Youll be credited for the next time you fly so as a result of the pandemic airlines have had to cancel hundreds of flights every single day and in fact the t. S. A. Has reported that as of this past sunday only 122000 passengers were screened through all u. S. Airport security checkpoints and thats compared to 2400000 last year on the same date now the number of operating commercial flights down significantly a whopping 95 percent so whats no surprise that as Airline Companies continue hemorrhaging money passengers are seeking a refund for those canceled flights that were initially denied any cash back so thats why the department of transportation reached and demanded out to the airlines that they comply with passenger requests and give them back their money so its a rare step to see the government step in and tell big private companies how to treat customers until now and. Is this the new normal so are to your parent project has been taking a deeper dive into all of this apparent the European Commission later told the European Airlines to do the same thing right thats right manila because of because of the coronavirus more people actually are canceling flights rather than booking them like you said Worldwide Airlines they all almost 35000000000. 00 with a b 1000000000. 00 in refunds and almost all of them have just been giving their customers vouchers and like you mentioned u. S. Airlines theyre getting a big chunk of the coronavirus aid package but surprisingly the bailout will have these companies barely breaking even so lets look at the breakdown here now yes airlines they were given 60000000000. 00 from that package but only 25000000000. 00 is actually going to Passenger Airlines which thats going to be divided up between each company so its at almost 2000000000. 00 per airline now that money can only be used to keep their employees working through september and not putting any employee on furlough now to see exactly what airlines are dealing with when it comes to getting refunds we have jet blue as an example who released their numbers in march of last year youre looking at 22000000. 00 a day and ticket sales march this year only 4000000. 00 now in april only making about a 1000000. 00 per day and how much do they owe customers in refunds 2000000. 00 per day so airlines have been doing all they can including making some pretty dodgy moves to preserve cash like changing their return policies over and over again putting loopholes as to what flights actually can get refunded and even delaying refunds for up to a year that you do have some of the bosses for actually forging their paychecks Like United Airlines c. E. O. And president and the c. E. O. Of Southwest Airlines says that hell take a 7 percent pay cut but look at the numbers there theyre always making well over 5000000. 00 a year so after getting more than 1600. 00 customer complaints the department of transportation they order airlines to refund their customers if a flight is canceled or significantly delayed which also does apply to government restrictions that will prohibit flying airlines have cut down drastically the number of flights per day like american airlines. With many of the airlines also suspending service to new york which as we know is a major coronavirus hotspot airlines have also cut down their schedules and the typical Passenger Airline airliner now has about one in 10 seats filled manila and so fair it obviously a lot of people are upset about all of this and rightfully so but one customer is taking it to the next level right and just doing United Airlines yeah he has filed a Class Action Lawsuit you know its a real david and goliath moment here for united and this actually could be the start of many more lawsuits against these Airline Companies adding even more debt to that now the man suing Jacob Rudolph he is a Minnesota Police officer who says that he paid more than 1500. 00 back in january for 3 plane tickets and even after the department of transportation reminded airlines that they have to refund its customers rudolph says they still didnt pay and only gave him travel credit within a year of the original travel date now a spokesperson for United Airlines declined to comment on this lawsuit except she said that united is proud of the role and the company and the employees play during this crisis and they are going to continue to operate in nearly every domestic destination reporting in washington fair and fronsac. All right you might call this the cares act part 2 now congress is now looking at a 2nd stimulus package meant to help businesses and workers impacted by the coronavirus shutdowns now this is in addition to be over 2 trillion dollar stimulus which were approved back on march 28th joining us to discuss this investigative journalist and boom bust cohost ben swan so ben what do we know about whats inside this cares act do. Well its being developed right now theres a couple of things ill get to that in the 2nd but let me just say this because there is some breaking news on this bill the. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell just came out this afternoon saying this that the additional amount of money needs to be put into the current care. That is 2 trillion stimulus dollars remember the cares i could self is divided into pieces 500000000000. 00 is supposed to go to helping big businesses about 350000000000. 00 will help Small Businesses and theyll be checks sent to individuals right remember all that well the 350000000000. 