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take it down and district money to all causes everybody seems to agree on. >> >> thank you. >> richard johnsonlease. >> i want to speak on the plant matter i worked for 8 years on plant and i'm proud of the work we did. our ene enemy was icing plant but acres and acres of it is much. we've down outstanding work on lands end in the plant we planted there and that we nurtured there. we had one disaster near central park we tried to put plant where they couldn't grow and learned a sad lessons from there. the eyes plant was the enar any when perfecting healthy trees are the enemy then the nacht plants to be do make sense. i hope the committee will recommend steps be taken to make sure that public money is not used to take down perfecting good trees. thank you. >> andrea. if there's anyone after andrea who wishes to speak can i get you to please stand up near the wall. >> i want to address this active living part of the budget. we don't have a p.s. a manager and the poor fellow who was taking over two pg a areas is worn out. so the whole idea of active living put on a van and tale to accountability
take it down and district money to all causes everybody seems to agree on. >> >> thank you. >> richard johnsonlease. >> i want to speak on the plant matter i worked for 8 years on plant and i'm proud of the work we did. our ene enemy was icing plant but acres and acres of it is much. we've down outstanding work on lands end in the plant we planted there and that we nurtured there. we had one disaster near central park we tried to put plant where they couldn't grow and...
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they are partnering with richard branson. cory johnsond to cape canaveral. >> i'm cory johnson. right now, this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. it was not always that way. a few minutes ago, i looked like this. canaveral and experiencing zero gravity. i am exactly the wrong person to be doing this. has partnered with virgin galactic. they're getting acclimated to the experience of weightlessness. they are offering the experienced anybody will pony up $5,000 for the experience. flies to 24,000 feet and goes into a series of arcs. angles andt extreme it feels like 1.8 g's. it dives foreet, 30 seconds. passengers experience weightlessness. they do it again and again and again. there is a reason why this plane is known as the vomit comet. >> it is very rare for people to get six. someam going to need handling. >> these companies are serving to talk about training. they're bringing customers on board to experience microgravity. it is a wide open market being created. >> that brings us to where we all started. >> this experienc
they are partnering with richard branson. cory johnsond to cape canaveral. >> i'm cory johnson. right now, this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. it was not always that way. a few minutes ago, i looked like this. canaveral and experiencing zero gravity. i am exactly the wrong person to be doing this. has partnered with virgin galactic. they're getting acclimated to the experience of weightlessness. they are offering the experienced anybody will pony up $5,000 for the...
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robin johnson shot and killed officer richard francis in 2008 ... after taking his weapon during a scuffle on a c-t-a bus. the widow of officer francis told the judge she can't forgive johnson for tearing apart her family. johnson has a history of mental illness and told the judge that she doesn't remember what she did. closing arguments are set to begin today at the nato three trial. prosecutors had undercover police officers testify that the defendants built molotov cocktails to be used during the nato summit. the defense didn't call any witnesses. they say the defendants were mostly high or drunk and are not a terrorist threat. american authorities are issuing a new warning for people heading to russia to watch the winter olympics. the department of homeland security says, terrorists may try to blow up planes, by sneaking explosives on-board in toothpaste tubes and cosmetic containers. >> what is the airline or a passenger to do with regards to toupees? are we going to put in place restrictions on any kind of tubes or cosmetics going on flights to
robin johnson shot and killed officer richard francis in 2008 ... after taking his weapon during a scuffle on a c-t-a bus. the widow of officer francis told the judge she can't forgive johnson for tearing apart her family. johnson has a history of mental illness and told the judge that she doesn't remember what she did. closing arguments are set to begin today at the nato three trial. prosecutors had undercover police officers testify that the defendants built molotov cocktails to be used...
