this is "krp krn saturday morning." it is saturday, july 18th. good morning. >> good morning, 6:00 here where we sit. 3:00 a.m. in california, wherever you are, thanks for starting your day right here. really some sad news, helps us all remember a guy who led the way, no matter what kind of jep raigs of broadcaster you are. you know this guy. before we were ever the most trusted name in news being hes

was the most trusted man in america, walter cronkite. >> what an illustrious career. >> a lot of you looking for jobs, at least know people who are. check this out. city center in las vegas under construction right there. they are creating 40,000 jobs, 12,000 still available. we're getting you information on all that. >> did i just see you in a hard hat? >> and work boots. >> let's show other video here. just a beautiful picture. these are live i'm being told. where is that coming to us from? from space. here it is, nasa, this is their live feed we're looking at. live pictures from space. you see the shuttle "endeavor" up there on a 16-day mission. a space walk expected today, kind of crowded up there in space right now. we'll explain what's going on up there. again, walter caron kite we're starting with.

he left the cbs anchor desk 28 years ago. his impact on the role of a news anchor still with us. >> he died last night with his family by the side. he was 92 years old. our anderson cooper has more on a fascinating life. >> reporter: for so long, for so many of us, he was the most trusted man in america. >> that's the way it is. >> reporter: walter caron kite covered the world and in a name of fewer channels and fewer newscasts he changed the world as well. >> looking back on it, i think i was so lucky to fall into the right things at the right time and it worked beautifully. >> reporter: he was born in 1916. he was a beat reporter and football announcer before joining united press in 1939 when the first troops stormed normedeny, he was there. >> as dwight eisenhower told me on this very wall over here on the 20th anniversary of d-day, that he thinks of the

grandchildren that these young kids will never have. that's something for all of us to think about. >> reporter: when we think about walter cronkite, we think about his tenure at cbs, a company he joined in 1950. 12 years later, he became the anchor of the cbs evening news. in that chair, in that role, he came to define what an anchor was. he told america the way was. who can forget november 22, 1963? cronkite reported and reacted to the horror in dallas. >> from dallas, texas,s the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: in 1968, after returning from a trip to vietnam, his conclusions may have helped altar the course of history. >> it seems now more certain than ever the bloody experience

of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. >> reporter: the opinion reached president johnson who reportedly said, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. >> his approach to news was, when news happens, get it close to the story as you possibly can and tell people about it in language that they can understand. walter spoke like the average person. it wasn't all literary, flowery kind of language. people don't talk that way and walter didn't either. >> reporter: walter it seems was always there. for the moon landing. >> man on the moon. oh, boy. >> reporter: for watergate, for the mideast break through. he was humble and honest and straightforward and never made himself the story, even on a winter day in 1981 when he sat in the anchor chair for the last time. >> old anchormen, you see, don't fade away. they just keep coming back for more. and that's the way it is, friday, march 6, 1981. i'll be away on assignment and

dan rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. good night. >> reporter: good night, mr mr. cronkite. good night, and godspeed. anderson cooper, cnn, new york. >> and that's the way it is. i love that, i'm going to be away on assignment. >> i'll be back. >> he was always working. >> he didn't go too far. he kept working, doing other things, documentaries and other things. you never get away from it. >> month, you don't. a lot of people this morning are recalling their cronkite moments when he told us what was going on in this world in that voice that was unique. >> president obama among those talking about cronkite. here's what he told cbs last night. >> he was the first to share the devastating news of john f. kennedy's assassination, crys l crystalizing the grief of a nation, he cheered with every american when we went to the moon, boldly exploring a new

frontier and he brought us all those stories, large and small, which would come to define the 20th century. that's why we loved walter, because in an era before blogs and e-mail, cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> well, we are inviting you to share your memories of walter c ro nkite with us. go to our facebook and twitter pages. you can also go to our blog at cnn.com/tj or/betty. >> this morning, a lot going on in washington. a live look at the capitol this morning. a lot of lawmakers there getting a little gun shy over the cost of health care reform. the house leadership as well as the president wants legislation on health care reform passed before the august break. a lot don't think that will help. yesterday an influential group of moderates issued a letter talking about a slower timetable. in tennessee, a man is

accused of selling the gun that sold steve mcnair. that man is facing charges, adrian gillian is charged with having a firearm. he's not supposed to have one because he's a convicted felon. police say he sold a gun to mcnair's mistresses who used it to kill mcnair and herself earlier this month. he he's already one of indonesian's most wanted man. now he could be linked to the blasts in hotels. yesterday's bombings killed six people. we'll have a live report from dan rivers in jakarta in the next half hour. now we are going to take you to outer space. kind of. sort of. astronauts are having a space walk later today. there's pictures. what they're trying to do is attach the third section of a space slab on the international space station. these are indeed live pictures so i did not lie.

