about covid-19 among his sailors among the uss theodore roosevelt. >> the letter shouldn't have been sent. with all that said, his career prior to that was very good. so i'm going to get involved and see exactly when's going on there because i don't want to destroy somebody for having a bad day. >> meanwhile reports now say that captain brett crozier has tested positive for coronavirus. this news comes as the defense secretary doubles down on the decision to dismiss the santa rosa native. here's the details. >> reporter: in tv interviews over the weekend, defense secretary mark esper explained the decision behind firing captain brett crozier. he wrote this now famous letter, complaiing the navy wasn't acting fast enough to get his crew off the theodore roosevelt and into isolation after many contracted the coronavirus. >> only 155 sailors have come up positive on the ship. they're all mild to moderate. no hospitalizations whatsoever. so the crew is being taken care

the arose about him said that theodore roosevelt said -- -- util roosevelt said -- junior really lived up to those expectations. he served in world war i. he was a political rival with cousin franklin roosevelt during the great depression. the two cousins put their differences aside. theodore junior wanted to get into the military once again. he served as the first commander in the first infantry division. he served in the big red one, which is one of the big battle divisons to go into normandy. roosevelt did not gain a lot of acclaim or trust in the eyes of omar bradley or george patton. theodore roosevelt junior had a laid-back persona that wasn't up to snuff with somebody who was spit and polish as george patton was. omar bradley thought he had gotten too comfortable and too cozy with some of the soldiers, and there wasn't that rigid discipline that makes a good soldier a good soldier. he was removed from command from the first infantry division. he landed a spot as division commander in the fourth infantry division in the months prior to the normandy invasion. roosevelt pleaded wit

so those are the two expectations of theodore roosevelt's kids. and junior lived up to that expectation. he served in world war i. he was the political rival with roosevelt during the great depression. when world war ii started the two cousins put their differences aside. initially he served as a commander in the first infantry division, and he served in the big red one, which was one of the few battle tested divisions to go into normandy. however, roosevelt didn't gain a lot of acclaim or trust in the eyes of omar bradley or george paton. theodore roosevelt had a very laid-back command persona, and that wasn't up to snuff with somebody who was spitting polish as george paton was, and omar bradley thought he got a little bit too comfortable and perhaps a little too cozy and laid-back with some of the soldiers, and there wasn't that sort of rigid discipline that makes a good soldier a good soldier. so he was removed from command in the first infantry division and he landed a spot as the first assistant division commander in the months and year prio

theodore roosevelt jr. had a long military lineage in his family. his father of course stormed up san juan hill in 1898 during the spanish-american war. and then a number of years later theodore roosevelt expected all of his sons to serve in world war i. and theodore roosevelt said of his sons, "i would look upon them with shame if they didn't serve in the same way i would look upon my daughters with shame if they didn't have children." those were kind of the two expectations for theodore roosevelt's kids. and junior really lived up to those expectations. he served in world war i. he was in fact a political rival with cousin franklin roosevelt during the great depression. but when world war ii started the two cousins put their differences aside. theodore jr. wanted to get into the military once again. initially he served as a commander in the 1st infantry division. and he served in the big red one, which was one of the few battle-tested divisions to go into normandy. however, roosevelt didn't gain a lot of

stephen: i do use theodore roosevelt and mark twain as the main figures in this conflict. roosevelt is the epitome of the imperialist and expansionist, and mark twain is the anti-imperialist. roosevelt grew up in a sheltered environment and never went to a classroom until he got to harvard. he was fascinated by war, the navy, ships always wanted to get himself in combat. he believe war was the only really noble pursuit for a man, and those who pursued peace were jellyfish who had no idea with the vigor of life was. his father had paid a substitute to fight in the civil war. he wanted to redeem the family honor. he was desperate to kill someone in the spanish-american war, and finally managed to do it. later on when he sent his sons off to world war i, he says i hope they come back missing a few legs and arms between them. so he was a person who had a fascination with war. mark twain was exactly the opposite. he had traveled the world, had been in places where europeans were brutalizing local citizens from south africa to the south pacific islands. and he became a bitter ant

