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laid to rest in an unmarked grave on this knoll, a civil war veteran all but lost to history. >> no one knew about sandy wills. an enslaved man leaves a plantation, serves during the civil war with lincoln's army, and poof. like it never happened. >> reporter: cheryl wills is sandy's great, great, great granddaughter. she didn't know of him or her family's long military legacy until she started researching her ancestry. >> so what first sparked your interest in genealogy? >> a tragedy. >> reporter: her father, a new york city firefighter and vietnam-era veteran, was killed in a motorcycle accident when she was a teenager. >> when i sat at his funeral, the one thing that was burned into my heart was when the military honored him. and then they handed my mother a folded flag, and at that moment
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i realized my father was special in the eyes of the greatest army in the world. >> reporter: like millions of black americans, cheryl's family left the south as part of the great migration. her grandparents moved from tennessee to new york city. >> i'm cheryl wills. >> reporter: for the past 35 years cheryl has been telling other people's stories on tv in new york. all the while knowing little of her own. >> walk me through this process. you start off not knowing anything. did anybody talk about slavery? >> no one knew anything. and that was one question i used to ask them. what do you know about slavery? and they would look at me like what kind of question is that? >> why do you want to know that? >> those who lived through slavery, it was like me had this pact. we're not passing this story down. you don't want to know what it was like. so sandy's story disappeared from our family. >> reporter: combing through census, birth, marriage and
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death records she meticulously traced the roots and branches of her family tree. the earliest ancestor she was able to document, sandy wills. >> he was bought by willis wills when he was 10 years old. >> reporter: she showed us what she calls the holy grail. sandy wills' military records. he had volunteered for the colored troops in 1863 and was honorably discharged. he worked as a sharecropper on the moore plantation after the war, married a woman named emma. they had nine children. records show when he died, but cheryl could find no trace of where he was buried. >> and i'm searching and searching and searching. he was nowhere to be found. essentially m.i.a. >> reporter: her search did lead her to a living relative, ethan west, a distant cousin also
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researching his family. >> you did not know you were related until you started doing this ancestry research? >> correct. she was going through finding sandy. and i've been posting a lot of stuff about my lineage. and our lineages collided. >> he's my hero. he physically went down there. >> reporter: down there is brownsville in haywood county, tennessee. they both had come across records placing some of their ancestors including sandy wills on a plantation there owned by the moore family. >> i just wanted to know what this place that we're reading about looked like. >> yeah. >> i found the coordinates to where the property would have been. >> reporter: in 2013 west went driving around haywood county looking for the plantation and saw this. >> there was a sign. >> what'd the sign say? >> mooreland. >> mooreland. and you knew the family was the moore family. >> when he text med that sign, i went holy guacamole. and i think both of our lives
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changed. >> reporter: this is mooreland. 900 lush acres of cotton, soybeans and pecan trees. over the years cheryl and ethan would visit and gradually formed a unique bond with the moore descendants. cheryl and ethan told them of their family's connection to the farm. >> i said i have reason to believe a civil war veteran is buried on your property. >> reporter: and the moores told them something they had hoped to hear, that there's an unmarked african american burial ground on their farm. >> they took me there. and for that i'm eternally grateful because we had no idea it was there. we only had a hunch. >> reporter: cheryl hired an archaeology team with experience finding america's missing in action from more recent wars. of the 38 graves they found here they zeroed in on one.
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its size, date, and fragmentary remains matched every known detail of her ancestor. we were there with the families and local veterans when private sandy wills' remains were placed in a casket. >> rest in peace, our brother. we have the watch. >> reporter: and solemnly marched from the knoll through green fields to a waiting hearse. >> your family for generations kept that african american cemetery on your property untouched. >> we really did. >> reporter: edie moore is the moore family matriarch. >> a farmer would come along and say oh, if it were me i would just bulldoze down that clump of trees and plant on top of it. and we said no. it's hallowed ground and we will never, ever touch it. and my husband, he had daffodils that he planted over the whole cemetery. >> and now that you know who was
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there, does it take on even greater significance? >> it definitely does. it adds depth to the whole experience. >> reporter: after the exhumation the moores hosted a picnic at the farm. two families connected by this land and america's complicated history. >> god bless you. >> may god bless you too. >> reporter: this cross now marks sandy wills' grave at the west tennessee state veterans cemetery. for cheryl wills it's mission accomplished. >> history really meant for him to be anonymous forever. he was a man without a legacy for 135 years. >> reporter: and now? >> reporter: and now? >> and now it's been taken back. (♪♪) (♪♪)
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bhooz lives revolve around some special bees. >> reporter: the amazonian city of nauta, peru is its own beehive of activity. so in order to reach the bees we came to see we'd have to go remote. a 45-minute boat ride along the sprawling maranon river acopped by a group of scientists. to a community where we were warmly greet bid this indigenous kukama family. complete with a traditional face painting using achote seeds as a welcome. it's here that chemical biologist rosa vasquez espinoza explained what we were about to see. >> these bees are native from the amazon and they are the most efficient pollinators for native flora. so we need them, if we're talking about regenerating the amazon. >> reporter: these tropical bees are smaller than your typical honeybee, with another big difference. they don't sting. but they are disappearing. espinoza and her team had an idea. create a local economy based on the bees to incentivize protecting them.
