Programs. In 1982 he appeared on book notes to talk about his biography of president truman it won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and to help change the view of the truman presidency. Here he is from 1992. Cspan you start off by saying as far back as he could remember truman held onto the mythical roman heroes. What is that all about . The mythical hero who left in time of war with the great general and was victorious and renounced all of his power and returned to the farm. Thats a theme the country was founded on. If you are at the capital with the great painting of George Washington turning over his powers as commanderinchief of the Continental Army to congress the symbols earth all throughout that painting because they believe this is what democracy entailed that any citizen should be called upon at any time to serve b ultheir country in any capacity and the power belong to the people and would bepo returned to those who held it. He like to say i never forget who i was, where i ca
Not follow the city stay at home order. She would have to close city parks to help combat the coronavirus outbreak mare bring said the city has also hired 82 nurses over the weekend to help in the outbreak in addition, she said the private sector has stepped up to help provide protective gear for frontline workers, including masks, gowns and gloves, but the mayor urged saffron sisters, san franciscans to continue to take social distancing seriously. The folks who are. Out on the streets socializing in coming together and not taking this social distancing. Requirements seriously you are putting lives at stake, your putting Public Health in jeopardy. To help those who cannot practice self quarantine such as residents of longterm care facilities or people in the Homeless Population San Franciscos Human Services agency is working with the Hotel Council to secure available rooms in fact 320 rooms are expected to be available by the end of the night tonight with hundreds more needed in the c
Announcement was met with some confusion and also some disappointment but we got a clarification tonight from the states Parks Department saying that not all of the states parks parking lots are closed. Its about 3 dozen of them and most of them are in the bay area in an effort to flatten the curve a California State Parks governor Gavin Newsome says its time for soft closures he announced monday Effective Immediately that 36 of the states 280 parks will be closed to vehicular traffic. It breaks my heart but i understand the reasons. We know a guy ive been wondering how long it would last that were still able to access the stuff, rock climber adam sandler says for the most part hes seen people on the trails of Mount Diablo State Park practicing social distancing right now the East Bay Park does not fall under this closure ambler says thats a good thing because the outdoors have been helpful for leaving his anxiety over the pandemic it today in a church is always good for the soul and t
On a nearly trillion coronavirus response. Bill what we have a basic philosophical conflict, democrats blocked republican proposal oregon senator jeff merkley calls it a slush fund for big corporations like the Airline Industry so theyve invested 50 billion in profits during the good times and buying their own stock. And giving huge bonuses to to their their management. That time they want to see what the public male us now republican senators say bipartisan negotiations were going well until House Speaker nancy pelosi showed up back in washington and got a call and angry senator john thune of south dakota said the bill included many provisions democrats walk like direct checks for americans increased Unemployment Insurance and money for Small Businesses to pay their employees that right there is billion. Going to workers soon says there is billion worth of money for big corporations but stresses that money will be given out as loans and they all higher millions of employees in this co
The strong message from San Francisco mayor london breed after people were getting together in San Francisco. And not social distancing. Thank you so much for joining us tonight at 5 im Justine Waldman now mayor breed along with other city leaders urge people to comply with the shelterinplace order and warned if they do not the city will have to take action to enforce it as kron fours kate rooney explains this is happening amid a surge of coronavirus cases. In a Virtual Press Conference Today mayor london breed and other city officials shared the latest on San Franciscos response to the coronavirus pandemic the city now has 131 confirmed cases of covid 19 and director of Health Doctor grant colfax said a major surge is still to be expected. I am sad to have to say that the worst is yet to come. Every community where the virus has taken hold. Has seen a surge in kind of a coronavirus patients who need to be hospitalized to prepare for the anticipated rise in patients needing treatment m