tonight our military analyst retired army colonel jack jacobs, himself a recipient of the medal of honorr report with a group of vets from dayton, ohio. >> reporter: 35 veterans bound for the nation's capital. most of them for the very first time. >> you want to talk about old times? >> yeah! >> reporter: this trip is one of many organized by the honor flight network every year. sending more than 10,000 older veterans to the washington memorials honoring their service and their sacrifice. [ applause ] >> reporter: each is paired with a guardian and nurses are on hand. >> ice packs, a hug, just let us know and -- >> i need one. >> oh! [ laughter ] >> reporter: after landing, the men and women spend time at the world war ii, vietnam, and korean war memorials, sharing stories about their service. >> prisoner of war in germany. >> i came home from okinawa. it took me three weeks to hitchhike home. >> it brings back memories. >> reporter: the memories of those lost. >> it's hard to explain. i think about all the guys that never get to see it. >> reporter: and that uncertainty of when or if th

there's an editorial today, jack, speaking with jack jacobs, colonel jack jacobs, about the silence,because sometimes it's extremely difficult to chat about it. my father served in the second world war in new guinea in the philippines, didn't talk about the war and nowadays if you talk to anybody who's older that served in combat, even if he said nothing at all about it for first 80 years of his life, he'll start talking about it now as his days get shorter. when we think back about it, we try to remember the good things, but on a day like today, in particular on a day like today, it's extremely difficult to avoid thinking about the friends you lost. now especially when you get older and remember these people when they were 19 and 20 years old and they never got a day older in your mind. >> and just in the sheer numbers and you multiply this by the friends and the families who feel the loss to this day, in world war i, 116,516 u.s. service members lost their lives. in world war ii, more than 405,000. 54,000 plus in the korean war. jack in the war you served in vietnam, 90,220. desert

nbc military analyst retired colonel jack jacobs helped present those awards. >>> and you can't blame them for tying. tim tebow fans started a petition on the white house website to get president obama to order the jacksonville jaguars to sign the quarterback. well, it's since been removed from the site for violating the terms of service. however, it's not all bad for tebow. he was just named the nation's most influential athlete by "forbes" magazine. >>> don't be so quick to ditch that 5:00 shadow, guys. there's a recent study out of the university of new south wales claiming women are most attracted to a healthy beard. volunteers were presented with pictures of men with varying stages of stubble. and the men with a ten-day beard were chosen as the most attractive. >>> "early today health" is brought to you by vagisil. bring yourself back. >>> now for a first look at business. we turn to cnbc's seema mody. >> the senate passes the internet sales tax bill which lets states to collect taxes all online purchases. best buy complained about consumers who browse in stores and then buy onli

jack jacobs helped to present the awards. >>> you can't blame them for trying. tebow fans started a petition on the website to, get this, order them to sign the quarterback. it's not all bad for tebow, just named the nation's most influential athlete by forbes magazine. congrats to him. >>> for your first look at this morning's business, we turn to cnbc's seema mody. good morning, seema. >> good morning, betty. taxes on all online purchases, best buy who complain consumers brows in stores and buy online for less. the bill faces opposition from republicans, who see it as a tax increase. windows to issue a patch for version 8. >>> disney believes the force is strong with electronic arts, teaming up with the company to make "star wars" video games. it comes weeks after it shut its game division. >> all right, seema. may the force be with you today. >> thank you. >>> raging wildfires prompt massive spending. u.s. forest service will dish out $160 million over the next five years for a bigger, faster fleet to fight the flame flames. this year's fortune 500 list is ou

our military analyst jack jacobs was there and was among the recipients of the medal of honor who said today all six of today's citizens exemplified courage, sacrifice, selflessness in trying to protect their students from the gunman at newtown. >>> still ahead as we continue on a monday evening, what's killing so many honey bees in this country, and why it matters for the american dinner table? news tonight in a growing mystery. >>> later, what happened when school kids took note of simple kindness and consideration. imagine that. >>> this is just the time of year when gardens across so much of our country should be buzzing with activity. beehives of activity, in fact. but those same bees that scared us to death as kids, we came to appreciate as adults for the work they do. the problem is those bees are scarce these days. something is killing the honey bees. it's having a huge ripple effect. our report tonight from our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson. >> hey, gary. denise qualls, how are you? >> reporter: denise is a match maker, hooking up farmers and bee keep

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jack. you. jacobs in that president south africa it's great to have you with us today. i've heard you recently warning western corporations of pursuing a colonial approach to africa what exactly does that mean while the colonial approach that we're talking about as you know africa is the only continent in the world to go to was colonized by europe totally. we had to fight what to call the un to colonial wars to free ourselves and they were being taught there not just small wars but a bitter when africa became free there was no other engine and how to make up for that so they were left as they were up to this day in some of the african countries are still have the armies of the former colonial countries what do they want there you still have a mentality there do they look at you as a former subject when they do business with you and defect that you have not shifted in terms of how the quantum of the lessons. that's a bigger problem the companies that dominate this country come from the former colonial countries in no way you have the indigenous companies growing to be in

colonel jack jacobs is one of them, a medal of honor recipient, also an msnbc military analyst.giving out the medals with his colleagues at that ceremony in newtown tomorrow. good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> first of all, what led the society to what i would gather would be an unprecedented move to honor these victims? >> well, a few years ago, we realized that two things -- first of all, our numbers are dwindling. when i was decorated, we had almost 400 living recipients, now we're down to 80, statistically we'll be down to nothing at some point. we want to leave a legacy. and the second thing is that we realized that when people are recognized for valorous acts, there are so many others who have done things that are brave and they never get recognized. people didn't see them or people saw them and they themselves didn't survive and so we all realize that we wear the award not for ourselves but for all those who can't. we decided it was about time to recognize civilians and there's plenty of bravery among civilians. civilians who are constantly doing things for their