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Turned to law and politics. although he couldn't shake hands and always clutched a pen in his fist so people wouldn't try. his war time service also gave special focus to much of his work in congress, shaping tax policy, farm programs, and antidiscrimination laws and other measures to make america more accessible to the disabled. summing up his storied career, for tom brokaw, this way. >> my proudest title is veteran, of all the other titles i've had. >> reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. now to the nation's battle against covid. in a few hours new travel rules will go into eff...

But they also like government programs when they help like farm programs. they're liberals out there in the democratic caucuses and they like to organize. hillary will spend a lot of money. >> we did some homework before your time. 1968. >> i was alive. >> it was also hillary clinton's hero. this is a picture with hillary with bill. hillary clinton might have been bernie sanders' hero. she campaigned for the gene mccarthy in 1968 new hampshire. in her memoir living history, hillary writes by the time i was a college jr. i had gone from being a goldwater that girl to supporting the anti-war cam...

These groups came out against any strategy to remove elements of obama care saying you have to do one thing and repeal it and that's it. they were movers behind the defund strategy. and one of the key things that got a lot of members in the house was when heritage action earlier this year called upon the house representatives to separate the farm bill into two bill one on food stamps and one for farm programs and once the house did. that now vote against both of them or we'll double score you a negative. this is building. >> so the threats are coming in and more emotional part of the story. mo...

These groups came out against any strategy to remove elements of obama care saying you have to do one thing and repeal it and that's it. they were movers behind the defund strategy. and one of the key things that got a lot of members in the house was when heritage action earlier this year called upon the house representatives to separate the farm bill into two bill one on food stamps and one for farm programs and once the house did. that now vote against both of them or we'll double score you a negative. this is building. >> so the threats are coming in and more emotional part of the story. mo...

Find out certain things like michele bachman's family has profited by it. but that's only because she had to do some disclosures as a house member. >> yeah, it's really outrageous. i remember the owner of the utah jazz was getting some farm subsidies. david letterman had some farm subsidies. it really is -- you know, there's sort of no rhyme or reason as a matter of social justice or even public policy. there are all kinds of different farm programs, you know, loan deficiency programs and countercyclical and direct payments. but they're all essentially just ways to shovel money to favor politi...