the eternal flame at ,rlington national cemetery joining us from new york is richard reid.ennedy years." thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. ask you about this iconic scene at the arlington national cemetery. where did the idea of the ete rnal flame come from? >> i guess there was one at the paris andomphe in that is probably where mrs. kennedy got the idea. it was her idea. >> one of the fascinating stories, and i talked to david hawking's a moment ago, is how washington came together to prepare for something that was unexpected, and yet taking a page from the assassination of president lincoln, a century before. people who think government cannot be effective, they handle that situation well. i think david hawking pointed to the role that mrs. kennedy had in all of that. it was obvious that history is what was on her mind. you some to share with of the moments following the assassination of president kennedy. this is a conversation between the air force one cockpit pilot and andrews air force base. they were discussing how the president's body should be tra

facility currently houses a number of al qaeda terrorists, including zacarias moussaoui, shoe bomber richard reid and the would-be christmas day bomber umar faruq. in this era of furloughs, how can we justify spending approximately $2.8 million per guantanamo detainee? now, even with near unanimous support across the current and past administration to close the structure down, some appear to question whether there still is a national security need to shutter the facility. i believe it is clear that guantanamo is still a symbol that motivates our enemies and draws more and more young muslims to fight against the united states, and this is just not my determination but also the findings of our intelligence community. last week, director of national intelligence james clapper wrote to the senate intelligence committees noting his support for the closure of guantanamo in which he offered the following examples of how al qaeda and its affiliates continue to reference guantanamo in furtherance of their global jihadist goals. al qaeda leader iman zawahiri in an audio statement in july of this year cited

reid: he tells the stoart of a number of things but of one richard streeter, a truck driver who's very, very, very ill with colon cancer. why? because he couldn't afford insurance. couldn't afford health insurance. kristof writes, "the biggest health crisis in america now is not the inexcusably messy rollout of back obamacare. now, far more serious is the kind of catastrophe facing people like richard streeter." mr. streeter is a resident of eugene, oregon. his problem isn't obamacare, but a tumor in his colon that is going to kill him. unless there is a miracle. he could have been treated, had he had health insurance. for him, obamacare didn't come quite soon enough. kristof's come up is an important reminder that the rollout of obamacare is about more than an effective web site. it is about saving lives, lots of lives. kristof reminds republicans that they should have empathy for the nearly 50 million americans without insurance who play health care roulette every day as a result. he urges republicans to remember that every 20 minute ans american dies. why? because they lack health i

report care about how an old piece plays into the work of dr reid shared a house a is either help or hindrance fascinating question remember richard haas was invited to him by peter robinson aka mcguinness and the parties of the store with executive detroit to address issues they could not crack it could not reach agreement about. on top of that list is the cost. but this was certainly due for richard house is it that would let him see in full with layering technique honor. the scale of the problems the different opinions divided society. it will also let the party scene but their constituents are telling them. um maybe it will let them see what might be a chief cal fire in control of the limitations of what might be going in negotiations over joe to come true. next month. tommy gorman in belfast. thank you a woman has being charged with assisting the suicide of woman and dublin in twenty eleven and what's believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in this country for two year old kayla o'rourke from coach their gardens and tata is accused of assisting the suicide of fifty one year old bernadette fort. gail rock was a test t

along with house majority leader harry reid and house minority leader nancy pelosi, among other high-powered democrats. >>> now the latest in sports with richard lui. good morning. >> good morning, mara. monday night football, redskins honoring members of the native americans. they used the language to create code that the japanese could not read in world war ii. in the game itself, two teams with two consecutive losses wanting a win. this robert griffin iii interception in the first quarter told the story. later, rg3 runs it, loses it, gets it back. a field goal is all they get after that one. second half, it was all 49ers, scoring two touchdowns. washington gets only 30 yards in all of the second half. where were they? the niners trampled, 27-6. >>> rocker jon bon jovi's publicist said, hang on a second here, bon jovi may not want to buy the buffalo bills. the price tag forbes estimates could be some $870 million. problem here, mara, the rocker may be only worth $290 million. >> only. >> only. >>> ten former nhl players have filed a class-action lawsuit against the league. they allege it knew the risks of head trauma and failed to inform and

richard was block ford two years. to be head of the agency she got off the ground. once reid a deal, they were able to get hem throuim cuts cl her. and the thing you see with elizabeth warren, she is not there to be a senator, not enamored with power and prestige of being a senator. she has an agenda. she wants to get things done. that's why she is there. she is unafrapd to challenge the institution of the senate. she is not all about being a senator. she is all about being there working on behalf of the people and working on behalf of an effective government. >> john thnathan, i have slowly around to the elizabeth warren position, held by some of the newer democrats in the senate. you know, i all way had that more, you know, established senate view. don't want to change this rule. when your party is in the minority. you are going to want to be able to use it. but on nominations i think they have really got to do it. we have hilt tht this unpress c road block. >> nuclear option what we are talking about here, the thing that you never want to do. you figure that reasonable peo