she -- gretchen wrote she'd never been more dirty, tired and happy. for women like gretchen and betty jane, she wouldn't have it any other way. being in the field, wearing a uniform, symbolized the common experiences for the gi. gretchen told her family this is the nearest anyone can be and still not be a gi. and the women aren't supposed to be gis. the american public didn't know what they thought of women in the military. but gretchen's experiences tell us the work demanded far more than they be pretty. and even that work was difficult. our third women, elizabeth richardson was two days shy of her 26th birthday on d-day. she was midway through her training at american university to be a club mobile women. as the allies invaded normandy and graduated her training and assigned initially to england. she was a native of indiana. a small town in northern indiana and attended the all of the girls downer college in milwaukee. an english and art major. and after college, got a job for a milwaukee department store drawing advertisements. she and her roommate

gretchen: hey. gretchen. lemonis: i'm marcus. gretchen: nice to meet you. lemonis: this is my partner, dave. gretchen: hi, dave. nice to meet you. lemonis: this should be and eye -opening experience for dave. so, where's the goulash? dave: didn't bring that one. lemonis: and the bacon cheeseburger? dave: i could've brought that but... lemonis: you were scared to bring that. dave: yes. lemonis: so, that means you already know it's bad. dave: yes. lemonis: we're gonna test the african-peanut soup. let's do it. your life's work being blended up. gretchen: this is gonna tell us the total protein. we're reading the nitrogen-gas content that comes off of the combusted sample. lemonis: and so the protein here is 6%. gretchen: so, this is how we test calcium, sodium, and iron for your nutrition label. so, this is an automated method for looking at the fiber content. lemonis: so, could you take a soup like ours and then add something to it that could make it have fiber? dave: metamucil. lemonis: i think that's sort of sarcastic and not funny. is there anything that

for women like gretchen and betty jane, they wouldn't have had it any other way. living in the field, wearing the uniform, all of that symbolized their common experiences with gis. gretchen told her family, she said, this is the nearest anyone could ever be and still not be a gi. of course the women are not supposed to be gis. the american public still didn't know what it thought of women who were in the military. but gretchen's experiences tell us that the work demanded far more than they merely be a pretty face. and even that work was difficult. our third woman, elizabeth richardson, was two days shy of her 26th birthday on the day -- on d-day. she was midway through her training at american university to be a club mobile woman as the allies invaded normandy. she graduated her training and sailed and was assigned initially to england. she was a native of a little small town in northern indiana and attended the all-girls downer college in milwaukee. she was an english and art major and after college got a degree -- or got a job for milwaukee department store draw

schuyler gretchen was the daughter of a world war i colonel and she excelled at nine sports nine. while a student at boston university and then was a member of the first us women's lacrosse team. she joined the red cross in january 1943 and then worked on clubmobiles in england for the next year, but even for her the life the life was rough. she described her typical day as getting up at 5:30 in the morning to need by hand 120 pounds of flour. and then cooking and stacking donuts serving them at a camp coming back to post by 5 to clean the truck clean the equipment dinner at 6:30 and then to bed. and she wrote that she went to bed with the birds, but that the life agreed with her. apparently the red cross thought she did a pretty good job because it appointed her as supervisor of a clubmobile group that loaded clubmobiles onto ships and then sailed them across the english channel and unloaded them and she actually drove her clubmobile up, utah beach on july 16th about five and a half weeks after the allied invasion. she drove a jeep with supplies across the theater kind of going f

even for an accomplished athlete like gretchen skyler. she was the daughter of the world war one colonel. she excelled at nine sports. she was a student at boston university. and she was on the woman's lacrosse team. she joined the red cross, in april of 1943. then worked on club mobiles in england for the next year. even for her that life was rough. she described her typical day, as getting up at 5:30 in the morning. to need by hand flour, an impact donuts, serving them, coming back to clean the truck, clean the equipment, dinner at 6:30 am into bed. and she went to the she went to bed with the birds. but the red cross thought she did a good job, because they put her a supervisor of a club mobile group. then they sail them across the english channel, and she drove her club mobile law up on the beach, after the allied invasion. she drove a jeep with supplies, and ended up going from place to place. making sure everybody had the right supplies. she was coordinating schedules with the military. and all of the women endured these trying cond

