john glenn was a democrat. eral democrat, but he was a democrat and th every way, whether it was their politics, their worldview, theirhandled their personal life and their family. so friendship is very as the of the book suggests, unusual. so how did they become simplistic separation is that they served together in this war and. there is this band of brothementality, a photo of them discussing some maneuvers or some sit runway at their base in korea. born of their service together. and if you read the book, see harrowing mission. it was their first mission together john glenn was going to result in his court martialed. so their friendship fire. so that's how their their missions together. this one mission i outline here wher on map indicate where their targets were that mission that wound up with john glenn, he was going to get court martialed. but what i learned

that was john glenn.towards the end of■syéis te several books have been written about john glenn's career and his life. you know, newspaper articles, articles and those were all good for understanding theture of the story. but i was able to cover uncover a lot of very original archives and details. one of them was i collected two or 300 letters written by people serving in the korean war at the base that john glenn and ted williams served. some of them were written by pilots who served with john glenn ted williams writing home, telling their families, oh, i saw ted on the base today. i flew this mission with ted williams that helped me understand the life over there. what ted williams celebrity was like. i also was able to get about 20 or 30 letters john glenn wrote home to his wife annie and his children the war and then helped again paint of the details about their missions and, what life was like over in the base and. ted williams wrote tenng the korean war, and i was able uncover thoshese firsthand de

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.— will do so in due course. john glenn settin: will do so in due course. john glenn setting out — willdue course. john glenn setting out the _ will do so in due course. john glenn setting out the details _ will do so in due course. john glenn setting out the details of— will do so in due course. john glenn setting out the details of the - setting out the details of the infected blood compensation scheme infected blood compensation scheme in the house of commons. a lengthy statement followed by questions from fellow mps. with me now to discuss what we heard is our health reporter. a very significant, important day for the 30,000 victims of this blood scandal, more than 3000 have delayed waiting for compensation or conclusion. how comprehensive was it? it compensation or conclusion. how comprehensive was it?— compensation or conclusion. how comprehensive was it? it comes out ofthe comprehensive was it? it comes out of the report — comprehensive was it? it comes out of the report yesterday _ comprehensive was it? it comes out of the report yesterday and - comprehensive was it? it comes ou

john glenn is addressing the commons-— john glenn is addressing the commons. , ._ commons.oke _ commons. yesterday the prime minister spoke about _ commons. yesterday the prime minister spoke about the - commons. yesterday the prime l minister spoke about the anguish commons. yesterday the prime - minister spoke about the anguish the infected _ minister spoke about the anguish the infected blood scandal brought to those _ infected blood scandal brought to those impacted by it. iwant infected blood scandal brought to those impacted by it. i want to reiterate — those impacted by it. i want to reiterate his words and apologise again— reiterate his words and apologise again today. i am sorry. the prime minister_ again today. i am sorry. the prime minister also spoke on behalf of the whole _ minister also spoke on behalf of the whole house of our gratitude to sir brian_ whole house of our gratitude to sir brian langstaff and his team for completing his comprehensive report. ithink— completing his comprehensive report. i think seven volumes, 2500 pages, and of— i think seven volu

john glenn, he was one of them. and they discovered a heart murmur. and deke was not qualified to fly. and yet, deke then took the role as the chief of the astronaut office to all of those years of gemini and apollo. >> for dr. epps, if i may, can you talk about how her mission is helping us get back to the moon specifically? >> well, everything that we do on low earth orbit is in preparation for us to have the understanding and the preparation so that we can go further. and that is what we are starting to do, to go back to the moon. not just for the sake of going to the moon, because we did that a half-century ago, but we are going back to the moon to learn in order to go to mars, just like we are doing things in low earth orbit on the international space station to go further. in addition, we are doing serious science on board the international space station. earlier in the committee hearing , i had testified about things going on on cancer research with the drug he true to and with stem cell research. all of that is going on. and although i don't k

