he offered the legislation to create the tomb of the unknown soldier and place it at arlington national cemetery just across the river from our capitol city as a monument for the nation to mourn those lost, whether they came home or not. so, as i mentioned, there were a great number of unknown soldiers who had perished by the end of the first world war. and the selection process was actually really rather fascinating. i should mention that they gathered from several different major battlefields, different unknown soldiers who had fallen in battle, and they brought them to a small town in the champagne region of france where one of the highest decorated enlisted soldiers, enlisted veterans of the war made the final selection of the anonymous flag-draped coffin to be the unknown soldier to rest at arlington in eternal memory and glory as a symbol, as a tangible representation of all of those other unknowns and all of those others who were intered across an ocean from their families and loved ones. this image you see here is a soldier being brought ashore. and he's brought to shore from th

the number i mentioned earlier, just at arlington, there are over 2000 unknowns from the civil war by the time you get to the first world war, there were again, i think that the number that hamilton fish mentioned was more than 1700 unknowns deceased from american service members fighting in the first world war. so in terms whether they were identified or unknown, that was really you know, pretty much whether they determined it when they fell in battle, who they work. and that is where the technology of our time has really for the evolution of technology, has really improved the way we can pay tribute more specifically read and we can identify people the dna technology which at this point had meant that most while we hope it is none but it's enabled us to identify to get that last measurable devotion in terms of the actual selection, i can tell you that before the world war i unknowns, like a symptom of the gathered these unknowns military personnel from different military cemetery set up quickly in france. they brought them to and apologized any french-speaking listeners here, and th

the designer for the city of washington laid in state when at arlington national cemetery. on his way, they paused so that he could receive state honors to the capitol building. they felt it was that important as they were paying tribute to a figure who had, for a brief time, fallen into obscurity and was buried in a pauper's grave. and then relevant to world war i, the admiral of the navy george doey was laid in state in 1917 before we get to the world war i unknown in 1921. congress also played a role in supporting the memory and the preservation of and the tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, the last full measure of devotion to our country. in 1862, the omnibus act, which included a provision here. you can see from the national archives, an image of it and a transcription, and it provided the president with the authority to acquire land and create national cemeteries for those who gave that last full measure of devotion, those who died in service of the country. and ever since, the congress has been involved in preserving the memory and supporting thos

in arlington. it is a captivating poem brought to you by gary sinise." [video clip] >> it has been over 100 years since the first unknown soldier was back and. in arlington. it has stood as a symbol to the world of the honor america bestows on people who serve in all branches of the military. our love for those servicemen and servicewomen have been captured in the words of a poem written by bob martin entitled "in arlington" which recognizes their service and our love and honor for our fallen heroes. ♪ >> in arlington, white roses grow. headstones mock them, row on row. the honored dead, and in the sky, the mourning doves in seven sly to grieve the known who lie below. we are the dead, the ones you know. we lived, felt dawn, the sunsetted go -- in the sunset go. loved and were loved and now we lie in arlington. while in the tomb of marble below arrests the unknown. fresh soil below, in honored lori there he lies. do not break faith with those who died, our roses bloom as falling snow in arlington

once again at arlington national cemetery. we are, again, just a few minutes away from president biden's remarks there on this veteran's day. and on this 100th anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier when the president starts speaking, we will take you back to arlington national cemetery live. >>> meanwhile, time could be running out for former president donald trump to block investigators from getting records from his time in the white house. we'll have the latest on the former president's court fight and how soon those documents could be turned over. next. d be turned over next hearing is important to living life to the fullest. that's why inside every miracle-ear store, you'll find a better life. it all starts with the most innovative technology. like the new miracle-earmini, available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small that no one will see it, but you'll notice the difference. and now, miracle-ear is offering a thirty-day risk-free trial. you can experience better hearing with no obligation. call 1-800-miracle rig

