hello there i'm fair in front i could watch in western broadcasting from our to america's national news headquarters in washington d.c. you are welcome our viewers from across the nation and around the world here are tonight's top stories we're working on for you as many states of europe open during this pandemic one state is undergoing great controversy over the firing of one of its public health officials are a full report next plus coated 19 data is reportedly being shared with law enforcement with some states even sharing patients names this parking major privacy pushback we're going to discuss this next that our panel of guests plus china now vowing to retaliate after the u.s. secretary of state offers one words to taiwan's president during her inauguration all right so tired of trying to boost her news i.q.

. and globally cases now topping 4900000 with 325000 reported deaths now here in the united states alone the number of cases now 1500000 with 92000 deaths now take a closer look at what at what is happening in the nation the c.d.c. has 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 website and said now this as all 50 states are in the process of reopening just in time for memorial day and turning over to a state that is gaining some headlines now florida which has thus far been devastated with 2096 deaths while on monday the state started reopening for businesses part of

the phase one approach to a new normal but it's not without controversy as the governor's administration is being accused of suppressing critical covert 19 data artie's john hardy has more now from miami. safe smart step by step that's the name of the state of florida's reopening plan with phase one kicking off monday though many cities and county statewide had already started reopening earlier this month the fact that florida was among several states to start reopening so early certainly fuel the national debate about how soon was too soon particularly as the number of coated 1000 cases in florida continue to grow currently the state is reporting more than 47000 positive cases as more than 700000 people so far have been task that i was one of the residents who had to cope with 1000 antibodies test recently at this urgent care center in miami beach turned out negative miami dade county has had the highest number of covert 1000 cases statewide so there's been a downward trajectory of overall cases so on monday phase one of miami dade the new

normal reopening plan went into effect but restaurants barbershops the lines of parks reopening with restrictions the city of miami started its phase one reopening stand up miami on wednesday with some parks and businesses allowed to reopen but mayor francisco swara says restaurants hotels and beaches in the city would be part of the next reopening phase in another week and that will be contingent upon people practicing the social distancing guidelines and wearing masks let me be clear this is not the beginning of the end but it is the end of the beginning there are 2 paths a responsible path that will take us to face 2 and the responsible path which will bring us back to where we started the pandemic has hit miami a city reliant on tourism part with laws like this one and all the big hotels shut down i shot this exclusive video recently from my paddle board on biscayne bay right off the mandarin oriental hotel in brickell key which is usually packed this time of year it's outdoor event space hosting weddings and business functions instead it was eerily quiet and desolate as florida moves into its reopening phases

there are questions about whether or not the 1000 figures are complete the so-called architect of florida's code 1000 tracking web page said she was fired after going public with her. about florida department of house commitment to accessibility and transparency state officials say she was insubordinate but the miami herald and other media outlets sued the state over its refusal recently to release data about covert 1000 cases and deaths in nursing homes and other long term care facilities still florida is moving forward with reopening and after 2 months of being locked down residents here are going out to enjoy the warm sun perhaps one of the biggest questions now though will the cope with 1000 disease wants to darken deadly shadow over the sunshine state in the weeks and months to come for our t. john hardy. and our concerns are being raised as covert $1000.00 patient data including the names and home addresses of private citizens are being shared with

law enforcement in several states one of them being tennessee which is why we're going to bring in someone born and raised there host of news views you just got to know him as an investigative journalist and co-host of boom bust bence one scottie good to see you both so ben will start with you so bad considering that we do have these hipaa privacy laws in place here in america how is this even allowed. well there's a lot of questions about it and one of the things that we're finding over and over as we see what states are doing is after a few weeks lawsuits have been filed and a lot of cases of the steps that states have taken the steps of governors have taken are being ruled as unconstitutional this may be an illegal act by some of these states to not only go and to use this contact tracing to find out of someone who you know who has tested positive for coded where they live and then to release their information i don't know how that could possibly be legal under hipaa laws but also that track everyone who is in their home and release their information as well again just because

a state moves forward and takes an action doesn't mean that action is lawful and federal law prevents you from i did not find people as having contracted the disease or disclosing their health information their personal health information and yet when we look at what's happening with these contact tracing apps that is exactly what's taking place now the app companies that are doing it are saying hey we're not going to put verifiable information but in the cases of the states you're talking about including tennessee they are putting out that information and it's a law enforcement seems to be doing it and it's interesting because you know back when you had like you know the hiv aids epidemic you know you had all that going on it was the patients had to report it wasn't the other way around but you know scotty could policies like this end up hurting the fight to control and even reduce the number of call that 1000 cases that were saying. well that's the thing affair and this is what is uniting oddly enough when there's so much controversy going on republicans and democrats you the a.c.l.u. as well as conservative groups saying wait a minute i thought the whole goal in trying to control the coronavirus and the spread of it was identifying it and all this is going to do is make those that