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joining us now is the governor of michigan, governor gretchen whitmer. thanks for joining us. we've been looking at michigan the whole week so far and wondering what's going on there. why is it number two in the country in new cases? >> well, we're obviously watching the trends very closely as well. there are a lot of factors that go into this. number one, we've got a high proportion of variants. that means coronavirus spreads faster. it's much more contagious, and we're seeing that whether it's youth sports or the re-e re-engagement of some of our restaurants. more activity means more spread. that's why we unlike other states have continues the mask mandates. we still have capacity restrictions of bars, restaurants, gyms, et cetera. we haven't abandoned our protocols. it's that we have a higher proportion of variants. people are getting tired, fatigue, there's more travel, and that's what some of the

andrew cuomo institutes this in march, he institutes blanket liability to the nursing homes, gretchen whitmer follows two days later i does the same thing, he's keeping statistics and getting called out in new york, he ends the practice.s gretchen whitmer doubles down in may and we are still doing it to thisid day, we didn't keep covid numbers in the nursing homes until june, we didn't count deaths in the nursing homes until july, we didn't require testing of the nursing home staff until july, and then in december, we start demanding, getting death data like adult foster care, what happens at december is a new number shows up it's an asterisk, it's called vital records deaths, what do those mean? those are people who died before when we weren't counting. i want to know when they died? and where they died? i can't get it, they won't get it, so i'm suing. >> tucker: why is it left to you to do this? why hasn't the entire media establishment in the state of michigan pushed from day 1 to do this? >> beats me, we all know what's happening in the media but why not -- the republicans in my s

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who's just like -- they're like, "gretchen, what do you want?" she's like, "i don't know, what are you guys doing like, you want me to turn on the lasers?" like, i feel like there could be somebody who's turning on the lasers you never see that you never see who's turning things on and off. >> seth: right >> who's closing up the headquarters at night. and i feel like -- and i'm so jealous of all of these mother [ bleep ] down in australia right now -- >> seth: a lot of movies shoo and we don't even care about covid. it's like, keep it to yourself keep it to yourself! so, i propose a small indie marvel thing shoots near my house. and i can play somebody's sister who is in charge of turning on the lasers that's all i'm saying. >> seth: gotcha. so just -- let's say i'm kevin feige at marvel, and you're auditioning for captain marvel's older sister, karen -- >> gretchen. not karen. >> seth: what? >> come on, seth not karen. wow. >> seth: sorry, that's how it was written in the comics, and we're not going to change it >> well then that's gonna be a pa

thank you gretchen whitmer. this marks the end of the morning session for thed summa and we will be back around 1252 kickoff the afternoon session and talk to the governors of maryland colorado i ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government they were c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these companies, who provide c-span as a public service. ♪ >> postmaster general louis dejoy told house lawmakers that he would give himself an "a" for performance. some in the committee pressed on him on delays in mail deliveries that continued in the pandemic and the next steps and the role of congress. this is a little more than an hour and a half. half. >> i would like to remind members the chair or staff may mute participants microphones when they are not under recognition for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. members are responsible for muting themselves and if i noticed you're not unneeded yourselves although i wou

if rick snyder can be -- current governor gretchen wittner. it was an opinion piece but raises an interesting question. >> somebody should be charged in flint. this attorney general has bombed the case. she took it over republicans when she came in. she tanked it. we come back with the jaywalking ticket for former republican governor rick snyder. we are asking here is not necessarily about witmer but the public, the public, no matter which side of the aisle you're on your entitled to and you should be asking for a thorough look into the deaths of our institutionalized elderly. we are not getting it. i am suing the state of michigan to get the data. as far as i know. assistant attorney general of the state of michigan working on a nursing home case is against need to get the public's information. trying to deny me information that belongs to us. i'm not partisan. i just want to know what happened. can we avoid this in the future? it's simple. >> shannon: those are questions that families and loved ones deserve the answers to whether it's florid

