Us you know most of us eyes living outside of the washington d. C. Oil lubricated power structure but now in the wake of the coded 19 pandemic in the prices of oil balling to rock bottom prices around the globe due to lack of consumption the once mighty fossil fuel power structure is frankly falling to pieces even Us Oil Production for the 1st time in history dropped below the 0 high into an incredible negative negative 37. 00 per barrel negative. Yes they dont pay you to take care to take this oil up their hands but what the once mighty oil empire of saudi arabia now crumbling when asked to wonder just what the United States government is still trying to protect when it was revealed last week during a civil lawsuit brought against the saudi government by the families of 911 victims that in a series of filings u. S. Attorney general william barr yes william barr the ad as well as the acting director of National IntelligenceRichard Grinnell and other senior officials insisted to a federal judge in the civil case that further disclosures about saudi connections to the 911. 00 plot would imperil National Security and in case you were hoping to at least know why the contents of these documents would impair ole u. S. National security. Well you dont get to know that pro publica goes under a point that the administration insisted in Court Filings that even its justification for that secrecy needed to remain yes secret. Not even 19 years plummeting oil prices and a pandemic apparently can break down the walls of u. S. Government secrecy that still surround the attacks on september the 11th 2001 which is why we are always watching the hawks. On a city street. Or so. Is this you always see. Graves see this least systemic deception show which. Were going to watch and. And im obese across so ms cross while they still play a game of were not going to let you know anything about 911 not even the victims families of the victims trying to sue the Saudi Arabian government for potentially their involvement which we saw come to light in recent years about their low level involvement at least thats what theyre saying low level involvement thats incredible its incredible and extremely disturbing because i think that you mentioned this but we saw all earlier last year where they were so much resonance around those families there were different celebrities in the media leaks coming in crying before Congress Talking about how we really need to get to the bottom of this obviously there are the families themselves and you had a congress you had a president who acted as though something was going to happen who acted as though saudi arabia we would have we would have more information and they would be there will be some sense of relief where these families are now working on something i mean like what youre talking about last september the 11th that a ceremonial gathering at the white house representatives of the families of those killed in the attack asked for full access to the f. B. I. Secret files to help their case thats what they were asking for bread eagleson a banker whose father was killed the World Trade Center was. At that event stated quote he looked us in the eye on 911 shook our hands in the white house and said im going to help you its done i think the 911 families have lost all hope now that the president is going to step up and do the right thing hes too beholden to the saudis you see that again now with bars saying no no no and there are secrets there what secrets are there left you know thats the real question about to ask you what are you protecting how does it harm u. S. National security to know who exactly was ultimately involved with 911 or will it make us look bad or will make members of the Bush Administration look bad you know who is this going to who is really her and of course i think is going to make members of the potentially make members of the Bush Administration look worse i dont think they came out of it looking good in the 1st place but there are theres also a relationship a very complicated one the United States has had with saudi arabia across multiple presidencies and theres been somewhat of a friendly handshake slash turn our backs when we know theyre doing shady things situation that we have been ok with for a very long time i think this could potentially open up a powder keg if im if the American Public actually knows just how deep everything was around 911 and their level of involvement but it also pulls into question president trumps pretty chummy relationship with the saudi m. B. s most definitely its interesting too because since the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in Federal District court in new york the 27 team is so long ago that this issue is going on their primary focus is but on the relationship between the hijackers and you know low level at the time for what we know low level saudi officials that were here in the states its also important to note the really kind of jumps out at me is pro publica is also reporting the bar insisted to the court that public discussion of the issue public discussion of the issue would reveal information that could cause the very harms my assertion of the state secrets privilege is intended to prevent it blows my mind i mean i just cannot like. When you dont. Know weve said on the show a lot of times when you dont want to look at the ferry you stop acting the various when you dont want to look like somehow the United States look the other way or god forbid was implicit in some capacity with what happened on that day stop acting like you have a secret to hide and it looks as though we definitely do as a country and its problematic on many fronts not just for the families and those have been involved but also because the United States government is hiding something that could be not only potentially harmful to the faith that individuals have in our in our government institutions already but also its all mistakes and we know that this is happened time and time again a billboard to his. Level of credit is a puppet for the Top Administration theres a lot think he is trying to circumvent right now and he just doesnt want the truth to be told and i think i think