. >> from dallas, texas the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. vice president johnson has left the hospital in dallas but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly and become the 36th president of the united states. >> don lemon was there. don hewitt, help us understand what the man meant, not to cbs news, but to the country. like telling many americans their president had been killed. >> we learned a lot from walter cronkite. i believe every historic moment during the time he and i worked together i learned from walter cronkite. he was a newsman's newsman. there was nothing fancy about him. he didn't even look the part. he looked like walter cronkite, which was a great thing to look like. it's difficult to say too much about walter cronkite because i don't think there will be another one. >> don, help me understand, he was the voice for so many americans of what was happening at a time when the country was being so forei

from dallas, texas, the flash official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >>> old anchor men don't fadeaway, they keep coming back for more. that's the way it is, friday, march 6, 1981. i'll be away on assignment and dan rather will be sitting in for years. >> he came to regret leaving the anchor chair when he did. more on his legacy ahead. >>> now, a space walk is underway. two men are shuttle "endeavour" are putting pieces together. it's the first of five planned space walks for the crew. nasa says the shuttle looks to be in good shape. a large amount of foam broke up during lift off damaging the thermal tile. >>> president barack obama is urging congress not to waste an opportunity to pass meaningful health care reform. he said this moment might not come again for generations. he had sharp words for republicans opposing his health care proposal. >> the same folks who controlled the white house and congress for the last eight years as we ran up record deficits will argue, believe it o

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> tranquillity base here. the eagle has landed. >> whew, boy. >> tonight, america pays tribute to one of the giants of journalism. >> he was a kind, caring man with a razor-sharp mind and an unquenchable desire to know things. >> i think we all owe walter a great debt. >> and that's the way it is. >> reporter: remembering walter cronkite. the way it was. captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is "the cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> good evening, everyone, say the name walter cronkite and for so many the memories come flooding back. that's what happened today as the headlines of the death of our colleague. memories of the biggest stories and the man who brought them to us. his nightly broadcast was appointment television in millions of homes. we didn't just watch the news, we watched walter cronkite. as he became our trusted guide through history. >> and that's the way it is. and that's the way. and that's the way it is. that's the way it is. >> reporter: f

from dallas, texas, the flash, apparently official: president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. vice-president lyndon johnson has left the hospital in dallas. but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably, he will be taking the oath of office shortly, and become the 36th president of the united states. >> he had to take a moment, take off his glasses. when that happens, you realize a whole nation can't speak. >> he suffered and he pulled it right back. it was, simultaneously, "oh, heaven, what do we do now?" and "we'll go on." >> president kennedy at dallas airport this morning was cheerful and waving. it had been quite a triumphal tour of texas over the last 48 hours. >> walter cronkite was the person who connected us all on that day. >> the police in dallas, texas, are convinced they have the man. this is the man charged with the murder of president kennedy. >> friday, the president was assassinated. saturday... sunday, when incredibly-- the assassin was assassinated. >> there is lee harvey oswal

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: he would stay on the air for four days saight. but there were also times when cronkite couldn't contain his excitement. >> what a moment. man on the way to the moon. >> the "eagle" has landed. >> whoa, boy. >> reporter: and there was the vietnam war, when cronkite, in a rare moment, broke from the objectivity he so guarded. >> for it seems now, more certain than ever, that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. >> reporter: president johnson at the time, responded, "if i've lost cronkite, i've lost america." he told charlie gibson, in 1996, his legendary career just happened. >> i really just wanted to be a newsperson. as long as i made a substantial enough living. it just broke right for me. i was lucky. >> we were the lucky ones to have watched him. >> and though cronkite retired in 1981, he continued with specials and documentaries, and he continued to set an example for the thr

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. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. i almost lost it there. there has been a display of naked violence in the streets of downtown chicago. the witness to that violence -- >> reporter: cronkite was a fixture at political conventions, including the democrats' chaotic meeting in chicago in 1968, a party and a country at war with itself over vietnam. walter's skepticism grew while reporting on the vietnam war. he shared those feelings in a landmark broadcast in which he acknowledged he was stating his opinion, that it was time for the nation to withdraw. >> it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could. >> after that report, i recall that lbj said to many of us that i've lost walter cronkite, i've lost the war. >> reporter: but his personal passion was space. >> i think that our co

