when. hello there i'm here in france like you're watching and question broadcasting from our team erika's national news headquarters in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from across the nation and around the world here's the stories we're working on for you today 1st a fire a certain new york continues its fight against the pandemic but now social distancing patrols are taking a turn for the worse details next in a full report plus the u.n. chief says that the pandemic has unleashed a tsunami of hate and xenophobia with the rising tensions between nations and blame games were discussed all that next then surveillance planes began flying over baltimore maryland after a court ruling allowing for this controversial program is the test is this a testing ground for a better america under watch right said it's time to booster new i.q.

. the coronavirus pandemic continues to take the world by storm worldwide cases are now topping 3900000 with 272000 reported deaths here in the united states alone over 1200000 cases and over 76000 deaths are taking a closer look at the nation new york continues to be the epicenter of this outbreak as strict rules remain in place at the state level it seems that new york police department patrols are getting a little violent meanwhile new york is also dealing with dozens of kids falling ill from mysterious illnesses related to covert 19 for more on all this we turn now to our tease trinity charges. for new york city's social distancing patrols taking a turn for the worst. disturbing video shows a violent clash between a. parrott social distancing violators and police in brooklyn was grabbed and this

cell phone video capturing the moment an officer waves a taser and repeatedly strikes a bystander during a social distancing bust you know the police watched and sick using officers of using social distancing during the pandemic as an excuse to harass people of color along the lines of stop and frisk others taking it a step further criticizing what they call police officers double standards going after minorities during the pandemic but allowing crowds of mainly white park owners to gather in large groups what happened would stop and frisk was a systematic oppressive unconstitutional strategy that created a new problem much bigger than anything it purported to solve this is the farthest thing from that this is addressing a pandemic yet according to a racial breakdown the brooklyn district attorney's office released on thursday 35 of the 40 people arrested for social distancing by aleisha were african-american

mayor bill de blasio saying he vows to do better and noun saying today that the city will limit capacity at parks in order to enforce social distancing rules and says that some parks could see restrictions in the coming days. but as officials struggle to manage the corona virus outbreak in new york city dozens of children are falling ill across the country from a rare illness officials are calling pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome most commonly we're seeing present with fever it's been going on for 3 or 4 days to get clear ration it's a very disseminated rash it could be all over the. hands in the schools that was just kind of been usual or rash is new york authorities say at least 64 cases have been reported in the state following a health advisory alert this week after 15 illnesses were reported in new york city many children testing positive for corona virus or the antibodies suggesting a potential link. and. what we're seeing in the children it suggests

in some children. a rare small number of kids they have. inflammatory response it happens medical groups in britain italy and spain warning doctors last month to look out for the condition some doctors say the new york cases increase the likelihood that the syndrome is a rare complication of cold in 1000 although that remains unproven reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . u.n. secretary general antonio terrace says that the coronavirus pandemic is unleashing a tsunami of hate xenophobia scapegoating and fear mongering and friday he made this appeal listen here and the killing today for an old effort and a speech. i call on political leaders to be there with all members of their societies and build and dream for social cohesion but the un chief goes on to say

anti foreigner sentiment has surged on line and in the streets anti-semitic conspiracy theories have spread and covert 1000 related anti muslim attacks have even occurred and that migrants and refugees have been vilified as a source of this virus and then denied access to medical treatment so for more on this we're going to discuss with the former m.p. george galloway george great to see they are joining us so 1st things 1st your reaction to what the un chief says. well it was very disturbing the footage that you've just shown which of course how i like to very point that the secretary general was making there is little doubt i think that minorities are being targeted by idiots but also by law enforcement agents as we've just watched. is deeply disturbing indeed there's been a tripling of physical attacks verbal attacks on chinese people

in britain in the last 5 weeks and there's not doubt many chinese people in britain my own wife who is not chinese but looks like she might be and is heavily pregnant to boot has had this in the neck herself in a pleasant middle class suburb i'm aware are very aware of the dangers of this kind of madness and of course the torne for it is it by our governments who continue to fight wars or get ready to fight wars all over the world in defiance of the very same secretary general and the paul who both appealed for our nation to our gratian and military action and sanctions and so on instead we've got hate speech filtering down right. to our own very streets and george you know as the saying goes history often repeat itself and it's very ironic that i

envy a day celebrating the day that the nazis surrendered you saw the same fear mongering during a world war in particular anti-semitism now we're in a world war against a pandemic what say you and why does this always kind of happen during moments like this. well quote the other side of the coin was certainly in britain we were on the direct bombardment in a way that you were no on threat of invasion in a way that you were not actually the population overwhelmingly came together and anti social manifestations like we're talking about now what extremely rare if not non existent in the 2nd world war of course in occupied europe pogroms took place people fell upon their own jewish neighbors even before the nazis arrived killing them certainly handing them over to the nazis in the when they did arrive.

