that is just a brief snapshot of walter cronkite. omer bigart, his great-grandfather was like cronkite, trained by the eighth army air force to fly on combat missions. homer covered the 303rd bomb group, and after that come he moved to the mediterranean theater. there was one in st. louis, one in the south of france, and the first is the celebrated incident in a movie. it watches his underling and says, always courage. quoting frederick the great. it is a very controversial moment in the world where we asked should we even patton if we move forward -- we had reporters ready to go, and he didn't want to be embarrassed and pull it back. i was there was the greatest tug-of-war. homer bigart leader covered the great push up the bull of italy. he was on the beachhead for two months. then he helped with the liberation of rome. a.j. liebling later earned a bronze star that he never told anyone about for his rediscovery of the great siege at saint lo in on me after today. he stood shoulder to shoulder with the two other guys i wrote about. th

walter cronkite of up. an amazing guy, we're fortunate toave chip with us tonight but which is lucky to be here at all. his old man flew on bombing missions over nazi germany. tracked uboats in those reconnaissance rattle traps that flew at such low altitude. he was the only american correspondent fly in a bomber over d-day. on august 16, 1944, he was sitting in a c-47 on a runway in britain, set to become one of only two correspondents to witness what have been the incredible, dramatic, parachute drop liberate paris but at the last second eisenhower cancelled the mission because the first and third army were advancing across northern france rapidly. one month later, cronkite got to fulfill his wish. he went into market garden, into holland in a glider, carrying the top command of the 101st, including general anthony mcauliffe, who a couple of months later would become famous for saying "nuts" to the germans when they demanded surrender. so that's just a brief snapshot of cronkite. homer bigart, cronkite0s

there wasn't a more well-known and left person in america news more than walter cronkite. we love them and texas. he went to the university of texas. he grew up in houston. and he was up foreign correspondents for united press international, got a lot of real reporter experience. he was not just to kind of face kind. but then when cbs evening news became more important, the news programs, the three major networks, walter cronkite started as the anchor in the 60's and was there for about 20 years into the early 80's. i just think that his time, he said he covered a president's. his time covering is certainly fascinating, and he was a fascinating person because it was of the awful. i think douglas brinkley is a wonderful a store in. he was in real historian here does detailed comprehensive research. so the biography of contact that he rode will be the definitive biography of walter cronkite i think of the fact that brinkley eroded and my high regard for him and the fact that crank and, of course, is so well known and loved in our country, having this kind of a biography is a

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morrow, walter cronkite and barry busey. (laughter) folks, i love shep's show because he's pushing the envelope. it's like fox is a band and he's the trumpet player who got bored and decided to play out of rhythm and accidentally invented jazz. just listen to this cat riff on the lance armstrong doping scandal. >> if you are accused of doing this you won't compete until the allegation is resolved. >> i wonder if he was taking "v." >> what? >> "v." i mean the sheriffs took "v." do you not watch "true blood"? >> no. >> you can get amped up on "v" and get high. do you watch? i've never seen lance armstrong on there but he could probably beat the werewolves. certainly other... what are the other wolfes? >> my apologies. >> do you have a d.v.r.? >> yes. >> you should record "true blood >> we may never know what lance armstrong was on but i'd like five buck's worth of whatever shep is on. (laughter) you, you sir... keep up the good work, shep. you are worth every penny they're paying you. and i hope it's at least kitty cat meow th

media armstrong july 20, 1969 as a touchdown with just 30 seconds of fuel remaining at the time walter cronkited even as the planet was reaching for the stars were falling into greater discord on earth. at least they're reaching for something in 1969 a few on to compare headlines from july 20, 1969 to today of a 1969. as we look at apollo 11 months into the sky where also got keep weight. since degrees warmer in and today and sonny and even more to mullin and cooling off next week and we've got high pressure is building in the east bay as a result going to be hot inland to head out the door tomorrow went looking for clouds early and plenty of sun later in the day and in the forecast for looking for temperatures in the, thomas malone said a new career high with 10 strikeouts by the guiding the decision after robinson can no hit a homer to tie into he extended his hitting streak to 23 games. balloted was set up the a's for another win their final at bat brandon mosses the roads nice in had is that this course the winning run barely best tend walk off one of the year the a's be the yankees' 3 to e

