. >> cnn heroes. >> cnn heroes. >> cnn heroes. >> with the biggest heart ever. >> cnn hero -- ♪ are you >> my message to the world is very simple. >> may we all find the hero inside us, by reaching out to others. >> god is calling many of you to make a difference in people's lives. >> do not be afraid, and never give up. >> love and support one another. >> the work i do, this was like the air i breathe. i can't stop. >> god bless this country. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> looks like i've picked the wrong night to introduce glue on eyelashes to the evening. i'm definitely crying already. it is going to be a mess. >> that makes me feel very insignificant. let's get started on this year's show. we want to meet our first hero. in nashville, tennessee, she created a place for women who struggled on the streets. to tell her story tonight is an ambassador for the alicia keys charity, keep a child alive, please welcome to stars of "hidden figures," taraji p. henson and octavia spencer. ♪ [ applause ] >> tonight, remember these two words, love heals. it just does. when becca stevens was 5,

it's the tenth anniversary of cnn heros. we have celebrated remarkable individuals who found a way to make the world a better place. with are honoring their commitment and courage to change the world. their stories of compassion, perseverance embody the best of humani humanity. they saw a need and stepped up. they have changed and saved lives. each year we honor ten amazing individuals and we reveal who viewers chose to be the cnn hero of the year. tonight, we catch up with five of our cnn heros of the year to see where they are now. before we get started we want to kick off something special. starting tonight, right now in fact we want you to choose which of tonight's past cnn heros of the year will be named cnn super hero this sunday night. voting is open and continues all weekend and in to this sunday night tenth annual cnn heros all watch to learn about the best of the best and let us know who you think should be named the cnn super hero and get $50,000 to further their cause. when we met liz in 2008, she and her boyfrie

watch this sunday night's tenth annual cnn heros all-star tribute to find out which past cnn hero of the year will win $50,000 to further their cause. >>> next up, we're going to catch up with a young man who started his mission to change the world as a teenager and hasn't stopped since. >> whenever we go from one community to another community, children were running towards us. they were waiting for us and smiling. >> cnn hero of the year efren penaflorida used to push a single cart of books and supplies to teach kids in the slums of the philippines. today, his push carts are everywhere, and his classroom on wheels has been replicated around the world. meet a real hometown hero when we come back. walked around the shelter, no intention of adopting. he was the very last kennel in the very last row. emaciated. he was skin and bones. usually what you see in neglected dogs. it was one of those complete, meant-to-be moments... i totally fell in love with him. (avo) through the subaru share the love event, we've helped the aspca save nearly thirty thousand animals so far. get a new subaru

each year at our annual "sncnn heroes," we reveal the hero of the year.onight we catch up with five of the heroes of the year twro see how their lives have change, how their lives have been changed since they were named cnn hero of the year. from nor, liz mccartney, florida in the philippines. from indonesia, medical marvel robin limb. from the state of illinois, chad pedracki defending the planet. before we get started, we want to kick off something special to mark our 10th anniversary. starting tonight, right now in fact, we want you to choose which of tonight's past cnn heroes of the year will be named the superhero this sunday night. voting is open, cnnheroes.com, and continues all weekend and into the their sunday's 10th annual "cnn heroes: all-star tribute." watch tonight to learn about the best of the best and let us know who you think should be named the cnn superhero and win $50,000 to further their cause. to kick things off we're going to the first cnn hero of the year year, liz mccartney. in 2008, she and her boyfriend zach had started a nonpro

that's how heroes begin. there should be a vehicle to highlight the works of these every day people who are really changing the world and so it's just been a tremendous honor to be part of it for ten years. we've not only given attention to people really deserving but it's not giving them large amounts of money but giving them a global platform and they can grow their foundations and the work they're doing. not only be honored to have kelly co-hosting with me but we're brought back five past cnn heroes. one of them will be voted by our viewers tonight and voting is open right now at cnnheroes.com to be the super hero of the year. >> not only $100,000 to the top hero but a super heroes as well. kelly, tell us a little bit about some of the people that we're all going to be introduced to tonight, these honorees. what are their stories like? >> there's so many stories of inspiration. people that are really finding the need in their communities where there are -- there's so many people that have started martial a

