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You to take a look back at history. we forget now, but when john glenn took off on february 20th, 1962, space was truly the final frontier. and america could not have sent a better man into the dark abyss. a great american, john glenn. >> godspeed, john glenn. five, four, three, two, one. zero. >> as our knowledge of this universe in which we live increases, may god grant us the wisdom and guidance to use it wisely. world ugly and messy. they are the natural born enemy of the way things are. yes...

Way. my interview with the vice president, and where he thinks it all went wrong for democrats. godspeed, john glenn. americas astronaut, he flew up, was the first american astronaut to orbit the earth and later the oldest person to venture into space. a senator, a one-time presidential candidate. rest in peace. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. the president-elects road show recommences. donald trump heading to des moines, iowa for another stop on his thank yo...

John glenn was admitted to the james cancer hospital at ohio state university more than a week ago. he was 95 years old. >> reporter: john glenn, one of seven men known as mercury seven, chosen to take part in the united states first attempt to put men in space. he already made history in 1957 by breaking the transcontinental speed record flying from los angeles to new york in three hours and twenty-three minutes. in 1962, the military test pilot became the first american to orbit the earth. as ...

You know, it was the most tense moment in my life thats ever been. not even going to the moon. nothing compares to his liftoff on that atlas. because getting the at las ready to take the mercury spacecraft into orbit with john glenn, they had two accidents. when they got down to 10 seconds, his backup man, astronaut scott cooper said these words, "godspeed, john glenn." and the one we called the altar boy said, may the good lord ride all the way. and he did. he rode all the way through johns lif...

Lets just get a sandwich or something. "or something"? you dont just graduate from medical school, "or something." and we dont just pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and hand-slice avocado. theres nothing "or something" about it. nasa has just put out a tweet about the passing of john glenn writing, the first american to orbit earth, a true american hero. godspeed, and they end the tweet with this word in latin, it means to the stars. lets go to tom costello. he joins us by phone. he co...

For the presidential nomination. he was unsuccessful in that bid. but he wasnt made cynical by the loss. >> its better to have tried and failed or failed to try. i guess thats the what i i look at it. >> he continued to represent ohio in the u.s. senate until 1999 where he chaired the committee. he was on "meet the press" 12 times and sat down for the last time in 1973. >> its so beautiful. you get teary-eyed look ing out and appreciating the beauty of where we live here, and you cant help but w...

Rare moment of bipartisanship in the senate and republicans and democrats are paying tribute to joe biden. nearly five decades of service in the chamber. >> you have been a real friend. you have been a trusted partner and it has been an honor to serve with you. we are all going to miss you. godspeed. >> mitch mcconnell. you dont hear him talking about democrats that way too often. joe biden was in the senate for 36 years and the president of the senate for the last years. very emotional for him ...

He ended up covering the early mercury missions and he just became an encyclopedia on it. >> what are the hazards and what are scientists doing to ensure man survival in outer space? that is our story. first man on the moon as a prudential insurance company of america presents the 20th century. >> this is marine lieutenant colonial john h. glenn jr. who will be the first american to fly in orbit around the world. >> were embarking in a new field, space science and im happy and proud i can maybe ...

>> what are the hazards and what are our scientists doing to ensure mans survival in the hostile environment of outer space? that is our story. first man on the moon as the prudential insurance company of america presents the 20th century. >> this is marine lieutenant colonial john h. glenn jr. who within a few days will be the first american to fly in orbit around the world. >> were embarking in a completely new field here, space science. and im happy and proud i can maybe contribute a little b...

>> this is a moral imperative. it is immoral that we are robbing our kids blind. its got to stop. >> sean -- >> i like your plan. >> im running for president. not because i want to have a television show, a book or anything else. i already have that. i know how to do this and put a team together to fix this country and you want to know something? before it is all said and done ill have democrats helping. wont be a lot of them but we will have democrats helping. ive done it before and im going to...