a little sailing song. ♪ as the son of ason of a sailor i went out on the sea for adventure as a dreamer of dreams and a traveling man i have chalked up many a mile read dozens of books about heroes and crooks son ifof a son son og af a son of a sailor

southeast of disorder you could shake the hand of the mango man as he greets you at the border the lady, she hails from trinidad cinnamon sweet the rum is for all your good vices we ride on the wind that our forefathers hardest before us it is the son of a son of a gun ♪ . .

♪ ♪ ♪ so where this all ends, i can't fathom my friends ♪ ♪ if i knew i just might toss out my anchor ♪ ♪ but i'll cruise along ♪ ♪ always searching for something >> still the son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor d.c. is in my veins, my tradition remains i'm just glad i don't live in a trailer. trailer ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you walter.

>> we are here to celebrate the life of walter cronkite. this has been a sad summer in the history of cbs news. above us the stars seem to be going out one by one. walter in july, don in august, and ed bradley three years ago. the three who fought the same battles together proudly and passionately. writers have said that walter's

passing is the end of an era. the phrase so often used than it seems to be more eras than years in the century. when it comes to memory, nostalgia is a lier. i believe he deserves his own era. i started as a researcher in 1968. and i stayed at cbs for almost 30 years. since i'm a naturalized american-born citizen worn in whales but working for a japanese company now, i have something of a identity crisis. but back in 1968 i knew who i was. many of the best years of my life was spent with walter and his band of journalists. there are i think three

reasons why walter inspired so much trust both inside and outside cbs news. first his personality which included as many have said a wicked sense of humor, as well as a total lack of pretension. second his self-awareness which allowed him to define the role without letting it twine him. and third the leadership skill which maybe the secret to his longevity and universal respect. as for her personality he clearly loved the job. he could charm his way through the mary tyler moore show without compromising one iota of his creditability. i produced my first documentary of walter. it was about the rock feller family. and the first question walter

asked who nelson rocker feller was, did you believe in santa clause? the silence was deafening. walter had stumped the billionaire with the kind of manner. people waited to see if the rich were different. and they were. [laughter] sometimes walter's genial nature could trap him. in one such incident, he was interviewing president lyndon johnson in texas in 1969. walter asked the president about his decision to halt the bombing and directly challenges the president's version of the timetable, as when the custom of the day, the president left the studio and we arranged the room to shoot the reverses.

the interview had not gone well. the president was evasive which each answering lasting at least 30 minutes. at one point the cameraman fell asleep looking through his lens. [laughter] >> the question was clearly the pivotal moment in the broadcast so the producers suggested in the reverses walter ask that question for forcefully. when the president saw the final broadcast he was furious. that's not the way it happened, he said. walter is too much of a gentleman to address me that way. under pressure the news president changed the rules for the interview on book of standards. never again without the subject leave the room. inadvertently, the personal character resulted in the change in standards and practices for

television news, all for the better. walter was of course a thoroughly decent man. i remember watching his face at luncheon when the president explained how communist behave. they are like he said, a women who lets you touch her leg. pretty soon they will let you put your hand up her skirt. walter was completely shocked and didn't know what to say. and he later told me he tried to find a place to hide. walter was untrustedly a man in america, it could have been a burden who crushed lesser men. he once admitted that the anchorman's role could at times be something of a straight jacket smothering many of his own thoughts and opinions. he knew there was a price to pay in a media spotlight that burns as much as it illuminates.

i believe his family and wife helps to keep him on an even field. a few weeks ago a senator commented walter's years were easier. the vietnam war arose passions that drove american youth into the streets in search of change or the drive for rare issue equality provided a bookend to the period that still resonates today. walter stood in the eye of that storm exuding a kind of calm that formed the world anchorman. the scarcity of his reactions were meaningful beyond measure. the tears of sorrow after the assassinations tears of joy and the moment of when he

declared a stale meat, and he said if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. most of all his leadership skills. many of us grew up with the legend of the merrill boys. they invented radio news. from 1962 to 1981 walter guided and guarded the "cbs evening news" on television. he never lost his bond with television or colleagues either. aided by key producers there may have been revolutionary thoughts on the street, but not in the newsroom. there were flashes of irritation and anger after a broadcast but there was solidarity in the studio.