he was hailed as a hero. glenn later reentered public life representing his home state of ohio in the u.s. senate where he served for a quarter century. >> it's better to have tried and failed than have failed to try. i guess that's the way i look at it. >> through all his years in public life, he never lost his pioneering spirit. he made one final launch. in 1998 when he was 77, he became the oldest astronaut to travel into space. appropriate title tonight, globe editorial director of "huffington post." tell me shuttle commander, what it was like to meet john glenn and what he meant to you. >> john glenn was a hero of mine from the earliest days, as far back as i can remember. he had the career i always dreamed of, fighter pilot during world war ii and then test pilot and astronaut. so meeting him in the astronaut gym and working out with him was a real thrill for me and he just fulfilled every expectation i ever had of somebody that lived up to it. >> let's do a couple things. we didn't think we'd do it on

a super hero edition of good day at 9a starts now.ow ♪♪ boy we can use a hero.r there's a hero among uss today. >> thank goodness.s. >> super kaheem.uperah >> i like it.. >> good day d.c. 9:00 o'clock oc this friday, december 16th i'm i steve chenevey alongside allisos and holly and erin maureen isren off today and wisdom is on as on very special assignment which wh you'll see in just a minute.st n >> indeed. well this morning he is helpingg make a wish come true. five-year-old kaheem.aheem now kaheem has leukemia.kemia he's in treatment.reatment. but this morning fox5 is teamint up with make a wish mid atlantic to give him a day he will never forget. you see kaheem asked to be super hero. he he didn't want people to helpt p him. he wanted to help others.. and today work wig agencies alll across the city he is going to t save d.c. and, you know what, dc needs saving kaheem. k it's about time you got here.t h >> that's right. that's his day is getting started on montgomery county fire truck fit that's dropping him off rightin here at our station as we speakk wisd

we needed a hero so bad.as one of those original seven outstanding heros who came to the rescue. >> as did you, my friend. as did you. i want to thank you, gene, for coming on. i know you have had your own health issues and all. please be well. thank you for what you have done. >> well, thank you. >> be well. gene cernan, last man to walk on the moon, blessedly the last man to sing in space as well. john glenn never tried that. thank the lord. we will have more, representing an american hero, today dead at 95. you totanobody's hurt, new car. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insur

and among those in the crowd, heroes emerged. >> how much of the movie was honoring the heroes of thatnd how much of the movie was about healing that's still going on in boston? >> i think more about healing and hope and us all kind of standing up together and holding hands. you know, these things will continue to happen, and the only real way to respond is with love and unity. >> what this film is about is how the city of boston came together and the fact that love really does seem to rise to the surface when these horrible things happen. >> reporter: it's not the first time director peter berg and wahlberg have joined forces to bring a major headline to the big screen. blockbusters released even as emotions are still raw. >> any thought that this movie might be too soon? >> i was certainly on the fence about it. but then i realized that if it wasn't me it was going to be someone else. >> on the fence why? >> for that question. is it too soon? it's never going to be okay for certain people to have us re-enact the worst dave their lives. >> reporter: the goal instead would be to pay tr

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he came back a hero. he was a hero before he left, but when he came back, he was probably the greatest non-political hero that the united states had. >> you know, as far as that hero status is concerned, as i understand it, john f. kennedy did not want him to go back into space because he didn't want anything to happen to him, that he wanted him to remain the hero icon for america because he symbolized so much. according to reports that i read john glenn didn't know this until years later because he really wanted to get back into space as soon as he landed back on earth after that first mission. >> it's a real irony, isn't it? space, and at the same time the side effect is that you can't do it again because you're too valuable now. it's a real irony. those kinds of ironies occur -- it happened with neil armstrong to a certain extent as well. i guess it was when john, after he served 24 years or almost 24 years as a senator, that we decided he became expendable again and sent him up. >> exactly. he became

