And at some point, we will start taking the questions through the chat. Thinks patty does sound like an inside job. Were all officers and some kind of a former republic. But i think youll for coming to us on friday night and as i was saying earlier, this is on the Foreign Policy merits. So welcome and i hope you spend a great hour together. Talking about this wonderful book. I want to say red line in the sand was great and i once wrote a book called lines in the sand so i thank you so a fine fine title. David you are correspondent for the New York Times for cbs and a commentator for. So you have actually seen all of these red lines. Using a lot of them. Its fun to read party to let me start with is free to with the most basic question of all. Why do we call it the red line. Patricia this look at it more broadly, the red line in the sand, so the sandbar goes back to the new testament. When jesus was brought by the pharisees and said the mosaic law said that you need to stone this person
After pearl harbor and americas entrance into the war. Two days after the fifth army captured the eternal city, general dwight d. Eisenhowers forces hit the normandy beaches in a massive amphibious assault. Despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. Our seventh army, commanded by general alexander patch, landed in Southern France and pushed along the rome river valley. 10 days later, paris was liberated. In italy, the fifth army crossed the arno river and is swept on toward bellona. In the pacific, General Macarthurs forces invaded, putting them within 300 miles of the philippines. General stillwell was making progress in burma, with british and chinese units. [explosions] the tide of war was turning against the aggressors with a vengeance. Just 97 days after the assault on omaha beach, the army had crossed the german border. The battle for france was nearing its end. The battle for germany was about to begin. The nazi reich was soon
This was amphibious warfare on a scale that staggered the imagination. Nothing like it had ever been seen. At omaha beach, in the first assault, 30,000 american troops stormed ashore. British and Canadian Forces struck at three different beach sectors. At utah beach, 20,000 american troops were landed. By the end of the first day, our ashore totaled 120,000 men. With every passing hour, with each passing day, reinforcements streamed ashore to enlarge the beachhead with tanks, trucks, ammunition, and supplies. Hundreds of our attack bombers and fighters were now over europe, carrying payloads of destruction aimed at the Vital Centers of hitlers europe. Hitlers fortress europe. [planes flying] [explosions] flying forces in heavy formations cascaded 3500 tons of explosives, a ton every second, upon naziheld positions. Our mass bomber formations were given a canopy of air support. Together, they fought off enemy air attacks. [gunfire and explosions] as the roar of engines and the concussio
Your reaction to the seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods. But it seems like its good news. The goal is to defeat the models. You saw the models in other countries where it went right up. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. We are starting to see the trend go down. Liz do you think the United States finally answered the wakeup call . The government has been warned about and deputy nicks sars, mers and ebola and zika. Americans may wake up to a brandnew word of having to wear masks to go into work and maybe tested for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to rack them . Do you think congress and the government has answered the wakeup call, that we arean and i of a jet stream of viruses going around the world . If we dont learn lessons from this, i dont think we ever will. We need to know whats coming across our border if we are going to protec
Sealing the deal sudans military giunta and the opposition signed their agreement on a Transitional Government. Protesters keep up the pressure in hong kong as police fired tear gas for a 2nd day. Im joining us there with the sports i have the latest from the 1st ashes test as australia build a lead and can match for 2nd make it 2 wins in a rose he prepares to start from 0 position the beginning on point. Mass shootings in the u. S. States of texas and ohio literally within hours of each other the 1st at a Shopping Center in el paso with a suspect killing at least 20 people there in texas police says it has the hallmarks of a hate crime well come back to that in a moment but 1st in the last few hours in a popular entertainment area in Dayton Ohio Police say 10 people including the gunman have been killed 16 others were taken to hospital with injuries the f. B. I. Is investigating. We dont know the thoughts of the shooter at this time we know that he was wearing body armor and capacity