not enough has been said about the cronkite boys who handled the complexities of global issues from the vietnam war to the cold war from black america to black september to assassinations to watergate. they stood and kept their integrity and intelligence solidly entertwined. the investigation most admired reporter and later stole "60 minutes." roger who dean of core correspondence and the power of the state department, dan rather, white house correspondent who would always knock down doors than check to

see if they were locked. bob schieffer who reminded peers that if you could report with a smile and not just a sneer. leslie stall molly safer who watched zippo lighters ignite a fire at capitol. and jack lawrence, bob simon the eyes and ears of the middle east bill plant charles oscar who reminds us that there were thousands of ordinary people still painting the tapestry of america in vivid colors. and walters great friend andy rooney who's trusty typewriter still connects us to the founding years. reporters producers writers and

camera crews were managed and motivated by the newsroom of walter cronkite. none of these men and women resented or challenged his commitments. they trusted him too. if history has been said, it's a biography of heros. and the history of broadcast journalism is surely the biography of walter cronkite. and frankly for all of us, and for all of his family, as the president said, that's just the way it is. thank you. [applause] :

though we were acquainted from the 1970's, we did not become friends until late in life for both of us. it was some interminable levant and southern california where we worse -- escape to a remote corner and buy whatever out to determine such things, over the course of that evening we became friends. we had both been born to a different america. we laughed at the same things, felt the same way about the same issues that had washed over respite we became reporters as teenagers and never wanted to be anything else.

i was not aware of the disparity of their differences and if one occasion, i forgot, my wife was there to remind me, for instance once, several days ago when betsy was still with us -- several of years ago, when betsy was still with us, we went to a favorite restaurant. lunch started promptly at noon and was still going strong at 3:00 p.m.. i was told that the stock of makers martin gianni label black one up several points. as we went back to our hotel i very exuberant and enthusiastic said "wasn't that wonderful

too old news guys telling each other stories." she said i told him about the firefighters strike and he told me about an worse about -- answar sddat. perhaps we mpoint. walter really wanted to know about that strike. he wanted to know how i got the beat on that story. it was always about the story. it was always about news and reporting. we talked about it in the last 15 years of his life, from coast to coast and venue to the new and even beyond our even beyond the shores. a memorable vacation, italy as well. of course our time together coincided with a volcanic eruption in our profession. the profession that had been mother and father to both of us. characteristically walter

didn't seem much concerned about the revolution in all these delivery systems. he just wanted toeae m somebody was minding the store on the content. and he didn't just fume about it, did he? no he got into the fray. he put the towering reputation on the line. he stood at the barricades if you will forgive an old-fashioned word, valiant valley and to last. a funny thing of course he was irritated and sometimes outraged at what he saw. but i never saw him pessimistic. even at his great age, he still believed it all. jefferson's aquarium called nothing was so nearly infallible as the deliberate will of the free people. he believed that.

he knew it wouldn't be easy but he thought if we in the news and nation he loved in the deepest corner of his heart were vigilant and courageous enough all would come right in the end. that's when i began to understand something i didn't know before. it was not important that we trusted walter. what was important was that walter trusten -- trusted us and the behest and burden for those of us left perhaps that was it. his trust in us. there would be one more dinner. it was just this last march and time was running out. betsy was already gone. walter wasn't going out much

anymore. we thought we would give it one more try. same restaurant. this time dinner. it took herculean efforts by walter and great friends of his arlene and joe wan and others. i wasn't sure they would make it. meter was nina. we waited. there they were. they showed up, all smiles. he got to the table before the rest of filled up. walter had his back to their room. i wish you had been there. years fell away. great stories, wonderful laugh, talk about the future and then it was time to go and pulled her stood up -- walter stubbs and faced the room. for the first time customers knew who they were having dinner with. there was that familiar solent whisper that went from table to

table, recognition. and walter walked into the exit. i am sure he didn't see what nina and i did. they went to the exit, we were trailing behind, and as we followed and as walter walked out the door, one by one of the customers began to stand up. they stood up. they didn't say anything. they didn't applaud, they just stood up because that's what you do when a gentleman is leaving the room. [applause]

[applause] >> thank you. this is tough following the marine band, jimmy buffett president clinton. but i wouldn't be anywhere else in the world right now. president obama, president clinton, members of walters extended family and across america, nancy, cathy and chip i know how proud you were to be the children of walter and betsy and i want to begin by thanking you for sharing him with all the rest of us, especially my generation of journalists who in so many ways walter cronkite was

also our d"n 1 he was the godfather who showed us the way to the good journalists, good family man and good citizens without none of those roles canceling out the others. also walter cronkite was a seminal force in the transformation of this country. i was personally witness that as a teenager in a remote region of the great plains i didn't see television on till i was 15-years-old and it was a small black-and-white set in the corner of the dining room. but it changed my life. because in many ways, walter cronkite and all of those early pioneers that lived in the land and chose the wide world and allowed us to understand more clearly and coherently and in some cases to leave those places and come here. in the past several weeks there have been so many testimonials

