bless her. hello there and there in france like you're watching in question broadcasting from our team erica'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 that we're working on for you today 1st amid the pandemic all 50 states they're pushing to reopen this holiday weekend but is it too soon next we'll tell you what the c.d.c. is saying and what new york is actually doing to ensure safety on public transportation plus china now vowing to retaliate after the u.s. secretary of state offers warm words to taiwan's president during her inauguration a full report next and finally in iraq it launches military operations to track

down isis as the terrorist group is apparently using the pandemic to plan a resurgence will discuss that all right so tight it's time to boost your news i.q. . and we start with covert 19 as cases continue to grip the world globally cases now topping 4900000 with 324000 reported deaths now here in the u.s. alone the number of cases at 1500000 with 92000 deaths taking a closer look at what's happening in the nation the c.d.c. has now set guidelines for reopening america only to be shelved by the white house claiming that the guidelines were too specific as a result the c.d.c. quietly releases a revised shorter version of the guidelines on its web site instead now this as all 50 states are in the process of reopening just in time for memorial day however in the hardest hit state of new york agency heads are still working out there. kinks

and their plans to reopen today chavez has more now from new york. today in new developments as state agencies work to reopen new york and get people back to work safely the m.t.a. says it has a plan to ensure public transit riders can travel safely without a fear of coronavirus the agency unavailing an ultraviolet light pilot program to get rid of coke at 19 the agency will roll out between 152230 ultraviolet lamps on select trains buses and agency facilities starting next week the devices flash u.b.c. lights capable of eliminating all the viruses they see the race so strong they cannot be used while people are on board but as areas of new york start to slowly reopen the virus still holding a tight grip on many areas within the 5 boroughs the bronx being hit harder by the virus than any other place in new york city and within the bronx almost no place has suffered more than co-op city. i was a combat imagine if. i was who is fearful it's actually not to me

my wife my kids my grandchildren the virus killing more than 4300 people in the borough compared to the roughly 2800 deaths and manhattan data showing at least 155 people living in the zip code have been killed by the virus building not in. the press the world. building 6 is out up in that area over there we had one of my friends craft away. the brutal nature of the virus taking a vicious toll on the city's elderly many of our residents here are a group of very hardcore kitty or machine of sorts so it's been trying for them and understandably so new data published in the lancet says that most elderly coronavirus patients put on ventilators at new york hospitals did not survive as of may 3rd more than 4800 people have died from the virus in nursing homes i think we need to start thinking about a different future i think we need. to think about

a time where more and more of the care given our seniors is given to them at home according to the report which is consistent with clinical findings in china and europe shows that advanced age is the greatest factor for severe outcome especially when there are underlying health conditions such as diabetes or heart disease now that is that you watch him according to you and i know you probably know everybody you know that the older you get that we can your body your body get your system becomes weaker the virus also wreaking havoc on new york city correction officers so far nearly 1300 have tested positive for the virus about 13 percent and at least 6 have died along with 5 other jail employees and 2 correctional health workers one rikers island correction officer seeing his lowest point when both he and his wife got the deadly virus and his wife begged him to make sure that she was not buried in a mass grave like so many others had to be as a result of the city's mounting death toll reporting in new york treated each other

as r.t. . as tensions continue to increase between the u.s. and china over the coronavirus pandemic the u.s. is moving forward and pursuing relations with taiwan my pump ale became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to officially congratulate taiwan's later after she secured a 2nd term to r.t. rachel blevins joins me now to discuss these latest comments rachel a lot coming out of this so 1st things 1st what did pump aoe say in his latest press conference well pompei i started this morning's press conference with very harsh rhetoric towards china he claimed that beijing has been hostile towards what he called free nations and he also doubled down on this claim that china has intentionally withhold information about the coronavirus he then went on to congratulate taiwan for reelecting their democratic leader take a listen to what he said. congratulations to present sign or not duration the democratic process in taiwan has matured into a model for the world despite great pressure from outside taiwan is. demonstrated

the wisdom of the giving the people a voice and a choice. now the u.s. has sold taiwan billions of dollars in weapons over the years so the island can defend itself but it also recognizes taiwan as a territory of china and president trump actually broke protocol back in 2016 when he announced that he had a phone call with taiwan's leader that along with the ongoing trade war has made china extremely skeptical that the u.s. is pushing for taiwan's independence so rachel how did china that respond to pompei of his remarks because one trumps out at they were not happy about this time it was about the same thing this time around in a spokesperson for china's foreign ministry spoke out and he condemned pompei o and he also said this is evidence that the u.s. is specifically trying to interfere in china's internal affairs here's what he said . we warn the united states that taiwan's independence is a road that leads to death. or support for taiwanese independence is doomed to any damages or china's core interest in any interviewer and in china internal affairs.

