apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> walter cronkite was the voice so many generations heard deliver america's most somber and its most joyous news, how the man, the legends many credit defining the role of news anchor is being remembered. president obama is shifting the health care reform battle into high gear now he has to convince lawmakers sitting on the fence not to slow down. investigators aren't pointing a finger at anyone right now for bombing two american hotels in indonesia but have a good idea who may be

behind it. you are watching hln this saturday, july 18th. great to see you. i'm susan hendricks. our top story today walter cronkite has died after a long illness, he was 92. once known as the most trusted man in america, cronkite's more than 70-year career in journalism covered most of the 20th century, even part of the 21st. he covered world war ii's battle of the bulge, jfk's assassination and man landing on the moon. the term anchorman was also coined after cronkite's work for cbs during the 1952 political conventions. walter cronkite is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife, betsy, died in 2005. a voice of certainty and uncertain world how president obama is remembering walter cronkite. others describe him as, quote, somebody we knew next door and the consummate tv newsman. here's how anchor dan rather

remembers walter cronkite. >> he was literally a living legend and now a legend in memory. the very best in journalistic craft. in many ways, many important ways, he defined the role of the network anchor. a nation loses a legend walter cronkite remembered today. he died yesterday at the age of 92. we'll have much more on this story next hour and, of course, throughout the morning. right now some of the other stories making headlines we're following for you. president obama is asking congress to keep the ball rolling on his proposed health care reform but six moderate senators say lawmakers should take more time with it. a new government report concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. those senators represent both parties plus one independent but president obama says this is not time to slow down.

>> now, i realize that the last few miles of any race are the hardest to run. but, i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next month's recess. president obama also says lawmakers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. check out this bus, literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast, so strong, it blew out the windows, of course, engulfing that bass. the fire spread to some nearby brush and burned about ten acres. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this. the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 near los angeles when the fire broke out. investigators say they will release more information today about bomb attacks on two american hotels in indonesia.

suicide bombers struck jw marriott and the ritz-carlton in jakarta. it happened yesterday. police aren't sure who is behind the attacks, that is what they're saying but as dan rivers reports, they may have an idea who's behind it. >> reporter: poignant scenes down here this morning as friends of one of the victims came to lay a wreath of flowers for the man who was lost in the ritz-carlton. we understand he is an australian man, his identity hasn't been formally released yet. he died, as well as a guest from new zealand. the death to at the moment still stands at six plus the two suicide bombers and the number of injured is more than 50 including several people from the united states, from the uk, from australia, from italy, south korea and the netherlands. so, a wide range of nationalals caught up in this tragedy as the police now try to establish who carried out this bombing.

at the moment, all leads seem to point towards perhaps some involvement by jamar islamir, the group that has caused such devastation in the region in the past, responsible for an attack on the very same hotel, the marriott, in 2003. now the police think the types of explosives they've recovered particularly in room 1808 with an undetonated third bomb they think that explosive matches a cache found a couple weeks ago they think could have links to [ inaudible ] it is believed he leads a splinter sell operating with links to jamar islamir. he's been on the run a few years and laying low. we haven't heard anything from him and no bomb explosions four years but everyone is wondering if this is a sign he and j.i. are back with a vengeance. a house committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the cia head a

counterterrorism program from congress. the cia director said last month he was told former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information about the secret program. now, according to some reports, the program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. it has been canceled. four more u.s. banks just went out of business. yesterday regulators shut down two banks in california plus one each in georgia, also south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far compare that to 25 last year. the fdic insures your deposits up to a quarter million dollars. those four bank failures cost the corporation more than a billion dollars. bringing the total number for this year to more than 13 billion. a school teacher says he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the confession yesterday. robert mcgill seen in a

courtroom sketch charged with one county of murder in his wife's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. apparently, that is when robert mcgill made his confession to agents who interviewed him. he and his wife were former high school sweethearts who married in 2003. some familiar faces helped lead a little girl to a sweet surprise. >> i'll help you find the twins as long as alexis comes with me. >> deal! >> deal, how a fairy tale came to life and made her wish come true. don't miss it. this is hln.

an error before blogs and e-mail cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> he certainly was. president obama is among those remembering walter cronkite today. the legendary broadcaster died yesterday a huge loss. that is our top story on this saturday. we will bring you memories of walter cronkite's life and career throughout the morning.

a 10-year-old girl in little rock is living with a debilitating illness so to bring a little sunshine to her day, the girl's family and total strangers helped make her wish come true. >>. >> reporter: the afternoon starts with alexis spears taking a trip to the north little rock police department where she's told a relative needs to pay a speeding ticket. but once inside, her surprise to be met by some of snow white's seven dwarfs who need her help. >> i'll help you find the twins as long as alexis come's with me. >> reporter: on the mission everyone caravans behind the seven dwarfs. but after she helps rescue snow white she gets the ultimate surprise. >> alexis, most of all, thank you.

you will be going to see the real snow white at disney world. >> wow! >> that was incredible seeing the tears and the excitement because she didn't have a clue. >> it's real tough. makes you want to cry. nothing puts her down. she's a fighter. >> reporter: mom, amanda cox says she has lived with spinal muscular atrophy her young life and the degenerative disease is spreading. >> it's if her ways but spreading all the way up. the doctors said before long she'll be in a wheelchair so we want to try to get her wish before this happens. >> reporter: a shy young lady of a few words alexis sums up how friends, family, total strangz made her day. >> what do you say? >> thank you. >> our thanks to kathrina yancy. she and her family leave for

disney world monday. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big old mess behind but one crook in north dakota left this, a note for his victim, mark neary's car was an easy target, apparently, he left it unlocked. the thief made off with his driver's license and credit cards and, get this, that note was left, as well, telling him he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed, you know, neatly over the top of the cds so that i was able to, you know, notice it right away, using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits in the console. now i'm locking, setting the alarm and everything else, you know. >> yeah, sounds g. get this he left the keys in the ignition, too. luckily, the thief didn't drive off with his car. one pofr in the tough

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>> oh, boy. >> maybe you remember that, the first landing on the moon, just one of many historic events america learned about by watching walter cronkite, who died yesterday. by all accounts cronkite was passionate about the space program among other things. in fact, in 1988, cronkite was part of the coverage team for our sister network, cnn when john glenn made his return to space. just one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that. coincidentally cronkite dies three days before the anniversary of one of his

biggest stories on monday, it will be exactly 40 years since the first moon landing. there is a video of that landing better than any you have ever seen so far but as tom foreman reports, you may never get to see it. >> reporter: that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: the iconic image of our efforts to explore space and now as we approach the 40th anniversary of man's first visit to the moon, nasa has restored and enhanced the original grainy black and white images, including that one that riveted the planet. >> that looks beautiful from here, neil. >> astronaut neil armstrong setting foot on the lunar surface on july 20th, 1969. the new high-definition video is an improvement over the original but nasa officials believe that somewhere out there is video that could take our breath away. images like this but sharper and

clearer than anything seen before. the problem is, no one knows where it is. >> lift-off of "endeavour." >> reporter: regular shuttle missions and crisp color images they transmit have space fans a little spoiled. we forget just how complicated it was to transmit pictures from space to earth in 1969. here is how it worked. a small camera built into "apollo 11" scanned the lunar landing in a unique form mat unsuitable tv submitted to tracking stations in southeast australia and california's mojave desert where they were converted to a standard form mat and sent on to houston, losing picture quality every step of the way. but veterans of that mission recently remind nasa that technicians at both ground stations recorded the transmissions onto special tapes, which, if converted now with modern technology, would

produce the highest quality images of man on the moon ever seen. a search has been launched but three years into it, after scouring multiple nasa facilities, there's no sign of those tapes. and now, many fear the spectacular images on them, images far superior to anything we've ever seen, may be lost forever. tom foreman, cnn, washington. i'm larry smith. if you've seen tiger woods on tv this weekend you must be watching a commercial. the world's nim wer one golfer failed to make the cut at the british open the second time he's had to sit out the weekend at a major championships. struggling in the marquis event since returning earlier this year from reconstructive knee surgery. he hates his tee shot on hole number 9 friday and should be, he bogeyed the hole and double bogeyed ten and , in danger of missing the cut and that happened. look at this chip shot rolling

back off the green, not tiger's day. five other par for tiger as he misses the cut and has to sit out. so, no tiger, no phil mickelson, at home with his mother and his wife, both undergoing recently surgery for breast cancer. how about tom watson, 59 years old, entering as a co-leader at five under par and tiger, bye-bye. the man who sold the gun that killed former nfl mvp steve mcnair has been charged facing one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a handsgun. police say he sold the .9 millimeter gun for less than a hundred dollars and less than 24 hours later she used the gun to shoot and kill mcnair before turning the gun on herself. marshall faulk playing in a celebrity golf tournament in nevada. yelling at it to go in because he wants a drink and it does.

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something or drink from a farm every day during that week. >> oh. so where do we get the information about where to find the farms or how do we sign up for this pledge? >> well, there's a website. it's www.by-local-challenge.com that website will give you all sorts of information why to buy local and where to buy local and it connects you to other statewide initiatives that are going on at the same time. if you go to the website, we've added a count. people used to say, where do i sign up? normally you have to go buy, eat something from a local farm. this year we decided to add a counter to the website. when you are' counted, you can receive a certificate with your name on it that you can put up in your office or your home or wherever. >> which is very, very important. it's reduces your carbon foot

print because you're driving hopefully a shorter distance, you have access to local products that are available, and also it helps the farmers. >> well, and in fact, our theme this year is healthy plate, healthy planet. all kinds of benefits to buying local, benefits for you, healthy, nutrition, it's fresh, and preserving our farms survive, we keep clean water, we keep clean air, we reduce the carbon footprints from things traveling 1500 miles, and it tastes good. >> exactly. now for those people who may not cook, how can they be a part of this? >> yeah, sometimes people say, well, i hate to cook. that's okay. you can go to a store or to a restaurant that features local farm products, and there are more and more restaurants every year, some of them are on our website, and you can click throughout to find out who they are,.

>> what kind of items can we acquire localfully. >> during the last week of july, there is so much product available. there's sweet corn, blackberries, all kinds of tomatoes and melons are in season, and of course, there's always wine, cheese, eggs, meatss. >> so we do have a wide variety of things we can get. say that i go and i go to a local farmer's market and purchase something, what is a vegetable that i'm not quite familiar with, how did i find a recipe. >> excellent question. there are recipes on our website. people can post their own recipes of their own events and own blogs by why they buy local. some of the things i wanted to mention is the economic benefits. we talked about the planet, we

talked about the fact that it tastes good, and it's fun, but there's also the benefit of supporting our farms, and if every household in the state mucofmaryland were to buy just 2 worth of products for 8 weeks, basically the summer season that, would put $200 million straight back into the pockets of our farmers. that would do a lot to keep our farmers thriving. >> which is so important. i know we have less than 30 seconds, but you have some partners that you wouldn't typically think of who have now joined in. >> yes. hospitals are joining in this year. fact, they're looking to do a competition to see how many people they can get involved. >> have you exciting. christine, thank you very much for coming in today. >> thank you. >> my guest today has been christine bergmark with the southern agricultural commission. if you're interested in what comcast is doing in your area, go to on demand and click get

