when i saw down with bob woodward, that seemed like the place to start.. >> thank you. >> when you and carl bernstein were deep into watergate when most of the media were ignoring those stories, what role did ben bradley play? >> he was the general. we've often said that he, in fact, had the courage of the whole army. and the idea was, let's get to the bottom of this. a great believer in the truth, no sense of, you know -- he didn't approach journalism as a way of making moral judgments. it was a way of finding out what happened. and then let that unfold. >> given the enormous aches and you two were a couple of young pups we can now say at this advanced age, did you worry about keeping his confidence or what was he like to deal with personally when you were deciding on difficult stories? >> he never suggested he was going to take us off the story. and he said subsequently, that we were getting new information and he knew this was coming from the nixon campaign treasurer or the bookkeeper or people who witnessed the massive housecleaning andy instruction o

time he was in a noncombat role, but he had opposed during vietnam -- he had a post during the bob woodward has written 16 books, and you have made 12 of them "new york times" number one best sellers. >> look at that. [applause] bob -- i interviewed both of these children for the library, and bob woodward was very keen to come and visit, and i cannot tell you how delighted i am to see how keen you all are to see him and mr. bradlee. [applause] ben, it is june 1972 and you have got these two young guys covering a crime story. how is it that the closed foot mr. bernstein and missed word word word -- mr. woodward were together to cover a break-in? >> well, it was a total accident. [laughter] a. b, the assignment was not made by me because i was not working that day. that was a saturday. i mean, i cannot take credit -- i hope i get enough credit for the evening is out, but -- [laughter] when the deputy managing editor -- not even that, it was the , and it fourth deputy came time to assign the story on a saturday. i was not working. >> it was one of the greatest in june ever in washington, d.c.

bob woodward, that you can very much for helping us remember ben bradlee.ed the last interview bradlee did. he was scar castic and funny. they don't make them like bradlee any wore. >>> coming up, meredith vieira and her producer get mammograms and it doesn't go according to script. >>> and bristol palin got mauled in a scrap in alaska. our video verdict is next. >>> the brawl in alaska involving sarah palin's family has gotten a lot of media attention. they played it and, boy, did she think it was a hoot. >> i'm just going to come right out and say it. this is quite possibly the best minute and a half of audio we've ever come across. sid back and enjoy. >> tell me what happened. >> some old lady just pushed me -- she just hit me. some guy gets in my face, pushes me down in the grass. [ bleep ] you [ bleep ]. i get back up and he pushes me back down again [ bleep ]. >> how on earth is that funny? would carol costello said enjoy if chelsea clinton was getting roughed up? they have both said this is an example of media hip pock racy and they're right. to make

. >>> now, "the washington post"s bob woodward moderates national security. it was part of the annual sources and secrets conference from earlier this year. this is about 50 minutes. >> do we get a cold start here or -- i'm bob woodward "the washington post." let me introduce the panel. we've got a great group. first jane mayer who i've known for -- >> forever. >> it seems. worked at "the wall street journal," the new yorker now for almost 20 years. it's astonishing. many journalism honors, especially for your 2008 book "the dark side." "how the war on terrorism turned into the war on american ideals." so that's one of those titles where you know where you're coming from. [ laughter ]. >> we have bob deitz in the middle here. the distinguished professor at george maison of public policy. he's been the con cig lee yarry to the intelligence community. did you work for allen dulles or not. the first cia director. >> no. >> bob was general counsel to the nsa for eight years. is that correct? amazing. he then was the counselor to the cia director general haden for

