I wept to marilyns house. I saw three or four members of the press and police officers. In the brentwood section of lapse. The blond bombshell, the film goddess was dead at 36. The landful of news photographers watched as an unmarked white Station Wagon pulled up it had been sent by the mortuary. Stunned fans awoke to the breaking news reports on the radio. Death was final. Her many troubles one way or another slipped away in the bed of the only home that was ever truly hers. Just after 7 00 a. M. , the body of the worlds most famous woman was covered by a blanket and spirited away. The growing contingent of media surrounded the funeral home and her house, walk up to the room where she had taken her last breath. I remember going to marilyns side of the house where i knew the bedroom was. The glass had been shattered by her psychiatrist. He says he was forced to break in after check on marilyn and seeing her lifeless body through the window. The photographs from the scene will give the
U. S. Be going solo in its approach in dealing with china in terms of the economic and military superpower or work with allies in developing a grand new strategy . Joining me now to talk about that and more is the founder of the atlas foundation, jonathan ward, author of chinas vision of victory, and we are happy to have him this weekend. Jonathan, thank you so much for being with us. First off, give us your assessments of the china u. S. Relationship. We know that President Trump has certainly changed the conversation around china after all of the tariffs and the, and the look into chinas behavior on intellectual property theft. But this covid19 crisis took it even further. Tell us where we stand. Hi, maria. Its great to be back. First of all, this to covid chi sis this is to be a wakeup call for the United States. This has to be our sputnik moment when we come together as a nation, realize that we have a giant challenge on our hands and get ready for competition with a hostile superp
Marketsal rallied hard this week. After the fed came out with a stimulus plan to back up the government. The dow and nasdaq were up more than 10 for the week while the s p saw its best week since 1974. But are these bailouts enough to get the economy back up and running, and could a rocky earnings season spook investors . Joining me now to discuss this and more from santa fe, Thornburg Investment president and ceo jason brady. Jason, good to see you. Thanks for joining us. Its a real pleasure. Thanks for having me. David the administration is already looking ahead about how to fire up the economy once we emerge from our shelters. How precisely do they do it, who makes it and who does it as we try to fire up this economy again . You know, its a great question, and Vice President pence is obviously leading that effort. Looking at the commentary there, it seems to be driven by health officialses and their determination, obviously, those are the experts. When i think about that and startin
Showed small acts of bravery and brotherhood known only to those with whom they fought and served. This is the story of their unknown valor. Im martha macallum, growing up, my mother told us the story of her cousin harry grey. In the summer of 1944 at age 18 he left after High School Graduation to join the marines and serve in the pacific. I was always intrigued and i knew harrys death there left a deep grief in my mothers family. A few years ago struck me to tell the story. The guys who get hit on the beach or in the villages just trying to carry out the mission, they are the extras in the movie, but for some families, somewhere they are their harry grey. The line on the family tree that just ends. A young man who never got to have a life, get married, grow old. To learn about harry and what happened to him on march 13th, 1945i started with a trip to new york to visit his sister, my aunt nancy. She told me about their lives growing up with their mom, migrant aunt anne and her dad harr
Familys request to not release his name. Postit notes filled with condolences and questions are stuck to the window of this montclair starbucks. Peter tseng cant believe his friend and coworker is gone. On december 31st, he was working on his laptop when someone stole it. One suspect snatched the laptop while another held the door open and drove the getaway car. I didnt think he was the type to do that. His cousin says hes a software engineer. She believes he either wanted to preserve his research or perhaps save the photos he was editing from their recent vacation together. I still cannot believe that this has happened. I do not want him to be remembered as a victim of a robbery because hes so much more than that. Hes a scholar. He constantly reads. Reporter his friend also said he loved hiking and was a talented photographer. Friends found out he died in the most heartwrenching way, arriving at his apartment for the celebration and getting a call from police as they waited outside hi