NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 4/10/2020  NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY)

"The world is wondering what Americans are going to do with their freedom"

Dozens of people visible in the crowd in Emmett, Idaho as Ammon Bundy spoke last night at a people's meeting to defend Constitutional Rights.

The meeting called to confront Republican Governor Brad Little's economy crippling "stay at home" order to deal with the coronavirus situation in Idaho.

Planning for an Easter service to be held in Boise on Sunday had triggered mainstream media and local authorities there but the service in defiance of government restrictions on religious services is going to be held at 1 pm local time in Emmett, Idaho this Sunday.

The location again will be 800 East Locust Street, the same location as last night's meeting.

The meeting was sent out live via Facebook last night......

FACEBOOK LINK WITH VIDEO

MEANWHILE VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME FOR EASTER.......BBC NEWS VIDEO VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TODAY

More of the news related to Covid-19 later but first.....

THE US IS JOINING OTHER NATIONS IN CUTTING ITS OIL PRODUCTION TO STABILIZE WORLD OIL PRICES AND MARKETS.....

The energy ministers of the G20 nations holding their video conference today a followup to the OPEC+ nations meeting yesterday.

Russia taking the position that the G20 countries that produce oil like Canada and the United States must participate in production cuts along the OPEC+ countries.....TASS NEWS STORY

President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone today about the oil price situation.

The final details of the OPEC+  nations planned production cuts were hammered out overnight into today.

Mexico was the final nation to come into the agreement and its oil minister said via Twitter today that Mexico is willing cut production 100-thousand barrels a day for two months.  But Russia's news agency Tass says he walked out of the talks early today...TASS NEWS AGENCY....The Kremlin says the talks of the OPEC+ nations are now complete.

MEXICO'S PRESIDENT MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR SAYS THAT THE US HAS AGREED TO AN ADDITIONAL CUT OF 250-THOUSAND BARRELS PER DAY IN OIL PRODUCTION TO HELP MEXICO......REUTERS NEWS STORY....PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE IS TRYING TO HELP A DEAL ALONG BY TAKING SOME OF CUTS MEXICO REFUSES TO MAKE.....AFP NEWS VIDEO PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY

The cuts President Trump sought from the other nations designed to keep the oil industry in the United States from a complete collapse in the face of sharply lower oil prices.

The bottom line tonight appears to be that while there is something of a deal on the table, the cuts are still not deep enough to stabilize oil prices.....BNN BLOOMBERG STORY

PROSECUTORS IN LOS ANGELES FILING NEW CHARGES AGAINST MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN.    WEINSTEIN CONVICTED IN A NEW YORK CASE IS NOW FACING CHARGES IN TWO CASES IN LA.

THE LATEST ALLEGATION CENTERS AROUND AN INCIDENT SAID TO HAVE HAPPENED IN MAY OF 2010 AT A BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL.   FIVE NEW CHARGES FILED WITH A WOMAN ALLEGING SHE WAS TOUCHED IN  'AN INTIMATE PART' BY WEINSTEIN AND AN ACCOMPLICE.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY THEY HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS OF EXTRADITING WEINSTEIN FROM NEW YORK, WHERE HE IS SERVING A 23 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.    

WEINSTEIN CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS IN PRISON LAST MONTH AND HAS SINCE RECOVERED......REUTERS NEWS STORY

The political story in Israel today with the attempt by the two major mainstream political parties to form a "unity government" falling short going into the Passover holiday period.    Blue and White leader Benny Gantz's mandate to form a government ending next week.    The word is that both Blue and White and Likud will ask President Reuven Rivlin for a two-week extension of the period to form a new government.......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY

The national security agencies of the US government are asking the Federal Communications Commission to keep a Chinese company out of the US telecommunications market.

A filing with the commission says that allowing China Telecom to operate in the United States presents "substantial and unacceptable national security and law enforcement risks".

The filing asks the FCC to revoke permission for China Telecom to operate in the United States.....BLOOMBERG STORY PUBLISHED BY SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES

US officials say that missile defense systems are now operational at US military bases in Iraq.    The bases have come under attack in recent months with some deaths and many injuries.....ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY YNET NEWS ISRAEL

The US Defense Department issuing a statement expressing concern over a Chinese coast guard vessel's ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel last week.   The US says that China's action conflicts with the US vision of a "free and open region".

The Thursday April 2nd incident happened in the Paracel Islands in South China Sea.....VIETNAM PLUS NEWS STORY

The US Navy rolling out new directives today to deal with the coronavirus situation hoping to prevent the kind of outbreak that occurred on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.....USNI NEWS STORY

A prosecutor in Idaho says that the "stay at home" order issued by Republican Governor Brad Little is "Unconstitutional".   Christopher Boyd, the District Attorney in Adams County, wrote a letter to Governor Little yesterday saying that he cannot in good faith issue citations to those who don't obey the order.....IDAHO STATESMAN STORY

THE CORONAVIRUS STORY AND THE TECH GIANTS APPLE AND GOOGLE USING THE KIND OF TRACKING TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE USED IN PLACES LIKE CHINA AND SINGAPORE TO TRACK CONTACTS BETWEEN PHONE USERS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19....NEWS STORY PUBLISHED BY KRON SAN FRANCISCO

In the United Kingdom incidents involving police confronting shoppers telling them to buy "only essential items" and threatening roadblocks over the issue have surfaced in recent days with top officials denying this is official policy and lower ranking police officials trying to send out new messaging....BBC NEWS STORY

Also in the UK the Health Minister Matt Hancock talking about what he described as overuse of Personal Protective Equipment.

Unlike the recommendation of President Trump in the USA, Mr. Hancock does not recommend the general use of face masks to prevent Covid-19 spread......THE GUARDIAN UK NEWS STORY

In the eastern part of Germany a regional court overturning a ban on travel to the Baltic Sea beaches this weekend....BBC NEWS STORY

The Food and Drug Administration targeting the often censored internet activist Alex Jones.   The federal agency's beef with Jones centers on advertising that aired on his show last month.   The feds saying Jones is promoting illegal and unapproved drugs.    His Infowars.com ordered to remove or correct the false advertising within 48 hours in a letter sent by the FDA....ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS STORY

THE CORONAVIRUS STATISTICAL UPDATE AS OF 1120 PM EASTERN US TIME TODAY FOR THE UNITED STATES VIA WORLDOMETERS  SOME 502,876 CASES WITH 18,747 DEATHS AND 27,314 RECOVERIES.......

AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS WORLDWIDE STATISTICS 1,698,271 CASES WITH 102,753 DEATHS AND 376,669 RECOVERIES......

ALSO IN THE STATS TONIGHT NEW YORK CITY AT 94,409 CASES MEANING THAT MORE THAN 1 IN 100 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF SOME 8.8 MILLION HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.    SUBURBAN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES ON LONG ISLAND PASSED THAT THRESHOLD SEVERAL DAYS AGO.

NORTH OF THE CITY WESTCHESTER COUNTY WITH 18,077 CASES APPROACHING THE POINT WHERE 1 IN 50 RESIDENTS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.   ROCKLAND COUNTY JUST TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER IN THE SUBURBS ALREADY PAST THE 1 IN 50 RESIDENTS TESTING POSITIVE THRESHOLD AT 7,122 CASES.

The coronavirus story around the world today as reported by BBC News.........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 4/10/2020

That's the way it really is Friday April 10th, 2020.