guys like roy rogers and john wayne, all these guys, well, they were like my relatives.orning and they had all gone. >> so now the founder of story corps is the newly rescipient o a nonprofit called t.e.d. it's super, super top secret but dave is joining me now. it's such a pleasure. i love what you all do. >> thank you so much. >> not to start this with such a morbid thought but i was at my grandmother's funeral last week and sitting there listening to the pastor talking about how she came from preair conditioning and things like that, i hope to pass that along in my own family and i'm wondering how that began with you? >> i hope you'll come to storycorps to remember your grandma. you won't have a chance to record her but this is second best. it's a very simple idea. we have booths across the country where you can come with a loved one and you have a conversation with, say, your grandma for 40 minutes and they are always very intense conversations. the microphone gives you the license to talk about things you don't normally get to talk about. at the end of the 40 minute

it also endeucing young people to enlist in the military, in the past we have john wayne movies and now we have call of duty, when i was a kid, we played war with sticks for guns, it didn't turn us into killishes and giving a global context, if you want to talk about militarized youth, look to the child army of africa, not some stupid video game. this is a video game re'sed from china. it is called glorious mission. i will show you a couple of seconds. >> that looks so real. >> yeah, that's real that was create add couple of years ago, in that game you get to train -- and then you fight u.s. soldiers now speaking about the united states, we are also not innocent, here is army's army, this is downloadable, one of the most popular downloadable games of all time, check this out. welcome to your first training exercise. >> and now check this out, this is isil, islamic state in iraq, they have created their own version overgrain theft auto, not making it up. check this out. this is a trailer i found on youtube. and we have a video comment. >> war is a terrible thing, and it is a very human e

it wasn't john wayne. it was war. reno scratches and thrashes across the river, climbs out on to the bank. gets on top of the high ground five miles to the south of us. this road will take you right to it. he is a fractured commander and his battalion is whipped and demoralized. about 10 minutes later, captain benteen approaches reno on the high bluff after scouting to the south. he sees reno and snarls, where's custer? reno says, i don't know where custer is, but for god's sake, benteen, halt your command and help me. i've lost half my men. benteen has a message in his pocket. it's from custer, delivered to benteen on the back trail by martini, the italian orderly of the day who has a real tough time with english. benteen hands the note to reno. it reads, benteen, come quick. come on, big village. bring packs. p.s., bring packs. ammunition packs. neither one of those officers is going to respond with any sense of urgency to that order, and it will haunt them for the rest of their days. in the meantime, custer advance

from john wayne to the marlboro man, his image has defined masculinity for generations. what happens if you're a cowboy that doesn't fit the mold? >> you're going to stop. >> 51-year-old will has been riding horses and competing in rodeos for most of his life. >> one, two. >> whoa. >> can you go? i roped and trained my first horse at 13 and have been doing it ever since. >> so you are the quintessential cowboy? >> even in grade school that's what they would call me, cowboy will. i wanted to be like my father. i wanted to be a cowboy, and i wanted to make him proud. easy. >> but as will grew older, he began to realize he might be a little different from his dad. when did you think that you might be gay? >> i think i was always attracted to guys but i didn't know that that wasn't something -- i just thought, you know, maybe all guys do this. >> will tried to ignore his attraction for other men. at 25 years old he got married and had two daughters and a son. but eventually the feelings he was running from caught up with him and he had an affair with another man. >> i took,

. >> so maybe i get trapped here or something, we have to have john wayne shoot-out, you know? the silly part about it. you know, is that going to happen? not a chance. but i guess could it, because you know, i'm the only white person here. >> large groups of individuals that i've never known to be, be shooters or be sportsmen. >> reporter: they're going out and buying weapons? >> now that the plus side of it is, everyone went out and took a training class and tried to learn the law. >> former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik joins know now. one gun shop said sales are up about 50%. how concerning should this be to police there in ferguson? >> well, i mean it's always got to be a concern. i honestly, i don't think that's going to become an issue. i think the police have a job to do. they're going to keep the community safe and secure. i think they may have learned, they should have learned from the response their initial response in ferguson which was initially an overresponse and i think some of the things they've done since with the community may help, i think

john wayne gacy, convicted of murdering 33 young men and boys in the late 1970s, and richard speck, convicted for the murder of eight student nurses in 1966, were both condemned to die in stateville's execution chamber. speck died of a heart attack in 1991. gacy was executed by lethal injection in 1994. the last execution to occur at stateville took place in 1998. with such a high concentration of violent criminals at stateville, all i'll ill state executions occur in a different maximum security facility. until it's torn down, stateville's death chamber remains fully operational as an emergency backup system. over the years, a number of incidents occurred that still reverberate among the old-timers today. >> in the old days we had quite a bit of violence here. you got up in the morning, you'd take a couple of magazines, go out and carry your shank wherever you want. you didn't know what was going to happen. who you was going to fight. there was always trouble. >> i've been up here 11 years. the majority of the holes that you see around us are mine. i've seen officers beat up. i've seen inmat

