my father had wanted a military funeral he could have gone to the vfw. i didn't get a military funeral. >> as you i would hope acknowledge an earned entitlement. we have had millions of when we put them in the ground, this is a country expressing deep gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy in this land, these people whether they were like you and went to vietnam and didn't see hostile fire, that's beside the point. they set aside their entire lives in order to go out there and serve their country and it had an effect. it had a great effect. my father-in-law served in the second world war. he earned a bronze star. he didn't see really a lot of hostile fire. but, yet, his generation dying a thousand a day, 365,000 a year. yes, it is expensive. we only have less than 1% of the american public that has ever sacrificed at all by serving in their armed forces. we need to really revere this service. because it keeps us all free. >> i would say that whether you peel potatoes as a cook or a repairman. >> absolutely. >> laura: every job in the military is important b

. >> why don't we let the vfw and marine corps league take care of this. that was the point of the column. the way you cut a budget is you take little programs that might be nice that you don't need and you trim bigger ones. it has been taken a despicable attack on veterans. i think it's almost amazing. >> dana: greg, i cou point of view if you are looking across the budget to find things to cut as a veteran himself, he is saying maybe this is something we should deal with. it's $45 million program a year. >> greg: obviously if you are monster for suggesting that. as long as these guys keep creating taliban military funerals, they should go for it but having that, i hate to because its bad phrase. maybe it's better to give them things when they are alive? maybe it's more tax breaks and better pensions than the funerals, but what strikes me about this, i don't know if i'm the right person to distinguish if you are in line of duty or if you are an equipment officer in new jersey, is there a difference? you are both for the war effort. i don't know if i'm equ

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. >> and i thought, why don't we just let the vfw, the marine corps league take care of this and nowpoint of the column and the column said that, you know, in the way you cut a budget is you take, you cut little programs and it might be nice that you don't need and you trim bigger ones. i'm up next, but now i'm sging the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! it's a challenge to balance work and family. ♪ that's why i love adt. i can see what's happening at my business from anywhere. ♪ [ male announcer ] now manage and help protect your small business remotely with adt. arm and disarm your alarm, watch secure video in real time, and even adjust your lights and thermostat wherever you are. with adt, you get 24/7 protection through our exclusive fast response monitoring. you can be confident that adt is always there for you. hey, lisa. is that the delivery we've been waiting for? [ male announcer ] and now during the adt get growing sale, get adt installed starting at just $99. [ woman ] i love t

i think it was, like, a broken one from the vfw.in, and i go -- >> what do you think was going to happen? >> jimmy: well, i don't know, but my musical youth was stuck in there. and i was like, "i can't -- well, can i listen to it? i mean, i can't hear anything." what's the strangest collection you've seen? you must have seen a lot of weirdos, interesting people. >> one of the most interesting ones is there's a guy that collects celebrity hair. and he's got hair of mozart, beethoven. he's got a lock of hair of lincoln's. >> jimmy: no. >> and he's got paul mccartney. and the strangest part of his collection was, he's got michael jackson's hair from the day of the pepsi fire. and it's in a envelope, and when you open it and up and put your nose in it, it still smells singed. >> jimmy: no way! [ audience ews ] that's so gross, but kind of fascinating. i like that. [ light laughter ] >> he's got marilyn monroe here. he's got geronimo's ponytail. it's very strange, but very interesting. >> jimmy: and you like doing this show? >> i do. we'

but now the vfw has released another statement thanking cbs for their apology and seem to be ready to let this thing go. the same though from the american legion which also complained to cbs. in their statement they actually applauded the network for making the apology. even senator and former vietnamese p.o.w. john mccain says this campaign is good enough. he's tweeted as far as he's concerned the issue is now closed. while it doesn't seem like this is going to be a lasting controversy, you can bet these organizations won't soon forget what happened and that they'll now be keeping an eye on the show in a future, guys. >> i wonder if there's any kind of research or ask people ahead of time this is a sensitive site, how do we treat this? if they have those kinds of conversations ahead of time. >> well, you would hope so, suzanne. "the amazing race" is one of the longest reality shows that's been on the air, they've won numerous awards, emmys and that such for being the most outstanding reality television show on. you would hope they have a cast of producers and researchers that know wh

. >> you showed that clip there of cheney giving the speech at the vfw cutting to ziny.e says in "hubris" which will rae air friday night on this network, when he heard cheney make those remarks he literally bolted from his chair. he was in total shock at hearing cheney make those comments. he knew, he had seen all the intelligence of commander in chief of setcom up until 2008. >> it was a cost/benefit sales program. they basically said we have to do it. the mushroom cloud. >> that was the public argument. >> then they would say to us, don't worry, it will be a quickie, a cake walk. those pushing the war argued it was necessary and would pay for itself. that was another part of it. the gas would pay for it. here was dick cheney. let's watch. >> do you think the american people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant american casualties? >> i don't think it's likely to unfold that way, tim, because i really do believe we will be liberators. >> well, there's bill kristol, one of the other leading war hawks. he said he predicted the duration of t

