A listen that we cant lose our whole country we were having an economic collapse im also a Small Businessman i understand it and i talk with Business People all d the time tucker and and so just my heart is lifted tonight by what i heard the president say basically saying. This disease could take your life but thats not the scariest thing to you theres something that would be worse than dying. Yeah. But dont be fooled my friend those are the words of my self sacrificing brave man those are the words of a zealot a cultist if you will as former f. B. I. Special agent ali soufan tweeted in response i dealt with suicidal cults before i encountered people who are willing to die for their faith ideology race except for but i have never encountered anyone who is willing to die for someone elses for a one k. This is all new level of craziness so as our leaders appear to be seriously considering once again to put profits over people as they try to convince you and i to make the ultimate sacrifice your lives for their economy oh i think its time to start watching the hawks. If you will go on a city street you want to. See the crisis you always state. Rice is crazy see this least systemic deception is the late show which. Some but youll. Welcome everyone watching the hawks i am and im of the chicago im a show im never i mean we touched on it yesterday and in the previous stage show d but i am i am blown away that there are literally people in our country right now leaders elected leaders and Business Leaders basically saying hey were willing to sacrifice one to 2 me and one to 2000000 maybe 3 maybe 6000000 lives just so we can get the economy back right its crazy and every time people have made this advocates and otherwise made statements about how the economy how big business is always put over the lives of people folks thought they were joking people call them great. The and now were literally seeing this emotion where you have the president calling calling out bowling hes talking about the level of support that they me why we need to get america back going in those conversations he isnt even talking about Small Business the driver of the American Economy hes talking about massive corporations that hes trying to say and like you said previously when i was in trouble long before the coronavirus and its interesting to me that at a time where we should be putting peoples lives 1st all of the evidence shows us that all of everything that weve heard from medical professionals tells us that we have the president flying in the face of all of that evidence and saying ok well you know what people need to get back to work and its not about people getting back to work its about salvaging big business. Is truly heartbreaking look at wall street was on the ropes everyone before this happened everyone was saying that there was a major correction coming that we were riding too high and super too long major correction on the way and now a sudden that correction happens in part due to the coronavirus and now of ones own weve got to say but. We saw the clip from Tucker Carlson and Lieutenant Governor patrick Texas State Rep gene would respond of that saying if you asked my kids if they would rather have more stuff or have their grandpa they would choose their grandpa grandparents with no hesitation that is so true and i think any american if you really or anyone else around the world if you really put it to him and said hey do you really want to save the economy or do you want to save your loved ones theyre going to pick their loved ones but thats not what were hearing on t. V. Or when the mayor of san antonio to his credit had a had a very similar statement i think that this is very interesting because it shows this crisis of american ideals to a certain extent we as a culture have always taken major major losses when it comes to ensuring that the elders are safe ensuring that they are taken care of other nations actually have made fun of us for years for not for not protecting them for not doing what we need to do to make sure that they are they are going to be fine in their old age and right now were seeing that those criticisms were. 100 percent accurate because we have a government that seemingly is ok with drawing them to the wolves and telling us that you know they are there helping the future economy by dying i dont im sorry i dont want to die for wall street i dont want to die so the can can jump up a few points because lets remember theres been cases coronavirus yes the majority of the deaths are in that you know 80 plus 70 plus 60 plus range but 40 years old there are still cases theres 36 year old nurse i believe in new york that passed away from this virus there are people across the spectrum that pass away from this its not just contained to just the elderly and even then why should we leave the sacrifice for what the bottom line gimme a break and other pieces of the argument that this can and more than likely will mutate right now its not killing in droves a lot of younger people we can not say that in 2 weeks 3 weeks further out that that may not be the issue but the crisis is that when you elevate big business over individual lives that tells us something about our government that tells us something about our leadership and it tells us some about capitalism at the end of the this form of capitalism because this is an actual capitalism youre bailing out boeing is an actual capitalism bailing out that wall street is an actual capital tells us where their products like and quite frankly if they continue down this path they cannot be shocked that if you dont see some form of major strike or Political Revolution in this country because if they keep saying look we wont put profits over people and try to say 12 percent were going to lose 12 percent theres going to be a major uprising mine is 80 years old and im not willing to risk for boeing or anybody else is cooperation and you shouldnt have to. At a time when youd expect some bipartisanship people over politics in family over devolution what the United States congress has started up if anything but the coronavirus pandemic is Holding Business as usual and workers and businesses are feeling the burn this Health Crisis is driving economy president boasted as the best its ever been just a few weeks ago. Into a major depression our government has to do something best this imperative forces the democratic led house and republican led senate to put their differences aside in the best interests of caring for the American People families need money. Most cant weather being out of work for weeks or even months at a Time Congress solution partisan infighting heres whats happened goes for the families 1st Coronavirus Response act passed and trope declare the coronavirus a National Emergency sure the declaration came after weeks of him telling the American People the virus was a hoax and contained it also came after the World Health Organization declared the virus a National Pandemic what better late than never the whopper base in congress and the Top Administration now is the coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security or cares act this stimulus bill was designed to put money in the hands of the American People but it seems there are more than a few wrinkles in the bill Many Americans would be left high and dry strange riders are being added and the clock is ticking though democrats and republicans continue to wage war on each other the American People just want to survive the plans provisions include 1200. 