Plants here in the u. S. May not have a serious impact on the countrys food supply after all but what about distributors were going to discuss all right its time to boost your news i. Q. Today marks 105 years since the start of the Armenian Genocide horrors in which 1500000 armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks however turkey a successor of the Ottoman Empire denies the deaths constitute genocide claiming the toll has been inflated and that those who were killed were simply victims of the civil war but a new page in history has turned highlighting what historians have said all along that these atrocities were in fact genocide and the 1st one of the 20th century r. T. America producer joe ricci brings us the story. Overheard. Genocides on the floor and they were both unanimous except that which is like. We seem to believe in miracles you know. Yet here. Today marks 105 years from what is considered the traditional start date of the Armenian Genocide when over 200. 00 intellectuals were rounded up and deported from constantinople most would end up murdered it was the beginning of the mass slaughter and expulsion of 1500000 armenians but now for the 1st time in over a century both chambers of the u. S. Congress recognized fully that what happened to the armenians was in fact a genocide something that had been ignored or denied especially following world war 2 when American Foreign policy relied on turkey as a vital ally in the struggle against the soviet union this begs the question is life different for armenians now that the strongest nation on earth essentially acknowledges what happened we should not forget that the unmeaning genocide is a part of the day decomposition because there is no i mean the feminists in the world who hasnt affected by the minutes on the slate. So its something that it was a it was a good news but not complete i may not share in the sense that. Its a moment to celebrate to the effect that after all its a resolution that commemorate commemorates the genocide and the go. I think among the subtle motivations to affirming that history was to preserve the memory of the survivors who are after all the that handful of people who have reconstituted the armenian nation its the affirmation of the in tar union experience that comes out of this resolution that needs to be recognized i think for armenians life may be better after the resolution but there are glaring omissions so far the president of the United States has yet to call the events of a century ago a genocide and then there is turkey whose president receptive to one strongly opposes the use of the term and as some believe continues the legacy of genocide denier. In our belief genocide is forbidden those who are trying to create a genocide or what was their relocation i guess theyre just trying to find a criminal we consider this accusation the greatest insult to our nation i am confident that the grand National Assembly of turkey will respondants that which was made for a domestic audience in the us in contradiction to what we know to be the actual historical facts. Continuation of the genocide because. There is not human genocide there is. Culture in general sites to. The journal science when happened in armenia after 115 it continuous up to today. By destruction of the armenian chooser of armenian more lawsuits or armenian monuments therefore its a continuous jemison. On todays top if you slow. So far it remains to be seen how long it will take President Trump for the turkish government to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide will hold of. Reporting in washington d. C. Joseph ricci party. And joining us to expand on this paria is the executive director of the army an Armenian National committee of america are not always good to see you thank you so much so today on the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden issued a statement on the subject and touted all of his years in the Senate Working towards recognizing the atrocities as a genocide President Trump doesnt seem to agree with that sentiment why the disconnect or disagreement on the subject between some politicians. Actually are here is a great continuity among president s and ministrations trusting this thing was a really weak statement it was basically written in on explorative d. C. And that interest President Trump but really it was little more than a copy paste of the obama biden insurance policy which was you know a face of language euphemistic language mental and verbal gymnastics to avoid using the word genocide so theres actually quite a bit of continuity of officials when they sort of the white house and thats true biden obama so would you call out biden record is he is he not telling us the truth when he says that he worked for years to recognize that as genocide. Its part of the truth i mean as a senator he was a great champion of the issue as Vice President he was part of an administration that not only broke its pledge to recognize this crime but fought congress for recognizing it entered a number of other steps that were very. Frankly thats the other part of the equation now if i President Biden was against policy by president obama then he should share as much he should tell us exactly what went on in the white house and if he was for it obama was against it he got overruled well you should you should tell us that but failing that i think we have to assume that the obama biden ministration was over one of one voice on the say right and we know that the turkish president obviously which i dont want consistently denies the vents actually constitute genocide and has been upset that congress would move to formally recognize