he brought cronkite his grandson chip who now works for cbs, and chip was a young kid and out of it cronkitehip to spend a night in the lincoln bedroom. >> it ends in the lincoln bedroom. but the way -- >> if i had been president i would have let him stay in the president's bedroom. >> with amazing is he understood the theater of television in a way that i think a lot of folks a it the time didn't. you talk in the book about that moment when he's announcing kennedy's assassination and takes his glasses off. you say walter was really in his element, remember, producer, he was like an actor in the middle of his performance of a lifetime. it's possible that the scene of him taking off his glalss was staged. any director would tell that you walter -- what walter did with the glasses, the fidgeting was a fine prop to convey human emotion and air of spontaneity. the proof is in the pudding. walter's glasses are constantly replayed everybody knows it. i need a pair of glasses. >> i will take notes from that. work on my timing here. >> you know what's interesting, too, i think in some ways if you lo

cronkite had considerable influence, did he not, on events?had influence on presidents, and i thought it was always interesting that, you know, while ed murrow, we thought of him as a great journalist because he expressed opinions. walter's great power was that he so seldom expressed opinions. absolutely. he was steady eddie and presidents could count on doing an interview with him and getting a fair shake. lyndon johnson, talk about changing culture lbj would call cronkite directly to complain about something but it was really that world war ii generation of reporters who were, that we are all in this together, we fought together and we are trying to make america good, vietnam war corroded that when you started seeing vietnam and finally, you know, famously, february 27th, 1968 when the tet offensive occurred and he came back, walter cronkite and called vietnam a stalemate, many people connected johnson's clams with this objective mr. center now turning on the war and then, of course, watergate and nixon's hatred of the press and the unleashi

>>guest: politically corner cite -- corner cronkite and rather will similar. reagan loved cronkite.d not have republican friends so he was hard not to like. >>neil: but rather did not have that. >>guest: rather did not have that. >>neil: so, what was it with cronkite? he resented rather being foisted on people? >>guest: he did not like, he thought he was going to be able to be like, part time, coming in and doing special reports but the rather crowd literally took his desk and chopped it up and got rid of his chair, didn't want any remnant of cronkite. this was an awful passing of the torn and cronkite grew in bitterness of rather, saying he wreaks of insincerity and rather said i had to cull up and takes kicks from corner -- cronkite. he did a wonderful help to me in interviews, and they had great moments together, the kennedy assassination, and --. >>neil: rather does not dis him nearly to the degree --. >>guest: but he mes and he told me. >>neil: what is the lesson you learned? i love the issue when cronkite was saying do not put me in embarrassing situation, that was a big deal.

there are yachting stories of walter cronkite are famous. >> interesting dynamic between walter cronkite this. he was the first host of cbs's morning show i didn't know that, and had a puppet named charlemagne on the show with him. >> he would talk to the puppet walter cronkite did. >> i can't imagine. >> walter cronkite would do anything in the '50s to get face time. he did game shows, historical recreations, anything to make it. think he made it be62 with john glenn. he became so famous. in february '62. by april he was the anchor man. >> we'll leave you with this. can you see charlie rose talking with paup it on "cbs this morning"? >> anything's possible. >> thank you. >> there could be a muppet coming in here before we know it. >> the name of the book is called >>> it's a warm steamy morning. forecast calls for a high of 91 degrees. we will see showers and thunderstorms. i think everybody is home from school. we will have late afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms in the mid- atlantic. 68. that action continues overnight. slow clearing. more refresh being tomorrow with a hi

there are yachting stories of walter cronkite are famous. >> interesting dynamic between walter cronkite know this. he was the first host of cbs's morning show, i didn't know that, and had a puppet named charlemagne on the show with him. >> he would talk to the puppet, walter cronkite did. >> i can't imagine. >> walter cronkite would do anything in the '50s to get face time. he did game shows, historical recreations, anything to make it. think he made it be62 with john glenn. he became so famous. in february '62. by april he was the anchor man. >> we'll leave you with this. can you see charlie rose talking with paup it on "cbs this morning"? >> anything's possible. >> thank you. >> there could be a muppet coming in here before we know it. >> the name of the book is >>> a former pro football player now a convicted killer says he can prove he's innocent. we'll hear what he told "48 hours" about the murder of a california millionaire. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come

welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> there's a lot more on walter cronkite.ulous new biography with details. >> the author douglas brinkley is here and he'll tell us why he believes cronkite's tv appearance was a fluke. first it's time for cbs "healthwatch." here's dr. holly phillips. >> good morning. in today's "healthwatch," the benefits of breakfast. we've all heard the saying breakfast is the most important meal of the day but there's more echd that it's true. a study shows eating breakfast can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes diabetes. researchers following men for 16 years. they tracked things. those who skipped breakfast on a regular basis had a 26% greater risk of developing diabetes than those who didn't. while the link isn't entirely clear, the thee isory is that breakfast helps to stabilize the blood sugar throughout the day. it can improve your mood memory, and energy levels and studies show that eating a satisfying breakfast can control weight to prevent snacking throughout the entire day. feel free to wake up and smell the coffee but have some