i don't trust anybody. >> turned to bob woodward and carl bernstein. bob woodward. >> he had the touch, ability to encourage people stimulate them& but not run over them. >> reporter: he knew that their main source known as deep throat was absolutely fbi associate brett feldt. >> he said, i just want to make sure you've done enough. >> reporter: despite one major retraction, bradlee's tenure was marked by accolades for the paper including 17 pulitzer prizes. last year president obama awarded him the medal of freedom. and through it all ben bradlee had the last word in washington. >> it isn't all strasight-laced and serious and all on the brink of war. >> reporter: ben bradlee was an editor who didn't do things is same old way. he set the standards for journalism and said of his own life, i had a good time. >> there was no one like him. most impressive was he believed in reporters and viewed the most important thing he could do as every editor does is hire the best reporters you can find. >> he was friends with many of the people he covered includingly

at the at the helm when bob woodward and carl bernstein brought down watergate and nixon. bradlee's family said he suffered from a alzheimer's disease. >> he was just so anxious to get into the news. what is happening? what have you got? he was always inspiring people to do something. he didn't care about the hum drum of the daily news. he wanted to know what's happening, what's happening. >>> president obama released a statement saying, "with him at the helm, a growing army of reporters told stories that needed to be told. we're following developments on the u.s. an nbc news camera man who once had ebola will leave the hospital today. he was flown to a special treatment hospital in omaha. he spent two weeks in a biocontainment unit. now doctors say he is completely free of the virus. he is scheduled to be discharged sometime later this morning. >>> relief for a dallas nurse being treated at nih in bethesda. nina pham's condition has been upgraded from fair to good. she contracted it after treating thomas eric duncan. duncan is the only person to die from the disease in th

and one of his more noted acolytes bob woodward said today felt more like the end of the 20th century. to that degree the one man dominated one paper, printed on paper that dominated an entire town while living one of the great lives of the last century, bob woodward may have been right, ben bradlee was 93 years old. >>> investigators now believe with a high degree of certainty that a section of aircraft recovered from a remote south pacific location over 20 years ago belonged to amelia earhart's plane, the lockheed aircraft disappeared along with its pilot in 1937. it's believed to be a patch of aluminum that replaced a window on her aircraft during an eight-day stop in miami in that attempt to fly around the world. >>> and there's this, what one writer today called a depressing sign of america's obesity problem, fatter crash test dummies. a company that makes them is developing a new obese version with a body weight of over 270 pounds. the ceo says obese people are more likely to die in a crash because their bodies react differently against restraints in the car. >>> when we come ba

but -- >> you also can't overstate the professional risks that he took along with you and bob woodwardnd behind reporting that ultimately brought down president nixon. >> i'm just sitting here at bob's house, at woodward's, and we just had a good hug and cry. and we were over at the house earlier today. but i'm sitting here reading this interview that bob and i did with ben for all of the president's men, that was done on july 16th, 1973. and on every page of this taped interview is you hear this remarkable voice. and it is all about getting the story, getting it right. the responsibility that you have to the institution, to your readers. to the truth. perseverance. and he was a hands-on editor in the sense of talking to his reporters. he didn't tell them where the story was. he said you go get the story. and there was a story bob and i like to tell about when the movie "all the president's men" was made and jason robards was chosen to play ben. he was given a script. he said i can't do this. it's all the same, all bradlee does is go through the news room all day and say where is the e

has read for publications including "time" magazine "washington post" and "new york times" as bob woodward's declared you don't have to do anything else. a very lively a conversation when we will invite you to join with questions. please help me to welcome leon panetta and mike allen. [applause] faq very much welcome to all of you that our here's some of you pointed out thises ises more expensive than hbo we will make this worthwhile. so mr. secretary before we start anyone you want to say hello to? >> above to say hello to my rabbi. [laughter] my chief of staff. [applause] and jerry's parents are here as well. >> i want to thank politics & prose into all of you in the balcony but from the california -- cia the press secretary so what is left? >> i am waiting for the post position to open up. [laughter] i enjoy to be back home in the valley i have a grandchild there and it is nice to be whole working with a different set but with those life experiences they are enviable but not everyone agrees with each other. >> we were all kinds of bachelor's back here when we came back to washington and g