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thailand. clinton will spend two days in mumbai, one in new delhi and head to thailand before returning to the u.s. next thursday. this is hln saturday july 18th, it's great to have you with us i'm susan hendricks. more on our top story, the death of walter cronkite. he lived in turbulent times and reported on everything from the assassination of president john f. kennedy to the iran hostage crisis. as anderson cooper reports, cronkite's reporting earned him the respect that's hard to match. >> reporter: for so long, for so many of us, he was the most trusted man in america. >> and that's the way it is. >> reporter: walter cronkite covered the world in an age of fewer channels and fewer newscasts changed the world, as well. >> looking back on it i think i was so lucky i just happened to fall into the right things at the right time and it worked beautifully. >> reporter: he was born walter leyland cronkite, jr., in 1916. he was a beat reporter and football announcer before

joining united press in 1939. when the first troops stormed normandy, walter cronkite was there. >> as dwight eisenhower told me sitting 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 and that's something for all of us to think about. >> reporter: when we think about walter cronkite and generations of broadcast journalists have and will continue, too, 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 it was. who can forget november 22nd, 1963, cronkite reported and reacted to the horror in dallas. >> 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. >> reporter: in 1968 after returning from a trip to vietnam his conclusions may have helped alter the course of history. >> it seems now more certain than ever that 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 as close to the story as you possibly can and then 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 seemed, was always there. for the moon landing. >> man on the moon! oh, boy! >> thank you. >> whew, boy. >> we're going to be busy for a minute. >> reporter: for watergate, the mid east peace breakthrough, he

was humble, honest, straight foertd 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 that's the way it is friday, march 6th, 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. cronkite, good night and godspeed. anderson cooper, cnn, new york. >> president obama is asking congress to keep the ball rolling on his proposed health care reform but six moderate senators say lawmakers should take more time with it. a new government report concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. those senators represent both parties plus one independent. but president obama says this is not time to slow down. >> now, i realize that the last few miles of any race are the

hardest to run. but, i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next months's recess. president obama also says lawmakers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. police and relatives are trying to end rumors about this florida couple. they were killed at home july 9th in a home invasion robbery. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there has been speculation robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house. they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find there, but the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive of the crime, i have been authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only

children's prescription medication, important family documents, and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully, this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings family. >> hundreds turned up for the couple's funeral in pensacola yesterday. byrd and melanie billings adopted 13 special needs kids over the years. during the funeral, one victim's brother praised the couple's devotion to their kids. >> by example, byrd and melanie taught us to overlook disability, to be color blind, to be patient with others and to give of ourselves. their lives centered around children. their family. and each other. they loved deeply and unconditionally. they embraced the complexity of raising children with special needs. and they were their advocates.

they gave these children a joyous childhood and a much needed voice. >> a house committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the cia hid a counter-terrorism program from congress. the cia director said last month he was toeltd former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information about the secret program. now, according to some reports, the program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. it has been canceled. a school teacher says he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents reveal the confession yesterday robert mcgill seen here in a courtroom sketch is charged with one count of murder in shirley mcgill's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her boetd was found last wednesday. apparently that, is when robert mcgill made his confession to agents who interviewed him. he and his wife were former high school sweethearts who married in 2003. four more u.s. banks just

went out of business. yesterday, regulators shut down two banks in california plus one each in georgia, also south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic ensures your deposits up to a quarter million dollars. those four bank failures cost the corporation more than a billion dollars. bringing the total number for this year to more than 13 billion. check out this bus, literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast so strong, it blew out the windows, of course, engulfing that bus. the fire spread to some nearby brush and burned about ten acres. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this. the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 near los angeles when the fire broke out. some familiar faces helped lead a little girl to a sweet surprise.

>> i'll help you find the twins as long as alexis comes with me. >> deal! >> deal. how a fairy tale came to life and made her wish come true. don't miss it. this is hln.

in an era before blogs and e-mail, cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> he certainly was. president obama is among those remembering walter cronkite today. the le joinedary broadcaster died yesterday, a huge loss. that is our top story this saturday. we will bring you memories of walter cronkite's life and career throughout the morning. a 10-year-old girl with a debilitating illness is going to disney world. that is her wish. police in little rock, a local

business, snow white and the seven dwarfs helped her family pull off the big surprise. alexis has spinal mufl atrophy and her mother says the timing of this trip is critical. >> it's in her legs but it's going all the way up. she deserves this a lot because the doctors said before long she'll be in a wheelchair so we want to try to get her wish she wants before this happens. >> it's real tough. makes you want to cry. nothing puts her down. she's a fighter. >> yes, she s. the "make a wish foundation" helped with the trip. alexis and her family heads to disney world monday. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big old mess behind but one crook in north dakota left this, a note for his victim. mark neary's car was an easy target apparently. he left it unlocked. the thief made off with his driver's license and credit cards and, get this, that note was left, as well, telling him he had amazing taste in music

and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed, you know, neatly over the top of the cds so that i was able to, you know, notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits in the console. now, i'm locking. i'm setting the alarm and everything else, you know. >> yeah, sounds good. get, this he left the keys in the ignition, too. luckily, the thief didn't drive off with his car. i'm larry smith who needs tiger and phil for must-see drama. weeks before his 60th birthday it is tom watson who leads the british open, sharing the lead at five under par entering saturday's third round with shots like this had a great round thursday. even par friday. the long birdie on 16 for watson, meanwhile woods struggling big time and missing the cut at a major for only the second time as a professional. the 2006 u.s. open after his

father's death and then on friday, this on 10 setting up a double bogey again tiger five other par after two rounds, missing the cut. he is not around this weekend. watson, meanwhile finishing up at 18. a long birdie putt here he's on fire. even par on the day again tied for the lead at five under, the oldest player ever to lead a major championship. >> for a 59-year-old, i can just assure you that it's next best thing to sex. >> no tiger, no phil. doesn't matter. tour de france riders now being shot at -- as if they didn't have enough to focus on. two rideres were slightly injured in what officials call an air rifle shooting. lance armstrong was not among the injured. he remains in third place at the difficult and often decisive mountain stages begin sunday. hey, guys, how you would like to carry the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue with you 24/7? a new app for your iphone and soon blackberry, as well.

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>> oh, boy! maybe you remember that, the first landing on the moon just one of many historic events america learned about by watching walter cronkite, who died yesterday. by all accounts cronkite was passionate about the space program, among other things. in fact, in 1998, cronkite was part of the coverage team for our sister network cnn, when john glenn made his return to space. just one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that. what would you say if you suddenly got a 30% paycut? you probably wouldn't be too happy, right? pennsylvania state workers saw the change on their last paycheck and they haven't received any money for july yet because lawmakers haven't approved a new budget some. banks are offering easy loans to help state workers and some food

banks are giving them emergency supplies. astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks. meanwhile nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for reentry later this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at liftoff. you may consider that old fried ipod or cell phone lying around to be trash but some young entrepreneurs see dollar signs there and are helping the planet to boot. maggie lake reports in this week's edition of eco solutions. >> 50 and 60. all right. thanks a lot. >> reporter: handing out cold hard cash on the streets of new york. not a site many are used to but

the founders of yourenew.com did just that, paying money, in this case between 100 and 160 dollars in exchange for used iphones outside of apple's flagship new york star. >> encouraging people to learn about the importance of recyc recycling electronics. >> reporter: the premise is simple send in your old, outdated gadgets and depending on their condition they will send you cash, their aim to promote reorders yoong and recycling of products. just four months old founded by rich littlehale and bob casey, two schoolmates at yale university. the pair admit launching a business in the middle of a recession was scary but they believe recycling ewaste has huge potential. >> i think we've been very lucky in terms of the time that we're in. people are actually starting to become more aware of these problems and, at the same time, we're offering a solution that not only makes sense for the

environment but makes sense for our customers. >> this was actually built by our marketing team. >> reporter: in order to get the word out the young staff relying on creative low-budget marketing a technique they used at great success at the launching of latest apple phone. >> -- from about 6:00 in the morning until about 9:30 but then the whole team sort of traded through it. >> everybody in new york, i think, probably, a thousand people got pictures with this. so, this thing's all other facebook and twitter. >> reporter: the front room where the ideas come together but this room makes up the nuts and bolts of the business. >> devices that come through the door, we, as you said triage, some is of the devices do go off in and are recycled for their metals value, things of that nature but we believe re-use comes before recycling and many of the devices that we see can be reused. >> reporter: once they get a device, the tech staff clear the data and you renew is able to re-sell the equipment on the secondary market to wholesalers

and refurbishing outfits, where the profit comes or that's the plan. they say it isn't actually returning a profit once expenses are paid but the two young yale students say they are willing to do whatever it takes to make this is a success. it strikes me a lot of people stay in school longer because they don't want to leave, such a nice environment. i guys chose to jump into the business world early, why? >> well, i think in this particular case we had the idea. we knew there was sort of a window to execute it on and wanted to jump in head first and go after it but i think we both sort of look at it like we're still at yale and not leaving. >> reporter: not yet. >> not yet. >> for more great stories like that one and interesting people and businesses going green head to cnn.com/ecosolutions. earthquakes come with the territory for a place like yellowstone national park. after all, it was formed by a volcano. but now, a recent series of quakes there has scientists

wondering if a huge eruption is in the near future.

>> -- president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> walter cronkite was the voice so many generations heard deliver america's most somber and most joyous news. how the man, the legend, many credit for defining the role of news anchor is being remembered. president obama is shifting the health care reform battle into high gear. now he has to convince lawmakers who are sitting on the fence not to slow down. and investigators aren't pointing a finger at anyone right now for bombing two american hotels in indonesia but they do have a good idea who may be behind it.

you are watching hl in this saturday, july 18th. great to see you. i'm susan hendricks. our top story today, walter cronkite has died after a long illness. he was 92. once known as the most trusted man in america, cronkite's more than 70-year career in journalism covered most of the 20th century and even part of the 21st. he covered world war ii's battle of the bulge, j.f.k.'s assassination and man landing on the moon. the term anchorman was also coined after cronkite's work for cbs during the 1952 political conventions. walter cronkite is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife, betsy, died in 2005. a voice of certainty in an uncertain world how president obama is remembering walter cronkite. others describe him as, quote, somebody we knew next door and the consummate tv newsman. here's hour anchor dan rather

remembers walter cronkite. >> he was literary a living legend and now a legend in memory. the very best in journalistic craft, in many ways, many important ways, he defined the role of a network anchor. >> a nation loses a legend walter cronkite being remembered today. he died yesterday at the age of 92. we'll have much more on this story next hour and, of course, throughout the morning. right now some of the other stories making headlines we're following for you. president obama is asking congress to keep the ball rolling on his proposed health care reform. but six moderate senators say lawmakers should take more time with it. a new government report concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. those senators represent both parties plus one independent. but president obama says this is not time to slow down.

>> now, i realize that the last few miles of any race are the hardest to run. but, i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next months's recess. president obama also says lawmakers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. police and relatives are trying to end rumors about this florida couple, killed at home july 9th in a home invasion robbery. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there has been speculation that robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house. they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find there. but the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive of the crime, i have been

authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription medication, important family documents, and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully, this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings family. >> a house committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the cia hid a counterterrorism program from congress. the cia director said last month he was told former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information about the secret program. now, according to some reports, the program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. it has been canceled. a school teacher says he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the

confession yesterday of robert mcgill seen here in a courtroom sketch who is charged with one count of murder in shirley mcgill's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. apparently that, is when robert mcgill made his confession to agents who interviewed him. mcgill and his wife were former high school sweethearts who married in 2003. check out this bus, literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast so strong, it blew out the windows, of course, engulfing that bus. the fire spread to some nearby brush and burned about ten acres. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this. the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 near los angeles when the fire broke out. investigators say they will release more information today about bomb attacks on two american hotels in indonesia. suicide bombers struck jw marriott and the ritz-carlton in

jakarta yesterday. police aren't sure who is behind the attacks, that is what they are saying but as dan rivers reports, they may have an idea who's behind it. >> reporter: there was poignant scenes down here this morning as friends of one of the victims came to lay a wreath of flowers for the man who was lost in the ritz-carlton. we understand he is an australian man. his identity hasn't been formally released yet. he died, as well as a guest from new zealand. the death toll at the moment still stands at six plus the two suicide bombers and the number of injured is more than 50 including several people from the united states, from the uk, from australia, from italy, south korea and the netherlands. so, a wide range of nationalitys caught up in this tragedy as the police now try to establish who carried out this bombing. at the moment, all leads seem to point towards perhaps some involvement by jamar islamir,

the islam mist group that has caused such devastation in this region in the past. they were responsible for an attack on the very same hotel, the marriott, in 2003. now the police think that the types of explosives that they've recovered particularly in room 1808 where they found an undetonated third bomb, they think that explosive matches a cache found a couple weeks ago that they think could have links to noordin top, believed to lead a splinter cell operating with links to jamar islamir, indonesia's most wanted man, on the run a few years and laying low. we haven't heard from him, no explosions for four years but everyone is wondering this is a sign noordin top and j.i. are back with a vengeance. dan rivers, cnn. familiar faces helped lead a little girl to a sweet surprise. >> i'll help you find the twins, as long as alexis can come with

me. >> deal. >> deal, how a fairy tale came to life and made her wish come true. don't miss it. this is hln.