heroes are always exceptions.he molten magma. >> pauley: on the trail in hawaii. impressive linda. it seems age isn't slowing you down. but your immune system weakens as you get older increasing the risk for me, the shingles virus. i've been lurking inside you since you had chickenpox. i could surface anytime as a painful, blistering rash. one in three people get me in their lifetime, linda. will it be you? and that's why linda got me zostavax, a single shot vaccine. i'm working to boost linda's immune system to help protect her against you, shingles. zostavax is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults fifty years of age and older. zostavax does not protect everyone and cannot be used to treat shingles or the nerve pain that may follow it. you should not get zostavax if you are allergic to gelatin or neomycin, have a weakened immune system or take high doses of steroids are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. the most common side effects include redness, pain, itching, swelling, hard lump warmth or bruising

really can be a hero. deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. 6:00. >>> we're really braces ourselves for what we're to get. in meantime temperatures playing a major role. right now, 27 degrees at dc. 25 at gaithersburg, the same as baltimore, westminster at 25, and dulles 24 at martinsberg and 27 at culpeper. so windchills is significant also. it feels like it's in the teens, and single digits in many of our area, that's going to be the case in the overnight hours with the light winds, winter weather alerts, kicking until saturday in the morning hour, until 1:00 in the afternoon, actually. winter weather advisory and freezing rain advisories in effect that impact our immediate area, the freezing rain advisory until 9:00 a.m. saturday, less than a 10th of an inch of accumulation. as far as the winter weather advisory we're talki

wimp use that word "hero" too often.hen it was time for him to blast off yet again, i'd been in and out of nasa covering those stories for local television stations for many years and don't remember the kind overcommitment that came with that -- the kind of excitement that came with that mission. unlike the others. >> absolutely. this is like a time capsule if you will. the first man to orbit the earth, the first american to orbit the earth, and here he was coming back, what, 40 years later, in his 70s and doing it again, and talk about bringing up enemy rid of the glory days of the space program. looking at him right there, i'm watching the video on our screen, of him in his 70s and in a space outfit like the other astronauts, going up into space, and i know there must have been some good scientific reason for doing it, but let's be honest, he wanted to go up into space again. he hoped he would be able to go up again. these guys were test pilots, they were fly boys, and any chance to go up into space again, they didn't

for the super hero. that's great.for the cnn heros, tell us about some of the things these folks do. >> you know, the amazing thing about it is, these are people who -- they don't have access to power or access to money, and yet they are people who decide to stand up and see a need and do something to help their communities. and so i think, you know, we try not to focus on any one, because any one of them, frankly, could be cnn hero of the year. and it's totally still up for viewers. viewers can still vote. >> voting's still open? >> voting's still open. >> what do you think kelly ripa will add as a dimension to your anchoring? >> i think kelly will be the charming, smart, funny person that she always is and she will draw me out of myself. >> she will emotional react because she's -- >> she's like you. >> whereas you like to keep it all in. >> i'm an introvert and she's an extrovert. >> she's super fun and adorable. >> she's the yin to my yang. >> that's a deeper discussion. might be worthy of having, maybe another sp

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lots of people think they know what a hero is. you have a particular definition. >> it's a person who is under no obligation to act, who puts his self or herself in serious risk of death or major injury to save the life of another human being. >> mark is chairman of the carnegie hero fund commission in pittsburgh. these people almost always rescuing strangers. they're not bound to them by family or tribe or any personal interest. >> the carnegie hero fund is one of many institutions founded by andrew carnegie. he came to pittsburgh from and rose to become one of the tight answer of the american steel industry. and one of the richest men in the world. in 1901 at the age of 65, he sold the carnegie corporation and put his billions to work in foundations, that still bear his name. >> he's a man of ideas, who is tremendously concerned with issues of peace and justice and ethics. and established organizations to support all of those things. >> and then, on the frigid january day, in 1904, a mine explosion near pittsburgh killed 181 men