i should mention before we get into that, there are a significant number of unknowns buried at arlington from the civil war, more than 2000 remain in a large memorial, we could get into that a little later but you get to the spanish-american war fought farther from location than the civil war, mexican american and revolutionary war of 1812 and you have a policy and acted, repatriation bringing back the remains of deceased service members who died fighting barry closer to home. that conflict did not last quite as long had significantly fewer casualties than the first world war which placed decision-making how to deal with repatriation and the importance of a tomb of the unknown soldier. before we get to that, i will mention in 1913, congress approved and authorized spending for the government to create a new memorial amphitheater at arlington national cemetery. the cemetery had been civil war and they recognize the need for a larger more somber space to accommodate the visitors who were there to pay tribute to their deceased loved ones so they appropriated funds and authorized spending to

on behalf of the dedicated men and women who serve here, welcome to arlington national cemetery. i would like to extend a warm welcome to the 46th president of the united states, president joe biden. thank you, mr. president for being here today. and our first lady, jill biden, welcome. the secretary of defense, the honorable lloyd austin. dennis mcdonough and his wife. the secretary of the army. chief of staff joe mcconville. and his wife maria, welcome. the national commander of the jewish war veterans. thank you. for being a veteran service organizations host and your participation in this important national observance. all dignitaries and families and everyone watching from across our great nation, thank you for being with us today. the cemetery is beautiful this time of year. it is fitting that we once again recognize our veterans on these hallowed grounds. today is a celebration of honor, duty, patriotism. arlington national cemetery is a solemn place surrounded by over 400,000 soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, coast guar men, and of families who have proudly served our n

we are following live events playing out right now in arlington, the arlington national cemetery. this is the memorial amphitheater. and there you can see president biden there on the left side of the screen. he is currently being introduced by a handful of speakers that are coming for him and at some point here when he comes up to the lectern to deliver his remarks to the nation on this veterans day. we'll bring it to you >> 50 is a time and the warriors are just on fire. all of them, not just staff. everybody is a team effort. now they're 10 1 after beating the minnesota timberwolves at chase center last night and this was an amazing cases, step scores, 25 points, which was great half of the 50 has any the day before, though. but andrew wiggins had the high 35 points against his former team, which of course felt good for and joining 3 to one dead was the final. so here's guns and coach kurt. >> runs game. well played game, you know, get the former. now it's all that was, you know, the play, the game. fun game andrews just fantastic the aggression from the beginning of the who lo

thank you to all of our veterans and families and once again, welcome arlington national cemetery. i will be followed by the national commander of the jewish war veterans. thank you. [applause] >> president biden, secretary mcdonough, director aguilera, distinguished guests. my fellow veterans, ladies and gentlemen. on veterans day at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, we pause for a few reef moments to honor and pay tribute. he said the willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any way shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation. let us remember treated and appreciated. engraved on the korean war memorial is a symbol but powerful phrase, freedom is not free. the freedoms we enjoy today were made possible by the more than 19 million living veterans and countless others who served in the defense of our country. the symbols of america and freedom are interlocked. they are present here today. the flags flying, the white grave markers, and all of us, the veterans and ser

in arlington. it is a captivating poem brought to you by gary sinise." [video clip] >> it has been over 100 years since the first unknown soldier was back and. in arlington. it has stood as a symbol to the world of the honor america bestows on people who serve in all branches of the military. our love for those servicemen and servicewomen have been captured in the words of a poem written by bob martin entitled "in arlington" which recognizes their service and our love and honor for our fallen heroes. ♪ >> in arlington, white roses grow. headstones mock them, row on row. the honored dead, and in the sky, the mourning doves in seven sly to grieve the known who lie below. we are the dead, the ones you know. we lived, felt dawn, the sunsetted go -- in the sunset go. loved and were loved and now we lie in arlington. while in the tomb of marble below arrests the unknown. fresh soil below, in honored lori there he lies. do not break faith with those who died, our roses bloom as falling snow in arlington

