In terms of blood, nearly 120,000 u. S. Troops paid with allies and another 20,000 were wounded. It was a dramatic dramatic conflict. To my second point, the media Lessons Learned after this conflict, its odd that this sort of idealism emerged, and this idealism trump sober pragmatism come and sort of a realistic assessment about the nature of man, the nature of the international system. We saw the league of nations form which tried to impose the domestic Structure International of domestic law internationally. We saw later in the 20s a aipac, 1928 which sought to outlaw war. Something, they could just outlaw. Within the United States, rather than sort of prepare for possibly there could be another major conflict, this is from a u. S. Army history, the war deparle urged congress to authorize the astonishment of permanent regular army, about a half a million, and threemonth the universal training system, and congress and the American People said no. Rather, not just meltdown, we tore do
Very careful calculations, we hear at the Rachel Maddow show have determined that we, us, our collective humanity, we have arrived finally at the Halfway Point of 2020. You guys, technically, as of today, we are halfway threre. Its a leap year there arent 365 days this year. There are 366. At least there will be by the time we get to the end of it there will be 366 days by the end of this year. Divide by two to find the Halfway Point. Thats 183 days. Count up all the days we had so far. Yesterday was day 183. That means at midnight we hit day 184. Which means we have made it through the whole first half of this year that we all wish would stop already. Honestly, 2020 would have been a catastrophic year in the news if it had stopped three months ago. But we have made it halfway through. They cannot make us do that again. And it is astonishing that this first half of this year alone, more than 128,000 of our fellow americans did not make it to see this point because of the coronavirus. A
Its a leap year, so there arent 365 days this year. There are 366 days this year. At least there will be by the time we get to the end of it, provided the giant meteor doesnt get us or the sun doesnt burn out. So there will be 366 days by the end of this year. Divide by two to find the halfway point. Thats 183 days. Count up all the days weve had so far. Yesterday was day 183. That means at midnight, we hit day 184, which means we have made it through the whole first half of this year that we all wish would stop already. Honestly, 2020 would have been a catastrophic year in the news if it had stopped three months ago. But we have made it halfway through. They cannot make us do that again. And it is astonishing that this first half of this year alone, more than 128,000 of our fellow americans did not make it to see this point because of the coronavirus. And there will be more to come. Nbcs tabulation of the new case numbers today these are tabulated as of 6 30 p. M. Eastern time each da
366 days this year. At least there will be by the time we get to the end of it provided the giant meteor doesnt get us or the sun doesnt burn out. So there will be 366 days by the end of this year. Divide by two to find the half way point. Thats 183 days. Count up all the days weve had so far. Yesterday was day 183. That means at midnight we hit day 184, which means we have made it through the whole first half of this year that we all wish would stop already. Honestly, 2020 would have ban catastrophic year in the news if it had stopped three months ago. But we have made it half way through. They cannot make us do that again. And it is astonishing that this first half of this year alone more than 128,000 of our fellow americans did not make it to see this point. Because of the coronavirus. And there will be more to come. Nbcs tabulation of the new case numbers today, these are tabulated as of 6 30 p. M. Eastern time each day, nbc news tabulation as of 6 30 p. M. Tonight shows that today
Known at the hardest working man in show business. His family gave us this statement a short time ago saying, quote, we are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed away last night of Natural Causes. One month shy of his 89th birthday. His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him, for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor and his singular ability to make every day into something worth talking about. We thank his fans and admirers for their incredible support over his 60 year career and we ask for privacy as we mourn his loss. Julie ba banderas has more on te life and legacy of Regis Philbin. Reporter he talked his way into our of hearts, Regis Philbin was born on august 25th, 1933 in new york. He was named after his fathers alma mater, regis high school. He graduated in Cardinal Hays High School in the bronx before going to notre dame. After college he joined the u. S. Navy. He began his Television Career as a stage hand and