hello there i'm in illinois and you're watching in question broadcasting from our to america's national news headquarters here in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from across the nation and all around the world here are tonight's top stories 1st the u.s. again denies being involved in the failed coup attempt in venezuela the flat out rejection made during a u.n. security council hearing details on that next plus president trump now meeting with essential workers in battleground michigan the same state dealing with the record unemployment numbers catastrophic flooding and grappling with the pandemic a full report coming up plus nasa is making preparations for next week's space

launch aiming to change the future of commercial space travel all right it's time to boost your i. live in 2 weeks after a botched beachfront invasion on the shores of venezuela to a u.s. mercenaries captured by a bit of will military forces have again publicly admitted they had the backing from the u.s. meantime on wednesday a special remote hearing a united nations security council was held over accusations that the u.s. was behind that failed coup attempt but while the u.s. continues to deny its support of the operation it did have some choice words for russia is rachel blevins is joining us now to discuss the latest on this so rachel how did this hearing even come about so russia was actually become true calling for those hearing based on a letter that was submitted to the u.n.

security council by have been this way which was calling for some sort of response to this attempted to talk on their government take a listen to a portion of that letter. i quote armed groups of mercenaries and terrorists organized trained financed in protected by the governments of the republic of colombia and the united states of america illegally entered the venezuelan territory now the us ambassador to the u.n. argue that they never should have even considered the letter in the 1st place because the us does not recognize nicolas maduro as the president of venezuela here's what all she had to say. the letter from the illegitimate mature regime that prompted today's meeting. as such letters always are a long winded compilation of fantastical accusations and demonstratable falsehoods unfortunately for the 2nd time in less than a month our russian colleagues have indulged their client regimes habit of blaming

others for its choices. so in addition to those allegations the us is also arguing the blame should be on russia for taking this letter as credible in the 1st place wow ok so then how has russia responded or have they well the russian deputy minister to the un argued that if this is a case where the u.s. had no involvement whatsoever in this operation then why was it led by 2 american citizens who just happened to be targeting the same president the trouble ministration has been trying to overthrow for more than a year now to cause you know what he said because authorities claim that they have nothing to do with this league lead to believe them but she'll have to explain that according to the contract to american citizens where plenty to take hostages of legitimately hysteric resident and bring him to the u.s. . now this operation was led by a green beret veteran jordan grew dro who spent months looking for investors

claiming his goal was to overthrow the venezuelan government and then secure the oil fields which would lead to a lucrative return on investment he claimed he had contacts in d.c. the backing of the state department and that he was working with opposition leader one who has had the full support of the trumpet ministration now the attempt was carried out on may 3rd just 3 days after former national security advisor john bolton took to twitter to say morning is coming to venezuela again and a few weeks after the state department offered a $15000000.00 reward for information on me. and what about iran they are sending supplies they're sending tankers over to venezuela right now what's the latest on that so the iranian ambassador to venezuela confirmed that that fleet of 5 chambers carrying more than 45000000 dollars worth of gasoline and supplies is still in route to venezuela despite ongoing complaints from the u.s. and he argued that these are 2 independent sovereign nations and that they should be able to have trade and legal agreements with each other no matter the same chins

they're facing from the u.s. now venezuela's defense minister also revealed the country's military plans to be ready and waiting to escort iran's tankers as soon as they reach venezuela's exclusive economic zone and as we have been reporting venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world but due to the ongoing economic crisis that has been compounded by same joins from the u.s. they are unable to refine their own crude oil so they have turned to other countries like iran for help and of course the u.s. has been very against so not remains to be seen if washington is going to try to move forward and stop that exchange his rachel blevins thank you for that update. and breaking news to bring to you the man who recorded that deadly february shooting of a mob our break in georgia has. breasted himself and charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment he has now been identified as 50 year old william roddy bryan and the 2 other men in that video gregory and travis

mcmichael can be seen confronting our very and fatally shooting him they have also been arrested and now face felony murder charges the georgia bureau of investigation is leading this investigation. and some alarming news out of corpus christi texas that is where officials are now calling a shooting at a u.s. navy air base terrorism related earlier this morning shots rang out at the base around 6 15 am local time f.b.i. officials confirm the suspected gunman is now dead and a 2nd person involved in that shooting remains on the loose investigators say the shooting unfolded near the entrance gate and that was when the base went into immediate lockdown officials say one navy sailor was shot but was wearing body armor and the base is now secure but it's still unclear as to why the f.b.i. is labeling this incident terrorism related. and in arizona one person is in critical condition and 2 others injured in a shooting near