any minute now a ceremony will begin at arlington national cemetery on the first veterans day in more than two decades that we as a nation are not at war. president biden set to speak there later this morning. we've been keeping an eye on kenosha, wisconsin. plus, the first batch of documents that former president trump has been trying to shield after a federal judge again rejecteded his request. but we have got to start with the kyle rittenhouse trial set to resume, as i said, just a few moments from now after a dramatic day of testimony from the defendant himself. the 18-year-old saying he akact in self-defense when he fatally shot two people and injured a third during social protests in kenosha in august of 2020. as an extremely heated exchange between the prosecutor and the judge over the prosecution's line of questioning, the judge even yelling at one point with the possibility now looming of a possible mistrial. gabe gutierrez is live at the courthouse. and, gabe, bring us up to speed where everything is. >> reporter: hi, stephanie, good morning from a very windy and rainy kenos

even more so at arlington, when he marries into the customs property at arlington. but there's also two other properties along the river. all told there is something like 190 slaves who are part of those properties. and robert lee benefits from that. when he marry so that he benefits from their work, their labor. he has a family who is one of the custis slaves. hurries wife has slaves who will wait on her. and they will assist with the children. they go on vacation. so, lee certainly benefits from the slave system even if he doesn't himself have personal title to large numbers of slaves. he doesn't. the curious thing is he really says nothing about slavery for years and years and years. not until the 18 fifties when slavery is becoming a crisis issue in american politics. and it's issuing to interesting that he talks about it at all because li had learned very early in his political career, military career, not to talk about politics. soldiers who talked about politics or who got mixed up in politics usually suffered for it. he saw that happen in the case of his fir

and then to be part of that system and even more so in arlington with the main testis property at arlington and those others at the monkey river. and all told there is 190 slaves who are a part of those properties. robert lee benefits from that. and benefits from their work and their labor and is one of the custis slaves, his wife has slaves. and they will assist with the children and go on vacation in the slaves go with them. so lee certainly benefits from the slave system even if he doesn't himself have personal title to large numbers of slaves which he doesn't. he says nothing c for years and years not until the 18 fifties when slavery is becoming a crisis issue in american politics but it's interesting that he talks about it at all. because we had learned in his military career not to talk about politics. soldiers who talk about politics are got mixed up in politics usually suffered. and happened in the first of the mentor and with winfield scott. and yet slavery by the 18 fifties and then to start writing about it in a letter to his wife and he comes out to say slavery is a moral evil

though married into one of the foremost families of virginia, the cost of arlington, arlington overlooked facing the national capitol, not virginia. his in-laws allies the nation first of state loyalty "afterwards". we could not more in 18612 factors. first, harry lee for all of his revolutionary fame had been our clock husband and father and left family when robert was only six years old. the shadow harry cast over the lee name was one of robert struggles to redeem the broad street of perfectionism in his behavior. robert also yearned to briefly of his father's reputation and otherwise. he wanted independence and wanted to be his own man and one sense his marriage was an attempt to stake out a room for himself but he also yearned for security. the security his father denied him so while most of lee's contemporaries left the army as soon as i received their taxpayer provided college degree decently resigned and go into private engineering practice other professions, stays with him as the one certain profession could count on. a huge factor in this pursuit of independence, security and per

a live look at arlington, virginia. president biden is set to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he is running a little bit late. that was supposed to happen a half an hour ago. you see the ceremony has begun there near the tomb of the unknown soldier there in the arlington national cemetery. actually this is live pictures near the world war ii memorial i believe and basically there are ceremonies going on all around arlington national cemetery right now today as well as the vietnam veterans memorial. this comes on heels of an historic two days at the cemetery for the first time in nearly a century members of the public were able to walk on the plaza of the tomb of the unknown soldier and lay flowers before the memorial site. we will keep our eye on the ceremonies going on in arlington, virginia. >>> new developments in a robbery that turned deadly at an oakland starbucks. a jury convicted two men of murder and manslaughter for the crime. 34-year-old research engineer was killed in december 2019. he had be