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let's take you to the house of commons now, where paymaster general john glenn is giving a statement blood scandal. >> the prime minister spoke about the anguish that the infected blood scandal brought to those impacted by it . to those impacted by it. >> i want to reiterate his words and apologise again today. >> i am sorry . and apologise again today. >> i am sorry. the prime minister also spoke on behalf of the whole house of our gratitude to sir brian langstaff and his team for completing his comprehensive report , i think comprehensive report, i think seven volumes, 2500 pages and of our appreciation of all those who came forward as part of the inquiry . it who came forward as part of the inquiry. it was the who came forward as part of the inquiry . it was the greatest inquiry. it was the greatest privilege of my ministerial career to have met over 40 representatives of the infected blood community in cardiff, edinburgh, belfast, berm , edinburgh, belfast, berm, bingham and leeds. as we finalised our response to compensation for this appalling tragedy , the whole community's tra

john glenn apologised to victims and said the scheme will be flexible . the scheme will be flexible.> those who have been infected or affected as a result of this scandal will receive compensation to be crystal clear , if you have been directly or indirectly infected by nhs blood or blood products or tissue containing nato with hiv or hepatitis c, or have developed a chronic infection from blood contaminated with hepatitis b, you will be eligible to claim compensation under the scheme . compensation under the scheme. >> a woman has died after a dog attack in a house in east london, with police seizing two xl bullies from the property . xl bullies from the property. the metropolitan police says the victim was in her 50s. the incident happened yesterday afternoon . officers say she was afternoon. officers say she was pronounced dead at the scene in. the two registered dogs were seized after being contained in a room from the 1st of february. it became a criminal offence to own the xl bully breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate . the high exemption certificate. the

back in 1962, john glenn flew on the first atlas and, coincidentally, 62 years later we are flying our 100th atlas with butch and sonny on board. that's very significant for our team. if you look at our team, we have been highly focused on the safety of the vehicle, the safety of the payload, as well as bush and sonny, keeping in our minds their family and the needs of the nation to be able to support this second crude fight -- crude flight vehicle -- crewed flight vehicle. dave interacted with every employee within the team and they have become part of our family as you move forward. we see them on a regular basis. they refer to the hardware as their hardware. it means a lot to our entire team to see them, to have them on the call this morning, addressing the team about their readiness and confidence and getting to work with them. that's extremely exciting and we are just honored to be laying this art of the mission. for this, we designed two different technologies to support human spaceflight. there is an emergency detection system on board the anna tours all vehicle systems. in the

the grant painting of the ohio space legends john glenn, neil armstrong, jim level.ce in our rotunda across from the wright brothers. it was a thrill to meet and listen to toledo native gene kranz who tkrbged a number of missions. he spoke of our early space pioneers who wilngly accepted great person risk in the name of national progress and eagerly accepted president kennedy's challenge to put the american flag on the moon. they were children of the depression, first generation college graduates who grew up on farms. they were leaders and team builders. they stood for something greater than themselves. they loved their country and vowed to serve. always grounded in the strong work eth a deeply held values they were from their own parents. and they all have big dreams. tomorrow will be the 54th anniversary of the liftoff of apollo 13. gene krans was the mission flight director and general level was the mission commander. on the third day an only tank exploded damaging the spacecraft forcing crew into a line knar module supported for two days and it became their life

. >> the mission will launch from the same launch pad at cape canaveral, where john glenn's historic started six decades ago. the last manned launch in that spot was back in 1963. san francisco has some of the cleanest tap water in america. it's available for free, yet some still won't use public drinking fountains. why is that? abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez wanted to find out and see if drinking water from these water stations might actually be a way to build a better bay area. >> we heard a rumor that one of san francisco's elusive water refilling stations was located just across the street from our building along the embarcadero. we went searching. surprised to see that it's been there all along, so i took the time to see how many people indulged. after all, why not take advantage of something that's free? pacing back and forth, i waited at waited and waited. not a single person used it. next step. would they follow my lead? did you know that there are stations all around the city like this one? i'm sure there are, yes. have you tried it? no. >> why not? oh, i don't trus

six decades after the atlas launched john glenn on his historic mission.to launch from here, gordon cooper on mercury back in may, 1963. boeing's leroy cain says having a crew on board is what they need to test the starliner. >> the crew interaction with starliner to see how well does she work with people inside? >> reporter: boeing needs a successful launch having fallen behind the other commercial launch provider, spacex, which just unveiled its new high-tech space suit. they're hoping to launch another private mission which will send astronauts on the first spacewalk with these first spacewalking suits later this year. meantime, the starliner rocket now on the launch pad. the crew saying good-bye to their family and friends as the countdown to liftoff begins. >> i'm thankful this time has transpired because we've learned so much. >> it's been a really useful time working with the nasa engineers and the boeing company to really understand this spacecraft. >> reporter: and the starliner is scheduled to launch at 10:34 p.m. in florida tomorrow night. it ha