>> an era before blogs and e-mail, cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> he certainly was. president obama is among those remembering walter cronkite today. the legendary broadcaster died yesterday, a huge loss. that is our top story on this saturday. we will bring you memories of walter cronkite's life and career throughout the morning. a 10-year-old gir with a debilitating illness is going to disney world that. is her wish. police in little rock, a local business, snow white and the seven dwarfs all helped the girl sdeets family pull off the big surprise. she has spinal muscle atrophy and her mother says the timing

of this trip is critical. >> it's in her legs but it's going all the way up. her doctor said before long she'll be in a wheelchair so we want to try to get her wish she wants before this happens. >> it's real tough. makes you want to cry. >> nothing puts her down. she's a fighter. >> yes, she is. the "make a wish foundation" helped with that trip. alexis and her family heads to disney world monday. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big old mess behind but one crook in north dakota left this, a note. for his vehicletism. mark neary's car was an easy target, apparently. he left it unlocked. the thief made off with his driver's license and credit cards and, get this, that note was left, as well, telling him he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed, you know, neatly over the top of the cds so that i was able to, you

know, notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits in the console. now i'm locking. i'm setting the alarm and everything else, you know. >> yeah, sounds good. get this, he left the keys in the ignition, too. luckily, the thief didn't drive off with his car. a small town in maine is fighting to keep its mail box. the postal service wants to remove it saying it's not profitable in otis field. but when a postal worker tried to do that some townsfolk said no. some even threatened to chain themselves to the mail box. the town put heavy machinery there to make sure it doesn't get removed at night. the postal service decided to leave the box for now pending further review. >> i'm larry smith. if you've seen tyke ger woods on tv this weekend you must be watching a commercial. the world's number one golfer failed to make the cut at the british open the second time he's had to sit out the weekend at a major championships. woods struggling in the marquis

event since returning earlier this year from reconstructive knee surgery. he hates his tee shot on hole number 9 friday and should be. he bogeyed 9, double bogeyed 10 and 13 in danger of missing the cut and that happens. look at tht chip shot rolling back off the green. it was not tiger's day. five other par for tiger as he misses the cut. has to sit out. no tiger or phil mickelson, at home with his mother and his wife, both undergoing recently surgery for breast cancer. how about tom watson? 59 years old the five-time champ entering saturday at co-leader at five under par and tiger, bye-bye. the man who sold the gun that killed former nfl mvp steve mcnair charged. 33-year-old adrian gilliam faces one count being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun. police say he sold the .9 millimeter gum to sahe sahel kazmi for a hundred dollars.

. play of the day, watch this, watch, this former nfl star running back marshall fau faulk playing in a celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe, nevada yelling at the ball to get in because he wants to drink and it does. the first in the history of the tournament, marshall faulk, maybe like winning an mvp or super bowl? maybe. play of the day. that's sports. the tower kois trail is really a great place for a family-friendly, budget-family weekend get away. >> stretching 75 miles from santa fe to albuquerque, new mexico is the turquoise trail, a national sceneic byway. >> you'll find lots of museums and really cool little towns along the turquoise trail. stop in and see the tinkertown museum an eclectic collection of folk art one of the really interesting displays there is an

entire city made of hand-carved miniatures. >> once a mining town is home to coffee shops, restaurants and galleries. >> not one style of art but it's a huge variety of art in 40 different galleries. so, for a small mountain town that's really pretty remarkable. >> for impressive views the tramway carries passengers up to the crest, the highest point on the trail. >> looking out over the desert landscape seeing mountains, colorful canyons. you're not going to be left any doubt why people calm in in the land of enchantment.

>> the eagle has landed. >> ha-ha. oh, boy! >> maybe you remember that, the first landing on the moon just one of many historic events america learned about by watching walter cronkite, who died yesterday. by all accounts cronkite was

passionate about the space program, among other things. in fact in 1998 he was part of the coverage team for our sister network cnn, when john glenn made his return to space, just one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that. what would you say if you suddenly got a 30% paycut? you probably wouldn't be too happy, right? pa pap state workers saw the change on their last paycheck and they haven't received any money for july yet because lawmakers haven't approved a new budget. some banks are offering easy loans to help state workers and some food banks are giving them emergency supplies. astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiment iss. it will be the first of five planned space walks.

meanwhile nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for reentry later this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at liftoff. everybody wants to save more, spend less, right? we have just the guy to help you out. join hln money expert clark howard. noon eastern on hln. most picture bristol as a great vacation destination with beautiful beaches and exciting night life but for some who live there, especially children, it can be a daily struggle to survive. this week's cnn hero is helping kids find hope. >> i've never seen anyplace as beautiful as rio de janeiro but it does have its dark side. there is violence all over. >> the bad things that happen here are the shootings. >> it's the kids who have the

toughest here. >> sometimes, i get scared. >> they don't have many options. kids die every day making the wrong choice. but, every time i see a [ inaudible ], the first thing that comes to my mind is potential. i'm a junior olympic medalist. the best part of my life is changing people's destiny through sports. i usually tell the kids that we can't let ourselves get used to the violence that surrounds us. we have to fight back somehow. instead of fighting the streets they learn to use their energy in the right way. >> i feel less afraid. flavio helps me win lots of championships and he helps me feel very proud of myself. >> helping kids avoid the wrong choice is one of our goals. they don't need to follow their

destinies, everyone told them they would have. they can change it. >> certainly a hero to all of those kids. if you know someone who should be a cnn hero here's what you do, go our website and tell us about them cnn.com/heroes and now you can see exclusive is heroes footage and get updates on facebook. earthquakes come with the territory for a place like yellowstone national park. after all, it was formed by a volcano but now recent series of quakes there has scientists wondering if a huge eruption is in the near future.

journalism legend walter cronkite has died after a long illness. he was 92. he was once known as the most trusted man in america. and many credit walter cronkite with defining the role of a network anchor. he will be missed. one of indonesia's most wanted men suspected of bombing two hotels in jakarta yesterday. antiterror officials say he is part of a group involved with the 2003 attack on the marriott there. yesterday's attack killed eight people including two suicide bombers. secretary of state hillary clinton expressed sorrow about the hotel bombings during hires first day in india. mumbai is the first stop in a week-long visit to india and

thailand. clinton will spend two days in mumbai, one in new delhi and head to thailand before returning to the u.s. next thursday. this is hln for saturday, july 18th, great to have you with us i'm susan hendricks. more on our top story. the death of walter cronkite. he lived in turbulent times and reported on everything from the assassination of president john f. kennedy to the iran hostage crisis. as anderson cooper reports, cronkite's reporting earned him the respect that is hard to match. >> the only nation -- >> reporter: for so long, for so many of us, he was the most trusted man in america. >> and that's the way it is. >> reporter: walter cronkite covered the world and in an age of fewer channels and fewer newscasts, he changed the world, as well. >> looking back on it i think i was so lucky i just happened to fall into the right things at the right time and it worked beautifully. >> reporter: he was born walter leyland, cronkite, jr. in 1916, a beat reporter and football announcer before joining united

press in 1939. when the first troops stormed normandy, walter cronkite was there. >> as dwight eisenhower told me sitting 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. and that's something for all of us to think about. >> reporter: when we think about walter cronkite and generations of broadcast journalists have and will continue, too, 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 it was. who can forget november 22nd, 1963, cronkite reported and reacted to the horror in dallas. >> 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. >> reporter: in 1968, after returning from a trip to vietnam, his conclusions may have helped alter the course of history. >> it seems now more certain than ever that 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 as close to the story as you possibly can and then 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 seemed, was always there. for the moon landing. >> man on the moon! oh, boy! >> thank you. >> whew, boy. >> we're going to be busy for a minute. >> reporter: for watergate, the mid east peace breakthrough, he was humble, honest, straight

forward 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 6th, 1981. i'll be away on assignments and dan rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. good night. >> reporter: good night, mr. cronkite, good night and godspeed. anderson cooper, cnn, new york. >> president obama is asking congress to keep the ball rolling on his proposed health care reform. but six moderate senators say lawmakers should take more time with it. a new government report concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. those senators represent both parties, plus one independent. but president obama says this is not time to slow down. >> now, i realize that the last few miles of any race are the

hardest to run. but, i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next month's recess. president obama also says lawmakers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. a school teacher says he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the confession yesterday. robert mcgill seen here in a courtroom sketch is charged with one count of murder in shirley mcgill's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. apparently, that is when robert mcgill made his confession to agents who interviewed him. mcgill and his wife were former high school sweethearts who married in 2003. a house committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the cia hid a counterterrorism program from congress. the cia director said last month he was told former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information

about the secret program. now, according to some reports, the program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. it has been canceled. four more u.s. banks just went out of business. yesterday, regulators shut down two banks in california plus one each in georgia, also south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic insures your deposits up to a quarter million dollars. those four bank failures cost the corporation more than a billion dollars, bringing the total number for this year to more than 13 billion. police and relatives are trying to end some rumors about this florida couple. they were killed at home on july 9th in a home invasion robbery. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there has been speculation that robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house. they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find

there. but the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive of the crime, i have been authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription m medication, important family documents, and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully, this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings family. >> check out this bus, literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast so strong it blew out the windows, of course, engulfing that bus. the fire spread to some nearby brush and burned about ten acres. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this.

the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 near los angeles whm the fire broke out. maybe the best way to describe the weather this weekend is cold. meteorologist reynolds wolf also cool standing by with all the details. >> check's in the mail, absolutely is. very kind of you. you're absolutely right we are going to see a big time cooldown for much of the nation. the reason why because we've got a big cold front drifting through parts of the u.s., although remaining warm, relatively towards parts of the four corners and we'll see storms in the four corners and parts of texas it will be the cooldown your big waet story for the day. in speaking of a cooldown take a look at highs we expect today, 91 in dallas, i know it doesn't seem very cool but when you consider they've hit highs in triple digits quite some time this is welcome relief. 77 in kansas city, 67 in chicago, 84 in atlanta, anytime in july where you have a high of 84 in atlanta, trust me that, is a lucky day for you. 85 in washington, d.c., boston

and new york in the 80s and nighttime low temperatures 62 in atlanta, 58 in chicago and 56 in minneapolis in the cities i've just mentioned by the time we get into late sunday and monday we may have record low temperatures in those spots as we get towards the end of the weekend and early next week. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. familiar faces helped lead a little girl to a sweet surprise. >> i'll help you find the prince as long as alexis will come with me. >> deal! >> deal! how a fairy tale came to life and made her wish come true. don't miss it. this is hln.

in an era before blogs and

e-mail, cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> he certainly was. president obama among those remembering walter cronkite today. the legendary broadcaster died yesterday, a huge loss. that is our top story on this saturday. we will bring you memories of walter cronkite's life and career throughout the morning. a 10-year-old girl in little rock is living with a debilitating illness. to bring a little sunshine to her day the girl's family and total strangers helped make her wish come true. >> reporter: the afternoon starts with alexis taking a trip to the north also rock police department, where she's told a relative needs to pay a speeding ticket. >> she's got a speeding ticket she's got to pay. helping them inside. >> reporter: once inside alexis's surprised to be met by some of snow white's seven dwarfs who need her help.

