Very good to be with you. Absolutely. Pping and will be if we can kickoff with a question about the pandemic. It feels like authoritarians are getting a free pass to implement more of what they would like to impose on their citizens. From surveillance to military tactics. Reference tos a china. Feel free to correct me. Situation where many countries believe china has been handling this pandemic better than the u. S. What is the outlook there . Where do you think that leads china . Clearly, china made a huge mistake from the perspective of the United States and democracy from the beginning by keeping andrmation about the virus arresting those that were coming forward with the truth. Whats interesting is, this is the real paradox, clearly societies need to have some kind of rules when the virus has taken over. There are rules about social distancing and Wearing Masks and things. That means theres a role for government in terms of creating the rules. Making sure they are carried out. The
Generation. The stories of word war 2. You can enhance your lessons and have a more personal understanding of what these gentleman and their compatriots have been through to get here today. We know that the gentlemen here in front of us, and the other events that we do, we have a short time to tect to them and understand them and the fact that they made it through one of the most significant experiences in history. We also want to make sure that erin everyone in the audience can ask questions that you will find valuable in your classrooms. Ly probably step forward to make sure i can hear you properly, repeat the question so the audience can hear, and the cspan audience can hear, and the honor res can hear as well. First to the left, in the handsome red blazer, charles mcgee. He was in the United States air force for 30 years. He holds a record 409 fighter combat missions flown in korea and vietnam. To his left, who i met on my very First World War ii event, he landed on the beach in no
Heros with, our veterans of world war ii. And we thank them for joining us this morning. My name is mike hydeck. Im honored to be here with friends of the world war ii memorial. And the foundation. Im the morning anchor at wusa channel 9 here in washington, d. C. And the goal of this discussion is to hopefully share some of their most personal stories from our greatest generation. The thought being their emotional firstperson accounts can help galvanize the stories of world war ii for you as teachers and students head back to the classroom and you can enhance your lessons, hopefully, and had a more personal understanding of what these gentlemen and their come patriots have gone through to make it here today. We know that the gentlemen sitting here in front of us and the is other events we do honoring world war ii veterans, we have a short time to connect with them and understand they made it through one of the most horrific experiences in the world history. Its amazing that theyre sitt
An atomic bomb. So there have been rocket attacks in and around baghdad after those u. S. Drone strikes which killed irans top military command the qassam salomone in iraq 48 hours ago no one exploded in the heavily fortified green zone near the American Embassy also the brigades that pro Iran Military group is warning iraqi forces to stay away from u. S. Bases also grief and rage have filled the streets of baghdad and the shia holy cities of karbala and najaf weve seen these sorts of funeral processions taking place for sort of money and the Iraqi Militia leader dont forget the band mohan this who was killed alongside him diplomats and leaders meanwhile are scrambling to ease the crisis between iran and the u. S. This is the Qatari Foreign minister who has been dispatched to me irans leaders youve also got france the u. K. And saudi arabia all calling for calm ok that sort of coverage with some a bit of a reporting from baghdad. Multiple attacks have been reported in and around iraqs
Venezuelas opposition denounces what its calling a parliamentary crude after leader one fido is physically blocked from attending. Cooler weather and some welcome rain off oh bushfire rest fight in a strain but nowhere near enough to end the unprecedented disaster. The us President Donald Trump is threatening sanctions against iraq he says american troops will not slieve the country unless baghdad pays for what hes calling an expensive u. S. Air base there the warning comes after a rocky politicians voted to expel all foreign troops in response to americas assassination of iranian come and across and so the money on friday and on binding move is backed by iraqs outgoing Prime Minister abdul maki iran says it will no longer abide by any. Limits to uranium enrichment under the 2015 nuclear deal germany france and the u. K. Urging it to reconsider meanwhile in lebanon the leader of iran backed hezbollah says all the u. S. Bases warships and soldiers are now targets and calls for revenge a