The News with Rick Sanchez - February 12, 2020 (19:00 ET)

Eye-opening: Crimes by rich ignored more than ever! (Full show)

Rick Sanchez explains the rampant inequality in the US criminal justice system, which awards less-than-recommended time to multimillionaires who break the law. Then investigative journalist Ben Swann joins to discuss the issue and how deep connections between corporate journalists and the super-rich exacerbate the problem.

Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof weighs in on the escalating violence in Syria as Turkey fights to defend rebel-held Idlib from the forces of the Assad government.

More than 42 thousand cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed in 28 countries. RT America’s Michele Greenstein reports on the mounting global response to the international outbreak, including the search for a vaccine. Scammers are posing as hackers and demanding a ransom from people who use home-security cameras, threatening to publish sensitive private videos or nude photos to the public. RT America's Natasha Sweatte reports.

Libya has the largest oil reserve in Africa. Libyan oil has been called "the champagne of crude oil." It is extremely low-cost to refine, which may be why foreign powers are intent on keeping Libya from producing oil at all. RT America's Sayeh