NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 4/29/2020

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT SERVICE SUSPENDED AT 11 PM)

New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio's response to an Orthodox Jewish funeral in Brooklyn violating the "social distancing" rules imposed under de facto martial law a source of controversy leading to an apology of sorts from the Mayor but a reiteration of his commitment to strict enforcement in the name of preventing coronavirus spread.......ABC 7 EYEWITNESS NEWS VIDEO REPORT.......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS REPORT

"The Americans should know that this waterway is called 'the Persian Gulf'.   It is not called 'the New York Gulf' or 'the Washington Gulf'"

That's part of the message from Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaking at a cabinet meeting in Tehran today.  Rouhani's remarks on a day called "National Persian Gulf Day" in Iran.

Rouhani's comments came amidst tensions in the Persian Gulf with recent close encounters between US and Iranian military vessels and President Trump's tweet about his order to "shoot down and destroy" any threatening Iranian vessels......PRESS TV IRAN

Russia calling for "maximum restraint and caution" from the US and Iran in the Persian Gulf and adding that "illegal unilateral sanctions' need to be lifted that prevent nations from saving their citizens. That comment a reference to US sanctions against Iran in the midst of the coronavirus......TASS NEWS STORY

AT LEAST 38 WORKERS ARE DEAD IN A WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION SITE FIRE IN SOUTH KOREA.   THERE WERE 78 PEOPLE WORKING ON THE SITE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE.      THE SCENE OF THE FIRE SOME 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEOUL......YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA STORY.....LATE WORD IS THAT RESCUE WORKERS ARE SEARCHING THE CHARRED RUBBLE.....YONAHP NEWS AGENCY STORY 926 PM EASTERN US TIME TONIGHT

Four people wounded in a stabbing attack near Frankfurt, Germany   Two suspects are in custody.   A group of five to seven men reported to have attacked people passing by in Hanau.

Police say none of the injuries was life-threatening.    Hanau was the scene earlier this year of an attack on a Turkish smoking bar where nine were killed.   That attack attributed to a "far-right extemist".    Police making  no connection between the two incidents at this time.....AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY-YAHOO NEWS

THE FIANCE OF SAUDI WRITER JAMAL KHASHOGGI, MURDERED AT THE SAUDI CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL IN OCTOBER OF 2018, URGING BRITISH SOCCER'S PREMIER LEAGUE TO PREVENT THE SAUDI TAKEOVER OF THE NEWCASTLE UNITED CLUB.

THE SAUDI SOVEREIGN FUND SEEKING TO TAKE CONTROL CAUSING CONTROVERSY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS OPPOSING SAUDI GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN BRITISH SOCCER.

HATIZ CENGIZ'S LETTER SAYS IN PART:

"THE PREMIER LEAGUE SHOULD NOT ALLOW SOMEONE LIKE (SAUDI CROWN PRINCE) MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, WHO HAS YET TO FACE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MURDER OF MY LATE FIANCE', TO BE SO INVOLVED IN SPORTS IN THE UK.  DO OTHERWISW WILL GREATLY STAIN THE REPUTATION OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND THE UK".....ANADOLU TURKISH NEWS AGENCY REPORT

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THAT CLAIMS BY JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN THAT IT INVESTIGATED THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION OF TARA READE AND FOUND THAT THE ASSAULT DID NOT HAPPEN IS NOT ACCURATE.

THE TIMES SAYING:   "OUR INVESTIGATION MADE NO CONCLUSION EITHER WAY".......PJ MEDIA STORY

Longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone's communications with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange have been released by the FBI after the Associated Press and other media organizations went to court to obtain their release.

Stone was recently convicted in connection with Robert Mueller's "Russian collusion" investigation and lost an attempt to get a new trial.     He is awaiting a date to surrender himself for imprisonment......AP NEWS STORY PUBLISHED BY THE MELBOURNE AGE AUSTRALIA

The US Navy broadening its probe in the wake of the firing of the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt to include a review of actions of the entire chain of command above former Captain Brett Crozier.      Acting Navy Secretary James McPherson said the initial probe was "good work" but that "additional questions" need to be answered........USNI NEWS

Republican Governor Brad Little of Idaho rolling out his plan for a regulated, controlled and limited re-opening of the state from its current house arrest status due to Covid-19.

There's been organized opposition and disobedience of the current regime in the state leading some Republican elected officials in the state to join opposition voices......INLANDER NEWS STORY

The Australian government wants more of its citizens signed up to a contact tracing phone app that "Conservative" Prime Minister Scott Morrison says is the "ticket" to a return to '"normal life" in the country.......BBC NEWS STORY

The coronavirus blog of BBC News reporting aspects of the coronavirus story from around the world today......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 4/29/2020

In other news.......

Russia warning against any US use of low-yield nuclear weapons saying that is a "lowering of the nuclear threshold" and promising retaliation in kind. 

Comments from foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova today said that any attack by a US submarine (US subs now have the low-yield nuclear devices) "would be perceived as nuclear aggression".    She added that under Russian military doctrine that would be "seen as warranting retaliatory use of nuclear weapons".......JERUSALEM POST STORY

The US economy shrank in the first quarter of this year according to Commerce Department statistics released today.     The drop 4.8 percent from the first quarter of last year.......BNN BLOOMBERG NEWS STORY

A special "DC 19" Unpugged post is now up and operating on the blog and will be added to later on.......NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED: DC 19 SPECIAL WE WILL CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, WE WILL CONTROL THE VERTICAL

And that's the way it really is Wednesday April 29th, 2020.