monday morning that should make you smile. sue morris. she wanted to do something special for her dad on his 96th birthday. she did what we do. she posted a note there on facebook. she asked for people to send world war ii veteran and purple heart recipient dwayne sherman a birthday card. she hoped he might get around 100. well, folks delivered, in a big way. sherman got more than 50,000 birthday cards from all 50 states and ten countries, as well. among those who sent letters, elementary schoolers, prison inmates, secretary of the navy, even the pittsburgh steelers, and everywhere in between. all of them thanking mr. sherman for his service. certainly making his birthday one for the books. happy birthday, dwayne. steve king in the hot seat today after he made some more inflammatory and racist comments. will republican leaders take him
police shared the video on their facebook page. you see the man in a hoodie trying to cut the lock off the bike directly outside the station. within 30 seconds, an officer with a taser confronts him and put him in handcuffs. world war ii veteran dwayne sherman got a lot more than he bargained for on his 96th birthday. sherman did not want to make a big deal of sunday s birthday. i get emotional about it. my old buddies are gone. dwayne s family had something else in mind. about a month ago, his daughter asked viewers of cnn affiliate kcbs in los angeles to drop a card in the mail for his birthday. that call for cards went viral. sherman is surrounded by about 50,000 birthday cards from all 50 states and ten countries. doesn t get any mail that s for him other than a bill. u.s. navy chief was san diego also visited sherman. and they got to hear how he earned his purple heart by surviving a fiery battle in the philippines after a kamikaze
plane hit his ship. happy birthday. and thank you for your service. yes. dwayne sherman. nasa is providing its first image from a record-setting fly-by four billion miles away. it happened after midnight tuesday in the east. scientists say the spacecraft went so far from earth that the phone-home signal didn t come in until eight hours later. the picture of ultimate thule, millions of miles beyond pluto, appears to have a bowling pin-like shape, elongated and spinning like a propeller. you can expect never-before-seen high-resolution images over the next few days. cool. college football bowl games always in the spotlight on new year s day. there was a texas-sized upset in the sugar bowl. texas, the longhorns defeating georgia 28-21. sam el yet lot the elliott led the longhorns. the first winning season since 2009. however, the best play might have come on the sidelines.