numbers for the month of january. how did we fare post holiday shopping season? thanks for watching. huckabee is next. good evening, i'm mike huckabee. the president's state of the union address earlier this week raised a lot of questions about the accuracy about some of the things that he said. we've been able to arrange to get the president in between a golf outing and a fundraising dinner hollywood, so ladies and gentlemen, joining me now, the president of the united states, barack obama. welcome, mr. president. >> hi, everybody. >> mr. president, a little fact check article for the washington post implies that you might have stretched the truth just a little bit in the state of the union. >> governor, that's not true. that's false. i did not stretch the truth. i completely ignored it. >> mr. president, you did mention in your street -- speech

how the hoover dam was built during the great depression. how would it get built today with today's regulation? >> well, probably not. i won't promise the hoover dam but re-elect me and i might promise another great depression. >> let's talk about maybe your spilt milk joke forral second. >> that joke went over great, wasn't it good? >> it went over about as well as your stimulus plan did. >> all right. newt gingrich said that the proposals in your speech would double capital gains taxes. >> again, the speaker is wrong. they would actually triple them. >> well, you must have certainly at least been humbled by the fact that your speech was interrupted by applause nearly 80 times. >> yes, mike.

and joe biden was pretty jealous of that. only time joe biden's speech gets applause when when he saysd finally." >> that's true. mr. president, we want to say thank you very much for your time. we do have to start the show now. >> well, thank you. hey, who is on the show this week? >> you are going to love it. we have senator marco rubio, and we have arizona gov. jan brewer. >> jan brewer? oh, look at the time. got to go. >> tonight on huckabee, romney, gingrich, santorum, paul, all battling for the gop's primary. but the most popular republican name in florida is not on the ballot. >> senator marco rubio. >> marco rubio. >> the influential florida senator on the hispanic vote and why he won't endorse a candidate. and the president said this exchange with arizona's governor was thrown out of proportion but

she said mr. obama still doesn't get the point. jan brewer sets the record straight. plus oscar winner and star of the new movie red tails saw lieutenants world war two heroes, the tuskegee airmen. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applause] >> thank you very much. welcome to our show tonight. from the fox news studios in new york. most of us realize that we need some level of government. but we would like for the government that we have to at least pretend to engage a brain in doing what it does. in new york city mayor michael bloomberg not only tolerated the occupy wall street fiasco but he even praised them for their stand. this in spite of the fact that every single day they broke the law by getting up illegal camps law by getting up illegal camps on privatea new york regulations and permits that are required of other groups that have such

demonstrations, and they became a haven of criminal activity from rape and assault to lesser but equally disgusting act such as publicly deaf indicating on police cars and trashing local businesses and demanding free food from local stores and restaurants. that same city recently arrested new york city pastors and chris tense because they peacefully pro test on an idiotic decision by the same heavy-handed mayor to no longer allow unused public school buildings to be used by local churches. oh the mayor defendants a mosque adjacent to the 9/11 memorial but thinks a kristen ministry that provides food and job training and education as well as worship is not a proper renter of a school building. so we tell the cops to turn the other way and ignore the utter destruction of the peace of a neighborhood by some left wing protesters who veggity directed at wall street cost some 99%ers like food servers and custodians

their jobs and families their peaceful neighbors. but then we ask the same cops to arrest local pass stores like bill devlin because they dared to have a protest against the city's idiotic policies. stupid government isn't limit today new york. there's an epidemic of it and there's probably some of it going on near where you live. we hear about the anger in voters. well, you bet there's anger this year. there's anger because people understand the need for rules. but they don't understand, nor will they tolerate the inconsistency of the application of those rules as government goons give their pals permission to do what would land most of us in jail. if tim geithner doesn't pay his taxes, why should we? if loud people can occupy a park for free, why can't some chris sentence occupy a school when they pay for it?