might be weary of having their names on government rosters especially those in low income neighborhoods that are already wary of law enforcement going to give them incentive to not go and get tested now there was a rumor scare in the last week that actual day just was able to go into homes and organ and take children away from parents that is later on been proven to be true but it doesn't raise the question you would have ever thought that law enforcement the 1st place would be able to identify people who were sick before they went on their property what pandora's box would this be opening in the future form on force and especially if they have the specific name of the household of that person that tested positive what could be the repercussions down the line so the big worry is people will not go get tested because the last thing anybody wants to be put on is a government roster and not even that if there is the chance of being put out of government roster why go to a center where you're a bar and a bunch of people who don't know whether they have it or they don't you know but now ben you know we talk about the patients' rights but what about the rights of police firefighters and e.m.t.

as you know a lot of it they know that they're going into hazardous. areas you know it's part of the job we know that same with journalists should their health and the potential of exposure not also be taken into consideration. well i don't think you can say that because a police officer or a firefighter might find themselves being exposed to a virus that you can then break the law and expose people who have this virus who by the way haven't done anything wrong in getting this virus you know one of the things that's happening that's very weird in media right now is there's a lot of talk about people who contract covert 900 as if they are doing something nefarious or people who have it and haven't disclosed it to anyone else or they're walking around with this they get so it's a very strange personification that we're adding to this virus as if it is a human being the president gives or for him into it as a sign the enemy it's not an enemy it's a virus and they're all around us all the time i think one of the problems that we're also seeing right now is that again we have you know this this concept of

contact tracing that keeps being discussed right now it's happening on this level that scotty was just talking about with disclosures being made but remember that while you might not want to go out and even get tested the goal of what states are doing and some countries are doing right now is to force you to use your phone as a way of being connected to contact tracing and to be monitored through your phone apple and google are saying they were going to keep it private and it's gotten so crazy now that a lot of countries don't even want to use them because believe it or not shockingly apple and google don't want to go as far as these countries want to go right but you know there i have been reports actually within the last couple of hours ben that you know apple or apple and android have come out with an app to possibly start looking at contact tracing so that's going to be interesting how it was released it was released today so apple on their operating system allows you to update to it but what i was saying is is countries like the u.k. for instance and india are actually at apple and germany believe it or not germany

is because they're saying apple is not doing enough so when you install it on your phone if you choose to do so it won't run in the background with your bluetooth what these countries are asking for is that your be. bluetooth run the entire time your phone is on so that it's quietly running behind your system if you have an older phone it will kill your phone in just a few hours in terms of battery life now going from germany to tennessee scotty you were right there on the front lines one of those states again who is releasing these specific names how is the policy going over where you are what are you saying what can you tell us well as you can imagine fair and it's not going over very well mainly because this was put through basically through the dark of night now the governor you're going to leave says that he's just going on the advice of the federal health board that put out maybe these guidelines but local legislators here are saying wait a minute why did you not 1st of all you dissolved us but you also get passed this through the state house and the state senate so why are you doing that now there are 10 states that are releasing one state has already said you know what we're not

going to deal with the legal battles this might cause and they've actually said we're going to go back to just this idea of possibly alerting where the address might be because that will be a general 2 3rd states are using that have a policy but here in tennessee people are not happy the last thing that they want to do is be able to go to their doctor and not feel like their personal information whether it's about coded or anything else is safe and not protected from being released to law enforcement or anybody else who might possibly even want to purchase that type of information and scott you know i'm with you really quick you know a lot of times people have been saying this covert 1000 has been a right in a left right in a blue issue it sounds like everybody in tennessee though seems pretty united about this one everybody's very much obviously one thing we can all be united about is that we want to protect personal liberties and privacy we want to protect our entire society from the spreading but we more importantly want to make sure that our information is secure and the question that we continue to ask ourselves if they can do it in this circumstance what other circumstances are they going to use this excuse for to take away our civil liberties and our privacy in the future all