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>> they raise the bees, can sell the honey, can do bee ecotourism, and they have to keep the bees healthy and happy to keep the business going. >> reporter: do you think it's enough to have an impact, a real impact? >> i think it's already happening. >> reporter: take eriberto vela and his family. they now have dozens of beehives located on their property. >> this very top layer is where they make the honey. and that's the honey. wow. look at that. >> reporter: it's runnier, even citrusy compared to traditional honey. >> you can feel them walking around, licking the honey right off your finger. it's kind of a odd sensation to be this close to a bee and not be in fear of getting a bee sting. but these little critters are very important for this ecosystem here. >> reporter: which is why vela won't turn to work that would involve cutting trees down. >> you're trying to protect this type of forest.
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[ speaking in a global language ] it's necessary for them to live. >> reporter: but those who live here say finding wild hives is getting harder. >> there are some communities that used to walk 10 minutes, 20 minutes into the rainforest and were able to find native bees. now it takes sometimes even hours, multiple hours to even find one wild beehive. >> reporter: they wanted us to see for ourselves. so we hiked through the thick amazon jungle, over creeks or sometimes in them. and with no other major spills it took about an hour to reach a point where they heard a faint buzzing. >> you could hear just a faint buzz. >> very faint buzz. if you notice, it's almost impossible to see it if you're just visually looking for it. >> reporter: these bees had built their hive inside a slit in this tree. >> but you can see if that's the
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home they choose that if you knock that tree down their home is gone. >> yeah. right away. it takes them months, three, four, even more months, to build the beehive in the first place. >> reporter: espinoza says saving them is crucial for everyone because the amazon rainforest is known as the lungs of the world. >> this isn't something that only impacts peru, correct? >> correct. stingless bees are such a key aspect of regenerating the amazon rainforest, which in turn helps combat climate change at a global scale. >> reporter: quite a big job. they need every bit of help doing. manuel bojorquez, nauta, peru. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.
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our nation marked veterans day this week. it began in 1919 as armistice day, marking the end of world war i. but the u.s. wasn't the only nation fighting that war. in england they marked the end of world war i with remembrance day. and this year's observances were joined by princess kate, making her first high-profile appearance since she started treatments for cancer. leigh kiniry has more from london. >> reporter: bands marches to the cenotaph, the empty tomb in central london, where the king, a record eight prime ministers,
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and the princess on a balcony paid tribute to fallen soldiers. on remembrance day britain commemorates the end of the first world war and honors those who fought for their country. the princess of wales chose the event for her most public return to duty since a fight of her own. >> it has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family. >> reporter: kate was diagnosed with cancer in march and spent nine months undergoing chemotherapy. now cancer-free, this is a slow return to work for one of the most popular royals. >> how fabulous of her to be brave. she's been very, very brave. >> reporter: kate's on a road to recovery. the family, however, may need more time. prince william said this year was probably the worst of his life in a recent interview. and that's saying something. his wife and father both diagnosed with cancer. and severed ties with his only brother. and the queen camilla was absent from the ceremonies, the palace
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said with a chest infection. this princess has never missed a remembrance day ceremony since she married william 13 years ago. her style changes ever so slightly, but she's always wearing the poppy, a flower as steady a tradition in britain as the royals themselves. a symbol of hope after a season of pain. i'm leigh kiniry in london. >> and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you the news continues. for others tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪
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and thanks so much for staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. and here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." president-elect donald trump's cabinet begins taking shape as he builds out his future administration with loyal supporters. danger in the skies above haiti. after gunfire strikes a spirit airlines passenger jet coming in to land. and kyiv is accusing russia of stepping up strikes in civilian areas to wear down ukraine's resolve to keep fighting. president-elect donald trump's promise to deport potentially millions of undocumented immigrants is starting to take shape. now he's begun announcing his picks to oversee that effort as well as for other administrative positions. cbs's cristian benavides has the very latest on the nominations from trump transition
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headquarters in south florida. >> reporter: cbs news has learned president-elect donald trump is expected to name florida senator marco rubio as his nominee for secretary of state. rubio was elected to the senate in 2010 and ran against trump in the 2016 republican presidential primaries. this election he was passed over as vp pick but remained a loyalist on the campaign trail. >> the only way to make america wealthy and safe and strong again is to make donald j. trump our president again. >> reporter: tom has picked tom homan to be his so-called border czar. the position does not require senate confirmation, which would allow homan to start deporting undocumented immigrants on day one of trump's administration. homan has confirmed the u.s. military will play a role. >> we'll know who we're going to arrest, where we're most likely to find them based on numerous investigative processes. >> reporter: homan is trump's former acting director of u.s.
