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reporting from moscow. >> that is the legendary tv newsman, walter cronkite. next on msnbc saturday, we'll remember him. of course, he was long called the most trusted man in america. also ahead -- the fight over the health care bill president obama's now facing opposition from members of his own party. plus -- it's a race against time. see how one woman is trying to bake up a way to save her home. ♪ he still rocks. paul mccartney rules the big apple in his final farewell tour. good morning, everyone. i'm chris jansing in for alex witt. we have that to bring you along with encouraging signs from the housing market. first, we begin this hour with the passing of a broadcast legend, cbs angererman, walter cronkite, hailed as the most trusted nan america, died in his home in new york. he was 92. from 1962 through 1981, cronkite

anchored the "cbs evening news." he was one of the most famous and most trusted voices in america with his signature sign-off "and that's the way it is." here's nbc's chris clackum with a look back at the remarkable life of cronkite. >> reporter: when walter cronkite veered from his usual straight reporting on the "cbs evening news" for the 1968 editorial against the vietnam war, president johnson was watching in the white house, and he said to have exclaimed -- that's it if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. >> pennsylvania. >> reporter: it was instances like that that helped justify cronkite's longtime monica ker as the most trusted man in america. walter cronkite was born on november 4, 1916 in st. joseph, missouri. after reading an article about a foreign correspondent, cronkite left the university of texas and began his own journalism career, one that led him to cover the european front of world war ii

for united press. in 1962, cronkite helped launch the "cbs evening news," broadcast in 60 million homes every night. a year later, with the rare glimpse of eee motion, cronkite informed the nation of the assassination of president kennedy. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: in 1969, cronkite's live of the space program overwhelmed him as he watched with the world the apollo 11 lunar landing. >> president reagan today -- >> reporter: the on air emotion, his honesty and impartiality that made cronkite the voice of reason for viewers during the times of vietnam war and water guy. cronkite held the chair until 1981, after which the broadcast legend wrote two books and

hosted several special news and educational program but spent the majority of the time enjoying his sailboat off his beloved new england coast. during his career, cronkite won numerous industry awards, including several emmys and the prestigious peabody award, twice. for more than five decades cronkite brought the news of the world into the homes of americans with honesty, integrity, a calmness only he could deliver. and with a trademark ending that summarizes his legacy -- >> and that's the way it is, friday march 6, 1981. >> reporter: chris clackum, nbc news. >> cronkite's wife died of cancer in 2005. he's survived by their three children. memories and praise for the legendary newsman are pouring in from the obama administration. president obama says cronkite was an american icon. during a time before blogs and e-mails, cell phones and cable, walter cronkite was the news.

>> walter was always more than just an anchor, he was someone we could trust to guide us through the most important issues of the day. a voice of certainty in an uncertain world. he was family. and moments of tragedy walter looked us in the eye and shared our pain. moments of triumph, he rejoiced with us. >> and secretary of state hillary clinton reflected on her personal connection to cronkite, saying, quote, he was so kind to bill and me. he took us out sailing off the coast of martha's vineyard. he offered us advice, both solicited and unsolicited that we tried to follow. he will be greatly missed. coming up a little later in the hour, more on the legendary newsman, his life, and the ways he changed journalism forever. now to washington, and new this morning president obama pushing the health care reform plan in his weekly internet address. >> this is what the debate in congress is all about, whether

we'll keep talking and ticnkerig and letting the problem fess ter as more americans lose their coverage, or whether we'll seize this opportunity, one we might not have again for generations, and finally pass health insurance reform this year, 2009. >> nbc's mike viqueira live at the white house. mike what else did the president have to say this morning? >> reporter: good morning, chris. hardly a day goes by in last several weeks where president obama has not been out in one form or another touting health care proposal, pressing members of congress, including many in his own party to get with the program and help pass health care reform at least out of the house and senate. not a final version, but to keep this process moving by the time they go on august recess, that's two weeks hence, in the case of the house and three weeks in the case of the senate. things are not looking good. thursday the budget office

