but as anyone who ever heard that opening theme knows, it was as andy of mayberry that andy griffith de his indelible mark. >> we don't ever stop her. we figure if she can save a step or two here and there, she'll be with us that much longer. >> reporter: he played sheriff andy taylor, a wise authority figure everyone looked up to. respected for his tolerance and sense of fair play. a straight man to bumbling don knotts as barney fife. >> just stay calm. >> reporter: widowed father to son opie played by ron howard. >> guess i did a good job, huh, pa? >> you sure did, son. >> reporter: somehow in the raucous '60s, "the andy griffith show" thrived. a comforting serving of small town america, where values were clear, common sense ruled. the distinction between good and evil unmistakable. >> now, opie, i want you to understand, ordinarily i don't approve of doing things behind folks' backs. >> i get it, pa. >> reporter: still, as griffith once said on "today," mayberry had to be invented. >> though we never said it, it had a feeling of the '30s. it was, when we were doing it, of a time go

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. >>> and remembering andy griffith, america's favorite small town sheriff. tonight his tv son opie on the loss of a national treasure. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> on the eve of the july 4th holid holiday, a time usually for fun and family, for many, there is no escaping the extreme heat, adding to the misery in the mid-atlantic region, patience is starting to run out with power still out for more than a million households. we begin once again with tom costello in the nation's capital. good evening, tom. >> good evening to you. we could have picked any one a neighbor neighborhoods here in d.c. and virginia. power line are down, trees are down. they're slowly getting power back, but it could be until the weekend until everyone has power back. the concern is the death toll may rise with the heat taking a toll. across a huge section of the country today, the growl of chainsaws filled the air, and neighborhoods still trying to dig out from a storm that passed four days ago. >> it surprises me that we have the debri

that's the way many of us felt when we god word that andy griffith, also known as sheriff andy taylorhe was 86. bill whitaker now on the man who brought the fictional town of mayberry to life. >> reporter: when you think of andy griffith, whistle a little tune. ♪ ♪ >> i can walk through airplanes today and hear that theme whistled behind me. >> reporter: andy griffiths' long career stretched from nightclubs to radio to movie to music, but it was a role as a small-town sheriff that made him beloved to millions of america americans. >> just twisted wrong. it's easy, though, see, just... >> good. just make sure it clears your underwear. >> right. >> reporter: andrew samuel griffith was born in a town much like mayberry-- mount airy, north carolina. >> i'm not just an entertainer, i'm an influence, a wielder of opinion, a force! >> reporter: griffith's first film was a departure from the idea we have of him, a hobo turned power hungry t.v. star in "a face in the crowd." but his next big film was a smash "no time for sergeants." >> every last one of them, all yours. >> golly! >> reporter:

bill whitaker on the death of andy griffith. ( theme from "the andy griffith show" playing" captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. heat in the summer is not news, but this summer is making history. over the last eight days, 2,400 high-temperature records have been tied or broken. on the eve of the fourth of july, americans are looking for independence from the weather. temperatures today climbed into the 90s and the 100s. they're really feeling it in those states hit hard by that fierce weekend storm in the east. in nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses, there is still have no electricity-- no power, no air. what's behind the record weather? we asked chip reid to find out. >> reporter: it's not just hot out there, it's record-breaking hot. this spring was the hottest since the government began keeping records in 1895. 150 million americans have spent some portion of the past week under a heat warning. in tiny norton, kansas, last week, it hit 118 degrees-- hotter than death valley. >> i don't think we've seen any conditi

of the andy griffith show.gad shaban has more. >> there was no mistaking the theme to the andy griffith show. and no mistaking the plain talking down home charm of its star. andy griffith played andy taylor, the sheriff in fictional mayberry, north carolina. the straight man to comic don knotts. >> it's easy. >> good. just make sure it clears your underwear. >> right. >> tv father to a young ron howard. >> he would call me youngin. youngin over here. >> howard says he learned a lot from griffith. a man who elevated his show by playing to a higher standard. >> andy was a little more of a jimmy stewart kind of a character than he was a kind of a sitcom dad. >> griffith first hit it big in feature films, including a face in the crowd and no time for sergeants. but it was mayberry that made him a household name. griffith earned a star on hollywood's walk of fame more than 36 years ago. he was nearly 50. his career in television was far from over. >> estella ortiz remembers griffith as the folksy defense attorney in

