welcome to the "uss dwight d. eisenhower" aircraft carrier.rances according to the back of his helmet, piloting an f-18 ef super hornet, just super cool visuals in this 12-minute video. you have a real first-person view of what it's like to fly off an aircraft carrier. you see the pilot here grab on to the holy crap handle. get ready for the catapult to take off and before you know it, boom, off he goes. there's like no room to take off. just like ten feet and then there's water. just skimming across the top of the water and then boom, watch, he's like a rocket. the thing goes straight up in the air. you see the curvature of the earth and then after this, it is just the clinic in awesome flying. i love this part. looks like he calls in to -- for permission to buzz the tower. right past the aircraft carrier. ♪ >> get to see the landing. >> if it looks short taking off, probably looks shorter when you're landing. look at this. no room for error here. you have to nail this one. >> everyone has to be disciplined for this to work. >> spectacular. >

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. >> dwight d. eisenhower is correct. that's an old person answer. >> that's good. tied 1-1 now. >> question three, folks. here we go. which president once got stuck in the white house -- >> i didn't see that. >> william taft. >> right there. >> got stuck in the tub and they had to use butter to get him out. my kind of guy. >> oh, okay. okay. that's a little unfair, folks. >> come on, leonard. we can do it. >> weight question, al roker. unfair. here we go, number four. which president's secret service code name is renegade? >> yes, sir? >> nixon. >> no. >> no? >> can we hear the other choices? >> george bush, barack obama, john f. kennedy, richard nixon. >> i'm going to go with president obama. >> that would be correct, sir. >> wow! can we double down? can we triple down? >> which president briefly kept two bears of pets on the white house lawn? >> thomas jefferson, james monroe, andrew jackson, chester arthur. >> james monroe. >> jackson. >> you can't give two answers. what is that? >> thomas jefferson. >> they win. >> congratulations. >> the old guys. >> leonard c

the correct answer, dwight d. eisenhower. >> gutsy kid, right? >> it is a gutsy kid. his hair.lines drawn on capitol hill this morning with president obama's nomination for defense secretary hanging in the balance. we go live to washington where one side is offering the other a hand. that's coming up. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. many cereals say they're good for your heart, but did you know there's a cereal that's recommended by doctors? it's post shredded wheat. recommended by nine out of ten doctors to help reduce the risk of heart disease. post shredded wheat is made with only one ingredient: one hundred percent whole grain wheat, with no added sugar or salt. try adding fruit for more health benefits and more taste in your bowl. it's the ideal way to start your heart healthy

years later, that same young soldier, dwight d. eisenhowerfound himself again on the road, but this time as a general commanding the allied forces in world war ii. along the pristine freshly built roads of the german autobon. troops and eisenhower took full advantage of the roads built by nazi germany and using them to defeat the axis forces, and the super highway left a lasting impression on the general and one that would grow into the grand plan once he became president. even before the election, he envisioned a national highway system 40 miles long that would be quote as necessary to defense as it is to the national economy and the personal safety. as president, eisenhower set out to gather national support complete with a made-for-tv style campaign ad. >> in this century, america has become a nation on wheels. we ride on wheels to work, to shop, to play, to go about any place we want to go. we depend on wheels to bring us the food we eat and the clothes we wear and the things that we use, but when we depend on wheels, we depend also on hi

new york times" article features "ike and dick," a look at the complicated between president dwight d. eisenhowerxon. one of them often bullied the other and usually nixon on the receiving end. check out this 1960 campaign ad from then presidential candidate john f. kennedy. >> every republican politician wants you to believe that richard nixon is, quote, experienced. they even want you to believe that he has actually been making decisions in the white house, but listen to the man who should know best, the president of the united states. a reporter recently asked president eisenhower this question about mr. nixon's experience. >> i just wondered if you could give us an example of a major idea that he has adopted as the decider and final -- >> if you give me a week i might think of one, i don't remember. >> bad. jeffrey frank is the author of the new book "ike and dick." good to see you sir. thanks for coming in. >> good to be here. >> that's just one of many examples of general eisenhower, then president eisenhower, belittling richard nixon. what was it about their relationship? >> well, actually

dwight david eisenhower? >> no, i didn't. >> you didn't. >> some guy, but i just won $75,000. >> you did indeed! >> and the correct answer would be dwight d. eisenhower is the supreme commander of the allied forces of the time before then becoming president. no question, though, the kid is a champ and he gets to take a big check home for $75,000. >> that's cool. >> that's good. i mean, talk about, you know, really cool way to handle it. >> no idea. but i still win. that's good. >> natalie, thanks. >>> mr. roker has the first check of the weather. >> our friends in florida are on the big storm train. we've laid down the tracks with the stationary front and storm after storm will be running across. look for the rain to bring anywhere from 3 to 5 inches over the next 24 hours. and we've got a clipper coming across the great lakes. going to bring some light snow generally about 3 to 6 inches of snow but from green bay all the way to traverse city and up to mackinaw city, weep are looking at about 6 to 9 inches of snow. we're going to get to your local forecast in just a sec, but first this message. tell me you miss me. that's all i need. [ fe