as annie glenn has waited. as all the world has waited. to salute the glenns with vice president lyndon johnson. as the president of the united states arrives at cape canaveral, to be greeted with john and annie glenn. by the cheers of thrilled lines of proud americans. in ceremonies at mercury control nt kennedy presents the nat distinguished service medal to astronaut john glenn. as annie and lynn and david glenn proudly share applause with the other astronauts, and with the world. as john's parents learn firsthand about friendship 7, as does marine corps commandant general david m. shoop and the president of the united states. and this rainy day in washington is a happy day as the president and the astronaut arrive. to drive through rain-washed crowd-flooded streets for a reception at the white house as john and annie glenn with vice president lyndon johnson greet distinguished guests, including astronaut alan shepard. godspeed, john glenn. godspeed into the future. into even greater accomplishment. into the hearts of all americans. welc

kennedy presents the nasa distinguish service medal to astronaut john glenn. as anniey share applause with the other astronauts and with the world. as john's parents learn firsthand about "friendship seven." as does marine corps commandant general david m. shupe and the president of the united states. and this rainy day in washington is a happy day. as the president and the astronaut arrive. to drive through rain-wtreed, t white house for a reception. as john and annie glenn with vice president lyndon johnson greet distinguished guests including astronaut alan shepard. godspeed, john glenn. godspeed into the future. and to even greater accomplishment. into the hearts of all americans. welcome to washington. welcome back to this planet. from the nation's capital, to the towers of manhattan, to tap cheering crowds roar a mighty welcome, shared by all americans, by free people everywhere. ♪ and across the land, the scene is the same and the heart is the same, as john glenn comes home to new at the capitol, there's an introduction by the speaker of the house, the honorable

what's next for annie and john glenn? >> i'm just trying to keep up with annie, you know. i've suggested to annie that we should put in and try and go as a couple back into space. but shawn, lest you think this is something i'm coming to you with one of these days, wherever you are here -- she only has one caveat to this. she wants to be up there and she wants to look down and see everything up there. she just doesn't want to go through the launch. i don't know how you do that. no, seriously, one of the things we're doing, of course, was mentioned earlier in the introduction here. the institute for public service, public policy at ohio state. i've felt for the last 15 years or so that we had so much cynicism and apathy of many of our young people toward anything to do with government and politics that it could be a hazard for the future, seriously, because our democracy depends upon people participating, and if we all went down the mall here and across to the archives building, went in and looked, there sits the constitution, hand-writ, there it is. it is the greatest sing

i should refer to annie as professor glenn because she's an adjunct faculty member in our departmentf speech and hearing sciences. she delivered the keynote address at that department's annual john black symposium 18 months ago. as i think many of you know, annie has been honored for her work on communicative disorders an

i should really refer to annie as professor glenn because she's an adjunct faculty member in our department of speech and hearing sciences. indeed she delivered the keynote address at that department's annual john black symposium 18 months ago. as i think many of you know, annie has been honored nationally for her work on communicative disorders and for her life-long efforts on behalf of children, the elderly and the handicapped. annie, we at ohio state are blessed to be able to call you one of our very own. the other half of this remarkable couple is of course tonight's distinguished speaker. all of you are well aware of just how highly the american people regard senator glenn. he is deservedly recognized as one of our nation's foremost public servants. indeed, for ten of millions of americans, he is quintessential american hero. so you can imagine the special pride we in ohio have for this native son of the buckeye state. how appropriate it was that the senator was asked to carry the american flag in this winter's olympic games. as annie mentioned, we at ohio state are blessed to be home

in april glenn and his wife annie will celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary. for decades he was told he could never return to space because he was a national treasure. he finally wore them down and at 77 he went back up in the space shuttle for good measure. >> it's been a fine mission so far. >> the ultimate irony may be it irks senator glenn that the manned space program is now idle. the shuttle program is over and the only ride available into space for american astronauts is the russians, the former enemy that john glenn was chasing into space 50 years ago today. that is our broadcast for this holiday monday night. thanks for being with us as we start off a new week. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com e eye. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathieu. it might be a neighborhood prank but it could turn deadly. some are launch, river rocks at livermore homes. in one case, rocks launched throu

