hello there i'm an election and you're watching in question broadcasting from our to america's national news headquarters in washington d.c. here are today's top stories 1st a calamity of contradictions g. 7 powers meeting take counter china and russia while at the same time hoping to build stronger ties with both countries our panel weighs in then venezuelan president nicolas maduro releasing a half a dozen american prisoners in the country could this act of mercy be a step toward renewed relations with washington details next and finally church leaders around the u.s. preparing a strong message to president joe biden over his stance on abortion rights we'll tell you what that is all right it's time to boost your news i q.

foreign ministers from the g. 7 nations are meeting in person in london england the objective is to lay down the groundwork for when g 7 leaders meet in the u.k. in june and from what we've seen so far we can expect a lot of talk about china and russia artie's alex smile which has the story. together but distanced for the 1st time in 2 years foreign ministers from g 7 nations are meeting this time in london well the covert 19 pandemic and climate change are expected to take up much of the agenda discussions about china and russia are also making the top of the list with the u.s. and u.k. taking the lead on this subject any country. china or otherwise takes actions that

challenge or undermine or seek to erode that rules based order and not make good on the commitments that they've made. to that order we will we will stand up and defend the order but what's going to change is russia's behavior again as a p 5 member of the security council against the basic norms of international law while some say the claims of veering from basic norms are hypocritical at best russia has called allegations from the west anti russian hysteria and china says the west is a bully nonetheless the push continues the u.k. has invited non g 7 allies such as australia south korea india and south africa to the meeting in what some say is an effort to rally the nations to create a united voice against china and russia say that said is both the u.s. and u.k. emphasize that diplomacy is not an off the table very well and it is the preferred

method to resolve international issues but we are not looking to escalate we would prefer to have a more stable more predictable relationship and if russia moves in that direction. so will we and i think president biden will have an opportunity when he meets with president putin. to talk about that directly how we we look to the opportunities we want a constructive relationship with china but on things whether it's intellectual property theft or standing up for human rights in hong kong it's in john we see we're going to be very clear on our values and sources say that. one objective of the upcoming g. 7 summit is to counter the myriad of that the west is in decline and that trying to add russia or giving geo political clout the g. 7 summit is scheduled to take place in the united kingdom next month for r t i'm alex and i look at each. and for more on this will go to our panel today former professor now managing editor of covert action magazine and author of the

russians are coming again jeremy koos rob is joining us and host of news with rick sanchez mr rick sanchez jeremy 1st over to you in pretty plain language i think secretary of state tony blinken and his u.k. counterpart dominic rab said that the main goal for the g. 7 right now is to contain russia and china what can we extrapolate from that kind of rhetoric. well one thing that's not widely being reported as too naval vessels have been sent into the black sea it has a blink in the slaves who travels ukraine with the tory nuland later in the week i believe so i mean there's talk of you know that we don't want war i mean that seems very threatening action you know it's russia was sending ships into the gulf of mexico americans would be up in arms so i think we've seen you know a very aggressive stance towards russia as well as china that's

a very dangerous right now by the you know by the mr ation continuing from what's going on for at least the last 8 years and rick you have covered this sort of stuff for a long time i mean do you recall a time where the former g 8 that used to include russia would use this kind of language and how does that translate to the average joe who is hearing this kind of i guess tough talk on the news. you know it's interesting i like the way he was issuing that question because it makes me think of my own life and let's not let's face it i'm no spring chicken anymore so i've been around for quite a while and throughout my life with no scene is that when i was a very young man the world seemed to constantly be on the edge of war it was always about possibly starting a nuclear war and we all were being taught to duck and cover and then something wonderful happened and that is that there seemed to be some type of movement toward

peace between russia and the united states and china so that cold war mentality has been dissipating throughout most of my life i'm 62 years old in the past oh who last decade i see the start to go in wheatley the other direction it's almost like were gracie. kind of being on the edge of nuclear proliferation recently embrace being in a cold war with countries who are reaching out to us and saying we want to be on her team and we were going to let her put right now but her putin has offered to join. he says why do you guys want to be against me i want to be a part of what you're doing and russia is not with us all what a country offers an olive branch the least you can do is hear them out and we're living in a time in the united states bitter politics or something else where we don't want

