Ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. Betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, through much oher familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Welcome to first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38th president , president gerald ford, and here for the nebs 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If you have been watching our series, you know him. Hes an academic adviser for the whole project and hes launched a whole number of libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford. Along the way, you developed a relationship with the fords. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible, but yeah, i was very fortunate to
Morning. Everybody, its monday june 1st thanks a lot for joining us on the kron 00 04am morning news for this monday morning im Marty Gonzales and im robin when San Juan Creek was just one of several places are cities throughout the bay area that issued. A curfew last night and once again we saw looting all across the bay area from oakland to san jose won a creek in san leandro as well. And we also understand that there was a damage in walnut creek at the block of Broadway Plaza shopping center. Too soon to know just the total moneywise of the damage but it was extensive in that area which is part of a the center really of the Downtown Revitalization of walnut creek higher and shopping still shopping sores are there as well as very popular Smaller Stores as well we want to go live now kron 4 sarah stson. As shes preparing this a live report from there. We understand the Walnut Creek Police instituted a curfew for last night. Theres also one that set for tonight as well robin you have m
Them by their families you know by their by their communities or whether its just basically something they have come to on their own but you transgressed that youve committed an act so by also a pouring in your own to your own senses that you are no longer the person you once were or the person that you thought you would be. Military veterans make up 8 percent of u. S. Adult population but account for 13. 5 percent of the adult suicides in the United States data from Veterans Affairs shows among veterans that had deployed to iraq and afghanistan suicide rates are 4. 00 to 10. 00 times higher than their civilian peers but even these statistics may be understating suicide rates among combat veterans in a 2015 story a marine corps infantry unit that was tracked after coming home from war saw suicide rates among its young men for. Times greater than other young male veterans and 14 times that of civilians this high rate of suicide in veterans leads to a total number of deaths of combat tro
Of covid19, and sadly we have had 31 people pass away as a result. Currently there are 84 people that are hospitalized, and for more information, please visit datasf. Org covid19 for details. I want to just start today on a little bit of a lighter note in recognition of so many of the First Responders and Health Care Workers that are on the front lines doing the incredible work to keep us all safe. Monday was International Firefighters day, and i had an opportunity to drop off lunch to our firefighters at station 6, and just express my appreciation for their work. The firefighters and the paramedics and the people who are called to so many very challenging scenes continue to work very hard for our city during this pandemic, and we appreciate the work that they do. And as we know, in the age of social distancing, they dont have the luxury to socially distance themselves when they are trying to save someones life, and they still put their lives on the line, so i want to express my apprec
Service members killed in those wars since 2001 why is suicide such an epidemic among combat veterans from our wars in the middle east joining me to discuss veteran suicides is matthew hoh who served as a Marine Corps Company commander in iraq in a later as a state Department Official in afghanistan resigned in protest over the escalation of the war. So matthew and i spent 20 years covering war i didnt carry a weapon and thats an important distinction but certainly dealt with p. T. S. D. As i know you have lets 1st just explain what p. T. S. D. Does to you and i know youve fought this battle too. Yeah absolutely chris and thank you for having me on and i think that point you made is something you know well get into about the difference. As a perpetrator of war as say i was as opposed to somebody who has taken part in the war as you were but werent was not a perpetrator of the violence and i dont i want to know is it a national thats a very important distinction which ive always very ye