john glenn sr. and mrs. atefully proud of their son's accomplishments. >> john was prepared for the orve orbital flight as were the other astronauts and the entire team. >> in a way, john has been preparing all his life for his venture into space. as a small boy, his idea of a holiday was a visit to the airport. and when he grew up, it was no surprise to us when he decided to learn to fly. >> flight commanded young john's major interests. he had to learn to fly. world war ii interrupted college. he received his first flying lessons from pilot harry clever. >> this is john's flight record with my combat after his first flight, which was eager to learn, relaxed, alert, and good coordination. he certainly has retained these flight qualities right into outer space. [ playing "anchors away" ] >> flight training in pensacola at corpus christi. many aviators have won their wings here. like these cadets, john went on to learn about airplanes and with time for physical conditioning and sports and for religious inspira

it said, dear mr. glenn, i'm andrew, i won't give his last name. it's 9 years, i'm in third grade at lions school. i wish you could come. just recently i had to do a biography, and picked you. when i had to do my presentation, i made a poster and dressed like an astronaut. i have a question for what it was like to be shot at in a plane, what are you working for now. this is the part i liked. i'm glad you're still alive because a lot of my classmates biography choices are already dead. i hope you write back. [ laughter ] that letter ghe ofr sent out, i can guarantee you. seems more like 40 days than 40 years ago. it's been vividly impressed on me from back at the time of the flight but recalled so often, ii remember how things felt and looked and so on. but when i talked with jack tonight, he suggested we do a retrospective on things that maybe have not been as much in the public press as some of the other factors like you've seen on the screen here when we came in this evening and things like that. so i won't go back on that kind of a thing. i do w

it said, dear mr. glenn. hi, i'm andrew db i am 9 years old, i'm in the third grade at lion school. i wish you could come. just recently i had to do a biography report and i picked you because i wanted to learn about the first american to orbit the earth. i loved reading about your life. when i had to do my presentation i made a poster and dressed up like an astronaut. i have a question for what it was like to be shot at in a plane. this what are you woking on now? this the part that i like. i'm glad you're still alive because a lot of my classmates' biography choices are already dead. i hope you write back. that letter got the most prompt reply my office ever sent out! i can guarantee you that. actually seems more like 40 days than 40 years ago. it's been vividly impressed on me from back at the time of the flight but often recalled so often since then it remains so fresh in my mind. i recall how the plane felt and looked and so on. when i talked with jack about what we meet speak about tonight, he suggested we do a retrospective on maybe some things that haven't been as much in th

mr. president. when john glenn comes to town, they urged there be a holiday for all the school kids in d.c. kennedy looked down and said, this administration has always followed the policy of the washington daily news. it was just that spon taneity ad humor that even if you disagreed with him, which i did, made me think, the democrats really have something here. >> later we'll be talking about debates. richard nixon did not debate in 1968, nor did he in 1972. why? >> i think all of us didn't think he ought to debate. and neither did he. and we used the statement that we were not going to get into a debate with governor wallace. so we're not going to debate. you didn't see lyndon johnson debate, did you? why should he debate goldwater, he's beating him by 20, 30, 40 points. why would you debate somebody you're beating by 40 points? humphrey -- let me tell you a short story. we took al smith to dinner -- >> explain the al smith dinner. >> the al smith dinner is a political dinner in new york. it's hosted by the archb

glenn, united states marine corps. [ applause ] >> mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the congress, i am only too aware of the tremendous honor that's being shown us at this joint meeting of the congress today. this has been a great experience for all of us on the program and for all americans, i guess, too. i'm certainly glad to see that pride in our country and its accomplishments are not a thing of the past. [ applause ] i know i still get a real hard to define feeling when the flag goes by and i know all of you do, too. [ applause ] the launch itself was conducted openly and with the news media representatives from around the world in attendance. this is certainly in sharp contrast with similar programs conducted elsewhere in the world and elevates the peaceful intent of our program. today, i know i seem to be standing alone on this great platform. just as i seem to be alone in the cockpit of the friendship 7 spacecraft. but i'm not. they were with me then and with me now. thousands of americans and many hundreds of citizens of many countries