. >> walter cronkite, edward r. murrow. >> stephen: cronkite, murrow, really. >> hacks. >> stephen: i don't know about hacks, i'm sure they were fine in their time. they couldn't hack the speed with which we work right now. cronkite couldn't report on a kardashian-- he couldn't handle it. he would have to get three confirmations before he said it was left nipple, right nipple. >> the speed at which we report right now is the reason why two networks reported today that the health care law was struck down. >> stephen: i notice there is some kind-- i think we will all remember where we were when we heard that [bleep]. >> because there is some kind of virtue in being two minutes earlier than the next guy. >> stephen: yeah. >> but what these guys are really about, honestly, this show is a swashbuckling, romantic comedy. >> stephen: there are pirates. >> actual pirates. and it is really a fantasy set against real world events. how the news is made up. the show takes place in the very recent past as a matter of fact there

think that's what people in part are reacting to, they yearn for this supposedly golden era of walter cronkiteich we now know according to new books is not quite so golden as it seems. people want something that no longer exists, they're not happy with what they're getting and they don't know why and lose confidence in the institution. >> there was a poll out from george washington university, took a survey out of congressional staff members and found that 95% of those staff members believe political bias in the media influences or shapes decision making in congress. 75% of republicans think, think news bias influences congress a lot. and democrats, 53%. why the disparity in numbers there, richard? >> honestly, i'm not sure. and no, i think the simple fact is that it's the truth. there's no question, i worked on the hill and when you see something in your local paper or in a national paper, it has an effect and it has an effect because congress has to raise money every two years, they're pushing for these issues, and it's a fast paced environment. our homes work for us. so let's make our dryer

always barbara walters -- we had all of the top press people, walter cronkite. the president was in meetings, they didn't want to sit outside. they would go around with mrs. nixon. that's what was projected back to the united states. these heroes in the media wanted to be with mrs. nixon. barbara walters was especially egregious. always wanted to stand next to mrs. nixon. mrs. nixon would smile and i'd grab her arm. and mrs. nixon would chastise me later. >> i don't think we'd let you loose in the press office. >> in the end, i just took barbara walters by the arm and said this is not the barbara walters show. >> that's why you weren't on ten most interesting people with barbara walters that year. [ laughter ] >> but what else did you see when you were over there? >> well, of course, we -- of course, with the president, with the president, we took him along on a couple of the trips. we went to the great wall and the ming tombs. and the dinners. listen to this -- well, she was nice enough. we were so tired -- i was so tired, mrs. nixon wasn't usually. one night w

who followed public affairs closely, they would turn on the evening news about this time and walter cronkite would be on the television. i remember the ads, as you probably do, senator from new mexico, were ads for things like geritol, for things that cleaned your dentures. i remember one ad in particular, every single night it would come on. i never could believe they could get the cherry stains out of those pearls, but every single night, they were able to do it. and if there was a political ad on television, the candidate had to get on that ad at the end and say my name is michael bennet, my name is jeff merkley, my name is tom udall or dick durbin or harry reid or sheldon whitehouse and i approved that message. that's what we saw when i was a child. tonight, families all over my state, which is a swing state in this country, are going to have to endure advertisement after advertisement after advertisement that are not advertising those consumers products i described earlier, but are advocating for candidates and political ideas, and they are all going to have or many of them will have ph

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grace the oval office even media bigwigs are stable with the likes of the hearst dynasty and walter cronkite now replaced with rupert murdoch and c.e.o.'s from c.n.n. and l a times so if the media is there american should know all about what's going on right so have you heard about union group i have not not really no not at all i don't have to know. on friday don't the world's most powerful players get together and discuss policy party and also do mock sacrificial rituals together oh no that's basically the first. i heard about it they sacrifice a coffin to have a giant forty foot kind of like a modern day stonehenge i don't think it's i don't think so if that truly does take place i think it's great that's scary that's what i did here they were talking about like a new world order in like two years. maybe that's what they're planning. plainly to your friend. what do they do that's not supposed to be. the public to know what's going on that for sure i should know we the media will show it to t.v. or newspapers but unfortunately no what we can't just leave it at that. nothing left to do but

big wigs are stable with the likes of the hearst dynasty and walter cronkite now replaced with rupert murdoch and c.e.o.'s from c.n.n. and l a times so if the media is there americans should know all about what's going on right so have you heard a bohemian grove i have not not really no not at all i don't have a clue no no i'm afraid i don't the world's most powerful players get together and discuss policy party and also do mock sacrificial rituals together oh no that's and that's basically first newest i have i heard about it they sacrifice a coffin effigy to a giant forty foot i will it's kind of like a modern day stonehenge i don't think it's cool at all i don't think so on if that truly does take place i think it's great that's scary that's really i did hear they were talking about like a new world order in like two years something like that maybe that's what they're planning it's also just the new whole order no way you can really fight it and it's completely different than now right at what do they do that's not supposed to be published so now i think differently the public is s

