Launch aiming to change the future of commercial space travel all right its time to boost your i. Live in 2 weeks after a botched beachfront invasion on the shores of venezuela to a u. S. Mercenaries captured by a bit of will military forces have again publicly admitted they had the backing from the u. S. Meantime on wednesday a special remote hearing a United NationsSecurity Council was held over accusations that the u. S. Was behind that failed coup attempt but while the u. S. Continues to deny its support of the operation it did have some choice words for russia is Rachel Blevins is joining us now to discuss the latest on this so rachel how did this hearing even come about so russia was actually become true calling for those hearing based on a letter that was submitted to the u. N. Security council by have been this way which was calling for some sort of response to this attempted to talk on their government take a listen to a portion of that letter. I quote armed groups of mercenaries and terrorists organized trained financed in protected by the governments of the republic of colombia and the United States of america illegally entered the venezuelan territory now the Us Ambassador to the u. N. Argue that they never should have even considered the letter in the 1st place because the us does not recognize Nicolas Maduro as the president of venezuela heres what all she had to say. The letter from the illegitimate mature regime that prompted todays meeting. As such letters always are a long winded compilation of fantastical accusations and demonstratable falsehoods unfortunately for the 2nd time in less than a month our russian colleagues have indulged their client regimes habit of blaming others for its choices. So in addition to those allegations the us is also arguing the blame should be on russia for taking this letter as credible in the 1st place wow ok so then how has russia responded or have they well the Russian Deputy minister to the un argued that if this is a case where the u. S. Had no involvement whatsoever in this operation then why was it led by 2 american citizens who just happened to be targeting the same president the trouble ministration has been trying to overthrow for more than a year now to cause you know what he said because authorities claim that they have nothing to do with this league lead to believe them but shell have to explain that according to the contract to american citizens where plenty to take hostages of legitimately hysteric resident and bring him to the u. S. Now this operation was led by a green beret veteran jordan grew dro who spent months looking for investors claiming his goal was to overthrow the venezuelan government and then secure the oil fields which would lead to a lucrative return on investment he claimed he had contacts in d. C. The backing of the state department and that he was working with Opposition Leader one who has had the full support of the trumpet ministration now the attempt was carried out on may 3rd just 3 days after former National Security advisor john bolton took to twitter to say morning is coming to venezuela again and a few weeks after the state department offered a 15000000. 00 reward for information on me. And what about iran they are sending supplies theyre sending tankers over to venezuela right now whats the latest on that so the Iranian Ambassador to venezuela confirmed that that fleet of 5 chambers carrying more than 45000000 dollars worth of gasoline and supplies is still in route to venezuela despite ongoing complaints from the u. S. And he argued that these are 2 independent sovereign nations and that they should be able to have trade and legal agreements with each other no matter the same chins theyre facing from the u. S. Now venezuelas defense minister also revealed the countrys military plans to be ready and waiting to escort irans tankers as soon as they reach venezuelas exclusive Economic Zone and as we have been reporting venezuela has the Largest Oil Reserves in the world but due to the ongoing economic crisis that has been compounded by same joins from the u. S. They are unable to refine their own crude oil so they have turned to other countries like iran for help and of course the u. S. Has been very against so not remains to be seen if washington is going to try to move forward and stop that exchange his Rachel Blevins thank you for that update. And breaking news to bring to you the man who recorded that deadly february shooting of a mob our break in georgia has. Breasted himself and charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment he has now been identified as 50 year old William Roddy bryan and the 2 other men in that video gregory and Travis Mcmichael can be seen confronting our very and fatally shooting him they have also been arrested and now face felony murder charges the Georgia Bureau of investigation is leading this investigation. And some alarming news out of Corpus Christi texas that is where officials are now calling a shooting at a u. S. Navy air base terrorism related earlier this morning shots rang out at the base around 6 15 am local time f. B. I. Officials confirm the suspected gunman is now dead and a 2nd person involved in that shooting remains on the loose investigators say the shooting unfolded near the entrance gate and that was when the base went into immediate lockdown Officials Say one navy sailor was shot but was wearing body armor and the base is now secure but its still unclear as