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Or scrap this case and why havent the Pilot Program been suspended were going to explain all right its time to boot you i. Q. Countries that have been the subject of crippling sanctions from the United States are now working together as a rainy and ships head to venezuela the u. S. Is reportedly looking for ways to intervene which could signal a new conflict amid increased tensions arties Rachel Blevins is joining us now from the newsroom with the latest developments to this so richard what more can you tell us on the story well manella both iran and venezuela have been hit with extensive sanctions by the u. S. Over the last year which is severely limited their oil sales and hurt their economies but now the u. S. May also move to try to prevent that you countries from working with each other in response to reports that iran is in the process of shipping world the venezuela and anonymous senior u. S. Official was quoted as saying it is not only unwelcome by the United States but its unwelcome by the region and were looking at measures that can be taken one of those. Measures could meet deploying u. S. Navy ships to the Caribbean Sea in an effort to prevent 5 iranian tankers that are currently on route with more than 45000000. 00 worth of gasoline and supplies from reaching venezuelas ports or runs Foreign Ministers submitted a complaint to the United Nations on sunday warning that any attempt to disrupt the transfer of oil the venice willow would be seen as a legal in a form of piracy and the u. S. Would be responsible for the consequences a spokesperson for Irans Foreign Ministry doubled down arguing that the u. S. Cannot dictate the placement of irans oil tankers around the world. So you have i dont care what american stated regarding our oil tankers in various locations around the world it is illegal and shameful if they make any moves against this really legitimate the ceiling of our ships definitely reaction by the Islamic Republic of iran. Because warnings also come as irans Supreme Leader renewed calls for u. S. Troops to withdraw from iraq and syria going as far as to say that if the americans stay in iraq and syria they will be expelled now it is not clear exactly how the plan to expel u. S. Troops would be carried out but iran has argued that any presence in the country is was requested by their governments as opposed to the u. S. Which has maintained its presence through force after pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal in may 20 the trumpet administration has continued to implement crippling sanctions even as other countries have called for the u. S. To show mercy in the midst of a corona Virus Outbreak that has led to around 7000 deaths in iran as for venezuela the trumpet administration has spent the last year working to overthrow elected president Nicolas Maduro by putting their support behind Opposition Leader one while the same shins have been aimed at creating an uprising among the venezuelan people they have left thousands impoverished and in need of food and medical supplies while creating very little support for now the economic sanctions on this whale. One of the Largest Oil Reserves in the world have also resulted in gas shortages thats because the south american countries and able to refine its own crude this is where ron comes in willing to bring in much needed chemicals for those refineries washington has worked to cut off and us oil and iran from working with both the u. S. And any of its allies but not remains to be seen how far the u. S. Will go to revenge that you countries from working with each other reporting in the newsroom Rachel Blevins archie. All right here to weigh in on these issues in the u. K. Former u. K. M. P. George galloway and here stateside former pentagon official Michael Lewis as a gentlemen good to see you both george ill start with you. Both iran and venezuela are currently being sanctioned by the u. S. That they are effectively on americas nadi list if you will if American Allies arent allowed to do business with either country whats the problem with them doing business with one another. Well it would be pirates in the car or be in the pretty Johnny Depp Type of pirates but the ugly mike pompeo pirates of the caribbean its a not draw of war which is evidently being contemplated and indeed the blockading or of another countrys ports in this case venezuela is literally legally an act of war and saw the United States better caliber especially in the room up to a president ial election these are no countries with anything to lose they are very likely to retaliate in the most embarrassing really possible to the United States if any interference in this entirely Legal Exchange between iran and venezuela to explain this that our north sunshines between iran and venezuela no power on earth not even my kind will it to be otherwise and our mike mike maloof these takers they are carrying about 175000 metric tons of gas and similar products and theyre warning the u. S. That theyd better not give them a hard time passing through the caribbean or else what i mean just a few weeks ago the u. S. Navy accused iranian boats and and some ships of conducting dangerous and provocative behavior along the persian gulf waters. Well again iran is in a position to comment to counter what the United States is doing it could increase its surveillance if you will of u. S. Shipping in that in that region in the persian gulf it could also. Block the straits if the United States took provocative action of actually blockade if you will against iranian ships thats i would agree with george that