i sometimes hear about a war on christianity. i think it's simpler than that. i think it's a war on common sense and common sense seems to be losing. that's my view, and i welcome yours. you can always contact me. go to mike mike huckabee.com ano to the feedback section or go to our facebook page or follow me on twitter. we have a brand new paper back version of my book "a simple government." it's just going out this week. if you haven't read it i would love for you to do it. find out how simple government can be. as a way to thank the wonderful audience we have, all the members of the audience are going to be given a copy of "a simple government" in the new paper back edition. see how easy it is to make them happy? [applause] >> well, hispanics make of more than 14% of florida's voters. with the sunshine state's

primary coming up tuesday the candidates are trying to court the hispanic community. during the debate the candidates were asked which hispanics they would ask to join their administration. >> senator marco rubio is a pretty impressive guy. >> of course, senator marco rubio, a terrific hispanic american. >> i actually thought about marco rubio in a slightly more dignified and central role than income the cabinet but that's another conversation. >> though many see marco rubio as a great candidate for the vice-presidency, the florida senator has repeatedly said he's not interested but he remains very influence in the gop race both in florida and nationally. i spoke to senator rubio moments ago. so much attention has been on florida and a lot of it has to do with your influence. you have been steadfast and unwavering and unflinching. you are not going to endorse anybody. but it's very clear the candidates would all like to have your endorsement. you did, without an endorsement, come out and do a little push-back because of a spot that

newt gingrich ran and mitt romney had this to say the other night in the debate. >> that's simply unexcusable. that's inexcusable." and senator marco rubio came to my defense and said the ad was inexcusable and inflammatory and inappropriate. i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father was born in wales. they came to this country. the idea i am anti-immigrant is repulsive. >> cereally the idea of immigration is sensitive and volatile in florida. what was offensive about the ad and why did you think you needed to speak out about it. >> first of all i have nothing about admiration for speaker gingrich, it was not about him. but that language is being used against me and here's what i am troubled by. i'm troubled by the fact that everybody grease immigration is a big issue and there are all kinds of ideas how to deal with it. what i'm troubled by what i think is unfair is people to go around saying unless you agree with their specific ideas about how to deal with illegal immigration, you are anti-immigrant.

and i think not only is that unfair, it's ridiculous. there's a lot of different ways to deal with illegal i am brags and i think we must deal with illegal immigration that balances both our heritage as a nation of immigrants but we are also a nation of laws. we can't be the only country in the world that don't are immigration laws or refuse to enforce them. i think people should not go around throwing terms like that loosely. and many on the left do, and when i heard that in the ad, i thought i should speak out and say i didn't think that was fair. >> both gingrich and romney appeared at the hispanic leadership network yesterday. both had a good reception. you were there. tell me, what is it that people in florida, of the hispanic community, are prime merrillly looking for in a candidate, and which can date resonated with those voters yesterday? >> well, i wasn't there when they spoke so i can't tell you about who resonated the most. i think they all did a good job in their presentation otherwise we would have heard about it. i will tell you what they are looking for and it's clear k

they want someone prepared to come in and know what they are doing. it's not too much to ask when it comes to being the commander in chief of the most powerful military in the world, overseeing the largest, most powerful economy in the planet, the history of the economy. we are looking for someone who knows what they are doing because the guy there doesn't know what they are doing. that's what is on people's mind. who can we turn to, who will provide the best opportunity to make a change, no punt intended, and what is happening in washington d.c. and the white house. that's why i've always ban proponent of florida being earlier in the primary cycle because this is a state where all the major issues that confront our country, are major issues. i think florida will give us a pretty good indication of how the country is headed. >> and there is been talk about the hispanic community and how important it is as if the only question in that community is immigration. but my observation is that is certainly not the only issue that matters, and in fact one of the things that's been impressive to me is that the

hispanic community largely is exceptionally pro life, they are unwaiverring in their commitment to families and strong families and a strong work ethic. how do republican candidates need to better address those issues? because it does touch a nerve in that community. >> immigration is not the number one issue on the minds of americans of hispanic decent. there are a lot of other issues. number one is the economy, the lack of jobs. no community in this country has a stronger desire to leave that i shall children better off than themselves than americans of hispanic decent. but it's hard to get to the issues you described, whether social conservatism, the importance of family, the importance of life, it's hard to get to the issues without confronting the immigration issue because on immigration you are not just talking about statistics or theory, you are talking about people they love, their grand mediocrity, their mother, their next door neighbors, sometimes their husbands or children. i think it's so important that the republican party become the pro legal immigration party. we support legal immigration and i think if we can do that then i

think we win on all the other issues. the american free enterprise system is about upward mobility, about economic empowerment and there's no people in america that desire that more than than americans of hispanic decent. >> coming up, i asked senator rubio to respond to the president's class warfare rhetoric. [applause]