joining me now, democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. you've been easing capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in michigan and allowing nursing home visitations to resume. the cdc director dr. rochelle walensky says now the time to double down on health measures and not ease up. why aren't you listening to her? >> we do listen to her, actually. i think she is doing a great job. here in michigan, we have been really aggressive in combating covid. to liken moving restaurant capacity from 25% to 50% to what some states are doing dropping mask mandates altogether, it's just not a fair comparison. we are kind of at the 10 yard line and taking another 10 yards ahead and some are at the 50 and dropping the mask mandates and that is a dangerous situation. because we have made progress and our numbers a low and vags are high we feel we can do this responsibly but no question we will keep tethered to the science to keep people safe. >> dugan turned do wn johnson & johnson doses. mere take a listen. >> johnson & johnson is a ver

who's just like -- they're like, "gretchen, what do you want?" she's like, "i don't know, what are you guys doing like, you want me to turn on the lasers?" you never see that you never see who's turning things on and off. >> seth: right >> who's closing up the headquarters at night. and i feel like -- and i'm so jealous of all of these mother [ bleep ] down in australia right now -- >> seth: a lot of movies shooting in australia. >> everyone is like, "i'm on the set of "thor." and it's like, "no, i'm on the set of "thor and it's so nice down here and we don't even care about covid. it's like, keep it to yourself keep it to yourself! so, i propose a small indie marvel thing shoots near my house. and i can play somebody's sister who is in charge of turning on the lasers that's all i'm saying. >> seth: gotcha. so just -- let's say i'm kevin feige at marvel, and you're auditioning for captain marvel's older sister, karen -- >> gretchen. not karen. >> seth: what? >> come on, seth not karen. wow. >> seth: sorry, that's how it was written in the comics,

joining me now, democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. you've been easing capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in michigan and allowing nursing home visitations to resume. the cdc director, dr. rochelle walensky, says now the time to double down on health measures and not ease up. why aren't you listening to her? >> we do listen to her, actually. i think she is doing a great job. here in michigan, we have been really aggressive in combating covid. to liken moving restaurant capacity from 25% to 50% to what some states are doing dropping mask mandates altogether, it's just not a fair comparison. we are kind of at the 10 yard line and taking another 10 yards ahead and some are at the 50 and dropping the mask mandates and that is a dangerous situation. because we have made progress and our numbers a low and vaccinations are high, we feel we can do this responsibly but no question we will keep tethered to the science to keep people safe. >> detroit mayor mike duggan turned down an initial allocation of more than six dozen

joining me now, democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. you've begun easing capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in michigan and you are allowing nursing home visitations to resume. the cdc director dr. rochelle walensky says now is the time to double down on health measures and not ease up. why aren't you listening to her? >> we do listen to her, actually. i think she is doing a great job. here in michigan, we have been really aggressive in combating covid. and so to liken moving restaurant capacity from 25% to 50% to what some states are doing, dropping mask mandates altogether, it's just not a fair comparison. we are kind of at the 10 yard line and taking another 10 yards ahead. and some are at the 50 and dropping the mask mandate, and that is a dangerous situation. so because we have made progress and our numbers are low and our vaccinations are high we feel we can do this responsibly but there is no question we will keep tethered to the science and keep people safe. >> detroit mayor mike duggan turned down johnson

governor gretchen widmer of michigan and she was easing restrictions on businesses and allowing family members who tested negative visit nursing home residents. charlie baker of massachusetts said while residents should continue to wear masks in public it was time for more limits on businesses to the ease . he said he found in the new york times in the last couple of days one more piece from the mississippi governor explaining on cnn why his state was lifting a mask mandate and if they need to remember further. >> the fact is in our state throughout the pandemic approach has been to not only protect lives but also to protect livelihoods. we have to get our economy bowling individuals and get back to work and i think that's critically important. let's talk a little bit more about the data. the fact is sake we had 1450 mississippians in hospital beds because of the virus. today that number is below 400 and that we had 360 mississippians in icu beds at this point that number is below 120. the fact is we have seen significantly reduced levels and by the way, unlike president biden who want

