Making of a man can be traced in his past dwight as and how are posing with his family had a dream that boeing out of the prairies would leave him to the highest office. He was born in this house in 1890. And unraveling kansas, reared in this white frame building, where his room was much as he left it. His High School Memories could be those of 100 million other americans. Remaining in abilene after his graduation in 1909, he took a job as a general handyman in the creamery. Still standing where his father works. Pulling ice was one of the many chores that kept dwight busy as he waited for his appointment in the United States military academy at west point. At the academy, he drilled and the quadrangle, worship in the chapel, and led his attention to duty, devotion, honor, and service to country, and the traditions of the school. At the eggnog ration of president Woodrow Wilson in 1930, he marched proudly with his cadets in the end inaugural parade. Thats all, he lined up with the mili
Protection of undocumented immigrant children. He calls it, quote, a shotgun blast to the face of conservatives. Is june teenth marking marking e official day of slavery in the United States and Many Companies making today an official holiday, more on that ahead. Big tech taking on commander in chief. Campaign says its a symbol used by antifa. On campaign trail put joe biden far ahead of President Trump as the president bushes for more live debates before the november election. And america together, meet a High School Principal going above and beyond to make sure his students get their diplomas in person, mornings with maria is live right now. European markets on the rise this morning, gains across the board, 1 to plus side in england and france, close in germany. Investor attention turning to European Union 840 billiondollar proposed program to help economies rebound after coronavirus. In asia overnight it was buying across the board, gains on all 4 major markets there. President trum
Statues last night, former president ulysses s. Grant. It comes amid growing debate of the legacies of historic figures. Christie smith joins us live with more from golden gate park. Reporter the city says the crew came out here and worked through the night after the statues were pulled down. I want to step aside so you can see what it looks like out here. Basically just the pedestals remain here and at another location. Now, today people keep coming by to see what happened. City crews removed spray paint from pedestals. I think that those should have been taken down a long, long time ago. Reporter statues of Francis Scott key, ulysses s. Grant are gone. We obtained video of the monuments being pulled down. Last night hundreds of people showed up and bottles were thrown at officers. Established missions and accused. Scott key composed the star spangled banner and was known to have owned slaves. And grant, the 18th president , had a history with both. Havent seen any representation of o
Took two months for police in georgia to arrest a father and son in the death of ahmaud arbery. And remembering Jerry Stiller. A look at the comedy legends iconic career on sitcoms, the Ed Sullivan Show and beyond. So sorry to hear that. But first, heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. It is scary to go to work to think id be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than if i was going to the west wing. The white house is dealing with two confirmed coronavirus cases. Prompting several officials to selfquarantine. Easing lockdown restrictions this week. If there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes. Georgias attorney general asked the u. S. Justice department to investigate the killing of ahmaud arbery. This was a lynching of an africanamerican man. Happy mothers day to you, mom. I miss you. I love you so, so much. I wish i could be with you. Governor cuomo took some time in his daily news briefing to wish his mom a happy mothers day.
Very trying weeks and even they have, but what been doing is working. You go back a month, month and a half, we heard report after report saying it was just a stter of time until Florida Hospital system was completely overwhelmed with covid19 patients. There was an article in march saidthe miami herald that this week in april florida could 465,000 people hospitalized throughout the state of florida. The reality slightly more than 2000. Those predictions have been false. Our work is succeeding. We have flattened the curve. In fact, not only did the Hospital System not get overwhelmed, since the pandemic started, available hospital beds have increased in the state of florida, not decreased. About 1500, 400 beds available toward the end of march. We now have 22 thousand beds available. We also had dramatically increased icu bed availability. That was what flattening the curve was all about. Because if the Health Care System gets overwhelmed, that is obviously bad for covid19 patients and