Huawei to challenge US, Korea & Taiwan on semiconductor chips (Full show)

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has embarked on an ambitious project of producing its own semiconductor chips after the US-led worldwide campaign against the company to cut off its access to crucially necessary semiconductor chips. Rick Sanchez explains. Then RT America's Alex Mihailovich reports the details. Then Professor John Quelch, dean of the University of Miami Business School and former UK MP George Galloway weigh in.

Goergia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed an executive order allowing local governments to set their own mask mandates. Critics say that the order doesn't do enough to hold businesses and individuals to account if they ignore public-health guidelines. Georgia continues to have some of the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in the US. RT America's John Huddy reports

Shootings in New York City have more than doubled in the past 24 hours. The city has seen a 72 percent spike in gun violence, compared to last year. The violence prompted a tweet from President Trump urging "law and order." RT America's Trinity Chavez has the details.

RT's Roman Kosarev reports on the ongoing protests and counter-protests in Belarus over the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. Then former Pentagon official Michael Maloof joins to discuss the aftermath of the massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon and intensifying pressure from the US to take geopolitical advantage. He argues that US sanctions on Lebanon are part of a desperate move to keep Lebanon out of the orbit of Iran and China.