the queen pays tribute to what you call the other heroes such as carers and volu nteers other heroesuch as carers and volunteers in her christmas message but is forced to miss church this morning with a cold. president putin declares a day of mourning tomorrow in russia, after a military plane crashes on its way to syria, killing all 92 people on board. there is no longer any threat of a toon army in southern chile, after a powerful 7.6 magnitude quake hit off the coast. emergency services say there have been no fatalities. the israeli leader, binyamin netanyahu the israeli leader, binyamin neta nyahu has ordered the israeli leader, binyamin netanyahu has ordered his foreign ministry to summon and reprimand ambassadors from countries on the united nations security council, including britain. the move is a response to the un vote on friday that condemned israel's building of jewish settlements in the occupied west bank. our middle east analyst, alanjohnston west bank. our middle east analyst, alan johnston told me west bank. our middle east analyst, alanjohnston told me that mr netany

it's incredible. >> i'm not really a super hero but people call me a super hero.uper hero if i did more super heroish things. >> reporter: a little boy fightsing a disease and helping others sure sounds like the definition of a super hero to us. nbc news new york. >> way to go max. >>> up next the new year, as we look at the scene tonight in beijing. we asked children here for their take on the year ending and the but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. that just tastes better. with 10 times more vitamin e. and twice the omega 3s. because why have ordinary when you can have the best. only eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. ohn's disease. i didn't think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was. so, i finally broke the silence with my doctor about what i was experiencing. he said humira is for pe

. >> kareem's a phenomenon, but who are his heros and heroines. he's made a list of people who influenced his journey, from sports, movies, music, the wild west, even ancient egypt, they're all change makers. >> there's few people on there that probably would surprise people. >> he's not who you think he is, that's for sure. >> i structured my list basically with the people that influenced me when i was a young person. my teenage years of going to college and my young adult years. but then, i had to make it evolve, because it's been a long time. a whole lot has happened since then. >> kareem's career began as a 15-year-old phenomenon in new york city. he led his high school team to 71 victories in 101 games and three championships. however his childhood idol, was an athlete from another sport. >> i would start with jackie robinson. because i was a big baseball fan. when i was a kid, he was my hero. even more so than all the cowboys that i used to want to be like. jackie robinson was, he was number one. >> jackie robinson could hit, he could field,

the american hero hospitalized. we have new reporting on john glenn at this hour. >>> also, the controversial pat-down. why one woman, suffering from breast cancer, says an officer went too far. and tonight, how the tsa is now responding. >>> the suspicious package that had an american highway shut down today. the bomb squad called in. traffic at a standstill. >>> and america strong tonight. the greatest generation, take a look at those young faces, paying tribute to american heroes, returning to pearl harbor, 70 years later. ? pback whales were nearly extinct. they rebounded because a decision was made to protect them. making the right decisions today for your long-term financial future can protect you and your family, and preserve your legacy. ask a financial advisor how retirement and life insurance solutions from pacific life can help you plan for your future. i have asthma... coming back on my long-term control medicine. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-dail

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he returned the flight to a hero's welcome. and appeared on "meet the press" for the first time to share his experience. >> i can't even begin to tell you what we'll run into or what we'll benefit, but i think man's participation in this guarantees bun thi one thing. if we can perceive them, analyze them, bring them to our experiences here, this is one thing man brings to the program. he can see things that now are completely unforeseen or unknown. this is perhaps going to be the biggest advantage of having a man in the space program, are things we don't even foresee right now. >> how about that. glenn left nasa and the marine corps in the late '60s before entering politics in the early '70s to represent his beloved ohio. in 1970 he ran successfully for the u.s. senate but lost in the democratic primary to howard metzenbaum. ran the next year and was successful. ended up serving with howard metzenbaum. glenn did take another stab at national office in 1984, running for the presidential nomination. he was unsuccessful in that bi