that state is run by governor gretchen whitmire. a reporter trying to get the data and he joins us to describe what that has been like. charlie, thanks so much for coming on. have you been able to get them? it's a simple question. like what are the numbers. what happened? >> yeah, you can't get them. i've been asking for months. let me go like this. it's nonpartisan. what we want to know. what we know from the virus, it kills the institutionalized elderly. that's who it took out. i want to know exactly what has happened. because cuomo institutes this in march. he issues blanket liability to the nursing homes. whitmire does the same thing. cuomo is keeping statistics and getting called out in new york. so by may, he ends the practice. whitmire doubles down in may and we're still doing it to this day. we didn't keep covid numbers in the nursing homes until june. we didn't count deaths in the nursing homes until july. we didn't require testing of the nursing home staff until july. in december we start getting death data for the other h

thank you gretchen whitmer. this marks the end of the morning session for thed summa and we will be back around 1252 kickoff the afternoon session and talk to the governors of maryland colorado in washington state. >> news update for you, alyssa democratic elected officials calling for new york governor andrew cuomo to resign over allegations of personal misconduct is growing. on the 17 members of the states u.s. counts as delegation and guest senators have now calling his him to reside in members of the judiciary committee chair jerry nadler and chair democratic congressional campaign committee, shaun patrick maloney in a conference call earlier this afternoon, the governor and again rejected calls to resign saying i am not going to resign. i was elected by the people, not the politicians pretty want to comment that women have the right to come forward and be heard and i encourage that fully. there is still a question of the truth. i did not do what is been alleged. >> coming up tonight in the eastern on c-span

. >> next, arkansas governor asa hutchinson and michigan governor gretchen whitmer join politico for a discussion about their state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. they talked about their future political plans, working with the biden administration and the january 6 attack on the capitol. this is an hour. >> good morning, i'm a correspondent for politico and author of "politico nightly" welcome back to the morning session of the 50 american governors. today i'm talking to asia hutchinson in his second and final term in office. thank you for joining us from arkansas. >> great to be here. >> we've got a lot to talk about today. we'll talk about covid relief, aabortion restrictions and the future of the g.o.p. but before we get started, a reminder to all of those tuning in to the live stream that you can follow the conversation on twitter using the hash tag #the50governors. with that, let's get going. i want to start with covid which is obviously the topic that is affecting all of us right now and it is on all of our minds. two of your neighbors two of arkansases' -- arkansas'

in michigan, governor gretchen whitmire at the center of republican-led calls to what she did and new legal challenges as well. a story with charlie leduff that is suing the state department of health to get to the truth. first, garrett tenney catches us up from chicago. hi, garrett. >> hi, martha. michigan is one of five democrat states that had nursing homes accept covid-19 patients. that policy helped spread the virus. whether or not that is the case has been hard to say though because the state has not released detailed data on when and where those deaths occurred or exactly how they're being tracked and reported. macomb county prosecutor peter lucido is launching an investigation. while he's not discovered evidence to support criminal charges, he's leaving open that possibility. >> may be that there's a rationale justifiable, lawful explanation for what was alleged to have occurred, but with the primary concern being on the welfare of our most vulnerable and elderly, these questions must be allowed. >> state republican lawmakers are threatening to issue a subpoena to the departme