what's the difference between sitting there with bob woodward and spilling your guts to writing a memoir that's interesting. just, we thought it noteworthy. he wrote this, quote, i was put off by when the president closed the meeting. his closest advisers he said, quote, for the record, and for those of you writing your memoirs, i'm not making decisions about israel or iran. joe, you be my witness. bob gates writes, i was offended by his suspicion that any of us would write about sensitive matters. worth noting from the gates memoir. finally here, david, on substance here with regard to the panetta interview, arming of syrian rebels or not, you know, said a lot of this, saying it took president obama a long time to come to the right decision. >> that's right. and his essential argument over the last few weeks, even before the book came out was that he believes the united states under president obama got out of iraq too soon and got into syria too late. and, you know, he's just disagreed with both of those decisions. i was surprised in the interview with gloria borger he went on to say th

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brian, thank you, we appreciate it. >>> stay with cnn, bob woodward and carl bernstein, they're goingd talk about the memories of ben bradlee, their boss, their mentor, also their friend. they shared so much history. i cannot wait to hear what they have to say. it's coming up at 7:00 on "new day." >>> 39 minutes now, shocking pictures and sound from the family of sarah palin following a brawl in alaska. the former governor's oldest daughter telling police how she and her younger sister were assaulted at a party. you'll hear for yourself. you're also going to hear a lot of bleeps coming up. t-mobile's network has more data capacity per customer than verizon and at&t. it's a network that puts data where you need it most. a network designed data strong. and our big idaho potato truck is still missing. so my buddy here is going to help me find it. here we go. woo who, woah, woah, woah. it's out there somewhere spreading the word about americas favorite potatoes: heart healthy idaho potatoes and the american heart association's go red for women campaign. if you see it i hope you'll let us

reporter bob woodward: >> he had the touch. he had the ability to encourage people, stimulate people, but not run over them. >> reporter: bradley was one of the few who knew woodward's and bernstein's main source, known for years only as "deep throat" was actually f.b.i. director mark felp. >> there was always the risk of having a story that was high-risk. it was never hostile. it was, hey, look, we're on the same team. i'm trying to check and make sure you've done enough. >> reporter: despite one major embarrassment, when the "post" had to retract a reporter's false story about a heorrin-addicted child and return a pulitzer prize, bradley's tenure won accolades for the paper, including 19 pullitzers. last year president obama awarded him the medal of freedom, and through it all, ben bradley had the last word in washington. >> it isn't all straight-laced and serious. it isn't all legislation and the brink of war. it's just a town where people get along or don't get along, and they're dealing with interesting problems, but they'r

one story bob woodward had about the cia giving some money to king hussein of jordan. just walking around money, not economic or military aid. there was no question it was true. we got a call from, i got a call from jody powell. he had gone to the carter white house to find out if it is true or not. powell said, if you would like to talk to the president, you can. carter was disarming. the first thing he said was, it was true. we knew it was true but we didn't have anybody with the president's title telling it was true. then he said he wasn't going to beg us not to print it. i think the secretary of state was in the area at the time, and he said it would be very embarrassing. they were trying to settle the middle east. the existence of the story would make it harder. i've forgotten exactly what we did. we agreed we would wait a day so the secretary of state could at least inform the king hussein the story was coming out. our decision was based on the fact that any piece settlement settlementce settlement that took place without that being public knowledge had no chance

we'll begin with new york reporter james risen fog about freedom of the press, then bob woodward of the "washington post" moderates a discussion on journalism and national security. later the national association of black journalists hosts an event on government and the media. after that association of black journalists mark rogers. "new york times" reporter james risen was subpoenaed in 2008 to testify at the trial of a former cia officer accused of leaking information on iran's nuclear program. in august, mr. risen spoke about freedom of the press at an event hosted by the institute for public accuracy. you'll also hear from former talk show host phil donahue, this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm myron belkheim, president of the national press club, i would like to welcome you on a day that is important to our -- where journalists are once again at the front line, courageously trying to cover news developments in the most difficult of circumstances. late last night, the national press club issued a statement expressing its deep concern about reports that at lea