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immigration and customs enforcement and was the architect of trump's first policy that resulted in undocumented immigrants being separated from family members who were citizens. cbs news has also confirmed stephen miller, a vocal advocate for stricter immigration laws in trump's first term, will be deputy chief of staff for domestic policy. trump is also expected to name u.s. representative mike waltz from florida as national security adviser. new york congresswoman elise stefanik has been tapped to represent the u.s. at the united nations, an institution she's criticized. >> we know that the u.n. is a den of antisemitism. >> reporter: late monday the president-elect chose former new york congressman lee zeldin to run the environmental protection agency. zeldin vowed to surge domestic energy production and roll back biden regulations. trump also announced his administration will not include former cabinet members mike pompeo and nikki haley. cristian benavides, cbs news,
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west palm beach, florida. multiple u.s. airlines are now suspending flights to haiti after a spirit airlines jet was hit by gunfire while trying to land there on monday. cbs's kris van cleave shows us the pictures indicating just how close those passengers came to tragedy. >> reporter: video appears to show where gunfire struck the cabin of spirit airlines flight 951 as it was about to land at haiti's port-au-prince airport with 48 on board. a flight attendant suffered minor injuries from flying debris according to the union. the airbus a-320 was over a neighborhood about 550 feet off the ground when it began to quickly climb, diverting to the dominican republic. here you can see what looks like bullet holes in the fuselage. >> to get out of there, i that i thy was a very solid decision. >> reporter: former ntsb chair robert sumwalt. >> is this an incident that should be a wake-up call to airlines?
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>> airlines need to make sure they understand that these sorts of things can happen in some of these countries where we have political unrest, where we have violence. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy in haiti says it's aware of gang-led efforts to block travel to and from the port-au-prince airport f airport amid ongoing unrest there. spirit says "the safety of our guests and team members is our top priority." the airline has suspended service to haiti. airport officials in the dominican republic say all of the passengers on board that spirit flight are okay and were unhurt. they are going to be flown back to fort lauderdale by spirit. we also heard from two other airlines, american and jetblue. they are suspending service to port-au-prince until at least thursday. kris van clear, cbs news, washington. and we're just getting late-breaking news. jetblue is now extending that suspension with no more flights to haiti until at least december after discovering damage from a bullet to a plane returning from port-au-prince. turning now to ukraine. at least six people were killed
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and 30 injured during a russian attack involving glide bombs, drones and a ballistic missile. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy saying russia has deployed 50,000 troops including thousands of north korean soldiers ahead of an offensive by russia to reclaim areas of its kursk region. ukraine has controlled part of that region since the summer. cbs's imtiaz tyab has just returned from ukraine. >> reporter: the devastating aftermath of a russian drone attack as emergency workers rushed to put out fires in the southern ukrainian city of odesa. while in russia's eastern kursk region, parts of which were seized by ukraine earlier this summer, russian soldiers riding in armored vehicles were targeted in a ukrainian strike. the sharp escalation in violence between moscow and kyiv following president-elect donald trump's decisive win has seen both sides carry out the largest ever single-day drone attacks against each other since
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fighting began nearly three years ago. the past week has also seen the kremlin mass more than 50,000 troops along the country's western front. including some 10,000 allied north korean soldiers. the intense surge in violence comes as president-elect trump has vowed to end the war within, quote, 24 hours but has yet to say how. amid reports he's already had calls with russian leader vladimir putin, something putin's spokesman has denied, calling it pure fiction. whatever the case, ukrainian leaders fear the incoming trump administration's attempts to end the war could see them forced into making major concessions including giving up territory. in the heart of the capital kyiv we met olha kishiinska who fears a trump presidency. >> so you're worried about the future. "yes, i am. but i also realize that
