they chose 200 -- a little over 200 towns around the united states in my hometown of kingsport, tennessee for select it as one of the sites and so i was in the original trial called the polio pioneer. a year later when the vaccine was called a success, salk became one of the greatest heroes of my generation so i was surprised as an adult to realize no one had ever written a full biography so i set out to write one. >> let's work our way backwards a little bit in terms of salk's life, his beginnings and perhaps you could talk some about his work pre-polio, what he was doing, for example in respect to influenza, another great scorches in 1800 was brought into the field of polio. >> so i will scroll all the way back. he was unlikely to be a great physician scientists. he was born in east harlem to an immigrant family. he was bright but not brilliant. he wish i and yet his mother had told him when he was born that he was with a call, and amniotic sack over his face and that meant he was destined for greatness and he believed her. he really felt any us to pray as a child that someday he could

towns around the united states, and my hometown of kingsport, tennessee, was selected as one of the sites. i was in the original trial, called a polo pioneer and still have that button. a year later salt became one of the greatest heroes of my generation. i was surprised to realize no one had ever written let's work away backwards a little bit in terms of his life, his beginnings command perhaps you could talk about his work pretty polio, what he was doing, for example, with respect to influenza, another great scorch of the 1900s and what brought can -- brought him to the feel of polio. >> i will scroll all the way back. he was unlikely to be a great physician scientist. born into an immigrant family, bright but not brilliant, shy, and that his mother had told him when he was born that he was born with a call, and amniotic sac over his face which many was destined for greatness. he really felt that someday he could perform some noble deed. that drove him all the way to medical school, and right after his medical training mission -- the war broke out. he who had done some research and medi

classrooms will be shuttered for 700 midshipmen at the united states merchant marine academy in kingsport, new york. these are young men and women who are committing themselves to serve the nation either directly in the armed forces of the united states or as members of our merchant fleet, and they will basically be told to go home. and financial support will stop for the maritime security program, or the m.s.p. this is an important public-private partnership that is critical to our troops serving overseas. these are just a few examples from two of the departments under my purview as the ranking member of the transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations subcommittee. there are many other examples throughout the federal government that my colleagues will be talking about today. knowing the results that a shutdown and these hardball tactics have brought before, it's hard to believe that some still are willing to resort to budget brinksmanship again. i know that many of my colleagues on the other side share my concern. and i particularly want to commend senator collins, who

. >> mike, king furred -- part of me, mike kingsport tennessee. >> hello. i was convinced that the time of watergate that nixon had convinced himself that he needed to stay on as president. how far would he have gone? what he have set aside the constitution and set himself up as a dictator? >> obviously he had an expansive view of executive power. he thought he had a lot of power and used it and abused it. he should have been impeached. but a lot of the conspiracy theories exaggerate just how bad nixon was. i do not think that there was a massive conspiracy to assault the constitution is some people do. watergate was a series of screw ups. those guys screwed up. they walk into the office, office, broke into the watergate, got caught. covered it up. i don't think it was a massive conspiracy. i just don't. >> i appreciate so much he was a survivor of the uss johnston. the call an interview him about his experience. >> what was his name? >> so nice to hear your voice. >> i also read again recently i appreciated. >> thank you so much. it is a great story. it is

classrooms will be shuttered for 700 midshipmen at the united states merchant marine academy in kingsport, new york. these are young men and women who are committing themselves to serve the nation either directly in the armed forces of the united states or as members of our merchant fleet, and they will basically be told to go home. and financial support will stop for the maritime security program, or the m.s.p. this is an important public-private partnership that is critical to our troops serving overseas. these are just a few examples from two of the departments under my purview as the ranking member of the transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations subcommittee. there are many other examples throughout the federal government that my colleagues will be talking about today. knowing the results that a shutdown and these hardball tactics have brought before, it's hard to believe that some still are willing to resort to budget brinksmanship again. i know that many of my colleagues on the other side share my concern. and i particularly want to commend senator collins, who