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. >>> what do magic johnson, richard simmons, adam levine all have in common?commercials, ashley. ashley: soon obamacare may have a starring role on the big screen as well. details are next. [ male announr ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile poduction in spain, and the use ofedical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, weunderstand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual nds beat thei10-year lipper avere. t. rowe price. inest with cfidence. request a prospectus or smary prospectu with investment informion, ris, fees and expenses to read and considecarefully beforinvesting. ashley: hollywood going hooray for health care? obamacare could come to future must-see tv and big screen projects. foxbusiness.com's kate rogers is here with this story. what is going on, kate. >> obamacare is major plot line in upcoming blockbuster this summer seems farfetched but the writers guild held a forum an panelas night t was closed doors, for members only but their executive direct
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we know from a telephone call between richard russell and president johnson rj the report is releasedthe man of enormous integrity despite segregation you said i don't believe a word of it job says neither do i. verizon and says there was an international conspiracy to the truth is neither the russians or the cubans have motives at that time. we know that john kennedy has done two things to enrage the military-industrial complex. first of all, he is concluded vietnam is a disaster and he signed an executive order to begin the withdrawal of our 16,000 appraisers and viacom. bended johnson signs the executive order reversing night, giving the generals and defense contractors that they want. for a long time i did not think that was true. i thought that was liberal bull, that we were burnishing the image of camelot. robert kennedy in 1964 when he's asked about the withdraw time he says absolutely not. president kennedy was committed to fighting communism. the thing i sadly concluded as robert kennedy lied about a lot of things. i think he lied about this. the overwhelming documentation as
we know from a telephone call between richard russell and president johnson rj the report is releasedthe man of enormous integrity despite segregation you said i don't believe a word of it job says neither do i. verizon and says there was an international conspiracy to the truth is neither the russians or the cubans have motives at that time. we know that john kennedy has done two things to enrage the military-industrial complex. first of all, he is concluded vietnam is a disaster and he signed...
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johnson's 400th career sprint cup start and there's car owner, rick hendrick. i didn't want to use this fact earlier, might jinx him. look at who won in their 400th career start? lee petty, richardty, david pearson, dave bargans, dale earnhardt and now jimmie johnson. [ burning tires ] >> 61st career sprint cup series win for jimmie johnson. he becomes the 10th multiple winner of the daytona 500 and kicks off his 12th consecutive season with at least one victory. top ten for danica patrick. best-ever finish in the 500 by a woman. >> top ten finish dan any karks you led laps and you were sitting third. we got ready to make the run for the finish. at that point, what was your game plan? >> you know, i kept thinking about that the whole time. there was plenty of time. i spent most of the race running half throttle in the line. so, spend a lot of time thinking about what you're going to do when that opportunity comes and, you know, i think it's just tough to tell. you know, i kept asking up above what it looked like was working? you needed a hole. you needed people to help you out. i feel like -- i feel like -- you know, i had a little bit of help today here and there but i felt lik
johnson's 400th career sprint cup start and there's car owner, rick hendrick. i didn't want to use this fact earlier, might jinx him. look at who won in their 400th career start? lee petty, richardty, david pearson, dave bargans, dale earnhardt and now jimmie johnson. [ burning tires ] >> 61st career sprint cup series win for jimmie johnson. he becomes the 10th multiple winner of the daytona 500 and kicks off his 12th consecutive season with at least one victory. top ten for danica...
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america's future and richard escala senior fellow at the campaign for america's future our future god or as the website and. the state of the union address was this week and i mean lyndon johnson came out and declared a war on poverty franklin roosevelt declared. that if radical transformation in america barack obama proposed iras that my are a that when they reach fifteen thousand dollars you are required to hand over to wall street that they have to become private. but what's happened to our country
america's future and richard escala senior fellow at the campaign for america's future our future god or as the website and. the state of the union address was this week and i mean lyndon johnson came out and declared a war on poverty franklin roosevelt declared. that if radical transformation in america barack obama proposed iras that my are a that when they reach fifteen thousand dollars you are required to hand over to wall street that they have to become private. but what's happened to our...