we are taking you straight to outer space. this is going to be quite an adventure today for these astronauts. >> amazing stuff. what do you think, t.j.? ways. >> i was just up here screaming, let's keep this picture up. that is a gorgeous live picture. amazing that kind of clarity that's coming to us -- how far up is that? >> more than a few miles. let's just put it that way. and they're going a lot faster than 55 in the hov lane. >> look at that. can you imagine waking up to that view, though? >> yeah. it would be a cool thing. i've got memories in college after a football game with some odd things. >> oh, please. >> seriously, no, it is an amazing thing to see. they're up there doing some serious work. we see this and we're transfixed by these images. this is hard work going on. >> live space walk. they'll be attaching that to the space lab up there. to be able to capture these

pictures shows you how aamazing technology is these days. >> absolutely fascinating. one thing great about that is in the vacuum of space they don't have to worry about things like thunderstorms or heat waves. >> thank goodness. >> the vacuum of space is fairly harsh but certainly pretty harsh here down in the ground below. let's show you atlanta right now. a few scattered clouds out there. it is going to be a spectacular day. the reason why? we'll explain in a few hoemts. high temperatures in atlanta going up into the 80s, nighttime lows into the 60s. unseasonably cool for this time of year. let's show you what's happening outside. we'll go to the magic wall and give you an idea we've got a frontal boundary pushing down in the southeast. we have raindrops forming along the gulf coast, also the outer banks of north carolina. just a faint line of the frontal boundary coming through, the result is going to be much cooler, drier air. we're talking about 84 for a high in atlanta on a day like

today. that's normally what you get in october. we're talking unseasonably cold. in chicago, 67, kansas city, 77, denver, 82. when you get back out to the desert southwest, the cold air is long gone. we're looking at 115 degrees in phoenix, 83 in los angeles, and death valley yesterday 126 degrees. let's start with the nighttime lows. this is where it gets interesting. 56 in minneapolis, 58 in chicago, guys, fast-forwarding into monday morning, we might have temperatures into the 40s in the twin cities and chicago. here in atlanta, possibly into the 50s. let's enjoy it while we can. we know we have the rest of august, september, even october we'll get right back into the 90s, possibly 100s. >> the 40s? that means folks will busting out the coats in summertime? >> it will be fantastic. i don't think we'll hear too many complaints. >> a brief relief. can we get that nasa picture back up? we've been watching this this morning and it is simply

fascinating. >> it's awesome. >> it it just rolled a minute ago. >> we don't know the technical terms, but they used to do this to look at the underside of the shuttle to check it for damage. i know they've been looking at the underside of it. but this is a live picture. i'm just nas mated. we can get this live picture. sometimes we can't get live out of atlanta this well. we're getting live from space. this is happening. it's doing this flip, this maneuver right now. >> look at it doing it right now ever so slowly. it just reminds you of just how magic things seem to be in space. you know, just how it floats along so effortlessly. look at that. >> unbelievable. >> just amazing. >> just fascinated. a lot of the technical stuff we don't understand, but this is what the space program does for so many of us. it makes us kids and we get fascinated by this stuff. it really sparks the imagination. it just inspires us all when we

see this stuff. this is just wonderful to see. >> it never does get old, does it? >> it really doesn't. we'll be talking about this a whole lot this morning. >> we're going to be showing you more today because there's going to be a space walk at noon eastern. when that happens we'll try to bring you live pictures as well. coming up here, they can't speak. they can't hear. but these young people can play ball. yes, they're playing their hearts out on the court and learning the game from that guy, a former nba guard who can hear just fine. >> i felt as if i was a deaf kid except that i could talk. >> a deaf kid who could talk. now for 30 years mike glenn has organized a basketball camp for the deaf that doesn't cost the kids a thing. you need to hear why he does what he does. and walter cronkite's greatest moments in his own wordsmeword s. you don't want to miss this.

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>> that was nbc news nightly news anchor brian williams last night on "larry king live" talking about the passioning of walter cronkite he died last night in his new york home with his family by his side. he was 92 years old. as you recall, he anchored "cbs evening news" from 1962 to 1981 always signing off with a that's the way it is." he brought us news from jfk's death, mlk's assassination, the moon landing, so many stories. today he is being remembered. the we're looking right now at live pictures at the university of texas at austin. this is significant because as we look at the u.t. tower, walter cronkite attending school there back in 1933. it's been a coup spent a couple of years there, did not graduate because he became a full-time journalist. he went straight to work and was not able to graduate, but many of his longhorns do consider him

a longhorn at the heart. of course, t.j., we are remembering today walter cronkite and just the impact he had on the nation. >> of course. you know, at 92, lived a long, good life. so many times people pass suddenly. certainly people should be mourned and there should be sadness, but you have to look back and really smile on the lifetime he lived. lived a long life, surrounded by family at the end. really a day to remember and celebrate as well as to mourn the passing of, like you said, one of your fellow longhorns. i know how proud you all are of your fellow longhorns. >> we were always so proud of walter cronkite people will say, yeah, but he didn't graduate, earn a degree from u.t. look, as long as you've got gone to u.t., you are a longhorn, especially if you are walter cronkite. >> of course. we'll be looking back the rest of this morning. right now, tell you about a former nba guard who for 30 years has been doing something you really won't find anywhere else in the country. he's teaching deaf kids how to