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i'm speechless. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. old anchorman, you see, don't fade away. they keep coming back for more. that it's way it is friday march 6th, 1981. i'll be away on assignment and dan rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. good night. >> cronkite later said he came to regret leaving the anchor chair when he did. more on his legacy ahead. >>> right now a space walk is underway at the joined national space station. two members of shuttle "endeavour" are working to attach the final piece of japan's space station lab to the iss. it's the first of five planned space walks for the "endeavour" crew. nasa says the shuttle looks to be in good shape. a large amount of foam broke off during lift-off damaging some of the shuttle's thermal tiles. >>> president barack obama is urging congress not to waste an opportunity to pass meaningful health care reform. in his weekly address, he said this moment might n

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cronkite reported and reacted to the horror in dallas, texas. >> from dallas, texas the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00, eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: in 1968, after returning from a trip to vietnam, his conclusions may have helped alter the course of history. >> it seems more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a steal mate. >> reporter: the news reached nixon, who reportedly said, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. >> he said get as close to the story as you possibly can and tell people about it in language they can understand. walter spoke like the average person. it wasn't all literary, flowery kind of language. people don't talk that way. and walter didn't either. >> reporter: walter it seemed was always there. for the moon landing. >> man on the moon, oh, boy. >> thank you. >> boy. >> we'll be busy for a minute. >> reporter: for watergate, for the mideast peace breakthrough. he was humble, honest and straight forward and never made himself the story.

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently, official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: in 1968, after returning from a trip to vietnam his conclusion maze have helped alter the course of history. >> it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. >> reporter: the opinion reached president johnson who reportedly said, if i have lost cronkite i have lost middle america. >> his approach to news was, when news happens, get as close to the story as you possibly can and then tell people about it in language that they can understand. walter spoke like the average person. it wasn't all literary flowery kind of language. people don't talk that way. and walter didn't either. >> reporter: walter it seemed was always there. for the moon landing. >> man on the moon. oh, boy. >> thank you. boy. >> reporter: for watergate, the mideast peace break through. he was humble, honest, straight for war and never made himself the story even on a winter day in

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 o'clock eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> touching moment. past presidents are remembering him today. former president george hw bush called him a pioneer in television. president obama referred to his integrity borne from growing up in the heartland of america. bob schaefer relived some of his fond moments of working with walter cronkite. >> walter loved the news. he had a child-like curiousity, which i found is a trait that all good reporters share. >> other former cbs colleagues have been fondly remembering cronkite with interesting tidbits about him, including the fact that he was a big fan of music. and the grateful dead. cbs will have is a large memorial in a few weeks and private memorials will be held this week here in new york. his son tells me the drummer of the grateful dead will attend. >> thank you very much. >> we'll be talking with morton dean, former cbs anchor man, in a few minutes and we'll have his recalling walter cronkite.

still 94 at this hour in dallas, texas. we will get a little bit of a taste of summer over the weekend as we get back into the mid 80's. the sprinkles have dissipated, everything pushing to the south. in its place, partly cloudy day. we will have an easterly wind, low 80's. late tomorrow evening, clouds increase. saturday, i think it will be a nice day, partly sunny skies, mid 80's. by the evening, the slow-moving cold front could bring overnight thunderstorms. depending on how fast this rolls through sunday, there is a chance of leftover showers sunday morning, then maybe southern maryland, northern neck will have early afternoon thunderstorms. for a large portion of the area, sunday afternoon will be fine, partly cloudy skies. more of the same monday. 58-65 in the morning, 82 in the afternoon, east breeze. the next seven days, no big numbers until about wednesday, thursday, briefly back into the upper 80's. the atmosphere is on autopilot right now. think of the millions we are saving on cooling. >>> tonight on "nightline,

in dallas, texas, three shots were fired at president kennedy's motorcade in downtown dallas. >> reporterhe'll be forever linked to the assassination of our young president. and with american spaceflight. >> man on a moon. oh, boy. >> reporter: and the downfall of a president. >> we should try tonight to pull together the threads of this amazing story, quite unlike any in our modern american history. >> reporter: for 20 years in this country, 25 million americans each night got their news from walter cronkite. >> and that's the way it is. >> reporter: and for all those watching in living rooms across the country, it was the way it was. cronkite's audience was so big, he was so influential, at times, it seemed more like he was addressing the nation on a nightly basis than just anchoring the news when a survey named him the most trusted man in america, that title stuck. walter cronkite came from humble roots to get there, beginning with his high school newspaper, then as a cub reporter for the houston post at age 19. he covered world war ii for united press. >> i'm just back from the bigges

