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The space program and leads to international cooperation. international space station is a great venture between the united states and russia and the countries of europe and canada and japan. maybe not as important, it lives up to feeding people and those are more important people. it certainly is deserving of some of ourests. >> we mentioned you were involved and i think you were the family escort in 1998. john glen orbits the earth and he is 77 years old and he goes back into space. what was t...

In the 1960s and john glenn had a part in restoring the u.s. confidence, he orbited the earth three times and its almost impossible to explain what a 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 int...

And when hes 77 years old, he goes up in space again. whats the drive? yodid it four times? >> four shuttle flights. same as john, you keep wanting -- he didnt do it to be famous. he didnt do it to get his name in the papers. he did it because it was something that needed to be done. he wanted to go higher, he wanted to go faster. thats the same way as i felt with my career, as i went from being a navy fighter pilot to a test pilot and then an astronaut. >> howard, would you visit a space statio...

John glen ought in somebody elses war. then he became a test pilot, like when people die, oh, i dont know who this guy is. and then hes 77 years old. y it to go up in space again. whats the drive in your machinery. you did it four space shuttle splats. >> he wanted to go higher, he wanted it to go faster. thats the way way i felt with my career as i went from being a navy fighter pilot and then a test pilot and ten an astronaut. >> i was telling the shuttle commander here, i applied for the jour...

It makes me think of the planet as alive and that perspective is amazing. >> and the millions of places of like india and china, can you see that? >> you see evidence of people 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 t...

Shutting in the late 90s and that was because he had pressed so hard to return to space they felt like they owed it to him but they also wanted to see what is the effect of space on an aging american and he was more than willing to play that role. but this is also a man who really was dedicated to service to his country. keep in mind, beyond the space program, he was a very close friend of the kennedys. he was with bobby kennedy when bobby kennedy was gunned down in california. it was john glenn...

From president obama in 2012. >> the first american to orbit the earth. john glenn became a hero in every sense of the word. but he didnt stop there serving his country. as a senator, he found new ways to make a difference. >> were going to explore john glenns life in two ways. first were going to focus on his space there and then well cover his political life. frankly, he pioneered our coverage of the space program. he joins me on the phone and he is somebody that can call john glenn not just a...

Now here is the news. >> television news before this was stuff that had already happened. for the first time, cn brought the world to people in real-time. >> 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 that we were going to do it that the detractors showed up. >> is cable news network just going to be a new means of delivering th...

At a rally in clearwater, florida last night. literally pence was ten minutes into his appearance when power blew out at the airport hangar where he was speaking. someone grabbed a flashlight and the show went on. >> spooky rally. >> listen to pence once his audio was restored. >> im here with the lights off, the bull horn, the flashlights, because im mere for this team. im here for this movement. im here for this cause, to make america great again. >> pence paid a visit to floridas space coast ...

The lights off. the bullhorn and flashlights. because im here for the team. im here for the movement. im here for the cause to make america great. >> the blair witch running mate. he cited the space program as american leadership in decline and promised for support for nasa. lets get a check on cnn money stream. dow futures higher. optimism from asia. shares rising overnight. a manufacturing report in china which is the heigighest in two years. oil is up. october was a rough month for the typi...