aboutt is your feeling theodore roosevelt's role in the building of the panama canal? stephen: teddy roosevelt's role in the building of the canal? well, theodore roosevelt was fascinated by sea power, and the idea of a canal through panama had been around for centuries. roosevelt came in and it was knocking be any more delay. the canal was supposed to be built across nicaragua. there was a great lobbying campaign. it was quickly moved to panama for very complicated and mostly corrupt reasons. panama was then a province of columbia, not an independent country. roosevelt was dealing with columbia, but he was not getting the deal he wanted. he decided as he wrote to his secretary of state, we have two alternatives, either go back to nicaragua, or to stop dealing with the homicidal corruption bogotÁ and formant rebellion in the territory. that is what he did. toarranged with panamanians claim their province independent of columbia, then sent american naval ships to blockade panama so the colombian navy could not show up there and crush the rebellion. we immediately recogni

i called my book on theodore roosevelt, the last romantic. he benefited from the fact that the west, faded into a romantic memory. and arrived to kill the last in the vicinity of madera. the fact that it was last didn't prevent him from shooting didn't get his trophy, but did make him into a conservation and theodore roosevelt became the advocate of national parks but the reason he did that was the west is fading away. i could tell you but i want you to read this book. for the purpose of this evening, you don't have to read the book, you just have to buy the book. my father was a salesman before me. and the way to sell, one of his cardinal principles was don't talk past the sale. i have a tendency to talk long but i have books to sell. i am going to take questions. i want to see what questions you might have. if you think you're getting shortchanged, the questions might be short but i can answer them. >> the title of the book? >> "dreams of el dorado: a history of the american west," where did the title come from. the title is a remnant of th

theodore roosevelt was the first western president pretty was born in the west. the west was essential to the persona that the other roosevelt took on and his western connection was what changed the silk stocking new yorker into an individual of the ordinary people of america could really identify with and that was the result of his connection to this. my story is west of the mississippi river from roughly 1800 to 1900. why stop there? because after that the west becomes enough like the rest of the country that to understand california in the 1950s you need to understand the united states in the 1950s and to understand california 18 50's that's it. .. h.w. brands: see the west as understood historically, fade into memory. i called my book on theater roosevelt, a long time ago, theodore roosevelt benefited on the fact that the west, was fading into a kind of romantic age memory. he arrived the first time in the west in time to kill the last buffalo in the vicinity of medora territory. the fact that he was black didn't prevent him from shooting it. he wanted to get

sounded like henry cabot lodge and theodore roosevelt. that became the crux of our debate. when we signed a treaty and forced the spanish to surrender these islands, the philippines, guam, cuba, and puerto rico. we paid $20 million for the philippines. andrew connick he announced he wants to pay the u.s. treasury $20 million to buy the philippines so he can set them free. carnegie wrote this essay saying how can we hang the declaration of independence on the wall when we have made it illegal in the philippines to advocate filipino independence. so a huge war broke out in the philippines. only the anti-imperialists had expected this. mckinley and roosevelt and the others believed the filipinos would simply accept this, so for the first time in our history, the united states wound up in a war in which we had to shoot

the crew of the "theodore roosevelt" it will be difficult for the next commanding officer to come behind him and difficult for all the officers in these roles of responsibility to trust the chain of command to have their back when they have to make tough decisions. >> the president today said that the letter is bad because it showed weakness and we don't like weakness and the acting secretary said this, i didn't want to get into a decision where the president would feel he had to intervene because the navy couldn't be decisive. if i were the president and saw a commanding officer of a ship exercising poor judgment, i would be asking why the leadership of the navy isn't taking action itself. the president vowing to get involved. what do you make he was trying to stop the president from doing something? >> i saw that reporting, as well. i think it's very ironic because all of the things in his interview that secretary modly pointed out were weaknesses in captain crozier's captain flying half way around the world and making these disparaging and ridiculous remarks such as him. the navy look

theodore roosevelt is that around a 3rd of the of the sailors have been evacuated and they are unsure. moment so i mean it seems like he got his wish but almost at the expense of his job and the navy to ship said help was on its way already ok is there going to be any political fallout from from any of this bullet hole to see where it's going to come from to be honest members of the house armed services committee and the democrats on that committee they said they should a statement when he was sacked they were saying that he it was wrong to sack him without a thorough investigation they didn't say it was just wrong to sack him period and they said he hadn't they haven't investigated this situation enough and it this decision was taken too quickly the republicans on that same committee didn't make any comment and bernie sanders has has called for him to be to be reinstated that's one of the democrats presidential hopefuls but donald trump the u.s. president he wasn't very supportive in fact he took the side of the military leadership against captain crazy as you can hear in the sound b

