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

to protect arlington for his family as it was for virginia could just resigned commission and refuse the offer of command. that's not the only factor predict the other factor lease decision if was the expectation that there would be no war after all. hard as it is for us to appreciate this, as we are looking from the present backwards, in april of 1861, handyman after the secession of the southern states, even after the firing and he was still by no means clear that the crisis would only result in a civil war read and they could have simply resigned his army commission and stayed neutral. or he could accept the invitation extended to him to take command of virginia forces play the role of mediator between virginia and the union thus achieved peace 90 anything flavor that his father ever enjoyed in war. when course it did not quite many others, lee found the secession crisis helping away from you and in the end, step-by-step, he found himself by 1862, as the commander of the army of northern virginia. he played that role as perfectly as he tried to play every other role in life, that

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

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

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

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

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

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

. >> harris: the national cemetery, arlington national cemetery, the president of the united states getting ready to lay the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier on this veterans day, let's watch today. >> the president moves to the tomb of the unknown soldier to place the wreath. >> harris: we are waiting, a very quiet moment for the president to arrive and lay the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the motorcade has just pulled up. i'll put back peter doocy into focus here. talking about the challenges for the president today, this is one moment that unites the nation, something that is not happen nothing droves either outside of his party or in right now. we'll focus today on veterans day and you were able to know the president had left, you are there at the white house. give us a layout of his day today. >> peter: his day started two hours ago with a private meeting with veterans and the motorcade ride from the white house to arlington national cemetery to the tomb of the unknown soldier and less than 10 minutes. he spent the morning meeting with vets, away from camera, thi

let's take your calls in arlington, texas on the independent line. you are on with nancy. >> the republican party is nothing more than an accepted fascist movement. people came after the civil war and have nothing invested in the institution of democracy they only use it as an oppressive measure. also i would like to correct the congresswoman when she said we received a tax cut under president trump. i never received a tax cut. my taxes were higher than under president obama. twenty-eightht to 62 on the agif $127,000. so she's incorrect when she says that right wing propaganda. >> there is a lot for her to work on there. >> thank you for calling. i talked earlier about lowering the temperature. calling them fascist and getting them these kind of labels that's part of the reason we have this division. did you get more of that content on the far left and calling each other names like that truly isn't going to get us anywhere. from south carolina he represented south carolina's first congressional district which is the same district that i represent tod

lucas tomlinson reports from the marine corps memorial overlooking the arlington cemetery. >> 100 years after the tomb of the unknown soldier was first dedicated, president biden honored america's veterans. >> you are the very spine of american, not just the backbone, the spine. >> justly did a century ago, military procession march through arlington military cemetery. throughout the nation's capital, more ceremonies took place at the world war i and world war ii memorials. as well as a wreath laying at the navy memorial and for the first time, and reading of all 7,070 names of those americans killed in action since 9/11. read by gold star families at the tunnel to tower ceremony at the lincoln memorial. at the vietnam memorial, a ceremony in front of the wall lists all 58,318 americans killed in action. when hundred years ago today, unknown american soldiers killed in world war i was placed in a horse-drawn carriage and paraded through the nation's capital to a state funeral at arlington. speed of the tomb of the unknown soldier itself has become our natural place of mourning for all o

navy ship in the playing of the gas in the ceremony also marked the centennial arlington cemetery's tomb of the unknown soldier for world war i service men were first placed to rest. >> you will hear the tolling of a bill today 21 times, signifying the arm assist and 1111, and for causing all hostilities to head on the battle of the western front. and then you will hear taps, is played in commemoration of the centennial of the burial of the world war one unknown soldiers across town in arlington cemetery, only known to god. [bellss]. [bellss]. [bells]. [bells]. [taps]. [taps]. [taps]. [taps]. ...

. ♪ arlington national cemetery and the tomb of the unknown soldier. sheinelle joins us, as well. >> this week is 100 years since the national monument's dedication and it's being marked in an unprecedented way. today and tomorrow, the public will be able to enter the chains that surround the sacred sit to pay respects and lay flowers. >> craig, you had a chance to speak to some military families, really emotional moments there >> yeah. i went down to d.c. last week and you could make the argument that arlington national cemetery is some of the most hallowed ground in this country but in addition to the tomb, there are these sentinels, 24/7, 365 days a year, since 1948 they have stood watch guarding that tomb so we've got some unprecedented access to see precisely how it is they do that. and the military precision that it requires is breathtaking, to say the least. so veterans day, of course, is on thursday. and to honor the 100 year anniversary of the dedication of that tomb, they are allowing people to go and do something they haven't done before >>