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johnson. sy hersh showed us otherwise. richard nixon said that otherwise. gerald ford said that they were not spying on american citizens and he showed us otherwise. ronald reagan's head of the central intelligence we threatened to throw her in jail for a book that he wrote about the downing of korean airliner by the soviet union. reagan backed off. dick cheney later to become vice president brenda brave into his house and have him thrown into jail because he was writing stories that the ford administration did not like about activities in america. george w. bush will refuse of taking gifts after world war i, needless to say the bush family never talk to seymour hersh again. george w. bush called him and abject liar. the obama administration, soon after obama was dead set call your man off and tell them to stop and he did not understand it he said there's something wrong with that man. undoubtably his state of the union speech tonight included so many names and that he cannot be trusted and he had a homerun with that story. either you love him or you hate h
johnson. sy hersh showed us otherwise. richard nixon said that otherwise. gerald ford said that they were not spying on american citizens and he showed us otherwise. ronald reagan's head of the central intelligence we threatened to throw her in jail for a book that he wrote about the downing of korean airliner by the soviet union. reagan backed off. dick cheney later to become vice president brenda brave into his house and have him thrown into jail because he was writing stories that the ford...
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jackie robinson famously backed richard nixon over jfk for president in 1960. but after lyndon johnson rights act of '64 and voting rights act of '65, the transition was complete. no republican presidential candidate has received more than 15% of the african-american vote since. today's republican party is now trying to reverse that trend, and to do so, the party is trying to turn the focus inward. spotlighting african-americans already in the party as part of an effort coinciding with black history month. a few weeks back, the rnc held the second annual trail blazer awards in washington, d.c., honoring influential black republicans and the party is trying to capitalize on it running print and radio ads spotlighting this year's honorees. >> please join us as we celebrate those who make a difference, made history, and remain an inspiration to us all. >> as part of a broader outreach effort, the gop is hoping that some black republicans can help make their case with minority voters, people like south carolina republican senator tim scott, saratoga springs mayor mia love, taking another s
jackie robinson famously backed richard nixon over jfk for president in 1960. but after lyndon johnson rights act of '64 and voting rights act of '65, the transition was complete. no republican presidential candidate has received more than 15% of the african-american vote since. today's republican party is now trying to reverse that trend, and to do so, the party is trying to turn the focus inward. spotlighting african-americans already in the party as part of an effort coinciding with black...
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richard branson and virgin atlantic is set to help tourists prepare for the trip. cory johnsonghtlessness. >> i am cory johnson, and right now, this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life, but it was not always that way. just a few minutes ago, i looked like this. i am down in cape canaveral to experience zero gravity with a company called zero g. recently partnered up with the richard branson and virgin galactic for passengers who have already purchased to get and want sub orbital flights to get acclimated to the experience of weightlessness. the company is also offering the experience for anyone else who will pony up five grand for the experience. it works.w 20,000 feet, in our case over the gulf of mexico, and then there are parabolic arcs. , nearly like 1.8 g sending passengers to the floor, and they begins to dive at an angle,ly equally extreme and passengers experience weightlessness, and then they do it again and again. >> actually, less than four percent of our participants get sick. it is very rare. >> one of our guides, and i'm going to need someone numerical
richard branson and virgin atlantic is set to help tourists prepare for the trip. cory johnsonghtlessness. >> i am cory johnson, and right now, this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life, but it was not always that way. just a few minutes ago, i looked like this. i am down in cape canaveral to experience zero gravity with a company called zero g. recently partnered up with the richard branson and virgin galactic for passengers who have already purchased to get and want sub...
