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Safe, and you want your employees to be safe. >> interesting discussion. happening now at any moment at the white house, president trump is going to meet up with at least 20 top lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. they're set to speak on immigration reform. both parties are aiming for a deal on the border wall and on dreamers. we're going to bring that to you as it happens. and it is now time for my favorite part of the show, monumental americans, honoring someone who might be deserving of a statue. today it is legendary astronaut john young, a space pioneer who braved six missions, fl...

Became a test pilot. in 1962, he was chosen as part of the first group of astronauts selected after the mercury 7. his name may not be a household one. but many inside the space program believe his accomplishments rival those of shepard, glen and armstrong. >> his legacy in american space history really is in some ways more significant than armstrong's. john's career, with nasa, is over 40 years long. and he was -- he was so important to the entire human space flight program. >> reporter: during that time, about the only thing john young didn't fly was in a mercury capsule. in 1965, he and gus...

Pilot. in 1962, he was chosen as part of the first group of astronauts selected after the mercury 7. his name may not be a household one, but many inside the space program believe his accomplishments rival those of shepard, glen and armstrong. >> his legacy in american space history really is in some ways more significant than armstrong's. john's career, with nasa, is over 40 years long. and he was -- he was so important to the entire human space flight program. >> reporter: during that time, about the only thing john young didn't fly was in a mercury capsule. in 1965, he and gus grissom flew ...

They are going to place the enterprise and told us a little bit about how it's going to go down. we have that story coming up on "happening now," a preview, if you will of what the public will actually get to see. jon: getting a little crowded on the flight deck there at the enterprise. jenna: they were sitting in a barge on the enterprise when we were there. you can imagine how big this thing is and what an immense feat it will be to lift it right up and put it on the enterprise deck. jon: it's history repeating itself in a sense. i'm old enough to remember when the intrepid was an active dut...

We'll take a little bit of time to dismount this plane because it take a little time to get it up on the 747. it is really remarkable to see what attaches it to the 747. you would imagine it would be more than that. obviously didn't go anywhere throughout the flight. jon: i am always amazed at the engineering, when you think about it, we went from the mercury and gemini and apollo programs with a cone-shaped capsule on top of those big atlas rockets, well in the case of the apollo program it was the atlas rocket. we went from that to this, sometimes ungainly-looking ship attached to a couple o...