you asked before about cronkite. walter cronkite, in the late 1960's, was regarded to percent of the american people as the most trusted man in america. not the most trusted anchorman, the most trusted man, period, in america. that is the way it is. people believe that that is the way it is. because walter concrete said it. >> listen to his commentary there. he is explaining what is going on. he is not injecting his opinion into it. >> he was very emotionally moved by the fact that cbs reporters were being manhandled by the police. right there on the floor of the convention. host: go back to political figures that you covered at the time. the and went on to become president. -- richard nixon went on to become president. >> when i first photographed him, it was at mission bay, after the convention where they came out to formulate campaign strategy. i got a picture of him and another man looking very chummy. this is one my favorite shots. the man on the right, agnew, ended up in the white house. gerald ford replaced hi

host: why did people listen to walter cronkite?ho they was a man come through world war ii as a great correspondent. he had a print background. i knew walter really. not as well as marvin did. people trusted him. about --personal story there was no way around it. the voice, the demeanor, the straightahead manner of walter cronkite. werewe got to where they housing these u.s. prisoners, a place called implantation. it was not the hanoi hilton. early prisoners were released about two weeks before. in these p.o.w. pajamas and all that. i heard one of them say i didn't think they were really going to let us go until i saw walter cronkite there. that's the kind of impact walter had. host: i want to go back to the convention in 1968. this is walter cronkite reporting in chicago where turmoil taking place outside the convention center with democrats about to nominate vice president hubert humphrey. [video clip] >> demonstrators that get into the lobby of the hilton hotel. i assume that this film is even longer than the last videotape we s

you asked me about cronkite and why.alter cronkite in the late 1960's was regarded by 83% of the american people as the most trusted man in america. not the most trusted anchorman, the most trusted man. he would end every broadcast "and that's the way it is." and people would believe that is the way it is. guest: he was calm. he is explaining what is going on. he was not interjecting his opinion. guest: he was not interjecting his opinion, but he was emotionally very moved that dan rather and other reporters were being manhandled by the police on the floor of the convention. going back to other political figures you covered at that time, richard nixon was also nominated in 1968 for the second time after losing in 1960. guest: when i first photographed him, it was at the mission bay at the republican convention where they came out in san diego . i got a picture of him and spiro agnew looking really chummy. he did not know spiro agnew. this is one of my favorite shots because of the men on the right, agnew ended up in the

includingne of events walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. and wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders including georgia congressman john lewis. bellefonte anda tamika mallory. the 50th a la bursary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king junior. american history tv is on featuringery weekend archival films and programs on the presidency. here is a clip from a recent program. >> i'm asked what is your andrite item in a museum with 3100 exhibits and inventory of almost 100,000 that we curate, it is hard to say what that is. there is one and it is this one right here. -- wrote a poem at 2:00 the morning at the hotel and that she says in her own words, she to the stub of a pencil by the candlelight that was available to her and she wrote down what she says god gave her to write down. she showed it to her daughter the next morning and was all scripture she had written down, but it for

to the moon and he told cronkite he did not expect that to happen in his lifetime. the exhibit in washington d.c. will open to the public on sunday. ds.. >> out of this world. >>> so is this rain for this late in the season. we're getting more than 3 inches in the north bay, not so much down south, but there is still plenty to go and everybody will be hit and pretty hard late tonight. we'll have the details when we cover the forecast in a few minutes. >> coming up at 6:00 tonight sfpd and the feds sweep up gang members accused of murders across the bay area, their team efforts in the takedown. >> don't forget to set your dvr or your alarm clock. cbs sunday morning with jane pauley moves to a new time this sunday. it starts at 7 a.m. right here on kpix5. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ the storm has been a challenge for travelers all day. right now: >>> taking a live look at sfo, the storm has been a bit of a

this is walter cronkite. good night. >> here is walter cronkite saying it's a stalemate and we have to find a way out of this. that was powerful, that was big, because the american people at the time, there was still general support for the vietnam war. but when cronkite comes out against it, when the tet offensive hits, when our embassy gets in saigon, which was once thought impenetrable, all of a sudden, the american public opinion begins to turn. again, it didn't necessarily bring down the saigon government, the tet offensive, but in many way it is brought down the american government and here is how. tet fit perfectly into the 1968 election season. you are thinking end of january, beginning of february 1968. already, there was a movement afoot. it was called the dump johnson movement. to dump johnson and the democratic party. originally, johnson was so big and so outsized and so big and powerful, that nobody wanted to take it on. there was only one person that people thought could take him on and possibly

