>> this is exactly what richard holbrooke said on the course of his career that i served with him or worked with him on any kind of project clearly a towering figure but also a tragic figure and one of the best biographies i have ever read in a completely different style not a usual biography. was so taken with that i have given it away for people to read for those in the place where i work. and then recently this is the the presidential history of abraham lincoln president so more important than that a cultural history of the years between 1856 and then inevitable. and from stephen douglas from the kansas nebraska act and ready kansas and and the dred scott decision these are for really important years that led to the civil war. charles sumner and it is a great piece of history and lots of tidbits and one of the characters to comes up badly as a demagogue willing to sacrifice all kinds of principles to advance his career and of course he tragically failed in that endeavor but did huge damage to overturn the missouri compromise and slavery where it had been prohibited not in the sout

so i began my book about holbrook in the voice of a novelist. even though the book has 35 pages of notes and accurate as i can possibly can make it. it begins, i knew him. as if you're about to hear this by someone who knew him. there was a voice that carries the entire book. i gimme a ton of freedom to do things the traditional biographies do not do. but only within the guidelines of the contract of the reader. it all has to be true. so try to make it sound like just a great yarn that you would want to sit down and hear through the storytelling. >> and you and i have talked about this before. but i thank you so just marvelous. it is great fun to talk about. one thing that may, in the early pages which i thought about that would be fun to talk about a little bit freedom paraphrasing. i didn't have a look at this before i came on friday say something like only infection. can we ever really get to know the person. and i thought about that because jacky kennedy, people thank you so someone truly listed . you may never really get close to the sky be

. >> it is now my pleasure, i think he's here to introduce jared holbrooke are you still here? i was waiting for you to come from the other side. from dallas texas. by way of a&m university. >> yes sir. [applause] >> howdy. jfk emphasize the importance of the space race during this time of fear in the u.s.. american men and women took this challenge head on. nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. i am honored to introduce one of those legends. the man who pioneered apollo 11 in a fall 13. if you've ever heard the phrase, thank houston, the eagle has landed, with great honor i'm here to introduce to you mr. jean kranz. >> thank you jared, it's a privilege and to be introduced by you, and they told me i had three hours to speak, so i will have to be speaking through your lunch year, but jared had said no, will give me a call when i've got five minutes. he's gonna stand up and give me sort of a, heads up. when i have you know a few minutes, and i have a three minute video, of the actual lunar landing. and i think that will put, this year and this decade of the 50th anniversa

. >> sit. .era from holbrook, massachusetts, and his best friend kanoh playing catch. >> jump.s tattoo. >> i wanted to get something to symbolize something that is very endearing to me. >> reporter: over his 13 years in the reserves, master sergeant rivera has separated from kanoh before, but not for that long. so an upcoming seven-month deployment to kuwait had him worried. >> i had no one to care for my dog, so i'm like, oh, man, boarding my dog in the kennel for six months. >> reporter: through a military friend hector found dogs on deployment, a national nonprofit that provides assistance to military pet owners, so they can leave their animals without worry. >> we as a community support their service and that becomes our service. >> reporter: kanoh staying with david and joann donahue, who regularly sent him updates called pupdates. hector, 6,000 miles away, but able to stay connected through photos, christmas wishes, videos, even tiktoks. >> i felt like my dog was in good hands. >> reporter: but seven months is a long time, so the cameras were rolling again, this time when

reflecting on the remarks he made, and it was a great award and an award a properly bestowed to senator holbrookelast week. lonnie who grew up in a small town of willow ten was an entrepreneur and business leader. he was a gifted architect and a friend and a thoughtful legislator. he had the privilege of sitting next to another very thoughtful legislator of the late senator john andrew's from crosby. lonnie recalled that night when one is a workout the senate once told if you're born in the united states, you already won the lottery. and that's true, given what a a fantastic country this is the lonnie agreed wholeheartedly that he also added if you had a chance to grow up in a small town in north dakota, you want it again. if you had a chance to live and work in a committee like grand forks, i have won the lottery at least three times. we can all relate to this deeply ingrained feelings of gratitude and pride in our country, our state and our hometowns. these are exceptional places. we do not take them for granted. every day we are grateful for the chance to make this an even better place for our

. >> it is now my pleasure, i think he's here to introduce jared holbrooke are you still here? was waiting for you to come