Tonights program has been a long time in coming. David was originally scheduled to be here in february, but was grounded byebye bad weather. Kansas city library programming, its the latest in our series with the u. S. Army command of general staff in ft. Leavenworth. But it also comes in the middle of the librarys partnership from january through may with the eisenhower president ial library and foundation in abilene. And its on the Dwight Eisenhower exhibit thats up on the second floor gallery. We had a series of programs running on Dwight Eisenhower. The next one is next wednesday. Tonight we focus on icen how are and George Marshall. The army chief of staff who targeted ike for advancement as a military officer, keen eye for talent. Among others with ike, he spied george patent and omar bradley. And he became one of ikes primary mentors as the army chief of staff from 1939 to 1945. Marshall, of course, went onto become the secretary of state and win a Nobel Peace Prize. David mills
With the u. S. Army command general Staff College in for the eleven worth on marking 75 years since world war ii. It also comes in the middle of the librarys partnership from january through may with the eisenhower president ial Library Foundation in ablene. And its on the Dwight Eisenhower exhibit up on the second floor art gallery here at the library, the mountain gallery. And we have a series of programs running on Dwight Eisenhower through may. Next one of those, in fact, is next wednesday. Tonight we focus on eisenhower and George Marshall. The army chief of staff who targeted ike for advancement as a military officer, keen eye for talent, because among others, with ike, you know, he spied george patton. He spied omar bradley and he became one of ikes primary mentors as the army chief of staff from 1939 to 1945. Marshall of course went on to become the secretary of state and win a noble peace prize. David mills assistant of military history and has phd in history from north Dakota
The call to prayer will happen five times a day for the rest of the month. Wishing everyone there a blessed start and beginning to ramadan. Turning to a woman who survived a twoweek battle with the coronavirus and has quite a tale to tell about it. Rose lee manuel is recovering at her home on long island. She just turned 101 years old on thursday. W abc has her story. Everyone took such good care of me, im so grateful. Abc has. Everyone took such good care of me, im so grateful. Reporter its that gratitude that makes rose lee sparkle when you meet her. Dont be fooled, this 101yearold is tough. She lives at the Good Samaritan nursing and Rehabilitation Center and came down with covid19 in midmarch. She fought and she won. Reporter her son gary, now thrilled, feared the worst but tells us shes always been very independent, very strong. She was a single mother. My father passed away in 1971. Reporter he says his mother didnt even retire until she was 95 years old. And she was also a Fire
On a ventilator. Doctors best friend. The robotic dog helping Health Care Workers on the front lines. And a creative update to a classic board game keeping one family on the move during the lockdown. Good friday morning, everyone. President trump is praising new research on the coronavirus saying it offers new hope as we approach a grim new milestone. Today the u. S. Death toll from the virus will reach 50,000 people. It was back on april 6th when we first hit 10,000 deaths, and as you can see, the number has been rising by 10,000 every week. Just yesterday california reported its deadliest day so far. Here in new york this is one of the youngest faces of the victims. The 5monthold daughter of a new york city firefighter has passed away. She had a preexisting heart condition. At the white house briefing, President Trump said the u. S. Is doing a, quote, great job on testing. He disagreed with dr. Anthony faucis statement that the testing is not where it needs to be. The president also
Eliminating what was expected to be sixmile backups in both directions on highway 101. Crews will be replacing the deck of the bridge. This is a major project. The main part of the project begins today at 6 00 a. M. Happening today Santa Clara County leaders will update their efforts to fight the coronavirus. More than 1,800 confirmed cases with a death toll of over 60. Sarah cody says one goal is to expand contact tracing. The idea is that we dial it down enough such that we can investigate every case that is reported to us and every contact and that we can ensure that every case can isolate safely. Dr. Cody says the county is figuring out how to increase its investigation staff to interview covid19 patients and find people they have been in contact with. Some states are taking a big step forward to reopen their economies. Jobina fortson at the live desk with the businesses y. Jobina . Thank you, kumasi. Good morning. Georgia is taking the biggest plunge despite reporting 400 new case