its important for people to realize the you know member of the Trip Administration came in as well kind of waving the flag that were going to bend over that were going to drain the swamp were going to do things like we never were going to do before but you saw they were in for a lot of people in that crowd that supported him they were people that said saddam we had was with. We were not in 911 but now hes done that about face j. F. K. Didnt release everything the cia said about everything you know neither one of them is walk turned into business as usual exactly thats where you saw over and over and over again. Scammers in those looking to take advantage of people when theyre down on their luck or the lowest of the low they prey on the weak vulnerable and those in need of assistance in times of crisis these scum of the earth tend to rear their ugly heads the covert 19 outbreak has left many across the globe in both positions outside of their control and some landlords are taking advantage of this while tenants are struggling to make ends meet lamberts are slick soliciting sexual favors in lieu of rent payments for that cell its happening. Expect for housing is the reality economically disadvantaged tenants are faced with the Hawaii State Commission on the status of women has received numerous reports of landlords Sexual Harassment and it over the past couple of weeks coinciding with the recent job loss furloughs and Economic Uncertainty driven by the coronavirus pandemic. And the time for pervy tactics and dark room deals designed to take advantage of those struggling couldnt be more perfect as of last week a total of nearly 22000000. 00 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits according to Renee Williams a senior staff attorney at the National Housing project landlords have all the leverage in the landlord tenant relationship and in these situations they especially prey on women who are vulnerable who are housing insecure have bad credit or who dont have anywhere to go Sexual Harassment in housing it isnt new nor limited to the fallout caused by kobe 19 there are cases dating back to the seventys and eightys within Public Housing projects and throughout the early 2000 to present day in fact in 2017 a federal lawsuit filed in kansas outlined widespread complaints of Sexual Harassment towards female tenants from 2009 to 2014 the tenants not only one but to date the Justice Department has filed or settled 18 different Sexual Harassment cases in housing recovering nearly 2700000. 00 for victims. Credible i wish it was higher i wish that number was argues that really hurts of a deep level when you see a story like this because its like thats your home not someones home thats some of the pen and wrote because thats the one place on earth that they want to be able to feel safe at your home right and its beyond upsetting just because these are people who are already and ultimately vulnerable positions and i do want to hearken on the fact that this is not just significant for covert 19 yes weve seen some upticks across the country but for people who are in battered womens shelters there have been housing landlords who have come to those shelters to talk to the managers and they actually end up taking in a lot of these women and once they get there now its time for your no sex for pay and its a situation that weve seen across this country for a really long time we have it whats interesting to me is the theres not really any kind of infrastructure available to prove. The victims of this kind of search will be like theres not really like ok we know we can go to h. R. You know if youre in a workplace at least since me too you feel a little more comfortable how do you know what i can talk about it to h. R. Maybe something can happen but what are you doing what can you do and that is the major issue most people dont know who to report to it is there is no h r specifically for a lot of these housing projects that folks find themselves and or even in terms of Public Housing for hood there is so many levels before you can actually report anything for those who live in assisted living organism housing projects and its pressure because those women feel like there is no place for them to turn because who do you report you cant report it to your landlord hes the one whos doing the abuse that youre right youre right and thats this rock and a hard place mess that this and im glad that you pointed out the important fact that this is a problem thats been a long time you know happening over years and years and years you know covert puts a little more of a spotlight on it but this is something thats been affecting women for a long time absolutely i mean there have been lawsuits across the state of ohio where there were there were landlords who were offering sexual favors to either delay rent payments or in many cases to actually be able to take away a lot of the a lot of the interim burden so if someones credit didnt allow them to live in a certain place then landlords would offer some levels of sexual favors to get over that rent hurdle and bring people in so we seen those cases one in particular was a guy who literally had cameras placed in the in the homes so he was able to monitor these women as they were undressing as they were showering and thankfully that case went before the federal before the federal government and there was restitution paid to the victims but this is something that weve seen here for years this is and this isnt something thats just containing the United States either absolutely not europe has also very large cases london specifically there have been cases there where again most of these women many of them battered or abused women. Some of them in dire economic straits who are running from you know abuse situations find themselves in housing projects where the where the landlords are taking extreme advantage of them particularly younger women who dont really have any place to turn not only are they threatening them after they send them sexually explicit photos or after they you know show up on their door basically asking for these favors but they are also people who know that these women have no place to report to. Is going to go right leg and thats what the screams to me and what you know one of things that could actually help this and maybe im wrong but one of the things that could at least a little bit help this at least right now during cold it is if you have the referees as it was you had this thing where people didnt have to worry about someone holding their rent over their head and that kind of thing correct absolutely and thats the serious part because it is something that we could even levy a very quickly if we were able to say hey you know you dont have to worry about this right now you know. Good story a good good story and i hope people Pay Attention to it and keep up on it and we do actually get some infrastructure put in place to solve this problem moving forward all right as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t. V. 