counterattacks. beijing is now calling on washington to adhere to past agreements which state that there will be no official exchanges with taiwan so we got u.s. china what is taiwan now right well in her inaugural address the leader of taiwan called for peace and stability with china but she also said that her government has no plans to simply fall in line with beijing's political demands to know what she said. here i want to reiterate the words peace democracy and dialogue we will not accept the authority of one country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and undermine the cross-tree status quo we stand fast by this principle when. now in the past beijing has said that taiwan has no right to diplomatic representation so it remains to be seen if that stance will change especially as the u.s. continues to ramp up its relations. with taiwan we'll see if there's any more fault

with all that's going on r.t.s. right above and rachel as always thanks so much for that report i think. one of the 1000000 bullet points on the trump administration checklist was to get rid of isis and pull troops out of syria while the numbers did go down during the 1st half of trump's administration and troops were starting to leave syria the question of what comes next in the region has been overshadowed by the global covert 1000 pandemic but one of our contributors former pentagon official michael maloof tells us that isis is making a comeback and he's here to talk more about it welcome michael maloof great to see you we have discussed before with the u.s. pulling out of the middle east and rapidly diminishing the number of troops there you yourself in the past have said that this would create a vacuum of some sort is that's what is that happening here now and why is this all happening right now. where the number of factors and. isis is reemerging at this time probably taken advantage of the political unrest

that exists even in iraq. even though the brantley the new prime minister is trying to. bring to bring all the various factions together and trying to set up a united front against isis he talks openly about going after isis using the awkward mobilization forces but what i am beginning to suspect is that the united states actually is somewhat encouraging isis in many respects in order to justify its continued presence in that country. even though wants to hold on because it wants to hold on to the oil in. iraq and have some subsidies over the sales because all of that those transactions are in u.s. dollars so and also to watch iran so the united states has been. really are i mean in some areas and and. bringing in or additional forces into

sunni controlled areas at a time when isis is beginning to launch attacks there sporadic the popular mobilization forces are trying to hold them off and you have a brand new prime minister who claimed both ends against the middle it looks like he wants to be friends of the united states but also with iran so he's walking a very delicate line and isis sees that our vacuum if you will that that that flimsiness control that exists and they're good and they're taking full advantage of it so michael you know it's one of these things where there's a lot of different countries in that region when it comes to isis now kind of making a comeback as if for lack of a better term who is to blame here and as it rushes at the united states our own who is it. again a combination of factors you have the u.s. pushing against a very fragile government in in iraq you have the

political turmoil that has been existing in syria and a lot of the isis folks who are there have moved in back into anbar province which is the the the western most portion but they're also launching new attacks north of baghdad in ceremony province in another provinces that are predominantly sunni control so this is. laying a foundation and there's concern that they could return as they did in 2014 in mosul and these are areas that are still up in the air in terms of security by by the central government so it's it's a very delicate problem. for a new prime minister has to deal with plus deal with the internal problems that he's having to cope with and balancing all of these various factions now michael i'm glad you said deal. going with the problem because in the past president out

trumpy has threatened to put the responsibility of isis on to other countries to solve the problem so in your expertise what does the future look like is this another reason for the united states to go back over there already think the trouble actually put the responsibilities on the other countries like you said. well i think again personally i think that the united states is taking advantage of the presence of isis and encouraging their their their their their presence there because they too the united states also is developing bases in those predominately sunni controlled areas which means that by potentially give them access to weapons and what have you again it is to try and offset the the popular mobilization forces which are predominantly shia many of them under control of iran and as a consequence you're going to you're seeing this this effort to try and create this