my first public memory, my hero, first public hero. honor to meet him at this building years later.eed, john glenn. >> i was in the peace corps with a guy, when he went to the moon, the whole village, watch, was that great? go to the moon with the peace corps. april? >> i don't think my -- no, in the mix to head the department of ag, former congressman j.c. watts. >> is it coming? >> he's in the mix. he's in the mix. >> diversify a bit more. >> diversify. yes. yes. >> billionaire, though? >> he's one of the first -- >> he's a great guy, great guy. two things. harry reid secretly admires what mitch mcconnell did on merrick garland, second thing, democrats are refusing -- democrat senators are refusing to meet with trump nominees in the senate. >> is there going to be a filibuster next year or is it gone? harry reid said there's a filibuster soon. >> he helped killed it. >> don't want everything to move too fast under donald trump. david corn, thank you. >>> when we return, let me finish with american hero, john glenn. i got some things to say i know about him. you're watching "hardba

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i talk to him this morning.orng you're going to be a hero. you'll be a super hero and hero today.ent. >> hi, kaheem. how are you. >> you want to go outside andside a get on the fire truck? >> yay. y >> come on let's go. we'll hang out today. let's go make this happen.n. joke. >> you're on tv. we know you like the tv picture, right? >> let's go. let's g >> come on. >> let's go.>> here we go.hego >> mom is over here. is over >> can i give you your firstours super hero hat? hat? >> that's a gift from us. u >> big day for you all right.llt >> we'll go save some people. we going to meet the super heroo council. coun let's go. t's gogo. let's walk.lewalk. let's go.t' >> mom has got you. yu. come on. >> look at all these peoplese po right here. [ cheers and applause ] and >> today is the big day.e bigay [ cheers and applause ] kaheem! >> you excited? [ applause ] >> we'll go hang out.ut >> does that sun like fun? f? >> um-hmm.. >> you like fire trucks? tru >> all right. n.t's go make it happe >> all right? here we go. >> can my mom come too. >> yes. you.ou go with >> we got it set up so

it is a hero's welcome. >> hello! >> reporter: america's youngest generation, honoring its greatest. ? and the rockets red glare ? >> reporter: among them, stu headley. >> give me five. 95 years young. >> planes were diving from every area. then a scrappy 20-year-old seaman. he was getting ready for a picnic with his girlfriend before all hell broke loose. hundreds of japanese fighter planes swarmed the hawaii skies >> and we heard, "bam!" and there went the "arizona," exploding. >> reporter: stu was aboard the "west virginia." >> they blew the hatch off, right down by my feet. oil on the surface of water. >> hottest breath of air i breathed in my life. >> reporter: more than 2,000 of his fellow soldiers died that december 7th. stu defended his country through 13 more battles. 75 years later, stu has returned to hawaii with a group of 15 other survivors. the journey organized by the greatest generation foundation. today, a solemn ceremony, gratitude for these precious few survivors. for that, and so much more, stu say

. >>> honoring a hero tonight.nkie williams. >> his mother filled with tears, remembering the latest state trooper to lose his life in a car crash. trooper williams died on monday night when an erratic driver crashed in to his cruiser on route 55 in millville. drew smith reports on the overwhelming sorrow felt by so many and the support to first responders. >> there was a huge turnout down here at the leesburg fire station where a lot of first responders came out to honor the memory of their fallen brother. ♪ how great thou art >> a gathering in the dark to show how much light frankie williams with brought to the county. >> an individual 0 who chose to sacrifice in order to protect us. >> reporter: a man who even at traffic stops brought out the best of people. >> officer, i want to thank you for being so kind. >> reporter: victoria williams got emotional remembering her son. >> everyone's in tears because he's always been good. >> reporter: earlier this week the 31-year-old responded to a call for an out-of-contro

that is not something you usually talk about when you talk about heroes, especially heroes like johna life that was rigorous with just a little bit of magic. we talk about poise under pressure, mental and physical toughness, but for all his heroism the history will remember in war and space and public life, you felt something deeper with john. the way to get to air force two, i got a call from john kerry. some are over the atlantic on the way to another mission in the middle east. and he told me about his time that he got to spend with you a couple of days ago and the family. he said -- only the ninth in history. he said he talked about how much it meant to him and to be with you. and he gained spontaneously what i think is the best description of john glenn, and i knew john for over four years. he said john came out of the heart of the country like you kids do, and he stole america's heart. he came out of the heart of the country and stole america's heart. and he did. he stole america's heart. u.n. john and jill and i have been friends for 40 years. we served in the senate together