theodore roosevelt's a u.s. navy vessel is once again making headlines around the world it appears that a sailor from the crew of that vessel has died from coronavirus now you'll recall that the ship made headlines at 1st when a memo was 'd sent out by the captain of the ship describing a dire situation onboard take a listen we are not had war sailors do not need to die if we do not act now we're failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset our sailors keeping overthe $4000.00 young men and women on board the t.r. is an unnecessary risk and breaks faith with those sailors intrusted to our care now after that memo was sent out the captain of the ship was fired however his crew described him as a hero and applauded him take a listen to that. and now the case has become almost symbolic of widespread accusations and allegations of mismanagement of the coronavirus situation by the u.s. government there has been widespread outrage about the firing of the captain and criticism of that decision from many prom

"theodor roosevelt," the american aircraft carrier that has been stricken by the pandemic. nick schifrin joins me now. so, nick, tell us what's happen >> reporter: yeah, judy, this was a realxtraordinary memo that the captain of the theodore roosevelt, captain brett crozier, we saw that over the weekend, he said mor than 100 sailors on the theodore roosevelt were sick with covid 19 andhe couldn't keep them safe because to have the conditions on board, they just simply worl tooely together, and, so, he wanted 90% the crew off immediately. he warned sailors could die. so today we hear from thomas modly, the navy secretaryf defense to two aspects of the memo, one, who it was sent to -- he accused the o captainf sending the memo to 20 or 30 people outside of the chain of command -- and also intent. he said the captain's letter created panic on the ship me they the first heard about this was when the memo was leaked to the media and also misrepresented, the moves the navy was taking to get the sailors off theship. listen to thomas modly, acting secretarof the navy now. >> i coul

support for him and you also had a navy veterans coming out there is also the great grandson of theodore roosevelt for whom the ship is named saying that roosevelt would have cheered him as well because roosevelt in fact stood up for sailors who were plagued by the yellow fever back then when they were fighting a war and said that sailors didn't deserve to die from a virus or from an infection when they were meant to be fighting wars now a lot of praise he seems to be getting there across the board i mean is this a done deal i mean you mentioned a couple of points there from from the running senator. are we going to see any other political fallout from this well the navy has stood by its decision because they said it wasn't about his criticism of the navy but just about how he went about it because he copied about 20 to 30 people on an e-mail where he complained and they said that this set that you know for being leaked to the public which could cause panic on the ship but i don't think this story is going away anytime soon because several democratic senators have penned a letter to the pentagon s

the house armed services committee say crozier should be reinstated as commander of the uss theodore roosevelt i think the morale on the ship is touch that unless she were to reinstate him. he would have to. into some wholesale changes. congresswoman jackie spear says crozier's distress letter and emails to naval officials which were leaked to the public were not grounds to dismiss him i want all of those details she's calling for an independent inspector general to look into why crozier's original request for help were ignored congressman john garamendi says he believes crozier's removal was political i believing likely actually got instructions from the president fire that shell acting navy secretary thomas, modly fired crozier and then resigned himself after a recording of a profanity-laced tirade that he gave to sailors on board, the uss theodore roosevelt went viral. >>and defense secretary mark esper says the navy launched an official inquiry of the investigation was conducted at had my my direction esper said the chief of naval operations will look into how the virus got onto the ship a

