today? well, it was unprecedented on several levels megyn. first of all, this is the only except for winston churchill, the only foreign leader to speak before a joint meeting of congress three times. in addition this comes at a critical moment, when the very final stages of an effort to negotiate a deal with what everyone in the world agrees is a threat to the security and peace of the world iran s nuclear program. and for a foreign leader to appear in this setting at such a time is unprecedented in my knowledge. for that reason alone it was a big deal. and then of course, of all the talk and controversy, you know, four dozen or so democrats not attending, the man walks into the chamber and he gets this rock star welcome. it was a standing ovation when he walked in he was interrupted for applause what 40 times. a lot of it bipartisan. so you get a sense that yeah, this is a big moment.
they would scour their packages of con traband, anything that would let their families know they were alive. a piece of newspaper headline fell out and it said, man walks on moon. tha that s how they knew. it had been tucked into the lining of this box. neil armstrong had never been told that story, and it was told a at a dinner a few years back. everybody wanted something else of neil armstrong and were very disappointed when they found out he was such an introvert, a shy man. that s what he was. we needed one global figure of that time, and it was him. it does take you back to a more innocent time in america, really, where people did come from such humble beginnings, and clearly that is the story of neil armstrong, the way he carried himself. will that be his legacy?
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