There are plenty of public issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. And i want to start by talking about how you came by service, because you came by it naturally. You grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven first, thank you for the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii Fighter Pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane, because at the time when we entered the war, americans did not have planes to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. But my grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii. He was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said, i remember what got me in the service. It was when i was
His place in the history book of impeachment was already secure. But this solidifies his unique low point in american history. Now, trumps charge with incitement to insurrection stemming on the capitol hill a month ago. Tonight in a interview with cbs news, speaking out about trumps behavior, if he would vote for impeachment if he were still in the senate . I ran like hell to defeat him, i felt he was unfit to be president. I watched when everyone else watched when the crew invaded the congress. I will let the senate make the decision. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not. Because of his eradict behavior. What is your worst fear if he continues to get the Intelligence Briefings . I would rather not speculate outloud, i just think that theres no need for him to have the intelligence briefing. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing. What impact does he have at all other than the fact that he may slip and say something. Tonig
News, the president is speaking out about trumps behavior, whether he should get Intelligence Briefings, whether he would vote to impeach if he were still in the senate. I ran like hell to defeat him because i thought he was unfit to be president. I watched what everybody else watched, what happened when that crew invaded the United States congress. But im not in the senate now, i will let the senate make that decision. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic related to the insurrection. What is your worst fear if he continues to get these Intelligence Briefings . I would rather not speculate out loud. I just think that there is no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Tonight the latest reporting from the New York Times says trumps defense lawyers, bruce castor and
To face in person, so thank you for tuning in and obviously doubledip honored that youve agreed to speak with me tonight about the book ron kovic. Right. Not kovac. We were introduced by tom come sport media writer years ago. Ron has been very encouraging and helped quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Ron of course was a vietnam veteran. Most of the book that i wrote is about world war ii veterans and a just want to give you a little background before we start speaking. Before world war ii if you were paralyzed you were pretty much a dead ender, a no hope for as they were called. If the average lifespan was a team is for someone wounded in world war i. World war ii was a game changer. The advent of penicillin, sulfur drugs. They had surgical units right behind the battlefield come right behind the front lines and they had better evacuation back to the mainland so by the end of world war ii you had a cohort of about 2500 u. S. Veterans were paral
Mr. Axelrod admiral, great to see you again. We are two days after veterans day and that was the occasion for this event. There are plenty of public issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. And i want to start by talking about how you came by service, because you came by it naturally. You grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven first, thank you for the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii Fighter Pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane, because at the time when we entered the war, americans did not have planes to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. Dad flew that for about two years during the war. But my grandfather also served in world war i and i