andy griffith has died. the long-time tv and film star died this morning at his home in north carolina. griffith appeared on broadway and in movies as a young man, but he really became an icon when he took the role of sheriff andy taylor in the "andy griffith show." griffith, along with a young ron howard and don knotts made the show a ratings hit throughout its eight-year run. ron howard, who got his start playing opie with griffith will join us coming up ahead. >>> selling health care. if states aren't going to buy into the medicaid expansion, just how is this program going to work? zeke emanuel joining us right here in aspen. this is "andrea mitchell reports." an accident doesn't have to slow you down... with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. i

the andy griffith show? from 1960 to 1968, it was a huge hit and the star, andy griffith, played the show's straight man. >> i meant charity. >> i didn't charge him nothing. >> i meant something for the joy of giving. >> i enjoyed it. >> i love playing straight because you get to see the show and be in it at the same time. >> andy's life parallelled his show in many ways. he was born in a small town in north carolina, much like the fictional mayberry and grew up in a poor, but loving home. he was studying to be a minister, but changed his major to music. his breakthrough role was in a film, a face in the crowd. >> there she goes. >> years later, he revealed sheriff andy taylor was supposed to be the funny man,. >> don called me when he saw the pilot who said, don't you need a deputy? >> rest is comedy history. >> you know we couldn't have given a sobriety test to otis last night. >> why not? >> he was too drunk. >> he turned to drama. he was awarded the presidential medal of honor. a working actor. to the en

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on the andy griffith show. waits set in the fictional town of mayberry, based on his actual hometown. in the 80s he played a southern lawyer in the crime drama "matlock". he was 86 years old. and what an icon. >> so cute. always said andy tailor was a better man than andy griffith. >> i'm a nativive north carolinain. they're proud of him. and there is no scandal or anything. lived up to the image. >> and his friends are tweeting about the huge impact he had on them. >> hollywood is heart broken over the death of andy griffith z celebrities have been flooding twitter with sympathyes including ron howard who wrote the joy he took in creating for generations shaped my life. i'm forever grateful. and henry winkeler put relationship and forever in our memory, andy griffith. and one of the reasons i do what i do. and country singer brad paysly wrote he entertained the world, improved our lives and so proud to work with him and call him a friend. paysly is preparing for a big 4th of july, joining the president for the

and tonight, andy griffith, the star of the andy griffith show, one of tv's most beloved shows has diedhe fictional town of mayberry feel like home. >> for many millions of television viewers, andy griffith was the american south personified. for eight seasons, griffith played the laid-back sheriff of the fictional north carolina town of mayberry with his lovable deputy, barney fife. the combination of humor and wholesome storytelling made it a hit. >> we were a small time -- a small town and a time gone that you would like to hang on to for a while. >> and he moved on to the big screen. the drummer, matt -- the drama, matlock had him playing a defense attorney. >> the south will fool you. there are lot of bright people in the south. >> his career began in 1958 with a hit record. what it was, it was football that led him to acting. >> i am permanently treanor quarterly. >> he went to broadway, television, and film. he also received critical acclaim in drama, played an overnight singing sensation in "a face in the crowd." he won the presidential medal of freedom in 2005. and that same ye

>> to this day, that whistle causes -- cost tv viewers back to mayberry, where andy griffith starred ff andy taylor. >> day now you have been caught the -- taught the golden rule? >> yes. >> do you think you have been following that role? >> gs. >> after learning of his passing, ron howard, who starred as opie, said this. griffith with his wise words and i kind drawl figured in iconic comedies about small-town america. >> we are going to take the long wait. >> the real town was griffith's home town of mt. aire, north carolina. he started off as a high school music teacher, and had his first break with iridium monologue about football. >> they had this funny little pumpkin to play with. [laughter] >> he starred in movies and broadway. critics said he was funny. hollywood took note and give him "the andy griffith show." when it went off the air, it was the number one rated program. 20 years later, he made a comeback as a guitar-playing lawyer named ben matlock. >> he did not think for a minute that he would kill him first. >> fans and friends are leaving flowers on his star at the holly

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and he, you know, people most know him for "andy griffith show" and "matlock," but andy griffith has been running up until a few years ago. >> and running successfully. >> i told a story i was working on a show competing with that show in north carolina and was losing at the time. but i have to say, that speaks a lot to him. he was born in north carolina, lived a great portion of his life and passed in north carolina and he is a hometown hero there. and, you know, i think he's really going to be sorely missed and he stands for kind of fairness and what is right. and that's what a lot of the reaction is saying today too. >> that folksy down home charm just endeared him to millions. we heard from opie. >> right. >> better known these days, of course, as ron howard. we heard from him a short time ago on our air. let's play a clip of him. >> i hope he's remembered not only for the "andy griffith show" and also for "matlock," and his music and going way back to some of those first monologues which are -- he did on the radio which are -- you know, and the recording studio which are really