tony blair, john, john glenn says the prime minister's wealth is a private matter, and much of it isn'tbecause of who he fell in love with, which is a bit of an odd point to make, because surely who he fell in love with is due to him personally, and also the question of would she have fallen in love with him if he was broke and living in a gutter? probably not, it's a bit like saying, his his money is nothing to do with him. it's just the people he invested with, you know, that does make a bit of a difference. yeah, i think this is to do with his popularity is going up and down, but it's not going up and down based on how much money he's got, because that's been fairly, consistent. it's more going up and down because he's rather dull and doesn't have any exciting ideas, is what i would personally think. >> yeah, but i think it's a bad idea. like for someone who supports him to say, don't judge him on his record . yeah, yeah. him on his record. yeah, yeah. >> then you go straight. >> then you go straight. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you're trying to help your friend here? yes. what are you talk

and we had specifically asked the government, i met with the paymaster general, john glenn, on the 2nd of may, and we specifically asked, please , specifically asked, please, please don't announce compensation today because we want today to be about the truth and the facts. >> yeah, yeah. well, you've done that. you've done that very successfully . a lot of very successfully. a lot of very emotional testimony. and i suspect tomorrow's , by the way, suspect tomorrow's, by the way, very big public crowd outside all day. you know, people who weren't directly affected just felt they wanted to be there. i watched it at lunchtime. i couldn't quite believe , you couldn't quite believe, you know, what was going on. so you've done that. you've woken lots of people up. as i say, the press tomorrow will be full of many of the awful stories and the stories that are still happening. you know, today. compensation of some kind is coming . you are, at the moment, coming. you are, at the moment, the lead claimant in a high court case. where does this all go next? i mean, what is justice for you? >> it'

the mission will launch from the same launch pad at cape canaveral, where john glenn's historic missioncross the country will be honoring their moms. it's mother's day. abc news reporter emma wynne has the top trends for this year, and some shopping tips for mother's day is almost here, and for many, it's a time to give mom something special. >> flowers usually takes the top spot. it's at the top spot again, this year. they're very popular. mother's day gift retail me not. >> editor kristin mcgrath says traditional gifts like flowers, cards and a nice meal at a restaurant are big this year, but that gifts that don't cause clutter are reigning supreme. >> further down the list, we start to see you know more of those physical items like jewelry, home goods and clothing . >> to mcgrath's surprise, gift cards are a more common pick this year to people want to show moms appreciation and nontraditional ways. >> and one of those ways is just letting her decide what she wants for herself. >> if you're looking for sales, mcgrath says, there are good deals to be had. >> whether you're shopping fo

delivered, survive to robustly recommend our justice that we've waited 40 years for paymaster—general john glenn>> the compensation scheme won't be announced today, but that it is important, as is restoring community. >> trust is the day for those people who've bravely come forward, and i've met many of them , representatives of 40 of them, representatives of 40 of them, representatives of 40 of the organisations that have stood by these communities over recent years , and they want the recent years, and they want the focus to be on evaluating that report today. and i'm keen to honour that. we passed legislation through the house of lords on the 30th of april, just a few weeks ago. that obligates the government to set up the infected blood compensation authority that will be set up immediately when royal assent is given next month or very soon after . after. >> shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation sarah jones says labour will stand by the government's compensation scheme. >> keir starmer, set out yesterday is really clear that we will support the government on the package of compensa

and i don't want to prejudge indeed , i don't know prejudge indeed, i don't know exactly what john glennfternoon, but i have no doubt that he will be following up. to the letter. the commitment that the letter. the commitment that the prime minister made very clearly yesterday, lord ken clarke is specifically named in this report. >> it concluded he'd misled the pubucin >> it concluded he'd misled the public in an indefensible way over the risks from blood transfusions. he had said there was no conclusive proof that aids could be spread through blood. he's now facing calls to be stripped of his peerage. do you think he should ? you think he should? >> well, it's not a matter for government, i think, to opine on forfeiture of honours. that's there's a process that is there for that, that is established outside of government. >> but what does justice, i suppose, is the question many lessons. it's so easy, isn't it? always to say, well, that's not in our remit. >> well, as i, well, yes. well the report itself is 2700 pages or thereabouts. i think i certainly haven't had a chance to read it

