Lieu of people who have been told do not go outside this is crazy but heres what we want to do we want to start with Something Else i want to start with this what in the world i have to ask is going on with european carmakers who are being caught red handed lying and cheating what are they lying and cheating about car emissions its like if i sold you a car and i guaranteed you that it does not pollute the environment but it does. If you drive a Mercedes Benz this may have happened to you investigate or say the company produced to a t 2 180000 c class and class vehicles 280000 of these things that were outfitted with a little trick gadget that goes into the car to fool people into thinking that its not polluting when in fact it is essentially who they want to fool is the people who test the cars for emissions right the maker of mercedes has recalled 700000 cars and while the investigation of mercedes continues volkswagen is still reeling after they got caught pretty much doing the same thing though so i can control 70 percent of the diesel market right here in the United States and it was caught in the United States in los angeles by the way it installed a device in half a 1000000 cars here and another 10500000 cars worldwide. That then allowed it to trick emissions tests how do they do this and by the way whats happening now and just how big is this scandal were going to drill down on this for you right here on the nose rick sanchez because we believe we really do its time to do news again. Questions questions time to see what you think what we think youre going to be asking tomorrow after watching our newscast tonight what happens to european Car Companies that were caught cheating to pollute is india poised to become the next pope at 19 epicenter and will the Beauty Industry survive the coronavirus epidemic all right want to let you know that all this week were bringing you the special coverage of the coronavirus with updates of all over the world and everything you need to do to protect your family and yourself we call it tracking coronavirus ok so it began with volkswagen. You probably heard about it still hasnt really ended this scandal this controversy now mercedesbenz is in the mix and who knows where this thing is going to add this is a verifiable scandal that involves millions of cars and more importantly millions of people millions of drivers oh and then there is that little thing called the worlds environment. We have special coverage on this story today and were going to get with our t. Correspondent alex my head of edge to set the scene. A promise. Turned black and became what is known as diesel gate one of the most trusted companies the Auto Industry was caught in a lie following up on a 2014 california the study that looked into emissions discrepancies between european and u. S. Vehicles in september 2015 that you whats important to Protection Agency issued a notice of violation of the clean air act. To german carmaker. I think its fair to say that were quite concerned by some of the reports that weve seen about the conduct of this particular company but ultimately this is their responsibility e. P. A. To take a look at it and thats exactly what theyre doing. Thats a month i get admitted to installing software and its diesel cars that turned on pollution controls when vehicles were being tested and switch them off during every day driving software made it look as if the course made tough limits on harmful pollutants known as nitrogen oxides in fact the up to 40 times more nitrogen oxides in real World Driving situations than what test results showed this led to more investigations against volkswagen and other countries where similar conclusions were made ultimately it was discovered that 11000000 volkswagen cars worldwide had misleading software installed half a 1000000 of those were sold in the u. S. According to the german media was using emissions manipulation software as early as 2005 in january 2017 pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the u. S. That same year a federal judge ordered him to pay a 2800000000. 00 fine in addition it ended up paying another 1450000000. 00 u. S. Civil penalties adding to the companys problems in september 2019 german prosecutors charged 3 of volkswagens top executives say they knew about the issues and rather than addressing the problems they kept them hated by january of this year the number of those charged rose to 1132. 00 individuals are still being investigated for diesel because cost estimate of 33000000000. 00 in fines settlements and recall costs never mind the initial hit that Company Stock took when the scandal was revealed something from which it is not quite recovered diesel gate has revealed that contrary to the claims of a number of auto makers diesel. Powered vehicles are not as green as the Companies Made them out to be and some Car Manufacturers were willing to hide the fact. And other automakers continue to be under the microscope for news with rick sanchez im alex my lil bitch this is crazy this is not some small. Shop somewhere trying to get away with free electric or free gas these are 1000000000. 