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andy griffith tied at 86 years old. alexis christoforous on how his personal life mirrored is small screen characters. >> who doesn't hear that whistle and remember the end of the andy griffith show. from 60-68 it was a huge hit and andy griffith played the shows proverbial straight man. >> i loved playing straight because you get to see the show and be in it at the same time >> andy griffith's life paralleled the show in many ways. he was born in a small town in north carolina much like the fictional mayberry and grew up in a poor but loving home. he was studying to be minister but changed his major to music. his breakout role was in a face in the crowd. years later he revealed sheriff andy taylor was supposed to be the funny man until his friend don not spot into the act >> called me when he saw the pilot and said, don't you need a deputy? >> the rest is comedy history. he turned to drama in the '80s and '90s, starring in matlock. in 2005 he was awarded the presidential medal of honor. a working actor, to the end of h

hollywood took note and gave him the andy griffith show.ent off air it was number one. 20 years later he made a come back as ben matlock. >> he didn't think for a minute that you would kill him first. >> reporter: off screen he made music releasing a series of gospel cd's. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: elements of his personal life would have distressed aunt bee married three times he once said he could have been a little more like sheriff taylor. of course ron howard opie has become a famous director. he left a dell able impression as a talk show host who becomes a tv -- star in a face in the crowd. andy five great was 86-years-old -- andy griffith was 86-years-old, a real icon. >>> expedition to try to solve mysterious disappearance of amelia earhart is underway. scientists and historians trekking from honolulu to gardner island in the south pacific hoping to find the wreckage of her plane. earhart and her nav have a -- gator went missing 75 years ago -- and her navigator went missing 75 years ago yesterday. >>> mike has the forecast. >>> a lot of

bush said tv shows come and go, but there's only one andy griffith." there was no cause of death given. andy griffith was 86 years old. >>he seemed to really be the character that he played on screen ... >>he certainly seemed that way i never interviewed him but in every interview i ever looked at he seemed to be the rock in the center of the madness ... you could still watch these shows and laugh your head off here on wgn ... attorneys are back in court today, as the judge in the drew peterson murder trial hears more pre-trial motions. wgn's julian crews is live at the will county courthouse with the very latest. >>could afternoon the judge cleared the courtroom of reporters and public just a short while ago to your legal arguments ... obviously those that are deemed to be sensitive what is being discussed in the courtroom is not entirely clear at this point they will county judges hearing a variety of defense motions to day motions that drew peterson and his defense team hope will limit prosecutors' ability to introduce certain pieces of information

andy griffith passed away this morning at his home on roanoke island, north carolina. th began his entertainment career with an traveling act and was nominated for a tony award before he was tapped to be the center of the andy griffith show which ran for eight years and was always in the top ten. >> of riviera rose bettals and the passion of the mediterranean moon and a rugged he-man scent. caution, users should wear gloves. >> the show had a half a dozen memorable characters like barney fife, the deputy. he wanted to arrest everybody. gomer pile, let's not forget gooper, his brother. floyd the barber, and barney always wanted to arrest him. and then of course, otis the drunk who always checked himself into jail. aunt bee and opie had memorable conversations, and opie was played by ron howard. the film director remembered griffith today. >> he created an environment on the set that was very creative, very playful. like all great lessons, it was observed. >> griffith had another great ru run at the lawyer "matlock." but before his tv fame, he landed a tv role ahead of it

-- who doesn't hear the whistle, and remember the andy griffith show. >> i loved playing straight. because you get to see the show and be in it at the same time. >> reporter: andy's life parallelled his show in many ways. he was born in a small town in north carolina much like the fictional mayberry and grew up in a poor but loving home. he was studying to be a minister, but made his way in music. his breakthrough role was in a musical. years later, he revealed andy taylor was supposed to be a funny man until his friend don knots got into the act. >> you know we couldn't have given a sobriety test to otis last night and why not? >> he was too drunk. >> reporter: he turned to drama in the 80s and 90s, starring in matlock, a working actor to the end of his life. alexis christopherous, cbs news. >> hon howard, who starred as openy, tweeted the joy he took in creating served generations and shaped my life. i'm forever grateful. r ip, andy. he was called ronnie, even though he was a grown man with grown children. andy griffith was buried immediately after they released the body yesterday

