My name is greg hennessy. Im one of the people who gives the school tours, im in charge of the world war ii section. This area represents the type of buildings that we quickly put up at the start of world war ii. The reason why we had to quickly put them up was that we were not prepared for. The United States military had less than 350,000 soldiers at the outbreak of world war ii. Thats the army, navy and marine combined. No air force. By the end of the war we had about 17 Million People in service. To do that, we portraying centers all over the country to expand some of the force that we had. We had to build Training Centers all over the country and these are the types of buildings that are represented. If you notice, this is a friend of mine. His name is richard. This is him in september of 1942. He started his training in georgia. Im wearing boots, cover alice and a cap just the way they did to train. One of one reason they should cover off the train with was, world war ii was truly
And a controversial social media bill passed in turkey a sponsor concerns about freedom of expression the in the end thank you for joining us yet now is the most populous country in the world not to have recorded a single coronavirus related deaths and after being virus free for months it says its now making preparations for a major wave of infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of don where a strict small town is now in place infections have also been reported in its 2 largest cities the capital one noisy and hoshi main city it means government says the entire country is now at risk of infection mean why hong kongs leader kerry says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with a shop rise in cases and i spoke to our correspondent scott haidar who is in bangkok with the latest on both. Hong kong and look at the last 3 months there what wasnt one case of locally transmitted coded positive case so obviously when we saw what happened over the weekend
Good afternoon. It is great to be in Central Florida. The reason we are here today is because so many floridians have asked what else can i do to be helpful in the fight against covid19 . Obviously, folks have been faceently wearing coverings, looking out for senior citizens, and we want you to continue to do that, but there is another way that you can help, and that is for those who have been infected with covid19 and developed antibodies for the disease, to donate your blood. One blood here is really leading the charge on this. When we started this in march, there was not a lot of information about how to treat somebody that was infected with covid19 and required hospitalization, and there has been a lot of Different Things along the way that have been done. There have been a lot of great inroads that have been made. One of the treatments that many physicians around the state believe is very effective is the use of convalescent plasma, so this is blood that is donated from somebody w
Crash victim who was categorized as a covid19 death. Gov. Desantis well, its great florida, the ral reason were here at one blood today is so many floridians have asked what else can i do to be helpful against the fight of covid19. Folks have been very diligent social racticing distancing, wearing face coverings looking out for our we want you to continue to do that. There is another way you can help. Infected who have been with covid19 and developed ntibodies for the disease to donate your blood and one blood here is really leading the charge on this. We started this in march, of e was not a lot information about how to treat omebody that was infected with covid19 and required hospitalization and there has been a lot of Different Things long the way that have been done. There have been a lot of great made. Due that have been one of the treatments that many physicians around the state effective is the use of convalescent plasma. Donated lood that is from somebody who has cleared the co
Hes the longest serving russian leader since Joseph Stalin but a lot of the putin wants to stay in power even longer a referendum on constitutional reforms court extend his rule so how will this shape the future of russia this is inside still. Hello welcome to the program on. Vladimir putin was 1st elected as russias president in 2020 years later he still had he served longer than any russian or soviet politician since the early 1950 s. And it could be on course to be one of his nations longest serving leaders putins opponents say he plans to Never Leave Office constitutional reforms introduced in january will allow him to stay in power for another 26 year terms his current one ends in 4 years russians have started voting in a weeklong referendum on the amendments but the state duma has already approved those changes to the constitution while also passing a law that says the reforms must have the public support its president putin says hell consider running for a 5th term in 2024 he sa