Garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slave holding family, she ended up as the spells of the commanding general at the u. S. Army during the civil war. She and he was ulysses as grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the tribes of politics and eight challenging years in the white house. Welcome to our program, our continuing series first ladies influence an image. Tonight, the life of julia grant. Lets introduce you to our two guests of the table, a member of our Academic Advisory Panel for this year, we are delighted to have him here. Hes a Longtime White House a story in and the author of the president s house. Bill, its so great to see you. Pam is a historian at the ulysses as Grant National Historic Site and st. Louis majority and working on a biography of julia grant. Lets start with you, we last left the cities with the johnson,s after impeachment. And the politics with the radical republicans and the reconstruction, so set the stage for us as the g
75 of the total. The number of people out and about in the capital has been increasing since the state of emergency was lifted on may 25th. Experts say the figure means there are cluster infections that are not easily visible. They say careful judgment must be made on whether the clusters will develop into a second wave of infections. Meanwhile, the number of cases has been rising sharply at airport quarantine among people arriving in japan. The Health Ministry says 131 people were confirmed to have the coronavirus at airport quarantine stations from may 25th to wednesday. The number is about four times the figure for the month ahead of the lifting. Over 70 of those who tested positive were foreign nationals. Experts suspect the lifting of the state of emergency may have led to the rise. Narita airport has increased the number of staff at its quarantine counters to deal with the situation. Translator the entry of infected people or any other risk f factors for cluster infections must b
Twitter as manipulated media. The outrage at this hour. Behind bars. The former Atlanta Police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks set to face a judge. The other officer on the scene speaking out and we hear from one of the witnesses who was in that wendys parking lot. His car was hit by one of the bullets. Wildfires raging in the west. That monster bushfire in arizona spreading over 115,000 acres. More evacuations under way. Ginger is tracking the latest. Firework boom . Reports of illegal fireworks soaring around the nation. Thousands of complaints pouring into police departments. What is setting off the spike . Celebrating juneteenth this friday. The holiday marking the celebration of freedom for so many, the momentum of the black lives Matter Movement now leading Big Companies and over 20 nfl teams to honor juneteenth today and the superstar stepping up calling for it to be made a National Holiday. And all the feels for fathers day. Superstar will Smith Opening up about becoming a d
Thursday. Its the highest numbers seen since the end of the emergency declaration. In the last several weeks schools, shops an restaurants have reopened under some new rules. People have also begun traveling between prefectures. More than 1500 people have tested positive for the virus during the past month, nearly half were in tokyo. Other prefectures with major cities including fukui cowah, hokkaido and kanagawa. 17 prefectures without a single new case. In total, more than 18,000 people in japan have tested positive since the virus was first discovered. About 970 people have died. Japan began easing Coronavirus Travel measures thursday as a plane full of Business People headed for vietnam. 150 people boarded a plane at narita airport near tokyo. Its the first flight since the two countries agreed l last wee to resume business travel. Translator im happy that i will no longer have the stress of having to work online. The airline provided protective gowns and face masks. To avoid quara
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