this is not this is a very very Serious Development not even the e. U. Which has certain sanctions against even as a way a law only insert certain limited areas does not sanction against iran and venezuela have been legitimate trade as is going on right now with the shipment of gasoline and its also strictly economic and so the United States once again is really tried in on very thin legal ice. As well as trying to actually. Keep a spotlight on on another. Problem area that it just refuses to let up on and i think its going to create a real problem for us in the end. George the in the coronavirus can it pandemic obviously still raging on on this diplomatic front if you can speak to that is there no temporary truce or or like a time out for countries like venezuela or iran so that they can try to save the lives of their own people no gentlemens agreement. For them no gentlemen involved in this standoff im afraid the pope right at the beginning of the crisis the United Nations secretary general right at the very beginning of the crisis thats called for all guns to fall silent around the world and for sanctions to be east but the United States has ramped up the sanctions. Against its perceived allies its perceived enemies and of course did you know once the sanctions against china have morphed into talk call via pretty much run out to war with china youve got. Youve got the strategic bombers know in the South China Sea as well as warships your mercenaries are invading venezuelan sovereign territory you have frozen illegally the sovereign wealth of venezuela and of course everyone knows of iran those suffering mightily in these times has been crushed father by United States sanctions saw no gentlemans agreement because there aint no gentleman all round im afraid and mike is there any indication from from any of these parties from the us from iran or venezuela that further escalation is not the desired outcome during this pandemic i mean given your experience in defense whats your worst fear to come out of this. Well i fear the worst generally in my line of business we used to fear the worst return which generally turned out to be true i think the United States is trying to keep this focus on iran. While trying to deal with the pandemic but its got so many other issues but i also think irans learning of an interesting lesson from the u. S. Occupation of the persian gulf and that is if the United States can sail it ship in its spear of influence in the persian gulf why cant you know iran begin to bring its own assets into the caribbean and into latin america and do some regular cruising around so i think its that will certainly raise the United States anxiety levels and create a problem but it didnt have before if it continues as this course of action so im. I dont so i dont see that the United States is going to lessen its pressures on iran but i think its going to back or ultimately on the United States and last word on this for each of you george what are you hoping to see evolve from these tankers are you hoping they may get to venezuela safely and they can go about their business and that the u. S. Doesnt intervene. Of course i hope and pray that is the case because nobody with a sane mind would want any for their escalation but ive got to tell you if the United States cesars or blocks these tankers iran will do the same in the persian gulf they will blockade other tankers they will seize them they will attack them and some of those might be american and there will be right back into the kind of joy of war the brink of all out war that we were lost a couple of months ago when the United States assassinated the general sort of money all right mike last word on this. You know i think united i think iran will continue its pressure and if the United States were to make an attempt to stop these ships at mid city that will in a in effect be a declaration of war that is recognize an International Law and but i think that they will they will continue to be iran will continue to do what it wants to do so and some references are made to the time that the brits stopped. An Iranian Oil Tanker and had it seized but this is different this that was against they thought going to syria which was sanctioned by the u. N. You dont have any of that here and i think that the United States again would be involved in piracy if it under took action on the high seas against those are rainy and ships and certainly would be unprecedented if any of that happened George Galloway mike malloy appreciate your time thank you. Closure. Elsewhere in the news the corona virus pandemic continues to unfold tracking the global outbreak cases worldwide now topping 4700000 with 315000 reported deaths taking a closer look at the countries with the most confirmed cases the u. S. Still leading the way followed by russia the u. K. And brazil trailing closely behind right here stateside there are now 1400000 cases of infections and about 89000 deaths. And calls for global unity continue to ring out in the battle against the pandemic during a Virtual Meeting today with the World Health Organization the w. H. O. Chief promised a transparent and independent review of their covert 1000. 00 response meanwhile chinas president xi jinping pledged to 1000000000. 