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johnson. >> host: i agree with you at that point. i think 1961 would have played out quite differently had richard nixon been president. fortunately we have the history we have. >> guest: we do. >> host: you think that the kennedy assassination is a major turning point for richard nixon. >> guest: i do. i think the assassination was the worst thing that ever happened to richard nixon. he had a really traumatic loss in 1960. he ran for governor in 1962, at the urging of eisenhower. terrible mistake on his part. nixon wrote a long memo, shy run north run? the cons won the argument but he was -- you could see the temptation, rockefeller is governor, if could be governor, rockefeller was his chief rival in 1960. i could be the governor of the second biggest state. he lost in a big way. but in many pay people say it wasn't that big a day for him. he didn't care about the water supply in los angeles. this wasn't his thing. he wanted to think about big world issues. so, the kids -- he had taken on -- to his credit he had ten on the john birch society here, and he had -- and the primary he defeated a man named joe shell who is
johnson. >> host: i agree with you at that point. i think 1961 would have played out quite differently had richard nixon been president. fortunately we have the history we have. >> guest: we do. >> host: you think that the kennedy assassination is a major turning point for richard nixon. >> guest: i do. i think the assassination was the worst thing that ever happened to richard nixon. he had a really traumatic loss in 1960. he ran for governor in 1962, at the urging of...
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johnson from "bloomberg west" is next. ♪ >> welcome back. i have stephanie ruhle. richard virgin galactic will make its maiden voyage sometime this year. those will purchase a 250,000 dollar ticket and may want to get acclimated to the feeling of weightlessness before hand. that is where the zero g corporation comes in. they are partnering with virgin galactic and offering to take anyone who has already purchased a ticket on a parabolic flight that simulates zero gravity. they also offer the experience to anyone willing to pay a price of five grand. cory johnson went down to cape canaveral for a look inside the business of weightlessness. check it out. >> i am cory johnson. right now, this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. wow. it was not always that way. a few minutes ago -- i looked like this. i am downing cape canaveral on my way to experience zero gravity with a company called zero g. i am the wrong person to be doing this. g has recently partnered up with virgin lactic. for passengers who have already purchased tickets on a suborbital flight to get out
johnson from "bloomberg west" is next. ♪ >> welcome back. i have stephanie ruhle. richard virgin galactic will make its maiden voyage sometime this year. those will purchase a 250,000 dollar ticket and may want to get acclimated to the feeling of weightlessness before hand. that is where the zero g corporation comes in. they are partnering with virgin galactic and offering to take anyone who has already purchased a ticket on a parabolic flight that simulates zero gravity. they...
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johnson. lbj said we were not bombing north vietnam. sy hersh of us otherwise. richard nixon said we did not help overthrow chile. sy hersh on this otherwise. gerald ford said the cia was not by non-american citizens. ronald reagan's head of the central intelligence william keith e. threatened to throw hersh in jail for a book he wrote about the downing of a korean airliner by the soviet union. hersh wrote the book anyway. reagan back off. dick cheney later to become vice president threatened to break into his house, threaten to have been thrown in jail because he was writing stories that the board administration didn't like about cobra duties in america. george h.w. bush in two of his sons were accused by seymour hersh of taking gifts from kuwait after gulf war one. needless to say, the bushes never talk to seymour hersh. george w. bush caught him in abject liar. the obama administration, soon after obama was elected immediately called david remnick and sit on your man off. tell him to his job. hersh did not. he recently said i think there's something wrong with that m
johnson. lbj said we were not bombing north vietnam. sy hersh of us otherwise. richard nixon said we did not help overthrow chile. sy hersh on this otherwise. gerald ford said the cia was not by non-american citizens. ronald reagan's head of the central intelligence william keith e. threatened to throw hersh in jail for a book he wrote about the downing of a korean airliner by the soviet union. hersh wrote the book anyway. reagan back off. dick cheney later to become vice president threatened...