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ukrainians must fight for their right to freedom and win this war on their own." a fight for freedom that now looks anything but certain. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. well, if you're afraid of heights, you might want to look away right now. two german daredevils set a new world record by walking a line stretched between two hot air balloons and get this, a mile and a half up in the sky. it's called slackline walking and it's similar to i atightrope but uses less tension and has a slightly flatter surface for walking. that looks so terrifying. straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," after decades of supporting democrats latino voters helped return president-elect donald trump to the white house. we'll take a look at what changed. over the last hundred years we've safeguarded the american homeland, at and beyond our borders. we work tirelessly, night and day from land,
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sky and sea. and while much has changed over the past century our commitment, determination and mission has not, and it never will. because we are the united states border patrol. join our mission and write your own history. you crank it, and the beat just moves you... right down the hallway. why not? it doesn't hurt anyone. but listening too long and too loud can actually hurt your hearing. excessive volume in earbuds, stadiums and at concerts, even loud machinery, can damage hearing in just 15 minutes. 1 in 5 people 12 years and older now has some kind of hearing loss. so, see a hearing professional and let's get those ears checked. and boogie on. [elton john singing "i'm still standing"] [music plays]
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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. president joe biden will host president-elect donald trump at the white house on wednesday, the first step in the peaceful transfer of power that's a hallmark of american democracy. trump's return to power was propelled by a red wave that washed across the country, and that included a record number of latinos voting republican, 46%. that is a big gain from past elections. cbs's lilia luciano has more on why. >> reporter: in historically blue states like new york and progressive hubs like queens the shift to the right among latinos is noticeable. >> about two years ago is when i really noticed the shift of a lot of migrants overpopulating, especially in the area where i work. >> reporter: stephanie tim, mother and real estate agent from queens, previously backed biden but is now siding with trump. >> where do you think democrats or the harris campaign missed
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the mark? >> democrats for a long time represented the middle class, which is where a lot of us are. they made too much money to get benefits that were available for even migrants, right? and they made too little money to take advantage of the tax breaks. so i really did feel that that's where they did fail us. >> reporter: as a woman do you feel troubled with that choice? >> i did. i know everyone was like you know, how can you do this, you're a woman, you just gave away your rights. but i don't think that's exactly the message he was saying either. >> reporter: let me ask you both, who did you vote for in 2020? >> joe biden. >> biden. >> and in 2024? >> donald trump. >> i think donald trump. >> why did you choose trump this time? >> for me security, immigration. this situation with immigration is out of control. >> reporter: alejandro vander hook and hugo figueroa are both
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registered democrats but say a turning point was when republican governors like greg abbott of texas started busing migrants up north to cities like new york. >> these gangs that come from the border. i came from jackson heights. back on 2017 and 2016, even 2018 it was a really quiet neighborhood. not so much after 2020. >> for me it's the economy. >> what would you like to have heard that perhaps would have swayed you back into the party? >> they were not consistent. i think they were just selling. yes, i know trump is not an easy person to adore. but i think he's just very blunt. >> you hope he keeps his word? >> he had four years to show he can do whatever he say, improve the country. >> i also heard a lot about conservative values, and when i asked voters about trump's character and criminal conviction they said that they differentiate between the man and the way they hope he will
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govern. >> that was lilia luciano reporting. and this is "cbs news roundup."