that is not something you usually talk about when you talk about heroes, especially heroes like johnved a life that was rigorous with just a little bit of magic. we talk about poise under pressure, mental and physical toughness, but for all his heroism the history will remember in war and space and public life, you felt something deeper with john. the way to get to air force two, i got a call from john kerry. some are over the atlantic on the way to another mission in the middle east. and he told me about his time that he got to spend with you a couple of days ago and the family. he said -- only the ninth in history. he said he talked about how much it meant to him and to be with you. and he gained spontaneously what i think is the best description of john glenn, and i knew john for over four years. he said john came out of the heart of the country like you kids do, and he stole america's heart. he came out of the heart of the country and stole america's heart. and he did. he stole america's heart. u.n. john and jill and i have been friends for 40 years. we served in the senate toget

. >> tonight, we were an american hero, space pioneer john glenn, the first american to orbit the earth. >> looks like a good wicked weather creates massive pileups, blizzard conditions, and arctic chill across much of the country. and. >> i thought they were just water vapor. >> pelley: the nation's top doctor sounds the alarm on e-cigarettes. is a new generation getting hooked on nicotine. >> bottom line, is there is no safe use of tobacco products for kids, and those include with scott pelley. >> pelley: john glenn, the last of the mercury 7 astronauts, the first american to orbit the earth, died late today. he was 95. back in 1962, america was losing the space race. the soviets had already sent a man into orbit, and just six months after that, they detonated the world's largest atom bomb. so the pressure and excitement were sky high that february day shining spacesuit, compressed himself into "friendship 7." school children held their breath watching black and white tvs, grand central terminal stopped in its tracks, eyes glued to a big screen, and president kennedy waited to exhale

that is not something you usually talk about when you talk about heroes, especially heroes like john, who lived a life that was rigorous with just a little bit of magic. we talk about poise under pressure, mental and physical toughness, but for all his heroism the history will remember in war and space and public life, you felt something deeper with john. the way to get to air force two, i got a call from john kerry. some are over the atlantic on the way to another mission in the middle east. and he told me about his time that he got to spend with you a couple of days ago and the family. he said -- only the ninth in history. he said he talked about how much it meant to him and to be with you. and he gained spontaneously what i think is the best description of john glenn, and i knew john for over four years. he said john came out of the heart of the country like you kids do, and he stole america's heart. he came out of the heart of the country and stole america's heart. and he did. he stole america's heart. u.n. john and jill and i have been friends for 40 years. we served in the sena

and we begin with the passing of a true american hero. former astronaut, war hero and u.s. senator from ohio, john glenn, has died. the first american to orbit the earth. he was the last surviving member of the original "mercury 7" astronauts. a symbol of the american spirit. his nearly five-hour flight solidifying america's place in the space race with the soviet union. giving the country a much-needed victory at the time. once asked how he'd like to be remembered, glenn said he'll, quote, leave that to the other people. and so, we begin with abc's david wright. >> ten, nine -- >> reporter: he was a pioneer and a patriot. launched into history with this iconic sendoff from mission control. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: later, john glenn confessed he actually didn't hear that phrase, as "friendship 7" lifted off. >> zero g, and i feel fine. capsule is turning around. oh, that view is tremendous. >> reporter: at the height of the space race, john glenn was the first american to orbit the earth. >> this is "friendship 7," reading you loud and clear. >> reporter: glenn

