names like world war i's general pershing, world war ii's general douglas macarthur, and desert storm's schwartzkopf. >> two of the three astronauts on apollo 11 were west point graduates -- michael collins and buzz aldrin. you think of all our great generals and officers -- most of them were educated at west point. we've had two u.s. presidents that gained their education here. we've had all kinds of incredible personalities come through here and serve. >> when we return, we'll learn what it takes to attend west point. the talking. [announcer:] new revlon® photoready 3d volume™ mascara the round tip brush coats even the tiniest lash. the innovative formula reflects every lash... for a 100% more magnified look. >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> the u.s. military academy at west point doesn't look like your typical college. and it's not. students here are called cadets. in all, some 4,000 attend the academy. >> and the author describes it as, it's basically the mechanical efficiency of that pump/

and she was great friends with general pershing and had lots of scoops during world war one. >> black jack pershing. >> yes. but what's interesting about that is just it shows you how woven into the fabric of sort of transatlantic conversation the herald was. i mean that was its origin. james gordon bennett looked and saw how many americans were coming to paris to buy the clothes, to buy the art, to live the life. and realized they need news from their home country. and they need news about their new place, europe, in a language they can understand which is english. now i mean, those americans then were the global class now. and i think we like to think that we're having, we're hosting this conversation. i like to think of it as taking place around a dinner party table just because the global dinner party can be happening anywhere. >> rose: it must be a great job to be a be an editor of a newspaper that has such an elite readership around the world i'm very lucky. >> rose: i'm always looking at whether the big ideas that are happening right in front of our eyes, what is sort of the re