to walter's long career, his passion to the high standards of journalism, his love of the sea and sailing, his enthusiasm for being walter cronkite, for having the good life that he earned and richly deserved. there is little i can add to all of that. instead today i would like to remember another character of this man who was born in missouri, educated in texas who lived in the world and corrupt to be the most questioned man of america by the vote of his countrymen. i would like to commemorate his capacity for friendship that transcended cultures coming generations, and yes, even competitive lines. we are witness to that in this remarkable gathering today in this room and across the country of course. not just in the famous faces and big names. to the end of his life, walter also had time for a call or even

launch with foot soldiers of cbs news who were long removed from his daily needs. and of course, there were those legendary french ships that went beyond the work day. his university of texas classmate, eli wallach, the great actor is with us here today. [applause] my colleague and great friend, the late gordon manning, and of course -- [applause] and of course andy rooney, whose friendship with walter -- [applause] -- his friendship with walter went more than 65 years back to world war ii. personally to those of us who came along later the quality of those friendships were lessons as important as the legacy of quality journalism.

bob schieffer and i have been friends 35 years and for the rest of our lives we would like to have the kind of friendship that walter and andy rooney had. we just can't decide who gets to play in the ready. [laughter] i was a beneficiary of -- my interview with mikhail gorbachev, the only by a secretary of the party. and modestly is it a big gap and i was concerned how it would be received. as soon as the prime time hour in did, the phone rang and the first call and a voice said well that was magnificent. in my anxiety i didn't immediately recognize the voice and i said who is this? [laughter] there was a roar of laughter at the eckert and and the familiar voice continued who is this?

it is walter cronkite for god sakes. how soon they forget. [laughter] no homage to walter would be complete without thanks to the women in his life, joe and at the end of course, marlene who could teach rahm emanuel a thing about being chief of staff. [laughter] [cheering] and of course, the memorable and utterly adorable betsy three [applause] narrative likes to remind me often how important betsy was to his success because she was careless about keeping his anchor man eager in check. most famous is when they moved

from a town house to a high rise and bits he confided to a friend she would miss the townhouse. the friend said of course. so many great memories and betsy replied as a matter of fact, no, no not that. i will miss the backyard where i'd. all of the plaques and awards walter keeps getting. [laughter] it was always a lift to see them in town and they didn't miss much from broadway to movie premieres. when borut opened her comedy called quote kill you got mail stop quote the film with tom hanks and meg ryan walter went up to her and cost later that was terrific, just the kind of film we don't see often enough these days. betsy standing off to the side looked and said not me, i wanted more violence, more blood and guts, shoot them.

[laughter] we don't get those kind of films these days. [laughter] and then betsy gave her the little lopsided smile that made her so endearing. i always loved walter as a journalist right out of the front page. he had a romantic idea of what it was like to be a journalist. he also had that wonderful old-fashioned attitude about new york city. after dark the city to be used tall times. he once told me when he was anchoring the cbs news one morning on the way to work he would stop at the coca khanna in them we hours of the morning. i thought to myself how dashing is that? having breakfast there? i shared that with acs friend who replied knowing walter's way, that just meant poco was by eating his breakfast. [laughter] to those of those that follow the era of walter and all the great people at cbs news, and

pardon me, but also the legends at nbc, which had and david and all of our great colleagues as well, there are constant and wearing reminders how much we owe you that. we could hold our head height because the high standards the established. and walter as i learned personally that was a standard and presence that travel very far. he had been out of the anchor show for some time when i went to the middle east to report on the is really a return of the sinai to the egyptians. a small group of jewish settlers was holding out and a compound not allowing anyone to approach. it was a kind of a general store ought to far away, and as it happened it was operated by a man who had watched me in california when he was living in pasadena. he offered to be my intermediary so he sent on a two-way radio to the compound, tom brokaw would

like to interview you. there was it background buzz. but the spokesman said so, who is tom brokaw? my new friend looked at me winked, and said to leave it to him. he leaned into the microphone and said he is the most important and famous journalist in america. there was more of a great buzz in the background. the spokesman came back and said well, is he is famous and as important as walter cronkite? i laughed and said to my new friend no.

and he never will be. [laughter] god bless you, walter. >> this is a simple song of remembrance for the man who was the most welcome visitor and everyone of our living rooms. and that's the way it is. forever in my mind yet set just

to see what you would find sailing towards a new horizon reaching for a distant star and a nation shared your journey oh boy, we traveled far. in search of truth the quest for answers and trusting that the course we said was right. yes, you were there you told our story and now it's time to say goodnight.

good night. and that's the way it is. the tide must have been flow i missed your voice of reason telling us what we should know that life is worth living the truth will keep usep us free ♪ ♪ and we shall keep on sailing ♪ ♪ but the wonders we will see ♪ ♪ in search of truth ♪ ♪ the quests for answers ♪ ♪ and trusting that the quest use it was right ♪ ♪ yes you were there ♪ ♪ you told a story ♪