to hear people are we've chosen that your good or your bad and that's the way it's going to stay and it's not going to change it and it's on our and it's well yeah and jeremy also ahead of this trip to london tony blinken accuse china repression at home and aggression a bride now 1st of all is that true i mean given a lot of people can say that this is hypocritical thanks it's china who is working on economic prosperity and progress. objects like the new silk road and the last time i checked it wasn't china who invaded the middle east. yeah i mean if you look at you know xinjiang in the muslim issue i mean look at how the united states has dealt you know the war on terror they bomb countries you know afghanistan the media barely reports on the human costs of the afghan war i mean china's not bombings in g.m. and you know it's in a look at in africa i mean chinese do a lot of infrastructure projects in africa and the united states has been building

drone bases and militarizing the african continent so you know it's just divorced from reality and if you look at human rights unfortunately the united states record has you know greatly to be desired whether it's the prison system here in the united states or whether it's u.s. action in country like afghanistan or iraq or libya so china china obviously sees a double standard with these comments and sees how human rights become very politicized and used just to mobilize public opinion against them and that's part of what rick was discussing this thrust towards confrontation and war when these are countries who have expressed openness towards cooperation and towards working together to solve global problems which is what we should be doing well jeremy further to that i mean you hear people on capitol hill saying you know america shouldn't be a nation building but when you compare it to places like china like you said that are investing in infrastructure projects all around the world. should america

probably do some nation building after much of our military has gone in to destroy those nations. well i think you know joe biden kind of woke up late there was a little conversation in january between joe biden and morris johnson or they joe biden said well look at china's one belt one road we need our own one belt one road and it's kind of waking up late in the game but maybe they'll move in this direction and you don't see that china's approach to the so-called developing world is a lot better that it brings benefit i mean you know china you know has some exploitive practices like in africa you know they have interests the mineral wealth. the same time they have you know helped to uplift various countries and economies and they won a lot of support in africa and around the world and i think you know by then johnson realized that maybe now those sorts of sorts move in that direction instead of the u.s. invading and bombing so many countries and building more you know drone bases yeah

absolutely rick secretary blinken is able to use the kind of language that we're hearing him say against china because he has the support of the u.s. mainstream media i mean everywhere you look china is being accused of genocide of the weavers with no physical evidence and as they say no body no crime so is this part of the u.s. playbook to continue the trump policy on china but under biden. one of the saddest things that's happening right now in this particular generation you're alluding to is that we're witnessing the demise of journalists. in the surreal relationship with their governor that is what we are trying to do that is what we are supposed to do we are supposed to have a healthy at the serial leadership with the government of the united sticks we

haven't failed in that mission instead what we have become is. the us media choose its government rather than question its government the only time they question it is if they're doing it for ideological reasons based on their particular identity i understand the city will question the republican president fox news will question the democratic president but neither one is really questioning for the sake of what's healthy for our country in other words there was a time when journalism in america meant that if we thought a car country was doing something wrong these are the vietnam era we question the actions of the nothing we said to our own government you're wrong and i want you to prove to us why you're doing what you're doing so than any war that we go into was a good war and enemy that our leaders say isn't their enemy we just say i os are ok

i guess there are adamant that's wrong and they're giving them carte blanche to do what they're doing and it's all agreed when they know that the media is not going to hold them to account when these politicians run amok well put gentlemen care because rob and rick sanchez thank you both for weighing in. thank you. and then as well as released a group of american oil executives from prison 3 years after being incarcerated on charges including corruption and money laundering now there really is potentially signals a possible attempt by nicolas maduro to reach out to the biden administration argues john how he has more. the so-called sicko 6 had been released from prison in venezuela more than 3 years after being arrested all 6 have been confined to house arrest at least for now anyway 5 of the former oil executives are naturalized u.s. citizens and one is a permanent u.s. resident back in november 2017 the executives were ordered to attend

a budget meeting at the headquarters of the venezuelan state oil company p d v s a which on sicko when they arrived mass security agents then jumped and arrested the man they were charged with corruption money laundering and embezzlement among other things all of which they denied the u.s. has repeatedly called for their release saying they were jailed unlawfully back in 2019 the 6 men were also released in confined to house arrest but were thrown back in jail the very same day when vend president trump invited venezuelan opposition leader juan why doat to the white house this latest release is being seen as a goodwill gesture by nicolas maduro to the biden administration as it reviews america's policies towards venezuela but as of now washington doesn't appear to be easing u.s. sanctions on the beleaguered country venezuela continues to struggle economically with the cove in 1000 pandemic only making matters worse before the pandemic exacerbated venezuela's already fledgling economy the u.s.