play basketball and doesn't charge them a dime for it. a lot of reason why mike glenn's camp is special. i had to go check this one out for myself. when you first step in, it looks like any other gym you've ever been to. but quickly you realize something is different at this camp. >> reporter: a symphony of balls bouncing and shoes squeaking on a hardwood floor. every basketball gym sounds the same. or at least sounds the same to you and me. to many of these athletes, it sounds more like this. these high school students are deaf, but on the court they're determined to be like any other athlete. and this camp gives them a chance to learn the game from former nba guard mike glenn. >> too many lazy pass and the defense is stealing the ball. >> reporter: and he can hear

just fine. you're not deaf, right? >> no. >> reporter: nobody in your family is deaf. >> no. >> reporter: close friends? grew up with anybody deaf? >> not that i didn't develop. >> reporter: and you have been running a deaf basketball camp for 30 years. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: how does that make sense? >> well, it's interesting, t.j. it it really came from my dad. >> reporter: his dad, charles glenn, took a teaching job at the georgia school of the deaf and volunteered to start a basketball program for the students. >> so when i was born, i was born into that family and i would just go with dad and hang around and watch dad and fell in love with the game and with deaf culture. and it was taken off from there. >> reporter: glenn parlayed his love of basketball into a ten-year nba career and his love of the deaf to a lifetime of commitment. >> giving gifts many a particular environment i think you have to make the best of what you're given and this is what i was given. so i have to be true to it.

>> reporter: he gives deaf kids a chance to compete but also the confidence to learn from koichs who know how to relate. >> it's easy to community, first thing. it's easy to communicate. but it's very challenging. it it's a lot of physical players here. sometimes you can't hear the referee, but they're still playing. don't know exactly when to stop, can't hear the buzzer. >> reporter: there are few camps out there like glenn's, yes his is different but part of his mission is the same as any other summer camp. let kids be kids. and it all goes back to what glenn learned when he was just a kid. >> my dad gave me this heritage so i think i'm honoring him by carrying it on. so i keep doing that, too, because of my dad.

>> his dad has passed but he was able to see the camp, worked at the camp for a little while, few years. but he started 30 years ago, just wanted to do it one sum he. didn't plan on making this an ongoing thing. here he is 30 years later. and deaf kids, there have been cal ps here and there, but it's hard for deaf kids to find a camp to go to. his is there every year. >> and it's free for them. >> free for them. a couple year s back they startd bringing in kids that could hear. an interesting experiment to see how the deaf kids who oftentimes in school talk about how they're -- kids won't talk to them and kids won't bring hem into their group, to see the deaf kids in the majority treat the hearing kids just like they're treated. it was an interesting social experiment. >> did they eventually bring them in? >> eventually. it it just takes one person to break the ice. he's been doing it it 30 years. >> he was only going to do it one year. amazing.

a lot of people who do work like that in service to owes, they realize thshgs is a part of my calling. it's not just a job. >> he would never give it up now. he's carrying on something his dad gave him. he thinks he always was a kid who could hear, a deaf kid who could actually hear. >> i love that saying. great story. millions of people travel to yellowstone park for a lot of reasons, to bond with nature. >> i remember sitting and waiting on old faithful to blow her top. it felt like an eternity when you're like, 11, 12 years old, but it's a volcanic hotbed as well there at yellowstone. we took a trip out there to check it out. >> reporter: now, the epicenter for all the seismic activity has been right out here in yellowstone lake. toward the middle where just this year they've had more than 1,000 quakes reported. thththththththththththththththth

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yellowstone is paradise. i've been there. it it's a beautiful place. >> hear hear. >> and you've been there recently. >> yes. you know, it's funny some people consider this america's favorite park, but believe it or not this is a very active place, gee logically active. they've had over 1,000 earthquakes just over the start of the year, 900 alone december into january. it is one of the most volatile places on the planet geologically speaking. i spoke to seismologists and here is what they had to say. just some cool stuff. >> reporter: from its majestic peaks to roaring waterfalls to wildlife, yellowstone national park draws millions of visitors. now, this incredible park is actually situated inside of a giant crater that was formed from a volcanic eruption 640,000 years ago. scientists say another eruption is inevitable. the question is, when is it going to happen? part geologist monitors the

volcanic activity at yellowstone, one of the most geologically unstable places on earth. magna flows as close as five miles under the earth. powering geysers, steam vents and even earthquakes. recently yellowstone experienced a series of quakes over a short period. that is known as a swarm. >> yellowstone normally has lots of swarms. that's part of being in a volcanic system. what was interesting about the swarm that happened between december 2008 and january 2009 is that it was one with of the larger ones we've seen. >> reporter: so large, in fact, that a flurry of online discussions began, asking the question, is this swarm a sign of the next big volcanic eruption? scientists believe there have been at least three tremendous volcanic eruptions in the last 2.1 million years, the most recent 640,000 years ago. it it was massive.