kind of turmoil for the united states to remain in there while the new prime minister is trying to deal with all of these problems which appear right now to be almost unsolvable all right well thank you so much michael maloof former pentagon official for your expertise on this topic i'm sure this isn't the last you're going to say about thanks. but you. jump in the number of covert 1000 cases and deaths in brazil it's putting neighboring countries on high alert now colombia has militarized its border paraguay will keep its border closed in argentina is considering similar measures and according to the latest data brazil has 271000 confirmed cases the 3rd highest in the world. but here in the u.s. protesters are expected to gather at the michigan capital again today to protest virus related restrictions in that state and this will be the 4th protest so far last week are protesters held a demonstration criticizing governor gretchen whitmer is decision to keep

businesses closed during the pandemic berbers are also joining in that fight by giving free haircuts on the capital lawn. and check this out in new york's a domino park white circles on the lawn are keeping sunbathers safely distanced from each other the circles have been set up exactly 6 feet apart after an influx of new yorkers just flocked to public spaces because of that warmer weather and talk about bouncing back got a lot of those restaurants in maryland they rolled out these new bumper tables that will allow people to keep 6 feet from each other while dining with a device features a hole in the middle for participants and wheels attached to the bottom inflated 2 tables made their debut at fish tales in ocean city kind of looks like an adult very. well johnson and johnson calls it quits saying that it will stop all sales of its baby tell powder in the u.s. and canada but what about the other countries around the world we're going to discuss that with our guest and in sports regina hampshire some wild tricks from a 9 year old iranian gymnast and to keep up with the latest news and for anything

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chris thanks so much for talking to us today about this so chris as an attorney legally with these lawsuits going on and pending with investigations also going on as well was it even smart in the 1st place for johnson and johnson to keep their powder on the store shelves you know honestly i don't think that this is a product that should have been on the market for the past 40 years so for me. me i think it's they should have taken it off or any responsible company given the evidence should have taken this product off the market a long time ago and certainly shouldn't keep it on now. what would i think everybody needs to know is that they were finding a space in the product since 1960 s. since the 1980 s. they were at the cumulative studies that consistently showed increased risk of ovarian cancer so. when you consider that against the backdrop of

a product that used primarily as a cosmetic product it should be completely now now chris one of the things. that johnson and johnson says that they have all of these specific studies to back it up with there was no especially in the powder however there's a big investigation after actually from a reuters that actually found out that and it says quote here will bring it up joe johnson and johnson didn't tell the f.d.a. that at least 3 tests by 3 different labs from 72 to 75 like you mention had found as best as and it's told in one case at levels reported as quote rather high but many documents were actually able to be sealed and they still remain confidential many in regards to this investigation so how how did these items be able to get be remain confidential and then do these people even have a fighting chance when it comes to having a case against johnson and johnson. sure where the case goes to trial the evidence

becomes public we have a right to a public trial in united states there's been several cases that have gone to trial so far we need to understand on the specif part of this case and it is part of it. that. their own internal tests showed especially as since the 1970 s. the f.d.a. in october of this year. did a random sampling of products that they took off the shelves in a local 'd store like. you know a local store and tested it and found the presence of a spece this when jane jay when tested it they blamed it on contamination but the f.d.a. stood by its findings in addition in litigation we looked back and got samples that went back 40 years and tested them in well over 50 percent of those samples contain a specialist so especially as has been

a consistent issue from from the 1970 s. forward and it's been confirmed with different lines of evidence i don't understand how they can claim that there is no a specificity in their product now it's interesting because the other thing of this is because there is no demand on these products anymore ever since these lawsuits have come out and that's why they say that they're pulling them off the shelves now because there could potentially be a bath and in the products but how can they pull the powder from the united states and canada but still keep them on the shelves in europe asia australia how can they do that. well let me respond to your your prefatory statement the 1st thing you said which is if if people knew that there was a specified in the product just as the media reports if they put a warning on the product it's told women do not use this for cosmetic for sanitary purposes women wouldn't use it people would not use this product they wouldn't have

used it for the past 50 years so you know the fact that now the the the demand for the product has plummeted because people now realize the risk is exactly our point. on your 2nd question what is the problem why would they continue to sell this product overseas you know i must tell you i have absolutely no idea there have before johnson and johnson started public started making talcum powder products in 8095 most people use cornstarch to dust their babies and recover and for senate kerry purposes. cornstarch is on your on your store shelves now there is no reason why johnson johnson and the other company would not replace world walk. products with cornstarch products so as to your question about why i know those were you have

