barbara g. fleishmann. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> coming up, betty rollin reports on doctors performing bloodless surgery on jehovah's witnesses whose religion forbids blood transfusions. many say that is good medicine. >>> also judy valenti looks at the spiritual journey of christian wiman, a poet, teacher, husband, and father who has incurable cancer. >> i have cursed mightily and have been furious, have cursed god just like any old testament prophet. >>> and the jewish holiday of shavuot, celebrating the harvest and the torah, and proclaiming -- >> that you should be really, really, really happy.

barbara g. fleishmann. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome to "first." this week we look at the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education and its impact on the delaware school system. >> also this week, the 70th anniversary of d-day. the invasion turned the tide of world war ii. we connect with "delaware" magazine for reflections and personal stories. ofand the personal story matt haley. "first," your public media newsmagazine, starts right now. ♪ >> the school year around the region is winding down, and it is a good time to look back on accomplishments. 60 years ago, the supreme