getting reaction from local lawmakers. >> and we will have updates at wusa9.com. edward moore kennedy. massachusetts senator, new england son, and last surviving brother of a legendary family. he bore the unspeakable grief and overwhelming hopes of a nation. >> pray that what he was to us, and what he wished for others will someday come to pass for all the world. ted kennedy endured doubts, including his own, and scandal to eventually triumph as the lion of the senate. >> we are excluded from having an opportunity to debate this because of the power of the

insurance industry. >> over five decades, ted kennedy carried the torch passed on by his brothers for civil rights, for the poor and for the sick. >> the hope rises again, and the dream lives on. >> today, we remember. captioning funded by cbs ♪ in case you are just waking up this morning, the news overnight that senator ted kennedy has passed away. the inevitable but sad news this morning, as we welcome you to a special edition of the "early show." good morning, i'm harry smith in new york. maggie rodriguez is in

hyannisport, massachusetts. julie is on assignment. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: harry, good morning. i'm standing up the road where the kennedy family gathered too many times over the years to remember loved ones. i can see a flag is flying at half-staff at the compound in honor of ted kennedy who died here last night at the age of 77, ending, as president obama put it, an important chapter in our history. senator kennedy served in the senate almost 47 years. ever since may of last year, he has been fighting a very brave and public battle with brain cancer. the last time we saw him was at his sister, unice kennedy shriver's funeral. ted kennedy died last night. jeff glor is here with more on what is happening inside the compound. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. word of senator kennedy's passing came in a statement

released from the family early this morning. that statement reads in part, we've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives. but the inspiration of his faith, optimistic and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever. that statement ends poignantly by saying, he always believed our best days are still ahead. it's hard to imagine any of them without him. it's also hard to imagine the layout of the senate without senator kennedy. he spent nearly 47 years. praised by both democrats and some prominent republicans. kennedy died overnight at the family home in hyannisport after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. his family has been gathering overnight to say goodbye. he's survived by his wife of 17 years, three grown children and five grandchildren. we expect to hear more about arrangements in the coming days. for now, safe to say having

worked here, it is almost impossible to overstate the impact that senator kennedy had on his family, on this town, and on this state. harry, back to you in new york. >> senator kennedy was one of the most influential and longest serving senators in u.s. history. for all his success on capitol hill, his life was surrounded by tragedy. joining us now, katie couric, anchor of the cbs evening news. good morning. >> good morning do you have. clearly after he was diagnosed with brain cancer 16 months ago, many people knew this day would come. yet, it's shocking that the last in the line of this extraordinary american dynasty is gone. >> if $20 billion deficits were wrong under the democrats, then $200 billion deficits are at least as wrong when the republicans are in power. >> reporter: some called him the liberal lion. >> you hear that? we are excluded from having an opportunity to debate this because of the power of the insurance industry. >> reporter: others, the keeper

of the kennedy flame. >> in our family, he's known as uncle teddy. >> reporter: when a gravely ill ted kennedy bounded to the stage at last year's democratic national convention, the nation was riveted. knowing the speech he'd give would likely be among his last. >> the hope rises again, and the dream lives on. >> reporter: but the legacy of the kennedy dynasty is dreams not realized. and ted was no exception. he was born edward moore kennedy in 1932, the youngest of joseph and rose's nine children. like his older brothers before him, kennedy attended harvard and then went to law school. >> ask not -- >> reporter: when his older brother won the presidency, massachusetts voters sent 30-year-old ted kennedy to fill jfk's senate seat and never let him leave. >> i ask you to join with me.

together we can build the future of massachusetts. >> reporter: but the kennedy family would seem tragically star-crossed. with john kennedy assassinated in 1963, and his brother, bobby, gunned down during his presidential bid five years later. ted kennedy himself dodged death twice. first, when a twin engine plane carrying him to the 1964 democratic convention crashed. and then during a more notorious accident in 1969. one that would follow him to his grave. when kennedy drove his car off the bridge on chappaquiddick island, his passenger died in the crash. kennedy left the scene and didn't notify authorities until his young companion's body was discovered the following day. >> this morning i entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident. >> reporter: chappaquiddick continued to dog kennedy when he

challenged jimmy carter for the white house in 1980. >> the cause endures. the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. >> reporter: it was his rambling response to this question from roger mudd that crippled his campaign. >> why do you want to be president? >> well, i'm -- were i to make the announcement and to run -- >> reporter: he would never seek the oval office again. instead, he honed his legislative skills as a senator, forming personal alliances with adversaries and making health care, labor laul and education the cornerstones of his political agenda. >> in building our coalition -- >> reporter: kennedy, the hard line liberal, withstood a republican revolution and won the respect of republican presidents. >> he is a fabulous united states senator. when he's against you, it's

tough. when he's with you, it is a great experience. >> reporter: but when it appeared the democrats might once again win the white house, kennedy wouldn't let history happen without him. >> i have come here tonight to rise to our best ideals and to elect barack obama president of the united states. >> reporter: he braved subfreezing temperatures to see barack obama sworn in as the nation's 44th president. >> happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: but president obama would have one last opportunity to honor his friend and senator when helet ghosts at a chorus of happy birthday at a gala for kennedy earlier this year. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: ted kennedy once said he didn't mind someone else being president, he just minded someone else was. as the united states' second

longest serving senator, he's left a mark that no other kennedy or anyone else for that matter ever has. ted kennedy's ability to forge political alliances through his art of political persuasion and deep conviction is one of his greatest legacy. immigrati immigration, health care, and others all had his preliminary stance. because of his tireless advocacy, he clearly has won the respect of all. >> it's so interesting. because he has been a liberal lion forever. he's also been the punching bag and much vilified by so many on the right for these many decades now. it's interesting, some of the bridges he built. >> that's right. one of his closest personal friends, harry, was orrin hatch. you can't find someone more different than ted kennedy