and geology dan says an event that large would have a global impact. >> the amount of ash ejected into the atmosphere and into the strat owe sphere would with encircle the globe, they would certainly affect airline traffic. they would affect the weather. >> reporter: the epicenter for all the seismic activity has been right out here in yellowstone lake, right out there toward the middle where just this year they've had more than 1 with,000 quakes reported. >> they migrated over about a period of week to the north, toward us here, toward the outlet of yellowstone lake and then eventually the swarm subsided. >> reporter: but the questions continue, is the volcano at yellowstone at the verge of erupting? >> we don't know if there will be another catastrophic eruption like 640,000 years ago. we do think there will be eruptions, but it could be of

something like a ba salt, which people flock to hawaii to see. >> reporter: so scientists will continue to monitor the volcanic activity with remote stations like this one. they don't expect an eruption anytime soon and they say the signs would be unmistakable and much greater than the recent swarm. >> you'd see tremendous seismic activity, hundreds, thousands of earthquakes, hundreds per day. we would expect the ground surface to be swelling, geysers might become much more active, they might go entirely inactive. new geysers might open new thermal pools. it would be very obvious that something big was in the offing. >> reporter: and a very obvious warning of the next big potentially earth changing event. here's what i got. bottom line is this -- if you have plans to go to yellowstone this summer, don't cancel. i don't think they'll have the eruption this year. >> don't want to scare people. >> exactly. i got the idea these scientists know there will be a big eruption. it's inevitable.

it will happen again. the lifetime we have saying living 70 years or so doesn't sync up with a planet that's 4.6 billion years old. for the planet, athe blink of an eye could be 1,000 years, 100 years, i don't think it will happen next tuesday if you're planning a family vacation. there's not much to worry about. just an amazing thing to see. obviously so many changes in the earth taking place just below the surface bf let me ask you this, yellowstone is quite large. if it does erupt, will it take most of the park out? >> well, depends on what kind of eruption they have. if they have the eruptions they had 640,000 years ago, it could alter the planet, change the climate around the entire globe. >> that's quite a statement. >> it could wipe out all forms of life within 1,000 miles of that park itself. it's a terrifying prospect. >> so make your plans now. >> hopefully something we won't have to worry about in our lifetimes or the lifetimes of our children. >> thanks for the happy talk. >> don't cancel your trip.

there is much more to come right here on "cnn saturday morning". hello to you all. i am t.j. holmes sitting here alongside my partner betty. you just saw reynolds wolf there. a lot going on this morning, start with the sad news about walter cronkite. >> absolutely. got word last night the death of former cbs news anchor walter cronkite he lived a long life, covered so many different stories, important stories to us as americans, whether it be man walking on the moon, the kennedy assassination, the martin luther king assassination, civil rights movement, the vietnam war. the list goes on and on. this is a man who we have known for so many years, the most trusted man in america, in fact. there was a 1972 poll that was taken and what did he get, like 73% of it showing that he indeed was the most trusted person in america. now, that says a lot, especially

when it comes to your job. >> a lot of people will remember this. this is kind of before our time that he was in his heyday, i guess. but when he was leaving the anchor desk, a lot of people were worried what are we going to do now? who are we going to turn to, listen to? of course the landscape of the news media has changed so much in broadcast media so much we don't know if we could ever have anything like a walter cronkite anymore. you've got so many channels and options. >> before, cable news, 24-hour news cycles. >> before opinion came into a lot of news. who do you trust out there it these days? there will probably never be anything like walter cronkite some of the big events he was there and walked the country through. here are some of the highlights of his career. >> good evening from the cbs news control center in new york, this is walter cronkite reporting. >> the eagle has landed.

>> oh, boy. >> thank you. >> boy. >> we're going to be busy for a minute. >> i want to say something. i'm speechless. from dallas, it texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. old anchormen, you see, don't fade away. they just keep coming back for more. and that's the way it is, friday, march 6, 1981. i'll be away on assignment and dan rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. good night. >> and that's the way it is. >> a lot of people have memories of walter cronkite we'd like for you to share yours with us. you can go to our web pages. we've got plenty out there, pace book, twitter, cnn.com/tj or /betty. share your memories of the most trusted man in america. other news to tell you about this morning, including this.

investigators say they are making progress in the case of a florida couple murdered during a home invasion. eight people have been arrested and they've recovered a safe believed to have been taken from the couple's home. meanwhile, though, a funeral was held for byrd and melanie billings yesterday. the couple known for adopting special needs children, nine of their 16 children were home during the invasion. let the investigations begin. the house intelligence committee will try to determine if laws were broken when the cia concealed a now-canceled counterterrorism program from congress last month. leon panetta says he was told dick cheney ordered the intelligence agency to withhold information from lawmakers. the cia says it is cooperating with the review. secretary of state hillary clinton is in mumbai, india, her first stop on a weeklong trip to asia. her goal is to strengthen the strategic partnership between the u.s. and india on issues

like climate changpakistan is o agenda. after that she heads to thailand to meet with their prime minister and attend a summit for southeast asian nations. we are starting to get more and more details about the suicide bombers who attacked the american hotels in jakarta. >> who may be responsible for this? we want to take you live to indonesia for the latest. more on the life as well of newsman walter cronkite one of our very own show writers was a cbs intern at the time. we'll hear his personal experience and share some of the stories that he has of walter cronkite