>> i'll help you find the prince as long as alexis comes with me. >> reporter: everyone caravans behind the seven dwafs. but, after alexis helps rescue snow white, she gets the ultimate surprise. >> most of all, thank you. and you will be going to see the real snow white at disney world. >> wow! >> that was incredible, seeing the tears and the excitement because she didn't have a clue. >> makes you want to cry. >> nothing puts her down. she's a fighter. >> reporter: mom amanda cox says she has lived with this disease her entire young life and the degenerative disease is spreading. >> it's in her legs but going all the way up. she deserves this a lot because the doctors said before long she'll be in a wheelshare so we want to try to get her wish before this happens. >> a shy young lady of a few

words alexis sums up how friends, family and total strangers made her day. >> what do you say? >> thank you. the "make a wish foundation" and local oil company granted the little girl her wish. she and her family leave for disney world monday. i'm larry smith who needs tiger and phil for must-see drama. weeks before his 60th birthday tom watson leads the british open sharing the lead at five under par entering saturday's third round with shots like this had a great round on thursday, even par on friday. the long birdie here on 16 for watson. meanwhile, woods struggling big time and missing the cut at a major for only the second time as a professional. the 2006 u.s. open after his father's death and then friday. this on 10, a double bogey and again tiger five other par after

two rounds, missing the cut, not around this weekend. watson meanwhile finishing up on 18, a long birdie putt here he's on fire, even par on the day again, tied with moreno for the lead at five under, the oldest player ever to lead a major championship. >> for a 59-year-old, i can just assure you it's next best thing to sex. >> no tiger, no phil. doesn't matter. tour de france riders being shot at as if they didn't have enough to focus on. two rideres were slightly injured in what officials call an air rifle shooting. lance armstrong not among theories injured remaining in the third place as the difficult and often decisive stages begin sunday. how you would like to carry the spolts illustrated issue with you 24/7? a new app for iphone and soon blackberry, as well for 2.99, photos of all 20 models and videos, too, even the fan na

favorites of body paint. that's sports. >> credit cards are convenient but far from perfect. keep a close eye on those statements. you never know what you'll find there. our money expert is looking out for you and your wallet. >> hi. i hope your weekend's going really well. maybe you heard the story this week about a guy who got his credit card bill and he'd been charged a quadrillion dollars for a pack of cigarettes, obviously a mistake but what do you do if you get a crazy charge? it doesn't have to be that but a hundred dollars. the first thing to do, call the store or whoever is charging you as quickly as possible. sometimes time is really of the essence. and no matter what happens on that phone call, maybe you resolve it, maybe you don't, maybe they'll still be looking into it but, also, make sure you call your credit card company. alert them to the discrepancy. you can even say, look, i called the store, they haven't resolved it yet but i wanted to let you

know so they know to be on guard they've got a record of it. another thing to keep in mind is, you may not always get the answer you want to hear right away so, no matter what they are saying from customer service, make sure you are calm and nice to the customer service people. yelling may make you feel good and you may think i'm right but shy yell but it will not get you the results you want. you want them on your team and helping you. looking out for you, i'm jennifer westhoven. >> thanks, jen. get more great money advice from her each weekday on "morning express with robin meade" from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. imagine this workers doing their jobs but not getting paid. why they are getting pinched and what is being done to help them.

the eagle has landed. >> thanks a lot. >> ha-ha. oh, boy! >> thank you. >> maybe you remember that, the first landing on the moon just one of many historic events america learned about by watching walter cronkite, who died yesterday.

by all accounts, cronkite was passionate about the space program, among other things. in fact, in 1998, cronkite was part of the coverage team for our sister network cnn, when john glenn made his cnn, when j made his return to space. just one of the concrite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it tuned to hln for that. what would you say if you suddenly got a 30% paycut? you probably wouldn't be too happy, right? pennsylvania state workers saw the change on their last paycheck and they haven't received any money for july yet because lawmakers haven't approved a new budget. some banks are offering easy loans to help state workers and some food banks are giving them emergency specialize. astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks.

meanwhile nasa says "endeavour" -- the man's oldest british world war i vet has died. he was born in 1896 and was active until his final days according to his care home. alingham was the last entire of the what was considered the greatest battle of worof world . he was confined to a wheelchair. he was 113. everybody wants to save more and spend less, right? we have the guy to help you out. join money expert clark howard at noon eastern. he will show you waives to save money and avoid getting ripped off. earthquakes come with the territory for a place like yellowstone national park. after all, it was formed by a

volcano. now recent periods of quakes there have scientists wondering if a huge eruption is in the near future. %

frnchts dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> walter cronkite was the generation americans chose to deliver its most somber and joyous news. many credit him as being the role of newsmaker as he is remembered. president obama has to convince lawmakers sitting on the bench not to slow down. investigators aren't pointing a finger at anyone right now for bombing two american hotels in indonesia but they have a good idea who may be

behind it. you are watching hln on this saturday, july 18th. great to see you. i'm susan hendricks. our top story today walter cronkite has died after a long illness, he was 92. once known as the most trusted man in america, cronkite's more than 70-year career in journalism covered most of the 20th century, even part of the 21st. he covered world war ii's battle of the bulge, jfk's assassination and man landing on the moon. the term anchorman was also coined after cronkite's work for cbs during the 1952 political conventions. walter cronkite is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife, betsy, died in 2005. a voice of certainty in an uncertain world. that is how president obama is remembering walter cronkite. others describe him as, quote, somebody we knew next door and the consummate tv newsman. here's how anchor dan rather

remembers walter cronkite. >> he was literally a living legend and now a legend in memory. the very best in journalistic craft. in many ways, many important ways, he defined the role of the network anchor. a nation loses a legend walter cronkite remembered today. he died yesterday at the age of 92. we'll have much more on this story next hour and, of course, throughout the morning. right now some of the other stories making headlines we're following for you. president obama is asking congress to keep the ball rolling on his proposed health care reform but six moderate senators say lawmakers should take more time with it. a new government report concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. those senators represent both parties plus one independent but president obama says this is not time to slow down.

>> now, i realize that the last few miles of any race are the hardest to run. but, i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next month's recess. president obama also says lawmakers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. police and relatives are trying to end rumors about this florida couple. they were killed at home on july 9th. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there has been speculation that robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house. they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find there. but the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive of the crime, i have been

authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription medication, important family documents, and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings' family. >> hundreds of people turned out for the couples funeral in pensacola yesterday. byrd and melanie billings adopted 13 special needs children throughout the years. a pastor read a letter from one much daughters in the funeral. she said she would tell her son one day about the injustice done to her parents. a school teacher said he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the confession yesterday. robert mcgill, seen here in a

courtroom sketch, is charged with one count of murder. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. that is when robert mcgill made his confession to agents who interviewed him. he and his wife were former school sweet hearts. regulators shut down two banks in california, one in georgia and one in south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed so far this year. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic inshowers dofts up through a quarter million dollars. those four bank failures cost the corporation more than a billion dollars. bringing the total number for this year to more than 13 billion. check out this bus, literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast, so strong, it blew out the windows, of course, engulfing that bus. the fire spread to some nearby brush and burned about ten

acres. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this. the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 near los angeles when the fire broke out. for children with parents this prison life is certainly a struggle. struggling with disruptions and struggling with school. struggling to stay out of trouble themselves. as part of a look at what it's like to be black in america, soledad o'brien found a woman making a special effort to help some of those children. >> reporter: for these high school kids in houston, texas -- >> okay, all phones off. >> reporter: marilyn's class is a life line. >> if we cry, it's okay. y'all just keep it real. how's that? >> reporter: this is no more victims. a program for children whose parents are incarcerated. >> i'm only 16 years old. and if i was to tell you everything i've been through, it would make you cry. >> reporter: each of these

children has seen their share of hardship. here, they can share their pain. and support each other. for these kids, no more victims is a family. and marilyn is mom. . >> how does it feel having one or both parents this prison? how does that impact your life experience? >> well, it hurts because, like my dad leaving my mom -- >> reporter: tanesha is one of the newest members of the family. >> my mom has to do everything herself. it hurts me and it hurts my mom. >> she came for two weeks, cried every class and didn't say one word. she didn't say a word. i would say, sweetheart, do you want to talk. no. i said, okay.

maybe tomorrow. >> reporter: her father and stepfather are in jail. she's helping her mother raise her six younger siblings. like many of these kids, she's holding a lot in. >> if you look at me, you won't really tell, you know, what i've been through and stuff. like the type of person that i am, i'm a fun person. i just like to have fun or whatever. so you don't really see that i have any problems. >> reporter: you want everybody to know that? >> yeah. >> reporter: marilyn said talking and sharing leads to healing. >> don't miss "black in america 2" on our sister network, clinton. some familiar faces helped lead a little girl to a sweet surprise. >> i'll help you find the friends as long as alexis comes with me. >> deal. how far a fairy tale came to life and made her dreams come true.

an error before blogs and e-mail cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> he certainly was. president obama is among those remembering walter cronkite today. the legendary broadcaster died yesterday a huge loss. that is our top story on this saturday. we will bring you memories of walter cronkite's life and career throughout the morning. a ten-year-old girl with a debib imitating illsentence going to disneyworld. police and the little girl's family and total strangers helped make her wish come true. her mother says the timing of this trip is critical. >> it's in her legs but going all the way up. she deserves this a lot.

the doctor said before long she'll be in a wheelchair. we want to get her wish that she wants before this happens. it makes you want to cry. nothing puts her down. she's a fighter. >> yes, she is. the make a wish foundation whpd that trip. alexis and her family head to disneyworld on sunday. thieves usually leave thing prints and i big old mess behind. one crook in north dakota left this, a note, for his victim. mark's car was an easy target apparently. he left it unlocked. well, the thief made off with his driver's license and credit cards. get this. that note was left as well. telling him he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed neatly over the top of the cds so that i was able to notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits in the console, now

i'm locking. i'm setting the alarm and everything sglefls sounds good. get this. he left the keys in the ignition too. luckily the thief didn't drive off with his car. >> a small town in maine is fighting to keep its post box. the postal service wants to remove it, saying it's not profitable. when a postal worker tried to do that, some towns folk said no. some people threatened to chain themselves to the mailbox. the town put heavy machinery there to make sure it doesn't get removed at night. the postal service decided to leave the box for now, pending further review. i'm larry smith. if you see tiger woods on tv this weekend, you must be watching a commercial. the world's number one golfer failed to make the cut at the british open, just the second time he's had to sit out the weekend at a major championship. woods struggling in the marquee event since returning earlier this year from knee surgery. he hates his tee shot on hole

number nine on friday. he bogeyed hole number nine and double bogeyed 10 and 13. the chip shot rolling back off the green. five over par for tiger as he misses the cut and has to sit out. no tiger, no phil mickelson. he's at home with his mother and wife, both undergoing surgery for breast cancer. tom watson, 59 years old. the five-time champ entering saturday as aco-leader. tiger, bye-bye. the man that sold the gun that killed steve mcnair has been charged. 33-year-old adrian gilliam faces one charge for being a convicted felon. police say he sold the girl to the young woman that shot and killed mcnair, before turning the gun on herself. play of the day, watch this. former nfl star, running back marshall falk, playing in a

celebrity golf tournament in nevada. he is yelling at the ball to get in because he wants to drink. and it does. the first in the history of the tournament, marshall falk, maybe like winning an mvp? maybe. play of the day. that's sports. imagine this. some workers doing their jobs but not getting any money for it. not getting paid. why they are getting pinched and what is being done to help them.

the eagle has landed. >> roger. >> oh, boy. >> maybe you remember that. the first landing on the moon, just one of many historic events america learned about by watching walter cronkite, who died yesterday. by all accounts, cronkite was passionate about the space program, among other things. in fact, in 1998, cronkite was part of the coverage team for our sister network, cnn, when john glen made his return to space. just one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that.

coincidentally, cronkite died three days before one of his biggest stories. on monday, it will be 40 years since the first moon landing. as tom foreman reports, you may never get to see this. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: it's the iconic image of our efforts to explore space. and now as we approach the 40th anniversary of man's first visit to the moon, nasa has restored and enhanced the originalal grainy black and white ages, including that one that riveted the planet. >> that looks beautiful from here. >> reporter: astronaut neil armstrong setting foot on the lunar surface on jewel 20th, 1969. the new high definition video is an improvement over the original. but nasa officials believe somewhere out there is video that could take our breath away.

images like this, but sharper and clearer than anything seen before. the problem is, no one knows where it is. >> left-off of "endeavour." >> reporter: regular shuttle missions and the crisp color images they transmit have space fans a little spoiled. we forget how complicated it was to transmit pictures from space to earth in 1969. here is how it worked. a small camera built into apollo 11 scanned the lunar landing in a unique format unsuitable for regular tv. those images were transmitted to tracking stations in southeast australia and california's mojave desert. veterans of the apollo reminded nasa they recorded the missions on to special tapes, which if

converted now with modern technology would produce the highest quality images of man on the moon ever seen. a search has been launched. three years into it after scouring multiple nasa facilities, there's no sign of those tapes. and now many fear the spectacular images on them, images far superior to anything we've ever seen, may be lost forever. tom foreman, cnn, washington. what would you say if you suddenly got a 30% paycut? you probably wouldn't be too happy, right? pennsylvania state workers saw the change on their last paycheck and they haven't received any money for july yet because lawmakers haven't approved a new budget. some banks are offering easy loans to help state workers and some food banks are giving them emergency supplies. astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two

astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks. meanwhile nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for reentry later this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at lift-off. the world's oldest man and oldest survivor and british world war i vet has died. aling ham was born in 1896 and active until his final days according to his care home. aling ham was the last known survivor of the battle of jetland, considered the greatest battle of world war i. his dedication to the military and fallen troops never wavered. in his later years, he was often seen at memorial events, even though he was confined to a wheelchair. allingham was 113. earthquakes come with the territory for a place like