politically. he was masterful at the art of compromise. while he's been working the phones during this whole health care debate and apparently cheered when he heard that the house bill had been crafted in mid. july. many say his presence is sorely missed in this process because he was able to built bridges and so good at compromise, that a lot of people wish he was there, helping hammer out this legislation. >> we've been busy digging through some of the things he said, some of his speeches, and the eloquent words he used at different times. his eulogy of his brother, bobby, just down the street at st. patrick's. his speech in 1980, which we showed a clip of. what were you digging up? >> this morning i remembered a quote that he -- something he delivered during the eulogy of his nephew, john f. kennedy jr. i think he was so eloquent. he said, we dare to think in that other irish phrase, that

this john kennedy would live to comb gray hair with his beloved caroline by his side. like his father, he had every gift but length of years. i mean, i think that is so illustrative of his eloquence. what a tremendous loss for this country. >> trey.he il there will be a special on cbs tonight such. >> that's right. an hour primetime special at 8:00 p.m. because of the rricess of the cbs archives and so many cbs co porresndenrr had access to him through the years, this is a very moving look back at his life, primarily through his own words and the people who loved him. >> katie, thanks for coming in this morning. now here's maggie. >> reporter: president obama issued a statement from martha's vineyard. he called senator kennedy the greatest u.s. senator of our time. chip reid is in martha's vineyard this morning.

>> reporter: good morning. the president was notified at 2:00 a.m. of senator kennedy's death. he issued a statement shortly thereafter in which he said, quote, i valued senator kennedy's wise counsel in the senate, where regardless of the swirl of events, he always had time for a new colleague. i cherished his confidence and momentous support in my race for the presidency and even as he wageded a valiant struggle with a mortal illness, i profited as president from his encouragement and wisdom. the president also this morning called vicki kennedy, senator kennedy's wife, to offer his condolences and in the statement said that he and the first lady, michelle, are heartbroken. maggie? >> chip reid in martha's vineyard. thank you. >> reaction to senator kennedy's death has been coming in overnight. california governor schwarzenegger said, maria and i are immensely said by the

passing uncle ted. he was known as the lion of the senate and a political icon. most importantly, he was the rock of our family, a loving husband, uncle and cousin. his legacy will live on. from the 41st president, george h.w. bush, barbara and i were deeply saddened to learn senator kennedy lost his battle with cancer. while we didn't see eye to eye on many political issues, i always respected his political service. he was a leader who answered the call to duty for some 47 years and whose death closes a remarkable chapter in that body's history. joining us now is bob schieffer, cbs news correspondent. good morning, bob. >> good morning. >> and presidential historian and cbs news consultant doug brinkley.

good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> bob, let me start with you. what are your reflections and thoughts this morning? >> well, ted kennedy was from a different age. he was from a different senate. that's why we'll never see anybody quite like him again. he came from the age when the senate floor was filled with giants. when people got elected to the senate for more than just their ability to be able to raise large sums of money. he knew the other senators. they respected him. he had this great ability to reach across the aisle and work with political opposites. i don't think we will ever see that kind of person again in the united states senate. he just -- he's just from a different time. and he was -- had been there so long, harry, it's going to be hard to imagine washington without him. he was one of those figures that became just kind of part of the

landscape. >> doug brinkley, you think about this family, the oldest brother dies a hero. the next brother, a hero in world war ii, becomes a hero and gets assassinated. bobby kennedy gates assassinated. this gaping family legacy, shoes that ultimately will fill or not be filled. >> you're correct. he's the only one of the kennedy boys that died of natural causes. that put a tremendous amount of stress on him. he was always living in the shadow, first of his brother, then his three older brothers. but he really rose to become this giant that we're talking about. and it was a bit of a process. when he came into the senate in 1962, he was the junior kennedy. he immediately embraced the civil rights act of '64 and gave a moving speech about that and slowly built this incredible record. i mean, he's like a walking new deal of acronyms of all the programs that he sponsored for family assistance and equal

opportunity. and, in fact, it's hard to sum up his legacy. the bottom line is he looked at the middle class and anybody below that line. he was determined to make people in poverty or below the middle class and middle class's lives richer in america. this issue of health care, the issue we'll remember him in history most for. it's ironic he died on the eve of the biggest health care fight we've had in this country since the great depression. >> bob, talk for a moment about ted kennedy's ability to reach across the aisle. because as we were speaking with katie earlier this morning, this notion that on one hand, he's a liberal lion. on the other hand, he was one of the most vilified characters in the country. >> well, he was. but he was not vilified in the united states senate. he was the -- he was the target. he was the poster boy for big government and liberalism. people would use that in their

campaign ads. but he had this great personal relationship within the senate, with people of all ideological stripes. i would think, harry, if you took a secret ballot of the united states senate, that he would emerge as the most popular. people just liked him because they respected him. they knew when they had a cause and they could get ted kennedy on their side, they had a better chance of winning. they knew when he was going to be against them, it was going to be more difficult to pass that bill. but it was these relationships that he was able to form that we do not see today in the modern senate. these were relationships like lbj had and john sherman cooper, russell long. in those days, say 30 years ago, it was an entirely different world. i don't think we will see it again. it's such a different way we go

about electing people today. so much of it depends not on relationships and ideology but simply upon who can raise the money most. >> bob schieffer, doug brinkley, thanks very much. let's go back to maggie. >> reporter: i'm here in hyannisport outside the kennedy compound. i'd like to show you the cover the of the cape cod times, the local paper here. the headline here this morning that everyone dreaded, expected but still dreaded, senator kennedy dies at 77. there is such a deep connection between hyannisport and the entire kennedy family, especially ted kennedy, who came here as a child. this was the place he loved most and always returned to. the place that had been in his family since the '20s. this morning, the place that is remembering him. neighbors were coming by to pay tribute, to share their stories of the kennedys. we have media along here, not

only local media, but media from all over the country, to mark this milestone. let's go back to new york for the moment and check in with dave price with our first look at the weather. >> good morning to you, maggie. let's see what's happening. it looks like the east coast will see some of the most beautiful weather of the summer. a system forming in the bahamas. we could see rough weather over the weekend. could be talking about a named storm that skirts up the coast. the heartland will see rain for the day. no severe weather. 1 to 3 inches of rain from illinois to wichita and oklahoma. west coast and rockiesb@