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What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or a maid in the shallows. Americas got 20 or 30000000 people unemployed now the question is why have they no savings why dont they have a say and thats a very important question that we need to look at. When the economy takes a nosedive the Us Government doesnt bail out those whove lost their jobs cant afford rent or mortgage is and are seeking assistance to keep their Small Businesses afloat no uppal sam bails out big misses large corporations and banks its the american way a 2 trillion dollar relief package with a payout for individuals that doesnt even cover one months rent but rest assured the Small Business package would help your local business not so fast the 350000000000. 00 relief fund was exhausted days ago leaving Small Business owners high and dry but chains like ruths chris and checks shake shack got their money shake shack c. E. O. Found his conscience and gave it to him 1000000 back citing how the restaurant chain has access to capital that others dont funny how the c. E. O. Knew that but those giving up the money due to the survival of working class households is the pending own government response of this not to their prized lobbyist groups favoring wealthy and powerful business and private interests but the responsiveness to everyday american. But economic bailouts thus far have heavily favored everyone but the American People who need it the most in florida former governor rick scott let the movement to dismantle Unemployment Benefits for those in need a decade ago republican lawmakers cheered the agenda and danced as Unemployment Compensation disappeared almost entirely today with floridas economy heavily dependent on tourism and only 6 percent of unemployment claims paid out the Sunshine State is going dark on top of everything somehow the way Pro Wrestling was designated as an essential business. Things cant get any crazier. Joining us now is legal journalist. Molly always a pleasure having you. Here in florida so well start with whats going on there for those estimated to lose about 1000000. 00 jobs by june with an Unemployment Rate of 15. 5 percent by july its needless to say the Current System will fail unemployed floridians what can the state legislature do to assist residents during this time and will they you know will federal assistance bail out the state of florida that is one of the favorites. The real question is. Going to answer angry emails and calls and. Calls for them to come off because floridians are angry and theyre definitely seeing the results. Like you mentioned forward. I mean it stands now is already one of the lowest Unemployment Benefits. In the state in the nation so its a bad situation for a lot of. Dire packages. A little while ago. Trickle down from what you know its interesting that it was implemented federal benefits 600. 00 a week namely individuals that something about you know the whole entire unemployment the government that there. Hadnt even been working properly and a lot of that need the money arent getting that help and a good reason for that is because. He made it the number we do those Employment Benefits lower the amount of money they receive and you know when they want to go out and benefits. Under do we get to argue against that former governor now running or he said no thats more than a lot of people are getting they were already on the point of going to discourage them from going back to work i dont think we could have a more out of touch senator because this is a state where a lot of people rely on tourism they rely on. You know working at restaurants and Service Industries down people are hurting and so when they see these decisions being made in that. Its really frustrating i think in some ways this bailout will help because a lot of our revenues and so. I mean that in that. Legislators and having the money to address this. But you know the again lets set up distribute federal payments again the most arent getting it because problems with the portal and theyre working on it presently they are a lot of people are still waiting there are hold lou they shoes that are going on and really i think the are the coronavirus shows just all the weaknesses and its aggression that is really going on in this. Situation and molly you mentioned this partially in your your response a moment ago but floridas economy is driven by industries that coping 1000 have affected the most were talking Leisure Hospitality retail many of those jobs just going to come back what will florida do to sustain itself. You know theyre going to have to address the nation. Were going to have to take a look at it and were going to have to look at job creation and and john training you know you cant rely on the weathers nice and more because all you can do to get out to the beach. Open it up again well i think i think youre going to think youre going to like a lot enough where they you know when you make decisions like allowing iraq again it makes you wonder is it really making decisions that are overall going to. Rely on one of the program on and vacation in florida and or the 1000000 will that rely on those anymore weve got to do more. Oscillation. Were you the opportunities and not just didnt like others as oh theyre always look internally and out they dont want