rest in peace, andy." griffith passed away where he lived nearly all of his life at his home in north carolina with his wife cindy by his side when he passed away. she released a statement saying andy was a person of incredibly strong christian faith and prepared to the day he'd be called home to his lord. he's the love of my life, my constant companion, my partner and my best friend. a memorial forming at griff's star at hollywood walk of fame, huge outpouring of love for one of the most iconic television actors of all time. >> you hear the whi he will, you think of the name, andy griffith and mayberry. >> don't shoot the slingshot in the office. >> andy, i was born with a slingshot. >> born andrew samuel griffith in mount airy, north carolina, 1926. after majoring in music, he wanted to be a singer. so in 1952, he hit the road. turns out he was a better comedian than singer. in 1953, he recorded one of the most popular comedic monologues of all time. >> it was that both bunches full of those men wanted this funny

hollywood took note and gave him the andy griffith show.t off air it was number one. 20 years later he made a come back as ben matlock. >> he didn't think for a minute that you would kill him first. >> reporter: off screen he made music releasing a series of gospel cd's. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: elements of his personal life would have distressed aunt bee married three times he once said he could have been a little more like sheriff taylor. of course ron howard opie has become a famous director. he left a dell able impression as a talk show host who becomes a tv -- star in a face in the crowd. andy five great was 86-years-old -- andy griffith was 86-years-old, a real icon. >>> expedition to try to solve mysterious disappearance of amelia earhart is underway. scientists and historians trekking from honolulu to gardner island in the south pacific hoping to find the wreckage of her plane. earhart and her nav have a -- gator went missing 75 years ago -- and her navigator went missing 75 years ago yesterday. >>> mike has the forecast. >>> a lot of s

. >>> america's favorite sheriff, remembering an american icon, tv legend andy griffith. >>> and hot dog. speed eaters weigh in for a >>> and hot dog. speed eaters weigh in for a famous fourth of july tradition. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry, and today we begin with this holiday heat in seven states and the district of columbia, more than a million families are waking up to a fifth day without power or electricity on this independence day. fireworks displays are being canceled to let police and fire crews continue relief efforts in regions where the weather will not only get hotter throughout the holiday. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: it's miserable on margaret drive, in takoma park, maryland. a tree that tore down wires friday has not been touched. some homes got power back and then lost it. and the pets are sweltering in lynn quarel's home. >> first of all, i'm definitely worried about my cats because -- i mean heat isn't good for any

. >>> first, actor andy griffith has died. we all remember iconic show theme and his folksy manner made him a star in the 1960s. as sheriff andy taylor on "the andy griffith show." set in the fictional town of mayberry. griffith played a single bad who kept the peace and doled out advice in a country town. in the 1980s he found fame again in the courtroom drama "matlock." he was a member of the tv and christian music hall of fame. want to bring in our own larry king who joins us by phone who knows mr. griffith well. you interviewed him several times. give us your impressions, your sense of who he was. >> well, suzanne, he was an incredible person. not only as a talent but as a friend and as an individual. he was always kind and sweet and he was an underrated performer in my opinion. he did a movie called "a face in the crowd" in which he played a -- i guess it was sort of a controlling media figure who played sort of a hit who suddenly becomes a famous american, influencing politics and everything has and his comeuppance at the

. >>> president obama is remembering actor andy griffith as somebody who warmed the hearts of americans everywhere. the man known as sheriff andy taylor of mayberry died in his native north carolina yesterday at the age of 86. nbc's mark barber takes a look back at his life and career. ♪ >> reporter: for many millions of tv viewers, andy griffith was the american south personified. for eight seasons, griffith played the laid-back sheriff of the fictional north carolina town of mayberry. at his side the inept but loveable deputy barney fife. the show's combination of homespun humor and wholesome storytelling created a ratings hit. eventually griffith moved from onscreen to the big city. >> web you're under oath. >> reporter: "matlock" cast griffith as a folksy country attorney. >> country people will sometimes fool you. there are a lot of bright people in the south. >> reporter: what it was was football led griffith to acting. >> oh, heck, no, sir. i'm plo. >> you're what? >> permanently trained orderly. >> reporter: no time for sarngs was a hit for griffith on broadway, tv and film. for

