American diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, and others held behind enemy lines in germany and japan. Jan jarboe russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sunni . Sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer. The most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. He was arrested as an enemy alien because he was a photographer. During world war ii, photography was like the internet. Anybody who had access to it could take photos of military bases and things like that. The 32,000 enemy aliens fathers who were arrested were not arrested based on anything they had done as human beings but on their occupation, which could have been harmful according to the government to our war effort. Sumi was this remarkable plucky tomboy who was going to Central Junior High School in los angeles when pearl harbor was bombed, and her life changed in an instant. Is she still alive . She is still alive. She is in her 80s, a
Coronavirus suggesting in a tweet just a little while ago that dr. Deborah birx, Coronavirus Task force coordinator is, quote, pathetic. While the president isnt explicit about what hes upset about here, you can assume the alarm dr. Birx raised on cnn yesterday is not something he wanted to hear. Lets listen to this. We are in a new phase, but i want to be very clear. What were seeing today is different from march and april. It is extraordinarily widespread. Its into the rural as equal urban areas, and to everybody who lives in a rural area you are not immune for protected from this virus. And it also appears now that dr. Birx is now not immune from the president s attacks. When speaking the truth about where the country is right now in fighting this virus, well over 4. 6 million cases in the country, more than is 55,000 deaths, more than any other country in the world, but apparently now speaking the truth is pathetic. And that isnt the end of where the president and dr. Birx actually
30 million without that benefit at least for now. Mark meredith is live at the white house with the latest on where the negotiation goes from here. Reporter democrats say the enhanced Unemployment Benefits impact the majority of americans that have been struggling since march. The white house appears morey gear to extend the benefits but its unclear for how long and how much money that may be the case. The negotiations, they are still ongoing. We heard from white house chief of staff mark meadows who spoke right after wrapping up the rare saturday negotiation session. Were a long ways apart. I dont want to suggest that a deal is imminent because it is not. But like with any deal, as you make progress, i think its important to recognize that youre making progress. And not set an unrealistic expectation that were just a few items away. Because theres still substantial differences. Reporter democrats also called todays meeting productive but say they too remain far from a firm deal. Congr
You will hear from one man who says he nearly escaped an attack and what this has prompted rangers to do. Also, richmonds first Deadly Police shooting in seven years. What can be seen on a surveillance tape moments before the gunfire. Mornings on 2 starts now. Good morning. We have a team of reporters live along interstate 880 in the east bay where traffic is an absolute mess. Just after 3 00 this morning, a crash involving ten cars injured nine people and it shut down both directions of the freeway. The southbound lanes reopened about 15 minutes ago and what you are looking at now, the northbound traffic just started moving through. Thats because chp is letting drivers stuck all morning, at least get through this mess. Ktvus Tara Moriarty has been on the scene all morning, still very active. Coming up in moments, she will tell us what the chp is saying about the shutdown and sal will show us the best way to get around the gridlock. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. It is monday,
The last time Joe Shepard called Pittsfield home was more than 70 years ago. But for a brief moment earlier this week Shepard was home again, saying a last goodbye