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i didn't know we were going to play the eisenhower jingle or the eisenhower commercial but how about? dwight daid quote, every gun that is made, every warship launched every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who healthcare provider and are not if he hadfed. those who are not clothed. >> that's so true. >> it is true and it's exactly what this debate is about. >> coming from dwight d. eisen hour. why don't republicans listen to their own? >> that's why we like ike. ♪ ike for president." > there it is. congress woman, good to see you? >> good morning. >> that does come at a time when congress is facing some tough choices. this vote yesterday in the senate, were you surprised? 68 to 31 to open up debate on gun safety legislation. >> i think it was a little bit surprising, you know, given the number of republicans, you know, who joined in, and i think that it is a sign that they are hearing from the people. i mean this is really clear. when you have 80, 90% of the american public saying the least we can do is a background check, there is no excuse for anybody to sit this

we had the last real republican president in office -- dwight d. eisenhower. in his farewell speech he told us be aware of the military industrial complex. in 1963 the vietnamese have been newly elected president. he was making overtures to the north have peace. they assassinated him. kennedy was going to pull out of vietnam, they killed him. next thing you know ron paul kennedyd paul people, did shut down the reserve in 1963. host: we will leave it there. coming up next we will talk to two members of congress about what happened in boston as well as the key issues in congress this week. will be joining us and later represented luke messer. we'll be right back. one of the questions i did ask a lot is why do we do this? important not only to our national heritage but to history around the world, it needs to be preserved and the story needs to be passed on to future generations. the most complex and searches what mission to monitor still has and is of the film. the educational outreach efforts and conservation efforts, what those things are continuing to do toda

the aircraft was operating near the uss dwight d. eisenhowereisenhower's home port in virginia, but in the arabian sea conducting sought operations. >>> the body of a woman killed in afghanistan is arriving back at dover air force base. he she was a press officer at the u.s. embassy in kabul. she was on her way to donate books to a school when her convoy was attacked attacked wir bomb. four other americans also killed. >> it was her passion and she really made a difference doing it and you can't regret that at all. she really did a great job. >> she's just one of the many people who answered the call to serve our country in a big way. >> gretchen: just two weeks ago, she served as a personal guide for secretary of state john kerry when he visited afghanistan. >>> he spent two years behind bars for taking people hostage at one of hillary clinton's campaign offices. this morning he's on the run after escaping from a halfway house in new hampshire. this is not the first time leeland aisenberg escaped custody. in 2010 he alleged lee cut off his ank

of columbia university, john jay, alexander hamilton, the authors of the federalist papers, dwight d. eisenhowerto the bottom of our society. we go to the people who engaged in the worst crimes imaginable and we say to our children, 20 and 22 and 23, these are the people that you emulate. these are the people that you follow. these are the people that you can be like. they've been rabbited, but they they -- real estate habited -- rabbited. columbia should stand tall. it's standing low in a lot of americans' eyes today. it's very, very embarrassing. so bill ayers, those are your teachers in america today. >> steve: they keep the jobs long enough, they wind up with tenure. by the way, we did reach out to columbia. they declined any sort of comment. >> they should. >> steve: peter, thank you very much. crazy story. next up, running a marathon is a pretty awesome accomplishment. but how about competing in more than 1,000 races when you're a quadriplegic? that story is next and it will leave you speechless about a father and his son. and then caught on camera, rutgers university head coach pushing, s

dwight d. eisenhower >> e equals mc squared. >> reporter: and albert einstein. one minute the kids are on a fact-finding mission at the museum of american history -- >> it's like a scavenger hunt. >> reporter: next, they're talking to a former congressman. >> what is the most fascinating issue you have dealt with since you have on the hill. >> reporter: and sometimes they get to witness history in the making. >> this is the supreme court here. >> for zenzalai, the lincoln memorial is highlight of her trip. >> it was martin luther king's i have a dream speech. >> reporter: long before mr. king made history there, another african-american was breaking history at the lincoln memorial. in 1939, marian anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of her time, was denied permission to perform at a government ceremony in washington because of the color of her skin. when first lady eleanor roosevelt found out about the snub, she personally invited anderson to perform at an easter concert at the lincoln memorial.