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clinton will spend two days in mumbai and one in new delhi. she will head to thailand before returning to the u.s. next thursday. this is hln for saturday, july 18th. it's great to have you with us. more on our top story. the death of walter cronkite. he lived in turbulent times and reported on everything from the assassination of president johnf kennedy to the iran hostage crisis. as anderson cooper reports, his reporting earned him the respect that is hard to match. >> reporter: for so long, more so many of us, he was the most trusted man in america. >> that's the way it is. >> reporter: walter cronkite covered the world. in an age of fewer channels and fewer newscasts, he changed the world as well. >> looking back on it, i think i was so lucky. i happened to fall into the right things at the right time and it worked beautifully. >> he was born walterleyland

cronkite in 1916. when the first troops stormed normandy, walter cronkite was there. >> as dwight eisenhower told me sitting on this very wall over here, on the 20th anniversary of d-day, that he thinks of the grandchildren these kids will never have. that's something for all of us to think about. >> reporter: when we think about walter cronkite, and broadcast journalists have and will continue to, we think about its ten europe at cbs. a company he joined in 1950. 12 years later he became the anchor of evening news. in that chair, he came to define what an anchor was. he told america the way it was. who can forget november 22nd, 1963? cronkite reported and reacted to the horror in dallas, texas. >> 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. >> reporter: in 1968, after returning from a trip to vietnam, his conclusions may have helped alter the course of history. >> it seems more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a steal mate. >> reporter: the news reached nixon, who reportedly said, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. >> he said get as close to the story as you possibly can and tell people about it in language 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 seemed was always there. for the moon landing. >> man on the moon, oh, boy. >> thank you. >> boy. >> we'll be busy for a minute. >> reporter: for watergate, for the mideast peace breakthrough. he was humble, honest and

straight forward 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 don't fade away. they keep coming back for more. that's the way it is. i'll be away on assignment. dan rather will be sitting in for the next few years. goodnight. >> reporter: goodnight, mr. cronkite. goodnight and godspeed, anderson cooper, cnn, newark. >> president obama is asking congress to keep the ball rolling on his proposed health care reform. but six moderate senators say lawmakers should take more time with it. a new government report concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. these senators represent both parties, plus one independent. president obama says this is not time to slow down. >> now i realize that the last few miles of any race are the hardest to run.

but i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next month's recess. president obama says lawmakers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. police and relatives are trying to end some rumors about this florida couple. they were killed at home on july 9th in a home invasion robbery. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there has been speculation that robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house. they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find there. but the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive of the crime, i have been authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription

medication, important family documents, and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings family. >> hundreds of people turned out for the couples funeral in pensacola yesterday. byrd and melanie adopted 13 special needs kids over the years. a church pastor read a letter from one of their daughters at the funeral. she said she will tell her son someday how much people cried at the injustice done to her parents. >> a house committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the cia hid a counter terrorism program from congress. the cia director said last month he was told former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information about the secret program. according to some rcheports, th

program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. a school teacher said he killed his wife on a cruiseship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the confession yesterday. robert mcgill, seen here in a courtroom sketch, is charged with one count of murder in his wife's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. that is when robert mcgim made his confession to agents who intrude him. he and his wife were former high school sweet hearts who married in 2003. four more u.s. banks went out of business. yesterday, regulators shut down two banks in california, plus one each in georgia and south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic insures deposits up to a quarter million dollars. those four bank failures cost the corporation more than a billion dollars, bringing the total number for this year to more than 13 billion. check out this bus.

literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast so strong it blew out the windows, of course, engulfing that bus. the fire spread to nearby brush and burned 10 acres. investigators are still trying to find out what caused this. the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 near los angeles when the fire broke out. when the tough economy seemed to have stopped everything, one military family decided it was time to go her own way. we look at her unusual effort in today's "money and mainstream." >> reporter: in the eight years since she retired from the air force, lori lawrence had three different jobs. she quit one and was laid off twice. after the last layoff, she started rethinking her options. >> i started thinking, i'm tired

of going through this. what would i really enjoy this? >> reporter: though or aging husky is too old to need much grooming, cody inspired her to set her sights on opening a dog grooming business in the upscale suburb of peach tree city. but money was tight, so she swallowed her pride and opened a fruit stand. >> it's more money i had last week. >> reporter: it's bringing in a few hundred a week. compared to that, dog grooming looks like a gold mine. >> people spent $42 billion last year on their pets alone. you know, it's there. how do i get in? i want in, you know. >> reporter: lori attended a number of sba sammers in and googled business plans of start-ups and drafted her own. small business experts offered to take a look. >> she has a specific idea in

her head. >> reporter: john and danny helped lori reduce start-up costs to just $35,000. they showed her how to save money on labor and equipment. they have suggested she look for free advice online instead of hiring an attorney and cpa. and they're helping her negotiate a better lease in the down and out commercial real estate market. >> in your plan, you have also things like pet sitting, dog taxi, retail, a bakery, all those things are ways of adding more revenues into a basic wash your dog. >> reporter: for the time being, dog washing is all lori offers. but she hopes to be parading the pampered poochz in her area a full range of services by the end of next month. susan candiotti, cnn. >> some familiar faces helped lead a little girl to a sweet surprise. >> i'll help you find the

friends as long as alexis items me. >> how a fairy tale came to life and made her dreams come true.

in an era before blogs and e-mail, cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> he certainly was. president obama is among those remembering walter cronkite today, the legendary broadcaster died yesterday, a huge loss. that is our top story on this saturday. we will bring you memories of

walter cronkite's life and career throughout the morning. a ten-year-old girl with a debilitating illness is going to disneyworld. that is her wish. police in little rock, a local business, snow white and the seven dwarves helped the girl's family pull off the big surprise. her mother says the timing of this trip is critical. >> that's her legs but it's going all the way up. she deserves this a lot. because the doctor said before long she'll be in a wheelchair. we want to get her wish she wants before this happens. it makes you want to cry. nothing puts her down. she's a fighter. >> yes, she is. the make a wish foundation helped with that trip. alexis and her family heads to disneyworld on monday. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big old mess behind. one crook in north dakota left this. a note for his victim.

mark's car was an easy target apparently. he tlft unlocked. the thaef made off with his driver's license and credit cards. get this. that note was left as well. telling him he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed neatly over the top of the cds so that i was able to notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits in the console. now i'm locking. i'm setting the alarm and everything else, you know. >> yeah, sounds good. get this. he left the keys in the ignition too. luckily the thief didn't drive off with his car. >> a small town in maine is fighting to keep its mailbox. the postal service wants to remove it. when the postal service tried to do that, some folks said no. some people threatened to chain

themselves to the mailbox. the postal service decided to least box for now, pending further review. i'm larry smith. who needs tiger and phil for must-see drama? weeks before his 60th birthday, it is tom watson who leads the british open, sharing the lead at five under par. watson with shots like this. he had a great round on thursday, even par on friday. the long birdie on 16 for watson. meanwhile, woods struggling big time and missing the cut at a major for the second time as a professional. the 2006 u.s. open, after his father's death and then on friday. this on ten setting up a double bogey. tiger five under par. watson finishing up at 18. a long birdie putt here. he is on fire. tide with marino for the lead. he's the oldest player ever to

lead a major championship. >> for a 59-year-old, i can assure you, it's the next best thing to sex. >> no tiger, no phil, doesn't matter. tour de france riders being shot at. as if they didn't have enough to focus on. two riders were slightly injured in an air rifle shooting. lance armstrong was not among those injured. he remains in third place. hey, guys, how would you like to carry the "sports illustrated" issue with you 24/7? here's a new ap for your iphone. for $2.97, photos of all models and videos too. that's sports. imagine this. some workers doing their jobs, but not getting any money for it. not getting paid. why they are getting pinched and what is being done to help them.

the eagle has landed.

>> ooh. oh, boy. >> maybe you remember that. the first landing on the moon. just one of many historic events america learned first of many historic events americans learned about by watching walter cronkite. he was passionate about the state program among other things. in 1998, he was part of the coverage team for our sister network cnn when john glenn made his return to space. one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that. what would you say if you suddenly got a 30% pay cut? you probably wouldn't be too happy, right? penn state workers saw the change on their last paycheck and they haven't received any money for july yet because law makers haven't approved the new budget. banks are offering easy loans to help state workers and food banks are giving workers emergency supplies. astronauts from the shuttle

"endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived yesterday. noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks. nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for re-entry later this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at lift-off. the world's oldest man and oldest survivor of world war i vet was died. henry allingham was the last known survivor of the battle of jutland considered the greatest battle of world war i. his dedication of the military and fallen troops never waivered. even in his later years he was seen at memorial events even though confined to a wheelchair. he was 113. earthquakes come with the

territory for a place like yellowstone national park. after all, it was formed by a volcano. now a recent series of quakes there have scientists wondering if a huge eruption is in the near future?

and that's the way it is. >> that is the way walter cronkite signed off every newscast. today we remember every story walter cronkite covered. investigators think they have a good idea who may be behind yesterday's bombings of two hotels in indonesia and it was someone on their radar. family and friends gather to remember a florida couple killed in a home invasion robbery. you are watching hln on this saturday, july 18th. great to see you, i'm susan hendricks. our top story today, walter cronkite has died after a long illness. he was 92.

once known as the most trusted man in america, cronkite's 70-year career in journalism covered most of the 20 st century and even part of the 21st. he covered world war ii's battle of the bulge, jfk's assassination and man landing on the moon. he was also coined during the 1952 political convention. he is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife betsy died in 2005. a superb reporter, honorable man and fine friend, that is how cbs correspondent mike wallace describes walter cronkite. others are remembering him as humble, an icon of american journalism and the consummate tv newsman. here is what president barack obama said about walter cronkite's passing. >> he was the first to share the devastating news of john f. kennedy's assassination, crystallizing the grief of a nation while fighting back tears

of his own. he cheered with every american when we went to the moon, boldly exploring a new frontier. he brought is 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, e-mail, cell phones and cable he was the news. >> people around the nation are remembering tv legend walter cronkite today, the long-time tv anchor dead at the age of 92. we will have reaction from those who knew him best, personally. that will happen throughout the next half hour and all morning long here on hln. here are some of the other stories making headlines. a notorious militant may be behind the bomb attacks on two american hotels in indonesia. that is what indonesian police said this morning. they are looking at malaysian fugitive nordin top. police are not sure he is involved, but some evidence

indicates he may be and they're looking for him. jw marriott and the rilts carlton yesterday were bombed killing 57 people. one of our i-reporters was near those hotels when the bombs went off. he describes what he saw when he rushed to the scene. here he is. >> went back to my hotel room and my apartment room and there were huge explosions. i looked out the window and the first explosion was at the marriott. there was a big plum of brown smoke. because i work for one of the local television networks on tv, i ran down stairs with my iphone to see what it was all about. soon as i got down to the ground floor there was another huge explosion at the ritz carlton. when i got over there there was smoke billowing out of the building. all the windows were blown out on the street side quite extensively with smoke. there were already some people starting to move outside.

i was able to go up the driveway towards the lobby and all the windows were blown out on the lobby side, as well. i was able to go into the restaurant and have a look around it. having stayed in that hotel many times, there was just total devastation. you couldn't even recognize it from what it was before. i did see one mutilated body on the floor, which could have been one of the suicide bombers. i did see other people getting escorted out with minor injuries. >> police and relatives are trying to end some rumors about this florida couple. they were killed at home on july 9th in a home invasion robbery. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there have been speculation that robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house. they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find there. the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive

of the crime, i have been authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription medication, important family documents and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings' family. >> hundreds much people turned up for the couple's funeral in pensacola, florida, yesterday. byrd and melanie billings adoptioned 13 special needs kids over the years. one of the daughters says she will teach her son about the injustice done to her parents. president obama asked congress to keep the ball rolling on his health care reform. six senators say law makers should take more time with it.

they concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. those senators represent both parties, plus one independent. president obama says this is not time to slow down. >> now, i realize that the last few miles of any race are the hardest to run. i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next month's recess. president obama also said law makers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. a school teacher says he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the confession yesterday. robert mcgill seen here in a courtroom sketch is charged with one count of murder in shirley mcgill's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. apparently that is when robert mcgill made his confession to agents who interviewed him.

they were former high school sweethearts who married in 2003. a house committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the cia hid a counterterrorism program from congress. the cia director was told former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information about the secret program. according to some reports, the program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. it has been canceled. four more u.s. banks just went out of business. yesterday regulators shut down two banks in california plus one each in georgia, also south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic insurances your deposits up to $250,000. those cost the corporation more than $1 billion, bringing the total number for this year to more than $13 billion. astronauts from the shuttle

"endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks. nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for re-entry this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at lift-off. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. this is a look at your forecast across the nation. we have two big stories. let's get rid of the ugly stuff first. that is the chance of strong storms developing for portions of the four corners in parts of oklahoma, colorado and maybe into texas and new mexico before the day is out. you'll see a lot of cold air filtering through parts of the nation. high temperatures today not what you would expect through summer. especially memphis. atlanta was 84. also low humidity. 89 in tampa.