arlington itself benefited from the enslaved labor. and at the same time, he's a voracious public private correspondence. write thousands of letters. she also ties that disapproval because it's bad for white people really this crazy rationalization happening there and despite his expression of disapproval , his family was supported in large part by enslaved labor so can you talk a little bit about lee's thinking around slavery and how he drove to those rationalizations and conclusions ? >> lee grows up so to speak with slavery. his parents owned slaves. his mother owned slaves when they were living in alexandria even though there were reduced circumstances. there were at least six slaves in the lee household in alexandria. when and carter dies in 29, part of her estate is the disposition of the slavesin that estate . some slaves are appointed towards her two daughters. in this case and marshall lee . i'm sorry, and kim lally. she becomes an lee marshall and her sistermildred lee . but one slave family is willed to robert, or at least i

on november 9 and tenth ahead of the tomb's 100th anniversary arlington national cemetery has opened up the guards pathway, any of us can walk in their steps and share their solemn mission, here's our power player of the week. >> we want people to make that connection and realize the unknown gave not just our lives better liberty inner freedom and they gave their identity. >> karen is talking about the tomb of the unknown shoulder. >> we say at the arlington national cemetery, their hometown could be anywhere i'm really proud and honored. executive director commentaries. >> generations of presidents have come to the tomb to lay reeves and thousands of people are here every day making arlington's most visited site. >> our usual day will have 3 - 5000 people out here on busy holiday weekend we could have 20000 people a day out here. >> they have kept watch census 20s when tourist used to hold picnics at the tomb in 1940 the old guard was given the assignment and they remain a constant presence. >> they are truly special and literally training for perfection, not just perfection in the

and though lee married into one of the foremost families of virginia, the costas of arlington, arlington overlooked the potomac, facing the national capital, not virginia. and his if-laws were wigs who had the nation first and state loyalties afterwards. but lee could not ignore however in 1861 were two factors. first, light horse harry lee, for all of his revolutionary fame, had been a hard luck husband and father. and left his family for the west indies when robert was only 6 years old. the shadow that light horse harry cast over the lee name was one that robert struggled to redeem. hence that broad streak of perfectionism in his behavior. robert also yearned to breathe free of his father's reputation in other ways. one in independent and his own man and his marriage to mary custas was a way to stake out realm for himself. but he also yearned for security. the security his father had denied him. so while most of lee's contemporaries at west point left the army as soon as they had received their taxpayer provided college degree and could go into private engineering practice or some othe

the line at the arlington food assistance center was orderly and socially distanced. and in the middle was cynthia anthony, a 73-year-old grappling with how to make ends meet. she moved through the line... checked in... greeted volunteers she's come to know over the past year she's been a regular visitor... and collected her food items. >> food stamps is not enough to hold me throughout the month. $20 on food stamps don't get you nothing, and that's what i get. >> reporter: what do $20 in food stamps get you these days? >> a half a gallon of milk and like a pack of hot dogs and $1, man as one loaf of bread. i might be able to get a dozen eggs if i don't i get a half a dozen? that's where the $20 stop at. that's for a few days. i got 28 or 29 more days to go. >> reporter: anthony is not alone. 55-year old ana dheming started coming here after she injured her wrist and couldn't work her hotel job anymore. here, she's able to pick up the essentials. >> they give me tomato, or some onion, potato, then say, i don't have to buy. >> reporter: and then there's 23-year old jax

frank president joe biden spoke at the veteran's day ceremony at arlington national cemetery. this morning. he spoke about the his administration's efforts. to provide more resources to u. s service members and their families. we have many obligations. one truly sacred obligation. to properly prepare those and equipped those who we send into harm's way. and care for them and their families. they're both deployed and when they returned home. this is a lifetime sacred commitment. president biden says his recent infrastructure bill passed by congress sets aside $17 billion for the va's covid response, as well as improving via facilities in hospitals across the country. it also means prioritising mental health care. that's necessary to treat invisible wounds. it's so many of our veterans carry including. pursuing our newly released comprehensive public health strategy. to reduce military and veterans suicides. the president spoke shortly after the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier, which followed a military concert and procession to arlington national cemet