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chip reid paid a visit to a nonprofit, hero dogs, working to unite vets with four legged companions. >> reporter: the dog training center my version of paradise. all dogs at various stages of training to be hero dogs and these are trainers getting the dogs ready off to change the lives of veterans with disabilities. >> good girl. >> at 11 week old, maggie and honor. are hard at work. these puppies only have a 1 in 3 chance of becoming official hero dogs. >> turn around come back. >> jennifer lund started the organization. >> do you have a sense whether they will make it through the program? >> looking for a puppy, outgoing, eager. interactive. not bothered by much. out puppies who wouldn't beep good candidates. but i, unfortunately, don't have a crystal ball. i can't guarantee which ones are going to make it. >> mitch, leave it. >> on average. training takes three years. >> step. step. wait. >> mitch its three. and is now in advanced training. >> initially we say step. then we say wait. they don't continue forward. >> is mitch a good student? >> pretty good student. helps that he lik

john glenn once said he never thought of himself as a hero, but then heroes never do. >> you know, i guess i'm not untypical of this country in that we all have so many opportunities that come our way. and i happened to be around at a lot of times when things were going on, and was able to take advantage of some of those opportunities that came my way, and i guess it's typical of what happens in this country to a lot would probably be the nearest to heaven i'd ever get and i wanted to make the most of it. but my feelings are that this whole project, with regard to space, sort of stands with us now as, if you want to look at it one way, like the wright brothers stood at kitty hawk about 50 years ago. >> three, two, one, zero, ignition. liftoff, pilot john glenn is reporting all systems go, is off his instruments. >> roger zero-"g," and i feel fine. capsule is turning around. oh, that view is tremendous. an end of something means the beginning of something else, and i don't think that something else is going to be a-- a-- the death of the manned space program. well, i think we had 50 y

while some heroes become american legends, others who fight for the country's freedom will continue toe for their own. but behind every struggle stands a man, and behind every legend lies the truth. >> you ready? >> the story of the american revolution is known by nearly every american child who's taken a history class. but there is another story that's been virtually ignored for more than two centuries. at least 5,000 americans of african descent fight in the revolution. these forgotten heroes rise up against oppression and risk their lives in the name of freedom for their country and for themselves. >> bless you for allowing me to join your camp, ma'am. >> all we have is food and warmth, but it's yours. >> in the tradition, the oral tradition is the big one that we pass knowledge from person to person. our stories are continued as carried over generations and generations in spoken word, poetry, music. that's how they're still remembered today. >> you been to war? >> indeed. >> my pa's in the war. >> must be a proud man, your pa. out there fighting for the trut. >> black people agreed

john glenn is a hero. what is that like to have a hero for a father? very first time i and ii thought about it said he is just my dad. you have been my teacher, my [laughter]s singing partner, you tender, me tenor, meyou melody. and slide a car on ice. memorize myded i social security number. and i learned from you westerns are a high form of entertainment . when you and mother married, you i can't promise you much, but i can promise life won't be boring. life with dad was never boring. [no audio] >> we lost the signal from the memorial service for former senator and astronaut john glenn, taking place at ohio state university in columbus ohio. we will be back shortly and continue our live coverage. again unfortunately we lost the signal from columbus, ohio, the ohio state university, where the memorial service is taking place this hour for john glenn, the former u.s. senator and former astronaut. we do plan to bring you the memorial service tonight at 8:00 eastern time as part of our prime time schedule here on c-span. donald trump continues his victor

he was too valuable here as a hero.along the way there was the other john glenn, the poll signatures, the public servant, a four-term senator from ohio, a one-time presidential candidate. john glenn's wife, annie, survives him. they were married for 73 years. glenn was the last survivor of original mercury 7. they're all gone now. nbc's own jay barbury covered them all. he, too, came to know john glenn. >> john always felt like he was sort of shorted out of going to the moon. he wanted to go to the moon badly. i just would like to set here and think tonight knowing john as i did, he's on the moon tonight. and if we'll look up there, it's in the western sky, brian, we probably could wave at him. he finally got to the moon. >> hear hear, jay barbury in john glenn was a lovely man. for as the late scott carpenter was the first to say, "god speed, john glenn." thank you for being here with us. "hardball with chris matthews" begins right now. >>> the right stuff, let's play "hardball." >> today the united states begins payin