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Pleasant to be right next to him. >> reporter: chavez travelled across country from san diego to d.c. stopping in kansas to refuel and meet with veterans to atte attend. the navy veteran says more than all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding his visit his focus is on those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. >> it's very important that the younger generation know and learn at the beginning of the war. >> vice president mike pence spent part of his friday at the tamp with a younger generation that knows the consequence of war all too well.

You see and learn, and -- and i remember and then i forget and remember again. >> reporter: remembering. it's what brings chavez to weese they weekend. though he did meet president donald trump at the white house. >> i looked forward to it because i didn't vote for him, and -- and i enjoyed meeting him, a pleasant enough to have me right next to him when we were seated. >> reporter: chavez traveled across country from san diego to d.c., stopping in kansas to refuel and meet with fellow veterans to i attend 1950th memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemetery. he and his family are the g...

Were seated. >> reporter: chavez traveled cross-country from san diego to d.c., stopping in kansas to refuel and meet fellow veterans, to attend the ceremony at arlington national cemetery. he says all the pomp and circumstance surrounding his visit doesn't take away his focus on those who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> national remembrance day. because it's very important that the younger generation know and learn about the beginning of the war. >> reporter: vice president mike pence spent time with the ju younger generation, who know the sacrifice of war all too well,

Check it out. it's very wet on the radar. a lot of this is some tropical moisture, across parts of florida. a little low there spinning in from the gulf of mexico will continue to spin up through georgia and then kind of hit that stationary front, that's been there, really, for a good week. the same areas that have been getting hit for four or five days, including d.c. will get more ran during the day tomorrow and overnight tomorrow night, into friday. and then flood watches out, from west virginia to d.c., baltimore, philly and dover, could see five inches or more in some of those spots. that...

You have one city that is currently battling the aclu that is suing them for suing the state of california over this. they need money and funding because these legal fees are being pushed to the taxpayers. so they're hoping the president will either indirectly or directly help them out with funding here. then you also have the main argument that they want to get across is that this is not a political fight, this shouldn't be. this is about safety. they want the support of the white house. they're hoping that at the end of this meeting there's some sort of coalition or organization that is bit ...