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>> reporter: well, at the moment all leads look like they're pointing towa ining towards a m been on the run here, a notorious terrorist. that's the thinking at the moment from the police. they say they're almost certain that this a double blast was the work of this man, also implicated in a string of attacks in indonesia over the past decade, including the devastating attacks in bali in 2002 and 2005. all of his attacks have focused on western targets, trying to kill as many westerners as possible. yesterday they seem to have succeeded. now getting a picture of the casualties of the six confirmed dead, three thought to have been australians, including an australian diplomat. it's just been confirmed in the last few minutes. also a new zealand gentleman

died and a man from singapore and indonesian. a business meeting was the target in the marriott hotel right behind me here. it appears from the tv footage that's been recovered that the suicide bomber talked his way past the security guard, wheeled a suitcase in and detonated the suitcase with devastating results. >> dan, you mentioned there some of those who had been killed, but do we know about injuries as well? how many and are there americans among those injured? >> reporter: yeah. more than 50 people injured, including 8 americans. none of the american injuries are thought to be life threatening, but people from all sorts of different countries, the uk, australia, italy and never lands and so on. basically, both of these hotels, the ritz-carlton and on the other side the marriott just over the road, both were real hubs for business leaders to meet and talk. there was a regular business breakfast, a sort of power

breakfast, that went on every friday morning. it may well be that the terrorists knew that was taking place and they specifically targeted it. one interesting point, they found an undetonated bomb on the 18th floor in a room they think was being used as a sort of command and control center by the terrorists. they think the terrorists were checked in as guests and had been in the hotel for a couple of days. >> dan rivers for us in jakarta. dan, we appreciate you this morning. indonesia's deadliest terrorist attack was in 2002 on the island of bali, bomb blast killed more than 200 people at nightclubs, most of the victims tourists. several members of the islam group were convicted for the attacks. in twoi 3, the al qaeda-linked group killed 12 people in the same hair yot hit on thursday. in '04, they struck the australian embassy, killed nine. the following year, suicide bombers struck again in bali, this time killing 20 people. an american fighter jet has

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susan, your thoughts on this sad night. >> for me, i was 19 years old when i started in the washington bureau and it was weeks after watergate. what cronkite was, what cronkite embodied was the core values of any young journalist. was an unbelievable time during watergate. he was coming down and anchoring specials. what was so striking about the time was the impact a single voice could have. "the washington post" network television was on night after night, and i think those of us who grew up in that era saw the impact that this single man had. people were trusting this man like no one else that had come,

we were in their living rooms. walter came into your living room, yet walter was not about flash. walter was about the story. >> that's susan, a cbs news producer who worked with walter cronkite of course, who passed away at the age of 92. take a look at this. she says she kept a copy of the script that cronkite read to the nation the day president nixon resigned. says she keeps it at her desk. take a look at that. he died last night, again, at his home in manhattan after a long illness. cbs owe pisfficials say his fams at his side. again, walter cronkite, 92 years old. >> and that's the way it is. >> that was his signature signoff. and that's the way it is. in fact, one of our news writers on this show remembers those words very well. clint was a college summer intern back at cbs when walter cronkite was working there. and you have a unique story as to how that signature came

about. >> yes, betty. this was 1978 when i was an intern there. the international radio television society brought about ten students from around the country to new york. ed bliss was cronkite's chief writer and ed wrote the book "writing news for broadcasts." ed told us a story that "and that's the way it is" was a scripted line because one day he forgot to write and that's the way it is and walter didn't say it. when walter went off, the phones went nuts. >> americans went, where is your signature signoff? >> they had no idea. after that, the policy was, the first script walter got was "and that's the way it is," june 27, 1973. >> from then on, we heard it every night. you also have a unique story about walter cronkite the journalist who was so very particular about facts. we all have to be in this business, but this was a man who went the extra mile. >> yes. cronkite was just unusual about

it. i was a news researcher, and our job was to find facts. if he needed a name, somebody's name, whether they were in new york or south africa, we would have to call them, ask them how they spelled their name and how they pronounced their name and then relate that information. >> no matter what time it was? >> no matter what time it was. >> walter wants to know. how was he, walter the man? >> he was a very friendly guy, average sized guy. i worked in the newsroom and as a researcher. at that time you had lots of these people who were -- douglas edwards was in the newsroom. we just revered him. we all did. i was just blown away. >> and today we are remembering walter cronkite, the icon. >> yes, yes indeed. >> what a great thing to have known him. >> yes, indeed it was. >> very lucky man. >> quite an honor. >> yes, indeed. t.j., a lot of people around the nation today remembering walter cronkite. those little moments in their

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supreme court justice nominee sonia sotomayor was in the hot seat all week on capitol hill. >> yes. the seat was on fire, wasn't it? >> it was day after day. >> what did we hear day after day, the same wise latina. that kept comment just didn't go away. now the hearings are over. what happens next? we hear that from our deputy political director paul steinhauser. >> good morning. sonia sotomayor's time in the hot seat is over. now it's up to the senate judiciary committee to actually vote on her nomination to the supreme court. that could come as elle as tuesday, but republicans may push that back a week so it could be a week and a half from now when the vote actually happens. she's expected to pass committee. remember, there are 12 democrats and only 7 republicans on the committee. then the next step would be a vote in the overall senate. republicans have said they will not philly buster her vote,

