The daily show host tells us how this helped m prepare for the challenges of today. Noahs ark, i like that, anthony. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tremendous death and economic devastation because those tasked with protecting us by being truthful and transparent failed to do so. Reporter President Trump has announced he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted. He accused the w. H. O. Of severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the virus. So much dea bed he idacowledged that individual statese the powi powish power to reopen or not. We say this unequivocally. There is no question that testing anywhere in our country is not nearly where it needs to be. Reporter former president barack obama has endorsed his v. P. , joe biden, for president. Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us in a long recovery. Reporter senator sanders and cardi b. Both threw their
Im cheryl conway. I have a very special feeling about nurses. And nursing. To me nursing is a great profession. A nurse as one of the few people in our society who measure success in terms of service and benefits to mankind rather than in achievement of wealth and fame. The army nurse embodies the fine attributes of nurses everywhere and then adds a few qualities of her own. She works and lives according to a simple code. Grant that i be worthy of the secret pledge of my profession and belied those entrusted to my care. Help me to offer hope and cheer in the hearts of men in my country. Help and cheer in the hearts of men. The purpose and meaning of army nursing. The history of military nursing is as old as our country. It is a proud story. One that illuminate some of the finest moments in our national history. George washington was the first to recognize the important of military nursing. On his recommendation contract nurses were engaged at the salary of two dollars per month. While
This pandemic. The army nurse, soldier of mercy is a 1965 u. S. Army film celebrating the contributions of nurses from the American Revolution to the vietnam war. Youre watching reel america on American History tv. This is a story of military personnel, in the classical sense however its not a military story. It is a story of the army nurse, soldier of mercy. Im cheryl conway. I have a very special feeling about nurses. And nursing. To me nurse is a truly proud profession. The nurse is one of the few people in our society who measures success in terms of service and benefits to mankind rather than in the achievement of personal wealth and fame. The army nurse embodies the fine attributes of nurses every where and then add as few qualities of her own. She lives and works according to a simple code. Grant that i be worthy of the simple pledge of my profession and of those lives entrusted in my care. Help me offer hope and cheer to men in our country. Hope and cheer in the hearts of men.
And the worst humanitarian crisis the u. N. Calls for an immediate truce in yemen 5 years after a Saudi Led Coalition the start of the war. But into the program we begin in spain where the number of deaths and cases taken another big jump in the past 24 hours figures just really show 655 people have died and nearly 9000 have tested positive across spain more than 56000 people and our infected bodies of the dead and are being taken to a temporary morgue set up in a converted ice rink in madrid spain is Health Care System is feeling the strain its running short of beds space and equipment is appealing for help from an intergovernmental military alliance to fight the coronavirus the government has extended a lockdown to contain the spread of the virus well martha her there as our correspondent for us in madrid and joins me now those numbers certainly not going down in spain so perhaps their curve isnt going to flatten out quite yet. Yes that was that was what helped our authorities told u
Situation these nurses became pioneers in engineering and preventive medicine. The history of the Army Nurse Core in overseas fears is a story of patriotism and devotion to duty, a story that is usually lost in discussions of military maneuvers and spectacular victories. I suppose it is a quiet story, quiet. But it illustrates Human Capacity for nobility. In world war i, it grew from a meager 400 to a force of more than 21,000 nurses. They served with valor in new and dangerous situations, saving lives and bringing comfort to the sick and wounded. Gentlemen pushing bestowsed the recognition of the country on these soldiers of mercy who do their jobs so well. But some of them never saw the results of their devoted efforts. Between 1917 and 1918, 296 nurses lost their lives in the service of their country. The tradition cometed in world war ii when lit grew to 50,000. Eagerly they came to offer their services in what was to become the most savage struggle in history. They served with dis