. - [announcer] direct from our newsroom in new york, this is the cbs evening news with walter cronkiteenemy in vietnam is all to often invisible, striking without warning from the shadows, but tonight, the face of the enemy, in rare films of the vietcong-- - walter cronkite, who was a kind of father figure and arbiter of what was true or not, anchoring the cbs evening news sort of turned against the war on the air and almost provided a kind of non-partisan judgment that the war was failing at a moment when americans were searching for understanding about the war's course. - [indira] the seventies was an irregular high point, and i think that's because there was this real, sort of like, afterglow effect that the press got from the coverage of vietnam, from watergate. - on the sixth floor of the building behind me, five men with electronic gear were caught in the offices of the democratic national committee. - i shall resign the presidency, effective at noon tomorrow. vice president ford will be sworn in as president at that hour, in this office. - as well the fact that we had limited ne

about what it all means i'm joined now by bill silcock director of global initiatives at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university and callan borders a journalist covering media and politics at the washington post to both of you gentlemen welcome to the day bill or let me start with you a huge corporation instructs the news anchors that it's local stations to read a politically charged message now this sounds like something that happens in authoritarian regimes has there ever been anything similar in the history of t.v. news in the u.s. to what we're seeing right now not to my knowledge bret it's it's concerning it's alarming it's shocking in the video that you just shared says it all local news is really the bastion of democracy in america and when you see all of those local stations including one in boise idaho i was asked last week where my mom lives seeing this exact same thing displayed it's it's disheartening and it's more than that it's alarming and helen you're covering this and correct me if i'm wrong did all of the news anchors at all of the sinclair stat

public good that of course will be for a different program bill socog with the congress with the cronkite school of journalism in arizona and california with the washington post to both of you gentlemen thank you very much we appreciate your time tonight on the day. once a day is international day of fact checking how appropriate especially when we report report on the us president and global trade trump recently reportedly admitted that he made up the trade figures that he cited when he met with canadian prime minister justin trudeau or china apparently doesn't put much credibility in trump's claims about unfair trade and intellectual theft by chinese companies check the facts if you like in the meantime china is slapping a twenty five percent tariff on certain u.s. imports and that is a fact. these american avocados that destined for the chinese market but they might not sell so well anymore now that china has imposed tariffs on fruit eat wines steel pipes and scores of other imports from the usa the rates of fifteen percent on one hundred and twenty items and twenty five percent on a t

c-span3, tuesday, at 8:00 eastern, archival events including walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. wednesday at 8:00 eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders including georgia congressman john lewis, diane tamikaina ella ponty and mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. live on tuesday and wednesday on c-span and on american history tv on c-span3. >> now, dave rubin is interested -- is interviewed by nick gillespie at liberty gone -- liberty con. this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to libertycon. [cheering] time that it1th has met. admittedly, a little bit of a mouthful. that is one of the reasons why we have changed it. the other is you. you come from all walks of life. all ages

and that was -- walter cronkite, yes. walter cronkite does a special report from vietnam. and this is what he had to say and conclude. >> to say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence the optimists who have been wrong in the past. to suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. to say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic if unsatisfactory conclusion. on the off chance that military and political analysts are right in the next few months we must test the enemy's intentions in case this is, indeed, his last big gasp before negotiations. it is increasingly clear to this report that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victims, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they could. this is walter cronkite, good night. >> so here's walter cronkite saying it's a stalemate, and we have to find a way out of this. okay? that was powerful, that was big because the american people at the time there was still general support