19 minutes past the hour. that's our first look at the weather. back to hyannisport and maggie. >> reporter: thank you so much. still ahead this morning here on the "early show," we will bring you much more coverage of the life and passing of senator ted kennedy here at the kennedy compound last night. including his relationship with his brothers, specifically the late president john k. kennedy and senator bobby kennedy, with whom he felt people were always comparing him. a lot more straight ahead here on the "early show" on cbs. well, i made mistakes in my past. but i've always tried to learn from them. and i've person. in the 1930s, farmers planted nutrient-rich soybeans...

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and nothing, nothing is going to keep me away from this special gathering tonight. >> ted kennedy in his surprise appearance at last summer's democratic national convention in denver. we are marking the passing of ted kennedy this morning. maggie is live with us in hyannis. good morning again, maggie. >> reporter: harry, good morning. that was one of the last times we saw him publicly. we saw him two weeks ago at the private weak here at hyannisport for his sister. we learned this morning at 1:00 in the morning that he passed overnight. all of hyannis is remembering their patriarch. the flag is flying at half. staff here as it is in the d sator

kennedy will lie in repose before being bird at arlington national cemetery. a lot more ahead as we remember senator ted kennedy on the "early show." cncn fa t1

i take this political life very, very seriously. and i believe and love the country. and it's an important time. because these are serious issues. >> an always passionate ted kennedy is being remembered today in washington, d.c. at the capitol where the flag is flying at half-staff and all across the country. over his 47-year career his office wrote 2,500 bills, 300 of which have become law. he is widely respected by colleagues on both sides of the aisle. good morning from hyannisport,

massachusetts, where senator kennedy died last night at the age of 77. i'm maggie rodriguez. harry smith is in new york. good morning. >> good morning. we'll talk a little bit about this remarkable family, the kennedy family, these brothers who served and suffered together. what a remarkable family legacy. we'll talk about that. we'll also talk about the brain cancer that ted kennedy suffered from and how it was treated and why it ended up costing him his life. maggie? >> reporter: but first, harry, here to speak with me more about ted kennedy is peter canellos, a cbs news correspondent and recently worked on a book, "the last lion" a fascinating kennedy biography. you tell so many stories about ted kennedy's deep connection to this place. >> it's a lifelong passion he

had for cape cod and this place. you know, when he grew up, the kennedys lived in many different places. they linked in bronxville, massachusetts, london. he always came back here. this was his home. >> reporter: you were telling me in 2004, you stood with him overlooking nan tuck tucket sou. what did he say to you? >> he said, this hasn't changed since i was a child. you've got to think so many who saw so much change, this was a constant for him. >> reporter: this was also the place he sought refuge when there was deep grief. in fact, had to come back on numerous occasions and deliver very bad news to his father. >> this was where he told his father that president kennedy had died. they assigned ted that job because ted had a special closeness to his father. it was also where he -- >> reporter: he said it reportedly in a very matter of fact way. >> there's been an accident involving the president and he

died -- it's a hard piece of news to deliver. ted kennedy was young himself at that time. he was 30 years old. >> reporter: he had to tell his dad about chappaquiddick. >> i think it was a similarly awkward conversation but more moving. he apparently broke down sitting at his father's knees. his father had a stroke and was unable to talk at that point. he's talking to a man who can't really respond to him. it's very poignant. >> reporter: a man who probably expected him to go on and run for president and carry the legacy of his brothers. >> i think that's true. it was here after bobby kennedy died in 1968, ted would go off sailing by himself on the sound. i think in his mind he realized he was going to be spending the rest of his life living for his father, his two brothers, his mother, all these ambitious people, all these ambitions invested in him. he was the youngest child, the warm one, the funny one. but he was not going to lead the family. and he had to for 40 years.

>> reporter: we'll share many more stories later in the broadcast. no question this morning that senator ted kennedy not only lived up to but far exceeded those expectations. >> maggie, the death of ted kennedy brings to an end the remarkable story of three brothers who each made an unforgettable contribution to american politics. youngest t dyen t of nine and the youngest by four years. it was a pretty hard driving family and very competitive. he was spared some of the relentlessness of his parents' expectations for the older kids. >> reporter: tragedy first struck the kennedy family in 1946 when joe jr., a world war ii navy pilot, was killed in action. ted's older brother, jack, took on the role of eldest son. >> jack was serious and scholarly and would try to teach ted lessons. >> the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. >> reporter: bobby and ted

helped jack with hiss presidential campaign and went on to become successful politicians themselves. each brother had his own style. >> jack kennedy was an intellectual and teddy idolized him. bobby was a hard striver in a lot of ways and ted was gregarious and friendly. >> reporter: tragedy struck the family in 1963 when president kennedy was assassinated in dallas. >> ted took jack's death very hard. he grieved over it deeply and worried when bob was thinking of running for president, worried he might get shot. >> senator kennedy going to the kitchen area to area to his room. >> reporter: teddy's fears came true. five years after the president's death, bobby was gunned down at the ambassador hotel in los angeles. >> after robert was killed, he wasn't dead for an hour before