00 Cash Payments for adults and 500. 00 for each child in their household is the income brackets of recipients go up the cash benefit goes down but democrats and republicans both want more out of the plan attaching a treasure trove of liberal and conservative goodies many having absolutely nothing to do with the Coronavirus Response and to top it off President Trump created a frenzy tuesday when he announced america would be opened up by easter. Here to discuss this breaking news and more on the next phase of Coronavirus Relief is our team america correspondent. Well hes having me guys coming up here. There is so much going on right now it would be great to have you break down just what the amount of virus how many times youve been going to. But you know so one of the things that actually theyre looking into right now is if the bill is passed because weve already had this go through the senate twice it failed on sunday night it failed monday theyre hoping to have something done by tuesday night but if there is lets Say Something that passes this week you have the u. S. Treasury secretary steve who says that if something again is passed hypothetically its his department that would be the one giving out these checks to the American People and again if its done by this week you could see either checks being mailed out or direct deposit as early as april 6th so a lot of americans are like senate get to work like lets do something so well see what happens but were hoping that theres going to be a vote tonight but again there are they are still debating on the senate floor as we speak as this is airing right now so chances are its going to be a little bit worse the other coach to look into this is that they keep telling us every american is getting 1200. 00 and everyone across the board big jerk for all those kids elderly everyone everyone you know bears lions no one is going to church but some are going to get this money and 1200. 00 is is not enough to really cover things is there a plan to ensure any kind of Financial Security during this devastation when you actually look at whos giving money where well you would definitely will be secured if you are a corporation or a business naturally but no theyre actually really isnt for some of these people that wouldnt be able to qualify and that is why Speaker Nancy Pelosi actually rolled out the House Democrats as well rolled out their own new plan called to take responsibility for workers and families act now some of these elements are the same that the senate is actually trying to pass right now except for the House Democrats bill and set up. 1200. 00 families would actually get up to 15 even 2 grand for some in some cases depending on how many children you have because they realize that kids cost money theyre not cheap you know. And fear republicans and democrats are adding riders to this bill that arent directly a part of the pandemic or would actually help in any way their pet projects could you tell us a little bit more about what some of those riders look like and why at a time of crisis or are they even being you start so i try to break this down as simply as i could all right so lets 1st look at the republicans ok so you see again that theyre going to give families theyre going to get the money but i get only if you make a certain amount theyre saying that the money towards Small Businesses will go to hospitals and the Unemployment Insurance system but theres also again a big chunk going to corporations and thats why democrats theyre having a little bit of a hick up because theyre still you know reeling over the Big Bank Bailout and theyre saying that the senate bill drafted by republicans corporations 1st american 2nd so the House Democrats bill. You know they do have a ban on bonuses to kind of combat what happened with the bank bailout so no bonuses or compensation for the higher ups no stock buybacks no companies changing their collective bargaining agreements if they do get this federal funding also theyre going to have money to go to schools and universities because theyre getting hit hard right now but its these next ones that arent sitting well with republicans and theyre calling this one the new Green New Deal so companies receiving aid must disclose its diversity stats that includes race gender pay how their offices are run airlines have to go green by 2050 and corporations are receiving aid they are to pay all of their workers at least 15. 00 an hour a big democratic talking point other one states again this has nothing to do with the coronavirus but they want states to allow early voting for elections no excuse absentee mail in voting and they also want to eliminate student debt for those that are in debt by 10 grand which again getting rid of that student debt is another democratic talking point so again the republicans not happy with this one its going to keep growing i mean. Boggles my mind that this is going to keep this fight going back and forth back and forth like youre the needs of the American People we have to fight this virus and instead its hey lets do some infighting hey lets put some like new order on this bill and try to like shove as much pork into the process and if possible washington because he keeps checks out of the hands of the American People who need those checks now i get it at the end of the day it is an Election Year and there are people who are pushing for things that they know were going to be passed outside of this so theyre trying to do it with the urgency of now it just is creating a larger stall for and i got to say thank you for breaking this down i know that you only probably hit the tip of the iceberg and break it down but you did the best you could with the time that we had also lets not forget to congress in the senate theyre still getting paid while the americans in this country are hoping to get a check so good but our with our money people good point thank you so much aaron brown always great to be on the show our