00 companies were talking about. Red handed were joined now by former u. K. Member of Parliament George galloway also joining us attorney greg coleman whos the founder of the of greg coleman law and mr coleman are you handling some of these cases tell us just how big is and how many there are potential Car Manufacturers may be involved or may have done the same thing. Yes its a q i am handling along with others especially in europe so what we know for sure is with respect to v. W. As we just heard from your promo that if you tell you this it is in the u. S. But youre strange say theyve done no such saying in europe where they are actually located and where they sold the fast majority of the cars that had that sheet emissions device is so that what ive been working with along with others to form that diesel what missions just as foundation in order to make sure that justice can be bad for those consumers throughout europe and just to just to clarify im reading reports that not just mercedes but b. M. W. And perhaps some other Country Companies may or may have been involved or done something similar or is that true. Absolutely as we. Discuss your head if you will v. W. But in addition to veto you we know for example that c i s adult in the United States we know that. Is currently. In litigation in the United States we know that youre very manufacturing players because this. Issue its going to involve many many others in addition to the main players George Galloway joining us from one of george what is your reaction and what do you think is the general reaction in europe learning that these huge corporations would be trying to pull off Something Like this. Corporate giant. And destroy the environment to make a bit of extra profit who would have thunk rick the reality is these people should never work again as they see every penny that the made on sales to the United States and any of our country to which they were doing so fraudulently must be taken from the Company Takes against them these people down on the fact that if the punishment will not fit the crime it will be a big fine but nothing like the find would want to. This crime. Theyll make up in profits in the future and its up to us the public and all countries to make sure that isnt the case just perhaps its a little unfair of me that both. On Mercedes Benz who are both of course vital organs of hitlers germany so perhaps we need an. Expected ethical behavior from well what do you expect this is going to result in i mean is this. I guess for full disclosure mr coleman are you handling what a class action suit on behalf of whom. We have. Video you all interest. Example is the netherlands and im glad you asked me that because there is a new law thats just coming to an internet under way. And i dont want to get too much into the week. We have the 1st of. All i think that we were standing not only the 160000. Owners of these impacted vehicles but also acted throughout the entire and tradition surely it was on how the courts interpret our writ the entire the whole of your something most of these companies are trying to get a quick settlement i mean ive looked at the numbers 1000000000. 00 here another half a 1000000000. 00 there george you were a member of parliament what can the leaders of European Countries like the u. K. Do to punish these companies or should they. Only should. I grew up dreaming that i would own an american car i dont know how it came to pass many of your people are prepared to buy a volkswagen instead give me a buick or a caterpillar. The governments have full power they could sit to these Corporate Giants youll never want here are going unless you pay us every penny every cent of the profits you made during the fraudulent period when you were cheating from us you were cheating your customers and you were despoiling are in bottom. Of the power they just very really want to use it because they are lobbied by Corporate Giants and who knows what happens in the back room but the law. Should be. In this through with. The go ahead i want to put a punctuation only to find its way to about 30 seconds. What i was going to add on to what george just said there was a group commissioned by. Exactly what george was talking about there was a loose if if if you will among these auto manufacturers to consumers all around the world remember this just isnt america its not just europe its personal its australia canada so this is such a widespread thing and that indeed they do need to be held accountable this is a really important story im glad were doing it im glad we had you gentlemen here to take us through it mr bell why mr coleman thanks to both of you youre watching the news of rick sanchez here on your favorite provider or perhaps for free on portable t. V. Our special coverage is going to be right back. The world is driven by dream shaped. The dairies thinks. We dare to ask. Thinking of getting to be the. She. Didnt. Use traps in this why are you going to use a crate with him he will just. 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We welcome you back im rick sanchez here on the news of the rick sanchez were broadcasting live by the way all over the world its 15 minutes after the hour here in our Nations Capital in the United States those of you watching and europe or pakistan or throughout parts of india we welcome you whether youre watching us on your favorite provider or youre watching us on portable t. V. Which so many tens of thousands of you have been reaching out to us who are on portable t. V. Were glad to. There anything we can do to assist it speaking of india indias Prime Minister modi is announcing that he will extend the countrys lockdown for 3 more weeks did so today the reason the numbers there have continued to spike but allow citizens are abiding by the large to own causing some really. Eerie