just then. the question. live from the world headquarters of r t america in our nation's capital this is the news with rick sanchez everybody i'm rick sanchez and i'm here to welcome all of you who are watching us from all over the world including those of you who are watching us on the portable t.v. ok so let's get started right now both federal and state officials are warning americans to not panic when it comes to gasoline shortages they say there really isn't a shortage right now but there will be if americans start panic buying the problem with that request is that there really kind of a shortage now it's not caused because there just isn't enough gas out there it's

caused by a gas line that had to be shut down due to a hack still i want you to look at this these are images i want you to see this is these are gas stations across the mid atlantic and southern states places like virginia georgia north carolina where motorists are finding pumps that are either covered up or with signs indicating there is no gas to be had out of service so to them anyway it's a shortage especially to those who are having to wait an hour in line to get gas from only one working pump right. this shortage is being caused by a group called dark side which allegedly hacked and is now extorting millions of dollars maybe more from a company that operates the colonial pipeline the pipeline has now been shut down

since last friday did you know so how did this how to do this right how are they hacked so the hackers are using ransomware it's a type of malware to scramble a company's computer data such only holding it hostage and kill a ransom is paid no money no gas or no flow right now both the company and the f.b.i. are involved as we speak can you a badge and by the way this is no small pipeline colonial service is a 7 airports operates in 14 states is system and it is among the largest in the united states funnels about 100000000 gallons of fuel every single day here's another important question does it have a remedy for this well sort of for now the company is saying it's working with shippers to transport about 41000000 gallons to delivery points along its

pipeline as a makeshift effort to try and supply gas so they're using big trucks. meanwhile will gas prices go up you betcha already have. and i bet you have a lot of questions about all of the so do we so we've been vital energy expert to try and pick us through what's going on here how bad 3 might it get on the news with rick sanchez but we believe it's time to do news again. here's what we think is going to come to mind as you watch this newscast when is a gas shortage not a gas shortage and how long might this take this tom cruise deserve a bit of a tongue lashing for a publicity stunt and why is al of the generous calling it quits sending her and

long time running talk show. all right now to the apparent gas shortage that is really not a gas shortage or is it here's what we know the price of gas has jumped to above the $3.00 a gallon mark for the 1st time in a really long time this is really weird as a development that involves 'd the f.b.i. potentially billions of dollars more important for you your ability to buy gas right now in the united states but for a journalist and boom bust host ben swann starts us off. already the lines of cars are absolutely incredible as this shortage of gasoline is impacting the east coast of the united states just for instance here in metro atlanta where i am right now 60 percent of gas stations are reporting outages of gasoline and gas prices jumped just above $3.00 a gallon wednesday and many stations in the southeast were out of fuel the governors of florida north carolina and virginia have declared states of emergency

to make sure there are enough supplies of fuel so when we say gas shortage just how many gas stations are completely out of fuel or the supply crunch appears to be much worse in some major metro areas gas buddy reported outages impacting 71 percent of stations in metro charlotte nearly 60 percent in atlanta 72 percent in raleigh and 73 percent in pensacola so that is creating huge problems for drivers but what about air traffic because the colonial pipeline carries jet fuel as well american airlines rerouted to long haul flights from charlotte north carolina because of possible shortages southwest and united flights carried extra fuel on flights to nashville tennessee baltimore and some other airports in case jet fuel was unavailable at those airports the f.b.i. has said that an online gang known as the dark side struck the colonial pipeline system with a ransomware attack which takes computerized systems hostage into a payment is made the by the administration says that it will help to resolve this

by getting fuel throughout the east coast and southeast by loosening restrictions on tanker truck travel and moving fuel by rail and even cargo ship but in the short term the panic may only get worse. yeah and there is a bigger problem here too when we talk about the issue of whether or not there's actually a cash shortage here's the reality on the ground if you go to a gas station in metro atlanta right now you'll see just as we start of the show with stickers and sticky notes and papers that say no fuel no gasoline available so even though we're being too. well there is no gas shortage there is definitely a supply shortage for consumers who are trying to access it the other thing that is causing a lack of confidence for consumers right now is the fact that we are now in day 6 into this colonial pipeline shutdown and because we're not hearing any word on whether or not it is a ransom has been paid will be paid whether or not the good guys are able to react to this this pipeline and get it back on line consumers and drivers have very