, very personal comments from the president of the united states on this veterans day, his first at arlington national cemetery and tributes around the country as well. we'll continue to track those and coming back breaking news on president trump's late attempt to block secret records from the jer 6th committee. we'll be right back. and if they don't like it, they give 'em their money back. wait, they take the car back? that's crazy! what if it was driven by like a zookeeper? or a mud wrestler? or a guy who's on the outs with the missus and he just needs a place to sleep for seven days? yeah. (vo) buy your car online. love it or return it. with carvana. kevin! kevin? kevin. oh nice. kevin, where are you? kevin?!?!? hey, what's going on? i'm right here! i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. i'm gonna cashback on a gingerbread house! oooh, it's got little people inside! and a snowglobe. oh, i wished i lived in there. you know i can't believe you lost another kevin. it's a holiday tradition! that it is! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited. how do you cashb

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

in arlington national cemetery access is usually restricted at the final resting place for three unidentified service members who died in world war i, world war ii and the korean war. >>> and as we honor our veterans this week, we're taking a closer look at latinos in the military and the struggles many face to rise through the ranks. more on our series, those who serve. >> reporter: ricardo remembers the highs of being an airman, but can't forget the lows, setbacks that grounded his career. >> it is a dream of a lifetime i fell in love with flying back when i was seven years old. >> reporter: but after serving the country for 15 years, that dream came to a screeching halt. >> i saw no more future in the active duty for me. >> reporter: he was no longer rising in the ranks. he says he wasn't sure why until he looked in the mirror do you think the opportunities to hit the right steppingstones in the military didn't come to you because you were hispanic? >> yes the short answer is yes. >> reporter: why did you think it had to do with your ethnicity? >> i had no reason to think it had to do with

cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty at a polling site in arlington, virginia. sunlen, we know there is a major focus on this. a lot of talk about whether this race has actually is a bellwether for 2022. what were these two candidates saying in their final pitches to voters? >> reporter: well, erica, as you know, this is a very, very close race. and the candidates know that they need people to get out here and vote today. and what we saw from each of the candidates in making their closing arguments was largely them staying true to the core part of their strategy. for democrat terry mcauliffe that was about defining this race, casting youngkin, the republican candidate, as a proxy for donald trump, tieing him to donald trump, even falsely claiming last night on the campaign trail that youngkin was doing an event with trump. that was a reference to a tele town hall that trump dialed into that youngkins wi was not . and for glenn youngkin, his strategy has been to keep trump at arm's length, keep some distance from the former president's endorsement, focusing on lo

ury before we will ever se it again this this is the scene at arlington is the scene in arlington cemetery, are awaiting one of the most moving and impressive in dramatic places in our country. high on the hill, solemn, protected 24/7 by the u.s. army's old guard. the tomb of the unknown's. those lost in battle and unknown but to god. for the first time in a century, the protective robeson stanchions designed to keep the public at a safe distance, are pulled back to allow people, ordinary citizens, all kinds of people, the chance to pay their respects. and leave flowers and mementos, up close. it's all meant to mark the centennial of the tomb. 100 years ago in 1921. the first remains of three unknown u.s. servicemen, since world war i, were laid to rest their. arlington got us to thinking about my friend max cleveland. back when he was a young captain outside of k son in 68, he picked up a live grenade. which cost him three of his limbs. he came home to the states, with a purple, heart bronze star, silver star in one arm. and with the help of the magicians at walter reed, he put himself ba

the 100 anniversary of arlington's cemetery tomb of the unknown shoulder. the story behind the tomb, including the overseas journey that took this anonymous soldier from the fields of world war i france to america's most revered burial ground. watch every weekend and find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> offers a variety of outcasts. every week, book notes plus has in-depth interviews with writers about their latest works. weekly uses audio from our archive to look at how issues developed over the years. our series "talking risk" talks about historians' lives and works.