reporter bob woodward. >> he had the touch, ability to encourage people, stimulate them but not run over them. >> reporter: bradlee was one of the few who knew that woodward and bernstein's main source known for years only as deep throat was actually fbi associate director mark feldt. >> there was always the bradlee interrogation when you had a story that was high risk. it was never hostile. it was, hey, look we're on the same team, i'm just trying to check and make sure you've done enough. >> reporter: despite one major embarrassment when "the post" had to attract a false story about a heroin addicted child and return a pulitzer prize, bradlee's tenure was marked by accolades for the paper, including 17 pulitzer prizes. last year president obama awarded him the medal of freedom. and through it all ben bradlee had the last word in washington. ben bradlee was an editor who didn't just do things in the same old way. he set new standards for journalism. and he said, of his own life, i have had a very good time. >> bill thank you so much. he was a friend of mine and there was no one like him

bob woodward had written 16 books and you have made 12 of them new york times bestseller. [applause] bob -- both of these gentlemen -- bobble what was very keen to come to visit. i am so delighted to see how keen you all are with him and mr. bradlee. [applause] it is june, 1972. got these two young guys covering a crime story. put mr.t that the post bernstein and mr. woodward together to cover that? >> it was a total accident. [laughter] not givenignment was by me because i was not working that day. i cannot take credit. [laughter] the deputy managing editor -- it wasn't even that -- it was like the third deputy. when it came time to assign the story, i was not working. dayss one of the greatest in june ever in washington, d.c. >> most of the people were working. [laughter] >> i am not apologizing for that. i hope he gets a lot of credit before the night is through but i don't want any credit for that. around at the strange burglary and said it is so nice out, who would be dumb enough to come to work on a day like this? immediately, my name sprung to his mind. [laughter] i

watergate does make heroes of bob woodward and carl bernstein and you have journalists who come into the profession figuring the highest calling is to expose a scandal and bring a politician down. but it's a deeply embarrassing episode for the press corps in america. how did they let this guy who turned out to be unstable and dishonest in a way we don't think of american presidents in the 1970s, how did they let this guy end up becoming president after they had known him for decades in public service? maybe we weren't looking at the right thing, maybe characteristic means more. in that moment after 1987 you see the shifting of the prime directive away from the ill leution human nation of world -- illumination of world, our job is to expose that hypocrisy and bring it to the voters and it becomes a more toxic atmosphere. >> we often end up exposing real scandal for irrelevant scandal. >> it doesn't mean that every scandal doesn't matter. i would argue that john edwards scandal had some relevance. i think that's -- it was a very important quote because what we have done in our industry

famous of course for helping to undercover the water gate burglary and cover up, with reporters, bob woodward and carl bernstein, and deep throat. the democratic national committee turned into the scandal that brought down president richard nixon. >> they were not making mistakes, so the accuracy in these stories were never called into question. >> ben bradley died this week in his home in washington at the age of 93. he called president john f. kennedy a friend and swam in elite social circles. he turned the washington post into a newspaper of power. it's roll and influence on american life is still strong, but it's changing fast. 40 years ago, when nixon resigned, there were 1768 daily newspapers in america. as of 2011, there were 1382. circulation has been dropping steadily. the newspaper association of america reports in 1974, daily newspaper circulation was 62 million households. in 2011, it was just under 44 and a half million household. in the last decade, the trend has accelerated. in 2000, more than 50p. of americans got a paper delivered. and now it's just over 30%. the main reason