mr. president, america has also had enough of your kind of help. >> and joining us now for some economic analysis and debate, larry summers, president obama's former adviser and former treasury secretary. here in the studio glenn hubbard dean of the columbia business school advising mitt romney and economist diane swonk of mesirow financial. thank you for joining us. mr. summers, let me begin with you. this unemployment report friday, one of the best reports the president has seen, the country has seen in months but we have been here before. last year, february through april, more than 200,000 jobs created every single month. then the economy hit a wall. is this year different? >> no one can know, george, but unlike many of the favorable past reports, if you look beneath the surface of this one, almost every indicator within it is favorable. the growth is most lick from the private sector. the alternative survey, the household survey suggested 500,000 or more jobs were created. the revisions of past months were favorable. people are working longer weeks, paychecks are going up. the number of vacancies, firms looking for work are going up. so almost everything, i mean, frankly, i'm as obviously a strong support

the former gm executive bob lutz said, he is playing the same song as rush limbaugh and glenn beck, so upset with mrt his absentee ballot in michigan for rick santorum, a former vice chair of general motors saying this. i think all of must the auto industry who knew what the situation was were profoundly disappointed and angry, a political report to the right. could that bring more bob lutzes to the polls? >> i think is not going to be the issue in the primary, certainly the big issue if romney is the nominee in the fall, i don't think that is going to decide the michigan primary. >> we will see, but if the michigan primary geese certain way, we get to talk about brokered convention, which is what we are going to talk about after the break. >>> trivia time, we ask, what is the most common personal first name, tom davis got it wrong, the san is james, six presidents named james, although john comes in a close second with five. and i guess could you argue because jimmy carter decided to be inaugurated as jimmy and not james, maybe you could give john a tie there we will be right back. you are watching

mr. mayor, we appreciate you coming on. later, glenn beck trying to organize a come back for the tea party. the beck meister will be here shortly as we continue from los angeles. >> bill: let's bring in monica crowley and alan colmes: monica, high gas prices, whose fault is that? >> couple of things in play. because the oil is traded in dollars, have you got inflation and you also have a weak dollar that are moving prices rather than increase demand. you also have big volatility in the middle east, the iranian oil supply is very much disrupted right now. and the saudis a couple of days ago cut production which spiked oil prices. also, the overall policy in the united states under president obama has been so bad because what he has done is blocked drilling, blocked exploration and slow walked permits to do offshore drilling in the united states. >> bill: be fair and ask you the same question as i asked the mayor. if you drill baby drill and you get more domestic production, as you just said and that's what the mayor just said, okay? >> r

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mr. mayor, we appreciate you coming on. later, glenn beck trying to organize a come back for the tea party. the beck meister will be here shortly as we continue from los angeles. i heard they found energy here. it's good. we need the jobs. [customer:] we need to protect the environment. [worker:] we could do both. is that possible? [announcer:] at conocophillips, we're helping power america's economy with cleaner, affordable natural gas. more jobs. less emissions. a good answer for everyone. well, if it's cleaner and affordable. as long as we keep these safe. there you go. thanks. [announcer:] conocophillips. >> bill: let's bring in monica crowley and alan colmes: monica, high gas prices, whose fault is that? >> couple of things in play. because the oil is traded in dollars, have you got inflation and you also have a weak dollar that are moving prices rather than increase demand. you also have big volatility in the middle east, the iranian oil supply is very much disrupted right now. and the saudis a couple of days ago cut production wh