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>> you're right that -- we say the economy's performing well, and it is. but we also know that people are still feeling the effects of high prices. it takes some years of real wage gains for people to feel better. that's what we're trying to create. and i think we're well on the road to creating that. we respect, completely respect what they're feeling. those feelings are true. >> reporter: this first rate cut two days after the election will impact every american consumer, potentially reducing the cost of borrowing. the small savings can add up. on a $35,000 auto loan a quarter point cut would save you 240 bucks over five years. on five grand in credit card debt it shaves a buck off your monthly interest bill. for small business owners like javan kashif who uses credit cards to buy essential supplies the cuts can't come soon you have no enough. >> the cost of borrowing money is so high. lines of credit come with restrictions and liabilities we can't handle on a regular basis. >> reporter: kashif runs a
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luxury nail salon in washington, d.c. she hopes to buy a new building to replace the lease she's outgrown. >> we're suffocating in this particular space. >> what does it mean for your business if you can't expand? >> i haven't thought of the business in that regard. it's almost a dire need. we are the only black-owned salon in this area. and we provide such a necessary service in this community. >> reporter: we pressed powell on whether trump's win could impact efforts to bring down inflation. he said the election has no impact. powell informs his decisions with data and we don't have hard facts about what a trump facts about what a trump pesidency will do to the ♪ ("good feeling" by flo rida ft. atr) ♪ this... ...is a hot flash. this is a hot flash. but this... ...is a not flash. for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms due to menopause... ...veozah is the first and only prescription treatment that directly blocks a source of hot flashes and night sweats. with 100% hormone-free veozah... ...you can have fewer hot flashes and more not flashes. veozah reduces the number and severity
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america marked veterans day this week with military observances and parades from coast to coast, and some of those parades were led by what's now become a symbol of the u.s. military, the majestic clydesdale horses. cbs's dana jacobsen has their story. >> reporter: these gentle giants are nothing short of majestic. standing at over six feet tall and weighing up to 2,200 pounds. the clydesdales have been the iconic stars of budweiser and anheuser-busch for over nine decades. >> the clydesdales. >> i'm so awed by them. i mean, my shoulder barely comes up to here. like it just puts a smile on
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your face. >> absolutely. who wouldn't be happy standing next to these guys? they're so timeless. >> dan, you're beautiful. >> reporter: chris wiegert, a clydesdale handler, showed me the ropes of what it takes to groom -- >> thank you for letting me brush you. >> reporter: -- and hitch these legendary horses. >> slide that over his head. >> this is kind of heavy. sorry rock on. ing forgive me. i'm new at this. >> he's an old pro. he'll get us through it. there you go. perfect. >> all right. >> all right, boys. rock on. >> give me a little history lesson here. because obviously we're in the new era. but this goes back to the 1930s, the clydesdales? >> you know, the clydesdales were introduced in 1933 when they were divoted to august busch sr. to celebrate the repeal of prohibition. we've been in 44 super bowl commercials. that's something that not many people can say. >> i love the one with the little puppy. that's my favorite. they're all good. the training process, what is that like for them? >> when they're born we're just going to kind of hang out in the pasture with mom until they're
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weaned at six months. then when they're 3 they come back to warm springs ranch and learn to pull wagons and they'll be here a whole year doing that to give them that foundation to hit the road and be a crowd pleaser. >> so this is the maternity ward. >> from birth to the road. >> this is where we welcome all the budweiser collides dlz into the world. >> reporter: that's amy trout's domain. >> these stalls are supersized because we have super big babies here. >> what do they weigh when born? >> they're like 150 pounds when they hit the ground. we actually had one this year that topped the scales at 189 pounds. >> shaq. you should call that one shaq. >> reporter: trout has helped breed, raise and train clydes dlz clydesdales for 22 years. >> this is millie and meg. >> reporter: she manages warm springs ranch the 300-plus acre home of the clydesdales in the heart of missouri. >> what are you looking for when you breed? >> we actually run dna on all of our horses so we know genetically what colors they will throw. but we also need them to perform. so when you see those guys just pounding the pavement they've got a little extra pep in their
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step. they've got a little flair. they're flashy, right? well, we can breed that into them. >> reporter: that flash and flair is on full display at folds of honor events around the country. a non-profit organization that provides scholarships to military families and first responders. >> you can't ever bring those loved ones back. but what you can do is honor their sacrifice, educate their legacy. and that's what we've done. >> reporter: rocky sicman, a former marine, was one of the 65 americans held for 444 days in the 1979 iran hostage crisis. >> what do you remember about when you were released and got out? >> i felt this cold fresh air, the simple things that we take for granted. then come to find out that there had been a rescue operation and eight people lost their lives trying to come over to regain my freedom. >> reporter: and those people have played a huge role in your life from that point ever since. >> ever since. >> reporter: sicman has continued a life of service through projects like folds of
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honor. anheuser busch has been a partner for 14 years. >> folds of honor would not be where we're at without anheuser busch and especially the world famous clydesdales. we get to be -- >> no better pitch person. >> it's incredible. >> reporter: a hitch of eight male clydesdales now tour the country as the face for many veterans' initiatives. >> they really can get excited to go to work. they feed off the energy. >> what is it about the clydesdales that fits so perfectly with the military and certainly with folds of on? >> you know, they're all individuals and they're so unique and special. and i've been there when we deliver those scholarships. and to see the reaction and the impact and what that means to the families. >> they seem like the perfect representative. >> they are. they're living legends. everybody recognizes them. it's such an honor to be part of th
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catherine depalma: in my lifetime, i did not come to know the lord until i was 43 years old, so i had an entire childhood and adulthood apart from the lord, knowing of god, but not knowing christ, not having a relationship with jesus. there's a lesson that i learned from dr. charles stanley.
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we think something's too small to bother asking god about, but every little detail of your life you should be checking with him on. so, don't only pray in the dark times, but pray when things are going good. pray to think him, pray to worship him.
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