anybody as we go to break be sure to check out watching the hawks on the man the brand new portable t. V. App of it which is available on smartphones through google play on the Apple App Store by Certain Police searching portable to the or you can stream us to your t. V. By downloading the portable t. V. App on apple t. V. And online at. The t. V. Will be available on many devices coming up next now joins us to talk about what cuba is doing to fight the coronavirus. Over the past 5 or 6 years very aggressively people have sold dollars to buy these emerging market currencies because they can get a better yield on those currencies suddenly when all liquidity disappears during heisenberg uncertainty for its market to schroedingers cat of markets everyone is then short dollars they have to buy those dollars back because there are losing catastrophic way in all their non dollar plays in the market and this is causing a runaway Freight Train of the us dollar going higher. Trade and investment to become metric spills to economic development. Most people think about trade they think about goods and services being exchanged between countries and the investment chapter of a trade agreement as opposed to something very different but wont when investment leads to toxic manufacturing that destroys secret something into the environment. That means local communities that are being poisoned if they object if they do anything that the company feels is interrupting their profits they can be certain multinationals are taking on the whole nation Philip Morris is trying to use i yes yes to stop tour of the white implementing new tobacco regulations aimed at cutting domestic smoking rates a fringe company sued egypt because egypt resists minimum wage democratic choice trump. Joined us as we try to fund. The. Has been felt around the world and back again with no end in sight here in the United States communities have been a from sea to shining sea including right here in the Nations Capital washington d. C. From business closings to unemployment spikes to an impending shelter in place order that residents are anxiously awaiting city officials to announce are to americas Rachel Blevins has been following the story and has the latest on what comes next for d. C. Now the coronavirus is knocking on our door. In a season when the Cherry Blossoms are blooming in washington d. C. Typically host spring break tourists by the thousands the outlook is becoming increasingly grim i will latest restrictions combating the coronavirus instead of busy streets residents are being encouraged to stay home and practice social distancing at all costs but being creasing list of business closures and layoffs are coming at a major props to be a chrono me from popular Clothing Stores to famous restaurants to historic museums the National Push to hold all gatherings of more than 10 people has turned the city into a ghost town in response the d. C. Council passed an emergency bill that includes measures expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance offering Financial Assistance for businesses prohibiting price gouging and stockpiling stopping of the actions in utility costs and extending Public Health benefits programs but many are warning of the long term consequences on the district especially if the current shutdown impacts business and tourism through the summer disease attorney general is now calling for the district to issue a shelter in place order for all residents in a tweet he shared his support for the Dallas County judge who made the same decision and said he believed the move would reduce the spread of coronavirus and keep residents safe while the practice of social distancing has been suggested by experts as the best way to combat the great spread of the corona virus d. C. Has already seen unemployment numbers skyrocket in just the last week. And it is a picture of what is happening across the country as the president of the same u. S. Federal reserve warns that National Unemployment could hit 30 percent higher than it was during the Great Depression and 3 times more than the 2007 to 2009 recession but with millions of americans staying home as the closure of all nonessential business is implemented to combat the impact of the coronavirus many worry that its impact on the economy is only just beginning reporting in washington rachel love and art seen. Recently and when the transatlantic cruise ship bramer was stranded at sea with no port of entry after 5 of the 600. 00 passengers on the ship tested positive for the corona virus it wasnt the United States or even their home port of the United Kingdom who offered them safe harbor and treatment it was the Island Country of cuba the Cruise Ship Passengers who were healthy who were healthy with they were allowed safe passage back to their home country as well as jacob and reports those who were too sick to fly were offered treatment at cuban hospitals even though there had only been 10 confirmed cases in the whole country and allowing patients from the cruise ship to stay threatened to increase that number from providing the cuban made antiviral drug interferon alpha to be to help combat the virus in china to sending out medical brigades to countries around the world including the heavily afflicted italy cuba has been at the forefront in the ground fight against cobra 19 so the question is why does the u. S. Government and western Corporate Media continue to downplay or ignore all that the island nation has accomplished it really is kind of that one of those questions that you see coming out of this is that you know why arent countries helping each other heres cuba right again at the front lines we saw them do the same thing with Hurricane Katrina when they when they offered to help us and some doctors up after katrina and once again we kind of turned them away. With this president president hes isolationist and so i dont see him taking it by any. Countries at all but i also feel like he has an angsty gets the country of cuba that has lasted even before he became president and he definitely isnt going to acknowledge one their gains in reducing coronavirus but also the helpfulness they might be able to provide to other nations and i think that its it should be applauded especially at a time like this like you mentioned them being a port of entry and taking in those clue ship passengers who no one else was taking yeah be mindful of groups that absolutely not. People have been who have been basically stuck on that ship more days and its its sad to me that when you see something that miraculous even just giving them credit for the greatness that theyve shown and you know managing shown in taking them in because they did not have to know they are really setting the