my research on walter cronkite, i was astounded to learn that cronkite was looking to make extra cash on the side for cbs and gave a quick seminar on how to look and sound on tv. sam rayburn and john kennedy took his course. you know who didn't? richard nixon. kennedy started realizing it is a medium that may be donald trump recognized the same in twitter. by the time we cut to the debates in 1960 -- that was the first time we had a presidential debate in the united states. susan swain did the lincoln douglas debates on c-span. it got televised and people that listened to richard nixon on radio thought he won the debates. people that watched on tv said john f. kennedy won. once he came on, cbs and nbc recognized -- cnn is covering trump all the time. the network said let's cover john f. kennedy. they started going to hyannis for it. they started covering alan shepard, john glenn, must watch tv events during the kennedy years and press conferences became a big deal. the combination of using the medium of television and photography helps set the tone for john f. kennedy. i would give hi

but then walter cronkite, or the other anchors were the places you went. the nightly news, you got 30 minutes of what to think. anza very 28, cronkite and his broadcast with a three-minute speech about the war in vietnam. he looks at the camera, he reads from the script, looks up at the viewer sitting in the living room and says "it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. to say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of evidence to be optimistic have been wrong in the past. to say we are mired in stalemate seems the only real and unsatisfactory conclusion. on the off chance the political analysts are right, and the next few months we must test the enemy's intentions before negotiations. it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy so to the best they could." while all of this is playing out there is a presidential election going on. and t

what we know is cronkite interviewed right before jfk's assassination, cronkite interviewed john f. kennedy at his home and kennedy was intimating that he would not get roped into a prolonged war. people that agree with what stephen just said will point to that cronkite interview. there is some documentation that we were going to no matter what. we don't know. 1964 would have been an election year. how would vietnam have played out in that election? we know what johnson did in 1964. he did the gulf of talking because he wanted -- gulf of tonkin because he wanted to show anti-cold war credentials heading into the election, even though it looked like he was going to have a landslide victory over barry goldwater. he did not want to seem weak. you have the assassination of -- and there are new tapes coming out. the kennedy libraries are still bringing out new tapes dealing with vietnam. i think it is a story that will evolve. i am personally curious to see how ken burns deals with it in his vietnam war series. i have a feeling it is going to be one of constant debate. the evidence of wh

there is very little good news walter cronkite is delivering it 1968. that is why politicians who have law and order messages, who are coming out and saying, i am going to clean up the streets. we are going to reduce crime. we are going to create order out of this chaos, are increasingly potent and convincing. the generator of this messaging is not -- is ronald reagan who had a foreshadowing of what happens in 1968. he is elected of california. california is the place where these two types of disorders first breakout, first on the campus of berkeley in 1964, demonstrations, masto menstruation's on the campus of berkeley against the berkeley administration -- mass demonstrations on the campus of berkeley against the berkeley administration. 1966, ronald reagan runs against the incumbent local governor, who had beaten richard nixon for the governorship several years earlier. running on this message of law and order and bringing order out of chaos. that is an important step. the people running in 1968 take note from that. talking about disorder, let's talk

and he said to walter cronkite, you know, walter, my son john graduated on d-day, graduated from west point on d-day. and over the last 20 years i've watched he and his wife raise their family and have the experiences they've had and he said many times i thought about these young men and the life they didn't get to lead because of what they were asked to do. and particularly to have the person sitting there 20 years later who ultimately was the person who asked them to do what they were asked to do and to understand that that's the kind of decision he thought about. it's the kind of sacrifice we should think about as we think about those who didn't get to pursue their dreams, didn't get to see the family they had grow up or have the family they would have liked to have had because they lay down their lives so that we could take care of our families, so that we could realize our dreams, so we could enjoy the freedoms that our nation is truly blessed with and make us truly extraordinary in our belief and our defense of freedom not only for ourselves but for people everywhere. we are gra