director said, long-term health care costs are know going to go down, the stated rational for the exercise to begin with, no, instead they're going to go up. last night the same congressional budget office put forward cost estimates. in the enafter ten years this is going to increase the deficit by $239 billion but democrats have said all along, as the president they want this to be deficit neutral. this is going to fundamentally change the way the american health care system works. that is -- the goal is nothing short of that but it's undergoing very rocky procedural times here in congress, politics are taking hold now, chris. >> what's the white house strategy at this point, mike? >> reporter: hammering, they've had a parade of lawmakers come here, evidenyesterday we saw 35 freshman house democrats, many signatories to a letter saying let's slow this process down, the way we're taxing upper income people makes us

squeamish. after that meeting the president went out to the diplomatic room of the white house and said, now is the time to act, now is the time not to be feint of heart. this haze incredible implications both as a matter of poll and i politics over the next three weeks in washington here. >> for more on the growing debate on health care reform, joined live from washington, d.c., by democratic congressman chris van hollen of maryland also chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what's your take where health care reform is right now? >> well, we're working very hard to try to hit the target date that the president obama has set. there are revisions that will take place in the legislation based on the congressional budget office estimates. we have to make greater savings in an effort to reform the system to try to reduce the cost of held care for every american and for the american people as a whole through reducing the long-term deficit. but we've made substantial progress and the legislative

process has its ups and downs always bump as long the road as you try to accommodate different interests and concerns. so, we are on track and working hard to try to make the target that president has set. >> fair to say the major concern is so make it deficit neutral and you have the cbo saying it's going to be in fact adding 239 billion to the deficit over ten years. can that kind of revision be made over the next couple of weeks? >> well, we're considering right now a number of proposals, one proposal, for example, would be to give an independent entity more authority and control over setting some of the reimbursement rates under medicare so that they can use some more of the innovative ideas for bringing costs down. that's something that the white house is proposed, that's something that the congressional budget office has said deserves a good look. that's something we're taking a very hard look at right now but let's not forget the costs of doing nothing because right now, every american who has private health insurance through their

employer or independently is paying over 1200 a year in a hidden tax to pay for all of the peach who do not have health insurance. it's a carry forward on to people who currently have health insurance. so we're trying to get those costs down. if we do nothing, presumiums are going to continue to skyrocket for millions of americans. so doing nothing is not an option and that's why we're determined to work with the frozen ability health care reform. >> the question is how quickly does it need to be done the president wants to get it done this summer. on the other hand critics have said, this is complicated, there's growing opposition, and they have said that democrats who are pushing for the bill are pushing this very compressed time line because they're afraid the more the american people learn about what's in the bill the more there will be time for opposition to grow. do you think that's fair? >> no, in fact, i believe that the more the american people know about the bill, the more supportive of the bill they will

become because they'll recognize that what this bill does is reduce the costs for their premiums over a periods of time. we have to move from a system that we have today, which is based on the volume of services, people are reimbursed in the health care system, not based on the value provided in terms of people's health care outcomes and that es tratransition diffio make. there are many special interest groups out there that are opposed to the bill. the good news is, that the american medical association, which is opposed many reforms in the past, has become more comfortable and this week they announced they're for it. so, this is a process of getting more and more people to understand what is in the bill and as we move forward. look i don't know what deadlines we will set but the absolute deadline is when you get enough people in the congress comfortable that they have explained it to their

constituents and so that will be what determines the exact deadlines with respect to when this -- and time lines when this gets done. >> there are a lot of people, when you look at very complicated legislation like this, and most voters can't sit back and read through, let alone al analyze what the legislation is about, so they look sometimes to centrists over on the senate side, the gang of six, they've got serious concerns about this bill. arkansas representative mike ross, who is key negotiator for the blue dog coalition said there's no way party leaders and pass the bill on the floor unless they make major changes. what do you think the chances are for health care reform now in this session? >> well i think the chances are very good this session. in other words, before we go out at the end of the year, the goal is to get a bill to the president's desk by the end of

