welcome president moon of south korea. and his lovely wife to the white house. mr. president, let me be the first to congratulate you on your election, tremendous election victory and also, the people of south korea for providing such an incredible example of democracy for the world to see. it was very exciting. congratulations. this morning, president mona and vice president pence laid a wreath at the korean war veterans memorial to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the korean war. it s a beautiful ceremony. we will never forget that americans and koreans bravely fought and died together for a free korea. to the korean and american veterans of that war, great
thank you very much. melania and i are honored to lcome president moon of south korea and his lovely wife madame kim to the white house. mr. president, let me be the first to congratulate you on your election. tremendous election victory. and also the people of south korea for providing such an incredible example of democracy for the world to see. it was very exciting i must say and congratulations. this morning president moon and vice president pence laid a wreath at the korean war veterans memorial to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the korean war. it s a beautiful ceremony. we will never forget that americans and koreans bravely fought and died together for a
said, sure, this country has a black president when you look at a black president, president obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the republicans with the way he s treated. we have moved in the right direction and there have been improvements but we still have a long ways to go. the bigger difference is back then, they had hoods. now, they have neck ties and starched shirts. well, those comments set off a firestorm, usa today reports sheer racism exposed in vile letters directed to the hall of fame hank aaron have poured into the atlanta braves offices over the past week. yes, it was like 1974 all over again. yesterday, baseball celebrated the 67th anniversary of jackie robinson s first game with the brooklyn dodgers. players league, well, around the league, wore retired number 42 to celebrate the man who broke baseball s color barrier. jackie robinson stepped on to
than they ll get in benefits. the trustees who oversee social security say its funds will run dry in 2033, unless congress acts. jared loughner is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to the 2011 tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 12 others. if the judge decides loughner is competent, the plea would result in a life sentence. the japanese city of hiroshima today marked the 67th anniversary of the world s first atomic bomb attack. the ceremony was held near the epicenter of the 1945 explosion where roughly 50,000 people observed a moment of silence. and now, here s your first look at this morning s dish of scrambled politics. republican senator mark kirk of illinois has released a video showing his recovery from a stroke he suffered in january, as he learned to walk again and improve his speaking skills.
a paper lantern into the river to honor the people of the hiroshima atomic bombing in world war ii and 70,000 people died instantly, and today is the 67th anniversary. the next hour of the the next hour of the newsroom starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m john berman filling in for suzanne malveaux. and this hour, we are learning more about the white supremist background of a man who gunned down six membersof a sikh temple in wisconsin, and we are hearing from the relatives of the people killed. he left this world protecting the people and the world, and now we want to know who is going to protect our hearts from this pain. the police say that the gunman ambushed the officers and gunned down people during their sunday services. he was identified as wade michael page, and some sources say he was a army member and discharged because of patterns of misconduct, and the gunman was killed in the rampage. brian todd joins us from oak creek, wisconsin,