remarkable life, here s abc s david wright. ten, nine reporter: he was a pioneer and a patriot launched into history with this iconic sendoff from mission control. god speed, john glenn. reporter: he confessed he did not hear that phrase as friendship 7 lifted off. 0 g, and i feel fine. capsule is turning around. that view is tremendous. reporter: at the height of the first american to orbit the earth. reading you loud and clear. reporter: glenn, the most famous of the seven original astr astronauts, a decorated pilot in two wars, his wingman in korea was ted williams. the world held its breath for his mission when he splashed welcome to washington, welcome back to this planet. reporter: he later quit the space program for a career in politics in the u.s. senate and distinguished himself on u.s. arms issues in particular, still a senator when at age 77, he returned to space aboard the space shuttle discovery. liftoff with a crew of six astronaut heros
wilson and phillip bilden for navy secretary. in her first public speech as education secretary, betsy devos discussed magnet and public school choice. this is 15 minutes. welcome, secretary. thank you, everyone. i m sorry that i wasn t able to get her earlier. i would have enjoyed getting a little flavor for your program, but thank you so much for inviting manae to be here with today. i want to begin by expressing my appreciation for all that you all do. i m going to share some thoughts about how i hope to support your important work, but first i felt a need to just comment on something that you may have seen on tv this past weekend. last friday a handful of protesters tried to block my entrance into jefferson middle school here in d.c. while i eventually made it and i had a conductive conversation, many d.c. leaders, teachers and the principal, the protesters behavior, i think, is a reflection on the way some seek to treat our education system today by keeping kids in
lunchtime. pete doocy joining us now. let s start with the biggest question mark, rahm emanuel, any idea what they were talking about? reporter: the mayor told us his side of the story, martha. he went up to the 26th floor to talk to president-elect about white house operations and the way that things are going to run or should run in january when mr. trump moved to the white house. and emanuel, of course, drawing on his experience as one of president obama s chief s of staff. the mayor also says that the two of them, upstairs, were talking about why chicago works as a sanctuary city. i was clear about where i stood and other mayor s stood on immigrants, that we welcome them because they are achieving and striving for the american dream, but also how to make as a city and as a country key investments in both the talent, the training, as well as the transportation to drive economic growth. reporter: this is the second emanuel brother mr. trump met with during the transit