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Im patrick murphy. Welcome to the special edition of taking the hill. Today, well devote our entire program to an organization that does extraordinary work. We have a veterans in our country, by an act of Congress Today is National Wreaths across america day. And that long line of trucks theyre the men and women of Wreaths Across America. Each year for the last 23 years theyve come to arlington to place remembrance wreaths on the markers of veterans buried in americas most hallowed ground. This year tens of thousands of volunteers will place more than 700,000 wreaths in all 50 states all to fu...

Lot for her brand. The question is, can she turn this around . Times running out for lawmakers to avoid another Government Shutdown, and right now, a top democrat is urging her party to revolt against the mustpass legislation t legislation. The house is expected to vote on a 1. 1 trillion spending plan before todays deadline, providing federal funding for agencies through september. The omnibus includes a 1 raise for federal workers and military service members, and the irs budget will be cut by more than 345 million. There is a significant increase in how much wealthy donors can give to Natio...

Many more grave sites than we wouldn't have been able to do if it wasn't for the generous donations that he personally and all his stores have contributed. >> placing the wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier i was asked to do that. i said to myself this was a life moment. and how strong the feelings were were emotions for me. you know for so many lost soldiers and the cause they gave was just incredible. >> as a tribute to her brother bud, edith went to find the courage to overcome a huge fear just as he had done and soar to new heights, literally with the help of the all veterans group, ...

Brother about freedom to others. and when she saw that iconic photograph of arlington, she knew she found kindred spirits. >> when i first saw the pictures with all the christmas wreaths, i had to find out about it. that was just mind boggling to see that. i wanted to be part of it. >> edith. how are you? >> shared passion for the project with her long time close friend and founder. together the two were helping wreaths across america to reach to hearts of millions. >> one day edith walks in and said she found out about this organization from maine called wreaths across america. and i was very...

Wreathes in over 600,000 veterans' grave sites in all 50 states. >> whoa. >> and in arlington, this saturday where we'll be, we'll be doing a show from, saturday and sunday we're going to be doing over 200,000 of the grave sites at arlington national cemetery. >> wow. >> that is fantastic. let's talk about this remarkable story about an 85-year-old woman who 70 years to the day after her brother died in war, wanted to commemorate him. >> yeah, edith knowles, her brother, buddy, fights in the battle of the bulge. she's 17 years of age. she's, like, the youngest sibling. >> oh, look at her. >> h...