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. >> here he was in charge, all authority, and now watch. >> vice president johnson has left the hospital in dallas, but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly. >> the moment became legend. he sat in that chair for most of the next four days and it accomplished the image of uncle walter, disciplined and honest, knowledgeable and direct, and very american. in short, a man americans could trust. >> good evening. president reagan -- >> but some of that also had to do with where the television business was back then. when cronkite was working there was no table news, no talk radio, no internet, just three networks. three anchormen. though for a time nbc had two, but that was it. there were practically no other names in tv news. >> and reporting the 1962 elections, cbs news startled a great many people. >> his style was let's say a lot drier than you would get from anyone on the news

in dallas, texas three shots were fired at president kennedy's motorcade in downtown dallas. >> he'll be forever linked to the assassination of our young president. and with american space flights. >> man on the moon. whew, boy. >> and the downfall of a president. >> we should try tonight to pull together the threads of this amazing story, quite unlike any in our modern american history. >> for 20 years in this country, 25 million americans each night got their news from walter cronkite. >> and that's the way it is. >> and for all those watching in living rooms across the country, it was the way it was. cronkite's audience was so big he was so influential at times it seemed more like he was addressing the nation on a nightly basis than just anchoring the news. when a survey named him the most trusted man in america, that title stuck. walter cronkite came from humble roots to get there, beginning with his high school newspaper, then as a cub reporter for "the houston post" at age 19. he covered world war ii for united press. >> i'm just back from the biggest assignment that any america

dallas, texas. 102 degrees today. 100 inwichita. had this for days. the sixth day in fact. r 100 degrees for dallas. they had five last month. so, big heat there. it just won't let up. meanwhile, temperatures down south florida. 75, jacksonville. 84 degrees in miami. look at the moisture dn here. dew point temperatures, low and mid 70s. the air was juiced up. they did have powerful storms. even around cape kennedy today. tomorrow, the endeavor will be storms. watch it for the launch. 67 in chicago. big storms today. the weather system that will head this way for late tomorrow. probably crossing the area early sunday morning. and while those storms really have died out, they will regenerate tomorrow. the weather front comes on through the area. so the radar is currently quiet here. i do think that after 6:00, 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. through saturday night. 8:00. 9:00. storms rumbling through. the leading edge charleston. roanoke. isolated storms. not very strong. nearly an inch out of the storms. illinois. rockford. d.c. monthly rain, .012. we could use a little wet weather aroun

. >> from cbs news in dallas, texas, three shots were fired at president kennedy the motorcade in downtowne'll be forever linked to the assassination of our young president. and with american's space flight. >> man on the moon. whew. boy. >> we're going to be busy for a minute. >> reporter: and the downfall of a president. >> we shall try tonight to pull together the threat of his amazing story quite unlike any in our modern american history. >> reporter: for 20 years in this country, 25 million americans each night got their news from walter cronkite. >> and that's the way it is. >> reporter: and for all those watching in living rooms across the country, it was the way it was. cronkite's audience was so big, he was so influential, at times it seemed more like he was addressing the nation on a nightly basis than just anchoring the news. when a survey named him the most trusted man in america that title stuck. walter cronkite came from humble roots to get there, beginning with his high school newspaper. then as a cub reporter for the "houston post" at age 19. he covered world war ii for uni

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >>> in 1968 after returning from vietnam, his opinions helped alter history. >> it seemed now the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stale meat. >> reporter: the opinion reached president johnson. he said if i lost cronkite, i lost america. >> when news happens, get as close to the story as you can and tell people about it in language they can understand. walter spoke like the average person. it wasn't all literary, flowery. >> walter was always there, for the moon landing. >> man on the moon. oh, boy. >> thank you. >> boy. >> i'm dizy for a minute. >> reporter: he was humble, honest and straight forward and never made himself the story, even on a winter day when he sat at the anchor chair for the last time. >> they keep coming back for more. that's the way it is, friday, march 6, 1981. i'll be on assignment, dan rather will sit here for years. >> reporter: good night mr. cronkite. good night and god spee

