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 always homeless population is taking advantage of the low foot traffic that is 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 all right to try to try to boost your news i.q.

. with a coronavirus 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 and 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 l.a.x.

see less travelers in los angeles they're now seen more homeless and some say they believe the emptier airports are 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. car security serum obviously i can't see the fire trucks friends up there see this guy. using stores for 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 while 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 a person is allowed to remain in a 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 citation reporting that eliot's untouched suites. 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 in the possibility of more bailout money i'm joined by investigative journalist and co-host of boom bust a 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 that 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 this pandemic right now and they're also saying that even though they have received billions of dollars from the federal government to help bailout 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 cares 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 jobs 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 kind of give them a slap saying you didn't do what you were supposed to do. well the biggest lapis to take your $8000000000.00 back that. 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 huge effect what's what's really being said here though by the airlines is they're trying to make the case that look we took the money and yes we agree 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 and a lot of these airlines are saying they're going to require face masks are 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 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're 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 they're look no one's going to blame any airline for going under right now and becoming 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 carries 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 bad will leave it right there coast a boom bust and investigative journalist pence one band thanks so much for 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 al shabaab 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 putin said that the restrictions should be lifted gradually to avoid another wave of infections the nationwide self isolation is due to end

formally may 11th. as 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 smile of it has that story. far from home 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 taiwan strait transits we are continue to watch closely what the chinese are done 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 $11000000000.00 barrels of oil. that was 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 but 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. trysts meanwhile trying to maintain that it is working with others in the region to preserve peace and stability here's china's foreign minister at last summer's is you had a meeting in bangkok for which it was obviously we think non region countries 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 trying

to 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. i'm alex my luggage. the blue angels are flying across america to boost morale to a population hit hard by call that 19 but it's 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 they call her back until.

we go to work so you stay home for. me so if you had to go as a police for good and they knew who. other than the men. but on the. missile that this isn't just. the sort of. rehabilitation learning she must go through still east of cleveland schools from the quest for your business to approach is to slow. chill the.

soldier. she's wearing. to church to the sold out so it's a personal opinion with. the sure stuff in the summer arsenal to use force to just hold. it is a unique american tradition military flyovers designed to show the might of the united states military and bring out some patriotism with a recent file was 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 well to talk more about this i am joined by my friend and colleague host of the news with rick sanchez the 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 way said. you know you're right this is the interesting with these different shifts that we're having we don't have to run into each other in the office and anymore but americans are running into something if they look up in the sky and i guess we should start the conversation by talking about the intent which seems in and of itself quite noble as you said it's called operation america's 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 happen to live very near a golf course where everybody found a spot near the golf course so they could look up and see i'm half of them came 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. atlanta 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 on 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 and the way they put it together where they maybe should have thought about it a little bit better we've started examining and i looked at it just a minute ago the actual flight path the flight path that they've chosen for the blue angels and 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. of the labor that is necessary right now those are the people you should be saying to the people who are in the if you and 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 not to let you shoes that have come up it's really a nuts and bolts thing for him. and 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 costs 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 really 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've put on certain planes as investigations of some of the pow so the key point here is one of the optics 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 he later. and other news making headlines today supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg she was actually hospitalized on tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone 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 you know where the taxes regulators there are now relaxing rules when it comes to companies storing oil underground now environmentalists groups immediately raised 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 regina one mountain near is actually taking himself to new heights it is an inspiration for all of us during this pandemic good news there is your bad news and you come to sports for the good news yes hiking mount 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 summit in iran and they are at summit in turkey with 2 artificial legs the mouneer reach the top of milan tower after passing $150.00 floors in $693.00 steps and 35 minutes to be a gold medal they're all using his prosthetic leg he never lets him self get down and knows that with training a determination a 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 in 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 and 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 most times. my god i'm going to the microscope the pressure of being. able to find shit. for reaching very. low ground i was 9 years old. back yard or at a community center drinking and dreaming of one day being in this position and they embraced it and. she knew better. and there are many good. athletes chess players included that are in their home 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 club opted not to open till next week which is corn hunting in the spanish coastal city i did apologize for his actions speed 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 and that 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 the rule who did i miss who did i miss missile a guy called patrick kane. you know when he had passed like 50 we can talk about him but for now he's just up and coming out what if i get one it will you and i will greet to be glad to have 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 and 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 at fair and balanced and remember to question more. i.

thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military and the decision little sheltered lives every song came to a complete. the day that i was right to be instructive you know what they kill me and i see how it destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in and you can my arm and he write me with his birthing area if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation and it's probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing tapping but i've never seen trauma like i've seen women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is

more likely to get the victim punished don't be offended by hand and almost 10 year career which i was very invested in and i gave that up to report a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of tower and violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether that's a man or woman. a folks coming up on dennis miller plus one we will talk to both divisional speakers simon sinek anything but we've chatted a little bit before the show here a convivial look at who happens to have the 4th most watched ted talk in history mind boggling right after this that a spoiler plus one simon sinek. hey

folks welcome to dennis miller plus one coming to you oddly from hollywood where i've asked them to completely recreate my home studio and the actual kick i'm still at home and we're joined today by author motivational speaker simon sinek simon is best known for his 5 books and his ted talks and i know you're thinking geez who you know who doesn't have a ted talk well only for 3 other people have a ted up that is more watched than simon's the 4th most watched. of all time with over 49000000 views i i think if it gets to 50000000 we all get a fry up greater something his latest book is the infinite game it is a new york times best sellers currently available online an ins.