. >> our interview with the senator will be entirely unrehearsed. >> it's good to be with you. tension is mounting here at cap canaveral. >> his is perhaps the most recognized voice in all of television journals. the historic journey became a racial battle ground and police dogs was one of the weapons. >> he was born in missouri an only child but he did most of his growing up in texas. >> cronkite said he wasn't much of a student, but that was before he got his first taste of the news business. he was just six delivering newspapers. >> i remembered when president harding died and i couldn't wait to tell somebody else i rushed down the street with a copy of the paper to my friend. >> cronkite was also fascinated with the magazine that took him into the world of fighter pilots, boot leggers and journalist. >> the one piece that hit me was the foreign correspondent. boy, that guy was in that trench colt and the bullets were -- trench coat and the bullets were flying. that's what i wanted to be. >> cronkite was there when the allies landed in north africa. and when america landed o

the fact that she showed up and did that unrehearsed, goes counterto everything they teach you on howssful singer. you just don't do that no matter how talented you are. so this was just a human thing she wanted to do. i also loved jennifer hudson. we're talking about an american idol honoring america's idol. and it was just such a poetic moment, and it was perfectly, perfectly executed, and it was one of those times in that memorial service where you thought, if michael was standing here, he would have just been thrilled. to me, it was magical, really. >> toure, one of the moments that struck me, i'll tell you, is seeing the children not just there with jennifer hudson, but we are the world, of course, performing one of michael's greatest songs of all time, and heal the world, too. how much was having the children present here a statement from michael jackson? >> oh, i mean, you know, again, it humanized michael jackson. it showed us, you know, a real person. you know, with real children. i mean, you know, you can talk all you want about, is his dna in these children? we'll never kno

. >> our interview with the senator will be entirely unrehearsed. >> reporter: it made him the most trusted man in america. chronicling the nation's triumphs and its tragedies. >> dr. martin luther king, the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement has but shot to death in memphis, tennessee. >> quintessential american. came from the heartland, wasn't flashy one way or the other and his reporting was straight forward. >> i just fell into whatever it is i do naturally. >> in a hostile environment of outer space. >> reporter: born walter leyland cronkite in 1916, isn't st. joseph's, missouri, to helen and walter cronkite sr. he was an only child. an enterprising boy, first job at age 7's, selling magazines and later the "college star" then a local radio station where he met the love of his life. >> down the corridor i could see her coming, the most gorgeous creature i'd ever seen in my life. absolutely sensational red head. >> reporter: cronkite married that sensational red het, in 1940. his lifelong advocate and partner. parents of three children. nancy, kathy and chip. at 23, cr

our interview with the senator will be entirely unrehearsed. >> reporter: his steady telling of historythe most trusted man in america, chronicling the nation's triumphs and its tragedies. >> dr. martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. >> he was a quintessential american. he came from the heartland. he wasn't flashy one way or the other. his reporting was straight forward. >> i just fell into whatever it is i do naturally. >> in a hostile environment of outer space. >> reporter: born walter leland con cite in 1916 in st. joseph, missouri, he was an only child. an enterprising boy, his first job at age 7 was selling magazines and later "the kansas city star." he reported for his college newspaper at the university of texas. at 23 cronkite took a job where he would first make his name as a wire service reporter for united press, covering the second world war. >> united press bureau. make it snappy. >> reporter: he learned to write, as he said later, fast, accurate, and unbiassed. >> it's just one of the mos

. >> reporter: kicking his all over was mariah carey, unrehearsed, walking onstage, cold. ♪ you and ireporter: her voice cracked at the first sight of jackson's casket. >> i feel a little bit like a let everybody down. but i really did try and, it's just -- it was difficult. but you know what? i think it was a true and honest emotional moment. >> reporter: but the emotional scale tipped out of balance when michael jackson's 11-year-old daughter, paris, found the mike. and the courage to speak. >> daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. and i just want to say i love him so much. >> reporter: although the family had certainly been working on this for days, meredith, as you saw, very little of it actually looked very rehearsed. it certainly fulfilled the need for fans and a promise for jackson's family to keep michael jackson's memory alive. meredith? >> lee cowan, thank you. toure is an nbc news contributor and writer for "rolling stone." good morning to you, toure. >> thanks. >> very few days they had to rehearse this, to get this ready. your take on it? how would you de

what i saw today, the unrehearsed response, i appreciate that because sometimes people come in with astory that can be very difficult and the individuals who may have some responsibility in that area generally seem to be in passive about it, you showed some concern, and i think that speaks well. i would like you to address the concern about the metrics, the arbitrariness of them. the adjacent land of a field of green must be free of compost operations within 450 feet. and domestic animals, 30 feet of the crop edge, what is the justification for allowing domestic animals, the animal waste products of which are a component of compost, up because of compost operation? >> the metrics are based on risk assessments. that is in keeping with fda guidance. the compost operations are considered to be a very high risk situation in terms of pathogens. we also have significant buffers zones. there is a confined animal feeding operation, a large number of animals at risk in a field. >> you have the best animals closer to the operation. >> the risk assessment tells us that there is a lower risk invo

that was a real, when i saw his ana unrehearsed response to hearing when she had to say and i wanted i appreciate that because sometimes we get people who come with a sore that can be difficult and the individuals who may have some responsibility generally in that area seem to be a passive about it and you show some concern and i think that's speaks well. and like you to address the concern about some of the magic's and the arbitrariness. you're on the chair must find that the adjacent land to field of grain must be freed from compost operations within 400 feet of the crop is a recurrence of the adjacent land free from raising to the lands domestic animals within and 30 feet of the crop bed to end it was a justification for allowing domestic animals to be closer to the compost operation? >> the lgma program, the magic's are based entirely on risk assessments and i think that is in keeping with fda guidance and i'm getting to that. the compos operations are considered to be a very high risk situation in terms of pathogens and we also have a significant of prison since there is a confi