. >> thursday morning, president biden speaks at arlington national cemetery in a veteran days ceremony to honor those who served our nation. watch full coverage on c-span now our new video app or on c-span. on thursday the nasa spacex dragon crew arrived at the international space station. cooking is expected at 7:10 eastern. our live coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org. or watch full coverage on c-span now our new video app. >> president biden gives a speech at the port of baltimore on the recently passed infrastructure bill. he jut lines how the bill will impact manufacturing including the global supply chain. president biden plans to sign the legislation monday. these comments run about 25 minutes. our president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] pres. biden: thank you. we used to have an expression when i serve in the senate. when i wanted to make some statement that was personal, i said, a point of personal privilege. when you are talking about working on the water, my family is originally from baltimore, came in the early 1800s. the entir

we see the first flyover at arlington national cemetery. there will be many more of those coming up and coming moments here. you have a piece out at foxnews.com with senator graham, lindsey graham, who was with us less to mike yesterday. here's a headline. biden's terrorism complacency, the u.s. must act now to counter threats. the war against islamic terrorism has not blessed us" you, radical islam is again on the march. in what way? >> i had a note that said the entire region has received the word that jihad has one and the west has lost. recruitment is through the roof and the u.n. is reporting 8000-10000 foreign fighters pouring into afghanistan and we are in a row. when the obama administration -- similar to when the obama administration pulled out of iraq in 2011 and we saw the rise of isis over the next few years. the set of them at different of what senator graham and i get to is that we have a lot more tools. we had bases in local allies in the curds and access from the ocean. there was much more when we had to send our soldiers ba

bret. >> bret: lucas tomlinson in arlington, thank you. as we honor veterans here at home, two retired u.s. marines remain in captivity in russia. they remained no closer to freedom now than the day they were arrested. correspondent benjamin hall shows us. >> trevor is a great young man. he has so much going for him. he had such drive and he was achieving his goals. >> trevor rita, texas special force marina is still behind bars in russia. he is now on hunger strike to protest poor prison conditions, held in solitary confinement, and his mother thinks he knows why. >> he was a marine and they will leverage for him to get people back that they want from the united states. >> also a former marine was detained in moscow in 2018 and sentenced to 16 years for espionage charge he says was entrapment. >> he spends most of his days making button holes in the labor camp, it's a cold part of russia right now. >> president biden raised both cases in june, pledging to do everything he could. >> the families of the detained, we are going to follow thro

have served our nation, taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. the president will be speaking this hour to commemorate this veterans day. we'll bring you all of that as it happens throughout the hour. stick with us for that. >>> in a different story, we're keeping a watch on a courtroom in kenosha, wisconsin. new developments in the kyle rittenhouse trial. testimony is getting under way once again today with the defense calling a use of force expert to the stand. this after an explosive day in the courtroom that played out during this show. almost from the very start, as you will recall, kyle rittenhouse as he took the stand, broke down in tears as he testified that he acted in self-defense when he killed two men and wounded another during protests last year. >> atlantis were screaming and i was trying to get to the police. >> why did you try to get to the police? >> because i didn't do anything wrong. i defended myself. >> his testimony was not the only emotional testimony in the courtroom. the judge overseeing all of this ang

but all the pomp and circumstance of the day at arlington national cemetery. well, it was a very special day, a very emotional a ceremony for the first time in nearly a century. members of the public are actually able to walk on the tomb of the unknown soldier plaza and. >> lay flowers down next to the memorial and show how people have been there to pay their respects over the past 2 days. the pile of flowers actually got so large that they had to make a second pilot room for more so very special, very emotional day out there at arlington cemetery. thank you so much for that report. anna. >> all month long. we have been requesting your photos of the service men and women who you would like to honor. here are just some of the pictures we have received. we're going to read some of the names for you here. we have nathan bailey junior commander sergeant in the that was a major in the army. richard olson lieutenant in the navy. richard vague, a sergeant in the u.s. marines. so we also want to see more of your photos if you have them. here's how you can submit them.