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there is no word yet on the fate of the crew of an american fighter jet that has crashed many eastern afghanistan early this morning. this comes in the middle of what's already the deadliest month for u.s.-led porouses for

the afghan war. let's go live to the phone. he's with the marines at camp leatherhead. give us the latest on the crash investigation. what do you know? >> well, we've spoken with the u.s. military and they have confirmed that before dawn this morning a strike eagle did go down in eastern afghanistan and two crew members on board. the military spokesman is insisting this is not due to hostile fire and that an investigation is under way as to why the fighter jet went down. as far as we know, this may be the first time an american warplane has gone down over afghanistan since this war began some eight years ago. there have been losses of helicopters, however, due to hostile fire and also u.s. military cargo plane. but this is what we believe to be the first fighter jet to have gone down over this country, betty. >> ivan, two-man fighter jet went down. we're hearing no hostile fire. what do they think, possibly

weather or just a malfunction with the plane? >> again, i didn't get a firm answer. they said there would be an investigation into that. we have gotten reports from other media sources, other spokemen who have insisted on not speaking about -- there have been the two servicemen on board that fighter jet are believed to have died but we haven't been able to confirm that. i'd like to bring your attention to another incident that took place today involving national afghan army. we have gotten information that there was a suicide car bombing that killed three afghan national army soldiers and wounded three more. just to give a sense as to the level of violence that is seen around this country, yesterday there was a roadside bomb near the border with pakistan that killed at least seven afghan civilians who were on their way to a shrine. as you me as you mentioned, this has been

the bloodiest month for this eight-year war for the foreign troops on the ground here. at least 47 people killed, 47 american and nato forces this month alone, and the month is far from over. on thursday a british soldier was killed here . also, eight american marines have been killed this month operating in this area, in helmand province, as they are describing the largest assault that the marines have conducted since the vietnam war, sending some 4,000 marines from here into areas of this province that have basically been green zones, free zones, for taliban fighters moving into these areas and pledged to hold on to this territory to bring the afghan government into pockets of afghanistan that have not effectively had any afghan central government in the last four to five years, betty. >> ivan watson joining us by phone, and as he noted the

deadliest month for u.s.-led forces in the afghan war. we are waiting for word on the two crew members of that f-15 fighter jet that went down in afghanistan. we're following this story very closely. from the cnn center, this is "cnn saturday morning." it is july 18th. good morning, everybody. >> hello there. 7:00 here in atlanta, georgia, where with we sit. it is 6:00 in st. louis, four:00 a.m. in phoenix. we're glad you could start your day with us. we are remembering a man who meant so much to us in this business, meant so much to the country for so many years, walter cronkite dead at the age of 92. we're going to be looking back at his extraordinary career and also talking to his friends this morning. and senators, they tried to pin her down on race and discrimination, but judge sonia

sotomayor, she survived it all. armed with strong support from democrats and even a few republicans, the question is, what is next for her as she awaits the august vote? also, you can buy all kinds of stuff online these days, amazon.com and all that shopping people do online. would you want to buy a house online? you can get -- >> depends on the price. >> you can get them cheap. just point and click, we'll show you how this is done. and right now we want to turn to walter cronkite so many across the nation are mourning his passing today. he did die at the age of 92, had a long and full life. you know, really took the nation through some of the most trying times the kennedy assassination, the mlk assassination, civil rights movement, the war in vietn vietnam. but also some of its greatest moments like man walking on the moon. >> that is the one people will remember. he was so well-known for not showing emotion at all on the air, not putting his opinion out

there. there was one moment that you had to be a little giddy, just like a kid. you could tell he just clasped his hands, wow. we're on the moon. here is a look back at the extraordinary life and career of walter cronkite. >> good evening from the cbs news control center in new york, this is walter carronkite reporting. >> in the days we were all kids starting under walter, walter embodied kind of the best of everything and the best you would aspire to. there were three networks at that point, and walter was the most important man. you lived and died by what he said, how he wanted pieces to be told. you were answerable to walter when walter picked up the phone you were scared to death. but, on the other hand, there was a core value in what we did, and, you know, it was a time when one voice mattered. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time,

2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> i remember that moment where he took off his glasses and he looked at the clock and he said that president kennedy has died. you know, that was one of the earliest moments that i can remember that i really wanted to pursue a career in news. i watched walter all through the days of the apollo space program. and i remember him saying on july 20, 1969, that man has landed on the moon. >> the eagle has landed. >> roger. >> oh, boy. >> thank you. >> boy. >> we're going to be busy for a minute. >> i'm speechless. >> to think he was the most trusted man in america really was i think an understatement because at that time, any time anything ever of happened, any time anything bad happened, the world turned to walter cronkite not only for the news but for

reassurance. he was not just an icon but he was almost like a member of your family. to think that he is gone now is just such a sad occasion. >> he was the consummate television newsman. he had all the credentials to be a writer, an editor, a broadcast er. there was only one walter cronkite, and there may never be another one. >> being friends with walter cronkite was about as high as you could rise many our business, to be his colleague and his friend was a double blessing. >> a little later this morning we'll get more reaction on the death of walter cronkite, including from cnn's president being our boss, john klein. also from cnn vice president