standard now and its frustrating that the United States knowing everything that were going through does not look to them who are not only in the levels of support but also best practice whats interesting too is the way the cubans health like their Health Industry is designed they have doctors person but you know im going to design where they i mean we have like roughly like 2 or Something Like that not a person but what we have were roughly about 2 percent of that they have 8 its in there and the ratio of what how many actual trained citizens are can be doctors and theyve always kind of but at the forefront the fact that theyre developing certain treatments at least trying to do that like its where you have everyone else and i think that speaks to a certain amount of socialized medicine you know it speaks to the need that there is a right at the end of the its something that americans if you polled americans actually believe that as well but if youre talking about our leadership it seems like it is a huge that they just are refusing to climb in a time like this when you see the effects of a Global HealthCare Health Care crisis in a nation like america that has the highest cost for health care in general this is a time where we really need to start considering it as something that is extremely important one because were watching the infrastructure of our. Health care system the infrastructure of our hospitals and clinics completely fall apart irrespective to the fact that the president talks about how great an advanced our system happens to be it looks like all of that advancement i think no not at all and its interesting too when you mention the part you know were talking about the ship in cuba taking them in cuba is an island nation like if theres any place that you dont want to virus to be introduced to its essentially a place like that that is an island because it you know you have nowhere to go. In exactly i think thats why a lot of other a lot of caribbean nations actually said no as well just because that is factual hugo has gone above and beyond may think that this again shows their humanitarian efforts but beyond that i think that it also shows that they actually have a certain level of care and understanding about the support they can provide but also that these people have been turned down by everyone what were they going to do it truly is heartbreaking that the United States still has this like a job fair i mean we saw a member we saw of cuban like castro come up in the primaries when they were accusing you know bernie of like you know look he likes the bell but has been dead now for a few years you know and its tragic because this is been an ongoing thing 4050 years of the of the embargo placed against cuba and all of the things that weve done there the terrorism that the u. S. Has actually inflicted on the cuban people and the cuban government you know these are awful awful crimes that i wish we could move beyond because were in the 21st century and we need everybody we need all hands on deck when it comes to pain and damage and this country is still kind of turning that blind yeah well as germany or whatever it is for you know trump will reach out and say oh i won i want to cure for the coronavirus you know for the covert 19 but just for us were going to absolutely bonkers when you really break this down you know you brought up the health care of going to curious do you think that thats going to have do you think health care now is going to become the number one topic of this election this fall absolutely holding alone again said that health care was number one for people when it came to being insured but what i think this has done is really showcase just how bad our system currently is. And i think that as we move forward its going to be a lot more vital to have that conversation about ensuring everyone what thats actually going to look like and those who are running are going to be pressed to really make that change a whole lot sooner than i think they were ready for i think this is i think were living in very. Historical once in a lifetime times i hope there once in a lifetime because i dont think any of us wants to go through this again but its definitely going to have an impact of that we were just talking about before the show started that you know its kind of like september 12th 2001 everything is going to change the moment this is over with its just we have to keep our cool heads and we have to keep looking and reading and making sure that we make the right decisions in the aftermath of this catastrophe absolutely its not going to be an automatic reset i dont think america ever goes back to business as usual you know its really not and i got to say we will continue our Due Diligence to try to present you everything that we can to keep you as informed as you possibly can be during these most fascinating and dangerous and frightening and hopeful keyword hopeful times everybody that is our show for you today remember in this world we are not told that we are loved and so i tell you all i love you i am a rover and im in the chicago keep on watching all those hawks out there and have a great day and i. 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Welcome to on contact today we discussed the criminalization of rap with author eric nelson i testified in a case where the game investigator along with the prosecutor took this kids lyrics notebook but you know page after page and went through the earth by the earth and exclaimed oh this is where he confesses to this and this is where he talks about his game membership in this is it turns out that that that the song that they spent all this time with wasnt his he even had the name of the real artist on the top in the title of the song and they had spent all this time characterizing something that this is just a kid writing the lyrics artist he likes this that happens a lot. Rap the anguish an enraged cry of the dispossessed has been criminalized by judicial system that sees that as an incitement to violence and celebration of lawlessness the lyrics of amateur rappers is often interpreted by the judicial system as confessions of crimes threats of violence evidence of gang affiliation or revelations of criminal intent prosecutors have secured numerous convictions by presenting the lyrics and videos of rappers as de facto confessions. Of criminal activity this is led to aspiring young rappers serving lengthy prison sentences in the United States including the rapper mack who was convicted in 2001 of manslaughter after the prosecutor liberally quoted passages from his album shellshocked joining me to discuss what in essence is the criminalization of an art form is eric nielsen the author of the rap on trial with andrea denise