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>> during anxious times it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. >> reporter: donald trump tweeted that the presidents speech was boring. slow, lethargic. senator ted cruz didnt attend it but said this. >> i will apologize to nobody for my commitment to kill the terrorists. >> reporter: one of president obamas goals was optimism which lately the white house uses to try to build a contrast with how they see the republican field. >> 60 yea...

Biggest challenge? 60 years ago, when the russians boat us into space, we didnt deny sputnik was up there. we didnt argue about the science or shrink our research and development budget, we built a space program almost overnight and 12 years later, we were walking on the moon. [ applause ] now, that spirit of discovery is if our dna. america is thomas edison and the wright brothers and george washington carver. america is grace hopper and katherine johnson and sally rye

Look at what i did for you. his line on clean energy and put nick that was brilliant. he said we didnt argue about whether sputnik was up there but just went to fix it. but if you look at every progressive constituency out there, the kids that won on keystone pipeline or the dreamers, you have a grass roots that has taken over this party. there is a progressive movement that has taken over this party and set the agenda from black lives matter to 350.org to the dreamers. and he was blowing a bunc...

Why cant the process of politics work the way our marketplace works? why cant there be a price for every deal and a deal for every price. and he admits now he has not been able to fix that problem. so i think its a sad ending to a presidency in that sense. i think he was pretty strong on things like climate, science, change, the things that separate, i must say, progressives from conservatives. happy with science, happy with the fact that back in the 50s, he recognized sputnik as a reality of th...

>> we have a good many talented scientists but we didnt make an effort for many years and were behind and paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik. >> i have marvin cal. cbs news correspondent in moscow. marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space? >> im almost certain the russians did fire a man into the united states. hes 27. its a great historic scientific feat. >> at that time, we didnt know whether a human could su...

Program is based on the philosophy that we dont want to pull a stunt and risk a mans life. for this reason, there are certain intermediate steps planned before we put a man in orbit. if this is successful, then and only then will we orbit. >> the project was the first real response to the sputnik and to yuri gregarins flight and it was a big deal for us, ill tell you because all of a sudden we had seven guys and they are fighter pilot types, very alpha male guys, fun to be around. it was like be...

Orbit. if this is successful, then and only then will an orbital attempt be made. >> the mercury project was our first real response to the sputnik and to yuri gagarins flight, and it was a big deal for us, i tell you. because all of a sudden we had seven guys, and they were fighter pilot types, very alpha male guys, fun to be around, you know. it was like being with rock stars. ♪ >> its a gala day in houston as its citizens turn out by the tens of thousands to give a texas-sized welcome to th...

We have a good many very talented scientists, but we did not make a major effort in this area for many years. and were now behind and paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik. >> i have marvin cal, cbs news correspondent in moscow on the phone now. marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space? >> im almost certain the russians did fire a man into outer space. hes 27. its a great historic scientific feat. >> at that time,...

Of fascism. naziism and the nuclear threat. weve seen this doom and gloom often. in an essay, samuel huntington noted the united states was experiencing its fifth wave of this kind of pessimism since the 1950s. sputnik shocked america and the country was convinced the soviet union was on a path to overtake it. in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as vietnam sapped the nations confidence, the nixon administration urged americans to get used to a multi-polar world with diminished place for washingto...

Enemies are gaining strength. in 2014, senator john mccain declared that the world is, quote, in greater turmoil than at any time in my lifetime, unquote, which includes the rise of fascism, naziism, world war ii, and the soviet nuclear threat. weve seen this doom and gloom before, often. in an essay in 1989, the harvard scholar, samuel huntington, noted the united states was experiencing its fifth wave of this kind of pessimism since the 1950s. first, he explained, sputnik shocked america, and ...