we're going to listen as walter cronkite announces the decision.ter cronkite the supreme : court endorsed the right of student protests. so long as it does not disrupt order or interfere with the rights of others. but a dissenting justice said , the ruling begins a revolutionary era of promiscuous fostered by the judiciary. students did not leave their freedom of speech and expression at the school door. susan: that is one way the country found out about the decision. how did your family find out about it? mary beth: i think someone called my school and i came home and i did not have any idea how important this ruling was going to be, either for my life were -- or for the country. it took many years until it hit me how important it was. one of the first times was in nursing school some years later and the case was in high school book. susan: how is the school treating you and your siblings at that point? watching this with interest? mary beth: my new school it was pretty much ignored even when we won the case. later i thought the social studies tea

clark appeared along side walter cronkite to cover launch of apolo 11. >> clark whose collection of worksaid he was already thinking abut travel to mars and beyond. >> i'm excited elt yet it is familiar. familiarity about all of this. now of course, i am thinking about the next thing. >> cronkite wanted an answer to the question on everyone's mind. asking clark to explain the ending of the movie. >> would you look to tell me what that is all about? >> don't think we have time. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >>> we end tonight in send africa in the democratic republic of congo, a politically unstable country. rich in natural resources. its largest export is raw minerals used to make cell phones and lap tops. much mined by children. debora patta following a boy named zike, dreamed of dichg the mines and going to school. now his dream has come true. we first met zicke here, at a mine in the blistering heat. there he is, with a christmas sweater on, hard to miss, at just 11 years old. he is one of an estimated 40,000 children getting paid a pittance to produce the cobalt that

children running from huts, the cronkite announcing the body count in vietnam was 10.ay after day, we were hearing that. in 1965, the numbers were 184,314 soldiers on the ground, fighting the war. that year, 1912 deaths in vietnam. we hope there are lots of young people watching tonight. universal show you a newsreel, which is the way many people got their news back then, talking about the protest starting to a rep across the across theerupt country. ♪ antiwar demonstrators protest involvement in the vietnam war. citrus park was the starting point. makeup and costumes were bizarre. before the parade, demonstrators claim cars were burned. reporters and onlookers were jostled away on purpose. although mostly peaceful, confrontations were frequent and fiery during the course of the march. the antiwar marchers were picketed by anti-antiwar marchers. susan: that is just a bit of -- what was happening domestically as the work continued to escalate abroad. with this backdrop, students in to expressdecided their opinion. we will set you a little bit about how that happened and

events including cbs news anchor walter cronkite announcing dr.ng's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. and wednesday, live coverage from civil rights leaders asked and present including georgia congressman john lewis, marian wright edelman, diane nash, and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr.. live today and wednesday. this afternoon, ohio governor will be in new hampshire the speak at new england college. live coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span and you can watch online or listen with our free radio app. up next, a portion of today's washington journal on u.s. china relations. we will show you as much of this until about noon eastern and the start of the event on at risk you -- at risk youth. host: this is bethany allen-ebrahimian. she's a contributing reporter for foreign policy. good morning. guest: good morning. host: in a general sense, how do the two countries each other? guest: before trump took office and xi jingping consolidated power, they saw each other a

the soldiers, children running from huts, the body bags, cronkite announcing the body count in vietnamoday was 10. day after day, we were hearing that. susan: in 1965, the numbers were 184,314 u.s. soldiers on the ground, fighting the war. that year, 1912 deaths in vietnam. we hope there are lots of young people watching tonight. we want to show you a universal newsreel, which is the way many people got their news back then, talking about some of the protests starting to a rep to count -- a rubbed across the country. -- erupt across the country. [video clip] ♪ >> antiwar demonstrators protest involvement in the vietnam war. central park was the starting point. they include teachers, students, housewives and nuns. makeup and costumes were bizarre. ♪ mass draftparade, cards were burned. reporters and onlookers were jostled away on purpose. ♪ >> although mostly peaceful, confrontations were frequent and fiery during the course of the march. ♪ >> the antiwar marchers were picketed by anti-antiwar marchers. ♪ susan: that is just a bit of what was happening domestically in the united states