people started walking up to ted and telling him he ought to run for president. and he was utterly shaken by it. >> as he said many times, some men see things as they are and say, why. i dream things that never were and say, why not. >> he realized that the rest of his life wouldn't be spent on his own terms. it would be spent trying to live up to the legacy of two martyred brothers. >> just a day doesn't go by where i'm not thoughtful about them and about -- and don't miss them. i mean, i do in a very, very real way. >> reporter: over the course of nearly 47 years in the senate, ted kennedy defined himself on his own terms and created his own legacy. >> i think he was the greatest senator of the 20th and thus far in the 21st century. i think they would have indeed been proud of him. >> it's clearly an end of an

era. the kennedy story has been one of the great narratives of american life. through ted kennedy, it has extended for more than half a century. but that hope, that dream of the '60s of the new frontier dies with ted kennedy. >> joining us now are two friends of senator kennedy in newton, massachusetts. dick claspy and former press secretary bob mann. good morning to you both. approximate our condolences. dick, talk to me about young ted kennedy at harvard where you played on the football team with him. >> well, of course, it is a very, very sad day today. but we have such wonderful memories. we're blesseded. we played freshman football together. you don't do that any longer. that's where we met, and that's where i met my wife. and the congressman, who became president, president kennedy, came to all of our freshmen

games. this is where we met and had a very, very -- the start of a great friendship. >> dick, talk a little bit about him as a man. to live in the shadows of an unbelievable father, incredible brothers. talk to us a little bit about the ted kennedy you knew. >> well, he certainly had a lot of things to live up to. he certainly was in a position where a lot was expected of him. but i really didn't see that that bothered him a great deal. he loved to play sports. he was a very good football player. we re-enacted some of the passes he caught for many, many years. so i know it was in the back of his mind. i knew he had to live up to

certain expectations. but it really -- he was a very, very happy -- a very courteous and wonderful friend back at harvard. >> bob mann to walk side by side and elbow to elbow with someone dedicated to so many different causes, what was that work like in his office. >> i never played football with senator kennedy. he was beyond that when i worked with him. he was in his early 50s. but working for him was indeed a contact sport. he would -- he was very demanding and he was a perfectionist. he read everything that crossed his desk. the staff kept an old briefcase. you would put that in the bag. he would take that home with 10, 20, 30 items in it. the next day you would get back

in his scribbled handwriting, ugh or go for it or come see me. the story that struck me early on in working for him was, as he was getting ready to go to south africa to confront the leaders of south africa, to do what he could to bring an end to apartheid. some of the staff were concerned of an assassination attempt in that country. i raised that question with senator kennedy one night. he said to me, bob, i have to go. i'm the only man in the world who can call the type of attention that must be called for the leaders of south africa to put an end to apartheid. my brother, bobby, went. if i am to die trying to bring an end to the evils of apartheid, i shall just die. courage was the word i saw time after time, politically,

legislatively. ted kennedy had a passion for life but also a passion to be -- he was endeared, he was a fearless man in all respects. >> bob, thank you so much. dick, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us today. please accept our condolences. >> thank you. >> all right, take care. dave has the weather board. what's going on? >> real quickly. if we look at portions of the midwest from illinois to kansas, missouri and back even to the south to oklahoma, you're going to see soggy weather today. slow-moving system, not severe. you could see flooding, 1 to 3 inches possible. widen out. the east coast looks traffic. keep in mind, weekend will be much different. a storm begins to move up the coast. if it's a named storm, it will be become danny. rockies out to the west coast,

scattered showers in florida and higher heat as you head along the gulf coast. that's a quick look at your weather picture. let's go back up to hyannis where maggie is standing by. maggie? >> reporter: dave, thank you. this is where ted kennedy came. where we saw his softer side. where he loved to sail, walk his dog and spend time with his family. ahead this morning, we will go to washington. i sat down with two senators, one on each side of the aisle.

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edward moore kennedy, massachusetts senator, new england son and last surviving brother of a legendary family. >> as your democratic senator in washington i will vigorously support medicare. >> he bore the unspeakable griefs and overwhelming hopes of a nation. >> pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will someday come to pass for all the world. ♪ >> we are excluded from having an opportunity to debate this because of the power of the insurance industry. >> over five decades, ted

kennedy carried the torch passed on by his brothers for civil rights, for the poor and for the sick. >> the hope rises again, and the dream lives on. >> today we remember. there's probably no other family in this last, what, 50, 60 years or so, that has had a more prominent place in the life of american politics than the kennedy family. and now the last brother, teddy, has passed. we're looking at a picture just outside the john f. kennedy library in boston.

and people around that state are telling stories and sharing memories of that incredible family and that one senator who served some 47 years. welcome back to the "early show," everybody. i'm harry smith. maggie is in hyannis. good morning again, maggie. >> reporter: good morning, harry. as you know, this is a family that has also seen its share of tragedy. once again, as i look toward the kennedy compound, i see a flag flying at half-staff and neighbors arriving with balloons and flowers for the kennedy family who is mourning the loss of a husband, father, uncle. i have the boston globe here, referring to ted kennedy as the liberal lion of the senate. he was often called that because of his nine terms in the senate. ahead this morning, my interview with two senators, one

republican, one democrat, both of whom knew senator kennedy very well. >> senator kennedy died of a rare brain tumor that affect 22,000 people a year. we'll ask dr. jennifer ashton about the survival rates for this type of cancer. maggie? >> reporter: we begin our coverage right here in hyannisport with jeff glor, who has the latest on the kennedy family. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: maggie, good morning to you. this news came in a short statement released by the kennedy family. that statement read in part, we've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives. the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on forever. that statement ends poignantly by saying, he always believed our best days were still ahead. but it's hard to imagine any of them without him. and we wait this morning to hear