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president obama this week in the state of the union as he has in previous months made again references not fact there is a small group of peoplth >> president obama made reference to there are a large number of people doing well and some aren't. i want you to listen to a clip from his speeches. let's talk about, after that, the president's approach. >> we don't want to settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do well and. >> asking the millions to pay the same rate at plummer or teacher makes me a warrior for the middle class, i wear that charge as a badge of honor. only class warfare i have seen is the battle that's been waged against middle class folks in this country for a decade now. >> senator, your own story has been one that's always inspired me and i think engine who hears it." you have come from a working class background and family and have risen through the ranks to become a united states senator. i want to ask you from your perspective, when you hear talk

like this are you inspired by the president or are you offended that he tends to want to separate people in the middle class from people who have moved beyond and succeeded? >> most presidents at this stage would be bragging about their accomplishments and telling them give them four more years because what he's done the last four years. he is is not going to be able to do that. he failed on every count so he can't do that. and he had the control of congress the first two years. he will have to do something else. i will pit americans begins each other, he will put us against each other in hopes of getting to the magical 50.1% that will help him win the election. and he is telling people the only way to do better at your job is raise your boss's taxes. the only way you can climb the economy being ladder is for someone else to be pulled down. that's never who we have been as a nation. that's what other countries do and it's never worked there and that's why they come here. i think he's taking us down a

discouraging road and that's why this election in november is so critical. >> the president has talked about the need to raise taxes. he's never really settled on a figure. how much do we need to raise? what is the percentage? how does it -- how high does it it need to be in order to be fair? let's talk about that because you will be faced in the united states senate with questions about should we raise taxes. are the rich americans paying their fair share? if they are, great, if they aren't, how much should they be paying? >> and i have always thought that's the wrong way to examine it. you have two choices, you can create new taxes or you can work on creating more taxpayers. more people working, more paying taxpayers and more people working so they will pay more on hopefully what will be a plat tax rate. that's what we should be aiming at instead the president say let's raise taxes on higher income people. why would we discourage people from investing into our economy? without access to money you

can't start a business or grow a business and that is what creates middle class j it goes back to a failed ideology the president has. >> you have chosen not to endorse in the race although every candidate has been begging for your endorsement. what's the reason you decided to hold off an endorsement, particularly in florida where it might have made a big difference in the outcome of the race. >> first of all, because you didn't run. >> nice answer. >> but beyond that -- yeah. no, beyond that, i have known speaker gingrich for a number of years, he's been helpful to me. governor romney came to florida and campaigned for me. i have respect for senator santorum and served with ron paul's son in the senate. i thought let's give the people of florida the choice. you can't tell people to vote for, certainly not in this state. i wanted florida to play a major role and i didn't want anyone think i was getting involved bus ba an early primary benefited one candidate over the other. i think it was the right choice and i think floor ridiance will

give us a clear indication of who the next nominee will be. >> early voting in florida, it is expected almost half the voters will vote early. did you vote early or will you vote on election day? >> i did. >> me too. >> i voted today and so did my wife. that's right, you are a florida voter. >> i'm not going to ask you who you voted for. aren't you grateful i am going to do that to you? >> that would be just like an endorsement. we will see on tuesday. >> senator, great to have you here. it's always a pleasure. thanks for what you do. >> thanks so much for having me. >> arizona's governor has made headlines this week for her face to facen count we're the president. jan brewer joins me next. my j new stride whitemint is a hit but it lasts too long. how do we get people to chew another piece? i got this one. oh hey. [ male announcer ] spit it out. or ti will find you. [ grunts ] like him.

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>> she's generate the quite a bit of controversy this week for a picture of her pointing her finger at the president while greeting the commander in chief as he stepped off the air force one in phoenix. here to set the record straight is jan brewer, governor of arizona. good to have you with us. >> great to be with you. >> this week i don't think this is exactly what you expected to be embroiled in, a controversy over an informal steps of -- informal conversation at the steps of the air force one. >> governor, i was there to meet him at the tarmac, and was happy that he was coming. i tried to explain to him how successful arizona had been in regards to our economic recovery and everything that we had done. and then he said to me that he

