Down isis as the terrorist group is apparently using the pandemic to plan a resurgence will discuss that all right so tight its time to boost your news i. Q. And we start with covert 19 as cases continue to grip the world globally cases now topping 4900000 with 324000 reported deaths now here in the u. S. Alone the number of cases at 1500000 with 92000 deaths taking a closer look at whats happening in the nation the c. D. C. Has now set guidelines for reopening america only to be shelved by the white house claiming that the guidelines were too specific as a result the c. D. C. Quietly releases a revised shorter version of the guidelines on its web site instead now this as all 50 states are in the process of reopening just in time for memorial day however in the hardest hit state of new york agency heads are still working out there. Kinks and their plans to reopen today chavez has more now from new york. Today in new developments as state agencies work to reopen new york and get people back to work safely the m. T. A. Says it has a plan to ensure Public Transit riders can travel safely without a fear of coronavirus the agency unavailing an ultraviolet light Pilot Program to get rid of coke at 19 the agency will roll out between 152230 ultraviolet lamps on select trains buses and agency facilities starting next week the devices flash u. B. C. Lights capable of eliminating all the viruses they see the race so strong they cannot be used while people are on board but as areas of new york start to slowly reopen the virus Still Holding a tight grip on many areas within the 5 boroughs the bronx being hit harder by the virus than any other place in new york city and within the bronx almost no place has suffered more than coop city. I was a combat imagine if. I was who is fearful its actually not to me my wife my kids my grandchildren the virus killing more than 4300 people in the borough compared to the roughly 2800 deaths and manhattan data showing at least 155 People Living in the zip code have been killed by the virus building not in. The press the world. Building 6 is out up in that area over there we had one of my friends craft away. The brutal nature of the virus taking a vicious toll on the citys elderly many of our residents here are a group of very hardcore kitty or machine of sorts so its been trying for them and understandably so new data published in the lancet says that most elderly coronavirus patients put on ventilators at new York Hospitals did not survive as of may 3rd more than 4800 people have died from the virus in Nursing Homes i think we need to start thinking about a different future i think we need. To think about a time where more and more of the care given our seniors is given to them at home according to the report which is consistent with clinical findings in china and europe shows that advanced age is the greatest factor for severe outcome especially when there are Underlying Health conditions such as diabetes or Heart Disease now that is that you watch him according to you and i know you probably know everybody you know that the older you get that we can your body your body get your system becomes weaker the virus also wreaking havoc on new york city correction officers so far nearly 1300 have tested positive for the virus about 13 percent and at least 6 have died along with 5 other jail employees and 2 Correctional Health workers one Rikers Island correction officer seeing his lowest point when both he and his wife got the deadly virus and his wife begged him to make sure that she was not buried in a mass grave like so many others had to be as a result of the citys mounting death toll reporting in new york treated each other as r. T. As tensions continue to increase between the u. S. And china over the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Is moving forward and pursuing relations with taiwan my pump ale became the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to officially congratulate taiwans later after she secured a 2nd term to r. T. Rachel blevins joins me now to discuss these latest comments rachel a lot coming out of this so 1st things 1st what did pump aoe say in his latest press conference well pompei i started this mornings press conference with very harsh rhetoric towards china he claimed that beijing has been hostile towards what he called free nations and he also doubled down on this claim that china has intentionally withhold information about the coronavirus he then went on to congratulate taiwan for reelecting their democratic leader take a listen to what he said. Congratulations to present sign or not duration the democratic process in taiwan has matured into a model for the world despite great pressure from outside taiwan is. Demonstrated the wisdom of the giving the people a voice and a choice. Now the u. S. Has sold taiwan billions of dollars in weapons over the years so the island can defend itself but it also recognizes taiwan as a territory of china and President Trump actually broke protocol back in 2016 when he announced that he had a phone call with taiwans leader that along with the ongoing trade war has made china extremely skeptical that the u. S. Is pushing for taiwans independence so rachel how did china that respond to pompei of his remarks because one trumps out at they were not happy about this time it was about the same thing this time around in a spokesperson for Chinas Foreign