there were photographs of famous war correspondents such as andy rooney and ed kennedy of the associatedress and that's where i started my personal search for the story of ed kennedy. it -- it told snippets at the museum of -- of -- this distinguished journalist and ever since then, i have been reading all i can culminating with this book we will be discussing today. and for people who don't know in -- in detail, ed kennedy was one of the most famous of the war correspondents of world war ii, and on may 7th, he became the most famous or infamous american correspondent of the war. army officials that day allowed a select number of reporters, including him, to witness the historic moment of the surrender but they instructed them that the story once was under strict military imbar go. in a move that was courageous but eventually costly, ed kennedy defied the embargo after the news was broken out of berlin. and -- and the scoop generated tons of interest and instant controversy. the rival news organizations, including hearst international news service, were quick to protest and the ap first

good rooms and the best food and wine and he kind of pushes them around and gives them -- one is andy rooney, by the way. [ laughter ] >> bunch of senior intelligence officers show up and then it's off to paris. ernest is in the van with bruce of this french armored division. of course, they've got to stop for a couple of firefights. ernest never drove through a firefight they didn't like. then get into paris and it's pandemonium. ernest's wish has sort of come true. this picture doesn't capture th chaos. bruce's diary captures a little. as they're driving through paris bruce later said it was impossible to refuse the gifts thrust upon us. in the course of the afternoon we had beer, cider, white and red bordeaux, white and red burgundy, champagne from whiskey, cognac, armagnac and calvados. i hope they were still mission capable after doing all this. on the next day bruce and hemingway liberate the hotel. they go into the bar and by this time the entourage is quite large. and bruce orders 50 martinis which gets served up to everybody in his group and bruce writes in his diary, he says, you k

good rooms and the best food and wine and he kind of pushes them around and gives them -- one is andy rooney, by the way. a bunch of senior intelligence officers show up and then it's off to paris. ernest is in the van with bruce of this french armored division. of course, they've got to stop for a couple of fire fights. earnest never drove through a fire fight that he didn't like. then get into paris and it's pandemonium. ernest's wish has sort of come true.

>> what really gets andy rooney worked up? he's about to tell you. >> do that again. >> why? why? real pain in the ass, you knew deep down that chances were you were never going to have an opportunity to be as close again with someone like mike. >> my other next door neighbor at "60 minutes" for all the years he spent there was ed bradley. when he interviewed mike back in 2006, ed had only months to live. his relationship with mike, like mine, was bittersweet. the interview itself, without either men knowing it, was a bittersweet farewell. >> just a simple question. i know that there have been periods -- >> no such thing as -- >> people that you didn't talk to. >> like? >> you and i didn't talk for a period of six months. >> why? >> i don't remember. do you? >> you said yourself, you hold a grudge. >> mike, i'll miss you. ♪ here's to life to dreamers and their dreams ♪ >> the last few years weren't easy for my father. this man was such a keen intellect and quit quick mind began to slip. but as your faculties are stripped away doctors say what's left is the essential person and wha

eufaula's five journalists, walter cronkite, andy rooney -- he follows five journalists including walter cronkite and in the rooney. he will talk about that at the press club with walter cronkite as a son. -- walter cronkite's son. that is live at 6:30 p.m. .org.rn on book tv see testimony and the jpmorgan trading laws, the future of the derivatives market in the ongoing implementation of the dod-gfrank law. -- dodd-frank law. on c-span-3, a defence department briefing on a recent armed services report that found that 1 million counterfeit parts from china entered the supply chain. all of that getting under way at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the c-span networks. next up, from this morning pose a washington journal, a look at middle east diplomacy with mark ginsburg. host: you are the president of leilina productions. what is that? guest: it is a non-profit that was meant to open up relations between the united states and the arab world. a bipartisan group of experts led by a former middle east negotiator came together to try to figure out how we begin reaching the millions of arabs who bin ladi

he follows walter cronkite and andy rooney as they travel through the war. lye coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. eastern online at booktv.org. >> i think this is one of those markets that i think people vote for the, um, don't vote for the party. i think this is the city of wichita votes for the candidate. i think you're seeing a lot more of that. even though this is heavily republican midwest which is dynamic, and it's great, but i think you're seeing more of that in the recent years here in the midwest. they are really voting a little bit more for what the person stands for. >> june 2nd and 3rd booktv and american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> the first place i want to show you is the monger house, and it is the only remaining original structure from the 1865-1870 time. and it was a very important building in our history in that it is a residence, but it's also the headquarters of the wichita town and land company that came down here to create, shall we say, the city of wichita. >> be watch for booktv and american h