plus a 2nd u.s. navy warship registers a corona virus outbreak with 18 sailors testing positive. and speaks to a top u.s. investigative journalist receiving disturbing threats from the brazilian government after expose corruption by allies of present boss narrow. i had already. had conflicts with both the morrow prior to that he had insulted me many times on social media. and you were he announced that they were actually indicting me and trying to imprison me. a very warm welcome to the program on this saturday evening its 8 pm here in the russian capital let's get started with your live news update that we begin with the latest figures on kobe the 19 the global pandemic is still raging with almost 2900000 cases now confirmed more than 823000 people have recovered but the number of fatalities has surpassed 200000. south africa has put thousands of soldiers on standby amid rising attacks on food delivery trucks a country as one of a number around the world suffering from increasing the looting and theft as the crime virus lockdown takes its toll artist out quarter reports for nearl

also this hour a 2nd u.s. navy warship registers a corona virus outbreak with $800.00 sailors now testing positive. and speaks to a top u.s. investigative journalist receiving disturbing threats from the brazilian government after expose corruption by allies of president. i had already. conflicts with both the morrow prior to that. you're watching are 2 international coming to you straight from the russian capital let's get started with your life news update as always let's begin with the latest figures on coded 19 the global pandemic is still raging with more than 2900000 cases now confirmed over 832000 people have recovered but the number of fatalities has surpassed 202000. south africa has put thousands of soldiers on standby amid rising attacks on food delivery trucks the country is one of a number the world suffering from increasing the looting and theft as the coronavirus lockdown takes its toll artie's teleporter reports lockdowns in the world tensions are boiling point and thousands of soldiers have been pu

also this hour a 2nd u.s. navy warship registers a corona virus outbreak with 18 sailors already testing positive. and archie speaks to a top u.s. investigative journalist receiving disturbing threats from the brazilian government after expose corruption by allies of the president. i had already. had conflicts of polls tomorrow prior to that. insult it was on social media. and you were he announced that they were actually trying to encourage and me. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q a to start it with your life news update we begin with the latest figures on covert 19 as always we will pandemic is still raging with more than 2900000 cases now confirmed or 832000 people have recovered but the number of fatalities has surpassed 200 in 2000. south africa has put thousands of soldiers on standby amid rising attacks on food delivery trucks the country is one of a number of around the world suffering from increasing looting and theft as the coronavirus lockdown takes its toll arches down q

nation and all around the world here are today's top stories 1st president trump has instructed the u.s. navy to shoot down any iranian boats that harass american ships meanwhile iran launches its 1st military satellite into space we'll have all the details for you and a full report then u.s. attorney general bill barr now threatening legal action against state governors who have ordered a lot of virus lockdowns plus there's an internet boom happening in india facebook already swooping in and spending billions of dollars on that country's telecom giant alliance geo we're going to discuss that all right it's time to boost your views you. tensions are once again rising in the persian gulf after a brief confrontation at sea between the u.s. and iran now that close encounter resulting in president calling for the take down of iranian gunboats quote harassing u.s. warships artie's rachel blevins is following the story she's joining us now from the news room with the details on this rachel well manella president trump is now arming the u.s. navy with a shoot down and destroy order after a close enc

last week in which the us claims 11 vessels from iran's revolutionary guard came within 10 yards of u.s. navy and coast guard ships in the gulf near kuwait while the navy released footage calling the incident dangerous and provocative iran also released footage and a statement in which it accused the us of presenting a false and agenda filled narrative of the encounter the i.r.g.c. claims the u.s. walked the path of one of their ships on april 6th and ignored warnings as a result they said they increased maritime patrols in the region which is what led to the confrontation with the u.s. navy in response to trump's latest comments a spokesperson for iran's armed forces said quote today instead of pulling others the americans should put all their efforts toward saving those members their forces who are infected with corona virus the confrontation also comes as iran releases but it's showing the launch of its 1st military satellite the news is increased fears over whether iran has the technology to create ballistic missiles as one of the countries that scrambled to save what was left of the iran

