on that is carved, an approach to normandy park you will see on the top right, the normandy coast line, the cliffs, the americans were going in at omaha and utah beaches and omaha had some very high bluffs they had to overcome. you will see some of the landing crafts approaching. this also was done by the sculptor and, it was done in italy. it also is spanish limestone. then, there is a giant lentil that sits askew on top of the bas-relief. that message was from the d-day address that every soldier, airmen and seamen was given on d-day. this is one of the very famous sentences. the free men of the world are marching to victory. these sculptures were put produced in italy using the same method they have been producing sculptures there for centuries. that is called the lost wax process. the clay model is covered in a wax. that goes into an oven, and the wax melts out. into that space, the hot bronzes board. that is where the statues absolutely resemble the first wax that was made. it is done in various pieces. not all at once. then, they are reassembled. they are shipped here, it took ab

wasn't giving them a pep talk about getting on a plane and dropping behind lines in normandy. he was talking about home. i asked my father why would you do that? my father, military officer, says they know what they are going to do in they are scared half to death so imagine that smile. a man who had the courage to look him in the eye before they took off and they say don't worry, we are going to do it. a great exchange really. >> host: a lot of moving tales in the story of your grandfather. the next picture is him at a the day -- d day remembrance years later. >> guest: he would haven't been 75, that picture was taken, he gave an interview to walter cronkite through the normandy coast line and this is the american cemetery before it had been completely finished. it was a long process to put the cemetery together but this was the first time i could come back, the tenth anniversary of d-day occurred when he was president and he did not want to politicize what is really hallowed ground so he sent a gift to the people in normandy and spent the day in seclusion. he talked to walte

, so you'll see on the top right the normandy coastline, the cliffs there. remember, the americans were going in at omaha and utah beaches and i'm had a had some very high bluffs that they had to overcome, and then you'll see some of the landing crafts approaching so this also was done by the sculpture belkov and it was done in italy. it also is spanish limestone aimbar, and then there's a giant lentil that sits askew on top of the barre leaf and that message is from the d-day address that every soldier, airman and sailor was given on d-day and this is one of the very famous sentences from it. the tide hats turned. the free men of the world are marching to victory. the these sculptures were produced in italy using the same method that they have been producing sculptures there for centuries, and that's cause the the last works sculpture. the sculpture makes a clay model and the clay model is kind of in kind of a wax and then they are set into piesed offer the glafl moll model and then a hard plaster is kept it from the model, and that goes off to the foundry.

he wasn't giving them a pep talk about getting on the plane and dropping behind lines at normandy. he was talking about home. my father military officers said they knew what they were about due and they were probably scared to death so imagine that smile. the man had the courage to come out and look them in the eye before they took off. they said don't worry general we are going to win hitler and a great exchange really. >> very moving. a lot of moving tales in your story of your grandfather. i think the next picture, that's him at the d-day remembrance years later. do you know how old he is? >> i will tell you he was 75. it was d-day plus 20 years for that picture was taken. he gave an interview to walter cronkite and they drove all through the norman because line and of course this is the american cemetery before it had been completely finished. it was a long process to put that cemetery together but this was the first time ike had come back. during the presidency, the 10th anniversary of d-day that occurred in 1955 he did not want to politicize what is really how would ground so

chairman, first battalion 506 infantry stands alone, north of the river, normandy, vietnam, korea. i think you owe me a drink, chairman. [laughter] thank you so much. congratulations. [applause] ♪ [chanting] ♪ >> that's right. ♪ >> now arriving with the ceremonial saber is the team nicknamed the golden knights, a competition team drawn from all branches of the army. today's team includes sergeant first class mike cook from la crosse, wisconsin, sergeant -- staff sergeant stevens from stafford, virginia, sergeant first class chad from daytona beach, florida, sergeant first class from blacksburg, south carolina, and sergeant first class billings from north carolina. ♪ >> ♪ losing is not an option i can come to comprehend honor and respect i will defend♪ >> sergeant john pemberton is handing off the ceremonial saber to the 2020 soldier of the year, sergeant james akinola. the ceremonial saber ties the army's past to its present. now retained as a ceremonial address sidearm. soldiers representing the united states army from the founding of our nation until today signify an

