i would die for america. i love america. on july 4th, 1776, the founding fathers adopted the declaration of independence and declared the nation s independence from britain. there was attitude in the new nation of personal independence self-reliance and capitalism and contra pro inure ship that and entrepreneur ship that made this great country. it is the citizens who has driven growth. tonight we explore what makes america great with the last man to walk on the moon, former nasa astronaut. lou, i was born in chicago, blue collar family. never got into an airplane until i was 22. dreamed about flying and my dad dreaming of me getting the education he never had. the dream and opportunity in front of me allowed me to call
i love america. on july 4th, 1776, the founding fathers adopted the declaration of independence and declared the nation s independence from great britain. the move set in motion an attitude in a new nation of personal independence, self-reliance, free markets, capitalism and entrepeneurship that has made our country the greatest economic power in history. but it is the pioneer spirit of its citizens that has driven growth. tonight, we explore just what makes america great, with the last man to walk on the moon, former nasa astronaut captain gene cernan. lou, i was born in chicago. blue-collar family. never got in an airplane until i was 22 years old. dreamed about flying. my dad dreamed by me getting the education he never had. that dream and the opportunity that was out in front of me
beaches of normandy the 10,000 casual casualties, about half of them american, from that fateful day that really brought about the ending of world war ii, is that the celebration has been here, showing the unification, the friendship and the bond. there are the schoolchildren who unfurled those two flags. the rose petals should be falling all around them. if you haven t been to the statue of liberty, a couple things you might want to take a look at. you can see the rays on the crown of lady liberty, there are seven of them, and they re meant to represent the seven seas and the continents of the world it the tablet she s showing in her left arm, it reads in roman numer numerals, july 4th, 1776. that statue arrived in new york harbor in june of 1885, but it was in about 300 copper pieces, so it took quite some time to assemble it. it was completed in 1886 of
consent to govern. july 4th, 1776 they said that was the only just authority for government. what we re seeing though is romney supporters in this election are generally viewing the choice as between a lesser of two evils. ear they re not exceeded about romney and don t think he has an economic plan. they don t think obama does either. the only thing that will change it is performance. before you get a chance to perform, you have to perform well on the debate and look like a reasonable alternative. you have to give that appearance of confidence with your vice presidential selection your debate, the way your campaign works and also remember this election is a referendum on president obama, mitt romney has a role to play but it s primarily about the
and sharp and sudden turnaround by the obama administration. the white house now says it s tweaking the health care reform provision that sparked a sudden confrontation between church and state as well as republicans and democrats. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here in the situation room watching all of this unfold. it was pretty dramatic what happened. it was, and all of this caught the white house off-guard. there s no sign that the uproar is dying down. the president plays cleanup. they will not have to pay foror provide contraceptive services, but women who work at these institutions will have access to free contraceptive services just like other women. a law that requires prepreventive care will not discriminate against women. the catholic health association says this resolution protects the conscience rights of catholic institutions. e.j. dionne who helped kick up the firestorm now writes president obama did today what he should have done