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In the 1960s and john glenn had a part in restoring the u.s. confidence, he orbited the earth three times and it's almost impossible to explain what a national hero he was. as you said, kennedy didn't want him to go into space again because he was too valuable. >> absolutely. his first flight, which was a third of the mercury flights proved that we could match what the russians were doing at the time, was orbiting the earth and really gave us the spark to reach for the moon and it's hard to put into words how important that was to our country, to our space program and how important he is. >> y...

Playing baseball, he was like babe ruth. he was one of the greats, one of the original mercury 7 and one of the last surviving member of the first astronaut class. so he was really hard to put into words how important he was to us. >> the life that he led, not only as an astronaut but after and this natural curiosity that pushed him, he really epitomized that space age in a lot of ways. >> yeah, absolutely extraordinary. in his original career as an astronaut, he only flew that first flight and then it wasn't until he was in his 70s that he flew a second time. he became so important to our cou...

95-year-old as admitted to the ohio state university hospital last week. he suffered a stroke in 2013 after heart valve replacement surgery. what a life he led. he went back up in the space shuttle as the oldest person to go to space after being the first american to orbit the earth. a true american hero. we wish him the best. all right. switching gears. delta airlines may bring back an old staple of air travel. how will customers respond? >> i don't want to give away the tease. >> we will tell you what they will be testing after this break. >> it is a radical motion. generosity is its own f...

I know general mattis will be a very deliberate, very thoughtful, very caring leader for those he led. the reason the marines loved him, he's a person of character. second, he's a savant at the art of war. third, he took care of the marines and soldiers and airmen that he led at all stages of his career. the moniker mad dog doesn't fit with the general mattis i know. the person that served with him always knew him by chaos. >> you know michael flynn is trump's nsa adviser. are they two very different sort of men and different sort of leaders? >> well, they are certainly both patriots. they hav...

I -- i take that role very seriously. and when you have someone who is literally the chief strategist, the top adviser, to the president of the united states, who has given permission, and fanned the flames of anti-accept milk, promoted racist views, promoted anti-muslim views, through a journalistic publication that he led, that's, that's truly problematic and disturbing. it sends a strong and clear message that the kind of policies that are going to be promoted by this administration. and you know, we can't -- it means that we can't take donald trump at his word after he was elected a couple...