. >> from dallas, texas,s the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: in 1968, after returning from a trip to vietnam, his conclusions may have helped altar the course of history. >> it seems now more certain than ever the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. >> reporter: the opinion reached president johnson who reportedly said, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. >> his approach to news was, when news happens, get it close to the story as you possibly can and tell people about it in language that they can understand. walter spoke like the average person. it wasn't all literary, flowery kind of language. people don't talk that way and walter didn't either. >> reporter: walter it seems was always there. for the moon landing. >> man on the moon. oh, boy. >> reporter: for watergate, for the mideast break through. he was humble and honest and straightforward and never made himself the story, even on a winter day in 1981 when he sat in the anc

it's estimated this house in dallas, texas would sell for $500,000 if it were in perfect shape but the current owner says he'll give it away to anyone who can move it. >> to move it they would actually cut the top and cut one of the sides, is what the movers told me. then put the three pieces on a trailer and then haul them off. >> here's the deal -- we're told it will cost $100,000 to move the house. it's been on the market for three years. while plenty of people checked it out there still have been no buyers. >>> abc2 news is working for you to help you out in these tough times. you can find money-saving tips on our "financial survival guide," on abc2news.com. from there you can find work from home, jobs that will really help you make some money. plus, how to turn a job rejection into something positive. that and more on our "financial survival guide," abc2news.com. >>> this fall towson university will welcome not only students but also an entirely new school. towson has signed an agreement with baltimore hebrew university to start the baltimore hebrew institute at towson university.

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: because of his professionalism and gentle demeanor, viewers looked at him as one of the family. he was nicknamed uncle walter and called the most trusted man in america. his nightly close was legendary. >> and that's the way it is tuesday, february 17th, 1981. >> reporter: an avid sailor, cronkite was born november 4th, 1916. he and wife betsy were married for 65 years until her death in 2005. they had three children. >> covering the occupation of north africa. >> reporter: a former unite press war correspondent, cronkite joined cbs in 1950 when television was still in its infancy. walter cronkite and television grew in stature together. in fact, when television came to sweden, the verb invented to describe anchoring was cronkite. he anchored the cbs evening news more than 3500 times steering it as it grew to a world-encompassing half-hour broadcast, a broadcast that mirrored the events of the time. >

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. >>> this was the scene in dallas, texas, this morning. a fast-moving hailstorm pelted pedestrians and everything else that was outdoors with ice chunks. despite the fact that the air temperature was almost 100 degrees. no matter where you live in this country of ours, it is a pretty safe bet you have seen some strange weather so far this summer. we have got trees dying in houston, texas, because of dryness. while new york had 24 days of rainfall in june. while we learned today that the weather phenomenon called el nino is back -- is it enough to blame for the strange weather? we thought we would ask our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson with us. we just need some answers here. >> i wish i had them for you. i asked people who know a lot more than i did, the scientists down at the climate prediction center in maryland, and they tell me that no, el nino is just forming, it is not to blame for the fact that we haven't had much of a summer here in new york and they're baking in texas. what el nino is going to do, brian, i

it happened this morning in dallas, texas.ording to the police, the driver was crossing the tracks when the crossing arm came down on the cab of his truck. the driver got out the lift the arm. that's when he saw the train coming and scrambled to move the truck. but he didn't move fast enough. the train struck the trailer, which was loaded with cinder blocks and dragged the load several hundred feet down the tracks. the driver was injured by the impact and flying debee brie. >>> no word tonight what caused a two-alarm fire at a con edison substation in queens, new york. a helicopter flew over the scene and captured this video. the fire sent a large plume of smoke that could be seen for miles, we're told. fortunately no one was hurt. the utility spokesperson says there were no outages because of that incident. >>> an unwelcome visitor at a north carolina beach, and it's drawing a lot of gawkers. >> he is about four or five feet long, kind of brown. not very big. i mean, about the size of me. >> he is talking about an alligator t

. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m.entral standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. vice president lyndon johnson has left the hospital. >> reporter: for a flicker of a moment that day, viewers glimpsed the man as well as the consummate journalist and sensed they could trust walter cronkite to tell them bad news. >> the investigation.... >> reporter: former cbs news anchor dan rather covered the kennedy assassination in dallas. >> and i think that the day president kennedy died was the day that television news, as we now know it, was born for all intents and purposes. and walter cronkite was a very important part of making it so. >> the day of ultimate mourning as the body of the late president john fitzgerald kennedy is laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. >> it was an establishing moment.... >> reporter: charles gibson anchors abc's "world news tonight." >> ...in that it established when momentous events occur and the country is deeply shaken, they gather at the television set. that is so