00 with be over the next 2 years to help the hardest hit countries. And then over to canada where a fly over to pay tribute to front line workers during the pandemic took a turn for the worst an aerobatic jet known as a snowbird crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood killing one crew member seriously injuring another and setting a house on fire as a result the morale boosting mission now put on hold Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent his condolences to members of the snowbirds. And a federal judge has denied martin scrolly better known as the farmer bro his request to leave prison so he could do research for a cure for covert 19 the judge sided with officials stating that surely you failed to demonstrate adequate grounds for release based on his reasons surely is currently serving a 7 year sentence for defrauding his investors. And g. M. Reopens its doors while coming back employees during this pandemic but are there risks involved were going to discuss that and then later over the sports h. Q. Regina hampshire is a big return to the brink of professional ball writing over and over and. To keep up with the latest news and for anything he might have missed download our brand new portable t. V. App where you can watch at 247 all these there will be back in just 2. And. The but. We go to work so you straight home. 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Auto workers are heading back to factories in detroit chicago toledo louisville and kansas city as the big 3 automakers better known as the detroit 3 have started building cars again but is this a smart move at this time joining us to discuss boom bust cohost and investigative journalist van swan so ben i got to ask is this a smart move especially when so many people are still sick still getting sick and tons of folks are out of work i mean are people even buying cars right now. Well i mean theres thats a kind of a bunch of questions so let me start with the last one are people buying cars right now no probably not the majority of people are not interested right now in buying cars when you have about 35000000 people out of work right now youre not going to run on buy a new car youre going to take on more of that kind of a burden however. Part of the reason that we need to see this move made by these big 3 as you mentioned which are really for General Motors and chrysler the reason that this needs to happen is because we need to get more people back to work and also fix supply chain issues just because people are buying cars today doesnt mean they wont want to buy cars in 6 months or a year and you need production facilities on line and production taking place in order to fulfill the orders that will come in the future and then what if any safety protocols are going to be put in place to protect these workers and also can i just add this other question is i thought President Trump said jam was flipping their factories to make metal leaders. Right so g. M. Was supposed to be flipping at least one factory to make ventilators but its been very unclear as to exactly what that bill or that agreement was supposed to be because remember for a while g. M. Said they would that they were charging in and saying that now then they said they werent there they said they were again and meanwhile what we have found in terms of into later is we have not had the need for ventilators as had been predicted by politicians and people at the top of the health circles like anthony who said we would need all these ventilators turns out we actually didnt need them and that goes back to what you just said there are still people getting sick yes but not in the mass numbers that has ever been predicted this thing is never taken off the way that was said so yes we see more people starting to go back to work there will be precautions for instance at these plants you have to wear a face mask if youre going to be at work going to do thermal readings and in temperature scans of people coming in and i got to tell you some of that stuff just doesnt make sense because most people who contract coronavirus are asymptomatic so youre not going to have a fever and the thermal imaging scans are going to tell you if someone has it they will also be conducting interviews with people asking them how they feel but again that doesnt stop the spread of it so so its almost as if youre going through the motions of trying to stop the spread of coronavirus without looking at what we know about the virus now and saying those things really wont change anything yet kind of sound a little in effect then kind of like you know when theres one shoe bomber and now Everybody Needs to take their shoes off at the t. S. A. Just saying thats commentary but lets get a good example lets shift gears here and yes car puns totally intended and talk about a new accusation from the Chinese Telecom company while way which is now claiming that the trumpet ministration has damaged the Global Technology industry with this extended trade ban what if in relation to. Yes in relation to the fact that if you go back into last year remember while way with us. Part of this ban not only to be used in the United States but there was a new trade ban that was put on selling conductors to walk away so companies in the United States that create semiconductors cannot sell them to while away for what way to use them and it actually hurts a Semiconductor Companies here in the u. S. And thats what what way is saying is that not only is the u. S. Trying to hurt them but theyre actually hurting businesses here and businesses that are trying to sell globally and trying to do business outside of the u. S. Borders and what while way is saying is that the u. S. Is actually harming companies beyond its own borders and they shouldnt have the right to do so when it comes back to that city conductor issue and then heres a while way says they say this new rule will impact the expansion maintenance and continuous operations that Networks Worth hundreds of billions of dollars that we have rolled out in more than 170. 