As 1918 and then suddenly in 1997 this new flu emerged in hong kong and scientists discovered to their horror that rather than being incubated in a pig or a human being can call infected with several strands of the flu it jumped directly from birds to humans thats mike davis speaking in 25 on the threat of a flu type pandemic a thing in the own abreu world his warnings are arguably not taken seriously by policymakers think tanks and politicians is 25 book the monster at our door is now called the monster and is with a brand new preface and he joins me now from Los Angeles Mike welcome to going on the ground youve been on well i understand just take us through how you came to write to the new preface as the full horror of the pandemic we came up aarons the book the regional. Published right out to the operation in 2003 i think i wrote it in 2005 this is avian flu and at the time it looked like whos in a way faced with a pandemic flu the biggest disastrous is the 1980 spanish flu it was
Nice mild day to day but conditions will soon turn heavy rain is moving in and could result in severe flooding. Lets move on to meteorologist Melissa Magee with the first check of the accu Weather Forecast, melissa. We have changes for the start of our workweek and we will talk about that in a moment, that is why we have issued that accu weather alert but weekend is one to remember , today was another gorgeous afternoon, with low humidity. Yesterdays high 79, today we maxed out at 78 in philadelphia. Well below average of 87 degrees this time of the year and dew points were at 60. Really comfortable this afternoon. Right now in the city were coming in at 77. Seventythree allentown and reading. Sixtyseven in the poconos. And cape may, 78. Over in beach haven we have a temperature of 75. Things will be changing. Heres Storm Tracker six live double scan radar 3d. We are tracking this low pressure coming out of arkansas and see all this moisture associated with it. It arrives through tenne
Coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines. Next, a conversation with 95yearold veteran Major General John Singlaub as he recalls his missions in europe and asia. Following world war ii, he was a Founding Member of the cia. This program is part of a multiday conference at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. It is about one hour, 20 minutes. I will leave the introduction of general John Singlaub to our interviewers, but it is my pleasure to introduce my new colleagues for you all. [applause] we are delighted and very fortunate to have added rob to our staff in september if youre at the museum. He has joined us as the senior historian. He is well known as one of the leading experts on the german military, but he also brings a tremendous and wide range of knowledge of world war ii and european history in all its aspects, to us. He has already made his pet thats presence felt by diving headfirst into conferences and programs and many other of our major using initiative
Colleague to you all. [ applause ] thank you. We are delighted and very fortunate to have added rob to our staff in september here at the museum. He has joined us as the senior historian. Rob is well known as one of the leading experts on the german military, but he also brings a tremendous and wide range of knowledge of world war ii and european history in all its aspects, to us. He has already made his presence felt by diving headfirst into tours, conferences and programs and many other of our major using initiatives. So it is my pleasure to have rob here to introduce and interview our distinguished veteran. Rob, take it away. Thank you very much. [ applause ] the diving headfirst was the easy part, it is getting right side of that is difficult. Thank you very much. I was hired after the agenda was set, so i was given some light lifting and maybe one of the easiest assignments i have had, to interview Major General John Singlaub, an American Hero and a man that has had a very disting
Delighted and very fortunate to have added rob to our staff back in september. He brings a tremendous and wideranging knowledge of world war ii and european history in all its aspects to us. Presenceady made his felt by diving headfirst into exhibits, taurus, programs and conferences and many of her exhibits, tour s, programs and conferences and rob, take it away. Rob thank you very much. [applause] rob the diving headfirst was the easy part, it is getting right side of that is difficult. Thank you very much. I was hired after the agenda was set, so i have done light lifting and maybe one of the easiest assignments i have had, to interview Major General John Singlaub, an American Hero and a man that has had a very distinguished career. Reading the biography we also say that somebody like major John Singlaub does not have an introduction, but that is unfair, he deserves a nice long introduction so i will attempt to keep it to a medium length. He was commissioned as an infantry officer i