pete buttigieg was working with the railroads as well. you heard from the president calling this deal a win for tens of thousands of railway workers. just to reiterate key points, they re getting better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind surrounding health care costs. this agreement after those 20 hours of face-to-face negotiations was led by the labor secretary, and he said one of the key moments was crucial call from president biden that took place late last night at 9:00. walsh warned a strike would have been catastrophic. you know that some of the consequences, but consider this, 40% of this country s products that are shipped long distance are moved by rail. that means auto parts, lumber, the food we eat. we are already seeing some of the possible implications, amtrak preemptively canceling long-distance routes. the statement from amtrak this morning saying they re trying to get these canceled trains quickly restored. they re reaching out to passengers to
millions of soldiers and marines all over the world went through hell and back. okinawa was indescribable. the primary reason truman dropped the atom bomb, the casualty rate was horrific. it was way over 50% and he said we re not going to lose another american boy on foreign soil. it s so heart warming to hear about what you discovered about your father. and of the 64 men, who were part of the mosquito bowl, 15 of them died in battle. and by the time you started researching the book, you were telling me only one 1 of the 64 was still alive. could you talk about this man, this veteran and did you get to interview him and meet him? his name was dave meers. he was such a great guy. those veterans who at least were alive, we were there in the
90s. i was ashamed of my intellect is going day by day. these guys were sharp. but they were decent. they said do not describe me as a hero. do not draw attention to myself. and dave was like that. it was a wonderful three hours. he remembered some of the players that i was writing about. but he was the only one who was alive. so it was aer year of saying, can i really get at this. but several of the players they write about really from the beginning of their lives to the tragic ends left. their family hs a tremendous paper trail of letters and other documents. and i found the letters so poignant because they are small. it s all in the little details. you re not talking about battle because you cannot. and the censorship was so extreme. it was totally extreme. they would use a code system to try to tell their parents where they were. the first word of every sentence. but with you re spelling something out, that can take a lot of sentences. i got a paper trail.
A series of devastating fires in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is causing growing alarm among residents in the neighbourhood, say housing advocates, who are calling for a sharper focus on fire safety in the area's buildings.