a popular shopping and entertainment district west of phoenix glendale police spokeswoman describes the moments officers identified the gunman. after the shooting began when our 1st officers arrived on scene there were no longer any reports of any active shooting from our dispatchers who advised that the those 1st officers arriving heard no further gunshots we were able to locate that suspects in the westgate area our officers challenge that suspect and were able to safely take that person into custody. now according to investigators the suspect 20 year old armando hernandez filmed the attack with a cell phone in hand while shooting a rifle officials say hernandez targeted people in his own age. in return for being bullied. and back here in washington it was a divided vote but a senate committee has confirmed john ratcliffe as the new director of national

intelligence the 49 to 44 vote went along party lines with all democrats opposed trump renominated radcliffe after being a key defender during the president's impeachment hearings. and while the country is focused on coded 19 in the pandemic it is a big day for the battleground state of michigan president trump is meeting with essential workers at a ford motor plant now tasked with making ventilators but his visit isn't being received with open arms are. was outside of the white house and has more on the heated back and forth between president trump and that state's governor. michigan has been one of those states that's but at the center of the culbut 19 crisis but not just from that also you have dams breaking you have flooding you have thousands evacuated from their homes but for the trump administration what's more important to them in this battleground state is how they're going to vote this coming november and i know when i did where i had one on before touring the ford motor

plan an absolutely michigan president trump says despite the rumors that he wouldn't wear a mask he did write for one of the spec hearing but i didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it while ford is getting ready to relaunch their newest model of the infamous ford bronco the company is also joining up with general motors to make ventilators however not for the u.s. our stockpile is totally full we have a tremendous amount so now we're really helping other countries with their you know losing a lot of people because they don't have ventilators also trump touting american innovation and its achievements during covert 19 ventilators in order to do and i want to say that ford and general electric have done an incredible job working together and while michigan is looking to bring back jobs an aide for the rest of the world the rest of the state is in dire need well everything is destroyed pretty much you know we had no way enormous devastation this looks like something out of a science fiction movie more than 10000 people in central michigan have been forced to leave their homes after 2 dams broke flooding and drying up the land of

a 1000 lakes trump says he sent fema and to help the area and has declared a state of emergency for the state but when it comes to politics in the state because of the coronavirus pandemic michigan has considered implementing mail in ballots but we don't want them to do mail in ballots because it's going to lead to total election fraud so we don't want them to do mail and ballots we don't want anyone to do belive valid self if somebody has to mail it it because there's 6 if there's a reason for it that's ok if there's a reason but it is not or we don't want we don't want to take any chances with fraud in. president trump tweeting thursday night an article from breitbart citing that a former judge of elections in pennsylvania was charged and pleaded guilty for illegally adding votes in judicial races since 2014 meanwhile thursday morning governor gretchen whitmer announced michigan will start lifting restrictions that have been in place for months this is protests have been going on at the state capitol to

reopen the state whitmer announcing that the ban is now lifted on non-essential medical and dental procedures reopening retail and residents can gather in groups of 10 or less all which can start immediately data has shown that all regions of michigan are ready for a. small step forward we're doing this incrementally and on multiple occasions like a dial returning not a switch that we just. now trumpeted when the state of michigan back in 2016 against hillary clinton but many political analysts say that if he can really when the battleground state it's all going to pan out how the economy bounces back once the covert 19 pandemic starts to take a fall reporting in front of the white house fair and fronsac party. and over to beirut where protesters there tried to break into the ministry of energy offices protesting recent power cuts during a heat wave some protesters clashed with police while others staged a sit in inside the building now lebanon faces electricity cuts that can last up to

12 hours a day in some areas amid this pandemic. and over in france health care workers rally as they continue their fight against kobe 19 they are demanding their government prioritize health care in order to help frontline workers overwhelmed by the influx of virus patients the hundreds of health care workers are also asking for better pay and more resources. and a space launch is being planned next week in south florida i will tell you what this mission could mean for the future of commercial space travel and sports regina ham has this. one power letter looking to inspire future generations in africa to keep up with all the latest news on anything you might have missed download our brand new free app portable t.v. you can watch us 24 seventh's right back.