00 part of it that goes to Small Businesses mcconnell came out just a few hours ago and said that that amount needs to be increased immediately so apart from this kind of 2nd version of the stimulus we know that the senate is already pushing very hard to get more money into the Small Business part of it as for who else would be included this time around in the cares to if you want to call it that legislation that includes farmers extending Unemployment Benefits and getting additional direct checks to American Families all right now now lets backtrack here to that breaking news you just gave us and i dont want to farhad because we dont really know how the cares one is working out right we dont we have we have very few numbers in fact president obama supposed to be speaking on that this afternoon and that we talking about how its going so far we do have some insight from white house economic adviser larry kudlow who says about 38000000000 dollars worth of loans has already been applied for remember the cares act essentially allows Small Businesses to go in and request loans that ultimately can be mostly forgiven if you use them for utilities to pay salaries over the course of 2. 00 and a half months and also to cover mortgage or rent for your business most of that about 90 percent of it will probably be forgiven as a loan if you use it properly theres also a clause in there that essentially says im learning more about this now that you can also apply for loans right now from the s. B. A. Normally the s. B. A. Cuts offloads at 350000 they have extended those to 1000000. 00 for a business and those would have a low Interest Rate on them they would have to be paid back but they have a low Interest Rate so what we know is that about you know several 1000 businesses have already applied for this and about 38000000000 is being doled out already but there are so many. Business is being affected right now manila but you have to look at it and say you know how how can 2 trillion dollars possibly cover all those businesses and all those losses just you know and then one note here on the s. B. A. I dont know if its what im saying on my instagram i dont know if youre seeing it on yours but when you log in theres an ad at the top of instagram talking about the s. B. A. Loans and asking me if i need to apply for it i mean whats up with that so so so facebook is doing this instagram is doing that if you log on to your bank right now all banks are putting this up and the reason for that is because heres how it works the carriers act is now is being funded by the federal government its being run through the s. B. A. So you apply to the s. B. A. But you dont apply directly to the s. B. A. You actually apply to a local bank the local bank then runs it up through the s. B. A. To get you approved and then its paid out by the feds so theres multiple layers in that thats why youre seeing it in so many places right now its really just everywhere and then once everyone we know that there have already been 3 stimulus bills that have been signed into law cares act is obviously the biggest well known one why would another stimulus bill be necessary i mean is it just what Mitch Mcconnell pointed out. Well i think thats part of it and part of it is that you have to remember that theres going to be criticism no matter what you do theres going to be criticism but one of the i think fair criticisms is going to be that 500000000000. 00 is going to corporations and how much money is actually going to individuals for these stimulus checks so thats a big question right now so 1. 00 of the things that i think lawmakers are trying to do is get out quickly ahead of it and say we recognize number one unemployment claims much higher they had than they had anticipated were talking about 10000000 claims in just 2 weeks well probably have another 3 to 6000000 people this week who will sign up for Unemployment Benefits remember unemployment doesnt mean that youre out of a job it just means you have 0 hours so you have tens of millions of people who are saying i cant work right now i need a check immediately and i think that thats what youre seeing the feds trying to respond to right now and Goldman Sachs lastly is saying that this bill may actually see more political friction than the other ones why do you think that is. Very quickly i think the reason for that is because lawmakers in theory have more time to think about this one thing lawmakers are not doing under the under the guise of an emergency theyre talking about using enormous amounts of money 2. 00 trillion dollars is about half of the entire federal budget they passed it like that now were turning around and same will maybe we need to do it again so what are we talking about for 610 trillion dollars how much debt are we creating and are we setting ourselves up for massive massive inflation those are questions lawmakers are going to need to wrestle with rather than just passing everything under the guise of an emergency and swung at the credit virus and date death thank you for that update you got it. Right millions of unemployment claims have hit the Labor Department after many are furloughed fired or simply just had their hours cut due to the pandemic but economists believe we are far from the end of this economic crisis as those numbers are expected to continue to climb so its expected about 20000000 people will lose their jobs in the coming weeks but now theres increasing concern about how its actually impacting low income and minority communities and whether itll just lead to an even deeper divide between the haves and the have nots so for more on this well go to rachel evans live in the newsroom for us rachel well