it's patchy but the ve day point you make is a very good one the unity is strength and it was the unity of the wartime alliance and of the wartime 'd alliances civilian population of us that led to this triumph which in my view is the greatest triumph in all human history just imagine if we had not tribe from foreign we would not be having this conversation people like me would be long dead and in any case we might be talking in german coming from london because that was what was at stake and people somehow knew about then and they came together to face the enemy doesn't seem like that's happening this time around you make an excellent. point there now do you think it can be stopped i mean sometimes when messages like what the u.n. chief is calling for it can either start a movement or you can have the opposite effect and people can you know it can

backfire in an age of social media where we are now hunkered down away from each other but we're more reachable than ever with the their phones tablets computers what have you do you picture these anti or these these hate sentiments getting better or worse now after this call for an appeal. world you know i've just been going through the comments on my facebook page which is a very busy one of very big one and i said to my wife about half an hour ago i'm losing the will to live here when i see the kind of things the kind of hate which appears online makes me wonder for the state of the human race i must tell you and i don't think these police officers in brooklyn are going to behave better because they've been caught out there might just look out for cameras sort of living in very difficult times i think father in your country and in mine

and in many others if you want to look for an alternative or look at china look out china came together to fight the coronavirus to truly extraordinary feat and when all the dust is clear people will have to acknowledge that people will have to see a society that almost militarized itself against a virus and killed the virus with only 3 or 4000 dead people in the country so the something rotten in your state and mine. shakespeare might put it and i don't think we have to look farther than racism and inequality for the reason i will leave it right there with you george galloway former m.p. george always thank you for your time. this month the city of baltimore is kicking off a new aerial surveillance program after it received approval from

a judge but do privacy advocates have legitimate concerns about this technology and will it spread to other cities potentially across the nation while i am joined by our it is rachel blevins to discuss more of these details so this is pretty and shocking what do we know about this program so far right now that's launching in baltimore raising the bottom of the. department has started the 6 month program to test out this aerial surveillance technology that covers 90 percent of the city and police are saying this could be a great tool to help crack down on criminals but this service is being provided by a private company based in ohio and it's being funded by a private donor now i had a chance earlier to talk with retired baltimore supervisor dr michael wood jr and he said baltimore likely isn't the only city that is considering this take a listen. this company has quite an orwellian name for system surveillance kind of sets the stage for what we're talking about this is not new to baltimore and it's not confined to baltimore this is been going back and forth between baltimore and

the chicago p.d. these 2 agencies continue to advise them playing each other it's like the blind leading the blind. now we actually found out that baltimore was already using aerial surveillance back in 2016 and at the time they were working with that same company persistent surveillance so there is a chance that as they start this pilot program it could be used as a blueprint to sell the cities across the country great and i just heard my hometown of chicago so what do you do now one of the ongoing concerns about the surveillance well the most glaring concern is that this is technology that gives police the power to record citizens across the city just living their normal daily lives even if they are not being suspected of having committed a crime now doctor would also said that when it comes to technology about that it's all about the accountability that these police departments have to face take us into his explanation of how to control. body charmers or traffic cameras or warrants or anything else police do sure it was criminal laws and that is great but

what about when we are using is a hunt down your social justice in violations or monitor your political rivals or tracking down everyone who wants your backyard barbecue. now we're at a time where most americans are still under stay at home order so there's a lot of concerns about what happens if police suddenly have the ability to record every time you leave your home or maker into the grocery store and what kind of issues will arise out of that and he makes a lot of excellent points like you just heard there so for baltimore specifically though rachel is there anything being done by the legislators there to pursue this police accountability right well baltimore their police department has seen a lot of issues of transparency and accountability that we have seen echoed across the country so i also had a chance to talk to maryland state senator corey mcrae and he said that one of the issues that they are working on right now is making sure that the police department is required to submit to audits regularly take a listen to what he said we put in the bill basically said that this. has to convey