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54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to you'll some air 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 own. what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim 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 this story for you today right here on the news with where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again.

one. thing. that you don't i wish. you. were right. now to our ongoing coronavirus coverage the number of cases worldwide now surpassing the 5000000 mark with over 329000 reported deaths right here in the u.s.

cases now topping 1500000 with over 94000 deaths and as america slowly re-opening the fight against the pandemic continues our team is trinity chavez has the report from new york. today more than 23000 new crew in a virus cases documented in the u.s. the world health organization reporting the biggest one day increase of cruel virus cases yet new data from columbia university suggesting that tens of thousands of deaths could have been prevented if the united states had implemented social distancing measures in early march that's about 2 weeks earlier than it actually did. around 36000 people or people would have died in the epicenter of the outbreak new york city mayor bill de blasio didn't close schools until march 15th then it wasn't until march 16th that president trump urged americans to avoid travel limit large groups and stay home from school governor cuomo not issuing stay at home orders until march 22nd so we're going to put out an executive order today new york

state on pause policies that are sure uniform safety for every want the virus quickly sweeping through new york city helping fuel outbreaks in louisiana texas arizona and the west coast this as private companies race to find a vaccine. but now a sign of good news to harvard studies in monkeys reveal that adding antibodies to the corona virus either from past infections or from prototype vaccines do offer protections from reinfection in one study 9 monkeys that were infected with corona virus did not get the disease again even after they recovered and in the other study 25 monkeys were given 6 prototype vaccines while 10 received a fake vaccine while 10 of the monkeys had high degrees of the infection in their noses and lungs 25 either had low levels or no detectable levels at all this says the virus continues to grip hard hit new york city as unemployment numbers soar the demand for food has never been greater we had no money we are now full of. beliefs

on makeshift food pantries now set up throughout the city providing thousands of meals a day for those in need each week are steadily the numbers of bigger and bigger and bigger. is is very prevalent. not only do you see homeless people but you see people that are food insecure the number of people being unemployed. is huge and our numbers have grown by 100 percent the pantries serving nearly 15000 meals just last week and since the shutdown this . city has provided more than 32000000 meals to residents we have this true the city of new york has distributed 32000000 meals to new yorkers who need food. and this effort is growing every day by next week over a 1000000 meals will be delivered per day delivered to york officials say the state

department of labor has now paid out more than 9000000000 dollars to 2000000 people who have filed for unemployment claims since the pandemic began meantime a new report finds that it will take the city at least 4 years to reach creepy endemic unemployment numbers but the city will not start to rebound from the crisis at least for another 2 years reporting in new york trinity each others are. other news from around the world 4 of 4th straight night riot police in paris have clashed with protesters over the death of an 18 year old motorcyclist overnight protesters could be seen throwing fireworks at the cops the end rest flared up last weekend after the 18 year old was killed in a collision his family says a police car was involved but the police deny that plain. and over and india and bangladesh where a powerful cyclon ripped through densely populated communities blowing off tops and whipping up waves that swallowed embankment and bridges entire villages were also

left without access to fresh water electricity or communications the death toll from the storm now stands at $24.00. and back here stateside actress lori laughlin and her husband have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in the nation's college admissions scandal after maintaining their innocence for more than a year both will plead guilty on friday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud as part of separate plea agreements with prosecutors in all 53 people were charged in what's now known as the varsity blues scandal. and we have lift off the rising sun over the. that was drives you to be right if you. can space agency better known as jack watched one of its rockets from the kind of gosh i'm a space center in the southern part of the country nasa says japan's for age 11 game rocket is carrying experiments and supplies to the international space station

. and next week 2 veteran nasa astronauts will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida on the inaugural flight on the space x. dragon space ship headed for the international space station it is a thrilling and important mission that could very well mark the beginning of a new chapter in space flight or to correspondent john how do you has more from miami. astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley arrived at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral florida this week as they gear up for their major mission to space they'll be the 1st astronauts to pilot the space x. dragon spacecraft for the scheduled takeoff may 27th from the same launch pad that the spatial atlantas blasted off from in 2011 closing out the shuttle program the demo 2 crew as they're called said they were excited and ready for the mission for hurley it's somewhat of a homecoming he was one of the 4 astronauts who arrived at the kennedy space center on july 4th 2011 for that final space shuttle flight so it's incredibly humbling to

be here to start out the next. want from the united states. i also want to thank the incredible men and women of space x. from hawthorne to mcgregor and here at kennedy that have put so many thousands of hours of work into our end of this rocket and to this spacecraft and we're looking forward to getting up close and personal with falcon 9 incurred dragon here just a few days early in banking or veteran astronauts having been to space several times already but this trip is certainly one for the history books and is a big deal because a successful mission will not only be seen as restoring america's capability to send astronauts to space but also continuing the scientific advances for space exploration that said next week's launch comes amid controversy at nasa involving the abrupt resignation of douglas barrow the nasa official in charge of the human