"theodore roosevelt." aboard the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt." penta the pentagon says 137 of the ship's sailors have the coronavirus with more than half of the crew still to be tested. navid martin reports on how the sailors' send-off for their captain relieved of command. >> reporter: the fired captain of the carrier "theodore roosevelt" left his ship for the last time, his crew cheering and chanting his name. just as striking as the show of support for captain brett crozier is the lack of social distancing among the crew. >> i did not come to this decision lightly. >> reporter: that was acting navy secretary thomas modly, announcing he had relieved crozier of his command because of this now-famous letter from w-e captain complaining the navy was not acting fast enough to get his crew off the ship and into isolation. >> to me, that demonstrated demonstratedor judgment in the extremely poor jud middle of a crisis because what it's done, it's created a s cretorm. >> reporter: while the crew of 4,800 continues to be tested and put into quarantine,

tonight the commanding officer of the "uss theodore roosevelt" is making an extraordinary plea to evacuateajority of the 4,000 sailors on his aircraft carrier. he says he fears the virus is spreading on board so quickly that it is risking american lives. new york remains the epicenter of the crisis. the governor there, andrew cuomo, now says his state is heading into battle. even as more health care professionals are getting sick themselves. our team is covering every angle of this story tonight. and mola lenghi leads us off from new york's central park. mola? >> reporter: the death toll in the state of new york has jumped 25% in the last day, topping more than 300 deaths in a 24-hour period. governor andrew cuomo is warning that the coronavirus cases, when they peak, we'll need twice the number of beds we have now in the state of new york making these makeshift field hospitals like this one in central park all the more vital. at this brooooklyn hospital tod, the grim ritual of bodies moved into makeshift morgues is a stark reminder of covid-19's toll on the largest city. health officials

theodore roosevelt more than 150 people have tested positive for the virus the navy dismissed him for not following proper protocol and allegedly causing panic by letting his complaint leak to the media. report on the short has been following the story she's here to talk to us about a high what's been the reaction to this captain's departure from the navy when it does depend on whether you look at the navy leadership or the servicemen and women who was serving under him hierarchies at all was very very important in any military organizing. ation and if you look at the rank and file the crew members past now they have been tweeting very very positive things about this captain it seems like he was very very well loved for instance and there's some cool crew members tweeting their thanks to captain brett pros. spouses of one of the crew members tweeting that he deserves a medal and then lots of other people saying that he is an american hero. and that they're you know the tweets his is always quite easy to type easy to hit send and there are also a number of petitions that are going roun

the uss theodore roosevelt, one of the world's most powerful war machines.munity of 5,000 people, jammed in a very confined space. in the driving seat, with the power of life and death, was captain brett crozier, until thursday. i am here today to inform you that today at my direction the commanding officer of the uss theodore roosevelt, captain brett crozier, was relieved of command by a carrier strike group commander, rear admiral stuart baker. the problems may have started during the ship's most recent port visit to da nang in central vietnam, at the beginning of march. two weeks later, the first crewmembers fell ill. within days, the numbers were in dozens, and the situation looked potentially catastrophic. captain crozier headed for the us naval base on the pacific island to guam, to offload the sick, and sent an email to his superiors calling for, in his words, "decisive action" to protect the rest of the crew. but he copied the e—mail to at least 20 other people. that is just not acceptable. he did not take care and what that did is it create a panic

remember the viral video of the sailors of the roosevelt yelling captain crozier as he left the theodore roosevelt. [ crowd chanting ] >> now, of course, he later tested positive for covid-19 and went through coronavirus himself even as there were hundreds of folks on the roosevelt who continue to be suffering from covid-19. i wonder how this news is being received among the rank and file. because it seems like there on the ship they would love to have him back. >> reporter: i think that is fair, captain crozier at the end of the walk down to the pier and turned around and waves good-bye to the sailors. it is a very emotional moment all around. we're told captain crozier is still in guam but out of isolation, still ashore on base in guam. and of course, after that walk, it was a couple of days later that the secretary -- acting secretary of the navy went out there, lambasted the crew on an open mic, gave them a very unusual and somewhat profanity-laden speech about everything and mr. mogely proceeded to lose his job. so a lot to sort through here. so how will the crew react? because this has been

nuclear party aircraft carrier have tested positive for corona virus the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably and it's called for immediate help to quarantine its crew. the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down in europe spain and france have recorded their highest single day death tolls more than 800 deaths have been reported in italy and into state the number of deaths from coronavirus in the u.k. rose by 27 percent. in germany the city of genoa has made face masks compulsory is the 1st city to do so for anyone in public transport it follows austria's decision to require supermarket shoppers to wear mosques. india is tracking down thousands of people who attended a gathering of muslim leaders dozens of participants since tested positive for corona virus and at least 10 have died 8000 people from india and other countries were not the meeting in the capital new delhi earlier this month india is under lockdown the people order to remain indoors until april the 15. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera af