notable personalities in terrific general nonfiction biographies of everybody from sally ride ailment john wayne to literary memoirs. i have one that will attract a couple with daschle little attention. >> wire their different imprints? to table c savage schuster but then they may also see others that are owned by seven and schuster? >> right. the ada is you want to get people passionate so the publishing houses are broken down to smaller groups their to be humorous imprinter divisions all putting their energy behind the project their the most excited about >>host: one of the big books is silvery clinton spoke this year so what is the role of the process to get that to the bookstore? >> she has been the teeeighteen author 18 years. you could say she has been moonlighting as first lady and secretary of state during those years. requiring the first book many years ago publishing's hard choices on june 10th which is her fourth book. i was the editor so i would oversee all assets to work closely with the people at the company. >>host: as the editor is there a lot of emails back and forth? >> every c

. >> so maybe i get trapped here, we have to have a john wayne shootout, you know, that's the silly part about it. is that going to happen? not a chance, but i guess, could it? because, you know, i'm the only white person here. >> reporter: at a gun shop near ferguson, they say sales are up about 50%. both white and black customers are buying. >> every time that door opens, we're seeing new faces every day. dozens of new faces coming in. >> reporter: do you think that's because of what's happened in ferguson? >> i think it is, because it's spread beyond ferguson now. >> reporter: the mayor of ferguson says he's heard all about it too. >> now that the plus side of that is that everyone that i've spoken to have taken out and taken a training class, have tried to learn the law. >> reporter: not everyone is convinced there's going to be chaos. at the ferguson burger bar and more, no boards. >> i want to make a statement to the community that i'm here. i'm open. i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: sara sidner, cnn, ferguson, missouri. >>> u.s. officials say the manhattan clinic that treated

ever since john wayne gasey was convicted of murdering 33 young men and boys in the 1970s, the image lucky performers has turned increasingly more sinister. >> i will kill you. >> reporter: they've become some of our most widely used pop cultu culture villains. from stephen king's it to poll ter guise, people love to be scared of clowns. >> you might say that the painted expression of a clown makes it difficult for people to gauge, you know, what that person's emotions are, what their motives are. >> reporter: but now the fears have become a reality. one sleepy southern california town turned into a media hot spot after one couple's photography project went viral in early october. >> they can quickly grow from a legal project, photography project into an urban legend. >> reporter: as sergeant joe grubbs describes, the photos of a man dressed in clown garb posing around the small town of wasco sent social media ablaze leading to a number of copy cat pranks in a number of towns. meanwhile, the real wasco clown became a local celebrity. there were similar social media pranks in new mexi

that is why john wayne made flying leathernecks about the pacific instead of the atlantic. >> you do underoutline the importance of politics in the encyclopedia. here we are in the pacific theater and your book recognizes 120 marine corps fighting aces. so you explain it. what makes them ace? >> by tradition dating from world war i, fighter ace or flying ace, snoopy was a flying ace. a combat aviator, usually a fighter pilot who is credited with shooting down at least five anti-aircrafenemy aircraft. one of the reasons were so many of these colorful characters, the main exhibit was jill fosse, who was a long time scottsdale resident. despite all the hype about grade burlington -- >> is that the problem? >> despite all the hype in that direction, joe foss is the top scoring marine corps fighter pilot of all time because all of his victories were scored as a marine whereas some were claimed with the flying tigers in china and burma. i have to tell a story about joe, wonderfully human being, one of the most gracious, genuine people i ever had the privilege of knowing. and a christian ge

biographies of everybody from sally ride and john wayne to literary memoirs. a wonderful writer named brenda that comes out makeup of weeks of attract a lot of attention. >> host: so why are there different imprint at simon & schuster? somebody goes into a bookstore or online, or online, they will see an impact, but they also might see some others on my simon & schuster, correct? >> guest: type. the idea is you have to have people passionate about the book in advocating the book. publishing houses are broken down into smaller groups. within each publishing house that can be numerous divisions and they are all putting energy behind the product that they are the most excited about. >> host: what are the big bucks for simon & schuster this year? hillary clinton's new book. what has been your role in giving back to the bookstores? >> guest: hillary clinton has been a shiny schuster author for 18 years now. i guess you could shake she's been the mightiness first lady and secretary for years and our ceo acquired hillary clinton spoke, her first book many years ago.