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walter cronkite was there for cbs news. >> good evening europe., 1962. >> across the u.s. and canada, cameras beamed live pictures to telstar and back down to europe for the first time. the new york skyline, the golden gate bridge, the phillys playing the cubs at chicago's wrigley field and an answer at a presidential news conference reflected the tone of the cold war. >> i'm sorry the soviet union is testing. they broke the agreement. tested. we tested in response. >> live pictures from all over the european council. >> a later pass of the satellite, europeans sent their live pictures back across the atlantic. on this side of the ocean, viewers saw big ben in london. the ar, detry ohm of in paris. >> reindeer at the arctic circle. >> it was a huge deal. not only technologically. paul ceruzzi. of the air and space museum. >> sputnik, yuri gagarin and all kinds of firsts. this was the first that we had that the soviets could not match. >> it was a revolution in communication. the way to see the world in real time. news coverage from other continent

less impact and fragmented that cable channels that already reinforce their own views put no walter cronkite tells us the same thing. we're told different things. there are times when political points of view are irreconcilable before the civil war. but then we resolve our conflict through political with political combat that is vicious and when of the sayings that ultimately happens. of course, i like to see democrats wipe the floor with republicans. or you have a narrow majority what we continue to have today. the only way to move forward is bipartisan cooperation people compromising. is the radical right captures the republican party and at a time we cannot get agreement on the braley important things going to another group of citizens you could see the emergence of a third congressional party. that is the non starter. you could have 50 candidates running. changing the tax system. those 50 people, they would operate at the full power and congress, could do trades of those were the only four things if you want the vote for the communications bill recommitted to the constitutional amendment

. >> oh, with that scary walter cronkite, maybe walter concrete, voice there. as un-american? >> to paint the president as un-american? >> of the united states, barack obama. >> yeah, i know who he is, but what does this have to do with him? >> we're talking about the un-americanization of barack obama, people associated with him, hillary clinton and hillary clinton's aide, the penetration of islamic, you know, muslim extremism in america. you know what we're talking about it here. why is it the good conservatives can't acknowledge what's before us. >> no, you played the clip earlier of senator mccain, who i agree with -- look, you don't make these sort of vague insinuations and this implication, maybe this woman is connected to something sinister, unless you really have proof. there's absolutely none. >> unless you're absolutely wrong and a bigot, having a narrow viewpoint of islamic people in america and what they are likely to do. that kind of bigotry should not be tolerated by anybody, including in the halls of the congress. >> my point is you don't do that

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and walter cronkite could say, oh, boy. >>> i picked 9/11. the one-year anniversary.re gut-wrenching the second time around. it's amazing how well it was covered live and if you didn't see it then, it's still shocking. >> how much were you aware of what everyone else was seeing? >> nothing. >> we saw -- the only thing that we looked at the television is, captured in that iconic photo of the towers imploding and the vice president, we all saw that. we weren't watching tv. few other things on our plate. we didn't watch it for several days after, nobody watches tv in the white house anywhere. i can't even imagine, my mind can't wrap around the country seeing that contemporaries you. >> seeing that second plane going in live was shocking. all 20 of the top 20 were all breaking news, live event. i have number 43. that was the finale of m.a.s.h. 100 million people watched. alan alda in that finale of m.a.s.h., you see hawk aye right there. it was an incredible dramatic moment. we won't see the same kind of audience for broadcast news. you can see the full list of the tv's m

there is no commonality camano walter cronkite that tells all of us the same thing. we are told a different things to different cable television stations. there have been times in american history when the plans of few, political points of view have been irreconcilable the civil war comes to mind. but absent that, we resolved our conflict through political combat that is sometimes vicious but bloodless and one of three things happens. one party the first thing is one party wipes the floor with the other party. i would like to see democrats like the floor of republicans. that's the way it was when lyndon johnson won in 1964. or you have a narrow majority which is what we had during the 18 years that i was in the senate, and what we continue to have to become a and the only way that you move forward is with bipartisan cooperation tax reform 1986 as an example where people come to the middle and compromise. if we are in a situation where the radical right has captured the republican party, and they will not agree if we are at a time where we can't get an agreement on th

we'll take a look back this morning at the historic first broadcast featuring walter cronkite and how it sparked a communication revelation. that's ahead when we see you at 7:00. >> now that's cool. >> that's going to be really great. >> it is. >> erica, have a good morning. >>> in other news, growing calls for congressman jesse jackson, jr. to reveal more information on his health problems. the illinois democrat has been out of work for nearly three weeks. all people will say is that he's dealing with serious health challenges, including a mood issue but that's not enough for some including maryland congressman and minority whip steny hoyer. >> people get sick and when people get sick, they miss work. everybody in america understands that, but i think the family would be well advised to give his constituents as much information as is appropriate. >> but the governor of illinois agrees democrat path quinn voters have heard enough and don't need to know more about congressman jackson's health issues. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray reportedly may have known back in jiang about an il-- in j

