fallen heroes or remembering what memorial day is all about maybe they can learn a thing or two from the indy 500 because here s how they kicked off their memorial day race. take a look. [playing taps] sean: i did notice that every person was standing.
fallen heroes or remembering what memorial day is all about maybe they can learn a thing or two from the indy 500 because here s how they kicked off their memorial day race. take a look. [playing taps]
with republicans. when you get to what it s going to cost people attitudes can often shift. you re absolutely right. don t suggest it is paid for. shannon: let me ask kristin to the polling point. go ahead. sorry, sorry. sure. i think this is a piece of legislation that without the price tag, people think it s wonderful. there are a lot of things in it that are great. when you begin talking about spending tax dollars on it it becomes less pop larges when you test the different ways to get money to pay for it, it becomes less popular. as always, devil is in the details. shannon: thank you very much, panel. up next, our power player this memorial day weekend, a man who made it his life s work to honor veterans with these 24 musical notes. [playing taps]
elise preston has the story. ( taps ) reporter: this is what memorial day sounded like last year for tens of thousands of buglers and trumpeters. with memorial day parades and ceremonies canceled because of the pandemic, they honored america s patriots by playing taps. ( taps ) reporter: from coast to coast, musicians of all skill levels answered the call from cbs steve hartman and taps for veterans jari villanueva. together, they created taps across america. i was not surprised. i was blown away that everybody felt as i did, that this is what america needed right now. reporter: the idea came from a story hartman did nine years ago with don brittain from tacoma, washington. he played taps every day at sunset to honor america s veterans. when i am playing this i am not aware of anything but the
we re just outside naval air station pensacola. you have been talking to people who have been stopping by that base to show their support. what is the feeling there today? shock, strength? it s a little bit of both and it s just a sense of sort of coming together. a community. it was pretty moving to see the pr session, the three hearses with the bodies of these three men. joshua watson, just 23 years old. mohammed haithen and scott walters, 23 years old. there were people lined up on the street headed toward the naval base there as those bodies went by with a full procession with someone playing taps. little kids, people who graduated from the navy. veterans. it was really a wide range of people and everyone just really sol el watching this happen. it s still hitting people. this happened friday. i met someone yesterday who