♪ and now it is time for us to say good night ♪ ♪ and search of truth ♪ ♪ the quest for answers ♪ ♪ and trusting that the quest to use it was right ♪ ♪ yes, you were there ♪ ♪ you told a story ♪ ♪ and now it's time for us to say good night ♪ ♪ we will keep sailing around the bend ♪ ♪ request will never end ♪ ♪ and that's the way it is the

common good friend ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> and good morning, everyone. it is a joy and donner to be here with all of you today. the summer of 2006 was the summer i got to spend some quality time with a very special guy. walter cronkite asked me to dinner with all due respect to

my late husband i think i had never been quite as excited to go out on a date as i was that august night. we met in the ballroom of the four seasons, and while it was a lovely setting it made chatting at challenging. the fountain was filled with old faithful the crowd was huessy and the acoustics were absolutely dreadful. i was worried this was not the perfect place for a man of advanced years who have trouble hearing. his lovely for and joanna was sitting next to walter and helped reiterate at close range my torrent of questions. mike trepidation and was quickly replaced with relief as we talked about united press where my father had also covered politics, the norbert trials, the war in iraq, the state of journalism, everything from

american politics to "american idol." nothing got lost in translation. it was so clear that even as he approached 90, walter cronkite was a brilliant man with an insatiable curiosity about the world and the people in it. i was overwhelmed sitting across from the anchor, the man for whom the term was coined whose very presence defined the job. he could not have been more enthusiastic or supportive. he may have been an older man but he was never a part of the old boys' club. history sometimes has a way of placing a filter on memory, a sort of soft lines on the way it really was. mortality and our attention for idealizing those who have died can often transformed even mediocre man into giants.

but this passing has required no selective recollection or hyperbole. it's been a pure joy to celebrate and remember walter cronkite for the way he really was. and it's been inspiring over this past month to witness a well-deserved and much-needed rebroadcast of walter's on parallel to life and career. in superlatives what has surfaced repeatedly like a buoy marking his coast line, is his extraordinary sense of fairness, his ever-present humanity, and his complete and utter lack of pretense. he learned about these things at the early age. his father had zero tolerance for prejudice of any kind. clearly a man ahead of his time in the jim crow texas of the 1920's. in his autobiography walter

describes his father's disgust when he watched a man in the so-called poor society punch a young black delivery boy in the face. walter senior quickly said we are going now. his father's indication that young walter wasn't better than anyone gave him appreciation for everyone and he carried with him for the rest of his life. through walter cronkite's eis the country was an expanded campus of the thomas hart mural his favorite artist. it was a hard-working humble americans he most revered and respected. when he chip was a young boy he went to a yankee game with his dad on the subway and vividly remembers how impressed his father was to meet a medal of honor recipient. heroism, hard work and humility

trump's celebrity every time. she never missed an opportunity to think a high school teacher or shake the hand of a construction worker. he was an uncommon man who never lost touch with a common man. sorry, my office did in july of here. we've heard much about walters contribution to journalism but the measure cannot be measured in stories broken, declines met or presidents product. the job description journalist his daughter kathy told me was no doubt a big part of who he was, but by no means all he was. he was a husband and father who could disengage from his job and focus entirely on his family. and although this was we could be tethered to our work by technology something tells me even today he might accidently leave his blackberry in a drawer. he was a man that bought his daughter nancy the lovely ocean

by swimming while she climbed on his back like a baby monkey. he was a man that helped shape learn to tail and not by picture this tying a bag boy will first truffles styles even after he steered the boat. walter was a man who played board games like glue and risk with laser light focus but a notoriously bad speller he avoided scrabble like the p-l-a-g-u-e [laughter] sorry. he could have beaten me i am sure. sometimes the kids enjoyed most when his dad was recognized for whom he wasn't. everyone at disneyland thought he was walt disney. [laughter] which, for a kid -- [laughter] -- for a kid of course had much cachet.