in practical terms how that compensation will work will be set out by the paymaster general, john glenn house of commons later today. worth noting, some people, although campaigners say fat if you receive some interim compensation payments. i think i would expect more interim payments today while the compensation authority gets up and running. but the political pressure is there that the compensation authority will be set up as fast as possible. it is worth noting that in that long report by sir brian langstaff that was released yesterday, there was criticism for all governments for all sorts of things, but there was specific criticism for the specific government about what brian langstaff so as them dragging their heels on establishing this compensation body. he thinks they could have done it earlier rather than waiting for the full report. in rishi sunak�*s statement yesterday he said he wanted to ensure something like this could never happen again. but when you see the scope of that report, which people in westminster are still digesting about the failings in whitehall, government an

and we're going to bring that up tomorrow when four of us go and see john glenn, the paymaster generalut general. and we're going to put forward that that point that the school funded by, in part by the nhs , and unbelievably, by the nhs, and unbelievably, by the haemophilia society to conduct these, these, these this research into the boys , we're research into the boys, we're going to bring that up and what, what i must make one point as well. we don't want the government to deflect , with, government to deflect, with, with any statements or any , with any statements or any, figures about compensation on the 20th, a week, a fortnight today when the inquiry report. we want this to be our day. you know, we waited 40 well, some near 50 years for this inquiry. and we want, we want truth, justice. we want accountability for all those that suffered and have died. and we want we want the government feet held to the fire for what they've done to so many. you know, 3000 people have died as a result of this. >> richard, we've seen recently there are echoes here of the post office scandal, this

recommend our justice, that we waited 40 years for , paymaster—general john for, paymaster—general john glennb news. >> the compensation scheme won't be announced today, but that it is important as is. restoring trust within communities. >> is the day for those people who've bravely come forward. and i've met many of them, representatives of 40 of the organisations that have stood by these communities over recent years, and they want the focus to be on evaluating that report today. and i'm keen to honour that. we passed legislation through the house of lords on the 30th of april, just a few weeks ago . that obligates the weeks ago. that obligates the government to set up the infected blood compensation authority that will be set up immediately when royal assent is given next month or very soon after . after. >> shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation sarah jones says labour will stand by the government's compensation scheme. >> keir starmer set out yesterday, is really clear that we will support the government on the package of compensation that they introduce. we know the treasury h

john glenn, paymaster general and minister for the cabinet office, thank you for your time this morningwe go. let's take a look at some of the newspaper front pages this morning. dawn neesom is here. and mr biggins, christopher biggins, sorry , it's christopher biggins, sorry, it's still very early, isn't it? i'm getting used to these early coffee over here, let's start with the telegraph, shall we? it's reporting on the prime minister's horror and regret over the infected blood scandal. >> the daily mail also leads with the infected blood scandal, calling it the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. >> the times, focusing on the labour party. they are reportedly considering making it easier for people to change their gender as part of an election promise to appease the left of the party. kemi badenoch says that they are weaponising the issue, and the sun reports that the woman who inspired the netflix series baby reindeer have you seen that? >> she's allegedly sent hundreds of emails to sir keir starmer, i haven't seen it, but i do really want to watch it. it is the show

former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn kircher, and historian john meacham, who occasionally advises president biden. this evening was just awarded the lincoln leadership prize. you are our legal expert, help us out here. reminder audience what trump has said about testifying over the last six weeks. i'm going to share a bit of it and i want you to comment on the other side. >> yeah, i would testify, absolutely. it's a scam. i am testifying. i tell the truth. >> yes. >> will not stop you from testifying? >> no, it will not talk stop me from testifying. >> do you plan to testify in court? >> probably so. i would like to. i mean, i think so. >> oh, he'd like to? now he is not going to. he decided he won't, and now a jury will not hear from him. is the jury allowed to draw any conclusions from that? is it like taking the fifth? >> absolutely not. they will be instructed that a defendant has an absolute right to testify in his own trial and to decline to testify in his own trial, and any defendant who declines to testify, the jury may not consider it and may not draw any negative