Ministry spoke out and he condemned pompei o and he also said this is evidence that the u. S. Is specifically trying to interfere in chinas internal affairs heres what he said. We warn the United States that taiwans independence is a road that leads to death. Or support for taiwanese independence is doomed to any damages or chinas core interest in any interviewer and in china internal affairs. Counterattacks. Beijing is now calling on washington to adhere to past agreements which state that there will be no official exchanges with taiwan so we got u. S. China what is taiwan now right well in her inaugural address the leader of taiwan called for peace and stability with china but she also said that her government has no plans to simply fall in line with beijings political demands to know what she said. Here i want to reiterate the words peace democracy and dialogue we will not accept the authority of one country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and undermine the crosstree status quo we stand fast by this principle when. Now in the past beijing has said that taiwan has no right to diplomatic representation so it remains to be seen if that stance will change especially as the u. S. Continues to ramp up its relations. With taiwan well see if theres any more fault with all thats going on r. T. S. Right above and rachel as always thanks so much for that report i think. One of the 1000000 bullet points on the Trump Administration checklist was to get rid of isis and pull troops out of syria while the numbers did go down during the 1st half of Trumps Administration and troops were starting to leave syria the question of what comes next in the region has been overshadowed by the global covert 1000 pandemic but one of our contributors former pentagon official Michael Maloof tells us that isis is making a comeback and hes here to talk more about it welcome Michael Maloof great to see you we have discussed before with the u. S. Pulling out of the middle east and rapidly diminishing the number of troops there you yourself in the past have said that this would create a vacuum of some sort is thats what is that happening here now and why is this all happening right now. Where the number of factors and. Isis is reemerging at this time probably taken advantage of the political unrest that exists even in iraq. Even though the brantley the new Prime Minister is trying to. Bring to bring all the various factions together and trying to set up a united front against isis he talks openly about going after isis using the awkward Mobilization Forces but what i am beginning to suspect is that the United States actually is somewhat encouraging isis in many respects in order to justify its continued presence in that country. Even though wants to hold on because it wants to hold on to the oil in. Iraq and have some subsidies over the sales because all of that those transactions are in u. S. Dollars so and also to watch iran so the United States has been. Really are i mean in some areas and and. Bringing in or Additional Forces into sunni controlled areas at a time when isis is beginning to launch attacks there sporadic the popular Mobilization Forces are trying to hold them off and you have a brand new Prime Minister who claimed both ends against the middle it looks like he wants to be friends of the United States but also with iran so hes walking a very delicate line and isis sees that our vacuum if you will that that that flimsiness control that exists and theyre good and theyre taking full advantage of it so michael you know its one of these things where theres a lot of Different Countries in that region when it comes to isis now kind of making a comeback as if for lack of a better term who is to blame here and as it rushes at the United States our own who is it. Again a combination of factors you have the u. S. Pushing against a very fragile government in in iraq you have the political turmoil that has been existing in syria and a lot of the isis folks who are there have moved in back into Anbar Province which is the the the western most portion but theyre also launching new attacks north of baghdad in ceremony province in another provinces that are predominantly sunni control so this is. Laying a foundation and theres concern that they could return as they did in 2014 in mosul and these are areas that are still up in the air in terms of security by by the Central Government so its its a very delicate problem. For a new Prime Minister has to deal with plus deal with the internal problems that hes having to cope with and balancing all of these various factions now michael im glad you said deal. Going with the problem because in the past president out trumpy has threatened to put the responsibility of isis on to other countries to solve the problem so in your expertise what does the future look like is this another reason for the United States to go back over there already think the trouble actually put the responsibilities on the other countries like you said. Well i think again personally i think that the United States is taking advantage of the presence of isis and encouraging their their their their their presence there because they too the United States also is developing bases in those predominately sunni controlled areas which means that by potentially give them access to weapons and what have you again it is to try and offset the the popular Mobilization