67 in chicago, 73 in minneapolis. when you go out west, it is still definitely summer. 115 in phoenix, 114 in vegas. 98 in salt lake city. 71 in san francisco and 83 in los angeles. check out tonight's low temperatures dropping to 62 as through atlanta and memphis, same story. chicago and minneapolis into the 50s. as we get into monday morning into sunday night, monday morning, temperatures could reach record lows in parts of the midwest. that is a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. california is apparently getting closer to hammering out a deal over its budget there. may be a few hang-ups as law makers consider how to get billions of dollars out of the hole. and they're as big as your average 12-year-old. giant squid popping up along california's crowded shoreline. they are just as mean as they look.

he was literally a living legend and now a legend in memory, the very best in journalistic craft. in many ways, many important ways, he defined the role of the network anchor. >> the man who replaced walter cronkite at the cbs anchor desk remembers him as a legend. cronkite passed away friday at the age of 92. during his many years on television, cronkite covered everything from the assassination of president john f. kennedy to the iran hostage crisis. as anderson cooper reports, cronkite's reporting earned him the respect that is hard to match. >> for so long for so many of us, he was the most trusted man in america. walter cronkite covered the world and in an age of newscast he changed the world, as well.

>> he was born walter leland cronkite jr. he joined the press in 1939. when the first troops stormed normandy, walter cronkite was there. >> as dwight eisenhower told me sitting on this very wall here on the 20th anniversary of d-day, he thinks of the grandchildren these young kids will never have. that's something for all of us to think about. >> when we think about walter cronkite and generations broadcast journalists have and continue to we think about his tenure in cbs, a company he joined in 1950. 12 years later he became the anchor of the cbs evening news. in that chair and that role, he came to define what an anchor was. he told america the way it was. who can forget november 22, 1963? cronkite reported and reacted to the horror in dallas. >> 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. >> in 196 after returning from a trip to vietnam, his conclusions may have helped alter the course of history. >> it seems more certain than ever the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stale may. >> the opinion reached president johnson, who reportedly said, if i lost cronkite, i lost middle america. >> his approach to news was, when news happened, get as close to the story as you possibly can and then tell people about it in language they can understand. walter spoke like the average person. it wasn't all literary, flowering language.

>> man on the moon. oh, boy. >> from watergate, he was humble and honest and straight forward 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 ankermen, you see, don't fade away, they 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 the next few years. good night. >> good night, mr. cronkite. good night, and godspeed. anderson cooper, cnn, new york. >> there could be hope in sight for cash-strapped california. law makers say they are close to solving the $26 billion budget deficit. the senate president pro tem says a deal could happen as early as sunday night. one of the major issues being

debated here is how to repay billions of dollars to the state schools. secretary of state hillary clinton says the hotel bombings in indonesia are a reminder of the reality of the terrorist threat. clinton spoke about the explosions during a visit to mumbai today. it is the first stop in a week-long visit to india and thailand. she is scheduled to speak with indian government officials tomorrow and monday about a wide range of issues. i'm larry smith. so tiger woods is out of the british open after missing the cut on friday. that sound you hear is a collective grown from tv executives, odds makers and anyone planning to sit down this weekend watch tiger be tiger. that is not going to happen. shots like this plaguing him on friday at turnberry. not happy with his entire week there. out of the tournament at five over par. only the second time ever he missed a cut at a major during his pro career.

hey, let's print the home addresses of current around former st. louis cardinals' players. that wases call of the st. louis newspaper. cardinals revoked that paper's all-star game considerations. nice. what's wrong with this picture? the detroit lions' web page offers fans a chance to relive last season in high-def. a season they didn't win a game. must be a horror flick. >> who says snowboarding is a seasonal thing? crews working to save snow at a colorado park for their first annual snow camp should make for an interesting "how i spent my summer" essay. this is pretty bizarre. probably one you haven't heard of before. a crook took time out to

compliment his victim and give him an important piece of advice.

the eagle has landed. >> oh, boy. >> maybe you remember that, the first landing on the moon. one of many historic events americans learned about by watching walter cronkite who died yesterday. cronkite. he was passionate about the state program among other things. in 1998, he was part of the coverage team for our sister network cnn when john glenn made his return to space. one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big old mess behind. one crook in north dakota left this, a note for his victim. mark neary's car was an easy target, apparently. he left it unlocked. the thief made off with his driver's license and credit cards. that note was left, as well. telling neary he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future.

>> the note was placed neatly over the top of the cds so i was able to notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and pen that sits in the console. now i'm locking, setting the alarm and everything else, you know? >> sounds good. get this. he left the keys in the ignition, too. luckily the thief didn't drive off with his car. check out this bus literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast so strong it blew out the windows engulfing that bus. the fire spread to nearby brush and burned about ten acres. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this. the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 in los angeles when the fire broke out. it is hard enough to lose a child, but one father struggled to pay for his son's burial, so

he got out a shovel and starting digging himself. this story just ahead. ññño

and that's the way it is. >> that is how walter cronkite signed off every newscast. today we remember the nearly century worth of stories cronkite covered. investigators think they have a good idea who may be behind yesterday's deadly bombings of two american hotels in indonesia. it's someone who has been on their radar. family and friends gather to remember a florida couple killed in a home invasion robbery and go to work clearing up rumors about the case. you are watching hln on this saturday, july 1th. great to see you. i'm susan hendricks. our top story today, walter cronkite has died after a long illness.

he was 92. once known as the most trusted man in america, cronkite's 70 year career in journalism covered most of the 20th century and even part of the 21st. he covered world war ii's battle of the bulge, jfk's assassination and man landing on the moon. the term anchorman was coined after cronkite's work for cbs during the 1992 political conventions. he is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife betsy died in 2005. a superb reporter, honorable man and fine friend. that is how mike wallace describes walter cronkite. others are remembering him as humble, an icon of american journalism and the consummate tv newsman. here is what president barack obama said about walter cronkite's passing. >> he was the first to share the devastating news of john f. kennedy's assassination, crystallizing the grief of a nation while fighting back tears

of his own. he cheered with every american when we went to the moon. boldly exploring a new frontier. 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 earthquake was the news. people around the nation are remembering tv legend walter cronkite today, the long-time tv anchor dead at the age of 92. we will have reaction from those who knew him best personally. that will happen throughout the next half hour and all morning long here on hln. here are some of the other stories making headlines. breaking news from the tour de france. larry smith is here with the latest on this tragic story. >> yes. french police say a spectator was hit and killed by a police motorcycle killing the road for cyclist. the accident happened as a woman tried to cross the road during the 14th stage. the motorcycle officer could not avoid hitting the woman.

he fell off his bike which then hit and injured two other people. their injuries are not life-threatening. stay with hln for the latest. a notorious militant may be behind the bomb attacks on two american hotels in indonesia. that is what indonesian police said this morning. they are looking at malaysian fugitive noordin top, reportedly a member of an islamic group connected to al qaeda. some evidence indicates he may be involved. two bombers hit the jw marriott and ritz carlton killing 57 people. others were wounded, including eight american. the florida couple killed last week was laid to rest yesterday. their family says speculation of what was taken from their home will be put to rest, as well. with this is the latest of the investigation onto their deaths. >> reporter: family and friends

gathered for byrd and melanie billings' funeral, their children attended the service at this pensacola church. it seemed that the safe would hold the clue, the insight into the motive why the billings were killed. authorities say it was the only item taken when five men burst onto their home, shot and killed the couple and made away with the safe. even though investigators and prosecutors have refused to talk about what was in the safe, the billings' family attorney revealed the secret. >> the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription medication, important family documents and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully this will put to rest of the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings family. >> reporter: those contents would hardly reveal something you think a group of armed men would want to rob. the announcement surprised

investigators and prosecutor whose said revealing the contents of the safe would put the investigation to risk. the sheriff responded. >> because there was a lot of hoopla and speculation about the contents of the safe, some speculation that could have been hurtful to individuals. i can tell you as a law enforcement officer, i don't care if that safe contained beanie babies and bubble gum because it was the object itself that was the issue here. >> reporter: the billings' family attorney expressed frustration and anger over media reports that federal agencies like the dea are involved in the murder investigation. she said those reports cast a negative light on the billings' family. investigators say the dea is looking into evidence uncovered while interviewing the accused killers, not into the business dealings of byrd billings. >> the dea was called in on the suspects in this crime. >> reporter: at the funeral, the billings children released multicolored balloons into the air. ed brock says the couple will never be forgotten.

>> their lives were cut way too short, but their legacy will live on. as albert einstein said, our death is not an end if we can live on in our children. byrd and melanie will live on in our hearts forever. >> reporter: authorities say they wrapped up the bulk of their investigation. seven people that were there have been accounted for and there are other people they are interested in speaking with and there is the possibility of yet one more arrest. ed lavandera, pensacola, florida. president obama asked law makers to keep the ball rolling on his health care reform. they concluded the bill won't cut long-term health care costs. those senators representing both parties plus one independent. president obama says this is not time to slow down.

>> now, i realize that the last few miles of any race are the hardest to run. i have to say now is not the time to slow down. >> reporter: democrats are moving the bill through congress and want to pass it before next month's recess. president obama says law makers shouldn't miss the opportunity to pass the bill. a school teacher says he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the confession yesterday robert mcgill seen here in a courtroom sketch is charged with one count of murder in shirley mcgill's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. apparently that is when robert mcgill made his con physician to agents who interviewed him. mcgill and his wife were former high school sweethearts who married in 2003. four more u.s. banks just went out of business. yesterday regulators shut down two banks in california, plus one each in georgia, also south

dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic insurances your deposits up to $250,000. those failures cost the corporation more than $1 billion, bringing the total number for this year to more than $13 billion. astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks. nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for re-entry this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at lift-off. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. this is a look at your forecast across the nation. we have two big stories. let's get rid of the ugly stuff first. that is the chance of strong storms developing for portions of the four corners in parts of

oklahoma, colorado and maybe into texas and new mexico before the day is out. you'll see a lot of cold air filtering through parts of the nation. high temperatures today not what you would expect through summer. especially memphis. 83 is the expected high. atlanta was 84. also low humidity. 89 in tampa. 67 in chicago, 73 in minneapolis. when you go out west, it is still definitely summer. 115 in phoenix, 114 in vegas. 98 in salt lake city. 71 in san francisco and 83 in los angeles. check out tonight's low temperatures dropping to 62 as through atlanta and memphis, same story. chicago and minneapolis into the 50s. as we get into monday morning into sunday night, monday morning, temperatures could reach record lows in parts of the midwest. that is a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. california is apparently getting closer to hammering out

a deal over its budget. there may be a few hang-ups as law makers consider how to get billions of dollars out of the hole. and they're as big as your average 12-year-old. giant squid popping up along california's crowded shoreline. they are just as mean as they look.

the eagle has landed. >> oh, boy. >> maybe you remember that, the first landing on the moon, just one of many historic events america learned about by watching walter cronkite who died yesterday. by all accounts he was passionate about the states program among other things.

he was part of the coverage team for cnn when john glenn made his return to space. just one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that. there could be hope in sight for cash-strapped california. law makers say they are close to solving the $26 billion budget deficit. the senate president's pro tem says a deal could happen as early as sunday night. last night legislators spent three hours behind closed doors with governor arnold schwarzenegger. one of the major issues being debated here is how to repay billions of dollars to the state schools. pirates released a cargo ship they held captive for several months. the german ship and its 11 crew members are said to be safe. it is not clear whether ransom was paid or not. pirates hijacked the ship in the waters off somalia may 5th. the area has been a hotbed of pirate activity despite increased military presence.