speaker, i have, is traveling to normandy on the 75th anniversary of d-day to see our d-day veterans. ones like my father who fought in world war ii as part of the d-day air campaign. to see those brave patriots who crushed and destroyed the evils of nazi germany. . for those of you who may not know, there's a younger picture of eliott that really looks like one of the beatle and that would be jon lennon. i was thinking of blowing it up and putting it on the floor but i wanted to save you that. but it's not a bad-looking picture. so when we were on this codel, we decided, we're going to break away from the pack and have our own private dinner in paris and i had bought this really cool pair of sunglasses. and they had to be readers but they were sunglasses and maybe for a guy from texas they were a little too funky, but then when i looked at eliott in that jon lennon look, i handed them to eliott, he put them on and he looked absolutely fantastic in those glasses. so i said, eliott, you can have those glasses and it always charms me when he puts those glasses on. sometimes at a committ

places, 20-something different countries, no place has impacted me than standing on the shores there at normandy. as our guide began to talk that day, i thought about this for the first time, history shows us that those young men with supposed to have air cover but because the horrific weather, there was none. and that day wasn't won by military might or great generals or colonels and military genius. our freedom today we can trace back to that moment was won by 18 and 19-year-old young men who kept running up that hill one wave after the other. what a powerful place and what a privilege it is to see these real heroes. arthur ashe put it this way, he said true heroism is remarkably sober and undramatic. it is not the urge to pass all others at whatever cost but to serve all others at whatever cost. in our six years, we tried not to stick to the talking points. maybe we have had a different pproach serving in congress. mr. speaker, i believe the best kind of representative you could have is someone who is pledging to represent all the communities. you see, america is the greatest country and long

visit with world war ii vets like george cross while participating in the 75th anniversary of d-day and normandy. to encourage arizona sailors. to secure and pin on an overdue purple heart on an iraq veteran. to tour the border with hardworking ranchers who i never would have met had i not served in congress. over these last several challenging months, i have been so inspired to witness arizonians help each other to get through the pandemic. our universities and business owners found ways to make p.p.e. for front line health care workers. with we delivered meals. packed up food boxes with the national guard at the food banks. even in the midst of unprecedented challenges, i took to the beauty of our great landscapes by hiking sections of the arizona trail. on a day-long trek to the bottom of the grand canyon, we were joined by the park's new superintendent. we saw first hand the benefits the outdoors act would bring to the crowning jewel of our state, legislation we championed in this very room. i also went on ride along to face the challenges they face to keep our communities safe. i will miss

hospitals, men are alive today who otherwise would have died in the jungles of burma or the beaches of normandy. each patient was thoroughly checked before takeoff, then --ched over, thoroughly watched over constantly, then checked again when the plane landed. ♪ while in the air, the flight nurse was in complete charge, ready to handle every emergency and doing everything a doctor would have to do, except operate. air evacuation was difficult and required specialized skill and training. the flight nurse had to be prepared for the unexpected. for the next moment, it might have, and often did, happen. at the general hospital in the theater of operation, other skilled teams of surgeons and nurses stood ready to take over where the frontline hospitals left off. whether a hospital is under canvas out in the field or in a solid structure in a city, its routine, like the nurse's routine, doesn't very, and it's routine remains fixed. to offer the best medical care to the sick and wounded. nurses sterilize the operating equipment. the surgical gowns and gloves. prepared drugs. laid out the instruments

when i think about the normandy of the task ahead of us, i am reminded by the book of matthew where it is written, "foxes have birds have nests, but the son of man has no man -- no place to lay his head. ." there is dignity and grace for every person in this nation. those who work hard and still struggle to make it work, and those who have no place to lay their head. it is one of the highest response abilities of our government to see them. to see their dignity and to lift them up. i remember the feeling i had as security,he safety, and peace of mind contained in one word, "home." i remember knowing the comfort -- i remember feeling the comfort of knowing i could always go home. have had that comfort ripped away. the crisis of the pandemic that has threatened their lives, crisis of a recession that has swallowed jobs, hours, wages, and lifelines. hascrisis of injustice that forced communities of color to make it in america with one dream tied behind their back. each crisis chips away at the promise of our nation. i believe that hope is on the way. andow that president elect vice presid