eastern, archival events including cbs news anchor walter cronkite announcing dr. king assassination and his funeral in atlanta. wednesday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. live coverage would civil rights leader's past and present, diane and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. now we continue our series a68, america and turmoil with look at civil rights and race relations, including martin luther king junior's poor people camping, his assassination in and the kerner commission report. our guests are kathleen cleaver, former black panther party communication secretary and historian cronkite here's walter on april 4, 1968 announcing that martin luther king jr. had been shot and killed. ? >> good evening, dr. martin luther king has been shot to death in memphis tennessee carried in all points bulletin was issued or a white man running from the scene. officers also chased and fired on a rail equipped car containing two white men. the seconds on ba

walter cronkite in 1968 delivered his on air assessment that the luddy experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. our guest, former veteran and nbc journalist, marvin kalb, founding director of the shore mediaeen center on policy. and pulitzer prize winning photographer, david hume kennerly, a west coast-based

. >>> next, cbs news anchor walter cronkite announces the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. on april 4th, 1968. we'll also hear from president lyndon johnson, who spoke about the life and legacy of dr. king. >>> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. police have issued an all points bulletin for a well-dressed young white man seen fleeing the scene. dr. king was standing on the balcony of a second room hotel room tonight when according to a companion, a shot was fired fro

walter cronkite. he does a special report from vietnam and this is what he said to say and conclude. >> we are closer to victory today. is to believe in the face of the evidence, the optimist who have been wrong in the past. that suggest that we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimist. to say that we are admired and stalemate seems the only realistic and yet unsatisfactory conclusion. and -- the military and political analysts are right, in the next few months we must test intentions in case this is the last big gas before negotiation. it is clear to this report that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victims but as honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did what they could. this is walter cronkite. good night. >> here he is saying it is a stalemate and we have to find a way out. that was powerful and big. the the american people at the time, there was general support for the vietnam war when cronkite comes out against it.

clarke appeared on cbs news, alongside walter cronkite, to cover the launch of apollo 11. >> i didn't imagine it would be in my lifetime. >> reporter: clark said he was already thinking about travel to mars and beyond. but chron criet kight wanted the answer to the question on everyone's mind, asking clarke to explain the end of the movie. >> would you like to tell me what that's all about? >> i don't think we have time. >> reporter: 50 yiers later, the debate about the ending is still going, and the movie still resonates with its artificial intelligence theme. the exhibit opens sunday. it is free, but if you want to avoid the line, you'll want a timed ticket. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> ninan: and that's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm reena ninan in new york. thank you for joining us. if good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ll.. where a parking lot shou >>> live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix five. >>> a bay area recreation spot shutdown tonight after a storm l

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archival events, including cbs news anchor walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. and wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders including georgia congressman john lewis. marian wright edelman, diane nash, gina bellefonte and tamika mallory. anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king junior. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency. the civil war and more. here is a clip from a recent program. and bill as a debater was first class. but he was very fair. he let the other points of view be presented and generally speaking, his view was, i'm going to give the other fellow enough room to hang himself. sometimes the other fellow is good enough to hang a bill. that is the risk to take when you are a fair-minded debater. so my risk to take, how are we going to develop the kind of people who, in this very difficult, different

tuesday, archival events, including walter cronkite announcing dr.atlanta. wednesday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders past and present, including georgia congressman lewis, gina bellefonte, and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr. life next tuesday and wednesday on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. monday on landmark cases, planned parenthood challenge the connecticut law banning the prescription and use of birth control. the supreme court ruled the statute to be unconstitutional, and in the process established a our guests are helling, a law professor. dean for research in a law professor at temple university. watch landmark cases monday and join the conversation. our #is #landmark cases. follow us at c-span. we have resources on each case. landmark cases companion book, a link to the national constitution center's interactive constitution, and the landmark cases podcast at c-span.org/landmark cases. >> next on lectures in history. tulane university profes