was very disappointed in my peak and my depiction of him in "scorpions for breakfast." i was taken aback and from that point forward it was downhill. >> you know, i'm going to try to get him to say how disappointed he is in my book because it really has done great things for your book. it went to the top of amazon like overnight. >> well, it did. >> i want to take just a moment to look at a piece of tape. this is from the president's interview with diane sawyer on abc. >> there's a picture up there uf you with gov. jan brewer. what was going on there? she said you were tense, thin-skinned. she's all over the air ways now. >> yeah. what i discovered is i think it's always good publicity for a republican if they are in an argument with me. but this was really not a big deal. >> were you tense? >> you know, diane, i'm usually accused of not being intense

enough. too relaxed. >> so you weren't? >> no. >> he sure seemed calm there. but obviously he's down playing this and said it wasn't that big a deal. let's assume for a moment it wasn't that big a deal in terms of the exchange on the tarmac. however, the big deal is that there has been real tension, not so much in a conversation, but about this administration and its relationship to your state, arizona; specifically regarding an immigration bill that you signed. let's talk about that. why is that tension been something that has created some controversy? >> well, you know, governor, i think that he understand that arizona is the gateway of all of this illegal immigration which comes with it, not only illegal immigration but the drug cartels, the violence, the drop houses, the crime level, the expense to arizona to the tune of about $1.3 billion every year in order to educate and

incarcerate and provide healthcare to those people that are not here legally. and we cannot continue to put up with it, nor should we have to put up with it. we want our borders secured and it's the federal government's responsibility. he doesn't want to talk about that, governor. all he wants to talk about is comprehensive immigration reform, and we in arizona and i think in america, we want our borders secured. >> i know i have a copy of the letter that you actually handed to him. it's a handwritten note you gave to the president, and you invite him to come down. you even offered to buy him lunch. did he take you up on the offer? >> no. he did not take me up on the offer but i'm still hoping i went with a happy heart, governor, when i met him at the tarmac. i wanted to talk about good things, jobs and the economy, and trying to get our country turned back-side up. he wasn't interested in any of that. he was only interested in my

book and the comments tharpe made. but i will tell you, i was there to greet him and welcome him to arizona. and i would never disrespect the office of the president. he turned the corner on me. >> we have a saying in the south, governor brewer, that when you throw a rock over a fence, the hit dog hollers. what that means is if you say something and the person reacts, it probably hit the spot. so it may be what was in your book truly hit the spot. so let me conclude with one important question. big primary coming up in your state the end of february. tell me what you anticipate happening in that primary. does one candidate seem to an advantage at this point from your perspective? >> we are all kind of waiting to have the candidates here to decide who we are going to throw our support behind. but there's a lot of excitement. we know that the obama administration is thinking they can take arizona and turn it blue, but that's not going to happen. we are going to fight hard and

long. i'm just anxious to hear the candidates here, and i'm sure that the people of arizona are waiting. >> governor, thank you very much for joining us. i'm sure the president had scorpions for breakfast even this morning. that's the name of your book. thank you for coming today. >> thank you, governor. >> candidates' personal finances have become a hot topic during the primary. should a bank account even matter in a campaign? we will debate on the report card when we come back.

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people dead and many hospitalized. a dozen cars and six tractor trailers involved in all that. the highway was closed for much of the day. iran hinting it might be willing to cooperate with a team of visiting nuclear experts. a top official said he's optimistic about the outcome of the three day visit. the u.n. group there investigating whether iran is developing a nuclear weapon. the european union threatens an embargo on iranian oil if they do not cooperate. let's get you right back to huckabee. >> if you would like to comment on tonight's show, e-mail us at huckmail@foxnews.com. many said newt gingrich's success is his ability to debate and turn the tables only the

moderator. >> are you satisfied with the level of transparency as far as his personal finance? >> this is a nonsense question. [applause] >> how about if the four of us agree for the rest of the evening, we will actually talk about issues that relate to america. >> mr. speaker you made an issue of this when you said that he lives in a world of swiss bank and kaman island bank accounts. i didn't say that, you did. >> i did and i'm happy to say that on an interview on a tv show but this is a national debate. >> you make a serious accusation against governor romney like that you need to explain that. >> all right. how did wolf blitzer handle being attacked by gingrich in the debate? time for the report card. so handing out grades today. sinned gated talk show host, and pete, and kimberly guilfoyle who is co-host of "the five" right

here on the fox news channel. guys, first of all, let's take a look at your grade. we will talk start with you. what grade do you give -- >> do i write it now? >> yeah, go ahead. >> who? >> are you a little slow. >> who am i judging. >> an f? you give him an f? >> yeah. >> why? >> i'm sick of watching this guy. and john king is the worse and the chucky todd with his lips planned on obama's back side, these are puppets of the media and of the left. they are mouthpiece force obama. i think wolf did an okay job. >> okay. you gave him an f. >> i gave him an f, though. >> pete, what kind of grade did you give wolf blitzer? >> listen, first of all, john king, give me a big break. i love john, and wolf, learned a lot from him. i give wolf an a because he did a great job.

