The Service Members and families who have sacrificed in defense of our freedom. The freedoms we cherish that are so often taken for granted did not come without a price. For generations, American Patriot have secured our blessings of liberty by willingly laying down their lives in defense of our great nation. Soldier leaves behind a grieving parent, child, sibling, spouse or friend. These family members and friends never forget that not at the door. Loud thunder of the 21 gun salute. Or the touch of a folded flag, once laid on top of a casket. , i know that the men and women in uniform, who served bravely alongside the following never forget either. Of those like an iraq war veteran, richard miles, whose picture i proudly display on my desk. Main. Y National Guards and i love National Guardsmen james connie, whose family are dear friends, just 22 years old and killed in afghanistan. Sergeantgh didnt died at just 25 years old, leaving behind his beautiful son , who was not even a year o
Fish. Were going to go ahead and get started. Tonight, as the world struggles to contain and recover from the novel coronavirus, we offer a story we completed just before life changed so dramatically. Can you sung me a song from your youth . Its a story of history, hope, survival, and resilience, which has its roots in another time when the world was convulsed by crisis, world war ii. Aaron, tell us what your parents did before the war. They owned and operated a butcher shop. This interview is unlike any we have ever done. Its your mentality. Its your soul. Its your mind. Uncredibly, aaron elster, a holocaust survivor, died two years ago. Whats the weather like today . Im actually recording. I cannot answer that question. Im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking this portion of 60 minutes is sponsored by progressive insurance. Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance. Save when you bundle auto
Pacific and mountain, 202 7488001. We have a line for medical professionals, we would love to hear from you. Its 202 7488002. We are also on twitter and facebook. We are taking your text messages. That number is 202 7488003. Tell us your first name and where you are texting from. We begin as we always do with a look at the sobering numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. More than 1. 2 million confirmed cases. The number ofs. Cases are approaching 330,000. 65,000 deaths around the country. Around the world, i should say. The u. S. Is leading the world in cases of coronavirus. That from Johns Hopkins university, which has been keeping track of this since the beginning in january. The president says a lot of death is coming. It will be the toughest week in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and he said this on saturday. He said this as the total number of coronavirus cases rose to over 300,000, with the number of deaths host at the Daily Briefing yesterday, deborah birx, o
Guest my pleasure. Good morning. Host what are the lessons from the 1918 pandemic . Terrible, terrible time, which perhaps there seems to be more overlap now than we could have ever imagined, i think that there are some differences and there are some important similarities as well. I think we should really focus on the differences between whats going on now and 1918. Because 1918 did leave us with several lessons. Perhaps the most important one is understanding what it was that was killing people in 1918. Just to remind everybody, back in 1918, people had not yet discovered viruses. That would happen over the next couple of decades. And so there was this terrible disease that ended up killing between 50 million and 100 Million People worldwide, or 675,000 people in the u. S. , which in todays numbers, would be about three million deaths. And they did not know what it was that was killing them. The word influenza comes from a latin word, meaning influence. People thought that it was the
Federal response to the coronavirus. If you are in the eastern or central time zones, 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001. A special line for medical professionals this morning, 202 7488002. We have been discussing this morning that planned houseboat today on an expected Coronavirus Relief package bill being negotiated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin. We know those negotiations continued this morning. Here is the latest on what is expected today on the house floor. Fred kaplan, cspan producer, noting on twitter that coronavirus bill is expected to be considered today by the house under suspension of the rules for 40 minutes of debate. No amendments allowed, and two thirds of those voting and present need to be in favor of passage. Several members are currently in self quarantine due to the covid19 exposure. News notesom fox Nancy Pelosis letter to democrats on this legislation, that time is of the essence and this wil