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Little bit different. all 107 service members on board are members of the vietnam war. >> the vietnam vets were treat sod poorly when they came back. that should have never happened in this country. our motto is its never too late to say thank you. thats why this is so important. all. >> all on board were excited for a trip the lifetime to washington, d.c., including a member of the american airlines old glory honor flight crew. >> it warms my heart to be with my fellow veterans. >> bruce fares ...

Men and women on the flight serve our country in most vilified war and most never receive thank you for service. starting in an airport in oshkosh, wiive that was about to change. i went along for the ride. take a look. ♪ ♪ >> its a thank you to your service and your sacrifice to our nation. >> today marks our 42nd honor flight. we couldnt be more proud. >> this honor flight is a bit different. all 107 service members on board are veterans of the vietnam war. >> the vietnam vets, they were t...

Different. all 107 service members on board are veterans of the vietnam war. >> the vietnam vets, they were treatied so poorly when they came back. that should never have happened in this country. our motto was its never too late to say thank you. thats why this is so important. >> all on board were excited for the trip of a lifetime to washington, d.c. including a member of the american airlines old glory honor flight crew. >> it warms my heart to be with my fellow veterans. >> bruce fares serv...

Along for the ride. change we couldnt be more proud. >> reporter: this was different, all 107 servicemembers on board including a member of american airlines old glory honor flight. >> my fellow veterans. >> reporter: bruce fair served in vietnam 1969-1970, 101st airborne division. >> we didnt get pats on the back. today that changed. >> reporter: instead of dirty looks they received cheers. a true welcome home. >> when we came home no one treated us like we had done anything. it is different no...

The men and women on this flight served the country in the most vilified war. most never were thanked for their service. it started in oshkosh, wisconsin, and i went along for the ride. take a look. ♪ >> its a thank you to your service and sacrifice to our nation. >> marks the our 42nd honor flight. we couldnt be more proud. >> this honor flight is different. all 107 veterans are of the vietnam war. >> vietnam vets were treated so poorly. that should have never happened in our country. the goa...

Bit shy of -- >> one degree shy, i know. it was a close call for their all-time hottest temperature where they fell one degree shy. well see how close portland gets to their all-time high today. the strong ridge is in place and this is why the weather pattern has been like this for a good portion of the summer with all the heat in the west, but its really amplified right now. 15 million people under heat warnings or advisories, 900 miles from california and that entire stretch of i-5 under exces...

Instead, blue cross blue shield will request a 14.1% raise. the company credits new information for the change. blue cross and blue shield is the only insurer offering obamacare policies in 95 of that states 100 counties. they dont call them the dog days of summer for nothing. historic heat in the pacific northwest causing major problems as august begins. further south, they are used to the high temperatures. adam housley has the sweltering details. >> portland, oregon, police were handing out b...

Rob marciano, our thanks to you. to the economy, and the stock market. the dow reaching another milestone tonight. closing above 22,000 for the first time, gaining 52 points to finish at 22,016. and stocks have been surging, taking just 107 training days to go from 21,000 to 22,000. and it comes as tens of thousands of americans lined up today for jobs and they told us that its not just the job they need. heres abcs gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, from coast to coast, as many as 50,000 pe...

Well get to the consideration. >> still ahead, senator dick durbin is our guest. and two choices on the opposite sides of the immigration push. the man who presented it, tom cotton, and luis gutierrez. today is the peak of the heat wave. we are going for it today. we have a chance of going up to the all time high. the all-time hottest it ever measured was 107. this is uncharted territory. watch out, maybe an isolated tornado, southern wisconsin, northern portions of illinois, peoria, and the s...

Relief. today, these are the record highs, these areas in the orangish color with the white number in them. were easily going to beat all of those record highs. the question is will we get to the all-time record highs? and that is 107 today in portland. yesterday in salem, oregon, we missed it by one degree. we also have to keep an eye on severe storms yesterday. we had a lot yesterday in areas of the northeast. today were focusing on milwaukee, madison, chicago, the quad cities to peoria. may e...