the honor of serving on the board of advisors of the glenn school, along with senator glenn and his incredible wife annie. she has been a tremendous partner for senator glenn through all of these experiences we have been talking about tonight. senator glenn's achievements have paved the way for future generations to follow in his footsteps by continuing to make the united states a global leader in science, technology and education. so on the 50th anniversary, we commend senator john glenn on the historic and successful 1962 flight above nasa spacecraft friendship seven, and we would also like to take a moment to recognize him for his outstanding accomplishments, not just as an astronaut, as a fighter pilot and as a united states senator. we thank him for his public service to our country. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be resippedded. the presiding officer: without objecti

as annie mentioned, we at ohio state are blessed to be the home of the john glenn instituted for public service, public john gle. the distinguished director is with us this evening, debra merit. debra, would you please stand? thank you. inspired by john glenn's career and his vision, the institute is having a major impact on our students, faculty and programs. just ask the students from tins tut's washington internship program who are here this evening. we gather this evening on the 40th anniversary of senator glenn's historic flight to hear this distinguished american deliver the 2002 verir in vonn bron memorial lek sure. many of you will recall as i do the enormous sense of national pride we felt 40 years ago today as we sat glued to our television sets to watch astronaut john glenn lift off the face of the earth, cirqoupl navigate the globe and land safely in the atlantic ocean. he became, of course, an instant national hero. few, if any, have ever carried acclaim and hero status with such grace and humility. you're all familiar with the mile posts along his illustrious career path,

early in the game one time, abny, john glenn's wife, asked me can you guarantee me a safe return of john? and aunts usstronauts used to b to our houses. i told annie, annie, anybody who would guarantee that is a liar, because there are so many unknowns that nobody can really guarantee a safe return. i said the only guarantee i can give you is that at the time when i say it is go, there is nothing that i know that could be detrimental to a safe return. beyond that, i cannot give you any other guarantee, because what happens after that we do not know. there was another little interesting sideline, if you want to have little stories. while we were working on mercury, john was a presbyterian. i had been to presbyterian church there on the beach in cocoa beach. at that time they had about 30 young people staying for two weeks at the church, going to the beach and using the church as the kitchen and to sleep there. they asked if i could give them an update on space. i said, yeah, i'll do that. i asked john, i said, hey, john, wednesday night, 7:00, you got free time? he agreed to go over there. at that time he wasn't that very well known so he called me

. >> reporter: some years, glenn says, he and his wife of 69 years, annie, have forgotten to commemorateric mission but this monday at 9:47 a.m. on the 50th anniversary he'll remember the flight that made him one of america's greatest heroes. for "cbs this morning saturday," anna werner, dallas. >> joining us now is captain scott altman, a veteran of four space flights who has logged over 51 days in space. good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. great to be here. >> while we were running the piece you mentioned history. he had to try several times. >> just like a lot of shuttle missions you don't always get to go out to the pad and launch the irst time. he went through 11 different launch dates before they pushed the button and got him into orbit. >> you met him when you were stationed in houston. >> i did. >> how much of an inspiration was he to you and to the nation? >> to the whole nation and to me specifically growing up looking at nasa's ability to go into orbit and fly in space and then looking back to meet him and have him go from being the hero, the icon to a real p

glenn is special to our nation. is special to my wife and meohn because of our love for john ant annie f both, and a respect for david and lynn, their children. and he is honored our country in so many ways. it's my honor to submit this resolution, and thank my colleagues. >> and coming up on c-span2, more about the u.s. space program. he said if elected, he would establish a permanent u.s. colony on the moon. and have regular commercial space flights between the earth and the moon. here's a few minutes of his speech. >> may, 1961, john f. kennedy representing a new generation having taken power away from dwight david eisenhower launching a new sense of a new frontier, announces to the congress we will go to the moon before the end of the decade. a movie called sitting up on the hill, buzz aldrin movie. he is so convincing. he said you have to realize the only person who would gone around the earth at that point was a russian. .. >> has suggested that, you know, the idea of going -- of a permanent lunar colony -- the weirdest thing i've done and sooner or later, the researchers will find it. [laughter] at one point e