little confidence in whether or not this will last another few hours of those few days or will it go weeks or even months on end and that rick more than anything else is causing a lack of confidence from drivers who are simultaneously being told don't panic there's no shortage but from a hacking perspective this is fascinating the fact that some company is. asked to pay a ransom and until they pay that ransom we are essentially all being held hostage do we know is the f.b.i. ok with them paying the ransom. so the position that's being taken right now by the biden administration is that this is a private company and so they're not going to weigh in on it which indicates to me just knowing how these things have worked in the past typically you know governments will say we don't support pain or ransom to actually hear the biden ministries and say well this is a private company and they can decide what they want to do about a ransom indicates that this is going to be

a much harder issue to deal with if you don't pay the ransom this is happened by the way because you know to a lot of municipalities where their systems are shut down what we don't know about this group the dark side they're out of the former soviet union soviet republic and so these guys who came on the scene last fall seem to be very sophisticated in what they're doing they could have these systems tied up for weeks or even months at a time and that's way way too long and i imagine it's going to be an issue not just for the f.b.i. but for the cia to try and find out who these folks are what they're doing and maybe not pay them or pay them will just have to wait and see if the gas starts flowing once again good stuff great report i want to bring in an expert on this now his name is todd horwitz he's the founder and c.e.o. of aptly named bubba trading i've always wanted to say that in a report. bubba thanks so much for joining us i certainly appreciate you being that can you what's your perspective on all of the side i mean i don't even bigger

question is do hear i just want to hear your wisdom. going to be with your record i think the 1st thing you want to look at is of course as usual 'd americans are but are panicking ok now there is going to be a little bit of a shortage here but you know it does not help that everybody is running to the gas station and filling up everything they can cans tanks and topping everything off this is you know it's interesting because we've had sure it is over the years and i actually part of gas for one in the seventy's and the problem is that people will not sit back and be. com about this we just came out of a pandemic where we were not even able to go outside so maybe if we relaxed we would allow the flow of gas in the go and then of course you've got the dark side of the world where some of the stations that probably still have fuel are holding off until they can jack their prices and increase profit but overall i believe this will be solved and i think the bigger question the bigger problem that needs to be

addressed here is how did a hack in and how can a country and anybody in the united states allow anybody to hack into our systems period and by you should be involved because about it's a private company or a public company and this is affecting americans and that's what needs to be taken care of by the president out of state but the more immediate question is when are we going to get our gas i don't know how these pipelines work i just read but to go to our viewers that colonial says they're hiring trucks to try and get at least 43 percent of the area covered by getting the gas out there that way will that work. are sure that all work i mean you know they will be able to you know i don't know if oh say massively apis applied especially because we're going into more of a driving season right now as we have we approach the summer but i think that this will be 1st of all resolve and they will use trucks and as you heard they lifted the restrictions off of the trucking what to allow us to get more there and you

know listen there's a lot of areas in this country that depend on trucking you know so we will be able to supply those in need but what i would bet you is going to happen if this continues is there will be a restriction on how often you can get gas because other that people will wait in line for hours to keep filling up everything they can do you expect these folks that kolo deal will actually. pay out this ransom. i don't think so i don't think they will i think we were. well figure it out i mean seriously we have we do have the the smartest people in the world here they should be able to figure it out or i would suspect they get replace this system that has been hacked now again i am not a computer expert i don't want to get into that part of it but i would suspect we could replace it now i'm just wondering if at this point you heard what i said at the beginning of the newscast when when is a shortage not

a shortage would you characterize this as a shortage at this point even though the companies are telling us no it's not. no of course is assured look at the end of the day you can't hide that we're not pumping in more supply you can and i that we're not going to get what we've been getting on a daily basis through colonial however again a lot of the shortage goes a bag to americans panic and we watch it when toilet paper we watch it with the towels you know people get in knots and they go crazy over this shortage and they can put themselves in mind the same that they do in markets themselves if you look at the oil markets themselves they're not exploding like this is going to be a major problem yes prices are going to go higher but there is a slight shortage but i think we can resolve it but we really need the help of the american people to sit back and not panic and run to the station and go as needed not just to get it they'll be going out there topping off your tank every time

they're ready every half hour that is the advice that we get from from bubba the last day i really enjoyed talking to you you're a smart guy i can't wait to get you back we'll be watching this and hopefully you'll be able to take thank you right appreciate it and this is that is the rick sanchez you're watching and when we come back ellen de generous she's calling it quits does it have to do with the fact 6 that she had 8 toxic environment in her shop as has been described 2 you know what i mean she crossed the senate by she she's going to talk to us about this and she usually has real. the interesting things to say so we're betting on her for this time there you go there she is we'll be right back and.