. the baltimore city police department in a set number of years. you're looking at things like oh groups are looking at things like the confiscation of what sir he was looking at the different checks and balances that bit of that not just the city of baltimore but. now senator mcrae also so the legislatures have come together in support of a bill that would require hiring police officials to live within city limits something other city agencies already require so there is some hope that maybe we could see some reforms coming out of the baltimore police department within the next year but at the same time now that we're talking about aerial surveillance and transparency there that's likely just another issue that will be added to the list always as always rachel blevins great reporting on this one will continue to follow the story thanks. texas will no longer jail people who are violating social distancing rules once

a lot owner who actually paid the price for her violation is putting state leaders last will discuss that next with ben swan and in sports regina hamm brings us a glimpse of hope that major league soccer might be ready to resume their season stay closer back into. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being let see. what is true what is right.

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treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because they're already making a $1000000000.00 on it and there's no reason to do that research. i just want to thank. you just fairly. narrow mark. to be so much to me in business if anything. thank you so so much and all for to say what i can gather myself but i'm a little overwhelmed i think. a texas salon owner

is get out of jail and she is free after defying republican gov greg abbott's public health orders and keeping her salon open for more on this and a why she even went to jail in the 1st place i'm joined by investigative journalist and co-host of boom bust ben swan but always good to see you so 1st things 1st why was she thrown in. jail and how in the world could this happen there are no laws and federal or texas state constitutions that has social distancing pandemic laws and that. send you to prison what is this yes yes i'm so glad you started off that way for and because that's exactly the point here it's a it's the biggest point look every single social distancing order every single guideline that's been sent down originated from the c.d.c. so the c.d.c. put out something called social distancing guidelines not laws guidelines and what has happened is you have mayors and governors across the country who've been adopted those guidelines and treated them as if they would now become executive

orders or law so in the case in texas you know like every other state there are all kinds of rules about shutting down what are called non-essential businesses well in this case this is salon owner operates something called a non-essential business she runs a hair salon g.s. about 14 employees she says who work out of that salon and they've been shut out she also says that she had applied for those p.p.p. loans that money had not come through which has been the case for tens of millions of business owners and so she reopened she opened back up her shop then she received from the county judge a cease and desist order that essentially told her she had to be closed down she defied that order that's why she was ultimately arrested and then as you and i have talked about she said before a judge in texas and that judge demanded that she apologize for her selfishness in having opened up her salon she said she would not and she would take jail time instead and a $7000.00 fine that they threw out her and then as you saw a day later she actually got released because texas was so humiliated and

embarrassed by the lunacy of their actions now what do we know about this judge bank as a lot of people are talking about this judge saying he's a super liberal the situation's gotten really political and also what then determined shelly luther's final release i mean because she shouldn't even invent thrown in jail in the 1st place right. she should not have been thrown in jail in the 1st place because as you said she was not violating any actual law so there has to be a separation between these so-called executive orders and actual law no state legislatures have met to pass laws about coronavirus no state legislatures have passed laws about so-called essential businesses and one of the problems with a lot of this is who defines what an essential business is fair and i mean look i understand that they're trying to use some kind of lucy goosey terminology to determine what is essential but if you are as in this case a working mom who is supporting her family and she says just trying to feed her kids by staying open it's pretty essential to your life as for the judge you asked

what do we know about what the judge himself is considered a pretty he's being called a radical judge and that he's pretty high straight line when it comes to the law which usually republicans love right or they throw the book at people they like that in this case they don't like it but i think what's really happened here is you have kind of a situation where everything ran amok the governor issued these executive orders like other governors the county judge essentially sent a cease and desist she didn't go along with it and so they arrested her and so i think they're all wrong but the problem is it's both republicans and democrats who were doing this and now they want to appoint each other and say no no actually you were the one who did it not me because of the way the public responded and if we learn anything from this case it should be that the people and their outrage is enough to change some of these rules absolutely and that's what we exactly what we saw here now other states than there are starting to issue punishments for violating social distancing not wearing face masks what are some other states doing