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. >> laura: you can flip it around and say, 75 years ago they were storming the beaches of normandy. now, you are on the beach and people are throwing themselves to the other side of the sand because you don't have a mask on when you are 30 feet away. i guess we could say that, too. it makes no sense. >> biden was similarly confused as he introduced his economic team. this is an intro you probably didn't see anywhere else. >> respect across, being looked at by their neighbors and being respected, it matters a lot. respected across party lines. this will be the first woman of color from south asia -- excuse me from south asia. i think that -- we have another woman who is vice president of the united states of america. >> we have another one of those over here. >> laura: i liked at. when he introduced janet yellen as treasury secretary take, biden had a song in his heart. >> we might have to ask lynn manwell miranda's who wrote the musical about the first secretary of state hamilton to write another musical about the first woman secretary treasury yelling. if that's what i'm working on

he actually did jump into normandy. he sprained his ankle and was captured by the germans. where do you think they put him? they put him to work. he worked right alongside the germans. could not understand a word they said. but it was the same technique. where did we learn our techniques? from the germans. the first part of the war, we had a hard time getting surgical instruments. they were made in germany. what is a battalion surgeon? years of medical school. one year of general medical internship. there goes my deferment. i was the first one in the draft. they did not want to medical student. they wanted a doctor. then i was eligible for the draft and they would get me to list. pushed me out of the airplane five times, screaming all the way. part of went on to be the 326 hospital core. core thathe hospital was attached to the hundred first. anyway, a lot of the doctors were green when they came in. they had seasoned doctors sure. some of them were green. that is why it was important to have the seasoned medic that would help us out. come through and look around. the medic

they've been involved in the plans to divert germany attention from normandy. there's a considerable amount of exchange of information at this point. and, of course, there are two d-days, the 6th of union which we all remember and commemorated last year, but there's the big soviet offensive on the eastern front which begins a couple of weeks later and is intended to be timed to hit the germans just at the point when the beachhead in normandy is developing. so there's a real sense now of the allies working together and converging on the third reich from east and west. and although you can't get a full flavor of this from -- if you're sitting at the back. the general impression is really of the brown and light brown pressing in on the third reich from two directions. so it's not an easy relationship. it's not a smooth one. but it worked. it worked in terms of defeating the third reich and what it stood for. which then raises the question, why the cold war? was the cold war -- sorry, was the cold war inevitable? and churchill writes in january of 1945 his fear, hi

for 170 pitches and was never the same he enlisted in the army as part of the 120 tree and landed in normandy just si rosenthal was being shipped out he fought for 199 straight days leading the battle of the bulge. he fought sub degree temperatures twice bullets went through his clothing twice. on-field promotions twice, the bronze star and the silver star. and he comesero back from fighting and his arm is never the same becomes a relief pitcher for the red sox. but interestingly, fighting in war puts everything in order. every time he comes out of the bull pill he finds himself giggling. opponents and teammates don't understand it. she says after what i saw baseball is just supposed to be fun. >> i read a great biography of him he was a rifle platoon of the 36 men in the two only 11 sarov the work. next i thought you were going to tell that story you selected him taking out that tank unit. didn't he make some comment about how his aim with grenades was a little less than the task? >> there was somebody in the platoon that through grenades better than he did and i think i , whooned briefly la

he went over -- he landed on omaha beach in normandy. michael, tell us a little bit about earl johnson's story. >> earl johnson was a starting pitcher for the red sox in the early '40s. he had success early in his career. but the red sox pitched him in back to back games where he threw over 170 pitches and he was never the same. he enlisted in the army. he landed in normandy just as cy rosenthal was being shipped out. he fought for 199 straight days and that included the battle of the bulge. twice bullets went through his clothing, once his coat and his pants. he received on-field promotions twice, received the bronze star and the silver star. just a real hero and he comes back from fighting and his arm is never the same. so he becomes a relief pitcher for the red sox and a very good one in '46. interestingly, fighting in war puts everything in order. he can't help himself. every time he comes out of the bullpen, he finds himself giggling. and opponents and teammates don't understand it. he said, after what i saw, baseball is just suppos