Forces which are predominantly shia many of them under control of iran and as a consequence youre going to youre seeing this this effort to try and create this kind of turmoil for the United States to remain in there while the new Prime Minister is trying to deal with all of these problems which appear right now to be almost unsolvable all right well thank you so much Michael Maloof former pentagon official for your expertise on this topic im sure this isnt the last youre going to say about thanks. But you. Jump in the number of covert 1000 cases and deaths in brazil its putting neighboring countries on high alert now colombia has militarized its border paraguay will keep its border closed in argentina is considering similar measures and according to the latest data brazil has 271000 confirmed cases the 3rd highest in the world. But here in the u. S. Protesters are expected to gather at the michigan capital again today to protest virus related restrictions in that state and this will be the 4th protest so far last week are protesters held a demonstration criticizing Governor Gretchen Whitmer is decision to keep businesses closed during the pandemic berbers are also joining in that fight by giving free haircuts on the capital lawn. And check this out in new yorks a domino park white circles on the lawn are keeping sunbathers safely distanced from each other the circles have been set up exactly 6 feet apart after an influx of new yorkers just flocked to public spaces because of that warmer weather and talk about bouncing back got a lot of those restaurants in maryland they rolled out these new bumper tables that will allow people to keep 6 feet from each other while dining with a device features a hole in the middle for participants and wheels attached to the bottom inflated 2 tables made their debut at fish tales in ocean city kind of looks like an adult very. Well johnson and johnson calls it quits saying that it will stop all sales of its baby tell powder in the u. S. 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So as of this day johnson and johnson faces more than 1900000 lawsuits from consumers and survivors over the claim that top products and their baby power caused to the baby powder caused cancer due to contamination with as best as now the company says it will stop selling their baby powder in the u. S. And canada not because of the claims but because of the products demands have fallen now to talk more about this i am joined by attorney chris t. C. Chris thanks so much for talking to us today about this so chris as an attorney legally with these lawsuits going on and pending with investigations also going on as well was it even smart in the 1st place for johnson and johnson to keep their powder on the store shelves you know honestly i dont think that this is a product that should have been on the market for the past 40 years so for me. Me i think its they should have taken it off or any responsible Company Given the evidence should have taken this product off the market a long time ago and certainly shouldnt keep it on now. What would i think Everybody Needs to know is that they were finding a space in the product since 1960 s. Since the 1980 s. They were at the cumulative studies that consistently showed increased risk of Ovarian Cancer so. When you consider that against the backdrop of a product that used primarily as a cosmetic product it should be completely now now chris one of the things. That johnson and johnson says that they have all of these specific studies to back it up with there was no especially in the powder however theres a big investigation after actually from a reuters that actually found out that and it says quote here will bring it up joe johnson and johnson didnt tell the f. D. A. That at least 3 tests by 3 different labs from 72 to 75 like you mention had found as best as and its told in one case at levels reported as quote rather high but many documents were actually able to be sealed and they still remain confidential many in regards to this investigation so how how did these items be able to get be remain confidential and then do these people even have a fighting chance when it comes to having a case against johnson and johnson. Sure where the case goes to trial the evidence becomes public we have a right to a public trial in United States theres been several cases that have gone to trial so far we need to understand on the specif part of this case and it is part of it. That. Their own internal tests showed especially as since the 1970 s. The f. D. A. In october of this year. Did a random sampling of products that they took off the shelves in a local d store like. You know a local store and tested it and found the presence of a spece this when jane jay when tested it they blamed it on contamination but the f. D. A. Stood by its findings in addition in litigation we looked back and got samples that went back 40 years and tested them in well over 50 percent of those samples contain a specialist so especially as has been a consistent issue from from the 1970 s. Forward and its been confirmed with different lines of evidence i dont understand how they can claim that there is no a specificity in their product now its interesting because the other thing of this is because there is no demand on these products anymore ever since these lawsuits have come out and thats why they say that theyre pulling them off the shelves