The germans had occupied since 1914. To begin this story, here is a portion of a 1960 u. S. Army film that gives a brief sketch of the operation. In late july, 1918, general pershing created the First United States Army under his command. And immediate steps were taken to concentrate American Forces at one point on the line. That point was saintmihiel. The germans had held an area 25 miles since early in the war. Penetrating the allied lines 16 miles, it enabled the enemy to harass operations. More than half a million first army troops assembled for the task of crushing it out of existence. 15 infantry divisions were moved into position. By the end of the day on september 11, 1918, the first army was ready for its First Independent operations against the enemy. At dawn on the 12th, in a drizzling rain, the attack was launched. [gunfire] [explosions] for the enemy, saintmihiel was an unpleasant surprise. Within four days, the city was obliterated, and the americans were deployed along a
One of the hottest stocks in the market, General Motors dives in and the ceo will join us in just a moment power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Im dominic chu. One bright spot is the Housing Market you have restoration hardware, williams sonoma, theyre jumping and then you have trex, which makes decking and railingtype products for homes and two Retail Stocks hitting new highs, will brands a the a 52week high, target at an alltime high yet again today after its big blowout Earnings Report yesterday. And, kelly, you mentioned the electric vehicle trades tesla a the at a new high is up 20 in just this past week kelly. All right, dom. The dow sliding today and heading now for a down week. Lets go to bob pisani for the action the markets are still having a hard time to figure out on what to focus. Do you focus on the spring reopening in 2021 and Second Quarter or on the covid winter right now . Today a little more focus on the covid winter the good news is tech which has be
Health officials in Contra Costa County are stepping up free covid testing. Now even though they say mixing with those outside someones household is still a risky idea. Rob roth heard from Public Health officers today and gins us now with more. Rob . Reporter yeah, heather, on one hand Health Officials are urging people to stay home over thanksgiving, but theyre also saying if youre going to visit, get tested first. Cars lined up in this parking lot in concord Tuesday Morning for what the Contra Costa Health department calls testing for turkey. This family recently lost their grandfather to covid and know too well the horrors of the virus. We just want to be safe. Were going to meet some family over the holidays, and we want to protect ourselves and protect them, as well. Reporter this is one of 13 sites in Contra Costa County offering free covid testing. The push now is to get people tested before thanksgiving, and possibly exposing others. While inviting everyone that you gather with
Counties, including the purple counties here in the bay area in terms of restriction. And at some point throughout this week, hes mentioned those efforts going on in l. A. County. So, what exactly is being done there . Well, on top of ending Indoor Dining last week, the city of los angeles issued a modified stayathome order wednesday that echoed what the county issued on monday. That city order bans gatherings of people outside of immediate households with some exceptions such as religious service and protest. Governor gavin newsom hosted a Conference Call with members of various cabinets yesterday to work out a restriction and on that call representative with National Federation of independent businesses. He said they should expect that announcement within a day or two from the governor. So, some businesses working to adapt to changes since reinnei t reinterring the purple. One Business Owner we spoke with has kept his gym open after being ordered to close simply to make a stand. He s
In Santa Clara County tonight is the last late night at the random lounge the popular bar and restaurant in san jose has been serving cocktails recently outside until 2 in the morning. Owner tony griffis calls this new curfew counterproductive. If the real culprit here is private gatherings that maybe instead of targeting bars. We target costco safeways and liquor stores. And see if we can cut alcohol sales, there. For now the curfew will be in effect until at least december 21st in all of the counties in that most restrictive purple tier as of tonight. All of the bay area counties are in purple except for murray in san mateo and San Francisco and that could soon change in San Francisco has covid19 cases and hospitalizations. Continue to soar kron fours dan kerman explains what could change in the citys soon as this sunday. San francisco is losing its battle against covid19. Her current case place us on a trajectory to be in the purple tier, potentially as early as sunday. During an on