secretary of state hillary clinton said the hotel bombings in indonesia are a reminder over the reality of terrorist threats. clinton spoke about the explosions on a visit in mumbai today. it is a week-long visit to india and thailand. she is scheduled to speak tomorrow and monday about a wide range of issues. i'm larry smith. tom watson says leading the british open at age 59 is as good as sex. his words, not mine. the five-time british open champ is trying to continue. shots like this finish out his second round on 18, this for the birdie and it's in. even par on the day. ties the lead with steve marino. tiger woods out. he did not make the cut. the man who sold the gun that killed steve mcnair has been charged. 33-year-old adrian gilliam faces

one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a hand gun. he sold the gun to hazemi. a running back turned massage therp snis ricky williams is planning his life after football. eric williams, as he wants to be called in his new profession, hopes to have his license before training camp starts late they are month. no massages for teammates. sorry. >> guys, how would you like to carry the "sports illustrated" swimsuit with you 24/7? for $2.99 you can get photos of all 20 models and their videos, too, and the fan favorite body paint. >> play of the day. watch this former nfl star running back marshall faulk. watch this shot. playing in a celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe, nevada, a tournament that's never seen a hole in one until

that. marshall faulk, the former colts and ram -- drinks for everyone. it's on the house, on faulk. that's sports. >> imagine sit agent home and this, a giant weiner mobile comes crashing into your house. it happened in wisconsin when the driver of that oscar myer mobile tried to turn around on a dead-end street. she went right onto that house. luckily the people who live there were not home. no one was hurt, but unfortunately the homeowner was just dropped by her insurance. she hopes oscar myer's parent company kraft foods will cover the damage. this is bizarre. a crook took time out to compliment his victim and give him an important piece of advice.

he was literally a living legend and now a legend in memory, the very best in journalistic craft. in many ways, many important

ways, he defined the role of the network anchor. >> the man who replaced walter cronkite on the cbs anchor desk remembers him as a legend. cronkite passed away friday at the age of 92. you will hear much more how a nation is remembering walter cronkite throughout the morning. a hearing on the custody of michael jackson's three children has been pushed back for a third time now. it is now set to happen august 3rd. jackson's mother katherine and his ex-wife debbie rowe have been working privately since jackson's death to try to resolve the custody issue. katherine jackson has been given temporary guardianship over the children. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big old mess behind. one crook in north dakota left this, a note for his victim. mark nearly's car was an easy target, apparently. he left it unlocked. the theory left off with neary's driver license and credit card. that note was left, as well,

telling nearly he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed neatly over the top of the cd over the top of the cds so that i was able to notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits in the console, now i'm locking. i'm setting the alarm and everything else, you know. >> sounds good. get this. he left the keys in the ignition too. luckily the thief didn't drive off with his car. hi, there, i'm robin mead. we salute the troops every weekday. today's absolute is for thomas kirkwood. he's in afghanistan on a second deployment. check out these pictures. thomas' wife said she and her son dallas miss him and they are both very anxious for him to

come home. maybe you have somebody in the service. if so, go to cnn.com/robin and watch for those absolutes every morning and morning express with me robin meade 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern. swarms of giant squid are invading the waters off san diego and some have washed off the beaches. the so-called humble squid can grow as big as 100 pounds and are pretty aggressive. the squid wrap tentacles around their masks yank at their gear. the squid are native to central and mexico. so it's not clear why they're showing up in southern california. scientists say it could be anything from global warming to a shortage of food. everybody wants to save more and spend less, right? we have just the guy to help you out. join hln money expert clark howard at noon eastern. he will show you ways to spend more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. "the clark howard show" noon eastern on hln. it is hard enough to lose a child but one father struggled to pay for his son's burial so

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cite died after a long illness. he was 92. once known as the most trusted man in america, conkrite spent his 70-year career in journalism. he covered world war ii's battle of the bulge, jf k's assassination and man landing on the moon. the term anchorman was also coined after cronkite's work for cbs after the 1982 political convention. walter conkrite is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife betsy died in 2005. a superb reporter, honorable man and fine friend, that is how cbs correspondent mike wallace describes walter cronkite. others are remembering him as humble, an icon of american journalism and the consummate tv newsman. here is what president barack obama said about walter cronkite's passing. >> he was the first to share the devastating news of john f. kennedy's assassination, crystalizing the grief of a nation while fighting back tears of his own.

he cheered with every american when we went to the moon, boldly exploring a new frontier. he brought is 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, e-mail, cell phones and cable he was the news. >> people around the nation are remembering tv legend walter cronkite today, the long-time tv anchor dead at the age of 92. we will have reaction from those who knew him best, personally. that will happen throughout the next half hour and all morning long here on hln. here are some of the other stories making headlines. breaks news from the tour de france. smith is here with the latest on this tragic story on hln. >> french spectator was hit and killed by a motorcycle clearing the road for the tour de france. the accident happened while a woman was trying to cross the road in the race's 14th stage. police officials said a

motorcycle officer could not avoid hit ago woman. he fell off his bike, which hit and injured two other people. their injuries are not life-threatening. stay for hln for the latest news. a notorious militant may be behind the bomb attacks on two american hotels in indonesia. that is what indonesian police said this morning. they are looking at malaysian fugitive nordin top. police are not sure he is involved, but some evidence indicates he may be and they're looking for him. well two suicide bombers hit jw marriott and the ritz-carlton yesterday, killing at least 57 people. 50 others were wounded, killing at least eight americans. police and relatives are trying to end some rumors about this florida couple. they were killed at home on july 9th in a home invasion robbery. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there have been speculation that robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house. they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find

there. the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive of the crime, i have been authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription medication, important family documents and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings' family. >> hundreds much people turned up for the couple's funeral in pensacola, florida, yesterday. byrd and melanie billings adopted 13 special needs kids over the years. one of the daughters says she will teach her son about the injustice done to her parents.

a schoolteacher says he killed his wife on a cruise ship with his bare hands. court documents revealed the confession yesterday. robert mcgill, seen here in a courtroom sketch, is charged with one count of murder in shirley mcgill's death. the fbi stopped the cruise when her body was found last wednesday. apparently, that is when robert mcgill made his confession to agents who interviews him. mcgill and his wife were former high school sweethearts who married in 2003. a house committee will investigate whether any laws were broken when the cia hid a counterterrorism program from congress. the cia director was told former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information about the secret program. according to some reports, the program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. it has been canceled. four more u.s. banks just went out of business. yesterday regulators shut down two banks in california plus one

each in georgia, also south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic insurances your deposits up to $250,000. those cost the corporation more than $1 billion, bringing the total number for this year to more than $13 billion. astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks. nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for re-entry this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at lift-off. more most of us, computers

are everywhere. but for students in rural africa, a computer seems like an impossible dream. for today's impact your world, we look at how an electronics store employee in the u.s. is trying to bring them online and also throw in a warranty. >> reporter: by day, setha is part of what's known as the geek squad, installing and fixing electronics for his best buy retail store in washington, d.c. but this mild mannered man from ghana has another identity -- founder and head of entire village computers organization, or evco, for short. >> they are helping us with computers, for that i'm sure. >> reporter: since 2005, villages received 120 computers from evco, and each device comes

with a warranty of sorts. evco maintains and fixes every donated computer for three years after delivery. geek squad member by day, evco philanthropist by night, sethawosu is hoping to make an even greater impact in the future. for cnn international and impact your world, i'm holly garage. >> for more information about evco, and maybe how you can pitch in and help out, go to our website, cnn.com/impact. you will find a wide variety of resource that's will help you impact your world. california is apparently getting closer to hammering out a deal over its budget there. may be a few hang-ups as law makers consider how to get billions of dollars out of the hole. and they're as big as your average 12-year-old. giant squid popping up along california's crowded shoreline. they are just as mean as they look. this is hln.

. the geagle has landed. >> maybe you remember that. just one of many events the world learned about by watching walter cronkite, who died yesterday. one of the many things he was passionate. he was part of our coverage team for our sister network cnn when john glenn made his return to space. just one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it to hln for that. there could be hope in sight for cash-strapped california.

the president's senate pro tem said a deal could happen as early as sunday night. last night legislators spent three hours behind closed doors with governor arnold schwarzenegger. one of the major issues being debated here is how to repay billions of dollars to the state schools. pirates released a cargo ship they held captive for several months. the german ship "victoria" and its 11 crew members are said to be safe. it is not clear whether ransom was paid or not. pirates hijacked the ship in the waters off somalia may 5th. the area has been a hotbed of pirate activity despite increased military presence. secretary of state hillary clinton said the hotel bombings in indonesia are a reminder over the reality of terrorist threats. clinton spoke about the explosions on a visit in mumbai today. it is a week-long visit to india and thailand. she is scheduled to speak tomorrow and monday about a wide

range of issues. i'm larry smith. so tiger woods is out at the british open, having missed the cut on friday. that sound you here ar is clakt grown from oddsmaker and anyone sitting down to watch tiger beat tiger. shots like this were his undoing on friday. doesn't like it. slams and throws his club. 5 over par in his first two rounds, missing the cut for only the second time ever at major as a professional. tiger is out. let's move on. let's print the home addresses of current and former st. louis cardinals' baseball players during all-star week. that was the call by a st. louis newspaper and they caught some flag for it. star slugger albert pujols is among those feeling less privacy these days. the stars responded by revoking the star's credentials. what's wrong with this

paper? they relived the season in high-def, a season in which the team didn't win a game. it must be a horror flick up in detroit. who says snowboarding is a seasonal thing? some have found their thrills in the summer. crews worked to save some snow at a colorado park for their first annual snow camp. should make for an interesting how i spent my summer essay next month. that's sports. credit cards are convenient but far from perfect. our money expert jennifer woven is looking out for you and your wallet. >> maybe you heard a story this week about a guy who got his credit card bill and he had been charged a quadrillion dollars for a pack of cigarettes. that was a mistake. but what do you do if you get a crazy charge? it doesn't have to be a

quadrillion. it could be a $100. the first thing, call the store as quickly as possible. sometimes time is really of the essence. no matter what happens on that phone call, maybe you resolve it, maybe you don't. maybe you will still be looking into it. make sure you recall your credit card company. alert them to the discrepancy. can you say, look, i called the store. they haven't resolved it yet but i wanted let you know so they know to be on guard and have a record of it. another thing to keep in mind is you may not always get the answer you want to hear right away. no matter what they're saying from customer service, make sure you are home. make sure you're nice to the customer service people. it may make you feel good and say i'm right. i should yell, but it will not get you the rulgt results that want. want them on your team and helping you. looking out for you, i'm jennifer westhoven. >> thanks, jen. can you get more great money advice from jennifer each weekday on "morning express"

from 6 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. this is one you probably haven't heard before. a crook took time-out to compliment his victim and give him an important piece of advice.

he was literally a living legend and now a legend in memory. the very best at his craft, in

many ways, in many important ways, he defined the role of a network anchor. >> the man who replaced walter cronkite on the cbs anchor desk remembers him as a legend. kron cite passed away friday at the age of 92. you will hear much more on how a nation is remembering walter cronkite throughout the morning. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big old mess behind. one crook in north dakota left this, a note for his victim. mark neary's car was an easy target, apparently. he left it unlocked. the thief made off with his driver's license and credit cards. that note was left, as well. telling neary he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed neatly over the top of the cds so i was able to notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and pen that sits in the console. now i'm locking, setting the alarm and everything else, you know?