[applause] >> mr. president barack obama and bill clinton cronkite families, many friends when the

space age was born, the story of space flight was often told by the voices of those who reported it as much as those of us who flew. walter cronkite told those stories with distinction and clarity, often connecting in ways that astronauts and engineers couldn't. flight after flight, walter was there as a comforting presence when the mission was a success. on the most painful times when failure came calling he talked assault through it all. as each of our missions in gained new discoveries and new leadership for america and the great race with russian adversaries when neil and i landed on the moon walter told

viewers every step of our flight explaining each procedure so that the watching world knew exactly what was coming next. with his usual inside, context and@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he made it very real for the average american. such journalism takes not just skill and experience but passion. storytelling was walter cronkite's pashtun, just as flying in space was mine -- cronkite's passion. justice lying in space was mine. one of my favorites was the time when low son by visited the greek island of rhodes in 1987. we strolled down a

as we pass each other, we both paused and looked back. i asked if it was walter cronkite and walter said bas, is that you? i introduced him to lois and told him we were engaged to be married. i told him that our wedding date was valentine's day and he said that he did not realize i was so romantic. whereupon the lowest spoke open said -- spoke up and said, he's been on the moon, of course he is romantic. >>[applause] of all the places to run into the anchor man of the united

states he described our landing on the moon 40 years ago this july 20. in quarantine, and the flight surgeon showed us the three antennas around the world that were cheering on our landing including walters speechless with glasses on his brow. i pointed to -- i patted neil on the shoulder and pointed up and said that we miss the whole thing. -- we missed dolphinthe whole thing. of course, we were out of town. [applause] the story of those pioneering

flights, mercury, jim and i apollo and the robot probes -- give nineemini apollo and the robot probes -- gemeni and the robot probes we appreciated a dinner with them at martha's vineyard. we shared a passion for sailing and a legacy force base was his calling to, -- was calling, too. everyone was grateful for his belief in science, his dedication to the story and his commanding presence that made every step in space exciting for americans of every age.

and that's the way it was walter, and always will be. [applause] walter and i met in london in 1944 covering the eight air force. we often took the train to bedford to visit the three of the best reporters there ever were. i like walter from the first time i ever met him and we often ate together in london or

offices were only two blocks from each other. walter joined cbs in 1950, recruited by edward r. morrow i went to work for cbs in 1948. walter left the evening news in 1981 when he was 64 years old. i guess that was the spark of his most famous years -- the start of his most famous years. one organization after another would present him with some kind of award or another. one of the good things about giving him an award was that he always liked it. he was appreciative when someone gave him something. he was one of the few people i knew that had worn out three tuxedos getting awards. he would have loved to be here now, to hear this -- to hear ross all say -- to hear us all say good things about him. walter cronkite called me after

i made some remarks that i should not have made and said that he would like to use whatever residual good he had by being seen at dinner with me that night. i saw walter all the time. he joined me in 1977 -- in 1976 for a documentary i was doing. i modestly named mr. rooney goes to dinner. >> my friend is a smorgasbord expert. >> this is a danish something. >> in other words you go back a minimum of three times? >> i think so, yes. i think the average guy would. >> in the restaurant you go to, with the dessert tray like this, every table, the reaction is the same.

people recoil because they are obviously making the statement that they should not. take that away, i don't even want to look at that. but maybe i will just have a little bit. >> for many years walter would invite us to join him in betsy on his sailboat. once, while we were sailing in maine, we tied up near a little village and walter and betsy went to a country store. this strange looking character comes up to walter and asks him a question. walter was always polite to his fans and with betsy standing there, he said that we have met several times. walter and betsy just went outside and she asked to he asked him about and said that he did not. he asked if you knew jesus christ. well he was staring -- steering

his boat, he saw someone's waving his arms and he smiled, waved back and in another 30 seconds, we hit bottom. walter looked back and said didn't you hear what that guy was saying? he said low water. >> what to look to me and said that he thought he said, "hello walter." his greatest contribution was not his knowledge or his expertise, as great as those were, it was the steady holding to what was most important. every news man or woman that is worth anything secretly hopes that he or she would have some good influence on the world. it is a preposterous wish, but my friend had it. if it can be said about any individual in our business that he has been a force for good in

the world walter cronkite was that person [applause] -- walter cronkite was that person. [applause] >> biomet walter cronkite during the america's cup. i invited him to a grateful dead concert and he loved it. he came back at halftime and said that he was thinking of 1000 things and excuses to leave, but he said that i could not think of one. he said that we really got to people. i thank him and he invited me to his house and that is where our love began. for 22 years he was a great drummer.

this was one of his last will freedoms. during one of our -- he would say to me very inquisitive when do we know that we have the proof. what does it feel like, mickey? >> it is really hard to explain the rhythm of power of the power of reason -- the power of rhythm and the power of music. he played before dinner and after dinner. anyone who walked through the door was subject to the drum as mike wallace could probably attest to. he looked at me and we would deepen the group then he would say "i got it." well walter, this rhythm was one of his favorite rhythms. walter my dear friend, bon

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>> good morning. i am from 60 minutes. what seems like a lifetime ago i was one of walters foot soldiers. the day that i was asked to work for walter, i cried. for joy from having finally been asked him from fear that cbs news executives had made a huge mistake. that is what working for walter and for cbs meant.

back then, cbs news really was not a job, it was more like a calling. for most of us, getting hired by cbs news was like being accepted into a religious order. the jesuits come to mind. you could probably imagine how they dodged how that made us feel about the man himself. he never really sat me down and said that he wanted to show me what to do and how to do it. he did not have to. i could see it every evening on the news as 630 pm. walter was our leader. his dna contained the basic ingredient in central for good journalism, curiosity. walter was also a workaholic. on many of those nights when i worked late, he would still be at his desk when i left. he led by example. his passion and joy for every day journalism was infectious. so was his basic belief in the news. . .