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basically uncovers some seedy financial deals and a good ole boy network that seem to shun diversity so now actors activists are all you know calling for the program to be canceled and guess what n.b.c. said ok we have dropped the golden globes actors like tom cruise or hopping on the bandwagon there are a bandwagon pardon me for fitting golden globe awards in his case 3 is it a p.r. stunt or is it something more than that we're going to drill down on his giving in on the 4th of july award with well the directors oliver stone son sean stone is going to be good enough to join us to talk about this 1st we'll get a take on what's going on with this with this report from john hardy. the golden globes has lost its luster the hollywood foreign press association responsible for the annual awards is under fire for among other things its lack of

diversity a los angeles times exposé found that the h.f. p.s.a. reportedly has no black members and serious questions continue to be raised about the organization's finances and member benefits stemming from the millions of dollars that n.b.c. pays for the rights to televise the event every year while now and b.c. is announce it will not air the ceremony in 2022 the golden globes is the precursor to the academy awards every year and seen as kind of the bellwether as to the movies and actors that will likely receive an oscar but the golden globes ratings have slumped in recent years particularly during the pandemic and now with this latest controversy the hits keep coming for the h.f. p.a.a. hollywood heavyweight tom cruise even gave back his 3 golden globe awards in protest as it scrambles to do damage control the hollywood foreign press association wrote on its website quote regardless of the next air date of the golden globes implementing transformational changes as quickly and as thoughtfully

as possible remains the top priority for our organization we invite our partners in the industry to the table to work with us on the systematic reform that is long overdue both in our organization as well as within the industry at large well regardless of those changes to come the golden globes has been canceled at least for now anyway the news with rick sanchez john hardy. and others it is official now under generous is calling it quits she says after a long conversation with her wife but they decided that it was time to take a break but of course the talk in hollywood and in other circles is that she's really stepping down because of accusations at her workplace the ellen de. generous show is poxy there are countless stories about sexual allegations and other issues were several employees have complained and as

a result the staff had to be shaken up some people were fired a sign that well the accusations were most likely true which she kind of admits she said problem is i hired people who were running things for me and i didn't pay enough attention to what they were doing. what's the real story here and what's it mean joining us is one of my favorite colleagues the host of watching the hawks a major cross what are you what are you thoughts on this story of me you know i've been thinking about it myself and trying to put it in its proper perspective what's yours. first off i'm glad to be here rick i think that this is the story has been developing for a while now and we were and i mean a while i mean over a decade the allegations against allen's general staff has been one that has been covered now for about 30 years but largely ignored by major media and still last year in the middle of the pandemic when she decided to fire all of her all of her

crew in order to get a nonunion crew to work at her house and at that point all of these other allegations came forth as well and they were allegations like you mentioned it's toxic work environment part of that was individuals who said that they were fired while they were pregnant people who said that they were fired while on people who spoke racist comments and slurs that were being made there on a regular basis in just the amount of fear and toxicity that was provided throughout that environment and it was it was crazy i think that it was very explosive at the time that it was released but to be honest rick i was most shocked by the celebrity class that stood by her during that time we had kevin hart we had katy perry you have so many people that totally ignored the fact that ellen staff and it was stood by and watched it happen and they were so abusive to those who worked under them and again this isn't new information this is been going on while her show had a 19 year run and almost at the inception of this show these abuses were happening

that you know i'm glad you said that because there's a part of me you know listen i think she's a great talent she puts on a great show but there does seem to be a double standard out there and there are 'd some people who are media darlings the ellen the generous as the anderson cooper's i could go on and when these folks make a mistake it's treated differently than what other folks make mistakes and there should be one set of rules not too right. you're absolutely correct and i think for someone if you i was a huge element and if you see her be someone who leaned in all civil rights and justice who leaned in all social movements and you know because i one of my former roommates in college actually worked for the ellen show to know about hiding the scenes of what individuals working for were going through it is very frustrating to see her stand out and call out other shows even she called out last news host of things they were accused of meanwhile she had. was known to be extremely aggressive and you know commit evil see by least an event and i think that already years and

over time she didn't shield it from a lot of the damage because there were so many people who are elite in hollywood who happen to protect are. going to read the quote that she used to explain what happened with her staff i've not been able to stay on top of everything and relied on others to do their jobs as they knew i'd want them done clearly some didn't i mean for most people 1st of all that's an admission of guilt and ignorance is not an excuse sorry. you're absolutely right direction i know she initially apologized after basically ignoring these allegations for years she initially apologized on the show but i think that was the 1st the 1st dagger in her coffin and at the point when she finally admitted that there were issues but tried to kind of distance herself from them and i think about was the beginning of this point she argues that she's basically letting the show go on to other things it's basically run its course we all know that what rein its course was her getting in hiding from these

