Deaths in illinois. We then proceeded to hit or surpassed that marker twice on the days since. Sorry, todayday, is not a record. More illinoisans lost their lives since yesterdays update. To the loved ones of those individuals and all who we have lost in the fight against this virus, the entire state of illinois grieves with you. Covid19, to defeat at some point, we will have fewer cases to report and fewer lives lost. That will be good news. But, it does not change the fact that each and every life that we lose to this virus is an immense tragedy. May each and every one of their memories be a blessing. With that said, i want to start our conversation today with one of the numbers we watch closely and that is our doubling rate. That is the number of days it takes to double case counts, hospitalizations, or deaths. Why is that important . Well, because the higher that number is, the slower your growth. Which means the flatter your curve. At the beginning of this pandemic, our doubling r
Gov. Pritzker good afternoon, everyone. Today, i want to review our latest updates on hospitalization rates and ventilator data and what these numbers might mean in the larger context of our curve. Dataefore we get into the and the trends we are seeing, i want everyone to understand something very important. Exactly one week ago, i stood in front of you to deliver the solemn news that we had reached a new record high, single day increase, in covid related deaths in illinois. We then proceeded to hit or surpassed that marker twice on the days since. Sorry, todayday, is not a record. More illinoisans lost their lives since yesterdays update. To the loved ones of those individuals and all who we have lost in the fight against this virus, the entire state of illinois grieves with you. Covid19, to defeat at some point, we will have fewer cases to report and fewer lives lost. That will be good news. But, it does not change the fact that each and every life that we lose to this virus is an im
President ial transition between Dwight Eisenhower and john f. Kennedy from kennedys postelection victory november 1960 two his inauguration on january 20 1961. Thank you for coming. Thank you anna for the invitation and i spent a lot of time here. I suggested he instituted a free Shopper Program that i think hes trying to work it out through the corporate ranks so i want to thank you for coming, this is a beautiful night and thanks for breaking away from football and baseball and Supreme Court debates and other uplifting things. And for being here. And what id like to do is talk about this, my rising star, setting sun and do it by birth telling you a bit of the back story of how i came to write it and secondly, just some of the Research Challenges i faced, particularly in an academic community, it might be worth describing some of the challenges of writing the book and they illuminate a bit about kennedy and eisenhower and lastly i wanted to talk about kennedy and eisenhower, two main
records administration related questions. i rely on him greatly. he is here to speak to you today about the western influences on our beloved president dwight d. eisenhower. he is a graduate of wichita state and emporium state. he served in the united states for five years thank you for your service. tim is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. i hope you enjoy our program today. please welcome with me, tim rives. [applause] x, everybody. thanks, everybody. great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week. really appreciate it. we know the food has a large part in the attraction of these events, not just the wonderful speakers we attract. again thanks to the foundation , and the trust. all this started a couple years ago in 2015 because it was 125th anniversary of his birth. 1890, the year that he was born was the year that the frontier was declared closed. we did a number of programs looking at 125 years. i did one on the influence of the
we are pleased to have our own tim reeves here. he is our deputy director and our supervisory archivist. he is my go to guy on administration related questions. i rely on him greatly. but he is here to speak to you today and the western influences on our beloved president ike eisenhower. tim came to the eisenhower library in 2008 from the national archives in kansas city. he s a graduate of wichita state and impore area state and served in the yunited states army for five years. thank you for your service. tim is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. these include eisenhower, of course, d day, the presidency of grant, and prison baseball. of course. so i hope that you enjoy our program today. please welcome with me, tim reeves. [applause. okay. well, thanks, everybody. and great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week and really appreciate it again. we know that the food has a large part in the attraction of these events. not just the wond