oil underground insult caverns because

it was seen as the best option for preventing leaks with the new rules other other geological formations will now be legal to use and regina hamm joins us now in the sports you know one mountain near is actually taking himself to new heights it is an inspiration for all of us during this pandemic any good news there is your bad news and you come to sports for the good news you have hiking mt everest is the feat of a lifetime most hikers can't always achieve it but one of her in iran is determined to make that dream a reality no matter what obstacles stand in his way iranian. is not the typical candidate for those looking to actually summit the world's highest peak 38 year old is a double amputee losing both of his legs in a car accident 4 years ago but that doesn't stop him he still takes to the mountains outside of tehran to train and gear up for one of the hardest climbs of his life he's actually been professionally climbing for 15 years. and is the 1st founder of the world to come to conquer the dom of a summit in iran and they are at summit in turkey with 2 artificial legs the

mouneer reach the top of milan tower after passing 150 floors in 693 steps and 35 minutes to be a gold medal they're all using his prosthetic leg he never lets himself get down and knows that with training a determination the summit of everest is well within his sight. and speaking of trying to make a name for yourself bobby orr alexander ovechkin gordie howe bobby hall are all names we know to the history of hockey there's one more man synonymous the sport and now he has a chance to tell his story the greatest hockey player to ever play the game the wayne gretzky is said to be the future of a new documentary the feet the feature called in search of greatness gretzky will be one of 3 athletes highlighted in the documentary the former edmonton oilers joined in the piece by soccer great and football legend jerry rice the piece asked the question what makes some athletes greater than their peers in gretzky's case that's true both on and off the ice 59 year old gretzky still holds the record in the n.h.l. for most goals assists and points but when asked about what separates the best from

the rest the great one had some interesting thoughts take a listen. my god i'm going to murder scroope the pressure of being. removed from shit. very well this is what it was like when i was 9 years old. back yard or at a community center and thinking and dreaming of one day being in this position and they embraced it. she knew better. and there are many great athletes chess players included that are 8 in their homes stuck with no way to practice or train however one star did manage to find his way to a court and also found himself in a little bit of hot water the a.t.p. ranked world number one novak job which published a video of himself training at the point of romano marbella tennis club in spain the cup the country did relax some of the lockdown measures that were in place since march but many athletic clubs opted not to open till next week job which is quite entertaining in the spanish coastal city i did apologize for his actions

speed and said they do allow athletes to workout by themselves but you can clearly tell the serbian was not alone on the court tennis is not a sport you play by yourself it is called racquetball you know it regina i got to tell you i love when you report on hockey because i'm a huge hockey fan aren't we well no pun intended you kind of iced out with the next great one from your little list of who are who did i miss who did i miss i miss a low guy called patrick. you know when he passed like 50 we can talk about him but for now he's just up and coming out what if i don't believe it will you and i will agree to be glad to let this person also be glad we left him off the list very good i love it all right. before we go we do want to remind you about our new app it's called portable t.v. you can download it from google play on the apple store you can watch all of our shows now 247 and the best part is it's all free and again you can also follow me on twitter as fair and balanced and remember to question more.

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a more equitable and sustainable well. they claim that production is completely hama's. it. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this doesn't want anyone and i need much. we didn't want anyone and strength in then we understood superman and. if we have something like she's taken when the whole are coast coming up we'll take arms and i mean defeat in. trying to defeat and will really need to loose i mean nobody lives anymore and maybe this isn't a coaster king this long he says 3 see me it's not going to be.

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