no as a death related to the coronavirus have sort past 11000 in the United States early data is confirming the fear that minority communities are being hit the hardest when a new death related to kovan one teen is reported in the u. S. The information given typically includes the age and gender of the deceased but the victims race and income status also play a key role and the latest data release shows an alarming trend in which minorities and specifically africanamericans are being impacted by the virus in cook county the 2nd most populated county in the u. S. Africanamericans make up 23 percent of the population but 58 percent of the coded 1900 s. And the city of chicago africanamericans make up just 29 percent of the population and 70 percent of the coven 1000 deaths at least 81 percent of these individuals had underlying conditions such as hypertension high Blood Pressure or diabetes similar says a 6 have emerged in michigan and North Carolina 2 of the states publishing says just 6 that include race and in wisconsin reports are now revealing that africanamericans make up almost half of milwaukee countys 945. 00 cases and 81 percent of its 27. 00 does despite the fact that the population is just 26 percent black there are concerns across the board for low income and minority populations in the united. Todays unemployment numbers continue to skyrocket by the week at levels the country hasnt seen since the Great Depression for those who are able to keep their jobs they are finding themselves on the front lines in the food and Service Industries with an increased risk of exposure to the virus a combination of low wages and a lack of access to health care could make a covert 19 diagnosis devastating as a survey from the Federal Reserve found that almost 40 percent of American Adults dont have 400. 00 in cash savings or credit to cover an emergency but even though President Trump recently signed the largest economic stimulus bill in u. S. History which congress touted as holding the answers to concerns about health care and Unemployment Benefits many have warned that it does much more for big corporations and for the average american Human Rights Watch criticize the bill noting that while sick leave is included companies with more than 500. 00 employees are exempt and a report the organization went on to note that low income communities are more likely to be exposed to the virus have higher mortality 1 rates and suffer economically as a result in times of economic crisis these vulnerabilities will be more pronounced for marginal groups with nearly half of the u. S. Population classified as either a low income or poor the concern of how the coronavirus pandemic will further cement the divide between the haves and the have nots is starting to become a reality reporting in the newsroom rachel blah vns archie. You know wisconsin marching on with their primary elections thanks to an order from the States Supreme Court were going to discuss that and then later in force regina hamm brings us a Masters Edition of major events that happened on this day in sports history will be right back. Lead. What is the difference between embarrassing gaffes in elder abuse joe biden certainly excels at the former and maybe is the victim of the latter we are told mention of Mental Health is off limits to what degree is the public the right to know. I dont trust medical authority at all ever and the reason for that is i had this horrible autoimmune disorder growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with autoimmune disorders so my suggestion to people who have Health Issues they cant figure out if theyre going to see a medical professional and theyve been going for 10 years and theyre still in the same place they should probably take it upon themselves to Start Testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own. My. Well its election day in wisconsin polls are open on a most unusual turn of events over the last 48 hours thats because on monday gov tony even tried to stop in person voting with an executive order but then the state Supreme Court ruled it has to go on as planned so now cities have consolidated the number of polling sites due to a shortage of workers willing to interact with the public because of the coronavirus so precincts are down from 180 to just 5 for the entire state so in addition 2500 National Guard troops guard troops have been called to staff these limited polling sites so joining us to discuss whats happening in americas dairyland arties scott email whos host of news views hughes all right scottie this is you know youre youre seeing here every state who had primaries or elections have already moved their dates why is wisconsin Still Holding their election today. Mel you are correct as 15 states have moved their primaries to the coronavirus however the debate on whether to move the wisconsin primary has become so intense its going all the way up to the Supreme Court were just late last night United StatesSupreme Court upheld with a 5 to 4 ruling upheld the state Supreme Court of wisconsins decision to not allow an extension of the absentee votes by a week now earlier yesterday as you mentioned in your tas democrat governor tony ever issued an executive order postponing the election for 2 months or that was almost immediately struck down by the state Supreme Court saying guess what governor you dont have the authority to postpone election especially the day before so it was maybe a little short notice now its got a 77. 00 delegates are up for grabs today but the democrat president ial race is not the only race on