a u.s. navy sailor has died after catching her a virus he was one of hundreds of crewmembers who became infected aboard an aircraft carrier the captain of the theater roosevelt was fired for writing to his commanders begging for help to stop the spread on board soon after the acting navy secretary resigned after calling the captain stupid naive and criticizing the crew for hailing the captain a hero rockets being fired at residential areas in libya's capital by forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar that's in retaliation for 2 soldiers fighting for the internationally recognized government seizing control of 3 cities in the past 24 hours phone video apparently shows soldiers loyal to the government of national accord on the streets of someone having also entered agile that. is the headlines inside story is next. china stands accused of any humane treatment of africans during the corona virus outbreak that includes forceful testing of quarantine and addictions so is this just another form of r

the u.s. navy reporting iranian vessels came dangerously close to u.s. ships in the persian gulf. the navy called iran's moves dangerous and provocative but did absolutely nothing in response. russia doing its best to i tim date the united states in the sky. a russian jet intercepted a u.s. spy plane over the mediterranean. the navy says the russian jet flew within 25 feet of our jet putting the pilots at risk. u.s. retirement fund for 6 million current and be retired federal and military employees may soon be invested in chinese defense firms or offensive firms. the u.s. investment board decided to move $50 billion of retirement money into a new global investment index. that in order to earn greater runs on investment in asian markets. the investment board is reportedly in the final stables of completing that transaction that will happen this month. joining us tonight is kt mcfarland. kt is a former national security advisor to president trump. she is also a best-selling author and author of the new book "revolution, trump, washington and we the people."

happy with awesome they're well a u.s. navy captain has been given a hero's farewell after he was dismissed from his parties for criticizing the navy's handling of the pandemic captain britain crossing was cheered by his crew as we can see here and that's my boss fun video is the commander had been battling an outbreak of the virus on his ship and he demanded that he be allowed to evacuate his silos from the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt so far more than 150 silos have tested positive for the virus the navy dismissed the crazy if i'm not following proper protocols and allegedly causing panic by letting his complaint leak to the media. reporter on a short has been following the story she's here to talk to us about hi ana what's been the reaction to this captain's departure from the navy well it does depend on whether you look at the navy leadership or the service men and women who were serving on the him hierarchies are always very very important in any military organization and if you look at the rank and file the crew members past

the navy hospital ship there f the u.s. navy hospital ship mercy is currently docked at the port to help the hospital system in the la area due to the coronavirus outbreak. authorities say the train a series of barriers before coming to rest abt 250 yards from the navy ship the good news is nobody was hurt. departmentof justice says the man identified as eduardo

the u.s. navy has dismissed it the commander of an aircraft carrier who wrote a scathing letter after an outbreak of the virus on his warship captain breck closer demanded tougher action to safeguard sailors around $100.00 have tested positive the navy says the commander showed poor judgment. panama and peru have brought in gender based restrictions on people leaving their homes men and women will only be allowed outside on alternating days during the week on sunday everyone must stay home exceptions will be made up for emergency

th you can see what kind of fire power the u.s. navy is bringing to the international waters of the persian gulf. on every captain's mind is the uss cole attacked by i'al qaeda. 17 american siailors died. it will ratchet up oil prices. oil has been at a low. that is turning around. that's turned around the stock market. the dow industrials up better than 2%. in a separate issue, the director of the cdc told "the washington post" a second wave of coronavirus play be worse than what we're dealing with now. that has historical precedent. the 1918 flu was the second wave in 1919 that killed more americans than in '18. the president tweeted about that saying the cdc director was misquoted and that he will be clarifying his statements sometime today. >> scott, thank you. >>> right now, we want to look outside for you. seeing the bay bridge. this is just a beautiful picture. starting out the day on this earth day. kari hall has been tracking what we can expect. what i have been noticing is the air quality does seem a little better. i'm sure it