governor gretchen whitmer, attorney general danna nestle and secretary of state benson. this is what ron wilder said while speaking to a local republican group on friday. >> made the decision to continue to serve to make sure we had an opportunity to take out those three witches. >> wilder later tweeted he should have, quote, chosen my words more carefully. later at the same event he was asked how to remove two much mitch republican congressmen who voted to impeach the former president, again quoting here, the state gop leader said, quote, other than assassination -- that's a quote -- i have no other way than voting out. a lot to get through tonight. joining me now is one of those women targeted by his words, michigan attorney general dana nestle. so, madam attorney general, this is not a small issue in your state. after all, the governor was targeted with an actual terror plot, right? i mean, we've seen this before. when you heard those comments made by ron wiser last week, you tweeted, quote, as a gay, jewish woman, i have long since learned to respond to hateful rheto

joining us now is the governor of michigan, governor gretchen whitmer. thanks for joining us. we've been looking at michigan the whole week so far and wondering what's going on there. why is it number two in the country in new cases? >> well, we're obviously watching the trends very closely as well. there are a lot of factors that go into this. number one, we've got a high proportion of variants. that means coronavirus spreads faster. it's much more contagious, and we're seeing that whether it's youth sports or the re-e re-engagement of some of our restaurants. more activity means more spread. that's why we unlike other states have continues the mask mandates. we still have capacity restrictions of bars, restaurants, gyms, et cetera. we haven't abandoned our protocols. it's that we have a higher proportion of variants. people are getting tired, fatigue, there's more travel, and that's what some of the stories are for sure. >> all states have variants that point. all states have people with covid fatigue. let me go through the restrictions you lifted. indoor dining is at 50%. s

placement of covid-19 positive patients in nursing homes renewing calls for an investigation to michigan's gretchen witmer. donald trump at fotis using a possible 2024 run, the past and future of the gop. joe consciousand pastor robert jeffress were here for a preview and they are back live. welcome to fox news at night. we begin with breaking news on a third accuser to come forward with accusations of inappropriate behavior by governor cuomo as we go to aishah hasnie live in new york city with the details. >> reporter: scandal surrounds the governor as a third woman has come out with her own story of alleged harassment. >> reporter: caught red handed. in this picture published by the new york times she says andrew cuomo can be seen grabbing her face a wedding reception in 2019. she tells the paper cuomo asked if he could kiss her recalling i turned my head a and didn't have words in that moment, joining two former raids accusing the governor of sexual harassment. charlotte bennetts tells the new york times the governor questioned her about her sex life and asked if she had ever had sex with older

governor gretchen whitmer is here to talk about how her state will deal with the surge. >>> tonight protests continue across america condemning attacks against asian-americans, including last week's fatal shootings in the atlanta area. we'll have an update. and march madness was one of covid's first casualties, and now it's back with some pretty dramatic changes. one team chanced to the next round without even having to play. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i am joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." >>> what should you make of the situation at the u.s./mexico border? is it a crisis or something else? some argue that what is happening at the border is a crisis, particularly the number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving. it's distressing, but sadly is it not new. spring has just begun in the warmer weather brings with it a rise with migrants at the border pretty much every year. check out this data from customs and border protection, apprehensions typically peak in march. you can see it from year to year to year. a a consistent peak each march, and this year the peak is

and voters in 2018 elected governor gretchen whitmer and myself. we also voted to expand voting rights in a way we've not done in a generation, which is what led to voting being more accessible and safer during the pandemic. republicans are so afraid of that that they are working to suppress it. but we can stand tall against it in michigan because we've elected a democratic governor in our state and we'll never support legislation like this. >> the lieutenant governor, speaking of the governor, governor gretchen whitmer who everyone knows about because the vp search, but also because of the plot against her life. if you see there on the screen from "the washington post," michigan gop leader calls top democrats witches. jokes about assassination of republicans. the governor, the attorney general and one other state official are the witches he's talking about. what does that do to the tenor and tone of the debate in your state? >> unfortunately, it's been like this since at least april of last year when we saw armed gunmen storm our capitol. that was