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>> project 21, a network of black conservatives. >> what's up america? sclam let's set the record straight right now. we're here today because we the people have had enough. chauz >> we will not sit quietly while our liberties and freedom are being looted by elected officials are serving their interest and not the interest of

their constituents. we will not sit sigh lently and let the massive groemg of government debt smojer our futures and the futures of our children. our rally today, people is about liberty. personally i will not sit sigh lently and let those others sit by and call this about race and call us rednecks. my neck is not red. speaking of race i am outraged that there are some prominent

black politicians who use the race card any chance they get to cover their failures and their failed policy. i'm also outraged that black politicians have an a finity for socialist. a few examples. charles wrangle, chairman of the house and ways committee. he says that bias and prejudice against president obama are the reasons people are opposing the healthcare bill. mr. wrangle, it's opposed because of the principal, not race. a message to mr. wrangle, pay

your taxes! pay your taxes! pay your taxes! john sawiers, michigan. he questions the need for lawmakers to read the bill! to read it! that's your job! a message from america, read the bill! read the bill! read the bill! there frngs r, congresswoman maxine waters has no problems with governments taking over oil

companies. congress women, that is socialist and evil. america, look at the urban communities these are representing. they are any better since they've been in office? harlem detroit, los angeles. as a board member of opportunity of charter schools in new york i can tell you the government is failing our kids. not only have these liberal policies failed. they are trying to make matters worse with capping trade and let'97 get the term inology straight. i call it cap and tax. it's a cap on energy. the goal is to force americans

useless energy by making it more expensive. it will reduce disposal income. it will reduce economic growth that's why cap and pack is a ball and chain for all americans. that will enslave everybody for the sak of liberty of all americans we cannot allow this to move in the senate.

america, iman si patient from the race card is a change all americans can create. and now, here's lifetime democrat voter who is fed up with congress bruce webster. >> several weeks ago, my sweet wife sandra turned to me and said this is a march on washington, we are going to it.

i was a democrat for 37 years. i may be too conservative for the republicans. >> why am i here? i can sum it up in two quotes. about 250 years ago, a wise scottsman gave us a warning for our day. he said it's selled yom liberty of any kind is lost all at once. i am here because i am concerned about the liberties we are losing. the second quote comes from labor ra ham lincoln. he said america is the last best hope of earth. how many of you are or have

families that served in the armed forces. my father was at paerl harbor and was in the marines before he was 20 years old. he stayed in the navy to do two tours of duties. my nephew dare ron green is currently in the hellman province of after comban stan where the fighting is the worst we owe the men and women in the history of our country a great

debt. he said it is for us to be dedicated to the great past before us. we increase the vote for which we sgaf the last great measure. we highly resolve that this nation under god shall have a new breath of freedom.

president lincoln did not say government of the white house by the white house. he did not say government of the congress by the congress for the congress. he said government by the people for the people shall not sperish from the earth. that is our task. god bless us and god bless america. now, here's national public policy analyst, matt kibby. >> how are you doing? >> abc news is reporting thatgh

1.5 million people are here give yourselves a round of [applause] u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! thank you for being here. you are making all the people that worked to put this together look pretty good today we

believe in two simple principals. government goes to those who show up. guess what you guys showed up! now know offense to my friends in the media, i suggest we get our own head count today. reports are coming in that the highways are closed out and our folks are streaming all the way back to the washington monday u

meant. i'm going to ask you to do it again. pull out your cell phone and text freedom to myusa. ore text freedom to 69872. trust and verify with the media. i want to introduce to you guys the freedom works. russ walker. >> i want to give a shout out to the west coast, the left coast.