our crew this week, wayne rogers, john thin hoenig, michelle williams, welcome, everybody. president obama promising his plan will fix a broken system. really? sure you're not just rolling out a red carpet for millions more illegals to come to america for good old-fashioned american amnesty? listen to this illegal who just crossed the border. >> translator: there's a possibility of immigration reform inspire you to come now? yes. that's right. that inspired us. now? yes. now. >> and michelle, thursday night as the president unveiled his plan. millions more illegals are probably going to head their way here for amnesty. right? >> yeah. because what he's telling everyone is, come here. break the law. come here illegally and eventually we will reward you. such a slap in the face to the millions of people like my mother who came here legally, the right way from honduras, didn't come here and break the law. and, look, he's just doing it because he wants to stay sell vent. any latino out there that thinks he's doing because he cares ar latinos and reform, is wrong. i have news fo

it wasn't john wayne. it was war. reno scratches and thrashes across the river, climbs out on to the bank. gets on top of the high ground five miles to the south of us. this road will take you right to it. he is a fractured commander and his battalion is whipped and demoralized. about 10 minutes later, captain benteen approaches reno on the high bluff after scouting to the south. he sees reno and snarls, where's custer? reno says, i don't know where custer is, but for god's sake, benteen, halt your command and help me. i've lost half my men. benteen has a message in his pocket. it's from custer, delivered to benteen on the back trail by martini, the italian orderly of the day who has a real tough time with english. benteen hands the note to reno. it reads, benteen, come quick. come on, big village. bring packs. p.s., bring packs. ammunition packs. neither one of those officers is going to respond with any sense of urgency to that order, and it will haunt them for the est of their days. in the meantime, custer advances

john wayne wore saddle shoes. what are you talking about? more like a wasp than me. where's your sears sucker suit? >> you don't wear sears sucker after labor day. >> the polls. they're just trend lines. this is not to deter you from voting. this should encourage you because every vote counts. >> after the show today, we're going to be answering all of your midterm questions online so tweet us @joenbc and @mika and use #msnbcvote. >> i'd like to say hi to all my friends in tallahassee. >> i'll be answering all questions on a subway in times square. >> that does it for us. donny, will you please not come back? no, come back. >> it's if too early, it's "morning joe." we'll see you tomorrow. we apologize for everything. we take it all back. here's craig. i'm sorry. >>> the final countdown. last minute stomping coast to coast and by president obama himself. his name isn't on the ballot but his shadow looms large as voters get set to decide who's in charge. and that could be kentucky senator mitch mcconnell, but his fate may hinge on whether one

. >> john, you're 100% right. now, wayne, your wish. >> i wish you know everybody talks about congress does nothing and the people in washington do nothing. i think that's a wonderful idea. tell them all to do nothing. nobody does anything, they don't pass any law, don't get in each other's way and they all go home. that's what we need. they take five months off, so you're suggesting take the other seven months off as well. >> i absolutely agree. if they're not in d.c., they're not in our lives and they're not screwing up things even more. >> if i had a wish, if i wore tie, i think i'd wish i had juan's tie today. michelle, there's no truth to the rumor that you wish you said yes to seth mcfarland in the gas station. >> come on. >> just kidding. going to have to leave it there. come up, time to wake up america come up, time to wake up america and recognizeeeee pregnancy, we call it nine months, but in actuality, it's ten months. it's 40 weeks. it's very, very important, if you can, to wait for delivery until 39 weeks because

including john bradford and major wayne murray. would ask them and all of our vietnam veterans who are here today to stand or raise your hand to be recognized. [applause] >> i ask that the citation be ead. >> the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded the in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant first class, united states army. ergeant first class adkins had risked his life above and beyond the call of duty as serving with fifth special forces group, during combat operations against republicic my at -- of vietnam. when the camp was attacked by the forces in early morning hours, he rushed through intense enemy fired and manned a mortar position, continually adjusting ire. >> he temporarily he ran through ex ploding mortar rounds. as the hostile fire subsided, sergeant first class adkins exposed himself to fire while carrying his comrades. when sergeant first class adkins and group of defenders came under small arms fire from members of the group that had def

investigators found 57 year-old wayne ellington, senior in a koran mar john street sunday night. he is the father of wayne ellington, your who played high cool basketball at episcopal academy. police continue to search for a shooter and motive in the case. philadelphia police have an arrest warrant for the husband accused of dumping his wife's sports car this is delaware river. police divers pulled the red corvette out of the water near tacony pennsylvania will my use bridge wednesday night. wife said she had a protection from boost order against her husband john crammer. she now fears for her safety but crammer tells "eyewitness news" it is all a misunderstanding. >> i didn't know i was doing anything wrong. i thought it was my car. i wanted to get rid of the dam thing. i could in the take this thing arguing. i was just trying to get my minivan. >> i could not believe it. it was unimaginable what took place. i'm very frightened and for my two daughters as well. >> philadelphia police are urging crime tore turn himself in. >>> well, things people do every single day, probably even