to why the f. B. I. Is labeling this incident terrorism related. And in arizona one person is in Critical Condition and 2 others injured in a shooting near a popular shopping and Entertainment District west of phoenix Glendale Police spokeswoman describes the moments officers identified the gunman. After the shooting began when our 1st officers arrived on scene there were no longer any reports of any active shooting from our dispatchers who advised that the those 1st officers arriving heard no further gunshots we were able to locate that suspects in the westgate area our officers challenge that suspect and were able to safely take that person into custody. Now according to investigators the suspect 20 year old Armando Hernandez filmed the attack with a cell phone in hand while shooting a rifle Officials Say hernandez targeted people in his own age. In return for being bullied. And back here in washington it was a divided vote but a Senate Committee has confirmed John Ratcliffe as the new director of National Intelligence the 49 to 44 vote went along party lines with all democrats opposed trump renominated radcliffe after being a key defender during the president s impeachment hearings. And while the country is focused on coded 19 in the pandemic it is a big day for the battleground state of michigan President Trump is meeting with essential workers at a ford motor plant now tasked with making ventilators but his visit isnt being received with open arms are. Was outside of the white house and has more on the heated back and forth between President Trump and that states governor. Michigan has been one of those states thats but at the center of the culbut 19 crisis but not just from that also you have dams breaking you have flooding you have thousands evacuated from their homes but for the Trump Administration whats more important to them in this battleground state is how theyre going to vote this coming november and i know when i did where i had one on before touring the ford motor plan an absolutely michigan President Trump says despite the rumors that he wouldnt wear a mask he did write for one of the spec hearing but i didnt want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it while ford is getting ready to relaunch their newest model of the infamous ford bronco the company is also joining up with General Motors to make ventilators however not for the u. S. Our stockpile is totally full we have a tremendous amount so now were really helping other countries with their you know losing a lot of people because they dont have ventilators also trump touting American Innovation and its achievements during covert 19 ventilators in order to do and i want to say that ford and General Electric have done an incredible job working together and while michigan is looking to bring back jobs an aide for the rest of the world the rest of the state is in dire need well everything is destroyed pretty much you know we had no way enormous devastation this looks like something out of a Science Fiction movie more than 10000 people in Central Michigan have been forced to leave their homes after 2 dams broke flooding and drying up the land of a 1000 lakes trump says he sent fema and to help the area and has declared a state of emergency for the state but when it comes to politics in the state because of the coronavirus pandemic michigan has considered implementing mail in ballots but we dont want them to do mail in ballots because its going to lead to total Election Fraud so we dont want them to do mail and ballots we dont want anyone to do belive valid self if somebody has to mail it it because theres 6 if theres a reason for it thats ok if theres a reason but it is not or we dont want we dont want to take any chances with fraud in. President trump tweeting thursday night an article from breitbart citing that a former judge of elections in pennsylvania was charged and pleaded guilty for illegally adding votes in judicial races since 2014 meanwhile thursday morning Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced michigan will start lifting restrictions that have been in place for months this is protests have been going on at the State Capitol to reopen the state whitmer announcing that the ban is now lifted on nonessential medical and dental procedures reopening retail and residents can gather in groups of 10 or less all which can start immediately data has shown that all regions of michigan are ready for a. Small step forward were doing this incrementally and on multiple occasions like a dial returning not a switch that we just. Now trumpeted when the state of michigan back in 2016 against Hillary Clinton but Many Political analysts say that if he can really when the battleground state its all going to pan out how the economy bounces back once the covert 19 pandemic starts to take a fall reporting in front of the white house fair and fronsac party. And over to beirut where protesters there tried to break into the ministry of Energy Offices protesting recent power cuts during a heat wave some protesters clashed with police while others staged a sit in inside the building now lebanon faces electricity cuts that can last up to 12 hours a day in some areas amid this pandemic. And over in France Health care workers rally as they continue their fight against kobe 19 they are demanding their government Prioritize Health care in order to help frontline workers overwhelmed by the influx of virus patients the hundreds of Health