either way peter rick and an army of others are there ready to help. when there's a product's shape part of its identity and germany's highest civil court is weighing a dispute between 2 major chocolate brands their sport and rival milk or milk rather over this ridge is the patented square packaging a milka argues that patent that patent is unfair because chocolate is often made in square shapes or rivers for it says the square is central to its identity as a chocolate bar designed in the 1930 s. to fit neatly in the pocket of a man's blazer or sport jacket a decision is expected in several weeks. and that's it for me and the business team here berlin you can of course find out more about these and other business stories online at the dot com slash business on facebook and twitter thanks as always for joining us. right the sound. of the. book. decides on who wants or who misspend our money. minds about cars cars or come sounds determined on. made in germany. next on d w. africa. love and warmth is the way to save listen endangered species. and bills ar

either way peter rick and an army of others are there ready to help. take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world will start in burundi which is old of the expulsive a team of world health organization experts coordinating the country's response to the pandemic the w.h.o. has previously voiced concerns about crowded political rallies ahead of their own this presidential election he even says it deeply regrets the expulsions. the chinese city of the original source of this pandemic is conducting mass testing of all of its 11000000 residents over the next 10 days a cluster of fresh cases has raised fears of a 2nd wave of infection. but as countries around the world loosen their lockdowns and reopen their economies the chief in the balance between a return to normal life and the containment of the virus could prove difficult in lebanon all sources have had to reimpose a temporary lockdown after the number of new corona virus infections surged so what will become the new reality. after weeks of closures people in lebanon

peter all of that. for the news with rick sanchez see america thank you peter but it turns out it is the 2nd largest airline in europe it was rescued today bailed out by the german government to the tune of 9000000000 dollars that means the government now all but really owns the airline right this is the biggest rescue package yet in germany's economic stabilization fund that is there to try and keep the country from essentially collapsing due to the strain from the coronavirus epidemic by the way air france it got $7000000000.00 in bailout dahlia it got $3000000000.00 in bailout these are classic cases of government intervention dollars a the government is intervening in a private market should it is that going to be good in the end joining us now is steve keen he is a crowdfunding professor of economics and patriot who also teaches at the university college in london in australia professor thanks so much for joining us. some would argue ok you're helping these companies now because they need it and we're in a special circumstance but is that what happens moving forward is this the right solution you belie

our next guest, congressman peter welch, will be at that hearing when dr. rickght testifies about his whistleblower complaint that was made public today that accusing the trump administration of government wrongdoing, including "violation of law, rule, or regulation, abuse of authority, censorship related to scientific research." the whistleblower complaint alleges that all of those violations led to "substantial and specific danger to public safety." dr. bright says he was removed from his job and reassigned because he warned the health and human services secretary, and the assistant secretary in january that the administration was not ready to fight the coronavirus. the complaint says -- quote, anticipating the urgency and magnitude of the threat and knowing the lead times needed to develop new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines, dr. bright stressed what he knew was critically necessary to begin development in the likely event that the virus spread outside of southeast asia. secretary azar and dr. kadlec responded with surprise and asserted that the united states

our next guess, congressman peter welch, will be at that hearing when dr. rickt testifies about his whistle wloeer complaint that was made public today that accusing the trump administration of government wrongdoing, including "violation of law, rule, or regulation, abuse of authority, censorship related to scientific research." the whistleblower complaint alleges that all of those violations led to "substantial and specific danger to public safety." dr. bright says he was removed from his job and reassigned because he warned the health and human services secretary, and the assistant secretary in january that the administration was not ready to fight the coronavirus. the complaint says -- >> dr. bright was later told that "his request for urgent funding at the meeting on january 23rd set off quite a crap storm after the meeting." joining us now is congressman peter welch of vermont, a member of the intense oversight energy and commerce committee, which called for an inspector general, the inspector general to investigate dr. bright last month. congressman, thank