. >>> president biden will mark veterans day at arlington national cemetery by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. in honor of the tomb's 100th anniversary, the public got a rare chance to walk up to the memorial and pay tribute to america's unidentified fallen service members. 96-year-old world war ii veteran darryl bush placed flowers at the tomb. he was shot five times during the battle of the bulge in 1944 and he said at one point he thought he would be an unknown. >>> let's take a look at your veterans day weather. thousands were left in the dark when a strong storm hit areas around tulsa, oklahoma, overnight. the storms stretched into north texas with hail, strong winds and heavy rain. the system moving east is bringing storms from the gulf coast into the carolinas today. it's all part of a coast-to-coast storm system that will hit the midwest with heavy rain today. the northeast gets that rain tomorrow. checking today's high temperatures 50s in boston and seattle. mid-50s from denver to chicago, as well. 80s for the southwest. >>> coming up, the growing impact o

biden's late son beau served in iraq after laying the wreath in arlington, president biden delivered some remarks. >> our veterans represent the best of america. you are the very spine of america, not just the backbone, you're the spine of this country. and all of us, all of us owe you. we have many obligations. one truly sacred obligation to properly prepare those and equip those who we send into harm's way and care for them and their families while they're both deployed and when they return home. >> and on this veterans day, the latest episode of the chuck podcast features one on one with the head of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america paul. spend time remembering max cleveland we lost earlier this week. who in many ways was the first face of the v.a. get it wherever you get your podcast. >>> up next, amid heightening tensions between the united states and china on the world stage, xi jinping cements his power at home just days before a virtual meeting with president biden. what to expect. you're watching "meet the press daily." ♪♪ and, getting screened for colon cance

finally bree asks will you come to arlington national cemetery and lay wreaths with my friends and i at section 600 on decembe? yes. i will bring my family, too. nice job. thanks for ininviting us into your home tonight, that's it for "special report." fair balancenned and unafraid. "fox news primetime" hosted by pete hegseth starts in just a few seconds but, pete, have you ever done that? that is something else to lay the wreaths at arlington national cemetery. >> pete: man, you hit a note. i want to bring my kids. i want to go there. i want them to experience it. it's on my calendar. >> bret: let's do it you and me. >> pete: let's see if we can do it. i would love it do it with you. awesome tradition. good on you, bret. ♪ ♪ >> pete: i jumped the gun, good evening, america it's 7:00 p.m. on the east coast and 6:00 p.m. in god's country which means it's time for "fox news primetime." i'm pete hegseth. tonight we start again with omicron. while the leftist media freaks out over new covid variant the timing could not be better for our nation's autocrats, you know, the democrats. be

he marked his first veterans day as president with a wreath- laying at arlington national cemetery. and, he said that many veterans have faced challenges that most people will never know. mr. biden also announced new help for troops exposed to toxins from so-called burn pits. we will look at this, after the news summary a ninth person has died of injuries suffered at a houston concert last friday. the latest victim was a 22-year- old college senior. he and the others were hurt when fans surged toward the stage as rap artist travis scott performed. today, scott asked victims to contact him directly for any assistance they need. in eastern europe, fears are growing that a migrant crisis could erupt into a military confrontation. overnight, polish troops clashed again with migrants along the border with belarus. lithuania also reported attempted crossings, and ukraine sent troops to its border with belarus. thousands of people are huddled in makeshift camps inside belarus, in freezing weather. most are trying, ultimately, to get to germany. china's president xi jinping warned today aga

the two food banks i encourage in arlington, it is the arlington food bank, and in pensacola we support manna. those are the two i would encourage if you're in those two areas. >>> thanks for being here at this hour. we're back tomorrow with "meet the press daily." msnbc continues right now with katy tur. >>> there is new evidence despite trying to slow the omicron variant, it is likely too late. dutch authorities show that samples of the variant were in the

two world war i historians join us on a soldier from france to arlington national cemetery. >> allison whaing -- how did this concept of the unknown soldier being honored come about? >> really it really goes back to the beginning of the mechanismization of warfare you see expand during world war i of course you have a lot unidentifiable remain but people were struggling with the fact they could not figure out who many of the casualties were so great britain and france buried unknown soldier in each of the countries in great britain in westminster abbey and arch triumph in paris so u.s. tried to do something about that and started by hamiltonfish of new york who submitted legislation to bury unknown soldier from the u.s. >> i hear casket is being carried down steps of the united states capitol that'sed scene that modern americans will be familiar with similar ceremonies in our time. and put on the first drawn year that will make its way over through the streets of washington and over to arlington cemetery. let's watch for just a minute. >> so that is where today you see the larger over

there are white voters choosing white supremacy except they are rich white liberals voting in arlington and fairfax and voted for higher taxes and climate change and progressive education and anti-police reform. this is what white rich liberals can afford but the black working class can't. if they go out to the white working class they are going out to the black working class. they choose this amount of spending. they pretend they are doing well but they are hurting everybody because they shifted from class to race and can't get out of it. it's the rich white liberal who votes democrat who is the real racist. they are hurting the black worses class as they try to hurt the white working class. >> biden contradicted by his own white house after saying reports of paying migrants are garbage. mass general brigham. when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine, this is the only healthcare system in the country with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers, in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harvard medical