october. a lot of very legitimate concerns have been raised and we're going to be making changes to the bill to accommodate those concerns. as i say, as the bill goes through the legislative process a lot more people have an opportunity to finally bury, drill down, look at the deal details and we're going to be making changes. the one i suggested is something we're looking at closely that will bend the cost curve because we are absolutely determined to try to make sure that we reduce the costs and the health care system overall. it's consuming a huge amount of our gross domestic product right now. it's a big part of the federal government's budget and our outyear budget deficit problems are due rising costs of health care which is why we're focussed on bringing it down. at the same time we want to bring down the costs for every american paying the premiums. right now is paying a substantial amount because of the broken system, because we have 45 million americans who do not have health care, they get their health care at the last

minute when they show up at the hospital, it's very expensive. who is paying for it? you're paying for it and everybody listening is paying for it if they have private health insurance today. we want to try to bring down the costs and that is our goal. >> congressman chris van hollen of maryland, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. for the latest political developments, check out first read, it is updated throughout the day, so check back often. logon to firstread.msnbc.com. big day expected today in space exploration. the first of five space walks scheduled for 11:58 a.m. eastern time. that's when two members of the 13 astronauts now housed at international space station are going to venture outside and help assemble a porch used to hold outdoor experiments. 13 astronauts under one roof is the largest ever to gather in space at one time. we'll pause right here.

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chris. he was there trying to impress upon investigators the urgent need to track down those responsible for the attack which was the first serious attack in indonesia in almost four years. they really thought they'd put this kind of thing behind them, and it has come as a major blow to the world's most populous muslim nation. as they sift through the wreckage, trying to find clues to the identity of the suicide bombers, they're also searching for who might be the mastermind behind this. now, investigators say, they already believe they have a suspect. that person is malaysian terror fugitive by the name of noordin top, associated, has been for years with jemaah islamiyah, a regional terror group that really had its heyday early in the decade. recall the bali bomb, 200 people died then. j.i. were blamed for that. the indonesians have been

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it's still fairly dark. there was some good news, you know, the increase in housing start is good news especially for people in the home building industry. the lack of new homes being built is a huge drag on the economy. so to some extent that's going to diminish. falling interest rates, hey, listen, that's great news if you're not under water in your home and you can refinance or if yurs a fir you're a first-time home buyer looking to pie. as you noted the big drawback rising number of foreclosures which is -- it seems to be continuing unabated. in the past it was the falling home prices driving foreclosures. well, now, as well as higher unemploy.now it's the unemployment rate as it continues to escalate driving foreclosures. until we see the job market stabilize, you're going to see more foreclosures. >> so not any real light at end of the tunnel at this point? >> there's light at the end of the tunnel but it's a very, very

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[ quacks ] welcome back to msnbc. i'm chris jansing. remembering an american icon. many voices now weighing in on the loss of longtime cbs newsman walter cronkite. the 92-year-old died last night after a long illness. but from 1962 until he left the anchor chair, 19 years later, americans welcomed cronkite into their living rooms each night. in 1968, cronkite famously questioned america's involvement in the vietnam war, leading then-president johnson to say, quote, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost the country. johnson's daughter and a friend of the cronkite family, lucy baines johnson, says the two men shared a common bond. >> they were both men of the southwest who had been to the

greatest halls of power and yet had an appreciation for this part of the world and for the only in america dream that you could come from very humble circumstances and grow up to serve your country and very different ways. >> for more reaction to the life and legacy and passing of walter cronkite, let's bring in nbc's ron alan live in front of cbs news headquarters in new york city. you started your career at cbs, if i'm recalling correctly? >> reporter: yes, chris, indeed. all of this -- all of these remembrances are reminding me of the time some 30 years ago when i walked into this building as a desk assistant and worked on the cbs news assignment desk just across from the cronkite studio and the evening news fish bowl and got to know the people a bit but not well because of course when you're a young reporter, young journalist, you feel a bit intimidated around walter cronkite. clearly, there's always been a unique and powerful reverence and respect for him here in this