the plot fear was to storm the state capitol in lansing and kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. this plot was foiled before they were able to effect any harm, but now they are one of 13 people -- they are among 13 people charged in this case. we know that they are facing firearms charges, charges for providing material support for terrorists acts and finally, they are also facing charges for gang membership for their alleged membership in this extremist group called the wolverine watchmen. again, this was a monumental case. it preceded january 6th. it factored into this wider conversation about domestic violent extremism in the united states. already we know one person among those 13 has pleaded guilty, jim. >> and we should note the justice department says domestic terror groups, particularly white supremacist groups are now this country's greatest terrorism threat. whitney wild, thanks very much. >>> the world health organization released the long-awaited report on the origins of the coronavirus. we'll have more on what it says and questions about what it says just ahead. amo

come gretchen naish. had you need to enforce the follow up. over this morning diane's husband couldn't get time off work to be with his wife on t i while she waited for the birth of their baby so i haven't seen my husband in 4 weeks the longest that was hot it's 4 days so mom just kept telling me that the whole time you know you just think about it in the end you have a beautiful little girl but i'm so grateful that you stayed strong for the bike for months and. what a beautiful being a grand daughter 8. and i'm very proud that i was. you know i'm very excited to take it back to. how exciting we came here it's 2 and now i'm going back it's 3. dianne has been dreaming of a homecoming for weeks and finally that day has dawned. dad tony is waiting anxiously by the. maybe go. down. she's going. yes she is going to sing on the cake but i know is it to stare at her i can't do that ok now i just sit there i'm staring at him repeating it. once tony and diane have a moment to reconnect and it's time for the baby to meet her and other grandmother . acco

joining us now to start the hour is governor gretchen with itmer of michigan. govern with itmer, welcome to the program. >> thank you, good to be with you. >> the cd has said that michigan has the second largest number of covid variants as part this rise in cases. do you think this is just these variants showing up? is this more a matter of human behavior, people being lax about safety measures? what's going on as you see it? >> well, all of the above. here's what we know. covid-19 still is a very real threat. we are all getting tired of it. we all want the resume normalcy. we have vaccines, custom amazing. it is a modern medical miracle that we have three great, effective, safe vaccines on the market, two of which, by the way, custom a presence here in michigan. we package and ship them out of michigan. it's a great moment. we can see the light at the end of the tunnel but we are still very much in it. we took a pause this fall when our numbers were skyrocketing. we dropped our positivity rates to some of the lowest in the nation. now we see that this virus ca

hutchinson and michigan governor gretchen whitmer join "politico" for discussion about their states response to the coronavirus pandemic. they talked about the future political plans working with the biden administration and the january 6 six attack on the capital. this is an hour. >> good morning. my name is renuka rayasam. , , course but for political and author of political nightly. welcome back to the morningng session of the 50 american governors. arkansas governor asa hutchinson was on his second term because of term limits his final term in office. thank you so much governor for joining us from arkansas. >> great to be here. >> we have a lot to talk about today. we will talk covid relief, abortion restrictions and the future of the gop. before we get started a reminder to all those tuning into a live stream today you can follow the conversation on twitter using the hashtag the 50 governors. with that lets get going. i want to start with covid which is the topic that is affecting all of us now and on all of our minds. two of your neighbors texas and mississippi announced an end to mask

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i'd like to welcome michigan governor gretchen whitmer. thank you, governor, for joining us. governor whitmer: glad to be with you. anita: we have a lot of ground to cover, including how michigan is handling the beginning of the end or what we hope the end is of the covid-19 pandemic, what president biden's $2 trillion covid package means for michigan, and the fallout from the january 6 capitol hill riot. before we get started, a reminder to those tuning in to this live stream that you can follow along the conversation on twitter using #the50governors. so, let's get started with what's on everyone's mind these days. the end of the pandemic. we're just hitting the one-year mark today. governor, what are the specific metrics or data you need to see to determine things are back normal in michigan? governor whitmer: back to normal. i think we're all kind of trying to define what that means and when we declare that. so, we've always consistently been following the data, working with our medical experts. i think that one of the things that's really important, as i know i'm not a vi