theodore roosevelt's a u.s. navy vessel is once again making headlines around the world it appears that a sailor from the crew of that vessel has died from coronavirus now you'll recall that the ship made headlines at 1st when a memo was sent out by the captain of the ship describing a dire situation onboard take a listen we are not had war sailors do not need to die if we do not act now we're failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset our sailors keeping overthe $4000.00 young men and women onboard the t.r. is an unnecessary risk and breaks faith with those sailors intrusted to our care now after that memo was sent out the captain of the ship was fired however is crew described him as a hero and applauded him take a listen to that. thank you. and now the case has become almost symbolic of widespread accusations and allegations of mismanagement of the coronavirus situation by the u.s. government there has been widespread outrage about the firing of the captain and criticism of that decision from many pro

and the u.s. navy needs an enemy in the enemy's china and not only is the enemy china it's a high tech enemy you know vietnam was a profit center for a lot of companies and china this is satellites this is missiles taken off from nevada going all the way to the marshall islands this is guam and korea and all canal up with with high tech raytheon lockheed equipment so preparing for war against china preparing for war against china is extremely profitable. you know it brad there and that's james brings up the great paradox here because it's much is the political class and particularly members of the in the media want to bash china china is absolutely necessary to the united states in so many different ways 1st of all in trade in and cheap in making in ever better quality goods i would even say but the pentagon desperately needs china as an enemy because and then it doesn't have a reason really to exist outside of that ok and it's very interesting that it was in that in the early part of 2017 that the the

and iran when he instructed the u.s. navy to shoot down and destroy any iranian vessel that harasses american warships along the persian gulf now this amid the coronavirus pandemic with u.s. numbers nearing a 1000000 and iran leading the way out of the middle east still the persian gulf remains a tinderbox just one move away from a flare up so joining us to discuss former u.k. m.p. george galloway george we know that trump is the. 1st politician to use twitter for diplomatic relations or i guess in this case and diplomatic but now even his former national security advisor john bolton is doing the same thing he's weighing in on iran yesterday tweeting this he said quote iran's launch of a military satellite is proof we are still not applying enough pressure deterrence has not been restored and coronavirus is not slowing down the ayatollah has iran's goal remains i.c.b.m.'s capable of carrying nuclear weapons they cannot be trusted now george people thought once bolton was removed from his post that things went with iran would

within the u.s. navy and that resulted in his dismissal but his dismissal in fact was caught on video when he was leaving the ship he was cheered by the sailors who looked at him very admirably for essentially trying to save their lives but this is sort of a twist in turning story in the u.s. navy because the acting navy secretary then went made a speech to this very same crew called this captain that they revered. as stupid and he was then in turn dismissed from his job so this is yet another sort of aspect to this case that thou that we have this death this is certainly going to bolster the case of the captain that this was a need to sound the alarm but in the u.s. military readiness is everything the optics are everything and that's where he seems to be getting the most criticism that he signaled this publicly something that you don't want to do from a military standpoint having said that he has also received some sympathy from u.s. president trump for his actions but again the u.s. president for now a

within the u.s. navy and that resulted in his dismissal but his dismissal in fact was caught on video when he was leaving the ship he was cheered by the sailors who looked at him very admirably for essentially trying to save their lives but this is sort of a twist in turning story in the u.s. navy because the acting navy secretary then went made a speech to this very same crew called this captain that they revered. as stupid and he was then in turn dismissed from his job so this is yet another sort of aspect to this case that thou that we have this death this is certainly going to bolster the case of the captain that this was a need to sound the alarm turkey's president says a new lockdown will be imposed next weekend as it struggles to contain the corona virus and grow imposed a 48 hour curfew on all major cities last weekend let's go live now to istanbul a sudden concealer joins the sun via skype 7 why 48 hours is this long necks long time going to be longer why do it again a week after the last one. we

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a u.s. navy captain says the virus is spreading uncontrollably on his ship and that his calls for help are going on answered. russian president vladimir putin is working remotely after a doctor he shook hands with last week tested positive for the virus. so the u.k. is rapidly becoming one of the worst affected in europe by corona virus they have been more than 500 deaths in 24 hours for the 1st time despite comes as a 4000 bed hospital is jus to open in east london to treat covert 900 patients a temperate hospital was set up in 2 weeks governments under growing pressure to increase testing especially for its national health service staff nearly 30000 people are infected with the virus and spread away to london to downing streets where at the business sex trade. look sharma is hosting a 3 fingers i'm joined today by dr yvonne toil who is the medical director of public health england before yvonne provides an update on the latest data from our copra coronavirus fact file i'd like to update you on

