from president obama in 2012. the first american to orbit the earth. john glenn became a hero in every sense of the word. but he didn t stop there serving his country. as a senator, he found new ways to make a difference. we re going to explore john glenn s life in two ways. first we re going to focus on his space there and then we ll cover his political life. frankly, he pioneered our coverage of the space program. he joins me on the phone and he is somebody that can call john glenn not just a friend but a close friend. jay barbree, i can t imagine what you re feeling today. it s a bad day, chuck, and we expected it. i talked to john for the last time a few weeks ago, and he was bedridden at that time, losing his eyesight, but he still had
away at the age of 95. we re also keeping an eye on ohio state university. the president-elect donald trump. he is there today expecting to meet with the victims and first responders of that november 28 stabbing attack on campus. chris jansing has been on campus all day today talking to students. but chris, you also happened to be in a place that is now suddenly in the news for another reason, john glenn passing away at ohio state hospital there, an ohio native. this is his beloved home state. we re just learning of this in the last couple minutes. it was the columbus newspaper that may have first reported this. what is the early reaction there about his passing? you know, i think governor kasich said it appropriately when he tweeted he was ohio s hometown hero. i was five years old when he made that trip. it was only three orbits around, but to echo what jay barbree just said, i can remember as a kindergartner watching that, and the nervousness, the pride, the
off of that shuttle, i was standing there and everybody was carrying out and saying. they re going to have to roll him off in a whoo. he would look at me and wink and i shot him a salute is the. i ve nefertiti been so proud of a person in all my life. jay barbree, i could go on and on. i m going to leave it at that, but i know folks will be more interested in your beds over the upcoming days. a long time strategist, bob schrum, who i m asking him to handle john glenn, the political side. bob, let s lay it out. the greatest political resume,
him. on the other hand, she did lose an election that democrats thought they ought to have won. i was at that harvard conference last week, and i think clinton folks were not yet ready to acknowledge the mistakes that were made on the part of the campaign that contributed to this. or to the falilings of their ow candidate. that is something, i think, will have to follow in the time ahead of them to figure out what went wrong in this election that they were all so confident they were going to win. and this is a very busy hour newswise. we just heard from hillary clinton again. at the top of the hour, we brought you the news john glenn, former u.s. senator, former astronaut passing away at the age of 95. we talked at the top of the show with jay barbree, the astronaut, the space race, how important that was to this country. talk to us, if you would, though, about john glenn the
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