Visit arlington to see the contents with tim frank and caitlin smith. To talk about this memorabilia box, we really have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. In 1864 we buried the first soldier here in maine. And then the secretary of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. By the end of the civil war there were 15,000 confederate soldiers buried here as well as union soldiers. And general john logan established Decoration Day, she declared may 30 of every year. The idea is that people would visit the graves and place flowers. Decoration day became a more real day. It became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general Montgomery Meigs held to Decoration Day ceremony and at the time it became a small venue. Every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. One year we found that 25,000 people showed up to decorate the graves read in 1913, congress authorized this memorial empathy under that we are standing in. And in 1950 as part of
You are looking all over. Anything that happens is noticed. Almost every single occurrence in the world has a repercussion in washington. [typewriter keys clattering] as a Foreign Correspondent, you are really the eyes of foreign leaders. If you can forewarn your readers to things that are important because they are going to experience a similar phenomenon in their respective countries, you are doing a good service. I have a priority express call to to rome, italy, 65041 connect to the switchboard for mr. De medici. I dont think there is a country in the world where there is so much access to information as in the United States because it is a matter of conduct in the government to try to respond to legitimate press queries as much as possible. [speaking italian] marino in washington, something is happening all the time. Technology, art, individual achievement, politics. All of these things attract my attention because in one way or the other, they have a relationship with italy and wi
I said let me take it. Stephen so we have the greatest doctors in the world, but you diagnosed and then healed yourself . I did. Stephen but whose fault was it that you got sick . It was chinas fault. Stephen and whose fault was it that you didnt wear a mask . You know, chinas fault. Stephen and whose fault that you spread a disease to a lot of people in your administration . Chinas fault. Stephen okay, final question what do you say to the millions of americans who have been made ill and put out of work by this disease because of your mismanagement of the crisis . You know, good luck. Its a late show live with Stephen Colbert. Tonight kamala drops the mic. Plus, stephen welcomes live mayor Pete Buttigeig and musical guests future islands featuring live jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen welcome, welcome, welcome. That proves its a live show. We would have fixed that if this wasnt live. We
Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a
If you had. Money to spend and you wanted to use that money to underwrite isolation of those people who have been in contact with infected people if you want to get on top of the. The current upsurge in new reporting cases they need to support people in isolation if theyre finding it difficult so most people ive spoken to throughout the spectrum are academics to through to politicians appreciate that the only way that were going to really elude or mitigate peak deaths in the secondary wave is to Contact Trace and support people in isolation so there could be many people who just cannot isolate either because they have dependents or they dont have sufficient space in the house so these people need supporting so thats an important aspect of Contact Tracing this is you know i think one of the main messages that know a 3rd lever that the government has yet to pull in order to prevent a 2nd wave of morbidity and mortality is to get out there and empower and enable Public Health teams not ju