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. >> a terror plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer. >> so you think the guys were planning to arrest her? >> it was going to be a citizen's arre. >> narrator: frontline and propublica investigate the rise of far-right extremism. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support is provided by the the ford foundation: working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism... park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues... the heising simons foundation unlocking knowledge, opportunity and possibilities. more at hsfoundation.org. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and addition support from koo and patricia yuen. support for frontline and for deah is our business was provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundationm, cmitted to building a more just, v

to coming to our knowledge she said we realized there were quite a few doctors that we all said that gretchen realized that when oprah of other people who were experiencing ongoing symptoms and how did that impact on your own work the health service the what were you able to continue to work or was the condition just so the billeted thing about wasn't possible and say for the test about 3 months after it happened i was off work largely because i couldn't walk far enough to actually get to work or walk around the wards so i didn't really feel i would be safe calling carrying on coldly or anything like that and then from the september time i returned to my academic research job for 6 months which i was able to do from home so i've been doing slightly reduced number of hours but that working from home since then and i've returned to clinical work in march but i'm doing that virtually at the moment so doing clinics and things he's saying the more teams. a doctor and you've been one of the the people who have been able to speak out about the condition and did you for dress the all party parliament

coming to coming to our knowledge so we realized there were quite a few doctors that we all said and gretchen realized that when oprah of other people who were experiencing ongoing symptoms and how did that impact on your order work in the health service the what were you able to continue to work or was there can this just saw the billeted thing about wasn't possible and say for the test about 3 months after it happened i was off work largely because i couldn't walk far enough to actually get to work or walk around the wards so i didn't really realize i would be safe calling caring and called legal or anything like that and then from the september time i returned to my academic research job for 6 months which i was able to do from home so i've been doing a slightly reduced number of hours but that working from home since then and i've returned to clinical work in march but i'm doing that virtually at the moment so doing clinics and things he's saying the more teams. a doctor and you've been one of the the people who have been able to speak out about the condition and did you for dress the all

. >> a terror plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer. >> so you think the guys were planning to arrest her? >> it was going to be a citizen's arrest. >> narrator: frontline and propublica investigate the rise of far-right extremism. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support is provided by t the ford foundation: working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change at fordfoundation.org. additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism... park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues... the heising simons foundation unlocking knowledge, opportunity and possibilities. more at hsfoundation.org. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support from koo and patricia yuen. support for frontline and for deah is our business was provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundationm, cmitted to building a more just, verdant an

i went over there with the wife and -- oh, yeah, that was before i went over, yeah, his wife, too, gretchen, and the first time was with another 3rd division guy, he's gone now, but the second time -- the first time we were over there, it was on a korean welcoming. and i was really surprised to see that, too. nice, you know, but the 3rd division trip was the best one with the wives and all the things they did for us, you know, as far as sightseeing and things. we seen a lot of area we were in. i could see where we were. we were in north korea mostly, so we couldn't get in there, but we were up to the 38th parallel where most of the main line resistance was, and i could see the highest mountain there and that's where we were a lot of times. i could see, it was about 20 miles away or something like that, you know. i couldn't get on it. that's part of north korea now, so -- it's real gratifying to go back there and see it. i'll never do it again now because i'm too old, but i did it. >> how did your wartime experiences affect your life? >> oh, i don't know. it's -- i guess i can't say it's rea

i went over there with the wife and -- oh, yeah, that was before i went over, yeah, his wife, too, gretchen, and the first time was the third division guy and i think he's gone now, but the second time -- the first time we were over there it was on a korean welcoming, and i was real surprised to see that, too, nice, you know, but the third division trip was the best one, you know, with the wives and all the things they did for us, you know, as far as sightseeing and things. we seen a lot of area we were in. i could see where we were. we were in north korea mostly, so we couldn't get in there, but we were up to the 38th parallel where most of the main line resistance was, and i could see the highest mountain there and that's where we were a lot of times. i could see, it was about 20 miles away or something like that, you know. i couldn't get on it. that's part of north korea now, so -- it's real gratifying to see it again, and i would never do it now because i am too old. but i did it. >> how did the wartime experiences affect your life? >> oh, i don't know, it's -- i guess i can't say it re

