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The second film threw that out the window page one. >> sir. >> do we get to win this time? >> this time its up to you. >> there was a desire to move past the perceived failures of the late 60s and the 70s. you cant rewrite history but at least we can go back. and we can bring back these p.o.w.s. we can send back this representative of american might. >> stallone had become so devoted to having the perfectly chiseled ultramuscled upper body. at the same time that arnold schwarzenegger who, of cou...

Showed up in my boots ♪ ♪ and ruined your black tie affair ♪ >> when they asked people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooks. are you surprised by that? >> yes, sir. i guess my family knew they would be asking the questions and got there before they did. ♪ i got friends in low places ♪ where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away ♪ >> living in mississippi, country was a huge part of my life, and it was all because of garth brooks. the first t...

Showed up in boots ♪ ♪ and ruined your black tie affair ♪ >> when they asked people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooks. are you surprised by that? >> yes, sir. i guess my family knew they i guess my family knew they were going to be asking the questions and got there before they did. ♪ i got friends in low places ♪ where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away ♪ >> living in mississippi, country was a huge part of my life, and it was all bec...

♪ blame it all on my roots ♪ i shows up in boots ♪ and ruined your black tie affair ♪ >> when they asked people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooks. are you surprised by that? >> yes, sir. i guess my family knew they would be asking the questions and got there before they did. ♪ i got friends in low places ♪ where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away ♪ >> living in mississippi, country was a huge part of my life, and it was all because o...

About using troops, directly facing the demonstrators, which i felt could lead to direct confrontations and conflicts. and so it came to me, why dont we do what john wayne did, lets just circle the white house. with buses. not wagons but with buses. which is what we did. >> so did you want to be on the side of jane fonda or john wayne? my parents chose john wayne. and therefore, they were for nixon and nixon was on the side of law and order. ♪ nixon now ♪ more than ever ♪ nixon now ♪ mor...

♪ blame it all on my roots i showed up in boots ♪ ♪ and ruined your black tie affair ♪ >> when they asked people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooks. are you surprised by that? >> yes, sir. i guess my family knew they would be asking the questions and got there before they did. ♪ i got friends in low places ♪ where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away ♪ >> living in mississippi, country was a huge part of my life, and it was all because ...

First let me thank you, congratulations, how does it feel to be an american? >> i cannot with a few words describe my feeling but im going to tell you for sure, this is happened, and till now, i dont believe it. i feel secure, i feel emotion, tears, happiness, all of it. >> ed: we are feeling all of that with you. when you were a young person coming up and you strove to someday be an american, as i understand you would listen to country music and watch john wayne movies to get a feel for america...

If you know basketball, it takes you, have to listen to kenny rogers, john wayne, all the things build the american dream in my imagination and make me own tomorrow. >> ed: when you say harlem team i assume you mean the harlem globetrotters. that is really cool. connect us to the start of the war in iraq and why you decided to join arms with the american military. >> at the beginning, most of the people they loved american forces including myself because it matched my dream. after saddams regime...

>> garth brooks is the biggest-selling artist of the decade and the fastest-selling musical artist ever. >> hes been described as a cross between john wayne and mick jagger. hes got the looks of a cowboy and the moves of a rock n roll star. >> it sounded like rock n roll. guitars and big drums, and everybodys singing along. thats what everybody liked about rock shows. >> as the acts became maybe less twangy in their way, that just expanded their audience. artists like george strait or brooks & d...

Very condemning allegation or series of allegations against him.i think what has changed though is that climate out there. the #me too movement, zero tolerance, all of these people who played apparently with the rules of you know, engagement with either underage girls, teenage girls are with young boys and michael jacksons case, whatever you got away with before you will now be haunted because the rules have changed . you mentioned confederate statues i think its a comparison. history will be fr...