he landed in normandy, and he fought for 199 straight days including the battle of the bulge. he fought in some degree temperatures twice, can he had bullets it went through his clothing once his pants once his -- . the and he received the on-field promotions twice, received the bronze star and the silver star, and he's just a real hero. good he comes back from fighting, and his arm is never the same, so he becomes a relief pitcher for the red sox. but interestingly, fought fighting in war puts everything in order. so every time he comes to the bullpen, come he finds it difficult and they don't understand it, but he says from after everything i saw baseball is mostly fun. >> there's a great biography of him, and now he was talking about 36 men in his platoon only 11 survive the war. >> and you know i thought you're going to tell the story, good that earl would tell about himself, in taking out that tank unit the. and did he make some comment, about his aim with grenades, was less than up to the task? >> he had somebody else in the platoon that through better than he did actual

the coronavirus, the last stop in a carefully choreographed logistics operation rivaling a modern day normandy invasion. but today's historic moment comes at yet another horrific milestone in the pandemic. as we come on the air tonight, more than 300,000 americans have now been killed by the virus. each a person with a name and a story and loved ones left behind, and with about 200,000 people now being infected in the u.s. every single day, and i.c.u. beds already filled at hospitals nationwide, experts warn many more people will die before they ever get their shot to take the vaccine next year. now, those dire warnings are pushing cities and states to consider drastic new rules, including in new york city, where the mayor says they are on the verge of a full shutdown. and if all of that weren't historic enough, there's more breaking news tonight. attorney general bill barr has resigned. and the electoral college has made november's results official, electing joe biden the 46th president of the united states. so we have a lot of new reporting tonight for you and your family. and our team is co

before if you think about the so called scholar, clashes between fishermen in devon and england and in normandy in france over the fishing of scallops on the channel. there are instances of it in the past but there certainly seems to be a sense of a hardening of position on both sides, so in the uk, the position of borisjohnson has chaired the committee to take stock of note your readiness and news about the naval boats on standby does suggest that is trying to send a message of the uk being ready and prepared to go it alone in the same way that when you cite, emanuel micron and angela merkel saying they will not have conversations with borisjohnson. —— emmanuel macron. there is a public standing at least of hardening on both sides. quite rightly think people will be worried about if there is a no deal exit as food, visiting —— medicines being in supply outside of the eu. they have been preparing for this very long haven't they? yes, there is a test being done this weekend over traffic of lorries building up in kent. the trouble there is there will be checks if there is there will be ch

officials didn't have an updated national pandemic plan and that they were slow to respond to the break in normandy and other regions too and took too long to declare an emergency willis lee did bear the brunt of the pandemic in europe in early 2021st kovi deaths emerged back in february with the pandemic quickly spreading across the country then in march the government imposed a national lockdown to tackle the outbreak and since the beginning of the pandemic more than 70000 people have died with over 2000000 people infected minister has previously denied accusations that he underestimated the crisis but control the carty says that italy and its government were too slow to respond. no mr that nothing was done to prevent the spread of the virus and then obviously we were not ready we didn't have intensive care oxygen masks prepared adequately so regardless of where this virus developed illegally was not ready to face said up to now not one politician has responded to the committee or those representing victims to explain the 70000 that we've heard nothing from lumber to his regional government to he

he was part of the allied invasion of normandy defending french villages from the german incursion. like many of his generation he modestly just said he was one of many americans serving their country to fight against evil during the war. the gold medal has 94-year-old walnut creek veteran ming wong beaming as he shares it with his wife annie and daughter leanne he recalls spending his 19th birthday engaged in street bat new zealand nuremberg germany as part of the army 3rd difth 6th regiment. a week later he was wounded and received the purple heart. >> it's very significant chinese-americans are being recognized with this gold medal, with their patriotism, service and sacrifice. >> reporter: the front of the medal depicts chinese-american veterans who served in every military branch while the back features a sherman tank a "uss missouri battle ship and a p-40 fighter plane that was used by the famed flying tigers pilots over what was then burma, india and china. 102-year-old army nurse elsie chen yun cito who was born in stockton was the designated recipient on behalf of all the v

last year, he returned to normandy. we reported on the 75th anniversary, traveling to france, as well. and there he is, seated right in the middle, saluting. he's a father, a grandfather, a great-grandfather and a great-great-grandfather, too. and he came down with coronavirus. he was taken to madison hospital in birmingham, alabama. and this week, they were lined up as major wooten prepared to leave. turning 104 today. and as major wooten left the hospital, pop pop, as he's called, they sang to him, "happy birthday." ♪ happy birthday dear pop pop ♪ happy birthday to you >> major thanking the team. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. you're welcome. we love you. >> and right here tonight -- >> hi, david. >> -- his granddaughter, holly. telling us he's home, doing well, and marked his birthday today. >> we are just so blessed to have him home with us and he is going to make it through it. >> the family grateful for his team at the hospital. >> hey, david. >> right here, two of his nurses, shelby hogan and shawn king. >>

