joe. mark halperin with us. and joy reid. in washington, the editorial director of the national journal, ron fournier. a lot to get to this morning. let s get right to it. one of the most powerful leaders in congress is on his way out. if you haven t heard the name dave brat, who is dave brat? well, you re not alone. brat, a college professor, has unseated eric cantor winning by 12 points in the republican primary. it is an upset that has sent shock waves through washington. cantor who rode a wave of tea party victories in 2010 to become house majority leader suddenly found himself on the wrong end of support. and addressed stunned supporters last night. obviously, we came up short. i know there s a lot of long faces here tonight. and it s disappointing, sure. but i believe in this country.
republican primary. it s an upset that has since sent shock waves through washington. cantor who rode a wave of votes to be house party leader, he stunned supporters last night. obviously, we came up short. i know there s a lot of long faces here tonight and it s disappointing, sure. but i believe in this country. i believe there s opportunity around the next corner for all of us. so i ll look forward to continuing to fight with all of you for the things that we believe in for the conservative cause because those solutions are ours are the answer to the problems that so many people are facing today. thank you all very, very much. the upset surprised both parties from southern republicans who nancy pelosi whose dinner party reportedly turned into an impromptu celebration.
their families organized mass prayers, not just to god and jesus but someone in kansas thought of being a saint already even if it s not official yet. they prayed to a kansas farm boy who became a priest at age 24, called to serve as an army chaplain in the korean war. he never came home from the korean war, died in a north korean prison camp in 1951. but from the day that his surviving fellow prisoners of war were freed from north korea, some advocated for him to receive the highest military award that is offered by our country. today when a white house ceremony was convened more than 60 years after his death to award him that medal of honor, some of the men he served with who are now in their 80s talked with nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski about why they fought to get him recognized. watch this. reporter: an army chaplain on the front lines, kapaun rode a bicycle straight into combat.
it s not official yet. they prayed to emil kapaun, a priest at age 24. called to serve as an army chaplain in the korean war. he never came home from the korean war, died in a north korean prison camp in 1951. but from the day that his surviving fellow prisoners of war were freed from north korea, some advocated for him to receive the highest military award that is offered by our country. today when a white house ceremony was convened more than 650 years after his death to award him that medal of honor, some of the men he served with who are now in their 80s talked with nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski about why they fought to get him recognized. watch this. reporter: an army chaplain on the front lines, kapaun rode a bicycle straight into combat. that s he on the right carrying a wounded soldier from battle. army veteran, bob wood, says the father was fearless under fire.
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