germany are still facing criminal charges over their involvement in the scandal peter all of that and for the news with rick sanchez off the america good stuff it are thank you so very much this is the news of rick sanchez and we want to thank you whether you're watching us on cable regular t.v. on the portable television app we're going to be right back. we go to work so straight home. i like it when lee hosts ask a question for the guests and then actually listens to the guests answer and then react to that answer a folks dennis miller here i've got a new show. oh yeah oh. please. go by. on larry king. listening learning you know i've always said i never learned anything when i was talking it's important to listen. course sure the more. you're so much going on in the world don't you think when's the last time you add a real bird's eye view of things shouldn't you be more than just hours of bickering and giving 30 minute i'll take you off the hello. i'm chris hedges the corporate coup d'etat has destroyed our democratic institutions the commercial media is burlesque part of the reality show presidents expo

gerry: peter, very quickly, a very quick question. yesterday with, as you know, rickthursday testified, he presented you rather as the hero of the story. he said that nothing was done in terms of preparing for the coronavirus at hhs or anywhere else until you intervened and got it e done. and, you know, you've insisted there should be more ppe, vaccines, and yet still we didn't actually seem to move quickly even after you got involved. is it fair, do you think, that -- is it right that actually despite all the warnings that we had, people like rick bright and others making them, the u.s. didn't do enough early enough to prepare for the pandemic? >> that's so counter-factual. let me start with dr. bright. he's an american tragedy, as far as i'm concerned. people have called him a disgruntled employee. i go further. he basically is a deserter in the war on the china virus. and those are harsh words, but let me explain. he was given a mission to go over to nih as the field general, to storm that hill of testing with a billion dollars behind him. he refused to accept that

by judy and peter um kovler foundation; pursuing solutions forte america's neglneeds. and by contribution to this pbs statom viewers li you. thank you. rick- we are covering all of the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. world leaders pledge $8 billion to help develop a coronavirus vaccine. president of the eu commission calls the start of global cooperation. >> may 4, 2020, will a mark turning point in our fight against the coronaviru >> millions will be asked to track their movements as part of new contact tracing app. the government wa rs tol it out later this month. italians have gone back to work since the country imposed a locked down months ago. the economic and social impact is yet to be measured. scientists have discoverea micro that prostatic -- that protec mosquitoes from being fected with malaria. uropean commission has launched a global campaign to find a cure for the coronavirus. research must be supported by global corporations if the efforts are to succeed. the eu secured a billion dollars in pledges, contributed by world leaders to accelerate the hunt foa vaccine. il$1on will -- $1 million will comehe

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. hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the collapse of the russia gate hoax has exposed yet again the unprofessionalism and bias of the corporate liberal media the same media consistently project their own claimed values and political preferences and even the truth are conspicuously absent in their news report.

so unfortunately, a lot of rick bright's testimony rings true on the kind of things we've been talking about the last weeks and months. >> dr. peter hotez, thank you so much. we appreciate that. check this out, a special event on cnn. new cnn global town hall with anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta. they're going to be joined by mlb commissioner rob manfred and former health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and activist greta thunberg. >>> republican senator richard burr announced he'll step aside as the head of the senate intelligence committee as fbi investigates stock trades he made before it shut down business and travel in the u.s. and the stock market tanked. senior justice department official said federal officials seized a cell phone belonging to burr. senior congressional correspondent manu raju on capitol hill. big developments today, manu. what are you learning? >> reporter: a turn of events affecting a powerful

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. welcome back to cross up where all things are considered i'm peter love to remind you we're discussing the media landscape. and can't let me go t. and i noticed that we had chris hayes from m s n b c give a major interview i think was meant to be fair and then i thought it really i don't nest down he went let's remember that chris hayes is supposed to be the smart one over to mr b. c. he supposed to be intellectual over there and number one during all of this you never had a confrontational guest on his program not once. not once i don't think i missed and b c in general ebert. news doesn't all the time but i give them credit for particularly on tucker carlson is back most of his program is about 5050 which i think he stands unique in the media landscape when it going going back. it's hayes if you if you just still used the interview and what happened as an embassy in d.c. he said the russians made him do it now it's your some contexts one of my favorite films is dr strange well and remember brigadier general jack ripper remember that crazy general t

rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe. by golly it's time to do news again. welcome back to crossfire who are all things are considered i'm peter all about to remind you we're discussing obama gate. ok george let me go back you in budapest here one day we were talking about be the bait about general when might be prone to the break which is very very interesting i think i understand why judge sullivan is doing what he's doing is he's being obstructionist ok and he will fail in his endeavor to change the rules of the day it's only a matter of time he could actually you've been face impeachment but even if that is the course of action that's going to take a long time i think i know what this group is all about is to force trump to hard. and in everyone's minds you got a pardon that must mean he's guilty and that's how the public will receive it here and they're trying to force trump's hand again it has nothing to do about that they think this individual though i do not agree with on everything is always these before he became national security advisor but it's just a fact that this person's rights have been grossly violated here

peter, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. this is from the new whistle-blower complaint obtained by nbc news. dr. rick wright. he was the head of an agency trying to find a vaccine for the coronavirus. he said they resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous dr s drugs, hydroxychloroquine that the president repeatedly promoted. he says he was pressured to let politics and cronyism drive decisions, not science. he said bright's urgent warnings about the need to act early this year were met with indifference that he says turned into hostility from his hhs leaders. among them, the secretary there, alex aczar. there's also been a lot of focuses on ventilator shortages and testing shortages. bright's complaints raise other issues. he talked about the risk of a shortage of needles and syringes as this country chases a vaccine that may be needed for tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of americans. the complaint says the national stockpile contains approximately 15 million needles answer rings which he says is just 2% of the required amount. he says his superiors dismissed his concerns. he includes in

rick bright, the president saying we will have a vaccine by the end of the year. experts telling nbc news he needs a miracle for that to be right. >>> joining us, white house correspondent peter baker, dr. marlg ret hammer from obama's administration and dr. michael osterholm from the infection disease control. the president said he has a vaccine announcement is and said it earlier this year that it would be likely by the end of the year. but experts are telling us that would be a miracle. is this reaction to dr. bright's testimony yesterday, the testimony from the vaccine whistle-blower, or is this something that has been worked up over days and weeks? >> i think both things are true, andrea. it's certainly fair to consider this a day of pushback and rebuttal at the white house. after weeks of stark warnings, dr. anthony fauci warning of the consequences of reopening too quickly, counter to president trump's push to start the economy. and yesterday dr. bright, the vaccine expert turned whistle-blower, as it turns out, said the u.s. does not have a plan to distribute a vaccine even if one becomes available soon. what we expect from president trump any minute in the rose garde

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. welcome back to cross not where all things are considered i'm peter about to remind you we're discussing china. ok let me go back to jim in singapore listen it's kind of prodding out the discussion here let's not let me ask some very simple questions number one is china the military threat to the united states. not at the moment i don't think america has enough nuclear bombs they could blow up every city in china if they had to so i doubt seriously if in 2020 china is a military threat to the us your know it might be someday but not today we might not time that now that's one of the things that's being you know that's one of the solutions to the problem which you think is just our counterproductive in comparison and especially on the 1st of the program we have you know we have the leading arms control official of the united states saying that if necessary we can and does spend them into oblivion i mean if you think that this is just mind boggling here i mean ok i agree the united states and china are competitors they may be adversaries ok and it's cer

rick bright who says he was retaliated against for pushingback against the white house. in a nonprofit research organization, eco health allian alliance, they had it cut amid chine chinese labs, peter dashik. so just walk us through this story of how this happened. what is your best understanding? i mean talk about dealing with -- you're dealing with a real virus and a different kind of virus seemed to hit your organization. >> this is a classic example of why politics and pandemics don't miss well. . we have been identifying viruses and working with chinese colleges. you can't work in foreign countries without foreign partners. this is all being vested by the nih. and everything was going okay. we scored in the top 3% of proposals that approved the work. they looked at all of the organizations that they were planning to work with and they approved it and then suddenly we had a reversal. we don't know why. we don't know what when happened behind that decision. the work that we did in china, finding sequences in pats and close relatives. it was used in the tests of remdesivir. it hurts on american lives and national security to not have feet on the ground in forng countries where vi