on march, 6, 1981, walter cronkite signed off as cbs anchor and dan rather took over. in march of 1981 new price of a first-class stamp one up from $.15 to $.18. 9, 19 91, the first successful heart-one transplant occurred at stanford university. on march, 7, 1981, denver, colorado, worried parents confronted their son and of the advice of a psychiatrist gave their son a couple hundred dollars and said, "you're on your own." they are in man, that son, was john hinckley. panelists.me the former secret service agent tim mccarthy on my immediate right. [applause] >> former secret service agent agentspriggs, former fbi , there will be no jurisdictional disputes tonight. [applause] [laughter] theresident reagan came to hotel to the big room to discuss the trade unions. the last words of his speech as he was leaving the home was he asked the union guys to work -- soim said that he quit that he could "make america ." at again a lot of people do not know that. they do now. agents, when the president was -- winning president was giving his a speech where we're you? think i was

this week bruce hall's name will join that of walter cronkite and other great space reporters honorednasa's chroniclers award. today the "cbs evening news" launched a new digital series called "uncharted." may is mental health awareness month, and we're looking at the state of mental health care. our first episode features the story of rocky schwartz whose two sons have severe mental illness and substance abuse tboblems. >> it's heartbreaking. i so desperately wanted to amilte a different family life for them than the one i was raised in. my parents are both alcoholics, too. atnaively thought that because i'm a sober mom and because they were raised in a really stable environment that i was going to prevent this from happening. >> pelley: you can see our full report at www.cbsnews.com. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. yeah. uh, hello!? a meeting? it's a big one. too bad. we are double booked: diarrhea and abdominal pain. why don't you start without me? oh. yeah. if you're living with frequent, unpredictable diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may have... ...irritable bowel syndr

tom: the media never gets it right. >> walter cronkite had it wrong. i can tell you about that later. tom: you were wounded. had you been wounded before in the line of duty? >> i had cuts and bruises, but never anything like that. my father was a chicago policeman, so it's not like i didn't know this was a full-time contact sport. tom: when did you realize you were shot? >> about the time i hit the ground. [laughter] i forgot why i was there. i saw little blood on my shirt. i heard the gunshots and then it didn't take much to put two and two together. tom: someone told me there was concern you were going to be will run over by the presidential limousine. the number one thing is to get the president out, and you were on the ground. was that a media misrepresentation? >> i hope so. [laughter] tom: you went to the hospital, also. >> yes. jim brady and the president and i went to george washington hospital. other officers went to washington metro. that is the protocol, washington, d.c. officers went there. we were there any different emergency room's. tom:

this week, bruce hall's name will join that of walter cronkite and other great space reporters honoredsa's chronicl chroniclers award. >>> today the cbs evening news launched a new series called "uncharted". may is mental health month, and we're looking at mental melt. the first story covers rocky schwartz whose two sons have mental illness and substance abuse problems. >> it's heartbreaking. i so desperately wanted to create a different family life for them than the one i was raised in. my paints were both alcoholic too. i naÏvely thought that because i'm a sober mom and because they were raised in a really stable environment that i was going to >> you can see >>> the body of first lieutenant weston lee arrived at dover air force base in delaware. a member of the 82nd airborne, he was killed by a bomb in mosul. lieutenant lee from georgia was 25. >>> now david martin has the story of another fallen hero who has given us a view of the battlefield that few ever see. >> reporter: july 2nd, 2013. the very last moment of army specialist hilda clayton's life. she took this photo in the spli

that is the walter cronkite model. this is someone i found it gives me good information on a routine basis and gives me hope. that is not a bad thing. that is a good thing. this approach to journalism predominantly as being something that is practiced by newspaper reporters and in broadcasting. is of the things we do provide a vital subset of doing writing, interviewing, publishing across multiple platforms that basically when you are doing is being a tform-pot la storyteller. post, entry, facebook 1000 word story, facebook story, video, or some combination or a platform does not exist. the story dictates how it will be told. same skillusing the set, classic skill set and our students are doing great jobs. they are not working for newspapers, but we focus on a set of values that includes ethics, diversity, professionalism and free speech. again values, that are beneficial across the board. for students that go into journalism, spain journalism, we have people who are putting content out there that is credible and trust

young to even know this but most of you, but every single night on the "cbs evening news" walter cronkite would say it's day 77, day 105. every single day and so goes were two times that i disagreed. there were others. >> chris didn't h.r. haldeman sometimes simply ignore things that president nixon would say. president would say we are going to do something. >> a lot of bad things happen in the nixon white house but it could have been even worse. [laughter] and h.r. haldeman would occasionally talk nixon off the ledge when he had some crazy off-the-wall idea. nixon was absolutely convinced and this might sound familiar, he was absolutely convinced that everybody was out to get him. the media was out to get him and he was convinced that there was a safe and the brookings institution, there were some documents that would prove, it's unclear whether they were documents that would show that lbj had rigged the peace talks for humphrey's re-election or what exact it was but he told haldeman firebombed assays. just go in and get those documents. haldeman just went away and came back a day or tw