includes walter cronkite announcing the assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. , live coverage00 of civil rights leaders past and present. announcer: british prime minister theresa may taking questions from the members of house of commons. after that, a discussion of politics in the media followed by a border control briefing on the effectiveness of the border wall. another chance to see q&a on this year's senate youth program at 11:00 p.m. the british prime minister theresa may discussed the cambridge analytica investigation into the misuse of come -- consumer data that may have influenced the brexit vote. she talked about mental health issues, transparency, and political contributions in the current stage of the brexit negotiations. this is about 45 minutes. guidance. thank you mister speaker. all members and everybody who works here. i have meetings with the colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house. i should have further such meetings later today. i'm very happy to agree with my honorable friend. he does raise an important point. people living i

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you have covered everything, walter cronkite news tip. i would like to say, i know exactly where i was the day that dr. king was assassinated. -- i would think that if he is looking down on us right now, he would be very much disappointed. and you even stop lighted some of the looting that was done back in the 60's to still being done now in the 21st century. if people want to know what it is going to take for us to get ourselves together as a people, a a nation, dr. king was religious man. he believed in god. we need god back into this equation. we need to teach our children, starting from the beginning. these are things that are going to have to happen in order for us to get it right. host: how do we get there? caller: it was mentioned today. we get there by these people that are electing officials, putting people in office that do not know what they are doing, they only want to line their own pockets and have money for themselves, we don't care about each other, we don't love each other, and it is all about the almighty dollar. the fam

archival events including news anchor walter can cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and the funeral. live coverage with civil rights leaders both past and present including georgia congressman john lewis, marian wright edelman, and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king, jr., live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> the museum of the bible in washington, d.c. which opened on november 17th of 2017, has more than 3,000 books and artifacts on exhibit, and the building occupies almost an entire city block. up next on american artifacts, we tour the museum's bible in america exhibit. this is the first of a two-part progr

asked up, we will listen to walter cronkite of cbs announcing the decision. mr. cronkite: in another case, the ruling said to a man cannot be punished merely for what he says of the words are not designed to incite lawlessness. host: that is the brief report on the national news. we said before this was a -- decision. what does that mean? >> the judge writing the majority opinion, in a per curiam, it is not attributed to any particular justice. it seems to him for -- it seems to infer that it was designed by justice fortis before he resigned and then justice brennan edited it. some scholars have reported that he really changed the language from the clear and convincing test to make this new test of intentional and site. >> this is a unanimous decision. are they always unanimous? >> no. i was surprised. bush versus gore was a per curiam that ultimately resulted in george w. bush becoming president. there were many, many separate opinions that individual justices issued. the vote was as split as it could be, 5-4, and yet it was a per curry him -- a per curiam decis

history tv on c-span3, tuesday at 8:00 eastern, archival events including cbs news anchor walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination, and it portion of his funeral. on wednesday, live coverage for civil rights leaders both past including john lewis, marian edelman, diane nash, gina bellefonte, and tamika mallory. live next tuesday and wednesday on c-span and c-span3. >> last december, the supreme court heard oral argument in masterpiece cake shop versus colorado civil rights commission. their decision is expected later this year. the case centers on a baker's refusal to bake a cake for a gay couple. a debate on the case hosted by the national constitution center in philadelphia. this is just over one hour. >> it is time to introduce tonight's program, bringing together leading thinkers about this question of how to balance free speech and religious liberty against equality in one of the biggest supreme court cases of the term, masterpiece cake shop versus colorado civil rights commission. i am so excited our partners for this event are spike magazine, and spiked will be represent

