Waters heading for venezuela as you can see now in the video youre about to see it from a corner here theres a naval warship there a venezuelan able warship and its literally escorting its escorting this ship there it is see it right there and in the foreground now why would an oil tanker need to be escorted by a gunship now the reason is simple the United States has threatened to stop the tankers to keep them from reaching venezuela a country where citizens are waiting in line now were told for sometimes more than a day because there is a shortage there of fuel so this might be a little bit confusing for some of you who are just catching up on the story but let me let me take you through this here is a map of the 5 ships that are making their way toward iran and there you see im going to run all the way over here i mean this is plum across the world right the 1st 2 ships the fortune and the forest right here theyve already reached they were arrived at the venezuelan ports the remaining ships the petunia the facts and in the crowd will gobble right there are still on their way following behind should arrive by their i guess today maybe tomorrow who knows unless the United States makes good on its threat to stop them. But as we look at this map that picks this amazingly long and arduous journey. Just to get refined fuel and chemicals to venezuela we are left with this question why. Why why even as well venezuela a country with some of the Largest Oil Reserves in the world needing fuel from iran so we called on the venezuelan ambassador and we asked him at very question and heres how he responded to my question. Ministration how threatened and querist and scared away almost every Single International corporation from that this one into so they are scared to sell us any kind of within any can any kind of. Work in our oil industry so we are not not just buying fuel buying chemical components to a start up again our work with china so we will be able to refine our own fuel through no one. So you know what it comes down to the ability to refine right thats what it is according to the ambassadors in other words you can have all the oil in the world but if you cant turn it into usable fuel there is little that you can do with it so that as well as refinery capabilities have collapsed and while the u. S. And its interference and its sanctions aimed at destroying the venezuelan economy is undeniable critics of them a duro government are also saying that its the countrys fall they blame the countrys state oil company for mismanagement and for under investment now regardless of the reason for it venezuela needs fuel and iran like the rest of the worlds Oil Producers has too much of it and that is why these 2 countries have worked out this deal that is illustrated right here a deal the United States is now threatening to quassia. Heres the question. A question is how far will the United States go in this high stakes game of chicken that is being played out in International Waters between 3 countries who sooner or later seem destined for some kind of showdown. This is the news of rick sanchez where we drill down on stories that are well most of the Corporate Media ignore because we believe its time to do news again. Heres our list of the questions we think youll be asking tomorrow is the u. S. Heading toward a showdown with iran and venezuela over fuel shipments. Heat imaging machines and full body screenings is this going to be the new normal when all of us finally return to work and why did volkswagen lied to the entire world and just how are they going to be paying for it but lets go ahead and get started in one as well where the lines of cars backed in front of gas stations can sometimes stretch for a mile and often times they last for more than a day imagine imagine waiting in line for an entire day just to be able to fill up your car with gas because theres no way to refine the oil that is sitting in your own backyard the vet is well a story is a story of Economic Hardship combined with hardball politics the u. S. Has not hidden its desire to topple the government but would our government go so far as to create a blockade to stop venezuelans from receiving fuel with day joining us now live is reporter lucas corner he is the editor of that as well analysis he follows the story d and is good enough to join us now to bring us more on the story lucas what bring us up to date so why is it that venezuela has needed this strike this deal with iran it still remains a critical question right and doesnt it look almost weak in the eyes of the world if it can supply fuel for its own people if its one of the largest has one of the Largest Oil Reserves in the entire world. Sure i think the key factor is that not withstanding as you mentioned miss and investment to issues with corruption and Strategic Planning that have in many ways harmed but as well as Oil Production in recent years any objective analysis will receive clues in that its the us sanctions right now which are absolutely devastating whats left of the oil industry and preventing venezuela from importing necessary gasoline lets remember that venezuela had of it as well as National Oil Company had a base a has its largest subsidiary United States called citgo which is being seized which is in the process of being auctioned off to to bondholders its to the canadian mining giant crystal x. And mendoza would send its crude as heavy crude to the gulf Oil Refineries and which would import and it would in turn import refined gasoline it is on able to do that since last year january 21000. 