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Governor should he become the nominee. >> in all likelihood i cant imagine not supporting the republican nominee, including christie. >> he says it needs to remain in the party of young voters. he believes privacy rights would appeal to groups that spends much time on smart phones and the internet. >> john, thank you. tune in monday when senator paul will be a guest in the senator seed. hell take questions from bret, panelists and social media from you. dont miss it. toronto mayor rob ford a...

Crews used that one for test flights it never went into space. mostly because it doesnt have engines. anyway texas lawmakers says johnson space center deserves something and they wrote a letter to nasa asking questions about historical connections between the space agency and new york. >> the place where you put the orbit needs to have some connection to space flight to shuttle operations. and, unfortunately liberation, particularly with the intrepid, new york they have none. >> shepard: in fair...

Values that we lived by. we didnt have to compromise those values just to fly a military aircraft. it was an honor and integrity, that is important. >> julie: congressman olson what made you decide to co-sponsor the bill, after 60 years passed for the women to get this well deserved recognition. >> it was an easy bill for me to co-sponsor. this injustice has gone on too long. the record service of the wasp women is incredible. 60 million miles they flew. 78 different types of aircraft. 38 of the...

Also congressman olson, we appreciate you coming on. its a great honor to be bestowed to these women. all those that were lost will never be forgotten. thank you very much for your service to this country. theyve earned it. >> can i just tell you, that was an honor and privilege to serve our country during our countrys darkest days in world war ii. >> julie: its an honor to have on our show today. thank you. >> julie: well be right back. ♪ what if one little pop

These brave women, better known as wasps. pilot defended the united states in the time of need during world war ii but back then, they answered the call to duty. now they are being honored on capitol hill with congressional gold medals. im joined by a world war ii wasp and associate director of wings across america and pete olson. thank you very much to both of you. thank you so much. its such an honor to talk to you. you are truly a hero and you are finally being paid due 60 years later. you sa...

Again, found 69 early education programs, but this time they were being administered by ten agencies instead of nine. he says congress has got to cure its, quote, scourge of overspending. >> they ought to start with congressional committees. i have never seen such duplicate work, committees are essentially task with the same goals and objective and writing expensive reports with expensive staffs that nobody reads. >> well, senator coburn would like to hear from you, im sure. >> ill send him a le...

Pete olson, a republican from texas, and a member of the security -- homeland security committee and representative dutch, a democrat from maryland and a member of the house intelligence committee. gentlemen, thank you very much for talking to us. i dont know how you guys feel about this, but i am surprised that were still talking about civilian trials here in new york city, considering the fact that critics on both sides of the aisle have opposed to civilian trials. congressman olson, is presid...

Administrations plans to close gitmo, because that is something the president has felt fashionately about since he was elected president. >> i think he felt passionate about it because of the torture, which we should not torture. there are ways to get information without torture. i give the president credit, that this is a very difficult situation. you know he wants the best for our country as it relates to national security. but i happen to disagree with where he is and i give the president cre...

Terrorists, but these are terrorists who are coming after us and our country and i believe military tribunals is the best way because we will get more information. im on the intelligence committee. i know things some other people might not know and i believe strongly if we do the military tribunal the right way, thats where we should try them. >> so there we have it. a democrat and a republican, both believe these trials should not be held in new york. they should not be held under civilian tria...

Feelings. he no longer thinks its a good idea and knows it would cost too much money, not to mention security issues that could potentially cause our city. congressman olson, why do you think then, after all of this debate from both sides of the aisle, why doo you think the president is still so adamant to try to secure funding for civilian trials of these 9-11 suspects? >> i dont have a good answer for that, julie. you got the former mayor, the current mayor, youve got the governor of new york,...