john larson has as well. often. in fact, he's used these chance encounters to create a segment he calls flying coach detailing the stories of strangers he's met in the air. on this memorial day weekend the remarkable story he first told us last december about one family's journey to america and its embrace of this nation. >> as a correspondent i have traveled more than 2 million miles on assignment. usually in a hurry rushing to one story after another. but along the way, i noticed that the most powerful stories often weren't where i was heading to or coming from at all. but in between and usually sitting right next to me. for example, i was flying american airlines flight 2473 boston to dallas. i was in 21c. next to me in 21b was armandi. he shared such a story with me that when his family invited me to join them near their home in new jersey, i gladly accepted. to understand what's going on here, you should note two things. first, even though this family comes from columbia. normandi is named after one of the most

john larson reports that sometimes the most powerful stories are sitting right next to you, as was thewhen he met a young man named normandy, and wondered how he got the name. here's an excerpt from that report. ♪ >> to understand what's going on, you should know two things. first, even though this family comes from columbia, normandy is named after one of the most important moments in history. >> 1941 was the beginning of the liberation of europe and my grandfather saw that as such a powerful moment in history that he wanted to have his family carry a name that referred to a new dawn and, so, the firstborn in the family received the name normandy. >> sreenivasan: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are two more. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm hari sreenivasan, have a nice memorial day weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> when i was pregnant, i got more advice than

i'm glad not only to be the lead sponsor, be working with my friend, democrat, john larson from connecticut for this important bill, we follow in the footsteps of two bipartisan leaders, chairman dave camp and ranking member sandy levin who carried this bill together in a bipartisan way with strong support from republicans and democrats. and you know, in the day and at our we look smartphone and tablet and see the impact of technology on our lives, many of us have family members -- medical breakthroughs, have saved lives, lengthened lives, we see people who are disabled through technology now, able to live full lives and work full lives because america is innovative. this is really -- this is about jobs, but it's about people as well. america used to lead the world in research incentives but today we have fallen to 27th. china and russia and other global competitors are quickly surpassing us with their economy is toward research. if we don't invest in research and medical breakthroughs, over time we'll lose as the largest place in the economy. we need to make permanent this key tax incentiv

larson. sundays at eight, published by public affairs books. >> house speaker john boehner announces that the representative of south carolina will head out looking for the benghazi attack. joined by our correspondent from the greenville news. >> he has been a very vocal critic. colonel benghazi is known for one of the most tenacious interrogators. it is that background that was especially important to the speaker. >> he spent five or six years as a federal prosecutor. how was his track record viewed? >> he was also a state prosecutor. >> people regard him as a pretty successful prosecutor. bigandled a lot of ,ontroversial cases himself which the elected solicitor doesn't have to do. he won all of his cases. i think he was considered a very effective prosecutor. earliere tweeted lindsey graham's tweet saying he is the right person at the right time. what does the rest of the delegation think? >> a lot of them came in together. close-knit pretty bunch. i am talking about the congressman as well as tim scott. they are pretty proud. they are pretty proud of their hometown guy getting this nation

larson. c-span, sundays at 8:00, now available at your favorite bookseller. >> secretary of state john kerrytold reporters that the u.s. has offered assistance to the nigerian government in efforts to recover more than 200 girls did nafta and threatened with being sold into slavery by a he alsot group, and assessed the ongoing unrest in ukraine. secretary kerry is joined by the 's catherineon ashton at the news conference. everybody.ernoon, i am very pleased, as always to welcome my very good friend and colleague in these endeavors, the eu harbor representative, cathy ashton. i am happy to be back in washington after a trip to africa that has left us with a very long to do list. which we are already working on. covered an and i just lot of ground. since we are in agreement on so much of it, we were able to cover it quite quickly. discussed, most importantly, our shared strategy of using the tools of diplomacy in order to reduce the conflicts that are threatening europe, africa, the middle east, and other parts of the world, but particularly there. let me begin with ukraine. in the weeks sinc

i'm joined by michelle collins, brett larson and then ben stein is in los angeles. nischelle turner in washington. john new york first to you, nischelle. >> he was adorable, hilarious, calm collected and the writing was funny. >> as a writer, best usage of the word "ghoul" i've heard in a long time. >> calling them ghouls is just genius. big fan. >> i thought it was hysterical. >> we were looking at each other going did he just say that? but that's what -- i know ben is going to have something different to say. you did not think it was funny? >> i thought some of it was fun y. i didn't get the joke about lindsay gram. i didn't get a lot of the jokes. but i just didn't get why it was funny. i did think a few things were funny. a lot was sharp and painful. you know what i'm reminded of, years and years ago a psychiatrist told me much of what passes for humor is really incitement to suicide. and i found that -- >> keep it light. >> oh, my god. >> so it was -- it was painful but for me it was painful in the way you want it to be painful. >> you want it to be funny and pointed. >> yes. the gitmo joke was hi