he did his job. boo all you want, try to do a better job than wolf blitzer on that debate. he had to rehearse that too. he knew who was coming from newt gingrich and he did his job. and he answered the we and then he went after newt gingrich and made him look foolish and back-checking him in realtime saying by the way you said i approve of this message. he got them all. he did a good job. >> kimberly, what do you think. >> i think i graded him fairly. i gave my little wolfy a b. i thought he did a great job. i preferred the way he handled the debate with him. and perhaps newt struggled a little bit getting the answers out. >> i thought he was fair, i'll be honest with you. and i've done the show many times as a candidate in the past and i always thought he's been fair. the question he raised i thought was legitimate matt. it was out in the public. it was not something said about

newt. it was something newt himself injected into the campaign and that's what made it fair to me >> and wolves in the wild eat newts. a little known fact. if they raise these things on a campaign commercial, they ought to have to answer it in a debate. >> let's go to another question. has mitt romney succeeded in defending his 15% tax rate? that's been out there. go ahead and put your grades down. you are littering. the epa is going to be coming after you for this terrible thing you have done. all right. on this one, pete, i'm going to start with you. how has mitt romney been doing? >> i give mit an "i" for incomplete because it depends on the constituency we are looking at. i think there will be a lot of republican conservatives that say i'm all right with it but there are lot of independents learning now, wow, this guy makes $56,000 a day, and what does he do?

where is he working? he's paying 15% capital gains. it's on his investments. so i think for independents that matter that verdict is still out. >> kimberly. >> listen, i gave him an a. i've been tough on romney. i wanted him to show some substance and background. i don't like people who were apologetic for going after the american dream. let him make money. we want everybody to succeed in america. he has done well for himself. >> and what kind of grade? >> the rose amongst the thorns here. she's so nice. >> i give him an f. i give him an f. this guy makes $57,000 a day. i'm with the commi lib for a second. he's standing on hay bales and eating corn dogs and tries to be one ever us. he reminds me of bush chopping and clearing brush. and obama add saddle back, abortion, i don't know, i'm from chicago, he fought for late term

abortion and at saddle back he doesn't know anything. and mitt romney tried to be the man of the people all the time. he's a guy with the tassels on his shoe that thinks he's tip. he wears a disney ties on friday and he's one of the guys. let's go bowling. we don't want to go bowling with you, mit. he wants people to like him, and he's not one of the guys. we can't put our money in swiss bank accounts. most of us work hard every day for a living. these people in the audience, they all work. they work shifts and make wages and make salaries. these people aren't making their money off of capital gains. mitt romney, who did he win in south carolina linea? he won conservatives who make over $200,000 and make a lot of money and pay 15%. does anyone here pay 15% on their salary? >> well, a least you were consistent. everybody gets an f in his classroom. >> i wouldn't know how to draw one. >> and contributed to the efforts of world war two are known as the greatest generation but there was a group of unsung heros who played an important

part of the war, the tuskegee airmen. oscar winning actor plays one of the airmen in the new movie "red tails." he will join us next. >> we've been given the air cover to provide them.

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>> if you would like to be a part of our studio audience, call or write us. >> before 1940, african americans were not allowed to fly for the u.s. military but a group of black pilots known as the tuskegee airman battled through segregation and were assigned to escort bombers on their mission in europe. their story is the inspiration for a brand new movie in theaters. it's called "red tails." >> what we do and how well we do it, does it matter? >> do what? >> seen up, get shiny boots and a uniform and that that would be end of a 100 years of bigotry.

