Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the official party and remain standing for the introduction of the president , honors, invocation, and national anthem. [applause] chaplain colonel terry austin, command chaplain, joint force headquarters, National Capital region and the United States Army Military district of washington. [applause] Major General michael l. Howard, commanding general, United States army, military district of washington. [applause] ms. Karen durham aguilera, executive director, Army National military cemeteries program. [applause] general joseph f. Dunford jr. , chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. [applause] the honorable jim mattis, the secretary of defense. [applause] [cheers] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [playing hail to the chief] [applause] [applause] [cheers] ladies and gentlemen, chaplain austin. Chaplain austin let us pray. Almighty god, prince of peace, you have declared there is no greater love than to lay down ones life fo
Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the official party and remain standing for the introduction of the president , honors, invocation, and national anthem. [applause] chaplain colonel terry austin, command chaplain, joint force headquarters, National Capital region and the United States Army Military district of washington. [applause] Major General michael l. Howard, commanding general, United States army, military district of washington. [applause] ms. Karen durham aguilera, executive director, Army National military cemeteries program. [applause] general joseph f. Dunford jr. , chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. [applause] the honorable jim mattis, the secretary of defense. [applause] [cheers] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [playing hail to the chief] [applause] [applause] [cheers] ladies and gentlemen, chaplain austin. Chaplain austin let us pray. Almighty god, prince of peace, you have declared there is no greater love than to lay down ones life fo
Here to tell you it is not a wash out. He has umbrella with the rain happening right now, and little flag is, as well, so we will watch that area of thunderstorms out in the western part of the state as the bulk of our heavier rain moves to the north ande, new york, long island, they are getting heaviest stuff right now but still raining in a lot of places and is there flag across the street from our building here at fourth and market in olde city. 59 degrees right now with the 9mile an hour breeze out of the northeast. Sunrise happening soon at 5 36 this morning, these days leading up to the first day of summer, the longest days of the year. Enjoy them. 59 degrees here as we told you , 50 in mount pocono, 60 in Atlantic City, checking out other shore points if you take an Early Morning walk after sunrise. North wildwood 59, same for boardwalk in Atlantic City and beach haven as well. Your holiday forecast and lets not forget real reason we have a holiday here today are those who gave
I agree. Tell us about your loved won. At the top, just about an hour ago i said first person to send in a person of blue skies today we will give them a shout out. And smarty pants people who watch our show, tamara said, she didnt say when or where. That is a good one. Nothing you can say to that. Is that your house. That is my summer home, down in florida. My bedroom is that spire. Mike alogo. That is fake news. Lets get to the number of the day. People go to the seven. Rain we saw overnight and even still seeing a little bit this morning will be moving out, and we have got some cloud and a few showers around right now , not a wash out for today, says bus stop budd which his american flag, and you see a few little places where we have a lit built of rain and then some thunderstorms just about to enter harrisburg. We will see if they hold together, and come to visit us , cloudy right now 60 degrees in philadelphia with 9 miles an hour breeze out of thee. Checking a couple other temper
2027488901. Send us a tweet at cspan history or join us on facebook at facebook. Com cspanhistory. As we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. And an example of the evolution of americas Space Shuttle program. And joining us again is valerie neal. We saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. You are the curator, the chair of the Space History Department here at the museum. And lets talk about the shuttle program. No other country had Something Like that. Well, briefly, the soviet union did. They built a craft called buran that mimicked our Space Shuttle. But it was several years later. They flew one test flight and then retired it. They didnt really have a need for a shuttle craft. But they were very worried about what we might use ours for. And they thought they should have one too, just in case. But really, in the annals of space history, the u. S. Space shuttle is unique. Its the only operational