Admiral James Stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme a
More coronavirus patients in wuhan hospitals. Also this morning, the Major University making plans to bring back all its students in the fall. Will other schools follow suit, as millions of families across the country must decide their plan by may 1st . International mystery. Where is kim jongun . The north Korean Leader last seen in public two weeks ago, the new clues and the growing rumors about his health. And slam dunk. Jordan the last dance breaking records and taking fans behind the scenes of Michael Jordan and the bulls intense road to victory. What m. J. Did when hall of Famer Dennis Rodman didnt come back from las vegas. And one of the members of that championship winning team, Scott Burrell, joins us live. Good morning, america. We hope everyone had a safe and wonderful weekend, and thank you for joining us here at gma. Thats right. And robin, i know that there is some very good news you have about that navy ship here in new york. Some great news, amy, thats right. Youre look
Daughter anna higgins, is a nurse, and we thanked her for all she does but to every nurse out there, i really want to say thank you so much for what youre doing you guys are on the front lines, and the doctors as well, youre heroes thank you guys so much we have a fun show tonight my pal, my bff, demi lovato is on the show. What she is the greatest. Were going to talk to her were going to have a little art class, a little painting lesson with demi. Shes been doing a lot of painting im going to try a selfportrait with her and then shes going to sing her new song i love me to close out the show tonight and its a beautiful song with a great message. And she she can do it all also i have jonathan van ness is on the show. He has a Childrens Book called peanut goes for the gold. And it is about a nonbinary guinea pig who wants to win the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics so its one of those books yeah, seen that one before, yeah, obviously. Its so great to talk to him and well find out their
Outbreak in the u. S. , but new jersey reported its worst day yet. More money for Small Business as the treasury secretary and lawmakers signal additional funds will be allocated for the Small Business program, which has seen enormous demand and m. G. Firms from exxon to halliburton may lay off workers in light of the economic turm l turmoil. Well speak with the ceo of verizon about the companys effort to keep students informed while they are away from school. And the ceo of state street will join us. We have details on the Small Business relief meeting that is taking place this hour at the white house. Mike santoli is tracking the markets fading gains this hour. Ka kayla, first to you on breaking news in washington reporters are entering the roosevelt room right now where President Trump and his economic advisers are set to host a Virtual Meeting with a slate of financial industry ceos to talk about what they are doing to assist Small Businesses. The list of attendees includes some of
Get the call . Caught on camera, the shark and the surfer and how the surfer escaped. And we celebrate our Cokie Roberts and the advice she gave us to last a lifetime. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Im kenneth moton. And im Mona Kosar Abdi in for janai norman. We begin with breaking news. Lifethreatening floods in texas. A Tropical Storm formed in the gulf of mexico tuesday, and within one hour it slammed into the texas coast. And now the remnants of tropical imelda are dumping torrential rain in the houston area. The National Weather service says a creek in the city is close to overflowing its banks. Theres growing concern in the areas devastated by harvey two years ago. Overnight torrential downpours and powerful winds slamming the texas gulf coast hours after imelda made landfall. If you dont have to leave, dont leave the house. Reporter whats left of the storm is moving inland this morning and threaten to dump more than a foot in just a number of hours. Some areas could see 15 i