building, in this business, and around the world, for that matter. and everywhere, it seems, people, especially those who grew up listening to him on tv are remembering the most trusted man in america. >> when i was a kid growing up he was the newscast that we always watched and for me, he was the quintessential news anchor that started news television as i remember it growing up. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> to me he was the old school, quintessential newsman. >> good evening, president reagan today opened his second white house news conference with -- >> lard to pin it down to one thing. certainly as an american, he represented so much of what great journalism meant and continues to mean. and for us, here locally at arizona state obviously he was our guiding light. >> at first it was called the watergate caper. >> he was our mentor and we

continued to look to him to help build this journalism program at asu and to help teach and mentor our students and how he really was much more than just a name. how he was really integrally involved in how he shaped the journalism school at a the su over the past 25 years. >> i think that is part of the strong part of the big part of cronkite's legacy. you hear people talk about the basic values of television journalism, of all journalism of that matter, ontivity, fairness, being straightforward about the facts. >> we've lost our shot with ron alan. thanks to ron, though, for talking to us and giving us his thoughts on this. it was, of course, dan rather who took over for walter cronkite when he retire from anchor chair. last night on msnbc's rachel maddow show, rather spoke about how much he learned from his colleague and friend.

>> he never ceased being a reporter. i touched on this before, the public recognized this. walter loved reportingen he loved the news. he had a passion for it he talked eloquently about the responsibility and to be passionately involved in the responsibilities of doing the "cbs evening news," things like, this is not just another broadcast, this is important to the democratic process. >> logon to msnbc.com for more on walter cronkite, including videos, tributes, and a slide show of the most trusted man in america. pope benedict 16 rl rm is wry covering after breaking a wrist. the 82-year-old pontiff will wear a cast for about a month. hundreds of family and friends gathered at a pensacola cemetery friday afternoon to pay respects to a local couple murdered during a home invasion. byrd and melanie billings, who

adopted 13 special needs children, shot to death by robbers last week. police have arrested eight suspects in connect with the murders. nbc's mark potter joins me live with the latest on the investigation. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, good morning, chris. investigators say that the bulk of their investigation has now been concluded. they say they believe that all of the prime suspects are in jail now, including serven charged with mur who they believe were involved in the robbery itself on the property. they say they think the motive for all of this was robbery, a safe indeed was taken from the house. it was recovered by investigators earlier this week. and yesterday the sheriff here in escambia county, david morgan, held a news conference to describe what was in that safe. >> the contents of the safe, which we will verify, are personal items, items such as passports, birth certificates, adoption papers, some heirloom

jewelry, some prescription medication assigned to this family. >> reporter: now, the sheriff said investigators are trying to determine for enically whether the robs are themselves were able to get into the safe. he would not say where the murder weapon was recovered. they do have that weapon, he just wouldn't give any details. also the largest unanswered question is, why if this was a robbery, did the billings have to die, why were they killed? to put this into perspective, i want to show you this, chris, the brochure handed out at funeral and this explains the outrage in this community. the billings were the parents of 17 children over the years, 13 of them were adopted, many were special needs children, nine of them in the house at the time of the robberies, three of them saw the assailants and that's why there's so much outrage and sadness here in this community, aside from deaths of byrd and melanie billings. these are the reasons why, chris. >> understandably, so.

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because this is a complicated bill. what should every american know about the health care reform bill? >> what americans should know is that it largely is going to leave them with the ability to keep their employer-based coverage that systems going to stay in place, it's going to ensure more americans, it's going to cost a lot of money, it's about $1 trillion, that's offset with the surtax on the wealthy and inas it pa as ias a by medicaid. it would add to the deficit by $239 billion over 10 years. there may be some budget gimmickry that gets rid of that within the next week or so. >> christina, that's one of the big questions, how how much is this going to cost and will it get done on time. what can you add to this? >> welling i would also say that one thing americans should know is that it's not done yet. there's a lot left to be done and some of the process is open a lot of it will be done behind closed doors with leaders

