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In new york city beaches remained clothes. and arlington national cemetery is open only to families with loved ones buried there. today the worlds health organization warnings we could see a second peak of the virus. >> we cant make assumptions that just because the disease is on its way down now, that it will keep going down. >> reporter: w.h.o. officials say all countries should remain on high alert, because of how fast the virus can spread from a single event. the united states shows an upwar...

With the burial. some families have not been able to come for burials and others coming now and you have social distancing and the masks. lets listen a bit. >> we can still be there for the families. there have been a few funerals we have done where no families have been able to attend due to the virus. our heart goes out to them. we are very happy that at least we can be there for them. they were there for us. >> you have such deep experience at this. it is so important to give the fallen the a...

Twice because of a personal loss, explain why. >> a woman officer worked with me, lieutenant jamie lynn was killed in afghanistan. memorial day is a day for me to remember her. really for me memorial day is june 8th every year. she was an incredible bright and sbil gent officer who worked for me on the joint staff, she had a way of lighting up a room. when i got the call in 2013 from a mutual friend that she had been killed, it was like the switch was turned off. i was at a busy airport where ti...

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With extra troops required to do it right, theyre not being used to limit the number of people interacting. up the hill at the tomb of the unknown soldier, troops wear masks as they get ready for their razor sharp walk. visitors no longer allowed. but there is no easy tradition. >> theres always been somebody guarding the tomb 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> they had lives. its the least we could do is continue our mission to the best of our abilities. >> across arlington on this memorial ...

You have to do it. i appreciate you, by the way, being there with us. it is hard. its tough. but we have to drive on. >> for chairman millie, memorial day is very personal. after commanding units in afghanistan and iraq. the guy feel personally responsible for the troops that im leading. i reflected off and come every day come on those who didnt come home. ive got 142 who served directly under my command. could you have a message for them today, so question much bigger ive kept in touch with man...

Stories of the ultimate sacrifice, talking about the more than 1.2 million people that have died for this country, but they chose to tell this story. is that fair? >> so of course absolutely, i mean absolutely not, this ises absolutely ridiculous, the fact that they even want to attack our service members is utterly, absolutely ridiculous. it actually disgusts me. lets be honest. this is about politics. it has nothing to do with our service members. to have people that lost their lives -- i want...

Found that they will plan to begin rehiring when economic conditions improve. mike. >> william, thanks a lot. the real reason for this holiday, it is a memorial day on like any because of the coronavirus pandemic. he has that part of the story tonight from seattle. >> what was a day to remember from a distance. people were mostly quiet. the service as a casualty the pandemic. the vets took their ceremonies virtual. in new jersey, vietnam veterans held their service on facebook and instagram. ver...

Although as you indicated, covid-19 has really put us on our back but i see it as a temporary setback, we are a great nation, weve done wonderful things in the past, weve overdone great problems. world war ii, time in which we lost 400,000 young americans, 670,000 were wounded, 16 million were under arms. we were petrified after december the 7th 1941 when the japanese bombed pearl harbor, we thought they were going to attack the west coast of the united states but they didnt. we did some bad thi...

Honoring every washington resident killed in the line of duty. in the vietnam veteran and paralyzed veterans normally rings the bell for each name added to the wall. >> know families are involved and no veterans involved. no music this year, but we will still carry it in our hearts. >> soldiers with third u.s. infantry known as the old guard did place flags in front of 228,000 headstones at arlington national cemetery early in the week. 3:00 this afternoon local time no matter where you are in t...