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claimed responsibility for it in fact we can't even seem to get clarity from our own military the u.s. navy right now which is assigned to patrol the area is not commenting why is this so important because he who controls the flow of oil through the strait of hormuz which you're looking at right there. essentially controls the majority of the world all supply. so here's the question was this sabotage a trial run an experiment to be carried out of a later time when the waterway is much busier not right now when nobody's really using oil in many parts of the world we're on the story here on the news with rick sanchez because look this could be a precursor to something much more serious and because we believe it's time to do news again. ok here we go the list of the questions we think you'll be asking tomorrow were armed hijackers trying to see how far they could get in sabotaging the strait of hormuz what exactly led to the deaths of the great grand niece of president john f. kennedy and the nephew of r f k are we seeing the 1st signs that sports events may we open and if so how and in what s

president trump has ordered u.s. navynboats that harass american ships at sea. there is pushback at that, that he would violate international norms. this after 11 iranian gunboats

i think you can hear a horn there being blown by the u.s. navy trying to warn them off. , the navy says, was dangerous and harassing. it's very interesting, when you look at the video, the iranians had their guns out. they were uncovered and on the deck. but very carefully not pointed at the u.s. navy ships. they perhaps knew better than to point a weapon at the u.s. navy. what concerns the pentagon right now is this is an example they worry at least of america's adversaries perhaps thinking that the american military is distracted by the coronavirus and the fact that chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark millie has publicly warned, don't think america is distract distracted. that the u.s. military is not. here is an example. they worry that an adversary like iran may miscalculate someday. john. >> the timing very interesting. barbara starr at the pentagonment thank you so much, barbara. >>> we're standing by for awe any unemployment claims report. it's expected to be devastated. "new day" continues right now. >>> into opening our economy is through testing,

but just ahead for us, the alarm within the u.s. navys service members in tight quarters are getting sick. we'll talk to a retired four-star admiral when we come back. so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams, spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair.com (baby sounds and cooing (notification chime) (keyboard clicking) >>> the captain of a u.s. navy aircraft carrier with 100 diagnosed coronavirus cases on board pleading for help from the pentagon. in a letter obtained by the san francisco chronicle captain brett crozier of the uss theodore roosevelt said the spread is ongoing and accelerating. the ship currently docked in guam. the captain wants quarantine room onshore for his entire crew as soon as possible. he wrote, quote, we are not at war. sailors do not need to die. if we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset, our sailors. we are happy to have back with us tonight admiral james stav reed es. he's a 30-year

the u.s. navy says a sailor onthe uss theodore osevelt has died from coronavirus you remember the ship's commander captain brett crozier of santa rosa was ousted after he wrote a memo that pleaded for help for his sailors. the sailor who identified, but he was n admitted to the intensive care unit of a u.s. navy hospital. on guam thursday. nearly 600 sailors on the ship have tested positive. o far for the coronavirus. the supreme court has more last been in limbo during the coronavirus pademic but today the high court made an unprecedented announcement. the justices will hear major cases by telephone next month. this is court as the justices will be answering. quesons and asking questions over the phone in lieu of the usual back and forth dialogue. the docket includes cases involving religious frdom dald trump's financial documents and the electoral college about half of the cases the court was scheduled to hear in marchnd april when people stoned until the fall term. amazon is hiring more workers

the state has begun using a u.s. navy hospital ship as an emergency medical facility and filled a field hospital in central park. it has also ordered 17,000 ventilators from china to cover a serious shortage of the life-saving devices. mandatory stay-at-home orders are in place in 34 of the 50 states plus washington, d.c. residents can only go out to buy food and other essentials. police, medical workers and a limited number of others are allowed to go out to work. trump, together with public health officials told reporters that people should brace for some tough weeks ahead. >> i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead. we're going to go through a very tough two weeks. >> experts project that the death toll in the u.s. could reach 100,000 to 240,000 even with the current mitigation efforts. the administration's task force is urging people to keep their distance from one another to avoid a worse case scenario. >>> protecting people who work in essential services has become a pressing issue as m