3,000 miles travelled to hear their voices heard today. i believe capitolism works. i'm proud to be a capitolist. let's hear you. eight months a%38 our president told us capitolism no longer works. >> when my ancestors showed up 150 years ago, they got to work. just like the ancestors of the one that's live in texas and california and idaho, this country has been built by risk

takers not by government bureaucrats. they put their own self at risk. you can be more than you were born to. one last thing, our governor gave us the second highest marginal tax rate second only to

belgium. i introduce to you senator jim de menthe. this may be the first day in a really long time that senator demint is the most popular guy in town. he is the author of a book that tells you how to take your country back. senator [applause] >> the new york times just reported that 500 people showed up here today on the mall.

i think you all know that the president says if we disagree with him, he is going to call us out ok mr. president, we are out. ladies and gentlemen welcome to water will n8you. this is a day i've dreamed of for a long time we stand in a critical batter for the heart and soul of america. it's not a prnl battle against president obama or a party sdan battle but between big government collectivism and freedom loving americans. the stakes are high we will or

will we continue to hold tightly to the principals that made america the most successful nation in history or will we fall for the false hope and empty promises of more government solutions will we continue to climb the mountain of free markets, christian values and constitutional government? or will we sick inch the pit of high taxes, sufficient indicating debt and socialism i join you today not as a sinner but as a fellow freedom loving american. i'm not here to speak to you but

to stand with you. and to join my voice to yours tomb americans have fought for our freedom for us to give it away in silence you prove today that americans are awake informed and outraged we need new leaders that will tell us

the truth. we don't need moral is in wonder land politicians having the audience asity to tell us these programs will not increase our debt. our response must be clear. no more bail outsm.ñ no more gap and tax energy taxes. they have taken our country to

the edge of economic disaster. the truth is that the president and congress still don't get it. they continue to pass loaded spending bills and programs like there is no tomorrow. now they tell us they want to control the most personal part of our lives, healthcare. we must force the president and congress to fix what is broken instead of replacing what's working. question cannot allow the government to control one-sixth of our economy and we cannot let bureaucrats govern our doctors.

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man, a veteran of the u.s. navy and has been an election trishian of four years. join me in welcoming greg haired >> i would like to say what a privilege to be here and represent all the men and women that wear a hard hat and go to work everyday. i have heard every politician at one time or another say we will work hard for you but no one works as hard as those providing energy. we go to work everyday to produce the fuel that powers

america it's no more than a tax bill that will be paid for my you hard working americans. president obama, under the cap and trade bill electricity rates will necessarily sky rocket. it would be fine if he didn't

lie. we take goal away and send the rest of our manufacturing jobs to china. let's put our hard hats on our lights on. it is our family and community. it is the small businesses that provide us with the material we need to do to do our job.

>> i'll let you know right now i'm not a professional speaker. goal minors love america. they love to get up everyday and row vied energy for america. congress has turned its back on america. we know congressmen, we know who you are and how you voted. america will fire :ñyou.

america will remember you. we will remind you. we employ you and will refer you. mraush >> the focus on stopping deaths from hospitals. she has written ex-tensively on the healthcare debate. her work has been published in many publications. here is the woman that started it all by reading the bill. isn't that a first. patient advocate nancy mccompany. thank you, i'm so glad to be

here with you today. when president obama spoke to the nation and said if you like your health plan you can keep it. this is prove, it is untrue. your employer has a grace period. if you get your insurance yourself you don't have that grace period. you have to change to the government plan as soon as anything in your current plan changes. when you go to file your taxes, if you can't prove you are in the plan the government wants you enrolled in you could be

fined thousands of dollars. 18 months after the bill passes the health choices chairman appointed by the government. president will decide what you are able to be covered for and how much you can be charged for it. no deal. no deal no deal. no deal! >> this is a medical assault on

seniors. this bill is paid for with tax hikes. that's bad enough but also a sdz 500 billion reduction in future medicare spending and at a time when 30% more will be enrolled in medicare. those numbers don't add up. that means no more hip replacements knee replacements by pass surgery. there is a better way. mr. president, get rid of this 1,000 page bill and give us a 20 page bill in plain english.

20 pages the forefathers of the u.s. constitution gave us an entire government in 18 pages. provide coverage for americans who truly can't afford health insurance. there are about 12-15 million. we need to cover them. we can do that with that $500 billion in unspent stimulus money sitting in a pot. no cuts in medicare needed. no additions to the deficit needed and no pushing you out of the healthcare you like. no need to dismantle the best

medical system in the world on wednesday night when the president spoke, he didn't say one positive thing about american medicine. nothing but the great doctors and nurses who rescue patients from the brink of death everyday. he only talks about the victims. the best place to be is in the united states. god bless america and god bless american doctors and nurses. [cheers and applause.] >> put your hands together for sdags, california radio tack show host nathan seaver.