i am thinking a lot about how from shelby steele to john mcwhorter or to glenn loury, george, skyler, george schuyler, a young guy. hughes right now is making his bones a recent columbia. how so much of their popularity. which is they are remarkably in a kind of alternate or particular social media space. i mean, i remember in new york running the schomburg and seeing thomas soul and being read by straphangers all the time. and i always had this sense that this was like forbidden knowledge for white elites because it was like if you if you fill this with all of us there'd be that one. thomas all maybe not at this conference, but who the white people would be like. this is the black person you really need read. and so anyway, that's where my head is these days, because of the work i'm doing. thank you for that. yeah. so because we're kind of close time, i would just like to close asking this question based on your own body of work and your contributions to scholarship what would your letter to america be? what do you see as a long term implications of your work and just a sentence. or

and john mcatee and his friends at project 2025 are not the only ones with a plan to fix it. just in the last week, governor glennoed two bills that would protect access to contraception in virginia and two virginia school boards put the names of confederate generals back on to schools meaning black students in the schools will be forced to venerate men who enslave ancestors and not allowed to learn the true facts about slavery or read books by a number of black authors. nfl kicker and fashion picks with bible quotes. telling a graduating class including scores of women that their degrees are a lie and they should just embrace their true vocation of making their husbands a sandwich. texas governor greg abbott granted a full pardon to a man convicted by a jury of shooting a black lives matter activists dead after threatening and racist rants on social media, that he wanted to do just that and then driving his car into a group of pedestrian marchers. because in texas, the only thing actually illegal is trying to vote while black and on parole. did i mention that if you are pregnant, it is illegal to get a divorce i

host: glenn in illinois giving us his thoughts. let's hear from john in massachusetts. independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i want to point out a few hypocrisies i do not understand. hilarie destroyed her laptop and now it is fine. that was all good. then president trump had those documents and they were mad. then biden had them and that is supposed to be different? in 2020 blm righted. billions and damage. that was mostly peaceful but genuine six was the worst day ever? now they're are out again doing this antisemitic thing. all of criticism against george soros for destroying rda's antisemitism, but any criticism of israel or netanyahu -- that is because they are so smart because they went to college and they know so much so they are figuring out all of the different things. if we do not want to support you prayed we are a putin but if they do not want to support israel they are hamas puppets? can i see most sides of the story? report just came out about ashley biden and the snopes report took that to verify. there it goes. like i said, it has gone

john kirby said he can't find of bad actors. we brought it for him. let's pull it up.up i want to bring this u.p, you glenn youngkin, non student participation mayor eric adams ,outside agitators, northeastern university of texas, university of florid as, all ,all pointing to outside agitators. do you have any idea who these e outside agitators are? do you think you can find out? absolutely. and that's going to be part of this house republican wide probe, kayleigh. that's why it's so important that we've expanded this thn, because it's notit's just oversight of u.s. taxpayer dollars to these institutionuss it's student visas for foreign students who are harassing jewish students, who are attacking jewish studentstudents on campus. the outside agitators piece, absolutely. we need to work with our lawrce enforcement to get to the bottom of it. and we are committedo th to doi so. take columbia, nypd, put out data that over 40% of the individuals were outside and unaffiliated with columbia0a . now, you still have columbia professors and columbia students and they need to be expelled.nd. but that's why these in

senator john fetterman responding on twitter, how small the group walking out actually was compared to the attention they got protest and walkouts at virginia commonwealth university. as governor glenn youngkin's began to speak at the university of wisconsin in madison a harder line, police escorting a few students out of the ceremony. this after they displayed a palestinian flag, while others turn their backs on the school chancellor speech. but these outburst, not as dramatic as some fear there work calmer commencements at some of the campuses were protests have raged in recent weeks with a charge atmosphere on college campuses nationwide you are once again adapting to the unprecedented at the university of texas austin small display, of solidarity with palestinians at columbia and pomona encampments and protest overrun the stage is set for commencement ceremonies. locations, and dates. hastily rearranged. >> i think it's sad and i think it's it's a really bad wade and your college career? >> anxiety, remains with more commencements on the horizon, including at protests, hotspots like columbia, george washington university, and nyu. later this week. and president joe biden's plan