Your years of work and your fathers legacy and the rededication of the dr. Charles drew blood center. I feel tied to the American Red Cross in many wonderful ways. Not only because my father dr. Charles r. Drew was so involved in the storage and delivery of blood at the request of the American Red Cross for the blood for britain project in 1940 and 1941. But also because my mother introduced all of us to the American Red Cross as young people and to its work with the candy stripers and to its devotion to good. My mom was Lenore Robins before she became lenore drew. My dad and mom met in atlanta, georgia in 1939. My mother was teaching at Spellman College and my father had gone to make a presentatio at atlanta university. They met at a party and my dad had to leave to go make his presentation but he was so submiten he went back to the United States last night and demanded he see my mother who was living as a dorm mother essentially and he was not permitted to see her but he insisted he
Other countries held up to try and make us look not as good as we looked. We have done an incredible job. Hospitalization rate has fallen in our country. 54 since peaked in april. Older americans are still the most vulnerable to the virus. 92 of deaths have occurred among those 55 and older. Only 2. 7 of deaths have occurred among those 44 years. Think of that, 44 years and younger. Only 2. 7 of deaths have occurred. Many of those people had preexisting conditions. They had problems. Heart, diabetes and other problems. Many of those. Think of that only 2. 7 under 44 years of age. Mortality in europe in year is 33 higher than the United States. Evidence that the tragic cost of this virus is higher in other western nations. South korea youve been reading about south korea doing well. They had a big breakout, theyll be able to solve the problem. We must remain vigilant and continue to extreme caution around those highest risk. Multiple colleges and universities announced that they would s
Police arent releasing the names of the men arrested. They say they are following up on search warrants and looking for additional suspects. But it is decision day in oakland. In about an hour, the city council is going to vote on whether to fire former l. A. And new york police chief William Bratton as a consultant. Cbs 5 reporter joe vasquez is in oakland. Joe, brattons approval not a slam dunk, huh . Reporter not by any case. Were expecting a lively city council meeting, and already were starting to see demonstrators arrive here in front of city hall. There is also a Large Police Presence here at city hall. The topic, whether oakland should hire the former police chief of l. A. And new york William Bratton as a consultant to the police department. The contract for 250,000 will be debated at a full meeting of the city council. Last week it got rowdy at a criminal Justice Committee hearing. Opponents of bratton say theyre concerned about his adherence to a policy called stop and frisk