and a joint statement from bob woodward and bern steen, we love him deeply and he will never be forgotten or replace in our lives. more on our website nbcwashington.com. >>> we want to turn to our weather now. rain and wind could have a big impact on your commute tomorrow. how about it, doug. >> tell you what big impact tomorrow morning. look at the radar. painting the picture pretty well for you. not much going on in this region but up to the north we're continuing to see the rain. that rain has been here over the last couple hours or so. heaviest rain around montgomery county. the wider view still shows this turning of the atmosphere. this is the area of low pressure that will move off the coast. we will be dealing with the rain most of the day tomorrow. the wind could be the bigger factor here. we will talk about that in my forecast coming up in a couple minutes. >> see you then. >>> four sexual assaults or attempted assaults in one early morning in north west washington, the locations, dupont circle, georgetown, george washington university, all of them in a two hour span. we are live

this is about 50 minutes. >> do we get a cold start here or -- i'm bob woodward from "washington post." let me introduce the panel. we've got a great group. first jane mayer who i've known for -- >> forever. >> for forever it seems. worked at "the wall street journal," "the new yorker" for nor almost 20 years. it's astonishing. many journalism honors, especially for your 2008 book "the dark side: how the war on terror turned into the war on american ideals." so that's one of those titles where you know where you're coming from. [ laughter ]. >> we have bob deitz in the middle here. the distinguished professor of public policy at george mason. he's been the consigliere to the intelligence community. did you work for allen dulles or not? the first cia director. >> no. >> bob was general counsel to the nsa for eight years, is that correct? amazing. he then was the counselor to the cia director general haydn for three years. has worked in defense department, state department and was unbelievably a law clerk to justice william o. douglas, one of the great civil libertarians. so we'll get t

bob woodward was keen to come and visit. i cannot tell you how delighted i am to see how keen you all are to see him and mr. bradley. it is june 1972, and you've got these two young guys covering a crime story. put a it that the post mr. bernstein and a mr. woodward together to cover the break-in? .> it was a total accident -- i was nott working that day. i cannot take credit, i hope i get enough credit for the evening is out, but i cannot get credit for that. deputy and managing editor -- it was the third or -- it deputy gunned down became time to assign the story on a saturday, i was not working. it was one of the greatest days in june ever in washington dc. politics -- i'm not apologizing. >> i hope to get a lot of credit for the night is through, but i do not want credit for that. i looked around and there was a strange burglary three at who would be dumb enough to come to work on a day like this? my name sprung to his mind. i got called in. >> where you don't enough to come to work that day? -- why were you dumb enough

bob woodward and carl bernstein were among those who shared there were stories about the late, greatditor at the "washington post." >> he was a journalistic warrior, unequaled and probably never to be matched. he had the courage of an army, a lien in all seasons. he wanted his newspaper to be like the navy destroyer he served on in world war ii. >> then lived and worked in an un-gerrymandered world. he lived off the main road. there was no safe line except the troops, no groupthink, what was said, what happened, why what is the context? no sensationalism, keep digging. >> an amazing man. >> coming up, member of president obama plus inner circle who knows how to travel in style, dan pfeiffer joins us from casablanca, coming up next. ♪ >> dan pfeiffer is expected to leave the white house relatively soon, perhaps for a plum job as a tv analyst. do we expect him to be filled to the brim with humor and candor this evening? the more honesty is, the more money will be waiting for him when he leaves the white house. >> i will try to be very honest and as funny as i can be. you guys set a hig

. >> reporter: post reporters carl bernstein and bob woodward led the way in unraveling the story, which brought down richard nixon. >> we knew nixon lied when he turned to the country early on and said "i can't tell you about watergate because it involves national security." >> reporter: ben bradlee, woodward and bernstein had help from a secret source code named deep throat. >> how much can you tell me about deep throat? >> reporter: bradlee was immortalized in "all the president's men". >> nothing is riding on this except the first amendment of the constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country. >> reporter: as a boy, bradlee survived polio, went to harvard, and then served on a destroyer in world war ii through more than a dozen battles. as a young reporter, he became friends on john f. kennedy who moved in on the same block when he first got elected to congress. but bradlee always maintained a healthy skepticism of washington power players, which if anything only grew stronger over time. >> i think there has been an enormous increase in not telling the truth,