how important walter cronkite was. the book because all of his papers have opened in the university of austin, but cronkite became the most trusted man in america. after a headline news cronkite would put on civil rights and so he started following martin luther king. and many people don't realize that cronkite is the one that really helped found earth day. cronkite was so moved as was steve jobs by the photos of planet earth just floating there, that he thought he needed to save the planet and put pressure on to help create really what became the environmental protection agency, and sent camera crews to cover earth day. he worked might illy hard to keep places like california and cape hatterus and other areas clean. >> it turns out that he was actually quite liberal, but he kept it quiet. how was he able to keep it quiet? >> well, he was very liberal. but he tries to do -- be balanced in doing the nightly news broadcast. it broke for him in vietnam when he went there toured in 69 after the vietnam war stalemate and jo

and that's when cronkite ran supreme.ne the book is "cronkite" you can find an excerpt on our blog, mojo.msnbc.com. stay with us, if you will. >>> coming up, is the motor city coming into tech town? what's behind a sudden technology boom in detroit and can it survive there? cnbc's brian shactman live from motown next on "morning joe." ♪ jumping toes and everything goes ♪ . [ tires squeal ] then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. see your lexus dealer. ♪ >>> now for "bills before the bell" with cnbc's brian shactman live this morning in detroit. before we get there, let's talk facebook, brian. >> reporter: yeah. facebook is down again. it's under $29 a share. let's remember, it first traded at $42 a share after pricing at $38. it's pretty much unprecedented in ipo history to be down this much, 25-plus percent just a couple weeks after it opened. it's the worst stock drop of the s&p 5

walter cronkite was a great journalist. was he is a liberal? absolutely. nobody was in doubt about that. journalistic ethics, something else. >> what does this do to his legacy? >> i don't know what it does to his legacy but do i agree with cal. >> what? >> she's coming my way. >> in the olden days there was a bar at the press secretary's office at the white house and after hours they used to go this there and drink and have a good time. can you imagine that happening today? it as very different time and it is hard to judge walter cronkite in today's times. >> let's turn our attention to another big media story of the week. it was the big news last week the data facebook went public. selling more than 450 million shares and then this week it was big news again as that stock fumbled and tumbled and calls for investigations and lawsuits to drown out the cheers ringing out on the day of the company's initial public offering. did the media have a role to play in all of this? >> i think facebook has had a term and now the media are reversing course on them. thi

and core walter cronkite sunday at 8:00 here on c-span. >>> next, a conference on the presidency andil rights hosted by the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. this panel looks at the internment of japanese-americans in world war ii, the desegregation of the armed forces, and president eisenhower's supreme court appoi appointments. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> good afternoon. i'm david ferriero and it's a pleasure to welcome you this afternoon. to this conference on the presidency and civil rights. the records we safeguard are part of the backbone much of our democracy, important pieces of the story of the american journey. they contain accounts of heroism and tragedy, of moments of pride and moments of shame, of sacrifice that is men and women have made to defend our country and to extend basic human rights to all of our citizens. this library and 12 others like it around the country contain the records of the presidents dating back to 1929. when harry truman lived in the white house. they tell the story of america. our holdings also include the charters of freed

. >> i think the problem with with walter cronkite, people see him only as the evuncular friendly man. but there was another side of him that wanted to be the best, he was obsessed with the ratings. he's probably the fiercest competitor i've ever written about. and i've written about presidents and generals. cronkite's desire to be the best was very pronounced. >> best selling author douglas brinkley on his new biography of long time cbs news averager walter cronkite, sunday on c-span. >>> next, a conference on the presidency and civil rights hosted by the john f. ken dpi presidential library and museum. this panel looks at the intern of japanese americans in world war ii. the desegregation of the armed forces. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, i'm david ferio. it's a pleasure to welcome you this afternoon. this conference is on the presidency and civil rights. as you know the national archive is is charged with preserving archives to the most important documents, the records we safeguard are part of the backbone, important pieces of the story of the american journey.