more from the family about arrangements for senator ted kennedy. maggie, back to you. >> reporter: all right, jeff. thank you. we move now to capitol hill and nancy cordes. a vacancy i'm sure everyone agrees will be difficult to fill. >> reporter: absolutely. the flags at the u.s. capitol at half-staff for the lion of the senate. there has been an outpouring of grief from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for this man who had the ability to bring together those for the common good. here from orrin hatch, his cloetest republican friend in the senate. today i lost a treasured friend. from harry reid, it was the thrill of my lifetime to work with ted kenny. from nancy pelosi, no one has done more than senator kennedy to educate our children, care

for our seniors. from john kerry, we have known for sometime this day was coming. nothing makes it any easier. we have lost a great light in our lives and politics and it will never be the same again. now congress is in recess right now. most members are back in their states or with their families. many of them most likely still waking up and learning the sad news this morning. but, maggie, as you said, this is likely to be a very different place when they come back in september. >> reporter: tough to imagine. nancy cordes on capitol hill. thanks, nancy. we take you to boston and the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum where jim axelrod is standing by. i understand people have been bringing flowers. >> reporter: a lot of reaction and condolences here in massachusetts. not just from the prominent but the everyday folks remembering senator kennedy this reaction.

first reaction from governor schwarzenegger, married to senator kennedy's niece, maria shriver. maria and i are immensely sad edged by the passing of uncle kennedy. he was a champion of social justice and a political icolonel. most importantly, he was the rock of our family, a loving husband, father, brother and uncle. teddy taught us all that public servance isn't a hobby or occupation but a way of life. his legacy will live on. we have this reaction from former first lady, nancy reagan. given our political differences, people are sometimes surprised by how close ronnie and i have been to the political family. ronnie and ted could find common ground. ted and i found ours in stem cell research. a lot of reaction coming from regular folks in the street. we want to share some of that with you right now. >> i feel that a great dynasty

has basically come to an end. and that he was really a great man. >> an impact for the whole country, especially on the political level. >> i wasn't a great fan but i'm saddened that he's gone. his family will miss him, the people in the community, the state will miss him. >> reporter: no official word yet has been released on plans for the funeral. the boston globe is reporting the funeral will take place in massachusetts and that president obama will attend. maggie? >> reporter: jim axelrod in boston, thank you. we will have a lot more coverage on the life, passing and legacy of senator ted kennedy. right now let's check in with russ mitchell at the news desk. >> the fda authorized emergency use of an h1n1 flu test for troops overseas. it would allow for quicker diagnosis and treatment. public officials are preparing to launch a massive campaign targeting high-risk populations.

we are learning more about the final hours of michael jackson's life, especially the period of time when his doctor says he found the singer not breathing to when someone called 911. hattie kauffman joins us from las vegas with more. >> reporter: good morning, russ. behind me is the medical office of dr. conrad murray. according to police, after he found jackson unconscious, he called this office and stayed on the phone for a full half hour. a police affidavit says dr. murray found michael jackson not breathing at 11:00 a.m. the day the singer died. >> did anybody witness what happened? >> no. just the doctor, sir. the doctor's been the only one here. >> reporter: but the 911 call wasn't made until 12:21 p.m. at 11:18, a 32-minute call to his office. at 11:39, another call for three minutes. at 11:51, he called houston for

12 minutes. then 12:12, a jackson associate for one minute. the police affidavit shows these calls happened while jackson was unconscious in his bed and murray was performing cpr. legal experts say that if dr. murray is charged with a crime, it won't be just for administering dangerous drugs but also for not reacting quickly enough to a dying patient. >> i think any reasonable person would expect dr. murray to administer cpr and call 911 immediately. this is proof of reckless conduct. exactly what law enforcement needs for a manslaughter charge. >> reporter: though investigators raided dr. murray's medical offices last month, one expert claims there could be an explanation for the long calls. >> was he talking to another physician, trying to find if there was another drug to be administered to revive him? we don't know. it's really premature to say that shows some criminal intent. >> reporter: the office has been closed for sometime now. dr. murray remaining at home and keeping a low profile.

russ? >> hattie kauffman in las vegas. thank you very much. it is now 8:09 on this wednesday morning. dave is right here with another check of the weather. good morning. >> good morning to you, russ. we have a busy weekend ahead potentially. on the eernl sastern seaboard, developing story. could wind up as maybe a hurricane. a high pressure system up here is going to actual tighten the pressure gradients. that means rough weather on the coastline. not a great end to august for people on the eerastern seaboar. today's sloppy weather from illinois to oklahoma. no severe weather but a little bit of rain. 1 to 3 inches and localized flooding possible. rockies to the west coast looks great. pleasant in the pacific northwest. warming up but staying dry in the deep south. scattered showers throughout the florida panhandle and western

this weather report sponsored by chase. introducing chase sapphire card. unlimited rewards, unbelievable experiences. >> that's a quick look at your weather. harry, back to you. >> senator ted kennedy lost his own battle with brain cancer last night. the american cancer society estimates that over 22,000 malignant tumors of the brain or spinal cord will be diagnosed in the united states this year alone. our own dr. jennifer ashton is in atlanta and has more on that.

