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>> so he could put up with bad press. >> you would say risk taking is heat for conflict. >> governance will win out. what happens when all those trump buildings become targets for the bad guys? heres a way to hit america. the "hardball" roundtable is staying with us. and always, the star studded -- this is great stuff. the new about to come out movie. hidden figures. theyre all coming to "hardball" to talk about three african-american mathematicians who worked behind the scenes to get space prog...

Murray. you just dominate movie. i had to say that. and putting one jim crow and putting one jim crow in a federal institution. what grabbed me in the beginning was, the cop who stopped you guys in your 57 chevy i love those. he stops you in a car and he has the usual color mentality going. on black/white thing going on. and all of a sudden he says youre in the space program. and his patriotism kicks in. >> yes. >> tell me about that. >> well, i think thats the overall message of the story. when...

Vladimir putin was personally involved in the campaign to interfere in the election. and yahoo! is disclosing a 2015 breach that allowed hackers to steal personal information from more than a million users. in semi, yahoo! revealed another hacking affecting 500 million accounts. >> were coming back with the stars of hidden figures who help launch americas space program. and here is a clip from the film. >> youre at nasa. thats pretty heavy stuff. >> yes, it is. >> they let women handle -- thats ...

>> television news before this was stuff that had already happened. for the first time, cnn brought the world to people in realtime. >> cnn, the worlds most important network. >> i didnt do cable news network because somebody told me it couldnt be done. i figured it was a very viable concept, and i went ahead and did it. it was after we announced we were going to do it that the detractors showed up. >> is cable news network just going to be a new means of delivering the same kind of fare? >> no....

Transco transconsnentalpede record. in an off interview record i did with glenn this year, he spoke about his role as the first american to orbit the globe. let me read you what he told me. we were at a low ebb in the country and the soviets at that time were claiming they were technically superior to the united states, and they were using that to invite students into the soviet union by the thousands to get training and then held back to their countries. we were determined to overtake this. on ...

We still have people that young people can look up to if nasa has given the goal and leadership and resources to get back to the moon for example or to an asteroid or a mars. i think youll see the people come to aforeagain. well have to call them captain on the shoulder and theyll step forward. >> you were one of them. thank you for your service and being a nasa astronaut and your dedication to the space program. i know you will join all of us and all americans who say that time honored phrase g...

Down there, especially at night, the lights as you look around the word are amazing. >> write that up, will you? >> 1963 john glenn appeared on "meet the press" and spoke about what the space program meant to him and the world. >> i cant even begin to pinpoint what we may run into or what may prove of most benefit but i think mans participation in this guarantees one thing, if we can see things, foresee them, analyze them and relate them back to our experiences here, this is the main thing that ...

"the last of americas first astronauts has left us, but propelled by their example, we know that our future here on earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens." for more on john glenns life and legacy, im joined by retired nasa astronaut, leroy chow. welcome, sir. >> a pleasure to be with you. >> talk about john glenns legacy. what did he mean to the space program? >> well, as you said, he was the first american to orbit the earth. he was one of the original seven astronauts. and you know...

National hero he was. as you said, kennedy didnt want him to go into space again because he was too valuable. >> absolutely. his first flight, which was a third of the mercury flights proved that we could match what the russians were doing at the time, was orbiting the earth and really gave us the spark to reach for the moon and its hard to put into words how important that was to our country, to our space program and how important he is. >> yeah. an extraordinary life that he led, extraordinary...

Hum and to the world. >> i cant even begin to pinpoint what we may run into or what we may prove of most benefit. but i think mans participation in this guarantees one thing. if we can see things, perceive them, analyze them, relate them back to our experiences here, this is the main thing that man brings to the program. he can see things, knew things that now are completely unforeseen or unknown. this to me is probably whats going to be the biggest advantage of having a man in the space program...