only one reference to it, at the very end of a tour that people take, there's simply the walter cronkite statement. other than that, there's no reference to that whatsoever. the entire library is based on his life and his legacy. >> you say that when she slept, you slept. >> yeah. which wasn't much. >> how did you do this? there are only a couple of you taking care of her, i mean, if you were asleep, she was asleep, who was protecting her? >> well, field agents supplemented for the midnight shift n. new york, an agent would be there to work when we didn't work. but when we -- when she moved, we were with her. and we had field office agents supplementing even then. to drive us around, we didn't know new york city that well. field office agents did. they knew where to go, they had great contact. we wanted to go to a certain restaurant, they would get in touch with that restaurant and set it up for us. so they did a lot of our work for us, but we accompanied her all the time. >> so after the assassination and you were there in dallas, how did you approach the next 48, 72 hours? what was you

. >>> sunday on q&a -- >> i think the problem is with walter cronkite people see him as the arun vuncular man, and hs obsessed with the ratings. he's the fiercest competitor i have ever written about and i have written about generals and his desire to be the best was very pronounced. >> best-selling author douglas brinkley on the new biography on walter cronkite. sunday at 8:00 eastern and pacific. >>> on today's "washington journal" we talked with a writer of the bimonthly column subject to debate in the nation magazine. this is 40 minutes. >> if you have joined us for the spotlight on columnist series, you know it started on saturday with mona charen. and matt lewis and s.e.cupp of "the new york daily news." we are joined by a columnist for the nation and welcome. >> hi. thank you for having me. >> for those who don't know you, could you explain the people you write for? who's your audience and what topics do you frequently write about? >> well, i write a lot about -- i write about politics, books, culture. i write about feminist issues and women's issues. and things that are in the new

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walter cronkite was the ambassador to both countries. that's the only time we came together is we would sit down to watch walter cronkite. and my father had a chair that never moved. and my mother had a chair that never moved. so much so that the little holes from the legs were sunk in the carpet. they never moved. they never got close to each other. there was a little table in between with a bowl of fritos and cashews and a glass of thunderbird, or sherry. and everybody sat there watching the television. very tense. they had separate bedrooms. they got more and more separated. so i felt like this weird border ran down the middle not only of the apartment but of our lives. so part of the time i was an american boy. part of the time i was a mexican boy. and they didn't cross. >> they did not meet. >> they did not meet. have you decided on which side of the border you really belong? >> i'm an american, aren't i? i mean, this is where i live, you know? i consider myself american. i was educated here. i love it here. i choose english as my c

cronkit recalls the life of walter cronkite. peter edelman, advise it to robert kennedy from 1964-68 provide an analysis of income inequality in so rich, soap for, why is so hard to end poverty in america. inboard to battle rand and forced, shiloh, vicksburg and chattanooga the campaign that doomed the confederacy, jack hearst studies the battle between general grant and nathan bedford forest during the civil war. the supreme court justice antonin scalia and brian gardner, editor-in-chief, explain the process of judicial decisionmaking in reading law:interpretation of legal tests. these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and in booktv.org. >> next author interview at the campus of u.s. c is basketball great kareem abdul-jabbar his latest project is "what color is my world?: the lost history of african-american inventors". tell me about this project. >> the project started, in 1996. in one of the chapters, lois -- made the life of the invention. checking out what in vendor

i have thing about presidents and generals and cronkite's desire to be the best was very pronounced. >> douglas brinkley on his new biography of longtime cbs news anchor, walter cronkite sunday at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. >> the first circuit court of appeals in boston will today that part of the defense marriage act which unites benefits to same-sex marriage couples is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. white house spokesman, jay carney, dressed at today's briefly and that it is in concert with the president's views on same-sex marriage. other topics include the violence in syria and the bill rejected in the house today that would've banned abortions based on the gender of defeatists. >> wow, good afternoon. or good morning. thank you for being here, ladies and gentlemen. welcome is better to the white house, to the brady briefing room. before i take your questions, i just wanted to note an article that caught my eye not that long ago. [laughter] and first of all, i would say it is based on an anonymous source, so i am not sure that it's true and hopefully this not

the end of a tour that people take, there is the walter cronkite statement. other than that, there is no reference whatsoever. the entire library is based on his wife and his legacy. >> when she slept, you slept. >> yes. which was not less -- much. >> who was protecting her? >> field agents were supplements for the midnight shift. a new york agent would be there to work when we did not. when she moved, we were with her. we had field office agents supplementing us either -- even then. we did not know the city that well and the field office did. they had great contacts. when we went to a certain restaurant, they would get in touch. they did a lot of our workforce. >> after the assassination and you were there in dallas, how did you approach the next 48, 72 hours? what was your life like? >> i was devoted to making sure she was ok. whenever she needed, we were going to make sure she had. i did not get any sleep. the morning of the 23rd, i went home at 6:00 a.m. to shower and change and come back to work. i worked until midnight that night and went home and got a

i think cronkite had too much power. let me say, brian lamb of cnn. >>. chris: he created an opportunity to see our government in action. >> and he's always neutral. chris: i'm howard on ellen degeneres. i think she opened the door to mainstreaming, fully acceptance and celebration of a woman and her orientation and she's done it beautifully every day of the week. thanks for the great roundtable. andrew sullivan, gloria borger, nia-malika henderson and howard fineman. happy mother's day. get going on that one. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering.

