and it all started with mike wallace and don hewitt. harry reasoner. >> morley safer. >> leslie stahl. >> wow. >> yeah. >>> all right. we've got a lot more to talk about, and some news to cover as well. coming up, tom brokaw will be here. also, mayor cory booker. the secretary for housing and development shawn donovan, and andrea mitchell. but up next, mike allen and the top stories coming up in politico. >> he's been important for a 15th of a century. >> yes. but first, let's go to bill karins with a check on the forecast. >>> good morning. hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. weather definitely cooperated in most spots. this morning, northern new england is a little ugly. snowing in maine, cold and cloudy through many areas of northern new england, and that will be the story throughout this week. winds already gusting near 36 miles per hour near albany, and some of the winds will hadded to d.c., philly, new york, hartford, and boston during the day today. windy conditions. still not chilly idea. tomorrow will be much colder. nor

and don hewitt. he, too, knew he was going to carry it on. he wasn't going to let it fade or soften. >> mike's voice is still alive in that broadcast. >> totally. if only we could be as good as he was. >> thank you. >> pleasure. >> true indeed. if we could only be as good. lesley stahl. thank you. mike wallace, thank you. here's piers with a look at his program tonight. >> more on the trayvon martin case including the question everyone is asking. is an arrest coming up? plus why mark zuckerberg is playing a lot for this company. and the last mangriest man. lewis black. plus only in america. a man names bubba wins golf's most prestigious tournament back to you. >>> a man beaten, robbed, stripped naked. police get a break in the case when video of the attack was posted online. this happened in baltimore. details ahead. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! guys. come here, come here. [ telephone ringing ] i'm calling my old dealership. [ man ] may ford. hi, yeah. do

but he and don hewitt used to have fights. there used to be fights at "60 minutes," like screaming matches, didn't there? >> yeah. they didn't talk at each other. they yelled at each other. but only occasional ly did it get so bad that they weren't really talking with each over and you gun to worry about the future of the show. that happened over the tobacco story. mostly they were yelling over the content of the piece and they cared. >> right. >> it really was a measure of the commitment they both had to getting it right. and i mean there's still a lot of fighting that goes on at "60 minutes" over the content. >> that's what makes it such a great program. >> i loved it. it was high energy. it was commitment. it was integrity. it was all of those things. >> he was very public about his battles with depression in the wake of the westmoreland trial and even a suicide attempt he talked about publicly. and worked along with mary wallace to raise money and raise awareness. and i did a number of interviews with him on the subject. w

and very much like don hewitt. they were both came from a generation that had appreciated in showmanship. mike had started out really on radio and in television, sort of a i saw a picture of him the other day, song and dance with his wife. and he had a flare. he had star quality that he had been grooming for a long time before he got to before he ever was hired by dick to do the work for 6440 "60 minutes" or news ad started off in radio. there was something about him. he understood what people wanted. he knew how to perform in front of the camera. he knew the value of dramatic pauses. he was just a star. he was just hard, just never been one like him i think in television. >> rose: your predecessor was don hewitt. what was the relationship between the two of them because you were executive producer when mike was a first correspond empt. >> it's such an important question because i really think that relationship and the two of them are the reason that the broadcast succeeded. you know, i don't think one would have s

" >> wallace: you're gutting the piece. >> don hewitt: forget "60 minutes."on this week. >> safer: though their dustups were by far the loudest, mike and i also had our moments. >> wallace: i mean, we were colleagues and competitors at the same time. when i wanted to do a story, and you wanted to do a story, and it's the same story... >> safer: and i come into the office the next day, you're out of town doing the story. ( laughter ) it's been a very bumpy and satisfying road, though. >> wallace: that's exactly right. >> safer: truth be told, mike's story-- myron's story-- is of the road not taken. if his parents had their way, young myron probably would have become just what the world needed, one more lawyer. were you a good kid? were you a hell raiser? what? >> wallace: i was a pretty good kid. i was an overachiever. i worked very hard. played a hell of a fiddle. >> wallace: grades are coming out soon. >> safer: in college, he got interested in radio. and soon after, in 1941, he reached a kind of pinnacle-- announcer on "the green hornet." >> wallace: ride w