good morning, jen. >> good morning, harry. this is, in fact, a very aggressive brain tumor. it's called a malignant glioma. typically, the prognosis is very poor. only about 50% of patients survive one year after diagnosis. and by five years, the survival obviously is even less. without treatment, the average survival is really only three months. and as we know, senator kennedy did receive pretty aggressive treatment, both surgery as well as chemotherapy and possibly radiation and was able to survive about 14 months after his diagnosis. >> i remember when he was first diagnosed. there was controversy right away with who his doctor was going to be and what were the procedures and what kind of regimen of treatment was involved. but it is somewhat remarkable that he survived as long as he did. >> well, you ,owkn one of the most important things in terms of prognosis when someone is

diagnosed with this type of brain tumor is the age of the patient and the general health at the time of diagnosis of the patient. while senator kennedy was over 70 years of age when hie was diagnosed he was generally in a good state of health. i think what we saw in his treatment was really in a lot of ways exemplified how strong he was and what kind of battle he was able to wage against this particularly aggressive form of cancer. >> dr. jennifer ashton, thanks so much. coming up, more on the legacy of ted kennedy. you're watching the "early show" on cbs. ♪ yes, you're lovely... ♪ what do you think? hey, why don't we use our points from chase sapphire and take a break?

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where senator ted kennedy lost his battle with brain cancer overnight at the age of 77. a few weeks ago i traveled to washington to talk with some of kennedy's colleagues about the health care debate in his absence. i found his colleagues, republicans and democrats alike largely agree on his contribution, not only to that issue but to the senate as a whole where he served since 1962. >> it is putting a serious risk at the well-being and the health and safety of workers. why not try it? >> reporter: for nearly 47 years, his voice roared through the halls of the united states senate. today the legacy of senator edward kennedy lives on. what does a congress with ted kennedy look like? >> the institutions will go on. they will always go on. and the first person to tell you that no one is irreplaceable will be ted. but we -- every once in a while, there is a senator that makes a lasting impression.

webster calhoun, clay, taft. >> there is a political payoff. make no mistake about it. >> in the quarter century i've been here, there's not been anyone quite like him. >> reporter: you called him the last lion. why? >> he's the last lion of the senate. i think he's a generation of leaders who understood the necessity of working together and who have been able to accomplish things, not only through adherence to principle but also to compromise. >> my colleagues and partners, senator kennedy. >> reporter: republican senator john mccain said kennedy was the most effective member of the senate. more than 2,500 bills written, 300 of which became laws. >> i not only graduate to like him, i had enormous respect.

>> reporter: senator even an bas father saved kennedy life in a plane crash in massachusetts. >> he was concerned it would explode at any minute and kill everyone. >> reporter: kennedy suffered a broken back and would spend months in recovery. that's where he began to appreciate the cost of health care. making quality, affordable health care available to all americans would become his life's mission. do you think that the current health care debate has suffered because of his absence? >> probably. because ted was so immensely knowledgeable. ted wanted to really drill down and say, okay. how are we going to get costs down and make sure everybody has access to coverage? those are the sorts of things he was a master at resolving. >> who do you think will carry the health care torch? >> with great respect to all of

my colleagues, there is no one right now in the senate that would have had the unique position that ted kennedy did. >> the hope rises again and the dream lives on. >> reporter: how will historians remember ted kennedy? >> i think they'll remember him as a member of an iconic american family. someone who knew great tragedy, but also great triumph and continued in the face of adversity and disappointment to pick himself up and make a contribution to the american people. >> reporter: i should add that ted kennedy was recently ranked the most bipartisan democratic senator in the country. toh@ghni ingh primetime we will kennedy's political senator contributions and his life. katie couric hosts, ted kennedy, the last brother" here on cbs. ck.babe right you're watching the "early show." in the 1930s, farmers planted nutrient-rich soybeans...

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family. a few weeks ago, senator kennedy and his son were out riding in a convertible. it was here when he learned his brother, john f. kennedy, had been assassinated. >> maggie, good morning. good morning, everybody, as we remember teddy kennedy. we can't talk about his story and the arc of his story without his acts of indiscretion. this is a man who got in trouble and made many mistakes. a woman came along in his life some 17 or 19 years ago or so and helped right his ship in many ways. we will talk about the relationship with his wife, vicki, in a little bit. maggie? >> reporter: we're speaking with peter canellos,di erto of the ted kennedy biography, "the last lion." thanks for sticking with us this

morning. as we look at this family going forward, this is the last living of the famous brothers. what do you foresee for this family now, peter? >> i think the family is committed to public service. part of it is ted kennedy's influence on these kids. he's told them, the children and grandchildren, that the kennedys mean something more than money. they have to get into public service. i think with him, that connection to the '60s and to camelot and to the golden era of the kennedy family is passed. we'll see more kennedys but i don't think they'll exert the same mythic influence. >> reporter: his son patrick is a congressman. do you think we'll see any other kennedys in political life? >> i think so. there are some in his grandchildren's generation getting ready to enter public life. working through charitable organizations and things. i think there are some getting ready to run for office. it's not the end of the kennedys but perhaps the end of the

kennedy myth. >> reporter: so many stories in your book about how his family shaped who he was. stories about his father and mother being incredibly strict and holding him and all their nine children to high standards. talk a little bit more about that. >> absolutely. they were an amazing set of parents. i mean, rose kennedy was very exacting in a particular way, even when she was 85 and he was a senator. she would be sending him letters correcting his grammar after seeing him on television. she absolutely was a relentless corrector. he loved her and tried hard to live up to her standards. his father was quite different. he was kind of an american dreamer who imagined his sons as world's statesman. what they ultimately became was in large part due to their father's imagination of them and their creation of them. when ted himself became the family patriarch it was quite different. he was a warm and down to earth kind of patriarch. he was not a hard-driving, ambitious person. i think the younger generation