think about the so—called scallop wars, clashes between fishermen in devon in england and in normandy in france over the fishing of scallops in the channel. so there are instances of this in the past. but it certainly seems that in the last 48 hours, a sense of a hardening of position of both sides. in the uk, decided that borisjohnson has chaired that committee to take stock of no deal of readiness and this news about the naval boats on standby does suggest that it's trying to send this message of, "look, the uk is ready, "it is prepared to go it alone." in the same way, that on the eu side, emmanuel macron and angela merkel saying, "no, we're not going to have "individual conversations with borisjohnson" hardens up the position of, "no, we are a solid block and we are not "going to be picked off, if you like, one by one. "we are standing united." so it does seem to be that in public certainly, a bit of a hardening of position on both sides. if the uk's deployment of royal navy ships to police its fishing water post brexit, resulted in clashes with french fisherman, it wouldn't be th

powerful emotional issue, it is economically important in some communities like in scotland and devin, in normandy, and brittany and francis welcomes other is economic importance there, but in an all in negotiations like this, it has tremendous symbolic power. —— scotla nd tremendous symbolic power. —— scotland and dublin. those last—minute negotiations may even be about what amount of individual species of fish european boats will be able to ta ke european boats will be able to take in british waters in the future. so we could even say this is a deal that is been done over nine months of immensely complex negotiations but ultimately it was done macro by macro hearing by hearing. maybe they should be eating fish rather than pizza. kevin, thank you very much. earlier i spoke to steven erlanger, the new york times chief diplomatic correspondent, believes a deal is close. christmas is coming, everybody is tired, it has been four and half years, but i don't think it really got serious until probably the last last couple of months, having a deadline was always going to matter. it was always g

it's also more than americans killed during the first day of the normandy invasion on d day during world war ii which left 2500 people dead. >>> here in the bay area sonoma county announced today that they are issuing a stay-at-home order. they join marin, alameda and contra costa counties. monterey county is set to join this weekend. we'll see the about face made by the health officer. ddeb. >> reporter: julie, the cases troubling enough. but in the last 24 hours a major hospital railed the flag. it filling up and it's short stamped. >> reporter: only one more night for table dining-in sonoma county starting saturday it joins five bay area counties with stay at home orders. family owned, mi pueblo has 7 north bay locations and employees getting their hours slashed. the question here, why restaurants? >> everybody is going out so it's going to spread regardless. >> reporter: sonoma's county health officer said it's way and see situation. but said the numbers are surging and hospitals are filling up. bay area comment is just below 18%. >> meaning, the region will likely hit the 50% commen

tell churchill what the engineers wanted to do, needed to do to build an artificial harbor for the normandy coast. this model was given by churchill to fdr, and we are pleased to share it in our library. the film above is not only about the planning of d-day but also the sustaining of troops afterwards and some of our staff and exhibit designers were able to use previously on digitized film from the national in washington, d.c. and that film has changed the whole field and now that film is digitized for users and washington, so that was a big benefit to everyone. i am excited about that. as i mentioned we used quotes from eisenhower and maime. this is the last quote. i hate war is only a soldier who has lived again. it encapsulates chris presidency and administration. after his time in the military he wanted peace for americans and the whole world and we felt like this was the most important thing out just needed to see before they left eisenhower's military career. you can see the colors have changed. there is campaign memorabilia in front of you. we have gone from a military grade tone to

he stormed the beaches of normandy, and in hospice, at the end of his life, he and his family were grateful for the compassion of the v.a. when he passed, his wife gave me his coaching jacket, one of my most prized possessions. coach sams' jacket reminds me why we are here. our men and women in uniform have had our country's back, and we need to have their back when they come home. we are going to fight like hell to give our veterans and their families the health care, respect, and dignity they deserve. that means helping our veterans build civilian lives of meaning and opportunity. making our v.a. even more welcoming to all veterans, including women veterans, veterans of color, and lgbtq veterans. and keeping faith with our incredible military families and caregivers, because we need to have their backs, too. to the men and women of the v.a., many of you veterans yourself, you worked tirelessly to take care of all veterans. and you're demanding jobs have been made even more difficult by the pandemic. to you and to the many dedicated vets' service organizations who include vets, survivors,