remembering an american icon, tv legend andy griffith. >>> hot dog. speed eaters weigh in for a famous fourth of july tradition. happy fourth of july to you, good morning, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first bolook" on msnbc. and we're going to given this morning with that holiday heat. in seven states and the district of columbia, more than 1 million families are waking up to a fifth day without any power and air conditioning on this independence day. fireworks displays are being cancelled to let police and fire crews continue relief efforts in a region where the weather will only get hotter through the holiday. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: it's miserable on margaret drive. in tacoma park. and the pets are sweltering in lynn quarrel's home. >> first of all, i'm definitely worried about my cats because, i mean, heat isn't good for any animal and a lot of them are suffering right now. i'm more worried about myself. >> reporter: maggie sterner, blacked out since friday, got power from neighbors till

andy griffith gained lasting stardom on the andy griffith show set in the fictional town of mayberrynorth carolina. for eight years starting in 1960 he played a widowed sheriff raising a son, opie, played by ron howard. >> you see, when you give something -- in this sense it's cleaning garage -- and you get something in return like a quarter that's the greatest feeling in the world. you do feel good after working, don't you? >> um-hum. good and tired. >> suarez: the supporting cast also featured the likes of aunt bea and howard mcnear as floyd the barber. most famously sheriff andy's deputy barny fife played by don knotts. >> why are we stopping here? she had to go to mount pilot. we're going to check the locks. >> no we're going to take in her laundry. >> brown: two decades later in 1986 griffith returned to weekly television in matlock. he played a cagey southern lawyer for nine years. >> and he had no idea. he didn't think for a minute that you would kill him first. >> suarez: griffith got his big break in the 1950s after he recorded a comedic mono log, what it was, was football.

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hollywood took note and gave him the andy griffith show. t was the number one rated program. 20 years later, griffith made a come back as yet another southerner, this time a guitar playing lawyer, named ben matlock. >> you have no idea. he didn't think for a minute that you would kill him first. >> reporter: fans and friend are now leaving flowers at griffith's star on the hollywood walk of fame. elements of griffith's personal life would have distressed aunt bea, he was married three times. he once said he wished he could have been a little more like sheriff andy taylor the brandy hitt, abc news, new york. >> an iconic era for this country and tv. he has already been buried. he requested he be buried after his death, buried 11:30 yesterday, family farm on roanoke island. that has taken place. >> an accomplished musician. i didn't know. he recorded successful albums of christian hymns and in a music video in 208. >> looking at the world today, mayberry doesn't seem like a bad place to be these days. rest in peace, mr. grift. it may be the de

andy griffith changed the world. i was so proud to work with him. and so did the actor and oscar-winning director, known back then as ronnie howard. he tweeted, his pursuit in excellence and the joy he took in creating served generations and shaped my life. i'm forever grateful. rest in peace, andy. howard began his showbiz career as opie, andy's son and fishing buddy. griffith started in the '50s, as an ambitious demagogue in "a face in the crowd." and then, country lawyering, in the '80s series "matlock." yet, "the andy griffith show" remains his signature. >> tv shows come and go. but there's only one andy griffith. >> reporter: in 2005, george w. bush presented him with the medal of freedom. >> it was about a little town and all the people who lived in it. all those sweet shows, they just came with the territory. >> reporter: griffith died in his home state of north carolina, at the age of 86. leaving memories of warm sunshine and good times along the country road of anyone's dream. that same interview, andy griffith said they had a rule on the

the tv classic set in the town of mayberry. >> the andy griffith show, starring andy griffith. ♪ [ musictalk to you about good things to eat like swiss cheese on a crisp ritz cracker. >> the united states honors andy griffith. >> i'll tell you what. get all of the other stuff out. just bring me the damn file. it's time for me to pass this on to you folks. >> that is funny. you know? >> greta: andy griffith was 86. thanks for being with us tonight.

but andy griffith in his craft, he died at age 86 earlier this month. experience that. ♪ the obituaries all centered on the smiling andy taylor on "the andy griffith show," but his crowning achievement came in the movie role. it was called "a face in the crowd." it was the dark story of loan so -- lone some roads. it's in the new field of coast to coast television. in years later griffith would make audiences love him as andy of mayberry, in "a face in the crowd" he had the courage as a young actor to dare audiences to hate him. lonesome roads would step on anyone to get what he wanted. you couldn't take your eyes off andy griffith. this wednesday night turner classic movies will be airing as part of the tribute to griffith "a face in the crowd." i know that cnn and turner classic movies are classic siblings, i would be urging you to see this if it was being screened in a church basement somewhere. you'll not only be honoring andy griffith's life, but you'll be doing something that none of us given the chance should ever pass up. witnessing greatness. >