too young to know this but -- most of you -- but every single night on cbs evening news, walter cronkite would say, it's day 77, day 105, every single day. so those were two times i disagreed what if the president did. there were others. >> chris, didn't hr haldeman sometimes simply ignore things that -- >> he did -- >> president nixon would say we're going to do something. >> yeah, a lot of bad things happened in the nixon white house but could have been even worse. and hr haldeman would occasionally talk nixon off the ledge when he had some crazy off the wall idea. nixon was absolutely convinced that everybody was out to get him. the media was out to get him and he was convinced there was a safe in the brookings institution, some documents that would prove -- it's unclear whether they were documents that would show that lbj had rigged the peace talks for humphrey's re-election of what it was but he told haldeman to fire bomb the safe go in and just get it. just get those documents. well, haldeman just went away and came back a day or two later, and he said, did you do that? he said. no

ultimately i think he always retained the support of stan cronkite.tively a dictatorship. i think wenger has been there so long that they find it ha rd to been there so long that they find it hard to imagine life without him. i think despite the opposition that has clearly hurt him in recent months, that is the decision that was made. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. we are going live to watford to hear from the labour leaderjeremy corbyn speaking on a visit. that is my great friend who i used to work with in those times, mike jackson. applause it's the work of mike and so many like him around the whole country that has sustained our party, developed our party, and will help to lead our party to something very historical onjune to lead our party to something very historical on june the 8th. to lead our party to something very historical onjune the 8th. mike, you're part of that victory. applause friends, our country has been united by the shock of the horrific act of terror and the senses slaughter of people enjoying themselv

. >> this is walter cronkite, in our newsroom.mpt on the life of president kennedy. >> just turn the mic on. i can't hear you, johnny. what do you want? you want me to move back a little bit. is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce to you the chief cameraman. and assistant news director. bert, we have brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point? >> well, i was standing at the trade mart, waiting for his arrival there. all of a sudden we saw them approaching, they didn't slow down, as a matter of fact, they were going 70, 80 miles an hour past us. and then i jumped into a police car and went to parkland. >> these two men come in and one of them had a large machine gun and they were hollering for the stretchers and cots and everything. and the governor, they brought him in first. >> then what happened? >> then the president came in behind him and they took both of them back -- >> albert thomas, democrat of texas is standing outs

. >> once walter cronkite retires, all three network news anchors within a couple of years switch overhave been the last gasp where people liked and trusted the media. >> nuclear arms and how to prevent global destruction expected to be the major topic of president reagan's news conference tonight. that conference will be nationally televised within the hour. leslie stahl is at the white house. >> the white house is hoping -- >> in the '80s, women came into the newsroom. when i first joined, it was '72. there are very few. by the '80s, there were more and more. the decade of the '80s was still sink or swim. you had to be resilient in your own way to survive in a period when you were going up against a lot of people who still didn't think women had what it took. >> these are some of the most famous faces in broadcasting. all of them happen to be women. >> the best producers, i'm going to get fired -- the best producers at cbs news are women. and they're at the level of taking hold and making decisions about individual pieces. they are not yet executive producers of all the news shows. b

symbol of who we are, entertainment arianna cronkite during the time of her president's trip overseas and defeating aces. this is hugely symbolic, hugely evil and the president needs to push aside some of those like h.r. mcmaster trying to soft pedal the idea of not calling radicalism and political islam what it is. we need to do that in the need to do it rapidly. train to point out the second terror attack in britain this year. they attacked london transit system in 205,452 people were killed. but it also took place four years to the day after your soldierly rick b. was hacked to death outside an army barracks by two islamist extremists. to that point, is there any symbolism of the timing of this attack you think? >> there may be symbolism of the time and the way you described it, but there's symbolism of the timing of the late tony schaeffer described it at the american president in the middle east pushing a very aggressive agenda of counterterrorism. i think we want to look at it not just from the symbolisms to employ, but the geopolitical reality donald trump unlike many others am