to work when its in trouble or any not her fraud allegations as well and so you know for them thats a real opportunity here to step up and do the right thing and then everyone will they do when an hour and shine state its always interesting going here its like a wild west well you know its interesting because i think florida is also a microcosm for a lot of issues that are happening that are that are affecting states across this country because of some of the policies that were in place before this this pandemic i want to jump you mentioned the you know before declared the essential business which look i have a history obviously with the given my father and all that you know but what with florida facing massive job losses and growing income inequality how can we possibly just apply allowing wrestling with no one when you can even as a floridian go in and see it and pay money to go see the event but i dont understand this move at all. A lot of people are asking the question that was up you know i. Mentioned you know alleged you need as root is already out of orlando and under them expanding the former c. E. O. Now married to the current you know the World Wrestling entertainment so when i was there was on times ave at meeting its all Business Administration you know that broke trumps you and support of israel like to campaign so theres no need to change in anything and were not going but those sorts of connections certainly make you know. So how do you going to use an actual business when you have so many people that are hurting and out of work and again you know i clinic has pulled down a lot of my time for Small Business owners. And so when youre looking and seeing and i like wrestling is not really entertaining when you have this and its. Frightening oh my gosh im content thats not very reassuring there are literally starving there are. Money to pay their bills you know what are you going to forget about the fact that you are having to go to school anymore now you have to rely on Online Learning which again its not as though its not as intensive it will are in my area and from there actually that were going to have to fall back on you know because there are not going to be any. So i think that we do think a lot of people do that we can do i think a lot of learning and need. A lot of already and think. Oh you want to keep electing a guy like governor former governor now senator. Clinton do you guys believe that. You know in your gut and by the way we look back we dont want to clarity and radio american. Or the mall or we always love it when you come when youre spending your soapbox on the show always a pleasure having me on and you take herself out of florida and keep up the great work. With the absence of human beings around thanks to stay at home orders and social distancing the world around us appears to finally be breathing a sigh of relief as weve ripped. Pollution levels dropping but many species who are on the brink thanks to human beings are starting to make a comeback including the leatherback sea turtles in point of fact baby leatherback sea turtles on a beach in thailand researchers discovered 11 new leatherback sea turtle nests the largest amount seen there in over 2 decades meanwhile here in the United States once again talking about florida on floridas juno beach an incredible 76. 00 leatherback baby sea a total mess were discovered with less human traffic and plastic and garbage to say that the future little ones stand a much better chance of making it out of their nests and to the oceans and hopefully be on the way to go baby sea turtles got a love that on the right. Right that is our show for today remember when in this world were not told that we are loved enough so i tell you all i love you i am tired roven torah and im watching all those hawks out there and have a great day and night to go see turtle. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of Politics School business im show business ill see you then. After a lackluster primary democrats in the media friends have decided on joe biden as their. Is healing to belong will that aggressives fall in line with his job offering voters and will the d. N. C. Experienced buyers remorse. Coronavirus Climate Change and concerns about reopening the United States too soon will cover all the angles on this are taking. Work from the politicking on larry king. Jr will join us to talk about his Environmental Activism in the time of colbert 19 but 1st the virus has our shit in economic anxieties unemployment woes and need for federal go and action to help people who are struggling chris lou joins us for the lead in congress ation on this edition of politicking hes a veteran of the Obama Administration he served as deputy secretary of labor he is in Arlington Virginia but course the trumpet administration recently announced the plan to open up america again is that too soon well there they put out a series of guidelines that will leave this up to governors and i think thats the rational decision and you see governors on a regional basis whether its on the west coast or east coast that are going to make those decisions in conjunction with their neighboring government governors and it will be based on both the. Case that load in each of the states as well as their testing capacity. The administration recently tweeted its time to liberate minnesota michigan and virginia what do you make of that i mean this is troubling you know this is a president who a week ago said he had total 30 to make decisions about reopening and then after he received pushback bipartisan push back from members of congress he sensibly left that decision up to governors in conjunction with Public Health experts laid out a series of guidelines that made sense and then obviously this is a president who wasnt fired leaving things as is and is now apparently encouraging its supporters to rally in state capitals to try to reopen the government reopen that economies and the problem is theyre not only putting themselves at rest but theyre politicizing something that really should not be politicized at this point in additional rescue package for Small Business 350000000000. 00 thats gone already did a company