"theodore roosevelt," carrying 4,000 sailors, sent a here assessment to the pentagon.ked in guam, it's estimated nearly 100 sailors are infected, and that number is growing. in a letter made public today, captain brett crozier said, "if necessary, we go to war with the ndrces we have and fight sick, but we are not at war. sailors do not need to die." adding, "keeping crew members on board is an unnecessary risk." he's asking for the aircraft carrier to be evacuated and cleaned, taking one of the most valuable assets of the u.s. military off-line. also off-line, nearly 400 boston healthcare workers testing positive for covid-19 at four of the city's largest hospitals. daniela lamass is a critical care physician at brigham and women's hospital where more than 100 have been infected. >> by being healthcare workers, we're not actually able to do what's being recommended to the rest of the country, which is stay at home. it's not surprising to me that more of us are testing positive >> reporter: long-term care >> reporter: long-term care facilities are also facing a crisis.

nuclear powered aircraft carrier have tested positive for the virus the captain of the theodore roosevelt told the pentagon the virus is spreading uncontrollably and call for immediate help to quarantine the crew but defense secretary marcus but says it's not the right time to evacuate the people on board or correspond particle haim whose previous previously spent time on board the ship is following developments from maryland i can tell you that this could get x. initially worse much much quicker than we've seen just in the general public and here's why there are about 70 levels of stairs and lights on the aircraft carrier us and if you go to the stairs they're pretty steep they're pretty dangerous you have to pull on the ground so imagine you touch your face you touch the railing another 5000 people are going to use you know savings and sterols they sleep they have the list of groups they've about a foot have above each other it's such a tight corner they can actually row over in your sleep because your shoulders for this and they all eat together so they have the ships and it's really e

nuclear powered aircraft carrier after as a positive for covert 19 the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably and asked for immediate help to quarantine its crew and the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down in europe spain and france have recorded their highest single death toll send more than 800 deaths have been reported in it in. south korea is tightening its travel restrictions asking all those arriving to south quarantine for a fortnight the country in its outbreak under control but is concerned about a resurgence and as rob 5 reports from seoul and so far managed to contain the numbers without drastic restrictions. along the banks of the 100 many people are doing what they haven't done for weeks venturing outside enjoying the spring sunshine and the cherry blossom but with reminders everywhere to maintain social distancing of at least 2 metres apart other signs warn that as crowds build the avenues of cherry trees will have to be closed. i guess it's ok for people to see the cherry blossom enjoy it before they close a ro

as theodore roosevelt certainly sadly there is some vindication that he may receive from this at least in the realm of public opinion given the fact that he sounded the alarm he was very concerned about seeing coronavirus ripping through not just his own ship but the cruise ships around the world who had been in many cases debilitated by it so this is something that he was afraid of for his own ship of course he made this known publicly when he was not getting results from the higher chain of command within the u.s.s. within the u.s. navy and that resulted in his dismissal but his dismissal in fact was caught on video when he was leaving the ship he was cheered by the sailors who looked at him very admirably for essentially trying to save their lives but this is sort of a twist in turning story in the u.s. navy because the acting navy secretary then went made a speech to this very same crew called this captain that they revered. as stupid and he was then in turn dismissed from his job so this is yet another sort of aspect to this case that thou that we have this death this is certainly

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. >>> the navy says at least 137 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier "uss theodore roosevelt" tested positive amid growing criticism of the firing of the captain that pleaded for help to stop the outbreak. courtney kube on the extraordinary scene as the captain left his ship. >> reporter: the navy may have fired captain brett crozier but his sailors would not let him go quietly. chanting his name, sailors swarmed to say good-bye to crozier who sounded the alarm about a growing coronavirus outbreak on board the "uss theodore roosevelt." before departing crozier turned to wave farewell and this week he begged leaders to help the ship's crew. we are not at war he wrote. sailors do not need to die. acting navy secretary thomas modley said crozier sent the letter to multiple people on an unclassified server rather than going directly to his leadership. >> to me, that represented poor judgment in the middle of a crisis because it created a firestorm. >> reporter: he was dismissed for speaking out and trying to protect his sailors it's been said. >> they can't fire their way out of the prob