in 1972 under his supervision, the newspapers reporters sh bob woodward and carl berp stephen traced a burglary attempt at the watergate offices to some of president nixon's top aids. a key source was a top federal bureau of investigation official called deep throat. >> deep throat was right from beginning to end. woodward and bernstein were not making mistakes. the accuracy in their stories were not called into question. >> nixon's attempts to cover up his involvement in the scandal. crimes of obstructing justice led to his resignation, the only time the president quit. it was called a watershed chapter. >> people do not tell the truth in 100 different ways. and it's become so easy to lie. no one recognises lies. bradley backed by the posts owners had earlier fought nixon by winning a landmark ruling for freedom of the press. together with the "new york times", they posted a damaging history known as the pentagon papers. the newspapers argued that the public's right to know trumped the government's claim of damage to the nation's security. >> when the head of the c.i.a. tells you th

challenged government over the right to publish the pentagon papers and oversaw two rookie reporters, bob woodward and carl bernstein. brad lee encouraged his reporters to always question the story. >> i just do not believe the first version of events in this city. i don't believe it. people don't tell the truth. they don't tell the truth in a hundred different ways and it's become to seesy to lie. >> the washington post -- so easy to lie. >> the washington post received 100 pulitzer >>> montgomery county playing an important role in the maryland governors race. 13 days before the election and the candidates were out trading charges today about building schools in a voter rich county that's seen a surge in the number of school kids. here's bruce leshan. >> reporter: with a whole lot of help from the state montgomery county is sinking $120 million into building two new high schools in wheaton, but democrat anthony brown brought together a dozen county democratic leaders to blast republican larry hogan. he says if hogan wins the election in less than two weeks, he will slash money to construct new s

again, bob woodward. >> even though in the 1970s and 1980s there was no internet.re was no 24/7 cycle of news, there was in ben bradlee's head. it was 24/7. what do you got? what do you know? are you sure? we're going to work on that. there was a kind of energy that, you know, there were a lot of wonderful editors around but he was unique. >> woodruff: it was a widely held assessment. jim lehrer was one of bradlee's close personal friends. >> he was truly a peter pan. you know, he didn't want to grow up and he didn't. and journalism was all about stories. he wanted stories where something happened. where there were real people doing things and he wanted the details, and he wanted the story to be right. >> woodruff: bradlee stepped down as the post's executive editor in 1991, but continued to serve as vice president at large. >> people just wanted to come to work and be around ben, you know, he lit up a room when he came into it. >> woodruff: bo jones served as a "washington post" executive and publisher during part of bradlee's tenure. >> he was completely genuine.

he was bob woodward's deputy when woodward was metro editor. and we had learned that janet cooke had probably fabricated this entire story about an eight-year-old heroin addict, but she hadn't admitted it yet. and we had sort of been trying to get her to admit that. c-span: how old was she? >> guest: her late 20s. c-span: what year was this? >> guest: nineteen eighty-one. c-span: she was a black woman. >> guest: black woman -- beautiful black woman and a terrific reporter; great writer. c-span: vassar graduate. >> guest: she wasn't a vassar graduate, that was the problem. she had attended vassar for one year, and that's how we were tipped of that when she -- you know, the worst possible thing that could happen to her happened; she won the pulitzer prize for this story. and the pulitzer committee put out her biography, and in the biography, which was written from information she had supplied, it said that she was a vassar honors graduate. and i got this call some days later saying -- from somebody in the dean's office at vassar saying, "i think

he was at the helm when bob woodward covered watergate and eventually brought down government nixon. bradlee's family says he suffered from alzheimer's. >> he was just so anxious to get into the news. what is happening? what have you got? he was always inspiring people to do something. he didn't care about the hum drum of the daily news. he wanted to know what's happening, what's happening. incident was a spectacular time for thousands of journalists who have been through "the post". >>> president obama released a statement saying, "with him at the helm, a growing army of reporters told stories that needed to be told. we'll have more reaction throughout the morning. a complete look at his life and career on our website nbcwashington.com. >>> up in flames. police asking you for your help this morning after an arsonist targets a montgomery county playground. >>> a pack your patients as we deal with a soggy morning commute. when this rain will clear with your hour-by-hour forecast at 4:41. >>> sharing the roads. the proposed c >>> remember this explosion in baltimore county? a train and