00 countries what technology are they referring to yet this goes back to this this issue of semiconductors so what essentially theyre doing right now is is the u. S. Is saying you cannot sell something conductors while we are trying to injure wall way and prevent them from being able to continue to develop their phones and gain market share while ways in the meantime look at other places in this business but the reality is that a lot of the semiconductor has come from the u. S. And its its its a piece its a cog in this whole supply chain process and by the u. S. Cutting off this particular piece of that supply chain they do slow down while way to some extent but at the same time as we said theyre severely hurting companies in the u. S. Because remember a while weight is the largest now producer of or 2nd largest producer of phones around the world samsungs 1st while hes now 2nd and apple the 3rd so when youre cutting out the 2nd largest seller of phones from Semiconductor Developers in the United States youre harming them and i think it goes back to what George Galloway and mike maloof were saying a minute ago which is that during this time when you would think that everyones kind of focused on one thing instead the u. S. Is kind of upping some of its attacks on some of these companies and you and i have talked about this its one thing to be upping you know sanctions on countries but to do it on private companies seems to be kind of the ultimate cronyism and i would have to agree we dont leave it right there unfortunately my friend ben thank you so much for that update. And Israeli Court today convicted a jewish extremist for the 2015 arson attack that killed a palestinian toddler in his parents a court ruled bin you little fire bombs into the familys west bank home as the family slept killing the 18 month old toddler his mother and father later died from their injuries a 4 year old is the only family survivor. And in hong kong the activists who led last years massive protests are now on trial businessman jimmy lived former legislator martin lee and 13 other activists were arrested last month and accused of various charges related to those protests now antigovernment demonstrators could be seen outside of the courthouse in time the u. N. Human Rights Office has called the case against this against them rather to be dropped. 3. United launch Alliance Atlas find rocket with us on sept 7th for the United States peacekeepers on a mission dedicated to america. And the u. S. Militarys mystery space clean blasted off and you dont get it once again only this time with an extra load of science experiments the spacecraft x. 37. 00 was launched on board a united launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral in florida sunday night but adding to the planes mystery is the fact that officials arent saying how long the spacecraft will remain in orbit or the actual purpose of this mission the Previous Mission lasted a record 2 years with a touchdown shrouded in darkness at nationals Kennedy Space center just last year. Or lets head over to regina hamm with us force h. Q. Bull riding has now returned to the ring and one rider had a pretty good night i would say so any time you probably dont get injured by bull riding is a good night and theres nothing sports fans enjoy more than a sort of finish and they got one. The p. B. R. 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Theres no doubt that the coronavirus has significantly changed the landscape of sports as we know it including the postpone of the 2020 choking Olympic Games but for former libyan mark spitz and his impact on coven one team has actually brought back his own memories of his traumatic olympic moments. Spitz made olympic history at the 97 to munich Olympic Games and he won 7 gold medals and set 7 swimming records but that sadly was all overshadowed when palestinian tears for black september attacked israeli athletes 40 years later though the 7 year old praises the International Olympic committee for their work then and their response now to the coronavirus pandemic the tokyo games or move to summer trying to anyone and has been a massive talking point in the sports world for spitz he thinks it was the right move for the abundant safety of athletes and fans but he also gave some insight into the feelings of those athletes after months of preparations the conic event take a listen yes police who are prepared to compete in the big games in tokyo just months from now originally playing. Certainly that was a big disappointment for me but were concerned. Again. With positive is the International Committee to the right move its really great to see former olympians manila speaking out supporting the i. O. C. Is move because they want to see your body compete as much as we do and mark spitz we know obviously those records are broken by our local d. M. V. You know native michael phelps. Good for us good for mike all right ok are you sure that reggie dont and we will be back at 5 pm with a lot more news for you new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo has tapped private investors as part of the Coronavirus Response a move thats straight up a lot of criticism plus an investigation is now underway into a massive explosion that took place in Downtown Los Angeles over the weekend were going to tell you all about it all that and more coming up at 5 pm so sit tight but thats it for right now make sure you keep up with everything and question at all times by downloading our brand new free app called portable t. V. 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