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richard? because don't think so, -- you think of the guests, lyndon johnson hit his brother, by most accounts, he's secretive him somewhere in the white house because they did not dare to have him out and about talking to the press. i don't know about that, but harry truman's mother-in-law came to stay at the white house, and truman threatened to make her sleep in the lincoln bedroom. she said she would sleep on the floor first. she was an unreconstructed southerner. there are all the stories about extended families. for example, remember the controversy in the clinton presidency about the lincoln bedroom? i think that instinct of the media to keep an eagle's eye on who is going in and out of the --te house, if nothing out remember who was in the roosevelt white house. it had the makings of a great sitcom. francis from greece -- harriet hopkins who was deputy president at times. if you are mirror the old play, the hotel baltimore, it was a re-creation. i don't think it's going to happen again. even in wartime when you had restrictions on the media. >> we have a two-hour program tonight to wrap
richard? because don't think so, -- you think of the guests, lyndon johnson hit his brother, by most accounts, he's secretive him somewhere in the white house because they did not dare to have him out and about talking to the press. i don't know about that, but harry truman's mother-in-law came to stay at the white house, and truman threatened to make her sleep in the lincoln bedroom. she said she would sleep on the floor first. she was an unreconstructed southerner. there are all the stories...
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richard branson's virgin galactic is set to make its maiden voyage this year. g ispany called zero helping tourists prepare for the trip. cory johnsone business of weightlessness. >> i am cory johnson. right now, this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. it wasn't always that way. a few minutes ago, it looked like this. canaveral on my way to experience zero gravity with a company called zero g. i'm exactly the wrong person to be doing a zero g flight. they have recently partnered up with richard branson's virgin galactic. passengers will get acclimated to the experience of weightlessness. the g is also offering experience to anybody else will pony up $5,000 for the privilege. here is how it works. the plane flies to 24,000 feet over the gulf of mexico and goes into a series of parabolic arcs. it feels like 1.8 g's, nearly pinning passengers to the floor. at 34,000 feet, it begins to dive at an equally extreme angle for half a minute. in that moment, passengers experience weightlessness. then they do it again and again and again. there is a reason this plane is known as the vomit plane. >> actually less than 4% of our pa
richard branson's virgin galactic is set to make its maiden voyage this year. g ispany called zero helping tourists prepare for the trip. cory johnsone business of weightlessness. >> i am cory johnson. right now, this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. it wasn't always that way. a few minutes ago, it looked like this. canaveral on my way to experience zero gravity with a company called zero g. i'm exactly the wrong person to be doing a zero g flight. they have recently...
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richard petty is a legend. an icon. certainly he has his opinions. jeff gordon, jimmie johnsont following. she's a good race daughter driver. she weighs 100 pounds, she's five foot tall. she gets out there and mixes it up with these guys every sunday. i would never count her out of any race. >> absolutely. and i know you have fox sports 1 going this year and it starts -- all the coverage starts earlier and then you have your actual race with the prerace. they're going to be working you guys hard. everybody is talking about jimmie johnson. he won this race last year, won the points title again. carl, what makes him so good and is he vulnerable? >> well, last night they ran out of fuel and clint bowyer did a back flip in the race car. i'll tell you something about jimmie. there's a couple things. number one, he will work hard and do whatever it takes to win. two, he really likes competing. my first win came at the atlanta motor speedway. he was the first guy dumping gatorade on me, high fiving. he really loves to compete. >> you know what, he's the most consistent driver in the s
richard petty is a legend. an icon. certainly he has his opinions. jeff gordon, jimmie johnsont following. she's a good race daughter driver. she weighs 100 pounds, she's five foot tall. she gets out there and mixes it up with these guys every sunday. i would never count her out of any race. >> absolutely. and i know you have fox sports 1 going this year and it starts -- all the coverage starts earlier and then you have your actual race with the prerace. they're going to be working you...
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america's future and richard escala senior fellow at the campaign for america's future our future god or as the website and. the state of the union address was this week and i mean lyndon johnson came out and declared a war on poverty franklin roosevelt declared. that if radical transformation in america barack obama proposed iras that my are a that when they reach fifteen thousand dollars you are required to hand over to wall street that they have to become private. but what's happened to our country well some of that reflects you know a divided city roosevelt had massive democratic majorities in a crisis johnson had massive democratic majorities and you know post kennedy assassination so they had opportunity that obama had in his first couple of years where he did big things and hasn't had since and so this state of the union i think reflected a very diminished presidency and a very different vision from the battles of the last years and a divided congress because he knows nothing's going to get out of this congress. what was interesting to me is the president's speech was in the run up there was a lot of talk about inequality we're going to focus on this this this is going
america's future and richard escala senior fellow at the campaign for america's future our future god or as the website and. the state of the union address was this week and i mean lyndon johnson came out and declared a war on poverty franklin roosevelt declared. that if radical transformation in america barack obama proposed iras that my are a that when they reach fifteen thousand dollars you are required to hand over to wall street that they have to become private. but what's happened to our...
