Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. When ve day occurred, there were huge crowds in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere in london and crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace. And first of all, they sang patriotic songs. They sang hope and glory, people weeping. And they chanted, we want the king, we want the king. And the king came out, he appeared on the balcony at Buckingham Palace six times during the day, and he brought with him the queen, and he brought with him the two princesses, including elizabeth, who was then, you know, still a young girl. But now 75 years later, has been queen for a long time. And theres no one better equipped to speak on behalf of britain and what britain accomplished during the war. Well, rick atkinson, we appreciate you joining us this morning on the 75th anniversary of ve day. We always appreciate your appearances on book tv as well and good luck on the continuation of your series on the American Revolution. Thanks so much for havin
Around the country. So when is it safe to reopen our economy . One leading medical expert joining us from boston in a moment. Could there be a second wave . We will talk to an Infectious Disease doctor in the second half of the program. Our phone lines are open. If you are a medical professional or medical student, 2027488002. We begin with the numbers from john hopkins university. Now around the world 3. 8 million cases of coronavirus. The death toll is now expected to surpass 267,000. Joining us from boston is dr. Jeremy faust an Emergency Room Physician at Brigham Womens hospital. Thank you for being with us. We want to begin with your op ed in the Washington Post with this headline the metric that could tell us when it is safe to reemerge. What is that metric . Dr. Faust the metric that has been discussed the least but matters the most is what is called excess mortality, or excess deaths. That is simply the number of people who are dying in comparison to the usual rates we know abo
The signing and a statement from president harry truman. Throughout the world throngs of people hail the end of the war in europe. It is five meres and more since hitler marched into poland. Years full of suffering and death and sacrifice. Now the war against germany is won. Grateful nation gives thanks for. Hundreds of thousands crowd into american churches to give thanks to god. President truman announced the official surrender. This is a solemn but glorious hour. I wish that franklin d. Roosevelt had lived to see this day. Generalizen hour informs me that the forces of germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly all over europe. For this victory we join in offering our thanks to the providence which has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light. Much remains to be done. The victory won in the west must now be won in the east. The whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half of the world has been freed. United,
And Publicprivate Partnership in the fight against covid19. [indistinct conversations] senator dont believe this. Now its on. Senator is it . Ok. The hearing of the health, labor, and Pensions Committee will please come to order. As we begin our hearing i would like to explain the changes we have made to address the health and safety recommendations made by the attending physician and sergeant at arms after they consulted with the department of health and Human Services at the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Seating has been spaced so we are six feet apart and we have made it possible for senators and witnesses to participate by Video Conference if they choose to do so, and several have. To maintain social distancing, we have very limited seating and dont have room formulas of the public to attend, however this hearing is available to watch a live online and a recording will be available on the committee health. Www. Senate. Gov. The hearing will be shown from gaveltogavel
Coronavirus pandemic with dr. Kristin englund from the Cleveland Clinic and later, author Rick Atkinson joins us to iscuss the 75th anniversary of ve day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] host u. S. Workers continue to lose their jobs and file for Unemployment Benefits at a record rate. And in todays report on the overall jobs number for the month of april could be the worst since the great depression. It is friday, may 8, 2020. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. Well spend this first hour asking you how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Heres how to joins us. For those of you in the east and central time zones, 2027488000. In the mountain pacific time zones, thats 2027488001. You can also send us a text. That line, 2027488003. Include your name, where youre texting from. On twitter, were at twitter.