>> sounds good. get this. he left the keys in the ignition, too. luckily the thief didn't drive off with his car. the world's oldest man and oldest survivor in british world war i vet has died. henry allingham was born in 1896 and was active. henry allingham was the last known survivor of the battle of jutland considered the greatest battle of world war i. his dedication to the military and fallen troops never wavered. even in his later years he was seen at memorial events even though confined to a wheelchair. allingham was 113. a small town in maine is fighting to keep its mailbox. the postal service wants to remove it, saying it's not profitable in otis field. but when a postal worker tried to do that, some townsfolk said no. some people threatened to chain themselves to the mailbox.

the town also put heavy machinery there to make sure it doesn't get removed at night. the postal service decided to leave the box for now, pending further review. check out this bus literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast so strong it blew out the windows engulfing that bus. the fire spread to nearby brush and burned about ten acres. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this. the bus had already pulled over on the side of the road on interstate 5 in los angeles when the fire broke out. it is hard enough to lose a child, but one father struggled to pay for his son's burial, so he got out a shovel and starting digging himself. this story just ahead. in this week's empowered

patient, we look at this issue on when doctors should say no to patients. we got the idea because of the michael jackson story and some allegations some doctors didn't say no to requests from jackson for prescription drugs. now, when i talked to doctors about this issue, they say sometimes physicians failed to say no to their patients even when saying no would be in the patient's best interest. for example, sometimes patients have a cold and ask for antibiotics, and sometimes doctors feel pressure from the patient to prescribe those antibiotics, even though it's not really what the patient needs. and sometimes the doctors acquiesce to those requests, even though it's not in the patient's best interest. offer sometimes doctors tell me patients come in and say, hey, doctor, last night i saw this great drug advertised on tv. i want it and sometimes the doctor will prescribe it again even if it's not the best route for the patient. so what experts tell me is that the truly empowered patient definitely asks for things they think they need but they also listen to doctors and the doctors should learn how to say no when a request is not in the

best interest of a patient. for empowered patient, i'm elizabeth cohen.

and that's the way it is. >> that is how walter cronkite signed off every newscast. today we remember the nearly century worth of stories cronkite covered. investigators think they have a good idea who may be behind yesterday's deadly bombings of two american hotels in indonesia. it's someone who has been on their radar. family and friends gather to remember a florida couple killed in a home invasion robbery and go to work clearing up rumors about the case. you are watching hln on this saturday, july 18th. great to see you. i'm susan hendricks. our top story today, walter cronkite has died after a long illness. he was 92.

once known as the most trusted man in america, cronkite's 70 year career in journalism covered most of the 20th century and even part of the 21st. he covered world war ii's battle of the bulge, jfk's assassination and man landing on the moon. the term anchorman was coined after cronkite's work for cbs during the 1992 political conventions. he is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife betsy died in 2005. a superb reporter, honorable man and fine friend. that is how cbs correspondent mike wallace describes walter cronkite. others are remembering him as humble, an icon of american journalism and the consummate tv newsman. here is what president barack obama said about walter cronkite's passing -- >> he was the first to share the devastating news of john f. kennedy's assassination, crystalizing the grief of a nation while fighting back tears of his own.

he cheered with every american when we went to the moon. boldly exploring a new frontier. 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 earthquake was the news. people around the nation are remembering tv legend walter cronkite today, the long-time tv anchor dead at the age of 92. we will have reaction from those who knew him best personally. that will happen throughout the next half hour and all morning long here on hln. here are some of the other stories making headlines. breaking news from the tour de france. larry smith is here with the latest on this tragic story. just into hln. french police say a spectator was hit and killed by a police motorcycle killing the road for cyclist. the accident happened as a woman tried to cross the road during the 14th stage. the motorcycle officer could not

avoid hitting the woman. he fell off his bike which then hit and injured two other people. their injuries are not life-threatening. stay with hln for the latest. a notorious militant may be behind the bomb attacks on two american hotels in indonesia. that is what indonesian police said this morning. they say they are looking at malaysian futtive noordin top. he's reportedly a member of an islamic group connected to al qaeda. some evidence indicates he may be involved. and they are looking for him. two bombers hit the jw marriott and ritz-carlton yesterday, killing at least 57 people. 50 others were wounded, including eight americans. police and relatives are trying to end some rumors about this florida couple. they were killed at home on july 9th in a home invasion robbery. eight people have been arrested so far in this case. there has been speculation that robbery wasn't the only motive here. police say the suspects took a safe from the house.

they haven't said exactly what the suspects expected to find there. but the family says there was nothing of great value inside. >> as a result of the intense speculation regarding the motive of the crime, i have been authorized to tell you that the safe that was removed from the billings' home contained only children's prescription medication, important family documents, and some jewelry of sentimental value. hopefully, this will put to rest the intense speculation and rumors that are swirling about the billings' family. >> hundreds of people turned up for the pensacola, florida, yesterday. byrd and melanie billings adopted 13 kids over the years. she said she will tell her son

someday how much people cried at the injustice done to her parents. the cia director said last month he was told former vice president dick cheney ordered the cia to withhold information about the secret program. now, according to some reports, the program involved missions to kill certain suspected terrorists. it has been canceled. four more u.s. banks just went out of business. yesterday regulators shut down two banks in california, plus one each in georgia. also south dakota. that makes 57 banks that have failed this year so far. compare that to 25 last year. the fdic ensures your deposits up to a quarter million dollars. those four bank failures caused the corporation up to $4 billion, bringing the total number for this year to more than $13 billion. astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" are preparing for the first space walk of their

mission. the shuttle arrived at the international space station yesterday. at noon eastern time today, two astronauts will go outside the station to attach a platform for science experiments. it will be the first of five planned space walks. meanwhile, nasa says "endeavour" appears in good shape for re-entry this month even though a large amount of foam broke off the fuel tank at lift-off. california is apparently getting closer to hammering out a deal over its budget. there may be a few hang-ups as law makers consider how to get billions of dollars out of the hole. and they're as big as your average 12-year-old. just look at them. giant squid popping up along california's crowded shoreline. they are just as mean as they look. this is hln.

the eagle has landed. >> oh, boy. >> maybe you remember that, the first landing on the moon, just one of many historic events america learned about by watching walter cronkite who died yesterday. by all accounts he was passionate about the states program among other things. in fact , in 1998, he was part of the coverage team for cnn when john glenn made his return to space. just one of the cronkite moments we will feature throughout the day. keep it here on hln for that. there could be hope in sight for cash-strapped california. law makers say they are close to solving the $26 billion budget deficit. the senate president's pro tem says a deal could happen as early as sunday night. last night legislators spent three hours behind closed doors with governor arnold schwarzenegger. one of the major issues being debated here is how to repay

billions of dollars to the state schools. i'm larry smith. tom watson said leading the british open at age 59 is as good as sex, his words, not mine. the five-time british open champ is trying to continue the biggest story of the golf season. watson, the co-leader entering today's third round with shots like this. finishing out his second round on 18. this for the birdie and it's in. even par on the day. ties the lead with steve marino at 5 under par. meanwhile, tiger woods out. he did not make the cut at the british. well, the man who sold the gun that killed former nfl mvp steve mcnair has been charged. 33-year-old adrian gilliam faces one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun. police say gilliam sold the 9 millimeter gun to sahel kazemi for $100 and less than 48 hours later, kazemi shot and killed her boyfriend mcnair before

turning the gun on herself. a running back turned massage therapist? ricky williams of the miami dolphins is planning his life after football. eric williams, as he wants to be called in his new profession, hopes to have his license before training camp starts later this month. no massages for teammates, sorry. guys, how would you like to carry the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue with you 24/7? there's a new ap for your iphone and soon for your blackberry. for $2.99, can you get photos for all 20 models and their videos, too. even, yes, fan favorite body painting. play of the day. watch this former nfl star running back marshall faulk. watch this shot. playing in a celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe, nevada. a tournament that's never seen a hole in one until that. marshall faulk, the former colt and ram, drinks for everyone. it's on the house, on faulk. that's sports.

this is bizarre. probably one you haven't heard before. a crook took time out to compliment his victim and give him an important piece of advice.

he was literally a living legend and now a legend in memory, the very best in journalistic craft. in many ways, many important ways, he defined the role of the network anchor. >> the man who replaced walter cronkite on the cbs anchor desk remembers him as a legend. cronkite passed away friday at the age of 92. during his many years on television, cronkite covered the assassination of john f. kennedy and the iran hostage crisis. and you will hear that he earned respect that is hard to match. >> reporter: for so long, for so many of us, he was the most trusted man in america. >> and that's the way it is. >> reporter: walter cronkite covered the world, and in an age of fewer channels and fewer newscasts, he changed the world

as well. >> looking back on it, i think i was so lucky and i just happened to fall into the right things at the right time, and it worked beautifully. >> reporter: he was born walter cronkite jr. in 1915. when the first troops stormed normandy, walter cronkite was there. >> as dwight eisenhower told me sitting on this very wall over here, on the 20th anniversary of d-day, that he thinks the grandchildren that these young kids will never have and that's something for all of us to think about. >> reporter: when we think about walter conkrite, and generations of broadcast journalists have and will continue to, 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 it was. who can forget november 22nd,

1963? cronkite reported and reacted to the horror in dallas. >> 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. >> reporter: in 1968, after returning from a trip to vietnam, his conclusions may have helped alter the course of history. >> it seems now more certain than ever that 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 as close to the story as you possibly can and then tell people about it in language that they can understand. walter spoke like the average person. it wasn't all literary, nowry kind of language. people don't talk that way and walter didn't either. >> reporter: walter, it seemed,

was always there. for the moon landing -- >> man on the moon. oh, boy. >> thank you. >> whew, boy. >> i will be dizzy for a minute. >> reporter: for watergate, for the mideast peace breakthrough. 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 anchorman you see don't fade away, they just keep coming back for more. and that's the way it is, friday, march 6th, 1981. i will be away on assignment, and dan rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. good night. >> reporter: good night, mr. cronkite. good night and godspeed. anderson cooper, cnn, new york. thieves usually leave fingerprints and a big, old mess behind. but one crook in north dakota left this, a note for his victim. mark neary's car was on easy target, apparently. he left it unlocked. the thief made off with neary's

driver's license and credit xar cards. get this, that note was left as well. telling him he had amazing taste in music and advising him to lock his car in the future. >> the note was placed neatly over the top of the cds so i was able to notice it right away, using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits in the console. now i'm locking. i'm setting the alarm and everything else, you know. >> yeah, sounds good. get this, left the keys in the ignition, too. luckily, the thief didn't drive off with his car. you may consider that old fried ipod or old cell phone you have lying around to be trash. some young entrepreneurs see dollar signs there, and they are helping the planet top boot. maggie lake reports in this week's edition of eco solutions. >> that's 50 and then 60. >> all right thanks a lot.

>> reporter: handing out cold, hard cash on the streets of new york. not a sight many are used to but the founders of new or used.com did just that, paying money to $150 to $160 paying money for iphones outside apple's flag ship in new york. >> recycling electronics rather than throwing them in the landfill. >> reporter: the premise of this new company is rather simple, send in your old, outdated consumer gadgets and depending on their age and condition, these guys will send you cash. the aim is to recycle your old electronics. just over four months old, this electronic friendly site was founded by two schoolmates at yale university. the pair admit launching a business in the middle of a recession was scary but they believe e-cycling waste has been very useful. >> i think we have been lucky in the times we're in. people have started to become

more wear of these problems and at the same time we're offering a solution that not only make s sense for the environment, but makes sense for our customers. >> this was actually built by our marketing team. >> reporter: in order to get the word out, the young staff rely on creative, low budget marketing, a technique they've used to great success at the launch of the latest apple phone. >> from about 6:00 in the morning until about 9:30 but then the whole team sort of traded through it. everybody in new york i think probably over a thousand people got pictures with this. so this thing is all over facebook and twitter. >> reporter: the front room is where the ideas for you renew comes together but this room makes up the nuts and bolts of the business. >> some of the devices do go off and are recycled. we believe reuse comes before recycling. many of the devices we see can be reused. >> reporter: once they get a device the tech staff clear the data and then you renew is able to resell the equipment on the

secondary market to wholesalers and refurbishing outfits. that's where the profit comes from. or at least that's the plan. you renew says it isn't actually turning a profit once expenses are paid but these two yale students say they're willing to do whatever it takes to make this a success. it strikes me a lot of people stay in school a lot longer because they don't want to leave such a nice environment. you guys chose to jump into the business world early. why? >> well, i mean, i think in this particular case we had the idea. we knew there was sort of a window to execute it on and we wanted to jump in head first and go after it. but i think we both sort of look at it like we're still at yale and we're not leaving. >> reporter: not yet. >> not yet. >> reporter: for more great stories like that one and interesting people in businesses going green, head to cnn.com/eco solutions. it is hard enough to lose a child but one father struggled to pay for his son's burial so he got out a shovel and started digging himself. ñ;?;?;?;?;?;?;?