that but americas closest ally in the middle east is israel theyre also on the same page as turkey on this matter so given that the jewish people have suffered the holocaust does it bother you that they wont as a state recognize this as a genocide. It bothers me and in many ways on behalf of the jewish people behalf of the citizens of israel this is ultimately a question of a soft respect over genocide survivors to say it is really beneath the dignity of israel to have to cover up for another countrys genocide when they themselves were victims of genocide so i think really its a question selfrespect israels you the right thing you know for the world for the army is but ultimately for themselves what would you say is next for your community now that this resolution passed last fall would the Community SeekSomething Like reparations or something similar. Absolutely the truth is in the service of justice we need justice we need the restoration of the rights of the assets that were denied to the armenians during the genocide 24th the day we mark the genocide is very much much more with the security of armenia Going Forward ill give one example armenia how can i mean to be safe bordered by an unrepentant or army very angry perpetrator just like its simply not a recipe for a new security Going Forward so theres a moral dimension theres also a security dimension for him. And speaking of Going Forward how do historians. Events resonate with the young armenians of today how do they talk about it how do they remember it and what do they plan to do Going Forward. I think i think theyre looking several steps ahead beyond recognition and toward reparations we you know what that here in our organization we take things from a lot of these step by step but i think many folks especially young ones in our community are ory you know looking at the legal arena and looking at the reparations side of the struggle and and i think that theyre right to do that. Sounds like within the Armenian Community this is something thats still fresh in the minds because it was just over 100 years ago so there are you know stories im sure passed down through families so its keeping this memory alive right. The 100 year mark was important and there are some folks who said well it was a 100 years ago how could there be consequences for something to happen or years ago but the fact is that there have been consequences every single year for a 100 years but the whole full on the shoulders of the victims so what we want to see is that the perpetrator also bear the consequences of this crime that you know justice be done the victim be made whole what can be returned should be returned and what happy return should be compensated this is a you know were not asking for anymore justice than anyone else this is a basic premise of the just resolution of the problem all right well leave it right there are of him par and always good to see you thank you so much. Thank you so much thanks for. On april 8th the city of han widely believed to be the epicenter of the outbreak came out of a 76 day quarantine with 11000000 people stuck within the citys boundaries finally liberated from their own homes and while this is welcoming news there are new concerns that will han could be hit by another wave as life tries to get back to normal thats because the. Entire country is still struggling to control the virus now responsible for more than 4000 deaths and 83000 and factions arctic correspondent john honey has more. This is the inside of one of the hospitals built in wuhan to specifically treat coated 19 patients its a look at how china is battling the disease as people are trying to get back to some semblance of normalcy many however remain concerned about a 2nd Even Deadlier wave of the virus breaking out and will go on there are 68000. 00 reported cases of corona virus and who by province spread of the virus appears to be under control there though with no new cases or deaths reported in the latest figures released this week but as we know those figures continue to change when hans Health Officials revised the local death toll upward by 50 percent last week publicly acknowledging for the 1st time that previous fatalities were admitted from the numbers including those who died at home and reuters reports that chinese doctors in will hon say a growing number of cases of people recovering from the virus continue to test positive without showing any symptoms becoming one of the biggest current challenges facing the country the Financial Times writes that many sections of the city remain physically walled off with large blue fencing and that in Movement Testing has become a big witness to root out hitting cases one district has set up a hotline and has offered a reward for reporting people with asymptomatic cases despite these being undetectible without a proper test u. S. Officials have accused china of reacting too slowly to stop the contagion going back to december and according to some reports possibly even november aggressively stifling media reports online discussion and those speaking out about the outbreak and chinas response to it this week the World Health Organization under fire from the trump in ministration for praising chinas response to the corona virus confirmed that the one institute for all ag. Was hit by hackers with employees email addresses. Logon credentials leaked online the Chinese Research lab has been at the center of various reports and theories about its testing of the corona virus and whether or not it played a role in the spread of the disease so far there is nothing to conclude the last words researchers played any part as the theories questions conjecture in