of the kennedys will reflect ted's qualities more than they'll reflect the grand ambition ted himself had and was raised with. >> reporter: peter, thanks a lot. let's go back to new york and harry. >> ted kennedy leaves behind a large family. he had three children with his first wife and two stepchildren with his second wife, victoria reggie kennedy. they married in 1992. a once notorious bachelor, ted kennedy never intended to remarry after his divorce in 1982. looking back, his union to victoria reggie could seem like fate. the kennedy and reggie families were politically and personally close. victor victoria's father supported jack kennedy's bid for the vice presidency and managed all of

the kennedy operations in his home state. vicki interned in senator ted kenly's office in 1976. but the two didn't meet again until an anniversary party for her parents. >> i saw him with my children. i saw him with my own family. i just knew i had this wonderful, wonderful man who had come into my life. >> with vicki, kennedy found stability and laughter after years of turmoil. >> her relationship signaled a major change in his life. she kept him strong, and she kept him focused on his work. she gave him the kind of anchor that he really needed after a very rough time. >> reporter: vicki was also ted's partner in politics. during his hotly contested re-election campaign in 1994 against mitt romney. vicki was considered his biggest asset. kennedy boasted on the trail, i can tell you if november was a

referendum on vicki, we could all go home now. together, they became a fixture of the washington establishment. when ted was diagnosed with cancer in may of 2008, he faced the public and the fight of his life with vicki by his side. she remained there till the end. joining from us houston, cbs presidential historian douglas brinkley and from washington d.c., host of "face the nation" bob schieffer. good morning again, gentlemen. doug, i want to start with the notion that some of the risk taking kennedy involved in, chappaquiddick, the night before drinking with his nephews, the night his nephew ended up being charged with rape, going all the way back to the ill-fated plane flight he insisted on talking into western massachusetts that killed his aide and the pilot of

that plane, until it seems like, at least, maybe 20 years ago or so, this is a man who made some brutal, horrid missteps. >> well, that's true. nobody's ever accused the kennedys of not having hubris. certainly ted kennedy wasn't immune from that. i think in his early years, he had trouble with the plagiarism scandal at the university of virginia. there had been some drinking problems in his life that he's admitted. he seems to have tracked after the death of his brother and after -- robert kennedy and after chappaquiddick and started feeling this big-heartness, almost as if this epiphany came that he had a lot of responsibilities. he got his personal life together and developed deep relationships. whether hyannis or hickory hill,

there were constantly republican senators hanging out with senator kennedy and talking. that's very special, that side of him, he was able to be a healer between the parties when push came to shove. >> bob, i want to talk about a moment that happened in his presidential campaign in 1980. he was running for the nomination against the sitting president, jimmy carter. and he was asked by roger mudd, of cbs news, why he wanted to be president. and what happened? >> well, he seemed to be stumped by the question. he hadn't officially said that he was going to run. when roger asked him this very simple question, why do you want to be president, he began to hem and haw and stumble around. in a funny way, he never recovered from that. that was the end of his presidential aspirations. after that, he went back to the

senate where up until that time, he hadn't been a very good senator. he had been elected to a leadership post in the senate and wasn't very good at after after that, he really dedicated himself to being a good senator, and he was. he developed all these wonderful alliances. let me just say one other thing, harry. i was watching the piece about vicki, his wife. she really did become the light of his life. that is when he really seemed to get it together. he was a rounder in those early days. you know, he did have problems with alcohol and things of that sort. but when he used to come to "face the nation" on sundays, she was always with him. they used to say i don't think they spend maybe two or three nights apart in the 17 years they were married. she was truly the life of his life. and i think in many ways changed his life. >> i had the opportunity to observe them together as well.

and he really was a changed man, i think, as a result of that relationship. i want to go back to doug for a second. is there a way to sum this up in some way? this has been a day that has been inevitable. we've had some time to sort of summon our thoughts about ted kennedy. as we think about him, is there a way to sort of sum up what his life was? >> well, the health care debate that we're in the middle of right now, it's been a summer of town hall meetings. going to head into september and october. and i think the ghost of ted kennedy, the spirit of ted kennedy, will be with that health care debate. democrats are going to try to push universal health care through as the legacy piece for teddy kennedy, just as you had, for example, harry truman pushed through the united nations on the ghost of fdr. it'll be interesting to see how republicans respond to that

attempt. ted kennedy's memoir is supposed to come out in october. you'll find that that could have an impact also. >> bob, could ted kennedy have been -- become president? >> no. i don't think so. i think chappaquiddick -- because of chappaquiddick, i think it was the one thing that would have always kept him from becoming president. but, you know, when you look back over his life and this family that he came from, he was almost like a fictional character. you know, in fiction, the hero is not someone who's perfect. he is someone who overcomes his own flaws and then goes on to do noble things. that was certainly ted kennedy. he had his flaws. but as the years went by, he just kept at it. and in the d,om accplished many things. i think he accomplished my an a more things than many people who have served as president.

i don't think there's any question about that. >> bob schieffer, doug brinkley, thanks for taking the time to be with us this morning. dave is at the weather board. is it wednesday is? >> it is wednesday. and that means we're going the slide towards the weekend. that's the good news. it depends on where you are for the weekend, harry. along the east coast, where it's gorgeous right now, and we have a dry cold front slipping eastward, we're also watching the development of a storm system, which is going to slide on up and ruin the weekend for a lot of people. i think it could be a rainmaker and it could be very windy. we'll watch and see if that becomes a named storm or hurricane. if it does, it would be danny. in the meantime, today's weathermaker from the midwest to oklahoma and texas where we'll see heavy rains, 1 to 3 inches. not severe weather. but into tomorrow, more downpours for the mid-section of the country. lots of sunshine continues with beautiful, cool and delightful dry weather in the northeast and

along the eastern seaboard. trouble brews in the waters off the east coast. that's a quick look at the weather. back up to hyannisport and maggie rodriguez. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: harry, thanks, good morning. sorry, dave, thank you. this morning, the kennedy family said, we have lost the irreplaceable center of our family.