. - alex jones is like the walter cronkite of fantasyland. - he's got a chapter. - he has a chapter in the book, that's the way it wasn't. i mean, that's the alex jones mantra. all of this of a piece, and what's so interesting is, we think we know these things as verticals, but when you lay them out end to end, you begin to see how really this is a pattern. - that's what i discovered, not only a pattern historically, but now, a kind of eu of fantastical thinking where, well we see that alex jones is also, in addition to the conspiracy theories that he promotes every day, he's a promoter of fantastical, ridiculous medical quackery as well. - [evan] right, right. - there are two adjacent states of fantasyland that you can travel back and forth without a visa. - and the degree to which the fantasyland mentality has now been brought into the mainstream is made evidence, is given credence by the fact that here is donald trump alongside alex jones. - right. - essentially legitimizing. - well, indeed, and again, i tell my children and i tell people who don't know, younger, people under 50 who

first, here is walter cronkite on april 4, 1968, announcing that martin luther king, jr. has been shot and killed. ♪ walter: good evening. king, the luther apostle of the civil rights movement has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. present issued a bulletin for an arrest scene running from the scene. officers reportedly chased and fired on a car containing two white men. dr. king was standing on the balcony of his second-floor hotel room tonight when according to a companion, and a shot was fired from across the street. in the friend's words, the bullet exploded in his face. they rushed the 39-year-old negro league her to a hospital where he died of a bullet wound to the neck. police found a high-powered hunting rifle about a block from the hotel. it was not a neatly identified as the murder weapon. the mayor has reinstated the desk to dawn curfew he imposed on the city last week after a march corrupted in violence. fourovernor has called out national guardsmen, and police report the murder has touched off sporadic acts of violence in a niekro section of the city.

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first here is cbs anchor walter cronkite on april 4th, 1968, announcing that martin luther king jr. has been shot and killed. >>> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apo apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in tennessee. an all points bulletin has been issued for a young white man running from the scene. dr. king was standing on the balcony of his second floor hotel room tonight when, according to a companion, a shot was fired from across the street. in the friend's words, the bullet exploded in his face. police, who had been keeping a close watch, were on the scene almost immediately. they rushed the 39-year-old negro leader to the hospital where he died of a bullet wound to the neck. police say they found a high powered hunting rifle a block from the hotel but it was not immediately identified as the murder weapon. the mayor has reinstated the dusk to dawn curfew he installed last week. the governor has called out 4,000 national guardsmen and police report that the murder has touched off sporadic acts of violence in a negro section of t

-- >> hang on one second. >> i might point out that walter cronkite seemed to base his entire program on the fairness doctrine and became the most trusted person in the world. >> well it is one thing for a person to take on that ideal and try to effectuate the ideal through media efforts and media standards and enforce it through other journalists with ethics and standards but another different thing with the government scrutinizing it. >> that is an era which the subtotal of the press which we were exposed was three television stations and a daily newspaper in our community, right? so when you think about the change of the media landscape in terms of contributions to the marketplace of ideas and sources of press coverage, right, it is a trickle as compared to this fire hose. i think that cuts as chuck was saying earlier into really different directions in terms of the law and norms. >> may be no accident of history i think it was 1974, right on waning days of the nixon era that the u.s. supreme court render addition, sonja alluded to it, versus the mine my herald, it was statute in f

eastern are events including cbs news anchor cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination. and wednesday, live coverage rights leaders both past and present including lewis, congressman john marian wright, diane nash, gina belefonte and including john lewis, diane nash, gina belafonte and tamika mallory. dr.50th anniversary of martin luther king jr. live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and on american history tv on c-span3. >> ahead of the easter recess, theresa may discussed the cambridge analytica investigation into the misuse of consumer data that may have influenced the brexit referendum vote. she also talks about mental health issues and the current stage of the brexit negotiations. this is about 45 minutes.