you are colored men in a white man's army. you are flying in italy and not mopping latrines in milwaukee. any of you feel otherwise, any of you want to wash yourselves out, please do so. i'll have you on the next thing smoking back home to make room for the men who want to stand and fight. get your head up, son. you are fighter pilots. >> please welcome one of the stars of the film, red tails. oscar winning actor, kuba. [applause] >> thanks for being here. >> thank you so much. >> how was it to play in a movie about a subject you had already done? 1995 you did the hbo special,

tuskegee airmen. a great movie. but this "red tails" movie, something they worked on for 23 years, were you nervous about doing a similar subject? >> the keys were the words george lucas. the first time it was an hbo thing and the production was based on the racism they dealt with in tuskegee, alabama. but this was done by by george lucas and i knew it would be an event picture. >> by the way, you know, i thought james earl jones, i read a quote he made about this film. he said that "red tails" is like star wars for black kids. >> right on, james, right on! >> what he meant like that, it puts a person in the cockpit and makes them feel like they are a part of this remarkable story ever the tuskegee airmen. >> that's exactly right. we shot in prague in the czech

republic. you saw vin tinge 1943 military airbase. that's what we recreated. they put the men through training. ate days of hard, intense training and sleeping in the snow and finally put them in the planes. when you have a professional pilot take you up as an actor, he has to show you his skills so we might have thrown up in the planes. >> are you admitting there was a little bit of upchucking going on? >> yes, sir. >> most people would not want to admit that. you realize you have no future in politics if you are that honest about things. >> i got sick a couple times. >> you played a lot of roles in which you play real people. i'll be honest with you, my favorite film i think you have done up to now is "men of honor." and they put up with so much to make really a way for other african americans in a field that had never been open to them before.

and the tuskegee airmen, so much the story. >> that's right. >> is it harder to play a role when the story is true? >> well, the word isn't harder, it's more you have to be more focused. you have to find truth in the reality of a character you are playing who is in those both instances they were on the set. carl was on the set for cozy men of honor" and survivors in their 90s were there -- >> sit up straight! >> yeah, a little bit of that stuff. but it made you stay focused. actors are trying to find the truth of the moment. >> did you ever look over with with those guys almost with emotion and said had it not been for those guys and what they did and what they put up with. >> exactly. >> and growing up in the deep south i saw firsthand when people put up with. i look back, and i marvel that there was the courage and the determination and the perseverance of people who went through a level of racism that i don't think most people can even

comprehend. >> that's right. >> and they stood their ground and persevered and as a result today we around a perfect world by any stretch. >> that's right. >> but a better world. >> that's right. >> your career wouldn't be as successful without people like that. >> they say we would rather die in the skies over berlin fighting for our country than come back and face the racism that's still every dent. and it's true. you see the men, the things they did. they essentially kicked off the civil rights movement with their protests at the time. it was a segregated military. so they weren't allowed a lot of the, you know, a lot of the advantages afforded the officers. and airmen were, by definition, officers and they couldn't go into the officers club. there's an interesting thing where they had german prisoners of war, they threw them over because of overpopulation in the south. and they had them on this base where there were tuskegee airmen and the german prisoners of war

had -- could go anywhere on the the base, go in the officers club and everything and the black airmen couldn't. they thought here we are fighting the enemy and the enemy is invited where we are not. so they protested and some of them got dishonorably discharged. there was a court trial and there's a documentary that george lucas put together called double victory and in did you see one of the airmen go 50-some odd years and finally gets recognized. and because he was dislonably discharged he couldn't vote for 50-something years. but when you reinstated him he got the vindication that he had done the right thing back in the days. >> when you looked at this film after it was completed and you saw the screening of it, was there one part of the film, or maybe an impact of the film that you should as an artist and said i'm proud i was part of that? what was it about this film that just gave you a sense of accomplishment? >> when i first read the script in 1995, the tuskegee airmen for hbo, i was 24, 25 so finished

with my education and new nothing about the tuskegee airmen and i was frustrated and angry. and i think now, after seeing "red tails" and these two films and everything they encompass and explain, the magnificence that are the tuskegee airmen, my sons who are 15 and 17 will know and they won't have that same scenario happen to them. i think it's who the american heroes were that makes me proud to be part of it. >> every american, black or white, ought to look back with a great sense of gratitude to the people of the tuskegee airmen and all those who put up with so much to make our country a better country. goode;5v story. i hope every american will see it. i hope they will see it with a sense of understanding of what a great country we have. but also how far we've come. >> how far we've come, that's right. >> you have done a great job in telling that story. what an honor to have you here. >> thank you. thank you, governor. >> thank you very much.

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