jamie: in 2003 retired colonel is 81 years old and has been into war memorabilia since chou lahood butxtent of his collection is hidden from his daughter nancy. he doesn't talk much and his wife was the quarter and things get out of hand. nancy assumes the haphazard stacks of boxes in his house are basically trash bassoon she and her husband learned there are historical treasures civic they encourage their dad to recall the history of the collection it was wonderful to watch the two of them that became a project and to themselves. >> it was a fantastic experience to sit down with my dad to go through the garage. i had 200 items between gore at -- guns and swords and that was the tip of the iceberg. >> dash she bonds with her dad he asks her to deal with his stuff when he is:. key name is nancy trustee of the estate. >> you to tell how much she cared about his items they are like his children. >> in june of 2010 he died from complications of pneumonia at the age of 87 and of military center -- ceremony he was outfitted in the dress blue uniforms. >> the last time i saw him i said goodby

but still was quite terrible lahood. he did not say how many of his comrades he executed that night. . . [inaudible] and the representative but normally each of the candidates of the award is fully capable and deserving of the honor. i say that with conviction. these are wonderful finalists. we are at 90 submissions this year. we have decided however to honor the last of the speakers this evening and the guggenheim award will be given to alexander watson. will you please join us? [applause] would you like to say a word or two? >> i would like to thank the judges again for such an amazing honor and matter to her as well. [laughter] and secondly my publishers and. the last word the 14 -month-old daughter is that not right? >> that is correct. >> let me close on the proceedings with ralph waldo emerson in a letter he wrote. at the beginning of a great career. [applause] standardized testing in today's education system the discussion ranges from the introduction of the common course data standards to the cost to taxpayers up

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so what ultimately culminating is the meetings between then secretary of transportation ray lahood and the administrator met in secret with chrysler and cut a deal for a fix-it that is not going to fix the problem. gerri: what was the fix? >> to put a trailer hitch on the back of this vehicle which even according to chrysler, it was only going to provide slight incremental benefits in low speed crashes. the problem isn't low speed crashes, it's high-speed crashes that the tanks explode with such fury. so the reality is it doesn't fix the problem. gerri: doesn't fix the problem, and bob, really? a hitch? we're going to put a hitch on this car? what do you make of this? >> well and i'll tell you this is where reality is stranger than fiction. the trailer hitch didn't even work as a trailer hitch. they simply said this would give you a little more protection from very low speed impacts and sean is exactly right. this was a secret meeting and nhtsa blinked. you know, they xlly capitulated to chrysler they had a fix which allowed chrysler to save money but not safety related. gerri: wow. th