just shown to the johnson that i think it's a response well i guess we will have to find out and see if we can get a response from them but they fully we got a response from you today attorney chris t.c. chris thanks so much for joining us thank you very much for asking these very important bush thanks. and other news around the nation's $10000.00 people in central michigan were forced to evacuate after a nearby dam breach authorities say it's a result of several days of rainfall and this is the 2nd time in less than 24 hours that families and that area were ordered to leave their homes. to florida now where the u.s. air force confirms an f. 35 lightning 2 combat aircraft crashed during a training mission overnight now you're looking at the file video of that model aircraft military officials say that the pilot ejected safely now the crash comes days after another military jet crashed near that same air base and get this american woman they're having less babies according to the c.d.c. the u.s. birth rate hit the lowest level in the more than 3 decades last year the data shows

that in $21000.00 there were $3750000000.00 births that's a one percent decrease from 2018 and the lowest since 1905 and while birth rates among women of most races fell the data found that the contrary with native hawaiian and pacific islander women and birth rates among hispanic women remained the same. over in italy dark smoke and ash could be seen at the top of mt at night now officials say that eruptions they've been affecting the mountain summit crater since last september and the mt is actually known for its a frequent lava flows located in sicily and is the largest active volcano in europe standing at 10922 tall and vertigo we're going to have she's at the sports h.q. regina wednesday is always a good day to bring up some a lifetime memories from the world of sports read of course that is what else are we going to do now i know a live report. and it's spring time and that means it's appropriate that baseball should be dominating the headlines so if it is hump day edition of this day in

sports history let's take it back to one of the greatest pitchers to grace america's pastime $94.00 boston red sox pitcher roger clemens won his 1st game in the majors against minnesota twins cummins is also a 2 time world series champion and 7 time cy young winner 1991 we go a face everybody knows chicago bulls guard michael jordan earning the n.b.a. m.v.p. award it was one of 5 m.v.p.'s iraq during his career along with 6 rings he won for n.b.a. championships during the 1990 s. and everybody loves that face and m.j. in 200-1000 little bit more of a sad moment for formula one as they lost one of the greatest drivers nicol out at the age of 70 the austrian won the f one drivers championship in 1985 in 1973 in 1904 with the clarion in 1906 he was badly burned when he crashed during the german grand prix but made a killing return to racing only 6 short weeks later. surging to baseball the ties between major league baseball and the korean based organization are shockingly strong prime example being that he had tires are

managed by matt williams who formerly managed both the nationals and the oak oakland athletics so it was no doubt that williams tiger's face off against a giants and it was going to be one wild match i think started bombing the 1st choice young luke comes up for key and hits his 2 run homer to the tigers in early 2 not the lead it's a 1st of the season and 6 for the left fielder bomb a 2nd tiger shortstop part john hope but they are be a double arm around all right center field all the way to the warning track and that'll score the tigers 3rd run and they are on an absolute hot streak bob the 3rd no different left fielder not as you want with a 2 run double left field both runners just being waived by 3rd base coach to go home go home now the commanding 5 nothing a lead and that's the night r.b.i. for the 35 year old on the season. that whole bottom 6 it doesn't get any better spectacular solo home or left field dance off the bat. on the seal the deal shuts out low to nothing. and speaking of sports i put

a poll up on my instagram or jean-marie sports unfair and i want your opinion later on would you rather have athletes take a pay cut as some leagues are suggesting or not have sports 2021 and the answers i have gotten are pretty surprising but we'll have to find out later all right we'll find out if i have been a lot more coming up at 5 pm as well thanks so much for gina will cover 19 data is reportedly being shared with law enforcement with actually some states even sharing patients names we're going to discuss that with our panel ben swan and scottie nell he was later at 5 and amid the pandemic retailers are now turning to robots yes robots to work in their stores we're going to show you how all that and more coming up at 5 pm that's all we have right now but to keep up with everything in question at all times on the portable t.v. app or you can watch us now 247 it's a cool app it's also free to check out so go ahead and grab your phone and download it now you can always follow me on twitter at fair and balanced and go over to twitter at regina marie sports and wish her

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we go to work so you stay home. greetings and sal you take us we start things off today with 2 of the most iconic american means of self-expression in self-defense i'm talking course about protests and gun laws since the 2016 bundy family great american takeover of them our wildlife refuge it seems that many white conservative or libertarian minded activists just can't seem to leave their guns at home when it comes time to stop.