politics about who or what is to blame continues stores have opened and people are trying to go about their lives again and with the fairies are once again operating on the young sea river as one man said the river is a symbol for the people the choppy water symbolizing the force of life and he says like the river will continue to flow despite this ordeal a nice analogy amid a beautiful sunset but the question people continue to ask and move on and throughout the world what will tomorrow bring as the Global Pandemic continues for our t. V. John hardy. Other news making headlines nationwide nonus citizens who serve in the military are supposed to have expedited citizenship under the law but that doesnt appear to be the case for a handful of u. S. Troops now 6 Service Members filed a Class Action Lawsuit alleging the pentagon is blocking them from an expedited process to become naturalized citizens the pentagon has cited National Security concerns for a more extensive process. And over to minneapolis where the call to prayer during the holy month of ramadan what we blasted through speakers during this pandemic a call to prayer will be broadcast by 5 speakers speakers 5 times a day rather for residents to observe the holy day holy holiday in the comfort of their own homes the mayor facilitated the noise permit after the Community Requested the service. And closures of major food factories have yet to threaten the u. S. Food supply but that may not be true for food distributors were going to discuss that and then over at the sports h. Q. Regina hamm takes us to spain. Where one of the most famous soccer stadiums in the world is looking to make a change ill tell you what that is. The world is driven by a dream shaped by phone person those with. The dares thinks. We dare to ask. I. Across the country long lines continue forming at food banks many states are feeling the brunt of the massive unemployment in the wake of this pandemic needy families are also looking to the federal government for some help the u. S. D. A. Reports food stamp in rome it is up 40 percent since march farmers have already donated more than 1000000. 00 pounds of food to food banks and asked the u. S. D. A. To buy their crops and distribute them to those in need so to talk about the food and security and Food Supplies we are being joined by joel burke he is the c. E. O. Of hunger free america thank you for being with us today joel so in internees congressional 5 100000000000. 00 tax payer bailout. Increases for food stamps were actually not included in this surprisingly why wont the government increase monies for food programs especially when the Congressional Budget Office say food stamps are one of the most effective and efficient ways to support the economy during a downturn. Well thank you for focusing on this vital issue and its important to point out that is vital as food banks and soup kitchens and food and treats are there only about 110th of the dollar amount of food provided by federal nutrition assistance programs why wasnt this money included in the bill when the simple were republicans we are Nonpartisan Organization but that doesnt mean we ignore the reality the reality is that Speaker Pelosi and democratic leadership are pushing to have a snap food stamps increase in this bill and the Trump White House and Congressional Republicans vetoed it the increase would have equal about 0. 20 a meal 0. 20 a meal the average snap food stamps allotment now is a bit out a 1. 34 per meal this would have risen it to the princely sum of a 1. 50 for a meal and in the last week of repackage it was 2000000000 dollar bill and the food increase would have been about one percent of the total package and so honestly republicans were more interested in getting money to luxury steakhouses than they were to ensuring that working people who are hungry and Unemployed People are hungry can feed their own families absolutely and concern is obviously being raised not only about from from that from this bill but about the Food Supply Chain and whether america will actually run out of food driven in part obviously by the sight of these empty shelves those are artificial shortages because this is just what it looks like but the code that outbreak at blue plants like smithfield in south dakota youre seeing farmers destroying billions of dollars worth of crops Dairy Farmers dumping millions of gallons of milk literally down the tubes theres unhatched eggs being destroyed so because theres no demand for chicken you know at the hotels and restaurants nobody is eating out anymore so how secure is the Food Supply Chain and does its distribution impact hungry americans. I think overall the Food Supply Chain is mostly intact i dont think people with money are ever really going to run out of food any time in the near future there may be certain meat or poultry items that run out just because a Meat Processing plants which were frankly pretty horrible places to work at before this have become coated hotspots so there might be some disruption in reader poultry maybe some eggs but despite the fact that farmers are throwing out surplus products the main food supply in america will by and large continue as best i can tell its just that people without money wont be able to afford it and right now there are you know before this crisis 37000000 americans could always afford enough food now the number is probably at least 50000000 and maybe even more than that so thats the real problem money to buy food here and obviously that number of people who cant afford things as obviously going to grow with you know numbers of unemployment soaring beyond that of the Great Depression and i dont recent po