joie: kenneth c.is wrote the "don't know much about" series, although he actually knows a lot about history. his latest book is "more deadly than war" about the 1918 flu and its connections to combat. what was america like in 1918? kenneth: the united states had stayed out of the fight for three years. but in april, 1917, decided to declare war on germany. we had almost no army at the time, very small navy. so everything had to be started from scratch. joie: the build-up took about a year. and america's young soldiers were finally ready at the very moment, spring 1918, when another enemy arrived: the suddenly, it struck without warning, and it was like nothing that anyone had ever seen before. it was killing healthy young farm boys at a remarkable rate. they were turning blue, literally dying within hours, -- hours. joie: but america was focused on getting the dough boys to europe, with predictable consequences. kenneth: those troop transports were disease carriers. they were, like, hotbeds of infecti

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opportune time because many germans no longer want to have garden gnomes they're seen as pretty good joie and kitschy. i gotta get got a name this have a bad image they're a bit embarrassing yes hi and you. never really seen the point of garden gnomes though i haven't spent much time trying either so you to feel for the end of the help i need heritage a couple that i put in the corner but i wouldn't buy any more from the garden gnome is typically german there are still millions of them in germany and. back in greece in order to paint snow like she's been doing for over 30 years and she likes to have them in her garden just not too many a few select models have found a place to hide or lays about here. danny playing is my favorite is felix the reclining one because that was my father's name is he's cool that because he was an especially nice one with a really lovely face that's how he became my favorite. $900.00 caribou still has lots of orders for garden gnomes some even come from france and sweden. still griebel is set to retire soon. does that mean the days of the original german garden

we love her sometimes i go on the show i will have people ask me, what does she think of that song joieeat moment for jeffrey i also am a fan of. >> ones the lyric sheet joey rote that where he wrote lyric was on jeopardy one point so what can't she do? brian. >> you know, i on show with maria so many times a i.t.ed bet about banter things ramÓn song or jeopardy like golf thing every scene maria is somewhere there was there -- forrest gump, extraordinary life, the question on jeopardy. dagen: yankees stadium pitch i like groundhog version i know all the answers. will never happen. >> what happened with jeopardy maria shows how viewership is growing will continue to grow, you know my little maria bartiromo story goes back to the 1990s when she was starting off i still had full head of hair interview she said something in italian i still don't know what it meant i asked her. she forgot, too. >>. >> i am sure it was nice i am sure it was. >> i hope so. dagen: i am sure something kind and nice. thank you. more with maria right after this. ♪ ♪ dagen: final thoughts before the memorial day we