down to the south, dallas, texas, you're finally getting some rainfall and a little bit of relief. temperatures are going to cool down this weekend in dallas. you'll see high temperatures going from well over to the triple digits to right around 90 degrees as we head later on into the weekend. so still hot but a big improvement over where we were talking about. meanwhile across the deep south stretching across louisiana from i-10 stretching from pretty much the golden triangle area toward new orleans, we're going to see this common theme for pretty heavy showers and storms as we head throughout the weekend. meanwhile for atlanta right now, you are dry, but the showers and thunderstorms are grad kwully going to make their way from nashville and birmingham, stretching over into atlanta. we're going to have to watch for the threat of pretty birthday showers and thunderstorms. after that we're going to see temperatures cool down. rainfall totals over the next three hours, upwards of three to four inches of rainfall in florida. we'll have more details coming up in a bit. >> do you think

there if you look across texas this is kind of the same line of storms that we saw yesterday. right across the same area near dallas, moving in across odessa, also toward mid land, texas, as well. and for the west coast, this ridge of high pressure in control for the last couple of days. yesterday, seattle was 87. they typically would be around 74, 75 degrees. so, you have got one more day all around the columbia river basin. those temperatures, 80s, 90s inland, could see 100-degree temperatures and what we are looking a at is this little weather disturbance moving in that will cool things down to more near-seasonable levels and one of the coolest. >>> ups on record in new york, where temperatures were pretty much 70s and 80s. seeing 70s today, brooke that is my kind of weather. >> that is a nice welcome reed leave so hot with that concrete and the buildings it is nice. karen, thank you. >> all right, brooke. >>> can you imagine a town now really just in the grip of terror? south carolina police circulate this picture here, hoping to stop a serial killer before he strikes again. >>> and michael jackson fans getting

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the strongest storms are from dallas, texas, into memphis. strong low pressure section in the midsection of the country. but the best of all is the pacific northwest. temperatures above average by five to ten degrees today, and nothing but sunshine with a white puffy cloud here or there. thva >> that's going to do it for weather. jules, out to you now. >>> up next, the swine flu. we'll tell you how healthcare officials are bracing for a worst case scenario. >>> also ahead, a popular sportscaster is fighting back against a peeping tom. we'll bring you the latest. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. pantene full & thick just got the good housekeeping seal. it leave

dallas, texas, has had 32 days with temperatures above 90 or higher.been over 100 degrees. 89 is the temperature in arlington, virginia. mclean at 87. down from 89. showers and storms to the north of us, here is a look at the futurecast with the front coming through the area. we clear out mostly sunny to tart the day tomorrow. could have just a few clouds down through the south tomorrow. southern maryland and areas through the northern neck. maybe an isolated shower during the afternoon. that's the blue. and for thursday, calling it partly sunny day where shower activity, isolated and could be setting up in western virginia. so let's take a look then at your visual forecast starting with this evening. sunny conditions, clear skies, and warm and pleasant. sunset at 8:36. temperatures will fall from the mid 80s to the upper 70s. coming up in a few minutes, i will tell you about another pass of the international space station with the best time for viewing. we are clear and sunny tomorrow. delightful to start. 60 to 67 degrees. again, on the other side of

i think it be 103 down in dallas, texas. and a nice dip in the jet stream. this continues to deliver the mild air around here for another couple of days. more sunshine and more pleasant temperatures. get out and enjoy this afternoon. high temperature 82. wins out of the north and east at about 5-10 miles per hour. and then tonight we'll cloud up a little bit. partly cloudy skies overnight and that will keep temperatures warmer. 66 for an overnight low. winds south and east at 5 miles per hour. good looking five-day forecast. warmer tomorrow at 84. the heat and humidity on saturday and sunday. monday looks like more thunderstorms in the forecast. at least it will be a possibility. and more humid next week. still low 90s in the forecast and i think we'll have the 90s two days since june 1st. and that's very usual. >> and you had one on there for tomorrow and you took it back. >> i took it off for 89. >> thank you, tucker. >>> he is making a 638-mile tripn ll ft. why one young boy is spreading an important message. he's here. we're back in just 3 minutes. >>>l

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. >>> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. vice president johnson has left the hospital in dallas, but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly and become the 36th president of the united states. >> larry: rather than assume, was the kennedy death the toughest day? >> probably so. yeah, i would think so. >> larry: you went, did you not. >> emotionally it was the toughest day. >> larry: you broke? >> very definitely i broke and i'm not ashamed of that. some people seem to point a finger as if it's unmanly or something of the kind. that doesn't strike me as being a serious matter at all. >> larry: those were the days of five bells, right? >> right. >> larry: were you in the newsroom. >> i was standing right at the machine. i just -- i never went to lunch in those days, and i had a little cottage cheese on the edge of the desk. well, a plate on the edge of the desk. but i i was at the united press machin