within the u.s. navy and that resulted in his dismissal but his dismissal in fact was caught on video when he was leaving the ship he was cheered by the sailors who looked at him very admirably for essentially trying to save their lives but this is sort of a twist and turning story in the u.s. navy because the acting navy secretary then went made a speech to this very same crew called this captain that they revered. as stupid and he was then in turn dismissed from his job so this is yet another sort of aspect to this case that now that we have this death this is certainly going to bolster the case of the captain that this was a need to sound the alarm. u.s. health insurance companies say that they will cover testing and treatment but some doctors say there's still a great deal of confusion about who really end up covering the bill. reports for a pass when donald trump announced this earlier this week i met with the leaders of health insurance industry who have agreed to waive all 'd co-payments for corona

i want to bring in a retired u.s. navy rear admiral. u wrote an op-ed calling the navy's decision to relieve the captain of his duties reckless and foolish. >> i thought when they did that it was weak. there wasn't a lot of details. it boiled down to the fact that he sent it by e-mail and his immediate superior didn't see it and there was some embarrass. . -- embarrassment. the president alluded to that as well. and the second is timing. to remove him in the middle of what they are trying to deal with in guam getting thousands of crewmen off the ship so they can clean it and put nuclear people on there, and the spread on the ship. i thought it was inappropriate. >> the navy is investigating captain crozier being relieved of his command. should the president be weighing in as he did today? >> absolutely not, but i have stopped wasting breath of the number of times the president shouldn't involve himself in military matters at a fairly low level. they say they will be wrapped up monday. if you are that investigating team, how much pressure

acting u.s. navy secretary thomas modly on wednesday didn't rule out punishment for the captain over the letter's release. >> i don't know who leaked the letter to the media. that would be something that would violate the principles of good order and discipline if h e were responsible for that. amy: legendary jazz pianist and composer ellis marsalis, jr., has died of complications from covid-19 at the age of 85. ellis marsalis was one of new orleans's best-loved musicians and the father of six sons, all -- including the legendary jazz artists branford and wynton marsalis. in poughkeepsie, new york, adam schlesinger, co-founder of the rock band fountains of wayne, died wednesday after a battle with covid-19. schlesinger won a grammy award in 2010 for a comedy collaboration with stephen colbert. he was nominated for an academy award and a golden globe for the soundtrack to the 1996 film "that thing you do!" and also won three emmys. he cowrote songs with rachel bloom. he was 52 years old. the white hous

u.s. navy warships are heading to the caribbean and off the coast of venezuela in what could become dangerous new escalation between both countries the u.s. claims its navy present in the region is to counter narcotics operations meantime the venezuelan government says they're preparing for any battle r.t. correspondent john hardy has more from miami. america's war on drugs is taking aim at venezuelan president nicolas maduro and his so-called cartel of the sons the trump administration indicted majeure and several others on drug trafficking and narco terrorism charges march 26th an extraordinary announcement that diverted attention at least briefly anyway from another ongoing war the coronavirus war then last week president trump announced u.s. navy ships were heading to the caribbean and the coast of venezuela to beef up america's anti drug operations in the region we're deploying additional navy destroyers combat ships aircraft and helicopters coast guard cutters and air force surveillance a

citizens from a virus more than starting a potential war u.s. navy warships are now headed to the caribbean in the coast of venezuela in a dangerous new move that could escalate friction between the united states and been its wailing the u.s. claims its navy presence in the region is to count. illegal narcotics operations but the been swelling government that's preparing for any potential conflicts r t correspondent john hoodie has more from miami. america's war on drugs is taking aim at venezuelan president nicolas maduro and his so-called cartel of the sons the trump administration indicted madeira and several others on drug trafficking and narco terrorism charges march 26th an extraordinary announcement that diverted attention at least briefly anyway from another ongoing war the coronavirus war then last week president trump announced u.s. navy ships were heading to the caribbean and the coast of venezuela to beef up america's anti drug operations in the region we're deploying additional navy destroyers combat ships aircraft and helicopters coast