space flight division who quit monday just 2 days before he was supposed to lead the launch readiness review meetings the washington post reported that le varos resignation came after he broke a rule during nasa's recent procurement of a spacecraft capable of landing humans on the moon it's unclear what exactly that rule may have been that he broke but nasa awarded 3 contracts last month worth nearly $1000000000.00 total to a team led by blue origin which is owned by jeff bezos a team led by knight medics and to space x. controversies aside all eyes next week will be on the sky as the demo 2 crew blasts off in what is expected to be a new era in human space flight for our t.v. john hardy. all right regina ham is over at the sports h.q. we're doing at power lifters can intimidate almost anybody with their massive size but there's one guy in africa who wants to use his strength for a different kind of cause and it's really interesting is how the thing is an

impressive feat and those who compete like author bjornson you better might know him as that and leave so many people in awe but one africa has decided that his impressive feat. she will inspire those who are bullied to take their insecurities and turn it into strength his name it is she got them on through also called iron b.b. from her can't faso the 28 year old is a powerhouse lifter that is making quite a name for himself on the international stage son who won the world log to lift championship for a 2nd around 21000 lifting a whopping 220 kilograms or 485 pounds logged 3rd around he started his career in tri 16 when he placed 3rd in the world junior strongman competition the very conies athlete claims he can delegate squat 400 kilograms which is about 800 pounds probably as a baby elephant what sets the iron to be a part of his desire to give back to kids who are bullied he said he was picked on as a child for his weight but once inspire others to tune out the noise and focus on their dream. it's been nearly 4 months since the sports world tragically lost and be

a star kobe bryant his daughter giana in a plane crash in california now pieces of memorabilia are up on the auction block but the money goes to a good cause julian's auctions put up more than 50 pieces from kobe's 20 year career and its spring 2020 catalogue * the collection includes a number of signed or game or jerseys weren't outfits basketballs and seekers many are expected to fetch a high price tag as fans want to remember the black mommas legacy there is a silver lining vanessa bryant is still working with kobe's former formally named mama sports academy and 5 percent of all the proceeds will go towards youth and the sports academy. and speaking of sports league leading n.c. dynamos head is a south korean capital of seoul to face off against the dusan bears while the hometown team desperately needed to find a way to win top of the 1st indict his designated hitter not on bomb the ground at a left field he'll take that r.b.i. saying on put the visitors up one nil 8th on the season for him bottom of the 4th

and bears respond with this r.b.i. 3rd baseman your young mean shoot to center field that will score shortstop kim ho and we're all tied up at one. bears going to take the lead at the bottom of the dinosaur space and misses a grounder off the bat of 00 on in his single scores right fielder park home team up to 21 are it not too bad the light of top of the one thing this high fly ball by knows when you look to the left field warning track the bears just missed the catch and n.c. scores 2 visitors are themselves up 6 to 4 diners kept a roll and in the top of the 9th and for philadelphia philly aaron all 3 had this deep solo homer to less than or field the bench goes but now dinah is now of 10 to 4 and it's a 2nd all run of the season for alter one thing and the bears down to a last chance shortstop as you look grounds out 2nd base and the. 126 win and lead the league at manilla you and i are a fan of polls i know that we had talked about putting one up on instagram my

instagram regina resorts we asked if sports came back in its tomorrow what people pick i propose either n.h.l. or n.b.a. and i know our colleagues. would definitely in camp team n.b.a. i am what would you tell fans would agree with you manila the surprising results most people picked the n.h.l. to return probably because stanley cup is right around the corner there are many flyers fans out there like myself saying we had a great season and i would love to come back and where did all this side of that regina i feel like basketball is to like on contact like you mean during this pandemic yeah n.h.l. you can you can put you know maybe if you were already dead the guard a little bit right probably couldn't board each other which would prevent some injuries it's more workable you're not like really up in each other's space now and you like that you could work around the pandemic with russia since goalies already have pads it would work a lot better i just feel like it's a little more sanitary my impression is very centered by the way you don't want to

get buoyant just get to buff and then you can't. let the haters a. mental note. good plan all right thank you for that regina and make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading our brand new free app if you haven't already it's called portable t.v. you can watch us 247 is a really good looking out very user friendly check out you can also follow me on twitter at the what change remember to question more of the a later. i. marty's holiday international memorial awards are now open for entries all media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist work for alternative media or part of

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encrease tensions between beijing and washington what's the impact on the global arena upon the coppa 19 crisis we'll talk with asia expert gordon chang on this edition of. the particular i'm larry king the cove in 1000 crisis and u.s. china relations how are increased tensions between beijing and washington impacting the goal arena the world's response to the pandemic and donald trump's reelection bid we'll start there with asian expert gordon chang author of the coming collapse

of china and the great u.s. china.