we will continue to monitor what is happening at arlington. let me come back to you and continue our conversation about what is happening inside the euro zone. we were talking to lance fritz a little earlier on. he runs one of the biggest railroad operations in the united states. he was saying that the u.s. is seeing higher inflation because it is seeing better growth. it's got better growth. to what extent is that true? the reason the u.s. has an inflation problem is that growth is running rampant right now. is that something we should be worrying about in europe? have we understand you rather than overstimulated the economy here? agnes: i totally agree with that point. growth is higher, and what is stopping it right now are supply-side bottlenecks, high energy prices, uncertainty, the virus still roaming around, and insufficient vaccinations, if not insufficient your shots. so all of this is well understood. there is room for the economy to expand in the u.s., but also in the euro area, which is also affected by these energy price shocks, an

juliana monsalve sonaron los himnos y los tributos por los veteranos del país sobre el cementerio de arlington en virginia volar los aviones que precisamente este jueves cumple 100 añosla tumba del soldado desconocido pusieron coronas ante los que viven con la cicatriz que les dejo la guerra desde el cementerio de arlington el presidente dijoque hoy rendía homenaje a los que con valentía se ganaron el título de veteranos almas en pena es lo que vio el veterano josé que dice que son demasiados cuando le compraron la libertad a los demás no tan solo suicidios también el estrés postraumático anunciaron una serie de ayudas para veteranos que fueron expuestos a gases tóxicos que estaban en bases militares en el exterior muchas enfermedades han sido relacionadas a los gases tóxicos y es un tema personal para el presidente por lo pronto no voy a repetirme para veteranos como josé el esfuerzo valió la pena pero el costo que han pagado por el sacrificio es muy alto en el condado alameda hubo una exhibición especial para las veteranas afroamericanas se recordaron las dificultades que super

we're keeping an eye on arlington national cemetery where president bide listen speak shortly on this veterans day. jose diaz-balart picks up news coverage right now. >> good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern/7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart on this day at arlington national cemetery procession and fly-over to mark the 100th anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. president biden will be speaking next now. >>> kyle rittenhouse got emotional testifying in his own defense. in washington the sharpest crisis in decades is complicated biden's efforts to sell his agenda. >>> nearly 20 million people in california find themselves under a drought emergency, this as california and other western states are seeing a spike in covid cases. >>> any moment now, kyle rittenhouse homicide trial gets back under way and the defense plans to call several more witnesses today and follows a dramatic day in the courtroom with rittenhouse taking the stand himself and becoming emotional. all eyes are on the judge who was considering a mistrial request from rittenhouse's attorneys over the prosec

it's part of the centennial compel race at arlington. a world war ii vet who fought at the battle of the bulge is part of the group paying tribute. >>> coming up on the cbs evening news. >> it is a busy news day. we've all been feeling those higher prices at the pump and grocery store. we spoke to experts who said those inflationary prices could be here through the holidays. >>> plus our series honoring our soldiers tonight. the tomb of the unknown soldier is open to the public for the first time in ne ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> well, many industries are back in full swing after 2020's shut town and the yachting industry is bouncing back, as well, as they cater to the worlds elite. super yachts are longer than about 100 feet. if you have money to burn, they go from about $10 million into the hundreds of millions. >> the industry is growing every year. capacity was less. there was a lot of uncertainty

one week in arlington -- malik in arlington, texas. caller: i would like to say that the republican is nothing more than a fascist movement. they are comprised of people after the end of the civil war. the only use democracy as an oppressive measure against ethnic minorities. i would like to correct the congresswoman when she said we received a tax cut under president trump. we never received a tax cut. in fact, my taxes were higher under president trump than under president obama. 28.862 on $8,000. she is incorrect when she says it is nothing more than right wing propaganda. host: there is a lot to work with there. go ahead, congresswoman. guest: thank you. i talked earlier about lowering the temperature. when we attack either side or the middle, calling them fascist and giving them a label, that is part of the reason we have this division. i really blame social media for a lot of this. if you have watched the social dilemma on netflix talking about the algorithms for social media where if you are a far right or republican, you get th