this now famous letter, complaiing the navy wasn't acting fast enough to get his crew off the theodore roosevelt and into isolation after many contracted the coronavirus. >> only 155 sailors have come up positive on the ship. they're all mild to moderate. no hospitalizations whatsoever. so the crew is being taken care of out there. with regard to the relief of captain crozier, i think the acting secretary made a tough decision that i support. it was based on his view that he lost faith and confidence in the captain based on his actions. >> reporter: president trump during a briefing saturday said the firing was connected to the letter that was leaked to the press, and also a recent stop the aircraft carrier made in vietnam. >> a lot of people got off the boat, they came back, and they had infection, and i thought it was inappropriate for the captain of a ship, i don't want to comment as to whether or not, but i agree with their decision 100%. >> reporter: the captain seems to have the full backing of his crew. sailors chanted his name as he left the ship late last week. esper said there's an ong

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soon after president theodore roosevelt a fellow hunter and conservationist stepped up to the plate to ensure that didn't happen. after seeing the giant chasm in 1903 he addressed the people of arizona. leave it as it is. you cannot improve on it. the ages have been at work on an man can only mark it. what you can do is keep it for your children and your children's children, and for all who come after you as one of the great sites every american if you can travel at all should see. we've gotten past the days my fellow citizens when we are to be pardoned if we treat any part of our country is something to be skin for two or three years for the use of the present generation. whether it's the forest, the water, the scenery. whatever it is handle it so your children's children get the benefit of it. five years later with his own executive authority roosevelt permanently protected the grand canyon for those future generations. standing there before that same seemingly impossible chasm i watched the shimmering emerald waters of the colorado race by. avalanches of fraud rising falling as accr

. >> reporter: amid plans to move some 3,000 sailors off the uss theodore roosevelt after the virus exploded on their ship, the navy captain that sent a letter pleading for help has now been relieved of his command >> at no time did the co relay the various levels of alarm that i along with the rest of the world learned from his letter when it was published by the co's hometown newspaper two days later. >> reporter: as hospitals everywhere face an influx of patients a national blood shortage threatens to create another crisis the fda changing their guidelines allowing more americans to donate. in texas, where new cases are exploding officials in austin are investigating a group of 70 college students who chartered a plan to cabo morgan is in texas >> more than half of the college students are now sick with the virus. dozens are in isolation. officials now trying to track down anyone that could have exposed upon returning home. >> reporter: in hawaii a florida man was arrested after police say he violated the island's orders for visitors to stay isolated in their hotel rooms for 14 days. with

this is when somebody like theodore roosevelt comes into the picture.heodore roosevelt would read turner's idea. he would say we've got to find a new frontier. we have to find a new frontier. we can't kick it back and be lazy now. if you remember the competitive nature of social darwinism. the world works that way, too. nations are socially darwinistic. there was a speech he gave in 1899. it is like he read turner and went to give this speech. he says, the 20th century looms before us large with the space of many nations. seek stand idly by, if we for ourselves merely slothful moreand ignoble peace, the energetic of the world's nations will pass us by and sees for -- and see for themselves the mantle of true greatness. there is a long sort of story in here about luxury and self-government and the strenuous life. you could go back in history. you could read people like james madison, a little bit of thomas jefferson. every once in a while, you would pick up worries about luxury and self-government not being compatible with each other. luxuriousand us --

. >>> next tonight, news about the former commander of the "uss theodore roosevelt." the navy captain reportedly testing positive days after being relieved of duty over his letter about an outbreak onboard his ship. we're now learning of the captain's final message to family and friends, written just hours before his dismissal. here's abc's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, "the new york times" reports that navy captain, relieved of duty, cheered by his crew as he left the ship for the last time, has tested positive for the coronavirus. just days ago, captain brett crozier was pleading to get his sailors off the coronavirus-stricken carrier, writing in a letter, "we are not at war. sailors do not need to die." when the message leaked to the press, he was fired. >> i thought it was terrible what he did, to write a letter? i mean, this isn't a class on literature. this is a captain of a massive ship that's nuclear powered, and he shouldn't be talking that way in a letter. >> reporter: the navy secretary said crozier exercised "poor judgement" by not following the prop