mr. president, when john glenn was not sent to gleni received, i have received my eagle scout award earlier in the year.sf and colonel john glenn came toin the dinner with a number ofmafi. other eagle scouts in man to.ffn and i have a picture in my there cofice in the building of me s standing there in my boy scout uniform with my eagle pin, witha john glenn, and next to that is a picture of john glenn and mayy walked me down the center aisle to be sworn in to the united states senate. with my colleague from rhode island in january 2007. so john glenn is special to our nation. is special to my wife and meohn because of our love for john ant annie f both, and a respect for david and lynn, their children. and he is honored our country in so many ways. it's my honor to submit this resolution, and thank my colleagues. >> and coming up on c-span2, more about the u.s. space program. he said if elected, he would establish a permanent u.s. colony on the moon. and have regular commercial space flights between the earth and the moon. here's a few minutes of his speech. >> may, 1961, john f. kennedy r

mr. obama, the president said he is a christian and i accept that. glennthe end of the debate? >> no. because all of us, i can guarantee it in the next six months will be getting the e-mails that we get when barack obama running for president. >> what say you? >> i am not surprised that he apologized, hes knows that we are saved by grace and not by works and therefore month man can judge whether or not his grace is sufficient. >> and that is -- thank you for the -- >> well put. that was well put. >> i want to turn to what is happening vis-a-vis ohio on the latest there. speaker john boehner said new gun control laws are not in the works after a teenager went on a shooting spree that killed three students in boehner's home state of ohio. it would not lead to new legislating of gun rights. these tragedies are sad but the realty is that a gun control bill is not going to go anywhere. there's no gun control bill that would stop him from having a pistol. it's unconstitutional, it was a legal ownership of a gun. people like to say, it's horrible and it is. move

glenn close in "albert nobbs." take a look at this. >> i was wondering miss dorris if you would care to come out for a walk? >> pardon me mr. nobbs?to walk out with you? >> i am. >> well, the thing is i'm walking out with joe macans. i don't know what he'd say if i started walking out with you as well. >> oh, yes. good night miss dorris. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i feel so bad for you. you're so -- i mean, how do you do that? you're such a good actor. it was amazing. >> well, i have to tell you though hair and make-up people also got nominated for an oscar. >> jimmy: they did? oh, good. they deserve it as well. it was unbelievable. [ cheers and applause ] >> they do. they do. the transformation was remarkable. and their challenge was to make us look authentically like women who could be mistaken for men with as little make-up as possible. and so that is -- they represent the finest of their art. and the man who made our wigs, martial corneville, who's been my collaborator for 20 years. and he is world class artist. >> jimmy: it is just phenomenal. i feel so bad for your character. she's so confused. and the thing is there

mr. bill o'reilly. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: [explosions] >> bill: protesters in greece now trying to burn the country down it all has to do with cut backs in entitlement spending. glenn beck predicts these scenes will soon happen here. we will talk to the beck meister. >> the economy he is growing stronger. recovery is speeding up. and the last thing we can afford to do right now is to go back to the very policies that got us into this mess in the first place. >> bill: president obama unveils latest budget. he wants to spend $1.3 trillion the country does not have. is this a disaster? juan and mary katharine will analyze. ♪ and i will always. >> bill: whitney houston dead at age 48. drugs are involved. i will weigh in on why this stuff continues to happen. >> crack can whack. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. can somebody please lend my country another trillion dollars? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo today in virginia president obama unveiled his new budget, calls for $1.3 trillion in d

glenn's flight revived the nasa program, setting the u.s. on a path to cold war victory. >>> an aspen get away for first lady michelle obama and the kids. mrsp in colorado. the first lady's spokesperson says all personal expenses are being paid for by the obamas. they are staying with friends who own a chain of ski resorts in the area. >>> and it's must-see tv maybe not for the gop but the democrats may like this. instead of "the cosby show" it was "the obama show" on "saturday night live." watch. >> i also hereby veto the rice cakes that michelle said were healthier. i think one of the children must have made it. >> they even got the wardrobe right for michelle obama. >> maya rudolf is hilarious. she always nails it. thank you. >>> this morning, a story that is just really strange. i'll preface it with that. it gained headlines -- this is a sheriff gained headlines for a very tough stance on illegal immigration. he is also the co-chair of mitt romney's arizona campaign committee. his name is sheriff paul babu and he is now stepping down from the mitt romney job and coming out after allegations were published last week in a newspaper in pho