the president made a proposal out of the blue to senators from alaska. towering more than 20,000 feet over the alaskan wilderness, this is the tallest mountain in north america and it also appears to be a big chip on the president's shoulder. so much so that he took it up with the state's two republican senators, lisa murkowski and dan sullivan. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: the issue in 2015, president obama changed the mountain's name from mount mckinley to denali. >> flying in on monday, i had something extraordinary from air force one the great one, denai.i >> reporter: the move came across much praise in the far north. >> they had a gold prospector who never stepped foot in the state. >> reporter: in ohio the home state of the assassinated 25th