. >> this is walter cronkite, and he has 90,000 followers. >> reporter: and that's the way it is foredwards, who's doing just fine, a world away from her roots at harvard. >> your law school fellow students >>> steve hartman found the keys to success can sometimes be found on the road to the pool. >> reporter: they were the bad news bears of swimming. >> yellow in two minutes. >> reporter: coach alex wedeman of seguin high school in arlington, texas says you can't overstate their underachievement. >> our goal every meet was to finish the race. >> just get across the pool? >> get across the pool. really. we measured our success on not getting disqualified. >> reporter: and because that was the standard four years ago gerald hodges made the team. perhaps the only kid to ever make a high school swim team without a clue how to swim. >> we had to get anybody. it didn't matter. >> he didn't know how to swim. >> he couldn't get across five yards, let alone 25 yards. >> was there really nobody better? >> no. >> come on, gerald. come on. >> reporter: eventually he at least learned how to not

includes walter cronkite announcing the assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. , live coverage00 of civil rights leaders past and present. announcer: british prime minister theresa may taking questions from the members of house of commons. after that, a discussion of politics in the media followed by a border control briefing on the effectiveness of the border wall. another chance to see q&a on this year's senate youth program at 11:00 p.m. the british prime minister theresa may discussed the cambridge analytica investigation into the misuse of

my first guest is an emmy, peabody, and walter cronkite award-winning journalist.. how have you been? >> great to see you again. my last memory is we were singing dorky harmonies to christmas songs on "good morning america." >> stephen: on g.m.a., yeah. it's a cooler venue. >> stephen: it's crisper in this room. ( laughter ) you have been in the news for so many years. give me perspective here. i pretended to be in the news for years. but you're actually the real thing, a respected journalist. news now. is there nor news now or does it just feel like there's more news now, or is it the same amount only thicker and harder to chew? >> positively indi independence. there's an alert three seconds before you knew the alert in the room. how much faster can we go? >> stephen: i have it right here. the old watch is telling me. i've actually been on the stage and my watch has gone off and i'm, like, why didn't i make a joke about that? >> i don't know about you but i vow i'm not going to look, i'm not going to look, and there we are. we can't stop. >> stephen: we're like ha

clark appeared with walter cronkite.hived at the smithsonian, said he was already thinking of travel to mars and beyond. >> i am excited about this and i'm thinking of the next thing. >> reporter: cronkite wanted him to explain the end of the movie. >> could you tell me what that's aulg about? >> no. >> reporter: i didn't get the ending to be honest with you. the debate about the ending is going on 50 years later. it's set to be open this weekend to the public. it is free. if you don't want to wait in line, you'll need a timed ticket. >> all right. kris van cleave. thank you. that's why you write an ending like that so they're talking it 50 years later. >>> a new album features johnny cash's new discovery in poetry and prose and how they worked together to bring it to life. and a reminder to subscribe to our cbs podcasts available on apple's ipad and ipodcasts. you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> ahead, "48 hours" investigates a woman who disappeared. >> i'm peter van sant. after meeting her lobber online, we have a

up next on reel america, walter cronkite announces kings assassination. walter: good evening, dr. martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. a white man was seen running from the scene. officers also reportedly chased and fired on a car containing two white men. dr. king was standing on the balcony of a second-floor hotel room the night, when according to a companion, a shot was fired from across the street. in a f

eastern, archival evidence including cbs news anchor walter cronkite announcing dr.s assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. wednesday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders, past and present, including john lewis, thee nash, gina bellefonte, 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. live next tuesday and wednesday on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. next on american history tv. gray, rancher and cowboy historian talks about the development of cattle driving and ranching in the 19th century. mr. gray discusses the impact of the railroad and other historic events that shaped the industry. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it is one hour. >> welcome. my name is jeremy and i am head of the missouri valley special collections. the local and regional history department at the kansas city public library. our archives are headquartered just across the hall from the auditorium. you will find many books, articles and photographs history --g kansas' kansas'

archival events including cbs news anchor walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination. a portion of his funeral in atlanta. wednesday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders, both past and present, including george diane nashhn lewis, and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films and programs on the presidency. here is a clip from a recent program. rule about press conferences that some of my professionals on my staff do not agree with. i never plan for questions. i know most people do, i say most, many do. the reason i do not plan them is that the answer is contrived. nobody will get away with a question reuse say, i would like to have this question asked. the other thing is this, i have a feeling that generally question whether the is hard, strong and tough, not belligerent. strong and tough gets a better answer. and ali saves me from what i call the