after sputnik was launched, johnson capitalized on the launch of sputnik. he and his aides saw space is an issue that he could capitalize on and even lead johnson through the white house. so johnson had a hearing, asking a slew of different witnesses to testify about the level of readiness about american defense. it was a challenge to eisenhower's leadership. despite this, eisenhower worked very effectively with lyndon johnson. johnson was at the forefront not only of the bill creating nasa, but also the bill creating the national defense education act. privately, i know that views of johnson were a little different. [laughter] one of his favorite lines that he would drag out is, "that fellow is such a phony." privately, he worked well with johnson. they both suffered heart attacks in 1955. came to work -- in many respects, eisenhower worked better, especially after the democrats regain control of congress, eisenhower worked better with democrats than the conservative wing of his own party. that is something that i think the candidates today should take not

now it was first sputnik and now first man in space was russian and you can understand that this wasin the middle of the cold war, there was competition of the great super powers. >> president, could you give us your view, sir, of the soviet achievement of putting a man in or bit and what it would mean to our space program? >> it's the most impressive scientific accomplishment. i already sent congratulations to the man who was involved. >> the space race wasn't just about space. it was about our own sense of security. it was this new cold war battle ground and so it wasn't very hard to realize that if they could put a man in orbit, they could put an atomic bomb in orbit. suddenly the sky was menacing. >> it means they're getting ahead of us and we certainly need to start working hard to catch up. >> i think it's about time america woke up and did something about it. >> i believe it's very impressive for propaganda purposes but i think if we put our minds to it, this country can top that in six months. >> from my perspective as a kid, we were in a race against the russians and the rus

that law was a consequence of congress's fear of the success of the soviet union's launch of sputnik. now, president obama has said that we're again in a sputnik moment, that we need to react the way that congress did and think about where are we headed and what the nature of our society is and what the real threats are. for example, the national defense education act, i think, needs to be updated today with something like a national defense education information and knowledge act, something that would provide subsidies to get more graduates of colleges and universities among ordinary people who are quite capable of succeeding in a knowledge-based global economy, because if we don't have a work force that's productive and creative, it's going to have, and is having, a negative impact in terms of our security. >> hinojosa: so what is it that you want people to do, professor bowie? >> well, know what you're consuming and why. try to use it to empower not only yourself and your communities. i was an advisor to the knight commission that studied the types of content needed in order to ena

, a sputnik moment for our nation. an opportunity to rise to the challenge and defeat that threat in response to sputnik, we ended up not just winning the space race and sending a man to the moon, we did all sorts of great things for the american economy and for our society. we did it once, we can do it again. by rising to the challenge of climate change, we will not just clean up our air but also drive inowevation and create jobs, not only in the clean energy sector, just like the space program created economic growth in so many economic sectors. the obama administration deserves a lot of credit for its leadership on climate change. our domestic commitment through the clean power plan which builds on the work of my state and others has established a federal plan for reducing emissions. this important policy has provided american innovators and businesses the confidence to take on new risks and to drive new technologies forward. after dragging our feet for so many years, i am proud that the united states is acting dome

in 1957, the only satellite in space was sputnik. now, u.s. military officials say they're monitoring some 23,000 objects circling the earth.om u.s. strategic command officials say the international space station had to move four times this year to avoid possible collisions. >> they do present a hazard to the space station. there's no question about it. these velocities are just staggering. even something as small as just a couple of ounces can do some serious damage. >> reporter: the people who are all of us here on earth. norah, scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atmosphere burns up, breaks up, or falls into our vast oceans. >> o'donnell: good to know. anna werner, thank you so much. one of the most beautiful women in the universe is also among that's next. >> o'donnell: you have to admit, miss colombia has been gracious in defeat after the miss universe mix-up. ariadna gutierrez was crowned the winner by mistake sunday night, then quickly de-crowned. last night, she thanked supporters on instagram, writing, "your d

in 1957, the only satellite in space was sputnik. nono u.s.s mililary officialsay they'ree mononoring somee 23,000 objects circling the earth. say the international space station had to move four times this year to avoid possible collisions. >> they do present a hazard to the space station. there's no question about it. these velocities are just staggering. even something as small as just a couple of ounces can do some serious damage. >> reporter: the people who are generally least at risk here-- all of us here on earth. norah, scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atmosphere burns up, breaks up, or falls into our vast oceans. >> o'donnell: good to know. anna werner, thank you so much. one of the most beautiful women in the universe is also among the most gracious. that's next. for adults with an advanced lung cancer called "squamous non-small cell", previously treated with it's not every day something this big comes along. a chance to live longer with... opdivo, nivolumab. opdivo is the first and only immunoth

in 1957, the only satellite in space was sputnik. now, u.s. military officials say objects circling the earth. u.s. strategic command officials say the international space station had to move four times this year to avoid possible collisions. >> they do present a hazard to the space station. there's no question about it. these velocities are just staggering. even something as small as just a couple of ounces can do some serious damage. >> reporter: the people who are generally least at risk here-- all of us here on earth. norah, scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atmosphere burns up, breaks up, or falls into our vast oceans. >> good to know. anna werner, thank you so much. >>> one of the most beautiful women in the universe is also that's next. >>> you have to admit, miss colombia has been gracious in defeat after the miss universe mixup. ariadna gutierrez was crowned the winner by mistake sunday night, then quickly de-crowned. last night, she thanked supporters on instagram, writing, "your destiny is written for you

and remember, eisenhower gave that speech because after sputnik went up, people acted like they are acting now and he kept telling them no you don't need to do that. but he was actually overwhelmed by the complex. that's why he gave the speech. he knew what they were saying, the russians are coming, they got all these missiles, wasn't true. >> larry korb in washington, d.c, i appreciate your great grasp of history. especially when we're dealing with what we are now. jamie mcintire, the president talking about the ongoing effort inside of iraq and syria specifically mentioning ramadi, something we have not heard the president talk of that much. >> it is interesting, del. you mentioned the united states is fighting a somewhat unconventional foe. but something the u.s. military has discovered in trying to put together a campaign to retake ramadi, just to remind our viewers is in anbar province about 70 miles from baghdad which fell back in may in sort of an embarrassin embarrassing n which vastly superior holding force in ramadi was routed by a very small i.s.i.l. attacking force. but one of

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that was sputnik. and the only problem was of course that the human beings who did that were the soviets at the height of the cold war. so that was a very unpleasant surprise in the united states. i actually think this country did a range of really smart things to respond. and one of them was to create darpa. initially, the advanced research projects agency, this little place tucked away in the defense department. and so our job from the very beginning was to prevent that kind of technological surprise. and very quickly, the people who started the agency realized that the way you prevent surprise is you go create some surprise of your own. and that's from that core mission came these decades of investment that led to a transformation in how the military fights through stealth technology and precision strike and many other underlying components. we also invested in these enabling core technologies that led to the internet that led to a lot of the great advances that are the foundation for what's happene

that was sputnik.t y problem was the human beings that did that were the soviets at the height of the cold war. that was a very unpleasant surprise in the united states. i actually think this country smart ange of really things to respond. and one of them was to create advanced tially the research projects agency, this little place tucked away in the department. so our job from the very beginning was to prevent that surprise chnological and very quickly, the people who started the agency realized is the way you prevent surprises is to go create surprises of your own. from that core mission came decades of investment that transformation in how the military fights through self technology and precision strike and many other underlying componen components. we also invested in these that ng core technologies led to the internet, that led to a lot of the great advances that are the foundation for what's semiconductor e industry, artificial intelligence and advanced materials. we did those for national securi