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Just march in like you came out of a pilates class. And its, you know, its just a difference in standards that were seeing and its a choice that he is just not making. Steve do you think this new rule that schumer put in place allowing him to wear the hoodie and the Pajama Bottoms or whatever is he wearing do you think that will stand . Whats gun i thought this would be a one or two day news cycle and democrats would close ranks on this. Apparently they havent a lot of Democratic Senators dont l...

7th, detroit, ford motor company, ford motor company and tires, used cars to fabricate b-24s and b-25s for the end of the fight. that was just three weeks after the war. they were manufacturing planes for combat. we changed the country. i used to think victory guards were somewhat of a pr ploy. i remember mentioning this to mother, and she got mad, she said i had a victory garden. i did a little research and i found out as of 1944, something like one third of all vegetables growth in america wer...

Were divided by lasers and gps -- guided, measuring time was critical. >> ive read that if your watch was off by more than about four seconds, then you could be off as much as about one nautical mile in terms of launch. jon: so during world war ii, the u.s. government commissioned the building of these accurate pocket watches and issued them to military perts knell. >> it was flown -- personnel. >> it was flown on all the b-17s, b-24s in europe during world world war ii, and s built for the navi...

Commemoration. >> to be here for this anniversary, the 75th is a tremendous thrill for me. i was a pilot of b-24s and i was in the eighth air force. pretty proud of it. we had a job to do. i feel strongly that the young people should get and learn history. we were 18, 19, 20 years old and we had to fight a war. and we had to win. and there was no loss. we didnt win, it was all over. >> joining me now, somebody you know quite well, the anchor of "nbc nightly news," lester holt. lester, thank you ...

I know for both of you. congresswoman, this is also personal for you. your grandfather, i believe, was shot down over normandy. tell us about that. >> well, my grandfather is the reason i joined the service. and he was a pilot in world war ii. he flew b-24s. he was shot down in august of 1944 over normandy and was rescued by the free french and hidden until he could gain his freedom. >> what does it mean for you to be here today? >> well, its just so moving to be here, to hear the stories. omaha...

Tomorrow in new york. joining the table, the sports columnist with the new york daily news. >> its so much more. >> thanks for joining us at the table. ratings are not down. >> no. >> and what do you think the league is going to do this week? >> if they try to legislate against dissent in this country, i think theyll be making a terrible mistake. >> why? >> because theyll be alienating so many other people who fill their stadiums and line their pockets, which are -- im so tired of hearing this i...

First tested the legendary b-24 liberator. world war ii had just begun and soon the united states would build the aircraft not just for its army but also for allies, including britain, canada and australia. more than 18,000 liberators rolled off the assembly line by the time the war ended. they had dropped more than 600,000 tons of bombs. the b-24s were very heavy to control, stiff, crews called it the flying coffin. a big four-engine plane that was one of the work horses that helped the allies ...

Those days and most of them were women. 5 million frames of imagery were produced preparing for d-day. many were given to the units going to the shore. if it werent for the photography and the intelligence, many more people would have died on d-day. >> gerald weinstein still has his fathers collection from world war ii. >> my dad went to the air force photographing school near denver, colorado. the group he was assigned to flew in b-24s. when the germans had a high priority target that they knew...

downplaying the most serious eyewitness testimony. what this man assistant coach mike mcqueary said he saw when he was a graduate assistant. he was in the locker room in the lasch building where he said he saw sandusky raping a child. how does sanduskys lawyer respond to a seemingly unshakable account? our jason carroll asked him directly. his answers, they may shock you. jason joins us in a moment, so will an attorney for one of the victims. a lot happening tonight, including the remo...

of american news does something i guarantee youve never seen him do before. >> when we come back, i want to ask you if youve ever been properly in love. but dont answer now. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." theres been a tumultuous year in the middle east with governments falling in tunisia, egypt and libya. unrest is rocking the region. in the middle of it all israel. joining me now is shimon peres, the president of israel and the author of "ben-gurion, the political life." its be...