sent humanitarian aid there but it was stopped at the colombian border a new report by the inspector general at the u.s. agency for international development raises doubts however if the aid was driven by venezuela's humanitarian needs as the country was gripped by mass demonstrations and violent protests or more so a u.s. push for a change in venezuela's government the report reads to address urgent humanitarian needs and restore democratic governance to venezuela the u.s. government's key foreign policy goals were to one support why doe's legitimacy as the interim president of venezuela and to increase pressure on the judo. to step down as president accordingly usaid prioritized aid to the venezuelan people in coordination with the interim president the report may not come as too much of a surprise though as the tribune ministration adamantly supported why do you know the question now will the by the administration stay on the same political course

for r t john heidi. elsewhere around the world search efforts are underway in mexico city after an elevated section of the city's metro collapse late last night the collapse sent a subway car plunging down to a busy street below killing at least 23 people 70 people have been injured authorities believe 4 more people are still lost in the wreckage. and still to come president biden facing new pressure but this time from the catholic church find out what got him into hot water and later at the sports h.q. regina hamm brings us a straight sets battle of champion. madrid open. and remember to keep up with all the latest news or catch up with anything you might have missed download the portable t.v. apps you can watch us whenever you want we'll be right back. those

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over the leanest over 1000 members now worldwide those cases topping 153000000 with about 3000000 reported deaths the u.s. is still leading the way with the most confirmed cases a little over 32000000 here followed by india and then brazil here stateside the death toll is that at about 577000. and the u.s. is about to expand its vaccination campaign to millions more people the f.d.a. is expected to authorize pfizer vaccines for kids ages 12 to 15 as early as next week and while this announcement isn't sitting well with a lot of parents as trinity tells us there's another group of americans choosing to opt out from these coated shots. today vaccinations for teens and children on the

horizon the u.s. food and drug administration set to authorize emergency use of the pfizer vaccine for analyzed ages 12 to 15 as early as next week a move that would make some middle and all high schoolers eligible to get vaccinated in the u.s. something experts say would be a big step in raising immunity levels across the country pfizer recently announced in the trial results showing the vaccine is highly effective for that age group possibly even more than for adults according to pfizer at the end of march a clinical trial involving 226012 to 15 year olds showed 100 percent efficacy and is well tolerated the f.d.a. now reviewing that data if it's approved the centers for disease control and prevention would hold an emergency meeting and issue recommendations the announcement comes as health officials are worried axion hesitancy could make reaching herd immunity in the u.s. difficult if not impossible there are concerns now amplified as new data indicates

children in this country represent 22 percent of new cases reported in this past week alone according to the c.d.c. the average number of covert 1000 vaccines given per day in the us though 27 percent from a high of 3260000 on april 11th to 2370000 last tuesday a shocking report by the washington post found that the number of police officers getting vaccinated is lower or about the same as the general public in las vegas 39 percent of the employed police officers in the metropolitan police department have received at least one dose compared to the more than 50 percent of eligible adults nationwide meantime in atlanta 36 percent of sworn officers have been vaccinated while ohio's largest police force are gone to promote safety and efficacy of cocaine $1000.00 vaccines the u.s. military's opt out rate is about 33 percent while nearly 40 percent of u.s. marines are declining vaccinations reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . and doctors in. india are now comparing the coded 19 pandemic to an

earthquake the reason being because infrastructure is close to collapse doctors say beds are full and supplies of oxygen have run dangerously low leading to more deaths they are now appealing to the international community for help. for me you know they're going to be. happy when they get. to the hospital. from scratch. that. has to happen. and denmark will no longer include the johnson and johnson coated vaccine to its national campaign the country's health authority says the move is being made in response to concerns surrounding the side effects involving blood clots denmark also announced last month they'd stop using astra zeneca vaccine all together over another link to rare blood clots. and president biden