. >> next arkansas governor asa hutchinson and michigan governor gretchen whitmer join "politico" for discussion about their states response to the coronavirus pandemic. they talked about the future political plans working with the biden administration and the january 6 six attack on the capital. this is an hour. >> good morning. my name is renuka rayasam. , , course but for political and author of political nightly. welcome back to the morningng session of the 50 american governors. arkansas governor asa hutchinson was on his second term because of term limits his final term in office. thank you so much governor for joining us from arkansas. >> great to be here. >> we have a lot to talk about today. we will talk covid relief, abortion restrictions and the future of the gop. before we get started a reminder to all those tuning into a live re

. >> call to investigate gretchen witmer amid reports she paid 155,$000 and has money to a former health official. todd: coronavirus this in nursing homes. it is time for answers. what do you and your fellow gop members think governor witmer is trying to hide. >> what are you trying to hide? we invited the department to testify before the oversight committee. they refused to. we asked them to share the data with nursing home deaths. and now we see the governor paid the former health department director robert gordon 155,$000 to stay quiet which begs the question what are they trying to hide? >> health department director resigned in the middle of a health crisis and discover he received 155,$000 packet on the condition that neither side why he stepped down. take a listen. >> separation agreements used often in the private -- public and private sector when someone in a leadership position lead the organization. due to the nature of it there's not a lot i can say. jillian: a lot of people in michigan would want to know why 155,$000 went to the house director. are you suggesting impropriety

from all senses of chi you don't need to keep every you know in the bowl for over gretchen home the 4th time to do the full disclosure semen that we can look for that missed the boat on the ballets at the nasa dragon as well as a call to home to 3 years. on. how does a virus spread. why do we parent and when we'll all miss them. just through the tactics from cover and we clean to read your blog. if you would like and new information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at d.f.w. dot com slash science. this is day 8 of a new news live from berlin pope francis delivers a message of unity on the 2nd day of his historic visit to iraq he met with the country's top shiite cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani at his home before moving on to host an interfaith meeting the pontiff hopes to encourage iraq's muslim and christian communities to work together for. also coming out more.

michigan governor gretchen witmer is under fire for similar order but the state attorney general says an investigation is not warranted at this time. 5000 of the state's virus deaths were linked to long-term care facilities. benjamin: nursing home death one of the scandals new york governor andrew cuomo is facing, cuomo under investigation from his attorney general and state lawmakers as they luncheon impeachment pro. shannon: one of his accusers meets with investigators. what is the latest? >> reporter: charlotte bennett reportedly spent four hours with investigators, 120 pages of records, one tidbit reveals, quote, the governor's preoccupation with his hand size of the large size of his hand indicated to charlotte and other members of his staff, 7 women accused cuomo of inappropriate behavior, detail their experiences on new york radio. >> there was a lot of vitriolic screaming, shouting, name-calling, he never asked me about my work, never spoke my name. he did make flirtatious gestures and approached me. >> embraced me too tightly, too long and was aroused. >> new york state lawma

jillian: michigan's republicans calling for an investigation into governor gretchen witmer who is accused of paying 155,$000 in so-called hush money to the former health department director who resigned in january. michigan house oversight committee chairman joined us last hour. >> she needs to come clean, what they are trying to hide by trying to silence these department official. todd: the separation agreement required him to drop all claims against the state. he denies it was coach money. todd: president biden, near at hand and's nomination to leave the office of management and budget unravel. it was a bipartisan opposition. lawmakers point to history of disparaging comments against republicans, an issue that makes are unfit for the position. todd: 5 -- carley: doctor oz save the woman with a different the later at a new jersey airport. the 60-year-old man had no pulse after collapsing in the baggage claim area from a heart attack. todd: doctor oz saying it is our responsibility to jump in when there is a medical emergency. take the time to learn to do cpr and use a defibrillator. they