the screens got reduced down to one and now the screen is the beaches at normandy with the cliffs a -- the statue of the barefoot boy is now over the side and this is over the process of about ten years, what happened. we went from a monument that celebrated the president and the general but above all his presidency to now a monument, which is another world war ii memorial. that's often what happens. you go, okay, where's that original idea that seemed so full of promise by the location? but it's the process that's very complicated. now why did he get a four acre site? with columns that are taller than the lincoln memorial? again, we don't have a way like we did with the mcmillan plan to have intelligent design at work. instead it's piecemeal. i'll give you a plot of land. now you fill it up. we'll give you a plot of land. but, before you fill it up we're going to make you go through 400 different reviews and we'll chip away and chip away until -- but that's democracy, i guess. yes. >> the monument to franklin roosevelt? >> the monument to franklin roosevelt originally buzz going to b

the response been from facebook, given the scale, the normandy of some of the -- the enormity of some of the accusations? withe company has hit back a strongly worded statement, calling it revisionist history, accusing the government of having -- the acquisitions. the company has stern warnings of other american companies that no deal is ever final. and facebook is long indicated that whatsapp is key to its future. it sees private messaging as a foundation for its next business. so, facebook is expected to push back further. and we'll have deep pockets to fight. back to you. >> thank you for that quick update. our asia tech reported. we will get into the market indications right ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ are retreating after wall street benchmarks were dragged down by the u.s. tech giants and facebook's lawsuits. no progress is made on talks holding up the u.s. stimulus deal. nancy pelosi and steven mnuchin remain optimistic. with themeeting later central bank expected to increase its bond buying program. the chief economist of the bank of singapore joins us. these latest filament

i enjoyed being with him when we were saluting our veterans, hether it was at normandy, normandy where he made that visit there and made us all so proud. he always was bipartisan, reaching across the aisle for our veterans and it was a joy to serve this house as he served as a senator. but i want him to know that he s very missed and again, recognize that his leadership. mr. speaker, last year, many memberers were blessed to be able to travel to new york to mark -- to travel to mark 5 years of the normandy landing and the battle of the bulge. i mentioned the senator at normandy. at the commemoration of the battle of the bulge almost one year ago this day, i met a veteran in his 909s who urged us to pray for peace. to pray for peace. he spoke for the veterans who were fwathered there in the program with the king of belgium, the president of ermany, very interesting and for us the secretary of defense. the veteran spoke for the veterans. he talked about the camaraderie and the band of brothers and all of that but at the end he said, pray for peace. in that spirit of peace, hope and respe

my final sentiments are that the indoor normandy of this success cannot be overstated. february, you could have become a very rich person betting that this was going to become available in december of 2020. it is an enormous scientific achievement. it is a gift. it is a gift of intellectual capability, entrepreneurial zeal, and a lot of hard work, a decision by the federal government to invest in this. at the same time it was being approved, to manufacture it. . all of these combined in a tremendous achievement. and to not use it, we just can't allow that opportunity to go. -- to go unanswered. i most hopeful that we follow the science. we receive the vaccine. and while we are waiting for it, a total application that we are all faced this holiday season. it is a wonderful holiday season in the sense that in the darkest of the year, we have this bright light of recognition that we have the end in sight for us. and i hope everyone will take an opportunity to use those great gifts we have, the gift of the vaccine, and the gift of our own diligence. those are going to do go

we are unwilling to sacrifice all that has happened before, our heroes that stormed the beaches in normandy, who have done extraordinary things to build an institution that we are the united states. this president said, we're no longer united. we're going to drag this country along racial and cultural lines. you asked a good question, where are we going? >> two things quickly, if you can, because i want to get both of them in. you mention oued our heroes. i'll get to that in a second. this is a very good question and some people get really upset with me when i ask. for the last 12 years, the republicans who are in congress and who are in the senate have obstructed anything that joe biden and barack obama tried to do. they tried to undo their legacy, undo health care, said he wasn't born in this country, joe biden is feeble. actually now saying he is not a legitimate president as they did with barack obama. and not living in reality. 1 plus 1 does not equal 2. why would joe biden or anyone want to work with people who don't live in reality and who basically say that they are not legitimate a