is raising the refugee cap 262500 this year the president announced the move on monday increasing it from the trumpet ministrations $15000.00 limit biden also announced the goal is to admit 125000 refugees by the year 2022. and president. president joe biden is only the 2nd catholic us president ever john f. kennedy being the 1st but back in the sixty's the political landscape was not so complicated for progressive minded catholics well that all changed when abortion was legalized in the 1970 s. artie's rachel blevins takes a quick look at how the president's political life might now impact his religious life. a catholic priest. did not give you communion he said it was because of your position on abortion were you offended by that as

a private matter i'm not going to talk about that but. so one time it's ever happened we didn't talk about it he went to the press about it in late 2019 a catholic priest in south carolina denied now president joseph biden a practicing catholic holy communion while at mass the stated reason by the priest in the diocese bishop was biden's persistence and political views that are pro-abortion according to biden this was the only time it ever happened but now more and more priests are calling for the president to be denied communion over his pro-abortion policies loudest among the most recent calls has been san francisco archbishop soffit tory quarterly on in a recent statement he said that quote if you find that you are unwilling or unable to abandon your advocacy for abortion you should not come forward to receive holy communion it has been interpreted as a director of you to house speaker nancy pelosi and president by that so far the

united states conference of catholic bishops has yet to make any determination on biden's eligibility to receive communion however canon law states that anyone obstinately purse or viewing in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted in holy communion for now it appears the issue will be determined by the individual priest or bishop administering communion to the president given pope francis and president biden's friendly relationship it seems unlikely that the hierarchy of the catholic church will come down on one side of the issue or the other reporting in washington for an question rachel blevins r.t. . right here is a weird story for you amazon is now polling its drivers about their bathroom habits yeah this week multiple. drivers shared screenshots of recent polls they were sent from the company it's apparently in response to reports in the past alleging

drivers were urine eating and bottles while driving due to time constraints of the job one driver says the root of the problem is that drivers don't have enough time to make deliveries or go to the bathroom. let's head over to regina hang with us for the h.q. regina it was a battle of champions at the latest round of the madrid open it was to actually to be exact because these french open chambers well they met on the court of the deputy a major it open and while obviously only one could walk away as the winner world number one ashley barty faced off against 2020 french open champion. and while both players came to the match on clay streaks well one of these left the other in her dust part of the serve your advantage and said i'm one of 6 which is the point killer backhand making $40.00 from pick up by one later in the set both of them playing the baseline body with a forehand missile for the points to make it $44.00 shipments at number $17.00. to the 2nd set we go break when your body with the slice at the baseline the pole she had been though running around the forecourt to chip it over the net but barty with

across her forehead runner to break. the australian was on fire the rest of the match leading by one game guard unit of measure 13 executive wins on clay dating back tween and teen friendship and of course to a point here and that will end up as 2 match point and serve on tech looking to stay in this one but her backing goes out in. front of her. and today's may 4th of course as you see on social media it is star wars day so this is where pop culture and sports get to mix this was illegal between people want to monterey back in 21000 of course the people stormtroopers accompanied both teams out onto the pitch at the start of the game all this of course is to promote the rise of skywalker movie that came out 21 reasons 2 years ago right but you know what her fans. the game unfortunately who want to last for nothing but you know what these are washed out manila by a stormtrooper seems like a pretty cool way and in case you're not

a fan of the movies you prefer the mandal morning and we can also say this is the may. 12th that way is there i want to take to the classic may the 4th be with you and that obviously disney probably paid a lump sum there to have storm troopers walk out on the field probably i can't imagine they just do it for free and no go no disease is a very good start i think the viewers know this about their ip and stormtroopers do not march for free you know going to is going to say what about salary as well i'll save my photobombing stormtrooper story for another time and love it all right thanks for that regina that's going to do it for us right now make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading the portable t.v. after you can watch it whenever you want follow me on twitter and instagram at manilla can follow her at regina underscore ham thank you for watching we'll see you back here soon.

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greetings and salutations as u.s. president joe biden wrapped up in a bit full 1st $100.00 days in office he hit several high marks biden signed into law a $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill he's pushing full speed ahead on a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure and jobs plan and $200000000.00 kovacs think shots were successfully administered. but it's not all rainbows and butterflies biden's approval rating overall is 54 percent according to yahoo news but americans view the country as more divided than united since biden took office race relations are at a boiling point following the george where protests the derricks job and trial verdict and continued murders of unarmed black americans at the hands of the police . biden can't seem to find consensus on police reforms or civil rights broadly and with razor thin margin.