john clark. the flyers end their four-game losing streak. they're buzzing. check out waynemons grabs the rebound, drops it and 3-1, flyers. in the third, matt reed feeding coburn. the flyers win 4-2. and ron rexall chewed out the players. it worked. >> i think we had a good response. we played two strong games in a row. we go to long island and playing a good team on monday night. >>> the sixers are 0-13. two losses away from matching their worst start in franchise history. fourth quarter, sixers down big. but this was the most complete game. a nice jump hook. 17 points, 12 rebounds. but not enough. carmelo anthony, sixers lose to the knicks, 91-83. who will have more wins, penn state, the eagles or the sixers? penn state with their worst loss since the sanctions three years ago. on the road against illinois. hack hackenberg this is a nice touchdown. 7-0, nittany lions. but a penn state special teams penalty and the illini tie the game. it is a 7-7 game at the half. in the fourth quarter. penn state down 10-7. 47-yard touchdown run. penn state, up 14-10. penn state had 16 p

. >> still ahead on al jazeera america how you can sing whether john lennon, and help children around the world. plus.... >> i'm wayne hays sitting down to lunch with japanese school children, to find out why they are among the healthiest in the world. [ ♪ music ] >>> talk about a unique approach the john lennon classic "imagine" ♪ imagine all the people ♪ living for the day ♪ imagine there's no countries ♪ it isn't hard to do... . >> sponsored by u.n.i.c.e.f., it's called the imagine project. every day people encouraged to record their own version of the song. some will be combined with famous artists for a world version released in the lead-up to the new year's eve. all to raise funds for u.n.i.c.e.f. and awareness of children's rights. >> very good. back in the u.s. government school officials and parents struggle to design school lunches that are healthy, safety and affordable. wayne hay has more from tokyo. >> reporter: in this fast-paced modern world japan is taking time out to help children prepare for a better tomorrow. meal tame at elementary school is on event, not just an opportunity. it's part of the educ

by some of the men who served with bennie, including major john bradford, the soldier that bennie shielded in that helicopter, and major wayneray, the soldier bennie saved from being captured. and i'd ask them and all our vietnam veterans who are here today to please stand or raise your hand and to be recognized. [applause] and now, i'd ask that the citation be read. >> the president of the united states, authorized by act of congress, march 3rd, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant first class bennie g. adkins, united states army. sergeant first class bennie g. adkins distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an intelligence sergeant with detachment a-102, 5th special forces group, 1st special forces, during combat operations against an armed enemy at camp a shau, republic of vietnam, from march 9 to 12, 1966. when the camp was attacked by a large north vietnamese and viet cong force in the early morning hours, sergeant first class adkins rushed through intense enemy fire and manned a mortar positi

john clark. the flyers ended their four-game losing streak last night against columbus. let's jump to the second period and they're buzzing. wayne simmonds is going to grab the rebound with his gloves. drops it, and beats bob. 3-1 flyers. in the third period, matt read feeding coburn. his first goal of the season. flyers win 4-2. ron hextall chewed out the team the other night, and the players listened. >> when your gm calls out every single player in the team, i think it will light a fire under your butt. i think we had a good response. we've played two strong games in a row. we go into long island, we're going to play a good hockey team and we've got to be prepared. >>> the sixers are now 0-13, two losses away from matching their worst franchise start. nerlens noel, his best game. but not enough. carmelo anthony, 25 points. sixers lose to the knicks 91-83. will they win a game this season? >>> penn state, probably their worst loss since the sanctions came down three years ago. they're on the road against one of the worst teams in the big ten, illinois. christian hackenburg. this is a nice drive. it is 7-0 penn state. but end o

john clark. the flyers ended their four-game losing streak last night against columbus. let's jump to the second period. 2-1 flyers, and they're buzzing. waynegoing to grab the rebound with his glove, drops it, and beats bob. 3-1 flyers. in the third period, matt reid feeding braydon coburn. his first goal of the season. flyers win 4-2. ryan hextall chewed out the team the other night and the players listened. >> any time your gm calls out every single player on the taerteam, i think it's going to light a fire under your boat. two strong games in a row. we go into long island and play a good hockey team and we have got to be prepared. >>> the sixers are two losses away from matching their worst start in franchise history. sixers down big, but a bright spot. nerlens noel, this was his most complete game. 17 points, 12 rebounds, the most in his brief career. but not enough. carmelo anthony, 25 points. sixers lose to the knicks 91-83. will they win a game this season? >>> penn state with probably their worst loss since the sanctions came down three years ago. they're on the road against illinois. christian hackenburg, this is a nice drive. touc