right. scott and al hughes and call us a boom bust bence one both of you thank you guys so much stay safe. you. know tonight president trump's former lawyer michael cohen will be released from federal prison tomorrow according to a person for mill you're with the case cohen is expected to serve the remainder of his 3 year sentence at home now cohen has been serving time at a new york federal prison after pleading guilty to numerous charges including campaign finance fraud and lying to congress now a few weeks ago cohen was told that he would be released to home confinement in response to coronavirus concerns. we're 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 armed protesters held a demonstration criticizing governor gretchen what were his decision to keep businesses closed during the pandemic now barbers are also joining this fight by

giving free haircuts in the capital long there. and check this out in new york's domino park no pun intended but those white circles on the lawn those are keeping sunbathers safely distancing from each other the circles have been set up exactly 6 feet apart after an influx of new yorkers flocked to public spaces because of the warmer weather and talk about bouncing back restaurants and maryland rolled out these new bumper tables that will allow people to keep 6 feet from each other while dining now the device features a hole in the middle of the participants and wheels attached to the bottom like an adult high chair inflated 2 tables made their debut at fish tales in ocean city maryland. china vows to retaliate after the u.s. secretary of state offers warm words to taiwan's president during her inauguration a full report with rachel blevins next and in sports regina hamm takes us to bella ruse for fans in the stands soccer action and always remember to keep up with the latest news and for anything you might have missed download our portable t.v.'s

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hughes. i'm holland cook i invite you to climb with me both of the mainstream media buyers and from that higher fantasia to glimpse the big picture question more. i. i 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 might pump pale became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to officially congratulate taiwan's leader after she secured a 2nd term party's rachel blevins joins me now to discuss these latest comments rachel a lot coming out of this so 1st things 1st what did pump a.o. say in his latest press conference well pompei o start of 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 to want to demonstrated the wisdom of the giving the people a voice and a choice. now the u.s. has sold taiwan billions of dollars and 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 is 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 when trump said 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 oh 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 interview or indeed china's internal affairs and we bigger asli counter-attack. but exchanges with taiwan so we got us china what is taiwan said now 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 close note she said. here i want to reiterate the where it's peace democracy and dialogue we will not accept the beijing authorities use of one

country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and undermine the cross-tree. we stand fast by this principle when. now in the past beijing is 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 relationship with taiwan and i will see if there's any more fallout with all this going on our rachel as always thanks so much for that report. other news around the nations $10000.00 people in central michigan were forced to evacuate after a nearby dam breached you can see right there authorities say it's a result of several days of rainfall this is the 2nd time in less than 24 hours that families in the area were ordered to leave their homes before where the u.s. air force confirms an f. 35 lightning 2 combat aircraft crashed during a training mission overnight you can get the file video of that model aircraft military officials say that the pilot ejected safely luckily the crash comes days

after another military jet crashed near the same airbase. get this american women were having less babies according to the c.d.c. the u.s. birth rate hit the lowest level in more than 3 decades last year while data shows that in $21000.00 there were 3750000 births that's a one percent decrease from 2018 and the lowest since 1985 and while birth rates among women of most races fell the data actually found to the contrary with native hawaiian and pacific islander women and birth rates among hispanic women remain. the same. or italy dark smoke an ash could speak seen a top of mount etna now officials say that eruptions have been affecting the mountains summit craters since last september and the mountain is known for its frequent lava flows as located in sicily and is the largest active volcano in europe standing at 10922 feet. as many businesses have come to a halt during this pandemic adopting artificial intelligence and robots could

actually help the economy or to correspondent atocha suite has more on the benefits and concerns surrounding this high tech innovation. great if came is one of my favorite 1st scared to find it being robots an artificial intelligence are helping to cut costs while reducing the spread of infections well some are concerned robots will take over human jobs this trend of global retailers using this technology has already been on the rise before stay at home orders were issued and businesses order to close as a result of the crown a virus pandemic robots like tally have been stocking store shelves and clothing rox tally is fully autonomy and mobile designed to help retailers take a better inventory within their stores the goal of tell you is to help ensure product is always stocked in the right place and has the right price and now those behind the technology of tally say the concept is in high demand it creates an opportunity where there is actually more social distancing in the environment

because these tasks are being performed by by robot another person san diego based brain core makes a robot operating system that can automate existing machines its main product is a self driving floor cleaner working faster than a human can it even avoids running into people during store hours company executives say more than $10000.00 brain powered robots are utilized by major retailers including supermarket chains kroger and walmart even airports and schools in april the company raising an additional $36000000.00. dollars in venture capital to expand into other areas such as shelf analytics and inventory delivery we're not trying to replace a human and the companies that generally do try to do that in robotics often fail because humans are so flexible and can form so many of the tasks 3 were in advance told there allows them to perform at a high productive level really able enables them to focus on the higher value tasks that robots on get up but with unemployment at 14.7 percent in the economy dropping

