Redeeming and welcome to the National Archives im david i am the archivist of the United States and im least that you are joining us for tonights program whether youre here in the theater or joining us on facebook over youtube and a special welcome to our cspan audience. Before we hear from mo rocca i would like to hear you about two other programs coming appear in the theater. On tuesday november 12 at noon Richard Brooke kaiser will tell us about his new book give me liberty, the history of americas exceptional idea. Which examines 12 documents. On thursday november 14 at 730 we will host a veterans tribute world war ii soldier, photograph or target first with the u. S. Army signal corps, photo collection at the National Archives, offer of the new book with aftershock of the human toll of war and will join historians for discussion of the wellknown images of the war and to keep informed about these events and others throughout the year check our website, archives. Gov or sign up to t
Peak horn new cases, President Trump signaling america may be past the pandemic peak as lindseys is plans to reopen the country are coming on thursday, were going to be announcing. Guidelines. And well be talking about various states. And its very exciting. Despite the bending of the national curse different sponsor on different timelines los angeles has seen record deaths for a second straight day and is planning on banning concerts and sports until 2021, its difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands anytime soon in new york, a new executive order for situations where people can maintain social distancing you must wear a mask. Or. For the tract of and nearby massachusetts passed more than 1000 deaths on the same day they mark the 7th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing just like were stronger after the marathon in 2013 i will be a strong the city after the coronavirus in 2020 in washington, im karen caifa. The irs released another wave of stimulus checks today a
We are wrapping up the month of march which will be unlike any other. We are glad you are with us. Are you among the millions working from home. We are social distancing but getting work done. You bet. I had an interesting telephone call. We hear stories about a family member, sister that is a nurse. I wont say where but in california. She is working nonstop and doing what she does. What she told me. Shes being an intermediary. In between. Family members cannot go inside the hospital. Shes having telephones and having facetime conversations. Things she has never done before. Being the person in the middle. Is eyeopening. Somebody close to me, someone in my family. A firefighter is doing what he is doing. I cant thank the First Responders enough. Doctors, nurses. Especially since retired doctors, nurses are being called. A big thank you. Retired nurses, doctors, coming in to take care of people experiencing normal things. Somebody who comes into the er. Somebody who has to go to the hos
Today napa the company says it has recorded its first cases of coronavirus, the last bay area county to report a case. The Napa County Department of Public Health made that announcement today. Specifics were not released, but the Health Department says one patient is in isolation in the city of napa and a legal order was issued for the close contacts of the patient in quarantine. Another case was confirmed in st. Helena. Public Health Officials say the two cases are not connected. As of today, there are more than 32,000 confirmed cases in the United States and more than 400 deaths. Of those cases nationwide 178 people have recovered. In california there are more than 1,700 cases and 30 three deaths. Here in the bay area there are 786 reported cases and the death toll has gone up to 13 after two more deaths in Santa Clara County. This afternoon President Trump said he activated the National Guard in california, washington and new york. Those are the three states that have been hit the h
Place order remains in effect. Now the governor gavin newsom. Remarkable, remarkable spirit and remarkable number of individuals that stepped and you happen are willing to step in to meet covid19 head on. Those that may have retired or soon to get their license, check out the website and contribute your time in a compensated manner. Were getting a lot of questions at this moment about masks. Not just m95 masks, not just surgical masks, not just masks for our front line employees and particular Healthcare Professionals and people that are in the Grocery Stores wondering in they should have a mask. People walking the streets, walking dog, going to do essential business in the state of california wondering if its appropriate for them or advisable for them to have face coverings. Parts of the world moving to advance. We have a team considering guidance in this space to make recommendations whether or not we think this is appropriate but let me caution on this topic, a number of things, we