GORDON SMITH

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.

Only three Tuskegee Airmen are alive today, but the son of one is making sure people know about their legacy.

Politicians, friends and colleagues paid tribute to the late U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch at a memorial service in Salt Lake City.

JPMorgan Chase will promote two women to jointly manage the bank’s consumer finance division, potentially signaling that a woman may eventually run the nation’s biggest bank.

The move shores up the succession planning for CEO Jamie Dimon, which has been a priority of the board as he is 65 years old.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York. JPMorgan Chase is taking a page from the digital disruptors. The project could also ultimately inform how JPMorgan manages its network of 4,908 retail branches in the U.S., the person said. In recent years, reports that JPMorgan was working on a secretive project in the U.K. emerged after the bank listed job openings there for technical positions. In 2019, TechCrunch reported that the bank was in the early stages of creating a retail digital bank in Britain after shuttering a similar offering in the U.S. called Finn.

LYNCHBURG, Va. Whether it's a pandemic or a protest, local journalists are certainly on the frontlines of coverage. One broadcast industry leader said local journalists are more important now than ever. Its moments like these Smith said that prove just how important local journalists are to our communities. Survey after survey shows that the people trust most their local journalists. Thats why local journalists need to be not afraid to go to work, said Smith.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was discharged from a hospital Thursday, one week after he underwent emergency heart surgery. "We are delighted to share with you the good news that Jamie left the hospital today and is back at home," the bank's co-presidents, Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto, said Thursday in a staff memo. JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, has been led by Pinto and Smith in Dimon's absence. Dimon, the longest-tenured CEO of an American megabank, told CNBC in January that he hoped to serve five more years. Shares of JPMorgan have been pummeled in the past week, along with the rest of the banking industry, amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak.

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) is introduced by White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow during an Opportunity Zone conference with state, local, tribal and community leaders, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The leaders of the biggest U.S. banks are scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon as the U.S. government grapples with the spread of the coronavirus. CEOs expected to attend the 3 p.m. Gordon Smith, co-president of JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, will attend in place of CEO Jamie Dimon, who is recovering from heart surgery. One CEO not expected to attend is Morgan Stanley's James Gorman, who recently engineered a $13 billion takeover of E-Trade.

Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat said Wednesday that the current turmoil caused by the coronavirus isn't stemming from the financial system. "This is not a financial crisis," Corbat said during a White House meeting. The 2008 financial crisis was caused in part by excessive bank leverage and irresponsible mortgage lending. Gordon Smith, co-president of JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, attended in place of CEO Jamie Dimon, who is recovering from heart surgery. Smith said Wednesday that Dimon was "doing well" and added that JPMorgan customers were still shopping and spending money at restaurants.

The entrance to JPMorgan Chase's international headquarters on Park Avenue is seen in New York October 2, 2012. Federal and state officials pledged on Tuesday to bring more cases against misconduct that fueled the financial crisis, after New York sued JPMorgan Chase & Co late Monday over mortgage-backed securities packaged and sold by Bear Stearns. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CRIME LAW)(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) said on Monday its head of community and consumer banking Gordon Smith will attend a meeting at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the economic impact of the fast-spreading coronavirus. Media reports had said the heads of all the big banks, including Bank of America, Citi and Goldman Sachs have been invited. Smith has been operating as one of two interim co-heads of the bank since late last week when Chief Executive Jamie Dimon underwent emergency heart surgery.

JPMorgan said Thursday that CEO Jamie Dimon is recuperating after having emergency heart surgery to repair an acute aortic dissection. Co-presidents Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith sent a memo to employees and shareholders which said Dimon underwent successful emergency heart surgery and was alert and doing well:"We want to let you know that Jamie experienced an acute aortic dissection this morning. He underwent successful emergency heart surgery to repair the dissection. The good news is that it was caught early and the surgery was successful. Pinto and Smith will be jointly leading the company as Dimon, 63, recuperates, the memo said.