Care Workers are also asking for better pay and more resources. And a space launch is being planned next week in south florida i will tell you what this mission could mean for the future of commercial space travel and sports regina ham has this. One power letter looking to inspire future generations in africa to keep up with all the latest news on anything you might have missed download our brand new free app portable t. V. You can watch us 24 sevenths right back. You are no offense but you no longer a young woman in fact you are one of the last living survivors of the nazi yeah. Im aware of it. All you like. You can never forget you can know. Was really like to be inhaled because you would never believe it was a human can do to as an operating cost for 3 years go to the curb it. Seems so logical for you decide to make it work when i get out on the farm saw you dont want to take my son to the next place and hope for the bless her. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to youll some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area rush up. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. Take a look at this map who really own. What kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that belongs to us both of these countries have Nuclear Weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so thats why were going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. One. Thing. That you dont i wish. You. Were right. Now to our ongoing coronavirus coverage the number of cases worldwide now surpassing the 5000000 mark with over 329000 reported deaths right here in the u. S. Cases now topping 1500000 with over 94000 deaths and as america slowly reopening the fight against the pandemic continues our team is Trinity Chavez has the report from new york. Today more than 23000 new crew in a virus cases documented in the u. S. The World Health Organization reporting the biggest one day increase of cruel virus cases yet new data from Columbia University suggesting that tens of thousands of deaths could have been prevented if the United States had implemented social distancing measures in early march thats about 2 weeks earlier than it actually did. Around 36000 people or people would have died in the epicenter of the outbreak new york city mayor bill de blasio didnt close schools until march 15th then it wasnt until march 16th that President Trump urged americans to avoid travel limit large groups and stay home from School Governor cuomo not issuing stay at home orders until march 22nd so were going to put out an executive order today new york state on pause policies that are sure uniform safety for every want the virus quickly sweeping through new york city helping fuel outbreaks in louisiana texas arizona and the west coast this as private Companies Race to find a vaccine. But now a sign of good news to harvard studies in monkeys reveal that adding antibodies to the corona virus either from past infections or from prototype vaccines do offer protections from reinfection in one study 9 monkeys that were infected with corona virus did not get the disease again even after they recovered and in the other study 25 monkeys were given 6 prototype vaccines while 10 received a fake vaccine while 10 of the monkeys had high degrees of the infection in their noses and lungs 25 either had low levels or no detectable levels at all this says the virus continues to grip hard hit new york city as unemployment numbers soar the demand for food has never been greater we had no money we are now full of. Beliefs on makeshift food pantries now set up throughout the city providing thousands of meals a day for those in need each week are steadily the numbers of bigger and bigger and bigger. Is is very prevalent. Not only do you see Homeless People but you see people that are food insecure the number of people being unemployed. Is huge and our numbers have grown by 100 percent the pantries serving nearly 15000 meals just last week and since the shutdown this. City has provided more than 32000000 meals to residents we have this true the city of new york has distributed 32000000 meals to new yorkers who need food. And this effort is growing every day by next week over a 1000000 meals will be delivered per day delivered to york Officials Say the state department of labor has now paid out more than 9000000000 dollars to 2000000 people who have filed for unemployment claims since the pandemic began meantime a new report finds that it will take the city at least 4 years to reach creepy endemic unemployment numbers but the city will not start to rebound from the crisis at least for another 2 years reporting in new york trinity each others are. Other news from around the world 4 of 4th straight night riot police in paris have clashed with protesters over the death of an 18 year old motorcyclist overnight protesters could be seen throwing fireworks at the cops the end rest flared up last weekend after the 18 year old was killed in a collision his family says a police car was involved but the police deny that plain. And over and india and bangladesh where a powerful cyclon ripped through densely populated communities blowing off tops and whipping up waves that swallowed embankment and bridges entire villages were also left without access to fresh water electricity or communications the death toll from the storm now stands at 24. 00. And back here stateside actress Lori Laughlin and her husband have agreed to plead guilty to con