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. >> why did johnson have such a withtime coming to grips vietnam, when he was saying and expressing all of his private doubts to people like richardll? >> you know, part of it is something that doris -- that he could not stand to admit defeat. he had to win. all of his life. they said, and as far as i know, this is a true statement, when he was senate majority leader, he never lost an important vote, because he would not call that vote until he knew he had the necessary votes to win. his life, had to be the winner. it is a part of this terrible insecurity, which when you talk about johnson, and you talk about all of these presidential qualities, what really hurts if you do not have that self-confidence, if you do not have that security, then what do you do? that is a big part. of vietnam. the other part of vietnam is that lyndon johnson did not read a lot of books. for domestic policy, that does not hurt, and he was good with domestic policy. is going on.what how do you learn about the 3000 year of vietnam and all of the invaders? how do you do that if you do not read books? >> and with reagan, doing a movie. >> even at one point,
. >> why did johnson have such a withtime coming to grips vietnam, when he was saying and expressing all of his private doubts to people like richardll? >> you know, part of it is something that doris -- that he could not stand to admit defeat. he had to win. all of his life. they said, and as far as i know, this is a true statement, when he was senate majority leader, he never lost an important vote, because he would not call that vote until he knew he had the necessary votes to...
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richard branson's ski hideaway no longer secrets. thate looking at markets are a little bit sluggish this morning. europe stocks are trading a little weaker this session. that is it for "on the move." guy johnson with "the pulse." ♪ >> ukraine on fire. you are looking at live pictures from the country as the latest fighting leaves at least 25 dad and hundreds injured. three is a crowd. peugeot strikes a deal with the french government and dongfeng. ceo,e live with the philippe varin. bae lands a deal in saudi arabia. it agrees on a new higher price for a long-awaited typhoon jetfighter deal. good morning. welcome. you areat
richard branson's ski hideaway no longer secrets. thate looking at markets are a little bit sluggish this morning. europe stocks are trading a little weaker this session. that is it for "on the move." guy johnson with "the pulse." ♪ >> ukraine on fire. you are looking at live pictures from the country as the latest fighting leaves at least 25 dad and hundreds injured. three is a crowd. peugeot strikes a deal with the french government and dongfeng. ceo,e live with...
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. >> why did johnson have such a hard time coming to grips with vietnam when he was saying and expressing all of his private doubts to people like richard russell? >> you know, part of it is something that doris said that he couldn't stand to admit defeat, he had to win, all through his life when he was in the senate and this is as far as i know a true statement when he was senate majority leader he never lost an important vote because he wouldn't call that vote until he knew he had the necessary votes to win. he all of his life he had to be the winner, he had to, you know, it is a part of this terrible insecurity, which when you talk about i don't know son and of course when you talk about all of these presidential qualities and you say what really hurts is if you don't have that self-confidence, if you don't have that inner security, then what do you do when you think .. that is a big part of vietnam, another part of vietnam is that lyndon johnston didn't real a lot of books .. and you really say in domestic policies that doesn't hurt and he was a great -- you can see and feel what is going on. how do you really learn about the 3,000
. >> why did johnson have such a hard time coming to grips with vietnam when he was saying and expressing all of his private doubts to people like richard russell? >> you know, part of it is something that doris said that he couldn't stand to admit defeat, he had to win, all through his life when he was in the senate and this is as far as i know a true statement when he was senate majority leader he never lost an important vote because he wouldn't call that vote until he knew he had...
