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Progress, and he provided the inspiration which got us to the moon long after his own death. >> i always said the space program, the big bucks behind it, was akin to health care with this president today. the difference maybe being that kennedy was passionately shepherding the process eave step of the way, and he knew this would be pricey and it was going to have this jolt and disappointment as we later discovered, but it was well work worth it. how effect effective a sale mon was he? ,. >> when...

>> what makes your show different? >> what makes it different is im different and im complicated like many women. >> all right. you can watch that saturday, tomorrow night. thats 10:00 p.m. and on sunday at 9:00 p.m. in case you missed it. >> you were good in those interviews. >> thank you. we had a good time together. >> its an interesting interview. i think youre going to like it. >> fascinating. >> complicated. shes a winner. >> women are complicated. back to john kennedy. john kennedy as y...

Now and some rate him as great. his presidency was cut short and there was not a great legislative record and most say his presidency was significant and a historical linchpin because of the cuban crisis that was impacted us internationally and economically for a generation. the space program, his rhetoric soaring and beautiful rhetoric we go because it is there. it was also a time with the cia gone wild, after the bay of pigs, kepd kenned couldnt say no to the cia. and there was murders of head...

>> karen and chris, thanks so much for being with us today. president john f. kennedy left a lasting legacy in so many ways, but in one way in particular, space exploration. in 1961 he made the ambitious promise we would land on the moon by the end of the decade. >> i believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> that dream was realized in 1969. it seems fitting this week to take n...

Had to make trade-offs, particularly on questions of marginalized people and communities here on earth, because of our desire to pursue space instead. >> well, i certainly think there is, ill put it this way, a great opportunity to mis-serve the needy here on earth, on the surface, as opposed to our investments in space. i think we must continue to have a space program that is humans, not necessarily limited to the u.s., that does both look away from the planet earth, as well as look back toward...

First, live from houston, naturally, bonnie dunbar, professor of aerospace engineering at the university of houston and a former nasa astronaut, veteran of five space shuttle missions and around 50 total days in space. and here at the table, dr. derek pitts, a chief astronomer at the science museum in philadelphia, where many children come to love space. and of course, professor wesley harris, who happens to be my uncle and an m.i.t. professor of aeronautics and astronomics. i want to come to yo...

Kennedys greatness, which exists, almost doesnt depend on this deed or that act or that particular speech. here is why he was great. john kennedy was an american patriot who believed in american exceptionalism and greatness. he believed that america had a special role in the world. he loved american history. he studied it since he was a little boy. thats the core of his greatness, that he could inspire people to do great things. the space program was a classic example. when he said, well send a ...

Western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states requiring a full retaliatory response upon the soviet union. >> president kennedy taking a stand during the cuban missile crisis but how has our view of his presidency changed over the past 50 years. joining me now the author of "end of days, the assassination of john f. kennedy. and robert dally, the author of "camelots court inside the white house." welcome to all three of you, historians in this era. lets start with you ...

John kennedy was an american patriot who believed in american exceptionalism and greatness. he believed that america had a special role in the world. he loved american history. he studied it since he was a little boy. thats the core of his greatness, that he could inspire people to do great things. the space program was a classic example. when he said, well send a man to the moon before the decade is out, well do it -- rockets made of materials not yet even invented. hell come back with temperat...

Welfare. aside from creating an entitlement nation weve been talking about here on the channel, are the presidents poeulgs hurting our -- presidents policies hurting our countrys future. lets talk to professor peter moreci. professor, good morning to you. you wrote a column talking about how the euro sclerosis has come to america. what do you mean? >> were adopting italys policy. lots of entitlements, income support and so on to the point that more americans, typical americans are collecting a m...