0 every one of the veterans who have served on behalf of this country is worth a whole heck of a lot. that is the intention of today s events. he made an effort to have all americans say thank you to the veterans during his weekend radio address as well, thomas. peter, we know there is still so much to be, i guess, to be learned about what happened with typhoon haiyan and some of our service members are helping with the aftermath in that, aren t they? reporter: that s right. already u.s. marines are participating in the efforts there to help. the devastation as we ve witnessed today is dramatic, it s terrible. as many as 10,000 people killed there and the white house obviously salutes that effort as well. we ll talk more about that later. here we have president obama arriving at arlington national cemetery. let s listen in.
later an international sensation, after it was picked up by abc one year later. come on baby, let s do the twist reporter: in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer in promoting african-american artists, including percy sledge, the silhouettes, the supremes and gladys night and the pips. an appearance on american bandstand could launch their careers. and from jerry lee lewis to janet jackson, they all wanted dick clark to give their record a spin. and from jerry lee louis to if you look at the history of american bandstand it covers everything. when we started in 1952, it was very como and eddie fisher and the four aces and so forth, through the rock n roll period, country music, rhythm and blues, rap music, heavy metal, it is everything. reporter: but music wasn t his only beat, clark proved a prolific businessman and television icon. hosting the $25,000 pyramid and the bloopers and practical jokes and of course the annual new year s roc
dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as american bandstand in philadelphia in 1956. the show became a national and later an international sensation, after it was picked up by abc one year later. come on baby, let s do the twist reporter: in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer in promoting african-american artists, including percy sledge, the silhouettes, the supremes and gladys night and the pips. an appearance on american bandstand could launch their careers. and from jerry lee louis to janice jackson, they all wanted dick clark to give their record a spin. if you look at the history of american bandstand it covers everything. when we started in 1952, it was very como and eddie fisher and the four aces and so forth, through the rock n roll period, country music, rhythm and blues, rap music, heavy metal, it is everything. reporter: but music wasn t his only beat, clark proved a prolific busi