probably mostly from the democratic party but leaders from both parties as they're hammering out final details this fall. a lot can change in the last process. americans should know what jonathan said it will be costly but they say this is what they want in polls. >> i don't think there's any question that the polls indicate that americans want health care and there does seem to be a stronger will for health care, even in congress, christina. but what about this big gap? already we heard nancy pelosi backing off on these increased taxes. >> yeah. you know, it's -- from the white house perspective, there you can see they're trying to get a bit of control over this. you've got members of congress each with their own opinion, the cbo report which is troubling but if you don't read the entire report you've got the talking pointer or the congress testimony that they had last week that talked about the fact that this was not going to have any long-term cost cut. but the white house is basically

trying to get back in control of that. the president spoke on friday and he's also holding a news conference on wednesday to be able to do this again and hen he's going to cleveland to talk to americans because that's where he think his can win this argument, not on capitol hill. >> so you can't win it on capitol hill, but that's where the votes take place obviously, jonathan. what are the chances he's going to get the vote before everybody goes away for the summer? >> i think the chances that the house will take a vote are better than the senate. six senators yesterday, all of whom critical to passage of the health care reform bill who have asked the senate leaders to delay action until they get a chance to review costs and also the policy. i mean the senate it looks like it won't happen before the august break. the house still has a possibility of that happening. but you're seeing the president's language slip a bit. he's talking about getting this done notice year 2009. so, certainly there have been setbacks in last week or so. there are moderate democrats that don't like the cost. liberal democrats and really across the board democrats that don't like the sur charge on the

wealthy which, by the way, the president could un lat rlly double the surtax on the wealthy in december 2012 after the next elections if he chooses. >> how big is the hill that the president is climbing right you? >> it's pretty big. you're hearing him simultaneously blasting the old washington thinking and also the media, because he was pretty frustrated that the media likes score these things this bits and parts. it's an interesting distraction from the white house which had a good week with the confirmation hearings for judge sotomayor. they're getting hammered on health care and that's what everybody is talking about instead of the fact she had a successful week. i'm sure they're not thrilled he's going away to camp david. health care reform is hot butt button issue on "meet the press" talking to kathleen sebelius and a look at this week's supreme court nominee hearings with

republican leader in the senate, senator mitch mcconnell. don't miss "meet the press" tomorrow. check local listings for the time in your area. at the box office, the new harry potter movie cast $104 million spell worldwide during its first day in theaters. harry potter and the half-blood prince set a new record for the boy wizard. and it seems movie goes are aren't the only ones hot for harry. >> i thought he could go with whoever we'd like to we should go together as friends. >> why didn't i think of that? >> what are you going with? >> it's a surprise. anyway, it's you've we've got to worry about. >> editor at large for "life and style weekly" good morning. >> 2:32. you saw it and liked it. >> >> i loved it, a fun, light

hearted romp. we're ul invested in harry potter the sixth installment. i could see why maybe if you haven't been a fan of the sear res before you might not go to this, it might not attract new viewers. it didn't exceed the expectations out there already. people were wondering if this could topple transformers or get close to "the dark knight" it seems to plague low. >> doing well. >> especially for harry pot. >> exactly. broke records for a wednesday night opening and doing amazingly. going to get $160 billion over the course of 5-day opening. of course it's phenomenal but i think people were expecting it to do even bet. >> we've watched these cashes grow up. >> yes. >> as we go to the movies. tell us a little bit about the evolution and what we see on screen in this movie. >> we're seeing harry taking on a little bit more responsibility, he's getting older. dumbledore is asking harry to get close to a new professor played by jim broadbent and has to retrieve a new memory.

of course it's a ep cepic al battle. a lot of teen angst, hormones ranging and a lot of fun in the first love heartbreak you get at that age. >> snogging, is that ka noodling? >> i want to make sure we have that all right. is it something you think that's going to attract now a bigger teen audience? is it going to get that "twilight" audience. >> i don't know if it's going to get the "twilight" audience per se but it's setting the new scene for that. certainly teenagers will absolutely love it. of course adults will love it, too, because we remember all of that from the previous episodes. of course everybody "twilight" was a big preview at the harry potter screenings as well. people were getting excited if audience waiting for the release of "new moon."