00 due to the u. S. Oil embargoes the United States likewise has deep in those measures imposing sanctions on the Russian Energy giant rosenau forcing it to leave the country. In march and rosenhaus was carrying 60 percent of that as well as crude exports and it was in turn coordinating the import of gasoline so this is left of the way to which men as well it cannot import the gasoline it needs and it cant get the spare parts it likewise needs to repair its refineries so its in a very tough situation and the iranians have filled the void not only import helping them as one poured gasoline but also sending technical teams and spare parts to repair the countrys refineries so it looks like an easy deal i mean lets face it iran has way too much of fuel on its hands because of whats going on in the world with a lot of demand. But as well needs it so theyve struck a deal but incomes own goal say im saying no youre not allowed to do this and if we have to stop you were going to stop you in the mid ocean how serious is this threat do you believe and how serious is it being taken by either party. I think its very serious we should heed the words of President Trump who last week said that he then is what he had been as well to quote unquote surrounded and the United States you know he has made repeated threats of military action against venezuela and we saw this recent effort by u. S. Based mercenary contractors to try to topple the mother a government of whats it appears that the ministration had some kind of for knowledge or if they did not they denied direct involvement but they might have had direct involvement there definitely is very high stakes ministration has made it clear its intention to overthrow the government by any means thats unserious they have repeatedly stressed so i think its a very high stakes situation but so far it seems like the political costs of condemning venezuelans to these you know utterly terrible conditions which they continue to do by imposing more and more sanctions seem to be deterring the u. S. From taking military action against these iranian tankers i know you spent a lot of time in venezuela your for are you are you were you are you venezuelan yourself you arent are but im from im from philadelphia im from the from the u. S. How long have you spent or lived covering that as well in the how many years youve been there i lived among as over 5 years and so the start of this year and ive not been able to get back to to the current cold with situation and flights but yeah i have all my contacts and i have family in venezuela right now ok i just want to make sure we accredit you is the right person to ask this question to. As far as you know how bad is the situation in venezuela right now i reported a while ago that people actually wait in line for more than a day outside of a gas station to be able to move their car incrementally to be able to get a little bit of gas is that true. I mean the problem is currently is that given that there is no real gasoline available kind of different private individuals and you know criminal groups you know have really a black market as a merge and charging people you know excessive 2. 00 or 3. 00 a leader for gasoline in caracas which is on her was unheard of because krokus was as im always had gasoline even though in the worst of last year and before so it is a bear its a very dangerous situation and theres a lot of pressure on the government to regularize the situation of gasoline actually charge. Reasonable International Prices for example 0. 50 a liter instead of reverting to its previous policies of having their the lowest gasoline prices the refraction of a cent for a leader which is unsustainable were down about 20 seconds but just a quick answer if you could generally speaking the people of venezuela blame a them a dural government be the Trump Administration which as it. I think that they blame both because i think that there clearly the mismanagement of government is undeniable but it also is undeniable that the Top Administration is callously worsening in exacerbating in an unprecedented way the suffering that is one people that is what has never ever had these kinds of gasoline shortages not since the 2002 or a lockout which the United States backed opposition sought to shut down the oil industry so this is definitely an unprecedented situation as United States is worsening to lead makes that lucas corner youre an excellent guest to talk to on this we certainly appreciate your time thanks for joining us my friend volkswagen got slammed today by a court ruling by now the whole world seems to know that v. W. Live almost to the entire world putting on emissions devices in its cars to essentially just take out inspectors because of that germanys highest civil court has now determined that they need to repurchase another word buy back some of those automobiles that is a hefty and expensive proposition how big a blow is this though ortiz peter all of us reporting now from berlin. The diesel gate scandal just wont go away as germanys highest civil court has ruled that folks wagon must buy back from customers cars that were designed to cheat tests. The plaintive can demand reimbursement from the defendants for the Purchase Price of his vehicle according to the current condition of the vehicle he must make the core available to be w. This ruling has set precedent for around 60000. 00 similar cases across germany that a currently pending the w. Has already settled a previous claim by almost a quarter of a 1000000 janine cohen is by paying out just short of a 1000000000. 00 there are some merits of coalesces accepted the ruling and put out a statement saying theyd be seeking compensation. Volkswagen is now seeking to bring these proceedings to a prompt conclusion in agreement with the plaintiffs we will therefore approach the plane as with the adequate settlement proposals will why volkswagen is full cut out around 33000000000 dollars in fines compensation and buyback schemes since the scandal 1st broke in 2050 the lion share of last some 25000000000. 