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♪ >> george washington considered west point the key to the continent. the continental army could control west point, they could control the hudson river. >> general washington chose its location to stop the british advancement during the rev -- revolutionary war: the college was established 1802 devote to the arts and sciences of warfare. >> they put it right here because this is where the majority of the army was. and jefferson, even though he didn't want a large standing army, wanted school-trained engineers to be able to survey the country and to help expand. ♪ ♪ >> now more than 200...

Place on friday here in switzerland. we also know from the federal authorities here in switzerland, they are investigating these two men on suspicion of manufacturing, of transporting and of using explosives and chemical agents of toxic gases. so this, a major concern here. i've spoken with swiss officials and they believe that not only the u.n. that's headquartered behind me here in high-profile meetings about syria that were taking place yesterday were the target but they're also concerned it's the people of geneva who were the target. this weekend, a big celebration take place in downtown g...

From them. and spencer stone went to a hospital and tendons and nerves were repaired to save his hand and arm. what these men have done, and people on the streets believe these men should be honored by the nation. the highest honor they can give, the legion d'honneur. this is the nation's highest honor it can give for honor in fatherland something instituted by napoleon bonaparte in 1802. at the time he was criticized for this award but he said and he put it roughly in these words, it is with such baubles men are led. men are led into war. no one, he said, goes into

This gunman had an automatic weapon, a kalashnikov with nine rounds of magazines. that is 270 rounds of bullets. this train was packed full of passengers around 500 people on the train. it would have been difficult had he not been tackled by the four men, the one briton and three americans and the frenchman who tried but failed to bring him down. if they had not tried to bring the attacker down, the potential for serious bloodshed and drama on the train was very high. the president is waiting for the americans to arrive. the honor guard is behind me. they will be given the legion d'honneur. th...

Is given in memory of fallen classmates. >> as you go through the sanctuary there are 192 windows. they are each dedicated to one of the graduating classes beginning in 1802 up until 1976 when they ran out of space for doing any more windows. ♪ ♪