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Band. >> i think my most important contribution was following the base drum who was ahead of me. >> riding the ferry with his father, he watched the construction and 75 years later is still in awe. >> every day i go across i look at that bridge and say how smart those people were to engineer that thing. first proposed in 1921 by engineer joseph strauss it was opposed by rival ferry companies. in just four years a depression era crew created an engineering marvel. a 4200-foot long suspension span supported by cables held alost by two 746-foot tall high towers. a mix of art and efficiency and al...

In the high school marching band. >> i think my most important contribution was following the base drum who was ahead of me. >> riding the ferry with his father, he watched the construction and 75 years later is still in awe. >> every day i go across i look at that bridge and say how smart those people were to engineer that thing. first proposed in 1921 by engineer joseph strauss it was opposed by rival ferry companies. in just four years a depression era crew created an engineering marvel. a 4200-foot long suspension span supported by cables held alost by two 746-foot tall high towers. a mix ...

Officially open. >> may 28, 1937, the golden gate strait overcame years of lawsuits and controversy. william remembers participating in the opening-day festivities in the marching band. >> i think the most important consideration was following the base drum who was ahead of me. >> riding the ferry with his father, he watched the construction. 75 years later, is still in awe. >> every day i go across, i like at that bridge and i think, how smart those people were to engineer that thing. >> first proposed in 1921 by engineer joseph strauss, the bridge was fiercely opposed by rival ferry companie...

Prefer it with a big rocket at the other end of it, but actually it's just wonderful to also feel the energy of the pride that the u.s. has in this engineering marvel. and i am absolutely sure that the big apple is giving enterprise a beautiful welcome. bill: you gave a wonderful introduction for enterprise with us today. pam, i thank you for that. pam melroy is a former astronaut in washington d.c. laura ingle is our correspondent at jfk. lawyer a touchdown there is when? >> reporter: we keep hearing it is a few minutes out. once in a while someone in the crowd does one of these, and we look ...

of the hour here. a rare show of bipartisanship on capitol hill. also a newly released unemployment number and a syrian defector talks about the blood shed back home. want to begin with kate bolduan on capitol hill where the house we know has just pass this had jobs act to help the startups and small businesses. so specifically, what does this do going forward? >> this is a combination of about the six measures, brooke. it's a package of six measures that some of which have actually passed in the house before. but this package you summed up well. it's aimed at helping small businesse...