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remembering ted kennedy this morning. the arc of his life story. if somebody wrote it in a novel, it would never sell a copy because it was unbelievable. the son of privilege gets kicked out of harvard. brothers who were war heroes. two brothers assassinated. such a stunning, stunning story.

we talked a little bit about his indiscretions. think about his speech at his brother bobby's funeral right down the street at st. patrick's, his voice cracking. the moments of history he was such an important part of. we'll be telling stories about teddy kennedy for days to come. >> reporter: harry, you hear from everyone this was his favorite place on earth. being here this morning it is easy to see why. hyannisport is a series of quaint, beach side homes. the kennedy compound sits along side nantucket sound. i can see it here on six acres of beach front property. it is where they had the famous football games and where ted gave away caroline at her wedding. it is where he spend his childhood and adulthood. last week, he rode here in a convertible with his son. here in hyannisport where he voted for president obama and

where he died last night. we leave you with bob schieffer remembering the life of senator ted kennedy. >> reporter: they called him the last of the old line liberals and he was partisan to the core. but his great zest for politics -- >> if $20 billion deficits were wrong under the democrats, then $200 billion deficits are at least as wrong when the republicans are in power. >> reporter: his unique political skills -- >> how insulting can you be to make that argument on the floor of the united states senate? >> reporter: caused even those who opposed him to call him one of the most effective legislators to ever walk the halls. edward moore kennedy, ted, was born in 1932. the last son of the wealthy kennedy dynasty. when his older brother won the presidency, massachusetts voters sent 30-year-old ted kennedy to finish out jfk's senator term and never let him leave it.

the new young president and his family brought a glamour to washington never before seen. in time, the family would seem star-crossed. an assassin's bullet brought down jack kennedy and his brother robert to another fanatic. in 1969, ted kennedy drove a car off a bridge on chappaquiddick island. his young companion died and for ten hours, kennedy failed to report the crash. what happened that night would follow kennedy for the rest of his life. >> this morning, i entered a plea of guilty -- >> reporter: even so kennedy's name would be floated as a possible presidential candidate for the next decade. in 1980, he finally ran. he challenged the democratic president jimmy carter. but he was ill prepared and it showed in an interview with cbs news correspondent roger mudd. >> why do you want to be president?

>> well, i'm -- were i to make the announcement and to run -- >> reporter: kennedy never recovered from the rough start, dropped out during the primaries and never sought the oval office again. but back in the senate, he hoped his legislative forms, formed personal allowances with ideological opposites and forged piece after piece of meaningful legislation on health care reform and racial equality. even a republican president would praise him. >> he is a fabulous united states senator. when he's against you, it's tough. when he's with you, it is a great experience. >> reporter: as the last of the kennedy brothers, he was the one who walked the nieces down the aisle, stood up for the nephews in trouble. and for the kennedys, the troubles seemed endless. his only son lost a leg to cancer. his first wife went through an

extended battle with alcoholism. yet it was ted kennedy that the family rallied around when tragedy after tragedy struck. when john kennedy jr. died in a plane crash, it was ted kennedy who again spoke at yet another kennedy funeral. through it all his love of politics sustained him. he was never happier than when he was on the stump, as he was this day when he campaigned for barack obama. >> our next president of the united states! barack obama! >> reporter: kennedy left his hospital bill against doctor's orders to fly cross country and made a dramatic appearance for obama at the democratic national convention. >> the hope rises again, and the dream lives on. >> reporter: he braved subfreezing weather to see obama sworn in as the nation's 44th

president. but exhausted by the cold he suffered a seizure at a capitol ceremony following the luncheon. six weeks later, kennedy was feeling well enough to attend a star-studded birthday celebration in washington. with his wife, vicki, at his side, he beamed as president obama led the birthday song. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: ted kennedy never became president, but his legislative accomplishments leave a lasting mark on washington and american life for greater than most of thoseho w held the office he never won. bob schieffer, cbs news. washington.

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nice to have you with us. i'm kim martucci keeping you company this morning. i want to bring you up to speed on where we have been and where we are headed with respect to your forecast. yesterday we hit 86. the average is 85. pretty much an average day with a lot of sunshine. lower humidity. today the same thing but hotter. by that i mean low 90s. a lot of sunshine. southwest winds five to ten. tonight partly cloudy lows 83 and 73. and then tomorrow the clouds will start to build. we'll get a squeeze play. one is a front to our north and

west and the other is actually some business in the tropics. i'll explain in a moment. a lot of 70s on the map. leesburg and cambridge 77. we are watching the front that will be squeezing in on us and i'm keeping an eye on this disturbed tropical weather. if this forms it will likely be a tropical storm and the name will be danny. any way you slice it the computer models bring a tropical batch of weather, grazing or near the east coast as we head to the weekend. so any way you slice it we are either getting wet from the front which will let tropical moisture in here. this weekend will be rather wet. good morning. >> good morning, kim. remember our coverage of the death of senator ted kennedy continues on our 9:00 a.m. show coming up. before we t geto that. talk about e air traffic and major jamup in virginia. we have not recovered from that earlier accident. below speed from 95 up to the gw parkway. what you are looking at here,

though, this is a different road. this is 395 and king street. looks like we have an accident scene that is taking away two right lanes and drivers are stuck at a crawl duke and slow approaching the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. i will send it over to kim. >> we are focused on the next seven. today will be the hottest day of the next seven and in to the weekend, especially friday and saturday wet and stormy. join us for the 9:00 a.m. show. an