i think cronkite had too much power. let me say, brian lamb of cnn. >>. chris: he created an opportunity to see our government in action. >> and he's always neutral. chris: i'm howard on ellen degeneres. i think she opened the door to mainstreaming, fully acceptance and celebration of a woman and her orientation and she's done it beautifully every day of the week. thanks for the great roundtable. andrew sullivan, gloria borger, nia-malika henderson and howard fineman. happy mother's day. get going on that one.

but one of the things that we do is, the lear center gives out the walter cronkite award for excellence in television political journalism every two years. and we get amazing entries from all over the country of stations large and small of reporters under these horrendous odds doing brilliant pieces and series of pieces, which prove that you can not only do these pieces on a limited budget, but you can still be the market leader. >> what do they say when you say, "but look, you have this public franchise. you've been given this hotdog stand in your neighborhood to sell all the hotdogs you want to. in return, we'd just like more attention to serious issues and to take politics seriously." what do they say? >> well, some of them say, "you're right. we're going to do it. and hold us accountable." that's the miracle. the hearst chain of television stations, for example, has won the cronkite award over and over, because they've risen to the challenge. if you have management and ownership from top down, saying to all their stations, "okay, you are required to run news stories about campaigns.

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

douglas brinkley on his neuberger fee of walter cronkite. next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific here on c-span. >> next, a british prime minister david cameron takes questions in the house of commons. commencement speeches by first lady michelle obama and ca director david petraeus. and "q&a" with former secret service agents clint hill. david cameron answered questions on the health of the british economy. he noted unemployment is decreasing although youth unemployment remained unchallenged. at the end of the session, the speaker announces that aung san suu kyi will address both houses of parliament in late june. this is about 35 minutes. >> question to the branprime minister. >> thank you. i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> [inaudible] does the prime minister shiver when he thinks about what happened? >> i think any hon. lady makes a good point. it is worth while listening to what the director of the imf said yesterday. when i think back myself to make 2010 when the u.k.

[laughter] because of the misinformation nothing to combat for the days of walter cronkite with of the bid number of voices. to you share that view? how do you respond anybody can say anything? >> it is a common complaint for the mainstream media but as a historian we have a certain amount of anonymity. we're trained to ask when word the good old days? we have limited access it was a knightley lecture, not a conversation and they were bought always right to. there are better corrective mechanisms to day they and the glory. they all involve trade-offs and some things we will not this. >> now the opposite type of question. the id google plaques in california. why do we need journalist at all? [laughter] for public data and all the rhythms and crowd sourcing eliminate the middleman. how do you respond? >> that is also very popular and my students go that way. at boston university we have made arrangements to have stacks of newspapers every day. at the end of the day the janitors and will take them away. it is just an impediment. [laughter] they will not take them. well the internet gives

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he's a two-time winner of the walter krong o cronkite award of excellences in journalism from the annenberg school of communication. he's especially recognized for his series of truth tests some of which you'll see today that cover inaccuracies and distortions in political campaigns. next t

. >> we hasn't had time to talk about your bob diane interview and your book on cronkite. >> thanks, brian. >>> when people are saying to them, don't take the vice presidency, right now you are a powerful majority leader, don't take the vice presidency, you won't have any power. johnson says power is where power goes. meaning, i can make power in any situation. his whole life i said, nothing in his life previously makes that seem like he's boasting because that's exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night, the conclusion of our conversation with robert caro on the pass oj of power volume four in the years of lyndon johnson. his multivolume biography of the 36th president. sunday night on c-span's q and a. >>> as the presidential

. >> douglas brinkley on his neuberger fee of walter cronkite. next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific here on c- span. >> next, a british prime minister david cameron takes questions in the house of commons. after that, a discussion on media coverage in china. tomorrow, a retired colonel from the military officers association of america. he will talk about the education benefits for americans in the 2013 request. troops here at home and abroad. part of our week-long columnist series. washington journal, live at 7:00 -- 7:00 a.m. >> given a choice between tyranny and freedom, people will choose freedom. people want the best for their children and they want their creativity and their hard work to be rewarded. people want the freedom to speak their minds, choose those who will lead them, and the right to embrace their faith. >> notable figures from the past three decades online at the c- span video library. >> david cameron answered questions on the health of the economy. unemployment remains a challenge. this is about 35 minutes. sudan and the african union road map