roads, to the coalfields in southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to the memorials in arlington national cemetery. this is our virginia to build together, and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those -- there are those that say that the hill is too steep to climb. but we are empowered to. we are empowered by a conviction, a righteous conviction in our children's future strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. so let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. together, together. together. together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar, and we never settle. a new day were all virginians, all of us, can deserve to look forward to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming, and then achieving that great virginia promise. god best you all! god bless the commonwealth of virginia! and let's go. >> you been listening to now government elect of virginia that the governor glenn youngkin coming from sort of nowhere to come out and win estate that a ye

korean war memorial, adjacent to the vietnam memorial or on the banks of the potomac with a view of arlington cemetery why here >> it is the space that we've designated as a nation to honor the service and sacrifice past >> reporter: but congress must first approve the memorial and the effort is stalled. in 2003 congress passed a law that prohibited new monuments from being built they wanted to preserve the open space. >> it should be on our national mall. >> reporter: republican senator joni ernst, also an iraq war veteran, and democratic senator maggie hasan, are pushing congress to act. why is it so necessary >> it is part of a healing process, and for many american families, they want to know that their loved ones will not be forgotten. >> for our veterans, especially of afghanistan, but for the entire war on terror to know that their efforts were not in vain. >> reporter: the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan in august was a reminder of the toll the war had taken. but families want to permanently honor their sacrifice. what would it mean to come to the mall to see a memorial that honors y

arlington got us to thinking about my friend max cleland. back when he was a young captain, he was outside of cason in '68 he picked up a live grenade which cost him three of his limbs. max cleland came home to the states with a purple heart, bronze star, sill vr star and one arm. with the help of the magicians at walter reed he put himself back together. a u.s. senator from georgia, later defeated by a disgusting gop smear campaign that he was somehow not tough enough on terrorism. the attack ads showed him next to imagery of osama bin laden. after his defeat, which laid him low, cleland was named va secretary. as an enlisted man grievously injured he had this way of talking to fellow veterans that fancier washington types never quite mastered. max cleland has died at the age of 79 and we have lost an actual patriot, one tough guy who leaves behind his own chapter of our american history. we're back with a final word right after this. lower carbon. and to get there, the world needs to reduce global emissions. at chevron, we're taking action

finally for the first time in nearly a century the tomb of th unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery will be open for visitors for two days. it members of the public will b able to lay flowers before the sacred site to honor the memorials at centennial had a veterans day on thursday 11 as always if you have a video you want to share hit us up at shannon bremer at fox news nights on social media. >> was when week ago tonight that republicans rocked the democrats and numerous offer elections but will actually set the stage for major gop gains and extras midterms. >> correspondent mike emanuel i digging into that for estimate. >> pass republican campaign leaders are wanting their democratic colleagues it's time to start considering career options when you go home over thanksgiving you have a choice to make you have a decision you can either retire or lose next fall. relieving the national republican congressional committee which is now targetin 70 vulnerable democrats the mos recent 13 representing district from arizona to connecticut and florida new mexico. republican leaders are also

memorial wanted to have one of my works, they had seen the pledge monument at the women's memorial in arlington and they wanted a piece and so the united states wardogs associated graciously gifted it. they support war dogs when they're on duty and back at home and that's how it came about. arthel: the sculpture is entitled service and sacrifice. tell us about the sculpture. >> it depicts john dedora, from field team 6 who was sadly shot down along with 17 seals, 29 military personnel and his dog bart in afghanistan in 2011. so it's been about 10 years. and he was very brave, what he did. i had his right hand on his rifle to show his duty and sense of duty and his left hand touching his dog and showing the bond, the animal/human bond. arthel: that's so wonderful. if i can get 30 seconds on this, i do want to find out about your upcoming project. i understand the national service animals monument and the purple poppy movement tell me about this. >> i'm excite dude be the arrest -- excited to be the artist for this monument. it will be in washington, dc, hopefully. this will be a monument to all

cnn's washington correspondent is in arlington, virginia, this morning. mcauliffe has been associating youngkin with former president donald trump. trump put out a statement that the mcauliffe camp might welcome. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, jim. the donald trump factor has loomed very large in this race. today no exception, certainly notable that this morning the former president came out with another statement in support of glen youngkin, someone who as a candidate has tried to distance himself from donald trump but while keeping him at arm's length. not only did the former president release a statement in support of him this morning but he's anticipated to appear at a telerally on behalf of youngkin tonight, but youngkin saying he took no part in planning the event, does not plan to participate, but this has played into democrat terry mcauliffe's hand, the strategy to cast youngkin as somewhat of a proxy of donald trump. here's how he responded over the weekend, trying to capitalize on the former president's late in the game involvement in thi

