reporter: light at the and of the tunnel, forced lavinia's government, at least.he number of new coronavirus infections, only 35 in the last few weeks, has reassured authorities and let them to take an unprecedented step, announcing that the coronavirus pandemic in it the country is over. >> today, slovenia has the best epidemiological picture in europe which means we can declare an end to the general epidemic. this will prprobably coincide wh the end of the first two coronavirus packages. reporter: packages that include financial aid toto citizens and companies hit by the coronavirus crisis. some thihink this could have ben a strong motivator for the government to say that outbreak in the country was over. authorities are gradually loosening restrictions which are introduced two months ago. schools will begin to reopen next week, and cafes and restaurants will be able to serve customers indoors. >> it was kind of a shock, but it is cool. in the end, nothing will change. no school, no big parties. but the tensions in people i think will be diminished. peoplele wil

lavinia henderson who was 44 from new york, a proud, single mother of three. allen lund, 81, from washington. a conductors with the most amazing ear. teresa eloe from new orleans, renowned for her business making detailed pins and corsages. and kobe adolf who was 44 from chicago, an entrepreneur and an adventurer. lila fenwick was the first black woman to graduate from harvard law school. we come on the air this morning ahead of memorial day, a time in which the country pauses to remember its veterans, all those who gave the last full measure of devotion, and all those still serving today. we come on the air in search of leadership, leadership for a nation in crisis in the middle of a human catastrophe, for a people divided, and for the chance to get this country back on firm footing. along with joe and me we have white house reporter for the associated press, columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius, and historian and author of "the soul of america," jon meacham. >> jon, i look through these names and there's dwayne valk from mi

therefore lavinia came forward and said i'm open, let's spend some time together and see how it works. and amongst those four women, all of whom are fascinating, extraordinary women who i was so happy to get to know and all of whom are represented in the book. there was camilla. camilla and i just had a spark together. i think that so often we talk about nonfiction writers and filmmakers choosing their subject as though that's a one-way choice. of course it isn't, it's about a certain alpha need chemistry it's about people wanting to open up to each other. and camilla wanted to open up to me. and so she pulled me into her life, and i wanted to be their bird we had a connection from the start. the other women, who i had the privilege to write about, took sort of a supplementary role to that. when camilla was evicted from the shelter, it became this moment in which i needed to decide whether the setting of the book was going to the shelter or weather is going to be following her. and because she was so remarkable to me, i decided that was where the book needed to go. camilla is someone