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Veteran of guam and iwajima. During the battle of iwajima, he and his eightman patrol team came across heavy assault from the japanese and unfortunately his close friend and platoon mate was killed. During the attack, mr. Mayes was wounded and has undergone numerous procedures for more than 30 years. But through this all, he has still found time to help the American Veterans committee and the world war ii Veterans Committee start the James Trumble iii scholarship in honor of his fallen friend. And most recently mr. Mayes won the hero award recipient. Next i would like to introduce mr. Frank hall who served as the corporal in the United States marine corps throughout the Pacific Campaign of world war ii. ....
That Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a brilliant Supreme Court justice. A fighter for justice and gender equality. They will remember where they were when she died. Death potentially changing the balance of power on the high court. Less than 5 feet tall a fighter to her last breath. Reporting days before her death she dictated this statement to her granddaughter. She said with the bluntness she was known for she said quote, my most wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed. Just last week President Trump unvailed a new list of 20 potential conservative nominees for the Supreme Court. A move that meant to fire up his base with election day looming. The Senate Majority leader mcconnell p ....
Theres more good news about the Coronavirus Vaccine being developed by pfizer and biontech. Final trials show it is 95 effective in people over the age of 65. Whats more, it has passed safety checks, making it ready for approval by authorities around the world. Its due to role out later this year. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Yet more good news on vaccines. Last week, Pfizer Biontech were the first to show their vaccine protected against covid. Now we have more detail. Pfizer says the vaccine is more than 94 effective among the over 65s and showed the same consistent protection among volunteers from different ethnicities. There were 170 cases of covid 19 across more than 40,000 volunteers. 162 of those were among the volunteers who got dummy or placebo jabs, and only eight in the vaccinated group. There were no serious safety concerns, but a small minority o ....
Is she in for the long haul, or is she plotting a future without donald trump . We will speak to the biographer who thinks she knows. Hello, im Christian Fraser in london. Laura trevelyan is in washington. So its now two weeks and counting since the president ial elections, and donald trump is still nowhere near conceding victory tojoe biden. In a series of tweets today, hes still complaining about voter fraud, still declaring he won the election. The Trump Campaign has put some of its money where its mouth is, stumping up 3 million for a partial recount in two heavily democratic areas of wisconsin. Mr trump trailsjoe biden byjust over 20,000 votes in the state. A new opinion poll suggests 61 of republicans are not confident in the fairness of the election. 0ur correspondent Aleem Maqbool has been to the panhandle of fl ....
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Theres credible evidence that Australian Special forces unlawfully killed at least 39 civilians, farmers and prisoners in afghanistan. Thats the conclusion of a long awaited investigation by the Australian Defence force into misconduct by its forces. The inquiry investigated 57 incidents and heard from hundreds of witnesses. It uncovered, quote, a shameful record of a warrior culture by some soldiers, according to the chief general angus campbell. He apologised to the afghan people. To the people of afghanistan, on behalf of the Australian Defence force, i sincerely and unreservedly apologise for any wrongdoing by australian soldiers. Ive spoken directly with my afghan counterpart, general zia, to convey this message. General campbell also outline ....