some 20000000 jobs in april many can't help but worry about their future they typically won't call in sick but sometimes they do break. in value can reduce the amount of human contact and therefore it will be able to you know reduce the possibility of disease spread san francisco based bossanova robotics produces machines similar to tally recently bossanova announced its scanning shelf robot will be expanding to $1001.00 march stores this year that's up from 358 last year the trend is operating to those who worry their jobs won't return after the pandemic there's a trade off there's a real benefits to automation and those many of them are economic i think the question is you know what happens to workers if there are if they're not doing things the robots are doing now developers say there are many cases where robots actually help humans do their jobs not replace them take bomb disposal robots for

instance and in terms of things like medicine where life and death decisions need to be made instantly those can't be replaced with ai although technology can still make a doctor's visit easier and amazon who has been using ai front and center still needs people they actually increased hiring to 100000 new jobs even offering a pay raise in 2018 a study looked at 3 recessions over the past 30 years it found 88 percent of jobs lost were in routine quote automatable occupations. in 2016 a paper examined 100000000 job post online before and after the 2008 recession it concluded that affected companies were replacing employees with a mix of more skilled workers and technology so well the job outlook may look grim robots may just be able to help keep the economy flowing during this uncertain time reporting in los angeles natasha sweets. and regina ham is at the sports h.q.

desk regina there are fans sitting in stadiums somewhere in the world and that place happens to be a bellow truth tell us about it and they're not robots they are real people i assure you and bella person soccer is one of the few places you not only get live sports but you have real fans sitting in the stands and they were vocal in the match between legal leading but they brought us off and home team then i'm a buddhist almost 30 mins noble till a quarter kid from you got our stuff of which turned into ahead of him started the driving force of opened up scoring one nil and let's take a look at that again case you missed it was one of the quickest headers seen in awhile and one of the only once in a while and i meant later that no breast response of the shot a powerful fact in traffic to articulate. one goal of peace so good to hear large words from the crowd i missed it 2nd half 60 person minute but does have a look at a goalie but dragons should pick the post so no dice for him are going to get another chance those 73rd minute across to dimitri. to put photos of up to no one

the visitors in yellow just going to add insult to injury next they have a long shot outside the box that a long range bomber from even got a lick to give notice of the $31.00 lead and the win and they still are top of the standings of dynamo balls to be. to a different kind of football anyone who is a sports fan knows the name j.j. why and immediately thinks of the n.f.l. now the houston texans is taking on a new venture and a new sport to fill the live sports void it's called ultimate tag. it elevates again everyone played a schoolyard with his brothers and a feller's t.j. and derek they bring a highly competitive version of sport to national t.v. the game featured a 30 foot don't for players to hang from and many obstacles to getting their way professional taggers as they're called are dressed in almost wrestling styled attire to try and take out the individual challengers wot hopes that the high octane sport will fill that void that fans are craving into live sports returning and speaking of life sports return take

a look at this gymnastics might be on hiatus but this 9 year old gymnast in iran is not letting anybody stop him ali or has to was happy to get back to training after strippers and gyms are lifted he's a pretty impressive young athlete holding the iranian national record of performing 73 handsprings in a one minute that's also holds a record in iran's university competition for 80 in a minute and that's also his world record for 80 in 59 seconds he hopes one day to compete on an international lever level and gain sponsorship to showcase talents to a large audience and that is a lot of fun to watch hope will be live act to live sports here in the united states maybe soon. and as always happy birthday and they also want to go that is also now to keep up with everything in question at all times make sure dot of the portable t.v.'s where you can watch us now 247 it's a really cool app you have to check it out you can always follow me on twitter at fair and balanced you can follow regina edwards you know where you sports and we will see you back here with minola on thursday.

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force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area rush up. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on the story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. happened tonio and this is america's war you're the big banks who engaged in

criminal activity leading up to the last economic meltdown were never forced to answer for their crimes nobody with jail and because they weren't punished they continue doing gauging the same illegal behavior and now whistleblowers come forward to confirm our worst fears and tonight we're going to tell you what the banks are up to now it's the same old 'd thing because we didn't put them in place in the last also and i contact race has certainly raised concerns about. privacy rights but what about the good old key to that which is now up for renewal and later in the show textured breast implants are causing cancer in women and there's a flurry of new lawsuits are being filed to hold the manufacturers accountable don't go anywhere america's war starts right now.