Time has gone by, wouldnt you say . I had read from the book by gene Edwards Smith he would have easily gone to the u. S. Naval academy, but he was accepted at west point. He graduated 61st in a class of 164, so this is really openended to any one of you. He was a pretty average student. This is what made getting an aminus very difficult. Now we know the rest of the story. I do know he attended the general Staff Command College at leavenworth and he graduated first in his class on that one. He said that that was what really it was his paradigm shift to make the army and leadership his career. Prior to that, of course, we all know that he applied to annapolis first and it was for the Free Education because they came from very humble beginnings. Then he was too old because he worked to put his brother through school. Annapolis turned him down and he applied to west point and got that, so he wasnt really sure about what direction he wanted his career to take until he went to leavenworth.
You who served in world war ii who are with us here this evening, and i have to tell youa that i have some sense of what it was like to have a ut his relationship with your supreme o commander. After we put his body on the train that went from washington out to abilene, kansas, and mary and anne can tell each tell their own story on this, the thing i remember most is that we stopped in every little town along the way and at about 2 00 in the morning, because, you ju know, we couldnt sleep at all. I looked out the window and just as we were passing there was a sole, solitary figure standing next to the train as the train went past. Saluting. And i never forgot that. G the i never forgot during the day, even in the most barren of country sides, they were thee were just crowds on both sides of the tracks, and people were holding up signs saying we like ike, and ill never forget thatl that and there was a political cartoon, too, and this one ill take with me. But it was soldiers on the bea
U. S. Airstrikes were crucial to their success. Im in the republic of the congo where ape habitats are increasingly under threat. Hello, thank you for joining us. World leaders of the g20 summit in turkey decided to step up border controls and Aviation Security in the wake of fridays attacks in paris. U. S. President barack obama said the killings would further encourage leaders to eliminate the is state of iraq and the lee havent and redouble their efforts to end the syrian war. 129 people died, 352 were injured on friday night when beganmen and suicide bombers targeted six locations across paris. Frances northern neighbor belgium said two attackers came from brussels. In all, seven people have been arrested there. Well be live in paris. First lets go to Bernard Smith at the g20 summit in italia. Tell us more what World Leaders have been saying. This is supposed to be a summit talking about the Global Economy and challenges to the Global Economy, but its been overshadowed by paris att
Protesters ransacked the Saudi Embassy in iran. Violence sparked by the saudi execution of a prominent shiite cleric. Congress,ma bypasses pushing through new executive measures to try and help control gun violence in the United States. Up this hour, in business, taking some of the shine off the newest innovations in technology. We will be looking at why it might be a gloomy opening to the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas. Former u. S. President bill clinton has made his first solo appearance campaigning for his wife, and former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton. That and more on the way. First, our top story. This thursday will mark the oneyear anniversary of the attack on french satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, and that and a second shooting in a Grocery Store two days later left 17 dead last january. The events shocked the nation and turned the publication into a symbol of french freedom, pushing millions into the streets to say, i am charlie. The events remain in the colle
Euro zone joining together in a shared moment of silence. The new New York Stock Exchange will honor at 9 25 00 a. M. And another at 9 26 00 a. M. Marking the conclusion. We have Team Coverage this morning marking. We are going to start with jim dolan live in paris with the new information just coming in. Here in france and around the world the french response to friday night now being heard. Theres a moment of silence being observed here in france at this moment. We want to talk about the police raids. Massive police raids overnight. At least 23 people were arrested overnight and listen to what they seized in those raids. Rifles, a Rocket Launcher and bulletproof vests all of the stuff of modern terrorism because they also got computer hard drives and computers and expect to learn so much more suddenly the French Police were everywhere. Massive raids, sweeps of people expected in isis terror in europe. Police using new powers granted under the current state of emergency and at least s