Author of fighting for hope. The National World War Ii Museum in new orleans hosted this discussion and provided the video. Greetings, everyone. I am senior director of programs at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to what promises to be a Great Program on the history of africanamericans in combat in the United States from world war i to world war ii with everything in between and in the immediate postworld war ii years, and i am joined by three of our nations preeminent scholars on this subject. Whohost is dr. John morrow, is franklin professor of history at the university of georgia and is coauthor with our second panelist, who is professor of harlemst nyu, of rattlers in the great war, which is a fantastic book about one of the great africanamerican units in the First World War were. Our third panelist is Robert Jefferson junior, associate professor of history at the , andrsity of new mexico the author of fighting for hope. I
Putin is the most dangerous. Just after 6 in the evening in baghdad. Right here in moscow this monday july 27th wherever youre tuning in from this hour a welcome to the program the head of the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to accelerate almost 60000000 cases have been recorded worldwide and more than 640000 lives lost. The pandemic continues to accelerate in the past 6 weeks that thought a member of cases has roughly double the copied 19 pandemic is illustrating that health is not only wired for development its the foundation of social economy and political stability or just one aspect of the pandemic this week thousands of british holidaymakers got a shock at the weekend after the u. K. Government to reverse the roles and travel to and from spain following a spike in covert cases there they will have to quarantine for 2 weeks once they return home reporting alerts in. Youve seen the number of measures now being put in place whereby those p
Most and only at times a polite slap on the wrist. I come to the floor to discuss a piece of legislation that senator booker and i worked on to help Public Safety officers. Since covid19 pandemic began, over 101st responders have lost their lives to that virus. Unlike the rest of us, these brave men and women could not by the very nature of their work stay home or social distance and fire houses across the country, firefighters had to continue sharing combined spaces and respond to emergencies, Police Officers continued to respond to 911, these calls and also they interact with the public in very close quarters. While most of us are avoiding covid it all costs, state and emt crews are transporting the infected and others to hospitals for emergency care. While i am inspired by the bravery of these First Responders, i am not at all surprised by the actions they take to protect the people they serve. First responders always answer the calls to action, selflessly placing others before them
Operational. And the real deal. As concerns spread over how the coronavirus will affect the nations real estate market, well get a reality check and see how Virtual Reality is helping open houses like never before. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Let none of us ever think of those we have lost as mere numbers on a graph. They were real lives. Reporter coronavirus deaths topped 51,000 in the u. S. Still in some parts of the country governments are reopening businesses and loosening social distancing. You have to do both. You have to be able to fight the virus, and we have to open up the economy. Reporter the president signed an extension of the relief bill giving 484 billion to Small Businesses and hospitals. Reporter President Trump walking back comments that he made regarding inintersections to treat coronavirus. I was sayingus oo rep likyou. Reporteresident trump i feel lg king any questions. Reporters were there. Thats their j
Points. We thought it would be a huge bounceback day, it might be, you never know but another point as the intraday of the dow we actually went negative. Were back up 120. Up and down we go. Deirdre bolton trying to keep track of it all. Joins us from the new york stock exchange. Like im on a ham sister wheel, connell. We had 950 point gain. When Vp Mike Pence said essentially every american will be covered for coronavirus testing. You saw, that, that is where viewers can see a little bit after green, kind of blip up on the dow. Were still nowhere near where we were at the highs of the session. Let me tell you what is moving markets at least by group. The groups that are supporting whatever rallies you are seeing. You have info tech. You have Financial Companies and industrials. Now on the other side with really weighing on the market, utilities, Consumer Staples and energy which is a little bit interesting, because out of the gate this morning, connell, energy, they were the superstar