he went over and he landed on omaha beach in normandy. >> so he was a pitcher for the red sox in the early 40s. he had some success early in is career. he threw over 170 pitches and he was never the same. he enlisted in the army and he was part of the 150th infantry. he fought for 199 straight days and that included the battle of the bulge. he fought and received promotions twice. he received a bronze star and a silver star. just a real hero. he comes back and it is never the same. but interestingly fighting in war puts everything in order. he can't help himself. every time he comes out of the bull pen he is gibling. he said after what i saw, baseball is just supposed to be fun. >> yeah. >> i read a brief biography of him and he was a rival platoon sergeant of the 36 men in the platoon. only 11 of them survived the war. >> you know, bill, i thought you were going to tell the story that you used to like to tell about himself in taking out that tank unit. didn't he make some comment about how his aim with grenades was a little less up to the task? >> you know, i mentioned, i think i me

. >> look, you know, i should point out that that is in the same chapter that then ends in normandy, and i guess part of what that chapter is about is, you know, part of how to maintain your steady state in this high-pressured job, for me, at least, was to take the long view and to remind yourself, look, there are going to be ups and downs, there are poll numbers, somebody is aggravating you, you lost a vote on this, that or the other, and just reminding yourselves that, in the sweep of history, this is not tragic, what's happening right now. there are bigger things that matter. but you have to keep that in mind, you know, the fact that it all turns to dust, with this other point of view, which is, within the time frame of human history that at least we can comprehend, actually what you're doing does matter, and you have to kind of maintain those two ideas at the same time. if you understand the magnitude of what you're doing every single moment, then you're going to be paralyzed. so occasionally, you have to pull back and say, look, you do your best and you will be okay. but then yo

them will know this, makes a huge difference, it's a good example in the deception that covered the normandy is another one and it's actually one of the very small who really did affect the course of history and we will come to that in a moment in her intelligence on the building of the atomic bomb that she passed to the soviet union materially affected world history and that makes her quite exceptional. >> you have a moment in this book that codenames, agent sonia has come from a genteel upper middle-class background in berlin cultured and educated and she is actually helping communist helping them build bombs for the sabotage against the japanese, your great story and there about ammonium nitrate purchase and it's one of the crucial ingredients, can you relate that to her audience please. >> one of the many things she was trained then she went to a spy school, she was trained in radio technician work on how to build a radio but also sabotaging, bone making an expert maker, one of the things she had to do was japanese occupy this is when the japanese and the communist underground was runnin

this is my pee pee and poo poo the guys 95-years-old, he fought in world war ii stormed the beach at normandy. now his name is pee pee? what are you doing to the man? [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: yo that was great buddy you guys should tour together. i love it. thank you for being here, josh let's meet our last guest. welcome, what is your name, and where are you from >> hi jimmy, my name is "pizza man" nick diesslin i'm from st. paul, minnesota >> jimmy: oh, man. is that -- i'm not wearing my glasses. is that an actual tuxedo you're wearing? >> um, yeah, according to the camera >> jimmy: hey, nick, thanks for being here buddy what are you going to be doing for us >> i'm going to be showing you the art of the pizza acrobatics >> and what was your name again, nick? so i get it right. >> "pizza man" nick diesslin >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. all right. pizza man, here we go. let's see this roots, can we get some pizza tossing music? nick, take it away, whenever you're ready oh, look at this ♪ >> jimmy: whoa what whoa ♪ pizza man ♪ pizza man [ laughter ] ♪ pizza man >> jim

he stormed the beaches of normandy. at the end of his life he and his family were grateful for the compassion of the va. when he passed, his wife gave me his coaching jacket, one of my most prized possessions. coach sam's jacket reminds me why we're here. our men and women in uniform have had our country's back and when they come home, we need to have their back. as the president-elect has said, his marching order to me is very clear. fight like hell for our veterans. we're going to fight like hell to give our veterans and families the health care, respect and dignity that deserve. that means helping our veterans build civilian lives of meaning and opportunity. making our va more welcoming to all veterans, including women veterans, veterans of color and lgbtq veterans and keeping faith with our incredible military families because we need to have their backs too. to the men and women of the va, many of you veterans yourselves, you work tirelessly to take care of our veterans and your demanding jobs have been made more d