again, my question tonight is not when you look at a fairfax county or arlington county or something like that. it's not can loudoun win it but can youngkin cut 10 or 15 points off of trump's lost. that will be key for republicans. >> well, and that's really of course and that's when the question comes if he does that, willie, democrats have to start asking themselves whether they have to retool their message, whether they have to retool their strategies proving forward because they are not going to be running against donald trump and they'll not be able to run against donald trump in 2024 as much as the democratic party fears donald trump politically. trump actually is a guy that lost to hillary clinton by 3 million votes in 2016, only won of the day because of anthony weiner's laptop and comey and a number of other things and the comey letter coming out of that laptop. they got a guy who obviously they loathe in office but you look at race like this and when trump removes from the equation, youngkin has removed trump from the equation and suddenly, people look at republicans and de

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

first let's go to sunlen serfaty in arlington. sunlen? >> reporter: polls are open here in virginia, voting got started about two hours ago. and here at this polling location in arlington, virginia, which is a suburb just outside of d.c., we are seeing a steady stream of people coming in and out, not super long lines, but the director here tells me they have already had 150 people in just two hours vote already. and a lot of people are also coming in and dropping their mail-in vote at this official ballot drop box over here among the 1.1 million virginians who have already cast votes in the early voting. today, talking to voters as they come out, it is very clear there is a lot of passion in this race and that likely will compel people to come out and vote today, talked with one man a short time ago, he is an independent, but he leans republican. he sat out in the race in 2020, he did not want to vote for trump, he tells me he also didn't want to vote for biden, but he tells me he felt compelled to vote today. he said because he's talking

the two food banks i encourage in arlington, it is the arlington food bank, and in pensacola we support manna. those are the two i would encourage if you're in those two areas. >>> thanks for being here at this hour. we're back tomorrow with "meet the press daily." msnbc continues right now with katy tur. >>> there is new evidence despite trying to slow the omicron variant, it is likely too late. dutch authorities show that samples of the variant were in the netherlands even before authorities sounded the alarm on november 24. it was already in europe as early as november 19th, and it's now been found in at least 20 countries. that much we do know. as for what we don't know, namely whether vaccines will still protect us from this variant, there are head-snapping predictions from the ceos behind the pfizer and moderna vaccines. the head of biontech, a partner in the pfizer vaccine, tells reuters that current vaccines will still likely protect us from severe cases, even though there may be some diminished protection against mild or moderate cases. meantime, the head of moderna says that e

9/11 museum in new york, 9/11 tribute center, the e pentagon historian, capitol hill historian, the arlington county public libraries, the flight 93 national memorial park service compiled in shanksville. and i found with a researcher who worked with me on this book, we found about 5,000 of those original oral histories archived around the country and ultimately boiled it down to about 2,000 that i spent a year working with you end up telling the story that i tell in this book. there are some big observations that sort of grow out of looking at 9/11 on a national level like that that i want to spend some time talking about tonight. the first is just how different our country was on the morning of september 11. that we sort of now say flippantly and in passing, 9/11 changed everything. but we forget just how much actually 9/11 changed. and to capture that, we have to actually look at what to me is the most fascinating moment of 9/11, which is the 17 minutes between the first crash and the second crash. eighth:46 in the morning to 9:03. and what unfolds during those 17 minutes is the country re

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 the annual ceremony at the tomb of the unknown, on the 100 anniversary of the monument, there in arlington. he then praised our nations veterans. >> it's the badge of courage, that unites across all ages, regardless of background, because, to be a veteran is to endure and survive challenges that most americans will never know. our veteran representatives represent the best of america. you are the very spined of americans. not just the backbone, the spine of this country. >> earlier today the white house announced efforts to provide more support for veterans who have been exposed to the carcinogenic smoke from the burning of latrine waste on overseas military bases, so-called bone pit, also tonight, there is a new development in the aftermath of last week's election. new york times reporting that tomorrow, jack ciattarelli, the republican who tried to unseat governor phil murphy in new jersey will concede defeat at long last. ciattarelli went too far on election night, talking about his stoic achievement and his transition team going to work that week. the problem for him is, murphy is now

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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

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