and again can they actually implement these fines and regulations when this is all happening basically real time this whole coronavirus thing and there is no laws on the books when it comes to pandemics well and that's the problem is that because there aren't laws on the books you have all these governors acting by feel that that old latin word. essentially means by decree right they just decide that something is true that decide that you can't be outside in chicago they've now issued an order saying you cannot ride your bike or take a walk outside different states have instituted rules where they say up to a $5000.00 fine if you're caught violating social distancing and up to one year in jail but again a lot of this where is this coming from the constitutionally there is absolutely no precedent for it there's nothing that says that this can happen and so what we see are these governors just taking this authority at some point the people have to push back and say no no we're not going to do this 1st of all and 2nd of all any

governor or any mayor who pushes through an order that is unlawful we're going to vote you out of office in just a few months in november all right as always investigative journalist ben swan ben as always thank you so much for analysis we appreciate it thanks. to us now reaching a record unemployment rate as new data shows $20500000.00 american jobs have been lost in april this sends the unemployment rate up to 14.7 percent representing both the largest one month jump and highest level on record however these numbers are considered unreal as it does not include the millions who had their hour slashed or received a pay cut due to this pandemic. overseas now where hundreds of protesters took to the streets in kenya after the government demolished homes and shops that had allegedly been built on government land now protesters were setting cars on fire burning tires and erecting barricades throughout the impoverished neighborhoods

police responded with tear gas and live bullets injuring at least one person. russian president vladimir putin gave an address to austria and celebration a victory day put into that the victory over the nazis save humanity and helped revive an independent and democratic austrian state now he also paid tribute to the soviet soldiers who served in world war 2 and gave thanks to the austrian citizens and authorities who take proper care of the burials it was alleged i would like to wish the friendly people well being nice prosperity and of course you can use incessantly overcoming of our new common run of virus and we are all fighting this pandemic and new tools that would work is vital during these hard times thank you for your attention you know. and switching things now we go to regina ham sitting in our sports h.q. regina most fans want our major leagues back in action and now but there is a sign that things could be heading in that direction what you got and were ready for that direction i think everybody is in major league soccer has been on hold

since march 12th due to the coronavirus pandemic now there's a silver lining as a league allowed players to return to facilities for individual workouts teams like las c.n.n. i am we have stan sporting k.c. are a few that allow players to return to the pitch with strict safety measures a league wide moratorium on team and group training is still in place until may 15th and teams did need to get league approval before allowing individual workouts and shockingly enough the majority of them still haven't completed the process the protocols for the work include restricting facilities to only essential staff disinfecting all the equipment after each use and screening measures as social distance parking players still can't use locker rooms and many are looking for the start of the season but are grateful to be back on the pitch. and ready whatever it starts the league is setting a precedent for other major leagues in the u.s. as major league baseball is expected to send a proposal for potential start in the coming week. and computer hackers spare no one when they decide social media is a good hunting ground for information and that's the case for the reigning n.b.a.

m.v.p. walky book started on 2 who wanted to coupe oh who found out the hard way when he found himself tweeting when he was it young is confirmed in an apology that he was indeed a victim of a hack involving his twitter account he said he felt terrible for players that were included in the quote malicious and untrue tweets the tweets contained expletive language as well as racial slurs attacks on other players couldn't gold's a word or steph curry and commissary kobe bryant's family even claimed he had the coronavirus the dozen or so tweets popped up in the imus this feed in the span of 5 minutes and clearly isn't the work of the league's most valuable player the ford also claimed his phone and bank account were hacked and regarding the tweets they were immediately taken down that is a name if i've ever heard one and it's a shame social media is such a breeding ground there's tons of players that get hacked that capital just had an incident where it wasn't a hack although you probably wish it was one of their players was just put on waivers because of comments he made in an instagram group chat about other players'

wives said you're going to intentionally you know social media whatever you have happier or you you know those tweets stay on there forever even if you delete they never go away and athletes i think are learning more as we go on especially now with tick tock that you've got to watch what you say and you know i will give you a little piece of advice yanis i understand it's a really hard thing to say so just call the greek freak greek for it always works great great. thanks so much regina all right so we have more news coming up for you at 5 pm today for the hotels they try to make a comeback as the state's economy begins to reopen how bad is it we're going to show you all of that then secretary of state might come pale he's flexing his muscles about a swale a sign that the you. us will use every tool to rescue 2 american mercenaries caught red handed and a botched coup attempt are not going to miss that interview that's all for now but to keep up with everything on in question make sure you download our portable t.v. after catch us now 247 it's a cool app you got to check it out it's free so grab your phone right now and

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