allegations it seems that way as well and i think that's a fair assessment you know what we were sure well we hope she does well in whatever endeavor she does ok that's great thanks so much we certainly appreciate your time and come visit more often when you. absolutely exert their information. check in with the man. so the legend steve. or something like that i think were to start with soccer yeah we are and you know who's really going to soccer over in portugal are pretty good and something was accomplished tuesday night that hasn't been done in nearly 20 years by a certain team over in the portuguese premier league so let's get right into it here so i study you jose alvah a latte did i get that out of a lot a stadium there in lisbon top of the table sporting c.p. take it on board here's how it all went down less than 5 minutes and they're sporting attacking up the left flank and you'll see it again uno santos is left footed boot goes off of the goal post and he knows he blew a golden opportunity later in the 1st half the sporting will not miss this time

santos crosses to pauline you know who buries it while going down right on the doorstep in front of the net there right in the box take another look at the tape here and this score would check out the athleticism on the replays you see he's getting basically fouled here that could have been any scores and then that scored hold all those sporting looking for some insurance 78th minute there but that pesky goal posts gets in the way again pedro concow is with the chance but he does not get his ago they hold on though to win 10 solidified solidify in the league title sporting still and being with 2 games left they have 82 points and 32 matches 8 points clear of 2nd place porto which is more than enough so 1st time in 19 years for the club getting the title breaking the long reign of benfica and porto holding on to that trophy and then check out the celebration here after outside of the stadium just nuts fans were not allowed to enter a study of the law they got at that time in lisbon so they partied outside of the

stadium and so that we hours of the morning i mean these guys the hooligans they know how to how to party rick over there and they didn't break anything here great fire there were some clashes with police actually as my favorite there no mask he doesn't care about corona but yeah they were funny how they weren't allowed inside the stadium however he likes corona. beer had a few. boom. tennis yeah you know today was a significant day for one serino williams it was her match the number 1000 of her career think about that 1000 matches in her career and we'll see how it went though it didn't look too good williams taking on a rising star argentine star and not. get here at the a tell you know 1st set tie break and serve hits the forehand winner for sept 22nd said williams fighting back from down 5 games to 2 to even things up all 5 games apiece but the argentinian too good she's showing off her skills that's the spending back in bali here at the nets for the point it just was not serene as day

unfortunately the world number 44 scored a 2nd round upset over the 23 time grand slam champion and world number 8 serena after that return goes a long not to have to take that 7675 just one hour and 58 minutes but you can't help but admire the longevity of the williams sisters and winning for so long and you know most of these people coming into the game right now are 131415 years. and they they just stay there for years and years and by the way even though she lost that today of the 1000 matches she's played she's won 851 of them she's probably one of the richest athletes in the world she is actually and funny you mention that she's one of the few women well the only woman there's 2 naomi osaka and serene williams that make the richest athlete list the top $100.00 but we have the top 10 no women in the top 10 however topping the list though is an m.m.a. fighter by the name of kata mcgregor 1st time there's been an m.m.a. fighter usually there's soccer players like you see leo messi at number 2 and chris you're all the number 3 but mcgregor tops the list he's a former u.f.c.

featherweight and lightweight double champion he had $180000000.00 in its wild month span last year 158000000 of those were earned outside of the octagon so it tells you something so that prescott and lebron james and f.l. you know baseball anybody base and no baseball in that one for the last 12 months but you see roger federer he was number one last year he was there to 7 and a mile and played last year that's a. it's a fascinating list. i wonder how accurate it is especially for the european soccer players yeah this was and then there's the you know indorsements and all that other regular thank you thank you but i was also pushing that's our news thanks so much for being with us from we'll be looking for you again when it's. hi folks joe nemeth here and if you're on medicare this is important you're now

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neighborhoods. neighborhoods that had a certain number of black presidents what have literally red lines drawn around them on the map. and they wouldn't insure mortgages in those areas because they believed that the properties would not hold value the banks were not alone they said i'm a bad risk why would they say that the banks take up that same practice they decide they're not going to lend in those areas that meant that all these benefits that were flowing to potential homeowners were flowing to whites and not flowing to minorities it creates this moment of racism into our culture.