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Scientists and engineers that are all ethnic backgrounds to show them that they can do it, too. that s so important as we look at the test scores for our young kids and how other nations are surpassing us now. yep. in math and science. dr. bernard harris, the book is dream walker, a journey of achievement and inspiration. you certainly have lived that. you re a great role model for kids. read your biography, that s the true american success story. thanks so much, doctor. coming up straight ahead, he said the war with muslims has just begun. the man who tried to murder people in times square not going to prison quietly. a father and son come face to face with a gunman. how would you react? wait until you see what this guy ended up doing. it s prince william to the rescue. his lucky day straight ahead. ....
couple of quick news headlines for you on this wednesday. security at the east coast s largest shipping port in new jersey, breached and nine dock workers arrested for coke trafficking. officials seized more than $34 million in cocaine at the elizabeth port authority marine terminal just outside of new york city. meanwhile, ford is trying to save the lincoln towncar by cutting dealerships. they want to compete with foreign luxury cars by losing 35% of dealerships and focusing on major markets where they would use more towncars. gretch, brian, over to you. well, eyes around the world on nasa and its astronauts when man, of course, landed on the moon in 1969. that s one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. and that moment changed then 13-year-old bernard harris life putting him on the path to become the first african-american to walk in space. dr. harris chronicles that path in his book dream walker, ....
A journey of achievement and inspiration inspirati inspiration and now he has a new mission as well. good morning. welcome to the show. dr. harris, you ve remade yourself a number of times. astronaut would have been good enough for me. you re a nasa researcher, doctor, entrepreneur, went back for your business degree. what s the message of this book? the message is really simple, you know, the name says it all, dream walker . as a kid watching the space program, i watched, you know, buzz aldrin and neil armstrong land on the moon, i wanted to do what they could. on the way to becoming an astronaut, i got a chance to walk in space. how many kids had that same reaction when they were watching that in 1969. you were living on an indian reservation and your mom was a teacher there and you were somebody that took that moment and said, i am going to do that. you actually were rejected the first time that you applied to become an astronaut. that s an amazing, powerful message to young k ....