Cut out for them. Born in lafayette, louisiana, Darren Walker was one of the first children in the nation to benefit from the head start program. He went on to were a scholarship at the university of texas at austin, where he would graduate with degrees in government, speech communication, and law, before pursuing a successful career as an attorney and an investment banker. For the past three decades, mr. Walker has been one of our nations foremost philanthropic executives. He has served as chief operating officer of harlems Largest Development corporation. Vice president of the rockefeller foundation, cofounder and chair of the u. S. Impact investing alliance, and for the past seven years as president of the Ford Foundation, where he overcease an endowment of 13 billion and 600 million in annual grant making. He is dedicated to tackling the most difficult issues in the world. He was among the most committed supporters of residents in new orleans after hurricane katrina. He led the way
Timeline that the state is anticipating a surge of coronavirus patients now next month. The direct payments can wanted more. So we think that theres a a path to getting more for the shrek payments. Yeah that was House Speaker nancy pelosi say more money is coming to help americans through this crisis will see how quickly congress can act good morning. Thank you for joining us here on the kron 4 morning news, it is wednesday april 8th, im James Fletcher and im darya folsom governor newsome says they were doing a good job hang in there its been 3 and a half weeks now. But the state is anticipating a surge of coronavirus patients next month. Yeah, he went on to say that because the curve is stretching our state is. Properly doing the social distancing and thats allowing the state a little more time to not only buy some of the equipment they need but also to help out other states that are in need as well yeah theyve sent off for a california has sent about 500 ventilators in total. To othe
Send over the articles of impeachment this week, with a shot to republicans not to drop the case. Dismissing is a coverup. Dismissing is a coverup. This morning, the key week ahead in washington. Those stories plus megxit strategy. The queen summons her family for an emergency meeting today on the exit of harry and Meghan Markle. Also, the oscarnnounced tod. Well tell you who made the cut. And fantastic finish. Green bay hangs on to defeat seattle. Mahomes with a touchdown pass to blake bell. And kansas city pulls off an epic comeback against houston to move one win away from the super bowl. And the nfl is down to the final four. Today, monday, january 13th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Good morning. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a busy monday morning. Excited about the football . That kansas city celebration at the end, i think those were cans of beer floating
Attract more and more visitors each year that make nissen to you from the mountain top is breathtaking and dangerous many sight seers underestimate the risks time and again rescue teams are called to save exhausted or injured climbers from dangerous heights. Well the frenzy at mont blanc has reached its peak each year tens of thousands of people come to climb europes highest mountain some see a chance to connect with nature others see the perfect selfie backdrop the path to the top is full of hazards deaths happen regularly but that doesnt stop an experienced climbers from trying to reach the summit the locals are dismayed and the mayor from the neighboring village of of a is calling for an end to the mayhem. The snow capped peaks of month long the mountains are calling and people around who really shouldnt be there drawn by the stunning vistas and the prospect of stunning selfies. Its all about image how you portray yourself. And because theres such a flood of images People Choose the
Smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy Fighter Weapons program. We are thrilled to welcome the programs founder, dan pedersen. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary Top Gun Program at miramar in march 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the flying crews on uss hancock and three on uss enterprise. He retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 105 carrier landings while flying 39 types of aircraft. For those of how know pedersens story from the 1986 movie top gun youll be happy to know that jerry brook heimer is producing top gun maverick a sequel scheduled to be released in 2020. Pedersens book top gun is available for purchase and signing following this conversation. And here