00 going to customers in the United States the emissions test cheating scandal continues to rumble on in july the same court that made the ruling on monday will be hearing the case against dealerships that sold the cars while senior current and full the v. W. Employees here in germany are still facing criminal charges over their involvement in the scandal peter all of that and for the news with rick sanchez off the america good stuff it are thank you so very much this is the news of rick sanchez and we want to thank you whether youre watching us on cable regular t. V. On the portable Television App were going to be right back. We go to work so straight home. I like it when lee hosts ask a question for the guests and then actually listens to the guests answer and then react to that answer a folks Dennis Miller here ive got a new show. Oh yeah oh. Please. Go by. On larry king. Listening learning you know ive always said i never learned anything when i was talking its important to listen. Course sure the more. Youre so much going on in the world dont you think whens the last time you add a real birds eye view of things shouldnt you be more than just hours of bickering and giving 30 minute ill take you off the hello. 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They welcome back im rick sanchez we have promised to keep you in the loop with the latest covert 19 news especially how the United States the entire world is progress should know through this phase of reopening which are literally different no matter where you look right accordingly as its being described by most Public Officials go in and stages depends on the stage with the details now here is that our own special correspondent michelle greenstone shes picking things up there at the map for a story take us through this so michelle how are we doing were doing you know ok were certainly progressing as time progresses but of course that leads a lot of Health Experts to warn of that infamous 2nd wave so 1st what were going to look at today is how the United States how this country is reopening right there are 3 states that are still under mandatory lockdown we have illinois we have delaware and we have new jersey these are the only states that remain on lockdown with stand home orders in place and with most businesses closed now in many of these other states there are stay at home orders but some businesses are allowed to open and governors are allowed to allowing certain counties or regions to open ahead of others but these are the 3 states that are shut down statewide but both delaware and illinois are reopening before the end of the month however in new jersey the governor is dealing with mass protests against these lockdown policies with many of these protesters complaining that only the wealthier people whose paychecks arent be affected by the shutdown can stay alive during these times in fact yesterday hundreds gathered in Point Pleasant beach demanding that the economy needs to reopen now also in new jersey today the governor said that middle schools and colleges can now hold graduation ceremonies starting in july the school still have to comply with social distancing but now these ceremonies can happen in person now and many of these other states like i said that arent completely shut down we still. Well have stay at home orders but theyre not considered totally shut down because some businesses are opening like in Virginia State home orders are still in effect but restaurants can now offer Outdoor Dining in many areas also in michigan stan home order is still in effect but the governor Just Announced that Retail Businesses can open today only 10 customers are allowed inside at a time however now were going to zoom out and take a look at where people are dying the most in the United States now these states these red States New York new jersey and connecticut have more than 100 deaths per 100000 now the orange states have between 50 and 100. 00 deaths per 100000 thats michigan rhode island and louisiana and massachusetts and in yellow we have between 25. 50 deaths per 100000 so we have pennsylvania illinois delaware and indiana now in Maryland School officials announced that students can now go back to school but they have to wear masks and have their temperature taken at the door when they return to classes in september now of course in the green we have the rest of the states all of the states have less than 25. 00 deaths per 100000 people with states like alaska and hawaii being all the way at the bottom of the list holding at just one death per 100000. 00 people so now lets go worldwide and zoom out and see which countries you know are where people are dying the most what you see here is countries color coded based on their death rates this time were doing deaths per 1000000 and today were actually going to focus on europe because thats where the highest death rates are right so we have france we have italy we have the u. K. All 3 of these countries are under restrictive mass quarantines right mandatory quarantines and theyre all surpassing the u. S. In terms of deaths per 1000000 thats what we talked about yesterday right france italy germany the u. K. And then theres countries who have started relaxing their lock down policies like germany which is actually slowly starting to reopen people in one household can now meet. With another household so theyre no longer under mandatory quarantine now spain too is beginning to reopen before and tourism can now start to return in july but one country in europe that stands out is sweden sweden has not enforced any strict mass quarantine measures to contain a coded