>> i did watch all the space flights and was locked onto walter cronkite, wallly sheraw.memorized all the astronauts' names and all that stuff. this is a geeks' paradise. >> clearly. and just a beautiful spot on earth. a couple brass tacks questions. who is putting up this money? would the money exist if they started today, and when will we start to see something? >> we're getting data already. it started about a year ago. this was started by the europeans, us, a lot of money by japan and the chileans. >> where he real hopeful the benefits will be forthcoming? >> the thing about this is it's reaching. we can't stop reaching. it goes back to galileo again. 500 years ago or so, he put together a couple telescopes and said, guess what? the earth is not the center of the universe. there is still a lot of things to learn out there. >> why do i feel like you're trying to sell me a telescope? i envy all the places you get to go. there is much more of harry's travels along way taste of what all this might reveal about our universe, and we have placed it on our website, landlocked

and all walter cronkite could say, oh, boy. >>> i picked 9/11.ate, but the first anniversary of, having been at the white house all day, i didn't see what the rest of the world and the country was seeing on 9/11. i saw it the year after the fact. it was more gut-wrenching the second time around. it's amazing how well it was covered live and if you didn't see it then, it's still shocking. >> how much were you aware of what everyone else was seeing? >> nothing. >> while you were in the white house? >> we saw -- the only thing that we looked at the television is, captured in that iconic photo of the towers imploding and the vice president, we all saw that. we weren't watching tv. we had few other things on our plate. we didn't watch it for several days after, nobody watches tv in the white house anywhere. except home for the news. i can't even imagine, my mind can't wrap around the country seeing that. i still cannot grasp that. >> seeing that second plane go in live was shocking. all 20 of the top 20 were all breaking news, live events. i'm going t

greenberg, he picked up a telephone, and this is live television, he is plugging in, i feel like walter cronkite, a fashion editor and she tweeted, eni'm seeing it on her tweet feed she was at the jc penney he'd quaad quarters and with ron johnson and thought it was very interesting. >> so you're suggesting that a well known fashion editor is making positive comments about their fashion strategy. >> she said i'm at jc penney's talking to ron, and this is going to be a game changer. that was tweeted out 49 minutes ago. so let's bring the chart back up. nina garcia, a well known fashion editor, about an hour ago tweeted out she was in fort worst, met with ron johnson, and said their fashion strategy is going to be a "game changer." she said get ready to shop, it's going to be a game changer. this morning, we got headlines jc penney made a deal with joe fresh. >> and she's meeting with ron johnson who is an impressive guy. that's a vote of confidence. it is, and one from someone who is widely respected in the fashion industry saying wow, what she saw from an old line retailer sort of wowed her. the

. >> i did watch all of the space flights and i was locked on to walter cronkite and we all memorized this is a geek's paradise. >> clearly. and just a beautiful spot on earth. well a couple brass tacks questions who is putting up the money? would money exist if they were starting to day? >> no. >> when are we going to see something? >> starting to get data already. all done in a year or so. this was put together by europeans, us, a lot of money from japan and chile. >> are we really hopeful that the real benefits are going to start flowing? >> the most important thing about a thing like this is, it its reaching. we can't stop reaching. and i -- it goes back to galileo again. 500 years ago, he puts a couple telescopes and walks out and says guess what the earth is not the center of the universe. there is still a lot of things to learn out there. >> why do i feel look you are trying to sell me a telescope. harry, thank you very much. great stuff. i envy you the places you get to go. >> thank you. >> well, no problem. our pleasure. there is much more of harry's travels along with a tast

well, there we found none other than the then-iconic cbs news anchor, walter cronkite. [laughter] who was trying to be a reporter and see for himself, following this phenom candidate from georgia. but as walter cronkite told me a few years later, very sadly, he said i can't follow the candidates anymore, because i distract from them. so most of us -- my point is most of us are not walter cronkite, and it's not about us. the second lesson i guess you could say that i learned is that big moments don't always turn out to be consequential. i was the moderator back in 1988 when two senators, republican dan quayle and democrat lloyd benson, faced off at the vice presidential debate during an election, bush versus dukakis -- the first bush -- that had become pretty personal. senator quayle was facing a lot of heat over his qualifications to be president, and in an effort to defend himself, he compared himself to president kennedy at which point senator benson paused, looked at him and said, senator, i served with jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you ar