the uss theodore roosevelt, one of the world's most powerful war machine. people jammed in a very confined space. in the driving seat with the power of life and death was captain brett crozier, until thursday. death was captain brett crozier, until thursdaylj death was captain brett crozier, untilthursday. i am here to inform you that today at my direction captain brett crozier was relieved of command by royal admiral stuart baker. the problem may have started during the most recent visit in vietnam at the beginning of march. two weeks later the first crewmembers fell ill. within days of the numbers were in the dozen and the situation was potentially catastrophic. captain brett crozier headed to guam to help the sick. an asked for decisive action to protect the rest of the group. it copied the e—mail to at least 20 other people. that is not a cce pta ble 20 other people. that is not acceptable and what that did is create a little bit of a panic on the ship because it was not prepared, the chief petty officers were not prepared to a nswer officers were not p

theodore roosevelt has died from cold at 19 in guam where hundreds of sailors are still being tested and quarantined in hotels having some of the locals begin to worry we'll talk with someone who's on the ground to explain to them boeing is reopening some of its airplane manufacturing plants bringing thousands of employees back to work in multiple states where stay at home mandates remain in place all right it's time to train new i q. one team continues to live up to its name at this global pandemic as confirmed cases worldwide top over 2000000 the latest count shows about 2400000 cases with about 168000 deaths and then taking a closer look at this nation the u.s. now reporting over 776000 confirmed cases and more than $40000.00 deaths now a total of $3800000.00 people were tested here in america 600000 of those are all in new york that's still the epicenter of this outbreak where hundreds continue to die every single day but now. there is growing pressure to reopen some parts of the state trinity chavez has the report. 51 days after the 1st case of corona virus was reported in new y

>> harris, the sailor assigned to the uss theodore roosevelt was admitted to the intensive care units. naval hospital in guam on april 9th after he was found unresponsive in his room. he died of covid-related complications today. the navy has not released his name. he was 1 of 4021 sailors who have been removed from the uss roosevelt's captain crozier, the commanding officer, raised alarm bells suggesting 90% of the roosevelt sailors should move ashore. 585 sailors, i should mention, from the ship have now tested positive, demonstrating how difficult it is to mitigate the spread of covid-19 onboard navy ships. the sailor tested positive marce ship and placed in isolation, in an isolation house, on naval base guam with four of the roosevelt sailors. like other sailors in isolation, he received medical checks twice daily from navy medical teams, we learned. "at approximately 8:30 a.m., april 9th, the sailor was found unresponsive during a daily medical check. while naval base responders were notified, cpr was administered by fellow sailors and on-site medical team in the house. the sai

"theodore roosevelt." the acting secretary of the navy resigned amid controversy, and tonight the president is weighing in. this comes as the pentagon says 230 sailors from that ship have tested positive for coronavirus with results from roughly half the crew still pending. weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. weijia? >> reporter: norah, thomas modly was just five months into the job when the coronavirus found its way onto the "roosevelt." president trump supported his decision to fire the captain over the handling of the virus, and tonight said, even though modly's rant about it was a he av resign. thomas modly's full-throated apology for making alarming remarks about u.s.s. "roosevelt" captain brett crozier was not enough to save his job. modly was heckled by the ship's crew as he told them he fired the popular crozier for writing a letter about the coronavirus spreading on board. >> he was, a, too naive or too stupid to be the commanding officer of a ship like this. >> what the ( bleep )? >> repo

sailors from the uss theodore roosevelt gave a sendoff to captain brett krosher. he was relieved of his duties yesterday after raising alarm about the coronavirus on board in a memo to navy leadership that sent off a firestorm. joining me now, barbara starr and retired admiral. good to see both of you safe and healthy. barbara, you first. the navy isn't accusing captain krosher of leaking the memo. so why is he relieved of his command? >> well, what they are saying inside the navy is that they had a loss of confidence in him because he sent this memo out, they say, to a large number of people. and, basically, revealed information. and that he exercised bad judgment in t judgment, in the navy's view, in sharing all of this information. and they didn't share it, they say, with his chain of command. his admiral was just down the hall in the carrier, on board the carrier. and they said he didn't share it with them. to say they had a loss of confidence, that he simply couldn't trust the judgment of the captain. but look at that video. the crew or at least the hundreds