>> i came speak to you because i thought you'd like to have a black man speak to you without a teleprompter. this will present to you your only public option. you thought he was saying hope and changes but he was calling it rope and chains. i'm saying let's unite, only americans. we are americans. we are free. if we are free we don't need hope we got freedom. there for, why would you change

the hope to for freedom to work. we know what you are trying to do. we are here today to say no more we've had enough. no more. we don't need you. we are proud of our country and culture. we are proud to be americans. >> we start the day desire today if you are going to be free or slafs. slafs to your masseter or a master of your own destiny. decide today and rest tomorrow. we have enough of being taxes to

death, enough of difficult represent your own ideas. do not hesitate. we win when we show up. it is not about healthcare. it's not about taxes or socialism. we have declared and woken up. we want our freedom back. god bless you.

>> congressman ron paul from texas and congressman louis goal berg. please give these men a round of [applause] for their hard work. now we will introduce mike pence. he currently serves as chairman of the house republican

conference. >> i might add, i'm from indiana and it's an honor to speak to the proud american people. after nine years of fighting run away federal spending here you people look like the cavilry to me. the coming weeks and months will

set a tone and determine whether america maintains her place as a beacon of freedom or slip into the abyss that has swallowed much of europe. some are prepared to write the obituary of capitolism i believe we are on the verge of a great american awakening. it will begin here like it is now starting with what our founders meant by consent of the govern. we the people do not consent to run away federal spending. we do not consent to the nogs that we can barrow and (ed our

way out. we do not consent to government run insurance that will lead us to a government take over of healthcare in this nation. this week, the president came this hill and gave one more speech about the same bad plan. mr. president, america doesn't want another speech. we want another healthcare plan built on freedom. we will not stand for members of congress not reading bills. members of congress should be

required to read every bim. r bill. i'm just as happy if we read bills a little more often. the constitution of the united states of america. there's a lot of stuff in there. it reminds us that we are a nation lead by the people and not the elise and the bureaucrats and the politicians. it reminds us that the police officerer is not delegated. nowhere in our constitution can you find the word "czar."

the american people aren't happy. it's not just about dollars and cents but who we are as a nation. as president reagan said in 1964 it's about whether we abandon the american revolution and invest in a far distance capitol to plan our lives better for us than we can plan them for ourselves. my money is on the american people. my money is on the future. this great national capitol is a memorial to our heroes. just across that river lie the remains of americans who paid freedom's price so we could

rather here today. in their time they did freedom's work as citizens and patriots. now it is our turn. let us stand and fight for freedom. if we hold the banner of freedom high i bloeb with all my heart, the good and great people of the congress will take this country back invéx 2012. jo please give a warm welcome of the president of campaign for

liberty, john tate. >> it is great to see so many patriots today for one thing, let's take back our freedom. to reclaim our republic. that's the reason i and hundreds of thousands of americans are joined the campaign for liberty to protect the individual liberty, constitution al government sound money. we fight against taxes, loaded spending spending, the bail out after bail out and of course the federal reserve.

government power is the enemy of freedom. it's as simple as that. this is nothing compared to what's going on in secret behind closed doors. all done by the out of control federal reserve and the treasury. we are now committed to $13 trillion in bail outs. more than we've spent on every war in our history. when will it all end? where it your money? that's why campaign for liberty believes the bat battle is

important. it's now time for a full-scale audit of the feds. it's our time to fight together. we can win. thank you. i am not an actor. i'm the press guy from freedom works. they'd be pretty proud to look at us today, the 3e78 who worry these uniforms. like the guys who fought at

lexington, when they showed up it was a grass roots movement. we have to take this movement and make sure we are putting this in the right direction to see the change we believe in. if you could pull out our phone and text my usa, we have a poll we've put up. we want to make sure america knows what issues we find point. >> please put your hands together for radio talk show host john thompson. >> you know d.c. is a spectacular city but for $12

trillion i expect a little more. i know the good people from all over america. i was born a buck eye. i lived in alabama, nebraska new mexico nevada, west virginia. today, i come to you with a message from the common wealth of virginia. virginia stands with you. i bring a message to the people who work in this building. your soul belongs to the lord but your career belongs to me. dot right thing or you are fired. >> the common well edge of

virginia gave a speech give me liberty or give me death we must protect that and desfend that at all costs. >> to all those that fight for freedom. not just the people here but those across at home. for those willing to fight for freedom. i pledge to you the same thing i pledge to the 600-0000 people. the same thing that the 56 signers of the declaration of

independent mend evens pledged to each other. i pledge to you myq are you willing to flashback to the person next to you, to everybody all across america? let me hear you then. god bless united states of america. >> i just feel like it is worth even risking my life for. >> i want the federal government

to do the couldn'ts tooks and no more. >> right now, we are on the defense because of the majorities in the congress and president. we can send a message, a real message of the concern that we have. we are just scared of what's going on in america. we are the boss. they work for us. they really serve at the pleasure of us. >> the sleeping giant has awoken. i've never protested before. it's time. we are here to stand up and take our country back. >> where were you when our nation