>> "new moon" is not coming out yet. what else are we looking for in the summer? what other block busters. >> g.i. joe in august, julia and juliette. how can you go wrong with meryl streep? >> always good to see you. thanks for coming in. >> coming up -- the battle of new jersey. potential signs of trouble for democrats there and maybe a a. cross the nation. can president obama save the day? plus -- sir paul mccartney rocking the house. the former beatle turns a big apple ballpark into a sound stage to make history. i'm meteorologist bill

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paul mccartney drove fans wild at last night's concert at new york's citi field. the sold out crowd danced the night away to signature tunes from the beatles and mccartney's own songs as a solo artist. he has two more shows in new york city before heading out for the rest of his tour. and president obama hit the campaign trail this week for the first time since taking office. he was actually in new jersey trying to excite support for democratic governor jon core dine who is trailing republican challenger chris christy in recent polls. the message, john core dine has been linked to obama since he was a senator. now he has a friend in the white house. >> i want everybody to know that one of my earliest supporters, somebody who had faith and confidence in me before i was a united states senator was the man standing next to me right here, jon corzine.

>> new york bureau chief for the washington. good morning to see you. what's going on with jon corzine, what's the problem in new jersey? >> he's in big trouble. the attitude is they elected him because he's a multimillionaire. he worked at goldman sachs. he supposedly knows how to manage the economy and things seem to have gotten worse on his watch. taxes are up, people plain about that. they're not getting their tax rebates. new jersey has one of the highest deficits in the country among the states, so people are saying he didn't come in and fix things like he promised. >> do you think that this is really just about new jersey? or a lot of people looking at this and saying this is part of a bigger picture of concern for democrats, as we head into the next round of elections? >> absolutely. you've got two races. only two races this year for governorship. virginia which is an open seat. that's what the democrats now have, and new jersey. and this is a competitive one. and the republicans would love to say that their long slide has ended and their comeback started in new jersey and it would end this kind of extinction they're feeling in the northeast. republicans have not done very

well in the north atlantic and the northeast at all. >> does it seem like president obama was happy to be out on the campaign trail? >> he did. >> he's recovered from the grueling election period. >> it was almost like seeing him back, you know, a year ago when i covered the campaign a little bit. like seeing him with the crowd. he gets energized by the crowd. i think he really likes getting out of washington a little bit. although it was a rally for corzine he used most of his time to talk about health care and get the crowd riled up by saying we can't stop now, keep the pressure on your congressmen. >> there is a little bit of bloom off the rose. his approval ratings are starting to go down a little bit. no indication that any democratic kaentz doesn't want him out there. >> interestingly he's still high in new jersey. the latest poll by quinnipiac university showed 60% approval rating, job approval rating. corzine, the governor is at 33%. so corzine was hoping a little bit of that will rub off. this early in the contest, nobody is really paying attention. this was trying to get democrats on corzine's side. that's the problem. it's a democratic state, they've got a huge edge, and if obama

can simply get all the democrats to turn out and vote for corzine, they think the voter registration edge will give them a deal. >> 75,000 people at the event. 200 people attended a fund-raiser, raised more than a million dollars for corzine '09. so i guess there's a drawing power there that is with the big bucks? >> absolutely. and the irony of that is that corzine even needs to raise money. this is a guy who spent $100 million of his own money in two contests. but the fact that the economy is down, his own portfolio is down, he's already told people he doesn't want to spend as much this time. >> it's good to see you. thanks for coming in. and they're in the money again. but will banks with booming profits help fuel an economic recovery? we'll have that coming up. plus, remembering a legend. we'll reflect on the life and career of iconic tv newsman walter cronkite. karl, don't you have friends coming over? yeah, so? it stinks in here! have you smelled this chair? or these curtains?

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