images on the streets of some of the most crowded cities in the world as you know that are of course brought im sure greenstein is by shes here in studio with us to bring us the very latest that has been coming out of india where you have the show well indias nationwide lockdown was extended today for another 3 weeks it was set to expire today but now its set to go on until may 3rd that means until may 3rd all nonessential businesses that means anything except businesses like Grocery Stores and Health Services are all must be closed so heres what that looks like i want to take you to some video of the streets of patna city as you can see there really almost completely deserted so we have all nonessential offices markets places of worship are closed the Construction Industry has been shut down and Public Transportation has been shut down and. It really doesnt if you think about what the streets look like normally right this is india this is a very busy city in india the contrast is very drastic now police in a lot of these cities have really been charged with enforcing this curfew very strictly as you can see some people get beaten with sticks and all of the state borders have been sealed even for walkers so what that means is something really significant especially in a place like india because whats happening with this Coronavirus Crisis and this lockdown is that the existing class structures are becoming even more obvious right so ill give you an example right indias home to a lot of daily wage workers who have of course been jobless since this lockdown began those are the large. They call of day laborers sure they will not only come to work in the city spend 3 or 4 days or sometimes the entire week then they go home for a wee. And then they come back right and they travel across the state borders to do so so many of these Migrant Workers right are losing their income theyre losing their housing too because in some cases their housing is connected to their employment or their employers are simply kicking them out once this lockdown started and also because Public Transportation has been halted a lot of these people had to start walking back to their native villages but then because the state borders got shut down millions of these Migrant Workers are daily aber as right are now in these makeshift internal refugee camps so this is highly significant because a lot of these Indian States are actually were lying only on n. G. O. S for food and water and of course this means that these camps risk becoming centers of illnesses including one team what youre sharing is that there are limbo i suppose. Refugees in their own country in their own country internal refugees so whats happening is not only is the existing class structure becoming more obvious because of this crisis the crisis is also intensifying existing Class Division right for example after this lockdown extension was announced today in india by the Prime Minister after this extension was announced we had Migrant Workers protesting right there demanding that there they be allowed to go back to their native cities. The images that you have just shown us are remarkable and i think i read earlier today in one of your pictures when we were talking about what you and i are going to be talking about some animals have now taken over the streets of india is that true thats thats absolutely right i want to show you some video video of new delhi the capital in india we can see animals like monkeys cows dogs right all of the streets that were once booming right we see them roaming sleeping in places looking for food and by the way in terms of you know animals in india the Indian Council of Agricultural Research just got permission from the Indian Government this week to actually test animals for kovan 1000 so well see where that theres. Some reporting on that i dont think anything is nailed down but there has been some interesting reporting of. The difference for example between cats and dogs and still right lets not get into that right now its not our story the one thing that we do have to and i think for people who maybe are watching us in india they understand this india in places like delhi for example has some of the most dense not just very dense population where people are very close together absolutely that thats why they were having the infestation that they were absolutely and of course like i said these existing Class Divisions are becoming more intense right so as one example of the situation india about 90 percent of indian children age 5 or less are already under norris straight so what does that mean for these families who now cant cross the state borders to you know provide their families with money and of course india doesnt always have the best Public Health infrastructure in all places of the country so that makes a country like india especially vulnerable right but on the other hand we do have the example of big businesses wanting to end the lockdown so the government may actually go and im direction because they may you know be influenced by those industries in the end its really about having enough hospital beds d its about having enough ventilators its valentines day dont care workers its and its about having enough tests place i mean in terms of these theres too many people in many of these countries and this is why were going to follow some of these things but theyre you know theyre doing what they can and i think this is the time to just try and support th