linda mason. both will join us in the 10:00 hour. i love hearing those stories. everyone has a different story of walter cronkite, but it all goes back to the same thing. he was the epitome of journalism and what we do as a craft. he just was so concentrated on the facts and getting it right. >> and it's so different. don't get me wrong. we still concentrate on the facts but the whole landscape of the business has changed so much. it it would be interesting to see him in this new environment, to see how -- he would certainly stand out, no doubt. >> and he didn't just go away, either, when he was taken off of the cbs evening news. he still worked for many, many years, wrote several books. so he continued to be the journalist. we'll share your memories of walter cronkite go to our facebook page, twitter page, also our blog at cnn.com/tj or cnn.com/betty. we have live pictures for you this morning out of the nation's capital where the house

speaker wants health care reform legislation passed before congress adjourns next month. that live picture, there it is, thank you for not making a liar out of me this morning. there is that live picture. some lawmakers, again, balking at the bottom line on all of this health care reform. in his weekly address this morning, the president says the cost will not be as high as some are saying. >> the same folks who controlled the white house and congress for the past eight years as we ran up record deficits will argue, believe it or not, that health reform will lead to record deficits. that's simply not true. our proposals cut hundreds of billions of dollars in unnecessary spending and unwarranted giveaways to insurance companies in medicare and medicaid. they change incentives so providers will give patients the best care, not just the most expensive care, which will mean big savings over time. we've urged congress to include a proposal for a standing commission of doctors and

medical experts to oversee cost savings measures. >> the president is vowing that health care reform will not add to the federal deficit, but as republicans say, the numbers are just not adding up. >> in their weekly address, senator minority whip talks about one of the gop's acceptabilifears over the plan. >> they propose to pay for this washington-run health care system by dramatically raising taxes on small business owners. small businesses create jobs, approximately two-thirds of new jobs in the last decade. with a shaky economy and the need for new jobs being the last thing the president and the congress should be is impose new taxes on america's small businesses. new taxes on small business would cripple job creation, especially jobs for low wage earners. >> well, republicans would like to see small businesses ban together to buy insurance at a

discounted group rate. >> we'll see how that works out. again, we're auking about that press conference yesterday. so much as the cbo director kale out and said, none of these plans are going to do what you're saying it's going to do. it's going to cost a lot of money. so that really heated things up. >> it's kind of confusing as we talk about all of this because there are so many different plans out there. when you hear the administration's plan and then you've got the gop plan, other people weighing in. you're trying to figure out, okay, what's on the table? >> i think there's five different committees considering forms of legislation. they'll all get together at some point, but the deadline is august. he wants them to have this done before august for the recess. a lot of people saying that's not possible. >> how do we pay for it all? a massive new project, sp k speaking money, taking place in las vegas. see how it's not only an oasis for the unemployment but it is really going to add to the

skyline on the vegas strip. >> i just love you in the hard hat. usually when you go -- >> it suits me, right? >> usually when betty goes to vegas, she needs a hard hat because she's working. but it's usually from the casino floor. >> that's right. all of the money comes raining down. >> unfortunately, i wish that was the case. it it is not. the hard hat, that should be my regular attire at work. >> it should. >> especially around here. every now and then things come flying, don't they? >> they certainly do. try 114 degrees in vegas. it is going to be hot out there, no question. even though they will be sizzling in the desert southwest, a good part of the nation will experience a huge cool-down, possibly record low temperatures as we get to the evening and tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that massive cool-down coming up right here on "cnn saturday morning." ,

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40,000 jobs. i traveled to vegas to meet the man behind the plan. >> reporter: how many buildings is it comprised of? >> well, you're on about 67 acres of land. there are over 20 different buildings here. >> reporter: welcome to city center, the newest addition on the vegas strip. the mgm ceo came up with this project. >> a lot of the casinos will put the gaming right up front. you decided to put it toward the back. >> we did. >> reporter: why? >> we don't think we immediate to put it in everyone's face. many the old days being the casino was front and center and everything was designed from an egress perspective to force people into the casinos. that's insulting. people want to gamble, we'll have a wonderful casino there, but that is not the heart of city center. >> reporter: instead, he is making art, architecture and culture the focus. he's hired some of the world's

top designers to develop this urban metropolis and will fill it with $40 million worth of contemporary art. but getting city center funded in the midst of a recession has been a real challenge. it it narrowly avoided bankruptcy earlier this year. >> we came very close to having to shut this project down. >> reporter: now back on track, work is under way on the center's casino, four hotels, high-rise condos, entertainment venues and retail shops. how important is city center to the future of las vegas? >> probably 20,000, 30,000 people working on projects that relate to city center. then when we open city center, we'll have about 12,000 new jobs. there's nothing in the u.s., no auto company is creating any job. no bank, no developer, no high-tech company, nothing in the united states is creating more jobs than we are. >> reporter: how is that possible, given it's not the largest property on the vegas strip? it's called building up.