he ran "the washington post" for 26 years, teaming up approximate kathryn graham to support bob woodward in the trail-blazing investigation of the nixon white house. they also teamed up to white the white house to publish the pentagon papers, a secret history of the vietnam war. in recent years, she was in failing health due to alzheimer's, according to his wife. brian? >> and we're back with more from new york on this tuesday night right after this. >>> this is the kind of medical news we like to pass along from time to time, the story of a breakthrough for those paralyzed and unable to walk due to spinal injury, this is reason for new hope. and perhaps most fascinating about this, this treatment is rooted not in the sense of touch, as you might expect, but in the sense of smell. we get the story tonight from nbc's anne thompson. >> reporter: the steps are tentative but extraordinary like being born again says darek fidyka. his spine was injured in a knife attack. walking appeared to be in his past. until fidyka underwent an experimental procedure, a world first, developed by british sc

the washington post" in the pulitzer prize winning coverage of the watergate scandal along with bob woodward. he helped bring the paper to national recognition and really changed journalism as a whole. security is tight here. politicians, journalists, vice president biden, secretary of state john kerry, all arrived here about an hour ago, all who knew and respected bradlee. >> first of all he was a friend but the fact that so many people from the world that we live in, journal eu678 and political -- journalism and political figures are here because of what he meant to both sides for integrity, for getting the story, for a sense of thmission of journalism. >> he had a passion to get it right, and if you've read the articles on ben and some of his own writings over the last few days, you know he wanted to be first always, but he also wanted to be right. and i think the tension that he felt so many times was -- i know virtually this is okay but i've got to have one more source to do it right. i respect that a lot. >> reporter: as i said, this is a wonderful attended funeral. there are thousands

and i hate trusting glib but trust them did he as bob woodward remembered. >> he had the touch.o encourage people, stimulate people but not run over them. >> osgood: bradlee retired in 1991, remained a major presence in washington life virtually to the end. ben bradlee was 9. frank mankiewicz bridged the world of politics and journalism and hollywood as well, at least by birth. his father won an oscar for cowriting "citizen kane" and his uncle joseph directed "all about eve." he worked for john f. kennedy's presidential campaign. then went on to work for the brand new peace corps. when robert kennedy was shot on the night he won the 1968 california presidential primary, it was his press secretary frank mankiewicz who faced the microphones. >> senator robert frances kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today, june 6, 1968. >> mankiewicz went on to direct george mcgovern's failed presidential campaign in 1972. as well as to a number of journalism jobs. frank mankiewicz was 90. >> i'm amazed how everything is just like still here. >> osgood: just ahead a ghost town stop over. girl: mom, can i

1972 when several men broke into the watergate with bradley's blessing and guidance reporters bob woodwardl bernstein traced the burglars back to richard nixon's reelection campaign leading to his resignation. bradley is credited with turning the post into a world class newspaper. he was 93 years old. >> philadelphia presented its prestigious liberty medal to malala yousafzai before a crowd at the national constitution center last night. the inspiring education rights activist granted jim gardner a special one-on-one interview. the pakistani teen describes the moment in chemistry class when her teacher told her she had just won the nobel peace prize. >> my teacher came in she told me that you have won the nobel peace prize and i said thank you. >> i thought you were going to say your teacher said malala can i speak to you for a manipulate and you thought oh, what did i do now. >> yes, yes, exactly. when the teacher came i just thought i have done something really bad but it was not really bad. >> you can watch jim gardner's entire interview tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> 5:57 now. t

