as well? congressmen. to put their arms around them, even kiss them. we saw one congressman kissing one of the vets. jake tapper joins me from the florida monument. i nearly died when i saw all of those congressmen showing up as though they had nothing to do with it, jake. what's the story today? >> well, the group that flies these veterans here called honor flights, they've been around since 2006. they fly world war ii and korea veterans and any terminally ill veterans ear to washington to visit the memorials for their fallen brothers and sisters. when i got here this morning, ashleigh, it was odd. the ratio was about one veteran to ten members of congress to 50 reporters. but thankfully, that changed soon afterwards and more than 118 exactly actually veterans of world war iien a few from korea came, they were flying in in from missouri. i had a chance to talk to a bunch of them about their hopes for visiting the memorial, the