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>> kennedy: harris, when i think about this story, i think about the incredible images of your father's flag-draped coffin and what it must have meant for you to receive that flag. >> harris: you know, my sister and i stood together, my sister and i put our hands on that flag and it meant a lifetime of service and sacrifice by my father, both my parents. you serve as a family, and all the support we gave my dad through the years as combat pilot and military families on base and on post with us across the country and in the world, it has deep meaning to us, it represents our legacy, too. you kn...

>> reporter: to the surprise of white pilots, the tuskegee airmen go on to play a vital role in the u.s. victory in world war ii. >> yesterday, i fulfilled one of my ambitions as a combat pilot. i got one airplane. >> reporter: they had flown over 15,000 sorties and earned one legion of merit, one silver star, 14 bronze stars, 96 distinguished flying crosses and many purple hearts. but the returning tuskegee airmen were in for disappointment. >> segregation was still a part of the army leadership. >> reporter: just prior to the war's end, at the freeman field airfield in indiana, a group of tu...

Of ohio, was on earlier and said this is a lesson for democrats that they need to run more moderate candidates. when they run more moderate candidates they win because the country is center right, center left. do you agree with that? >> first, the lesson is to fight, cede no ground. run a 50-state strategy. put up candidates. we can win. i sincerely do not believe that we should ever again in the democratic party give up on states, give up on areas. then number two, yeah, you've got to have candidates that fit the electorate. in new jersey, we showed that. we have people like mikie sherrill. w...

This reinforces the old adage of the middle east that every breakthrough is preceded by a crisis. the president is saying if it hadn't been that flareup between turkey and the kurds, we likely wouldn't have gotten this done. while every breakthrough is preceded by a crisis, not every crisis precedes a breakthrough. so i think a lot of people are going to withhold judgment and see where this goes. >> harris: i talked to martha mcsally, a former combat pilot herself and she said russia was already in the mix. does this mean the united states takes a step back or takes a step away from the table ...

An. budget deal. -- act. budget deal. reduced the size of the deficit. he is the last of the world war ii era, but he helped guide the country through the cold war. many people look back on him and respect what he did in four years. >> not just the four years, but think about the combat pilot and the cia director, ambassador to the u.n., congress member, vice president. his whole life was virtually dedicated to service. beyond the domestic accomplishments. foreign policy. does that make him the most consequential one-term president? >> sure. this is the end of the cold war. it is coming apart ...