the vfw sent a letter back to cbs thanking them for the apology, the american legion sent out a letterfor doing that. aas you mentioned john mccain, who was also shot down over hanoi, also spent time at the hanoi hilton, he tweeted today saying cbs did the right thing by apologizing. we all make mistakes. the issue is closed. but clearly a lot of vietnam vets out there of mccain's generation, it's still very fresh for all of them. >> very fresh. of and i think a very good move by cbs to quickly apologize. john mccain puts it pretty well. >> right. >> great work, thanks brian. amazing story. >>> still ahead -- vice president joe biden says, quote, there is no leadership in the gop. so what about that so-called white house charm offensive we've seen so much recently? >>> also, fashion icon oscar de la renta has some candid word for what he says is a relationship with the first lady that, quote, started off poorly. get the new it card at discover.com and sign up for 5% cashback at restaurants now through march. and every day since, two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the

. >> megyn: and the american legion, the vfw, so many veterans coming out and saying it doesn't sit wellth all due respect to the drone operators. thank you so much. >> thanks, megyn. >> megyn: big news from nasa this hour as they make a huge announcement of the potential, repeat potential for life to have once existed on mars. that's next. and we're live at the vatican for history making moments na could come any second. stay with us. none of us would want to be told we can't marry the pern we love. as americanswe believe in freedom. that's what i fought for as a marine, and that's what we believe in as republicans. freedom means freedom for everyone. i didn't use to understand the importance of same-sex marriage, but after learning my brother was gay i wanted the same rights for him. he was the best man at my wedding and i want to be the best man at his. it's only fair that calvin should have the freedom to marry the person he loves, too. it's time for marriage. can make any old day a special occasion. so she makes her new mini cream pies with real cream filling and milk chocolate on a

but now the vfw has released another statement thanking cbs for at apology and seem to be ready to letm the american legion which also complained to cbs. in their statement, they applauded the network for making the apology, even senator and former vietnamese p.o.w. john mccain says this apology is good enough for him. tweeted out as far as he's concerned, the issue is now closed. but while this doesn't seem like it is going to be a lasting controversy, you can bet the organizations won't soon forget what happened and they'll be keeping an eye on this show in the future. brooke? >> nischelle turner, thank you. some of the veterans groups taking this apology here, one of our most well known prisoners of war, vietnam vet senator john mccain, he took to twitter. he tweeted, quote, cbs did the wright thing by apologizing. we all make mistakes. the issue is closed. and cbs isn't the only one backpedaling today. ford is apologizing for this ad. take a look. issued by the country's unit india, a trio of women tied up and gagged in the back of a ford compact. the guy at the frond, that's a car

generation -- >> [inaudible] >> the new generation of veterans, that it is the american legion and vfwlike they used to. those are both tremendous organizations and they have a real role in the veteran space moving forward, absolutely they do. but our generation of veterans, the post-9/11 generation, we live in technology. it's an extension of our body. and it's for us not to be leveraging technology to make these connections is foolish. it's not using the resources that we have available. >> in the interest of time of us about what other questions for the record. i just want to thank all of you for your testimony. it's been a very illuminating hearing for all of us. >> senator boozman? today which is 42 and senator burr, especially having people that are on the front line. you guys are out fighting the battle and you really do appreciate your service. so many different ways at affecting a very positive outcome for so many. this is such, it's just an interesting, very difficult problem. we talk about the stress of war, and yet many were not deployed and in situations were not as stress

in the bottom right is the vfw plays and the people that every piece of food from every store and never you could imagine to this place. we have people that could not afford to bring food for folks working in that area and i was a very moving experience for us as well. upper right you can see the forestry service is as they came in in phase two would make a huge difference in our ability to cover a lot of ground and do it in a match where comprehensive way. i'm not going to go through all of them, but we searched the area over the three months, searched about 10,000 acres per day. read about 2500 folks out there every day. a million and a half man-hours with four base camps in different locations. a bunch of national management team in a lot of pain crews in the field every day and just a hugh jaffer. why don't you talk through this chart if you can because it's more about you kind of help to manage the research and making sure we were running people into each other. >> ave., that the interest in tasks when the astronauts seem right away, davis in charge of the overall effort, but since

. >> they did not use the vfw like they used to. in theve a real role veteran his space moving forward. we live in technology. it is an extension of our body. for us to not be leveraging technology to make these connections is foolish. it is not using the resources we have available. >> in the interest of time i will submit my question for the record. it has been a very eliminating hearing for all of us. -- very illuminating hearing for all of us. thank you for the hearing today, which is so important. thecially having people on front line -- you guys are out fighting the battle and we do appreciate your service. positive a very outcome for some money -- this is such a -- it is an interesting and very difficult problem. we talk about the stress of a war and yet many of you were not deployed in situations where -- not stressful in the sense of combat. we are having a lot of problems in the private sector and in society in general we have the integration problems. you can see how that happens and yet a lot of these individuals are 50-