mary martha corinne morrison claiborne boggs roberts, but the world knew her as cokie. a nickname from when her brother couldn't say corinne and stuck with her throughout her life. her family saying her career took her to the heights of her profession. but her values put family and relationships above all else. today, four presidents, the speaker of the house and legions of politicians from both sides of the aisle all expressing condolences, extolling the woman so many powerful people called friend. born in louisiana in 1943, cokie roberts was the daughter of long-time u.s. representatives, hale and lindy the house my leader, dieda plane her mother thenis years. >> the other women who were in washington when i was growing up, we watched run everything. we watched them run the political conventions. campaigns. >> through her parents, she first enjoyed that front row seat to history and politics. as a young girl, she considered joining the family business. but in college her interest in journalism sparked by her future husband, steve roberts. but her love and close ties t

gestures the other thing is they're all 3 very media savvy and you know how to market themselves corinne says kind of like a demi god but his rebel rocks. europe is very very open to all kinds of music. and they're all just absolutely brock solid with their material that's my impression too they are absolutely not just the good looks and the and the charisma you know they rehearse and rehearse and rehearse and rehearse until it's finally just right as does go by the way to corrupt a trick of the new chief conductor of yes well we know how wonderful he is now what's the deal with finn and let's get back to that so many unbelievable classical musicians comic and of course conductors coming from there from such a relic from a relatively small country where you know he explained that to me he said it has to do with finland being sent reached in this tiny country with a language nobody can speak sandwiched in between the slavs the russian and their temperament and the more reserved nordic countries and also but just look at their history 100 years ago music was part of their search for nation

all of us live half in fear and half in awe of corinne.haped so much of this project with her efforts. [laughter] the governor mention 2014 jennifer macs lost her heroic fight with pancreatic cancer. she was the point guard for this project and the city. and her energy, intellect and personality left an indelible impact on all of us who knew her. when that new bayfront pack opens next year, jen will be remembered with a trail named in her honor. [applause] faintly, it seems to be on a lot of our minds today. i want to acteneding no j -- acknowledge our friend and leader, san francisco mayor ed lee. it was ed lee who invited the warriors back to san francisco and it was ed lee who called this his legacy project. without ed lee, we would not be here today. his warmth, smile, his laughter made him so approachable and so genuine. he loved san francisco and the people here and we love mayor lee. let's take another look at his life. >> the san francisco mayor ed lee continues to live on and thrive. it's a legacy that extends far beyond politics

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. >> reporter: born inn a political family in louisiana, her full name was mary martha corinne morrisonne boggs. her brother could not pronounce her name. to him she was cokie. that's who she was to the rest of us too. >> thank you for having me and please call me cokie. >> reporter: cokie roberts' father was long-time congressman hale boggs. at one point the majority leader. he was killed in a plane crash, and his wife, lindie boggs, would win his seat. together cokie's parents would represent the people of new orleans in congress for nearly 50 years. cokie grew up in the south, but she was also a young witness to history in our nation's capital. it left an impression on her, how much the women were really doing. >> we watched them run the political conventions, their husbands' offices, their campaigns. >> reporter: cokie did consider politics as a young woman, but instead, she decided to report on it, to witness it. a student at wellesley, she met her future husband, steven roberts, at a political meeting in 1962. he was studying at harvard, a budding journalist. they would marry in 1

born into a political family in louisiana, her full name was mary martha corinne morrison claiborne boggs. but her brother could not pronounce her name. to him, she was cokie. and that's who she was to the rest of us, too. >> so, thank you for having me and please call me cokie. >> well, i will. i'm from the south, too, so you know how that goes. >> reporter: cokie roberts' father was long-time congressman hale boggs, at one point, the majority leader. he was killed this a plane crash and his wife, lindy boggs, would win his seat. together, cokie's parents would represent the people of new orleans in congress for nearly 50 years. cokie grew up in the south, but she was also a young witness to history in our nation's capital. it left an impression on her, how much the women were really doing. >> we watched them run the political conventions, their husband's offices, their campaigns. >> reporter: cokie did consider politics as a young woman, but instead, she decided to report on it, to witness it. a student at wellesley, she met her future husband, steven roberts, at a political meeting in

mary martha corinne morrison claiborne boggs. and her little brother couldn't say corinne.ould say cokie and it stuck. >> it certainly did stick. >> and as charlie said, as distinctive as her name that was that woman. >> everyone says the same thing, you know, how much love and how much she just -- how much of a trail blazer she was and in so many ways and how she made them feel and that's never forgotten. >> she made a huge impact, and we are all going to miss her very much. >>> we are following a lot of other stories this morning, including a new message from alex trebek after sharing his health setback on "gma." >>> now let's got back to ginger. >> we have a newly named tropical storm, jerry, but also humberto will pass north of bermuda. we could see rip currents all the way up to long island and in new england. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, the rainy cities sponsored by edward jones. >>> we appreciate you starting your day with us and we'll be right back. be right back. your day with us and we'll be right back. there's the amped-up, over-tuned, feeding-frenzy

very much >> which brings us to the last thing before we go tonight her full name was mary martha corinneayborn boggs roberts. thankfully that got shortened along the way to cokie cokie roberts died of breast cancer complications today she was an essential explainer of politics in a business that didn't always get that right a major player behind the scenes and a huge shaper of careers in our business and if that wasn't enough to like, she was from louisiana and not only that, she was a member of one of that state's royal families her father was hale boggs, house majority leader. he died in a plane crash her her mother lindy boggs held that same congressional seat for almost 20 years. that meant young cokie had something of a marble childhood. growing up in the hallways of congress and it informed her clear-eyed reporting on washington for npr and abc news for decades for those fortunate enough to know her, there was no better friend no, greater mentor. few in the history of our industry have been smoother or wiser than cokie roberts gone at the age of 75. >> i'm sander van ochre, nbc new

. >> woodruff: she was born mary martha corinne morrison claiborne boggs in new orleans, and early oncked up the nickname "cokie." gs was a political family. her father, hale ba democratic congressman from louisiana, bame the u.s. house majority leader, and her mothera lindy, who succeeded her husband in office after he died in acr planh in alaska. the young cokie boggs graduated from wellesley college in 1964 with a degree in political science. two years later, she married journalist steven roberts, and the couple went on to have two children.te getting her start in local news and joined npr in 1978, when it wast stl an ups she became the congressional correspondent-- a job she held for ten years. ioe later became npr's senr news analyst and commentator. she also served as a congssional correspondent an frequent contributor to the "macneil/lehrer newshour," our predecessor. that included her award-winning coverage of the iranontra affair in the 1980s. >> the contradictions in the iran-contra testimony contue, with each witness giving more glimpses of life behind the closed doors of t