Hes held all the command billets from lieutenant all the way up through Division Commander and the like and later of course he was the first commander of the Africa Command you talk to us about today. Now hes the president and coo of a very Interesting Company in the corporate world and we were chatting a little bit earlier before this thing started and i said you know, some of the leadership things that you picked up in the military are apropos in the commercial world as well because still, its all done by people and we need to learn to take care of them and he agreed to that. We were also chatting before, he was born, i graduated from high school in 1945 and at 17 and i play football and the light and my best friend was from Manasquan High School across the river and they were our traditional rivals and he and i had grown up, known each other a long time and later he went to the same school, morgan state only he was a freshman there in 1946 and thats back when we had back good athlet
Plane loads of people dieing here every 24 hours. We need to actually double down on the Public Health measures. Almost 200,000 new cases on some days. Many tens of thousands in the hospital. Now thanksgiving gatherings threaten to add serious fuel to this raging wildfire. Ill talk to gates about the latest on the disease and the vaccines. Also, iran, iraq, china, israel, yemen, afghanistan. A top official says the intent is to set so many Foreign Policy fires the Biden Administration wont be able to put them out. How will america recover on the world stage . I will ask former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Samantha power and Richard Haass on the council on foreign relations. But first, heres my take. The first time i met barack obama, he struck me as different from any other politician i had met. He was smart, well read, and energetic, but that isnt what made him stand out. It was the way he asked questions. Most politicians ask a question to answer it themselves. After giving you a br
Ill talk to gates about the latest on the disease and the vaccines. Also, iran, iraq, afghanistan, china, israel, yemen. A trump official says the intent is to set so many Foreign Policy fires that the Biden Administration wont be able to put them out. How will america recover on the world stage . I will ask former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Samantha power and Richard Haass of the council on foreign relations. But first, heres my take. The first time i met barack obama he struck me as different from any other politician i had met. He was smart, well read, affable and energetic. That isnt what made him stand out. It was the way he asked questions. Most politicians ask a question to answer it them is evans. After giving you a brief opportunity to respond, they jump in. Well, heres what i think. And proceed to deliver some packaged piece of wisdom they have recited dozens of times. But obama would ask a question to which he actually wanted an answer. He would listen and ask another que
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As many headlines as her boundless talent. Cnns laila santiago is in los angeles for us tonight with more on this very tragic story. Laila, thank you for joining us. What do we know of the circumstances surrounding miss reynolds death . Don, so much has happened in just the last six hours. We started following this around 1 00 local time when we were told that the Fire Department was transporting her from the familys home to the hospital in fair to serious condition. She had been complaining about some sort of a breathing problem. At the time when we reached out to her son, he simply said, pray for her. In the last hour or so, weve seen quite the development with her son, as you mentioned, now confirming her death. As far as exactly what led up to it, all we know is that she had been complaining about that breathing problem when she was immediately transported to the hospital. Her son also released a statement saying that he had spoken to debbie this morning. What else did he say . Rig