the vaugs convention and visitors bureau says because there are several high-rise hotels and condos in a small space, it's creating more jobs than the average strip property. so while muren says city center is simply too big to fail kt you can bet he is still feeling the pressure. >> darn right i do. there's enormous pressure. this has to perform financially for our stake holders. it has to perform economically for the community. it has to perform for the people that we're going to employ. it has to perform for the state, to increase the state's tax base. and it has to i think perform to prove that we are more than a gaming company. >> reporter: so how would you like that kind of pressure? you know, when city center does open in december, we'll see if his gamble was a good one. but they are facing a problem when it comes to the high-rise condos, people that bought in 2006 and 2007 they prepurchased,s right? they're expecting once the construction is finished it may

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i guarantee that is the fastest aircraft he's ever managed. >> they've got a space walk coming up today, the first of five. "endeavour" up there, a 16-day mission. we just love those pictures and any excuse to show them. we'll come back and hear about weather many a bit. >> good deal, man. so point, click, and bid. it's pretty much that easy to buy a house these days if you have the money. but is the auction block really where you want to find your home? lots of pluses and minuses here. clyde anderson joins us to sort it out. we're talking about buying a home at auction. used to be that you'd have to go down to the courthouse steps to do this. >> exactly-nowadays you don't have to do that. >> no. you don't have to go to the courthouse steps. you can buy everything else online, why not a house? you can now. >> how smart is it to buy online? are there real savings? >> i think you will find real

savings. there will be steep discounts just like you see at the auction, but it's easier because you can go on being taig a look at the properties online and decide if the house is for you. >> you say tack a look at the properties online. are there lots of pictures? can you go see the property beforehand? >> yes. you can get stats on the property, make sure the titles are clear. that's definitely one of the pros. to make sure that you have a free and clear title, but you can see the property as well online. >> what are the benefits of buying online? >> i think one of the things is the free and clear title. it's easy, ease of use. >> they all have free and clear titles. >> yes. point and click. it it's definitely a pro. then also the idea that you can have steep discounts and there's no hassle. you can go on there, don't haggle back and forth. this is the price i'm willing to bid. you get it or don't get it. >> but at the same time there are at least has to be some pitfalls to this, right? >> oh, yeah. >> just like anything. what are they? >> i would say a couple of them with the property is as-is. what you see is what you get. that's one of the things.

>> that's why it's so cheap. >> yes. a lot of times it will require that you pay a 5% deposit up-front. some of them even require that the deposit is nonrefundable. you want to make sure that you are certain that this is the property you want because you won't be able get the 5% back. you want to be clear on that. also, some of them charge premium. you want to be clear, they could charge another 5% just as the convenience of buying this house online. sort of a convenience charge. so you want to make sure of that. you want to make sure. >> i knew we'd fall on some of those. >> i would say the last one would be huge profits. definitely no huge profits for seller. from a seller's standpoint, if they're selling their house online, they'll sell it quickly but not make huge profits. they'll get the minimum bid or they're going to take a bit of a haircut, loss there. >> it can be a buyer's paradise if you go to auction because you can get steep discounts. like you say, you have to be a buyer who's ready to do this deal. >> exactly. >> because you may be charged

that 5%. >> you want to be sure this is what you want to do because you could lose some money there. you definitely want to make sure. on the seller's end, it's good to do something quick. if they want to get out of the house, take a look at auction. >> a lot easier than going down to the courthouse, technology being a wonderful thing. >> a little scary, though. >> can be. >> going to buy a house online. thanks, clyde. good to see you as always. well, in this economy, starting your own business is a bit of a tall order. but one young man is making it a sweet success.

so what started out as a bizarre hobby now is a thriving family business. >> we'll turn to melissa long who introduces us to a young man who didn't let his physical and mental challenges let him get in his way of pursuing his che ini. it's this week's "how we got

started". >> reporter: in kansas, the 22-year-old is known as the bee man. >> i have around 200 hives. >> reporter: his fascination with insects began in third grade. >> anthony came to us after he saw a video at school and announced he wants to get some bees the we said, well, no. no thank you. we really put that off. and he was just so persistent. >> i just kept on asking. >> reporter: his parents finally gave in. >> we got a couple of hives of bees and kind of learned as we went. we killed bees and rebought them and started them again and got it going. >> reporter: going so well that the family had more honey than they could use. anthony suggested selling it and his hobby evolved into a family business. today anthony's beehive products are numerable. >> we actually have one type or another in over 350 stores. >> reporter: the company is about securing a future for anthony. he was born with developmental

disabilities. >> i want him to be able to live a dignified life, a respectable life. i would not put him in an institution. i don't want a group home for him. and i believe that this business is going to allow him to live independently. >> well, today we are remembering the icon when it comes to journalism, walter cronkitement he passed away last night at the age of 92. many people really reflecting on their memories of him. you're sending comments into us. let me read you just a few of the ones, the many, i've received this morning. jose says, walter cronkite is the eye pit me of what a news aingeor should be. he will be missed. rob goes on to say, have so many memories of him when i was a child. he always had my respect. rest in peace, mr. cronkite. >> one more here from jean. cronkite was known all over the world for his integrity in