now fifty years ago a speech by president presidential have k. inspired the united states to become unified to take a giant leap together for the betterment of mankind fast forward to today where it's difficult going any evidence of the unity that kennedy one spoke of so where is the america needs to tackle the biggest challenges artie's lauren lyster has the story. of. a mission accomplished for the united states. that hatched from a plan that began. eight years earlier i believe. it would. even though for the work. of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to europe a call from a u.s. president became fifty years ago to this very day a speech asking congress to invest and training fantasy into reality it came in the wake of the cold war in reaction to the soviet union success sending a cosmonaut into orbit it reminded the us what making nine hundred fifty seven of the stakes in the space race that inspired nasa an increase in u.s. spending on scientific research and education and a legacy channeled by leaders in modern day half a century ago when the soviets beat us in

a response. russia is aiming to become the first largest economy in the world within a day k. moving away from resource dependency is one of the main objectives however of finance minister alex including all and gas sectors well maybe vital to the project for some time. he's clearly. looking for other possible ways of increasing revenues i don't resent the mining tax on oil. but know this quickly foam have not found any credential if you have to increase the charge the question is you have to be discussed. and looking at the markets or prices a lower to a new u.s. government reports provide fresh signs of lower economic growth light sweet is trading above one hundred dollars a barrel while brant is one hundred forty dollars about u.s. stocks shake off losses us technology stocks counter the weight of we could run full cost jobless claims the dow is currently trading point two percent higher here with packard contributed to the gain rising one point four percent and she has a net out more than eight percent the nasdaq composite leaves the rise in equity markets boosted by micro

social security so that also will become more like a for a one k. in your own. private account and the government will not be responsible for. taking care of making sure that you get a defined benefit plan in your old age and behind all this i hate to say this is this incredible permission. philosophy of an rand which basically says you know life we all should be out there on our own and it's the most vicious form of social darwinism. and you saw how well that worked previous periods of american history and that's what they want to go through again go to again or all out there on your own you go as far as you can on your own. volition and if you fail you fail except of course if you're a wall street bank or a big or you're big enough because then when you gamble and fail you get bailed out and you can talk a great game about the free markets but you know for the biggest richest corporations in this country there is no such thing well and that's when it counts and you're mentioning. the this is a pretty important point i think because it seems to me that there's

it's becoming a problem because everybody is looking at it from that point. >> it's maybe not so much 401(kuse as it is 401(k) financial disaster. >> i think you may be right. i think there's time for a shift. this has been in place for a while. i think it's time for us to look at a different mechanism instead of the 401(k). i think it's outdated. >> i asked viewers to weigh in on the 401(k) plan and i got some responses on, it was either my facebook or twitter page. judy says my two older kids had to dip into their 401(k) but they pay it out of their check. i see no problem with it. >> you mentioned, it's your money, it's a piggy bank. itsrapher my savings account. if i need to pull from it, i'll pull from it. >> sent me this one for the senators. no comment considering they have the golden parachute retirement that takes care of them and their families for the rest of their lives. there really is, you know, a pretty good deal on capitol hill when it comes to benefits, if you're working there, certainly working for a long time. >> i think we mentioned that. a little out of touch with reali

cemetery has become a memorial where a lot of the families can talk with other families who are going through many of the same things th things that they have. i want to bring in someone if you k andcan, i want to grab th real quick. okay. well, i guess what we want to really get across is that, you know, for a lot of the families, it is a very, very tough time, because not only are they reliving what happened, but, you know, you are also just coming to the area and seeing the actual gravesite, we have with us here a gentleman who came to see his son. we are actually standing right down the row from your son's gravesite. what does this memorial day mean for you, sir? >> remembrance. sacrifice, you know. honor. you know, it is -- my dad told me he was in vietnam, and remember when we went down to see my son's graduation, sorry, and he was telling us about everybody in his platoon and the guys that died, and this was vietnam, and he is telling us what their inspiration was in life, and he still remembered that. i said, how come you remember that? and he said, because to remember is to honor them, so by coming here and talking with the families, you know, and remembering what the