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johnson. >> i'll agree with you by then, by that point, yes. but 1961, i think, would have played out quite differently had richard nixon been president. >> fortunately -- [laughter] >> we have the history that we have. >> we do. >> now, you think that the kennedy assassination is a major turning point for richard nixon. >> i do. i think in many ways it was the worst thing that ever happened to richard nixon. he had had a really -- as we talked about, a traumatic loss in 1960. he ran for governor this 1962 with the urging of eisenhower among others. terrible mistake on his part. nixon had written a long, detailed memo with the pros and cons, should i run, should i not run. the cons clearly won the argument, but you could see the temptation. okay, rockefeller's governor of the biggest state, rockefeller was his chief rival in 1960. i could be 2k3w06 of the second biggest state. everyone said he couldn't lose, and he lost. he lost in a big way. but in many ways people say it wasn't that big a deal for him. he didn't really care. he didn't really want the job. he didn't really care about, you know, the water supply in los angeles. this wasn't the sort o
johnson. >> i'll agree with you by then, by that point, yes. but 1961, i think, would have played out quite differently had richard nixon been president. >> fortunately -- [laughter] >> we have the history that we have. >> we do. >> now, you think that the kennedy assassination is a major turning point for richard nixon. >> i do. i think in many ways it was the worst thing that ever happened to richard nixon. he had had a really -- as we talked about, a...
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johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations >> osgood: good morning, i'm charles osgood this is sundae morning. it's been 4 years since president richard nixon signed legislation declaring war on cancer. despite progress on many fronts that war rages on. with 600,000 fatalities in this country last year alone. this morning we'll tell you about a promising new weapon involving a tiny creature with a life span so short, the fruit fly. susan spencer will be reporting. >> cancer patient thought he'd exhausted every treatment option. how are you doing? until he met a very unconventional scientist who specialty is fruit flies. is mark the first personalized fly that you built. >> to my knowledge manage's fly is the first that's ever been built. first time that he's seen the manage fly. the war on cancer. a loftier goal for the lonely fruit fly. >> they call for the envelope please for best actor. honoring the restep cent for work in front of the camera but one of these year's deserves for his role behind the scenes as well. lee cowan will show us how he did it. >> leonardo dicaprio is famously choosey about the roles he takes, been that way
johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations >> osgood: good morning, i'm charles osgood this is sundae morning. it's been 4 years since president richard nixon signed legislation declaring war on cancer. despite progress on many fronts that war rages on. with 600,000 fatalities in this country last year alone. this morning we'll tell you about a promising new weapon involving a tiny creature with a life span so short, the fruit fly. susan...
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richard branson's virgin galactic is set to make its maiden voyage sometime this year. those who purchased a $250,000 ticket one -- may want to get familiar with the feeling of weightlessness. cory johnsonnt to try it out. >> i am cory johnson. this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. way. just always that a few minutes ago, i looked like this. i am doubting cape canaveral on my way to experience zero gravity with a company called zero g. i am the wrong person to do a zero g flight. they have partnered up with for passengers to get used to the experience of weightlessness. they will offer up the experience for anybody who will pony up five grand for the experience. the plane flies at 24,000 feet and goes into a series of parabolic arcs. flies at anll -- extreme angle. it feels like 1.8 geez. to34,000 feet, it begins dive at an equally extreme angle for half a minute. in that minute, passengers experience weightless. they do it again and again. there is a reason that this plane is known as the vomit comet. >> less than four percent of our participants get sick. it is very rare. >> i will need some numeric handholding here. >> this is becoming more of a reality. companies are
richard branson's virgin galactic is set to make its maiden voyage sometime this year. those who purchased a $250,000 ticket one -- may want to get familiar with the feeling of weightlessness. cory johnsonnt to try it out. >> i am cory johnson. this is one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. way. just always that a few minutes ago, i looked like this. i am doubting cape canaveral on my way to experience zero gravity with a company called zero g. i am the wrong person to do a zero g...