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Supported them in their mission some 400,000 americans. but today we also reaffirm our commitment to unlock the mysteries of space and to lead. as we continue on this american journey we go with the same resolve and determination of those who have gone before. and we go with faith. faith in the courage of this new generation of astronauts. men and women of the character and caliber of those who have gone before. they are remarkable pioneers. they will carry american leadership into space. faith ...

Spacesuits or the lander. we hadnt even invented many of the materials or tools that we would need. not only did we not have what we needed but we didnt even know what we needed. president kennedy summarized that epic endeavor in one simple sentence. we choose to go to the moon and make no mistake about it. the moon was a choice and an american choice. [applause] >> like every time the american people make up their mind, once the decision was made, american ingenuity, grit and determination, the...

To those who are the direct descendants of those exploited. so that, you know, you have to have the desire to figure out a way to do it, then the ingenuity comes. if you dont have the desire, if you dont have the will to fix what is wrong, then we wont do it. look what happened to japanese brothers and sisters in internment camps in the second world war. look at jewish brothers and sisters around europe. there are ways people can be compensated for their services. look at the gi bill. now, it wa...

There was no bridge like this anywhere else on earth. that bridge that eads built, it took seven years to built. it cost $10 million, which you can think of in todays dollars as basically the price to go to mars, plus a bag of chips. but they did it. and on the fourth of july in 1874, on the day the united states of america turned 98 years old, the eads bridge opened up to bridge st. louis across the mississippi. to bridge st. louis and missouri to the rest of the country. to bridge st. louis to...

Well, that bridge is still there today. still in use. you can still take the train across or drive across it. you can still walk across it if you want to. although there are no more tolls so if you walk it now, you can keep your nickel. the eads bridge has since been designated a national landmark, a living, working monument to the ingenuity and the effort and the expense that it took to literally bridge that divide across the mississippi between missouri and illinois on the far bank. and now th...

We like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we dont like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didnt that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, weve got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. todays xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. id rather not. >> laura: were back in >> laura: were back at normandy at the american cem...

Higgins ingenuity and the citys contribution to the war. in the town where each higgins boat was created. >> laura: back now is raymond arroyo. also joining us is craig shirley, presidential historian, biographer. i love that story. i have chills -- i have chills watching it. i get teared up watching it. what was the big takeaway. >> the big takeaway, laura, is the ingenuity of the american worker and the american entrepreneur. here on the ground, at home. and that unity of purpose they all had ...

Orleans as a monument you to higgins ingenuity and the town where each higgins boat was created. >> laura: back now is raymond arroyo and also joining us is craig shirley, presidential historian, biographer. i love that story. i have the chills watching it. i get teared up watching it. >> the ingenuity of the american worker and american entrepreneur here on the ground at home. the unity of purpose, they were fighting the war at home on the streets of new orleans. everyone was working around the...

And the threat of the beach, multiple football fields long, it was literally a horseshoe shaped valley of death. it was a killing field. >> it was. we are waiting for the president of the united states who not only is running late but is now doing an interview with the fox news host while these men in their 90 wait for the president of the united states. david ignatius, there were error, many errors that were made. but, of course, if youre going to launch the largest armada ever, not everything ...

Into belgium and north of france. >> what the americans did in landing in normandy was preserve western europe for item crazy but had this not happened, its all together possible the germans would have dominated europe into the 21st century. >> i think throughout the whole invasion of europe, the ingenuity of the american soldier was what won the war. ed: martha mccallum will be there live in france tonight hosting this 75th anniversary special. and on the day, the anniversary of d-day she will ...