among those who attended were reporters bob woodward and carl woodstein.c news anchor tom brokaw was among the speakers and joe biden, supreme court justice steven brieer, and amazon founder jeff besos. bradley was the executive editor for more than 20 years. >> we want to share the story of a rescue on the high seas of a whale. these pictures from a whale entanglement team. spending five hours removing a hump back whale. crews believe the whale had been tangled in that line since october 7th. rescuers say the tale suffered damage. but the animal is expected to be okay. >> there is more still to come here tonight. just ahead the big rocket explosion that may have burst a bubble of budding young scientists. >> and an abc7 news follow up a traveller with no way out of a drug investigation halfway around the world. >> there it is. this is moving underground. >> lava bearing down on a ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na

among those who attended were reporters bob woodward and carl woodstein.news anchor tom brokaw was among the speakers and joe biden, supreme court justice steven brieer, and amazon founder jeff besos. bradley was the executive editor for more than 20 years. >> we want to share the story of a rescue on the highseas of a whale. these pictures from a whale entanglement team. spding five hours removing a hump back whale. crews believe the whale had been tangled in that line since october 7th. rescuers say the tale suffered dama. but the animal is expected to be okay. >> there is more still to come here tonight. just ahead the big rocket explosion that may have burst a bble of budding young ientists. >> and an abc7 ns follow up a travellerith no wayut of a drug investigation halfway around the world. >> there it is. this is moving underground >> lava female announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in f

bob woodward saying he'll be going to cincinnati because the irs scandal is so terrible. after one crisis after another. >> such a me society. everybody's so self-absorbed. something happens in dallas -- oh, my god, how is it going to get to me? >> by the way that just came from donny deutsch, a man who chest hairs have their own instagram account. really, we have just now -- we have just now crossed -- >> there's a lack of trust. you don't force a woman to stay in a bubble against her will, okay. we're going to leave it there and move on to polls. >> we've crossed the rubicon withchristie crossed it for everybody. several republicans gaining ground. in colorado, republican congressman cory gardner has broken ahead of udall. gardner leads. last month, udall was ahead by six. in north carolina, democrat senator kay hagen is now tied with the statehouse speaker tom tillis. hagan had led earlier this month. in kansas, republican senator pat robert appeared to have battled his way back into contention. independent greg orman led the senator by ten points, now orman is up 1, 4

. >> reporter: monday night they were listening to bob woodward and carl bernstein and asked if bradlee was more important than they were. >> yes. and he was tough on them as he should be. the truth emerges as one of his philosop philosophies. it takes time to get truth and you need truth in journalism and today there is a lot of immediacy and impatience. >> back home, it seemed like prying into somebody's business and i never realized how much aid it brings to the public. >> ben bradley made the difference. >> reporter: trying to explain his brass personality. >> did he cuss when you talked to him? >> yes. but he was so reflective, cutting, honest, edgy humor that lit up your soul, really. >> reporter: for just about everyone who knew him, that's about right. tom sherwood, news4. >> ben bradley was a giant. search for hannah graham. the renewed effort to find a teenager in another high profile case. >> we know what a truck driver was doing that caused this dramatic train derailment in maryland. >>> there was a cracked rail. >>> it's a morning commute a lot of metro riders would probabl

in that decision to go ther believed. >> legacy with "washington post" legends, bob woodward and carl bernstein, stick around for that company. >>> we also have new developments for you in the battle to prevent an ebola outbreak here in the u.s. not a travel ban, but new restrictions placed on passengers flying into america from three west african nations. and the new ebola czar takes office today. doesn't want to be called a czar, by the way. >>> plus, no fan, but plenty of heat. charlie crist and rick scott tearing into each other in their second florida debate. to be governor. why some observers claim the voters definitely lost. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens? i think the numbers speak for themselves. i'm sold! he's a selling machine! put it there. and there, and there, and there. la quinta inns & suites is ready for you, so you'll be ready for business. the ready for you alert, only a laquinta.com! la quinta! when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. yeah! crestor is not for people with liver disease or women wh