Firing their weapons in the airs screaming and yelling and thatas kind of stuff. And iing really thought they hd mind. Heirs i could not figure out what was going on. Then i caught on to what was on. Gng i then i looked on top of mount suremy w bocce and i jumped up started doing the same doesnti think they were doing. Firing my weapon in the air,ingy jumping and screaming. I jumped up and started firing in the air and screaming lik everybody else. Ii wonder ho many marines we lost at that particularly moment. But it changed the whole attitude of the whole thing. It absolutely did something to. Us capacity from the and the exhibits base in quantico virginia we are joined now by marine corps history chief edward nagasaki, and Museum Curator mr. Owen connor on this eve of the 75th anniversary of the battle of equal jima, explain why there are to exhort flags in that hallway that are sitting there right now . We want to take the opportunity to make sure the folks got a chance to see both
Policies. At 9 00, a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the battle with edward and i and owen connor. National museum of the marine corps senior curator. Host good morning. A three hour washington journal is ahead and we will talk about the state of u. S. Manufacturing and take you to the National Museum of the marine corps for the second stop of our museum tour. We begin the question about who should get credit for the state of the u. S. Economy. The current and previous occupants of the oval office claimed credit for the robust u. S. Economy. This morning, we put the question to you. Republicans, the phone number is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. On can also catch up with us text message. That number, 2027488003. If you send a text, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise on twitter it is cspanwj and on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. We take you to the headline in usa t
Of the 75th anniversary of the start of the battle of iwo jima, we will head to the National Museum of the marine corps. First, a 2006 interview with woody williams, honored for actions on iwo jima. In this clip, he talks about the moment the American Flag was raised during the battle. Up, we had flag went no idea what was going on. We had no idea what was going on. To pay too busy attention to what anybody else was doing. I didnt know what was going on. I guess i had my back to mount sarah bocce. Raised up, around me jumped up, and started firing their weapons into the air, screaming and yelling and that kind of stuff. And i really thought everybody had lost their minds for a second. I could not figure out what was going on. And then i caught on what was going on because they were on the mountain and i looked, and there is old glory on top. I jumped up and started doing the same dumb thing they were doing, firing my weapon in the air and jumpingnd screaming. A weapon. Ying i jumped up
The marines around me raised up, jumped up, and started firing their weapons into the air, screaming and yelling and that kind of stuff. And i really thought everybody had lost their minds for a second. I could not figure out what was going on. And then i caught on what was going on because they were on the mountain and i looked, and there is old glory on top. I jumped up and started doing the same dumb thing they were doing, firing my weapon in the air and jumping and screaming. I was carrying a weapon. I jumped up and started firing in the air and yelling and screaming like everybody else. I wondered during them how many marines we lost at that particular moment. But it changed the whole attitude about the whole thing. From the exhibit space inside the National Museum of the marine corps in quantico, virginia, we are joined by marine corps history chief Edward Nevgloski, and owen connor. On this eve of the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima, explain why there are two historic
Workers, that is enough to cost the person in charge her job. And the world lead. Pope francis telling a crowd of a million or so that the aggressive pursuit of money is the dunkg of the devil. His words, not mine. How will that message resonate when his holiness comes to washington . Good afternoon, welcome to the lead. Were going to begin with a shocking story. An embarrassing mea culpa for a screwup with tragic consequences. The fbi admitting this afternoon that the shooter, dylann roof should have never been able to buy the gun. It essentially comes down to a paperwork mixup. He wanted to start a race war. Pamela brown joins me know. What are you learning about this shocking news . The bottom line jake is this is a huge breakdown in the background check system which is run by the fbi. Its very troubling. James comey admitting today that a series of errors enabled dylann roof to buy the gun he allegedly used to kill those churchgoers. The man who confessed to gunning down nine peopl