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i was watching the "60 minutes" celebration of don hewitt just before ks ha beforehand, and everybody a story. tell me a story about mike wallace. >> mike wallace was the most boyish 90-year-old you would ever want to meet. he had sauch a twinkle in his eyes. i can remember going to new york one time on the shuttle, and he got off and saw barbara walters. he creeps up behind her and grabs her from behind. she jumped up ready to slug whoever it was and then burst out laughing. this was mike's spirit. he was always having such a good time. i remember my very first day as the 36-year-old executive vice president, newly installed as the theoretical boss overseeing "60 minutes" -- i say theoretical because who is going to be mike wallace's boss or don hewitt's -- but he and don had a knock-down, drag-out while i was there. i knew they were going to turn to me and ask who i adjudicated, and who did i want to be for? i actually decided in favor of don. i thought, great, i've really gotten on the wrong foot with mike wallace. he walked out, having been livid for 15 minutes, he winks and moves

in 1968 don hewitt recorded wallace to co-host's 60 minutes in a few short years the program became the most influential prime-time show new show in history of television. >>> you have enough money to do the kind of job you want, you are working with first-rate producers first researchers, it was 7¢. >>> week after week the audience tuned in to see wallace asked probing questions with his controversial style. >>> the car image is that of a loser. why? >>> the master of the tv and a film he interrogated politicians criminals dictators and movie stars. he traveled the world completing over 800 reports for 60 minutes. some criticized his use of hidden cameras and surprise tactics as ambush journalism. some companies filed lawsuits including general westmorland who sued cbs news for libel. the two sides settled by the controversy launched wallace into a suicidal depression. >>> i did not want that this impregnable wallace exposed as suffering from depression. >>> but he decided to talk about a struggle to help others. >>> i will not retire i don't believe until my toes turned out. >>> when

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in 1968, cbs news producer don hewitt recruited wallace to co- host 60 minutes. in a few short years the program became the most influential primetime news show in the history of television. >> we have enough time on the air, we have enough money by and large to do the kind of job that you want, you're working with first-rate producers and researchers, it was 7¢. >> a week after week the audience turned into see him ask probing questions in his cover additional style. >> but carter image, the political image is that of a loser. why? >> the master of the tv interview, he interrogated politicians and criminals, dictators and movie stars, he traveled the world, completing over 800 reports for 60 minutes. some criticize his use of hidden cameras and surprise confrontations as ambush journalism. a few of the programs' targets file lawsuits including a general that sued cbs for libel over a documentary wallace did on the vietnam war. the two sides settled but the controversy launched wallace into a suicidal depression. >> i just did not want to have this impregnable wa

in 1968, cbs news producer don hewitt recruited wallace to co- host 60 minutes. in a for a few short years the program became the most influential primetime news show in the history of television. >> you have enough time on the air, you have enough money by and large to do the kind of job that you want, you are working with first-rate producers, and directors, it was heaven sense. >> week after week the audience to into see wallace asked probing questions in his confrontational style. >> a connor image, the political damage, is that of a loser. why? >> the master of the tv interview, he interrogated politicians and criminals, dictators and movie stars. he traveled the world, completing over 800 reports for 60 minutes. some criticize his use of hidden cameras and surprise confrontations as ambush journalism. a few of the programs targets file lawsuits including a general that sued cbs for libel over documentary wallace did on the vietnam war. the two sides settled but the controversy launch wallace into a suicidal depression. >> adjusted not want to have this incr

wallace wanted to do work that his son would be proud of and in 1968, "60 minutes" creator don hewitt was looking for audacity. >> hold it a minute! >> pelley: it wasn't always a happy marriage, but out of the conflict they created the most successful prime time television broadcast of all time. >> they called you "a dead man walking." >> pelley: over four decades, wallace interviewed anyone who was everyone. he said things to the ayatollah homeini that would send an iranian to prison for life. >> he calls me imam-- forgive me his words, not mine-- a lunatic. >> pelley: wallace was not shy about controversy and on occasion controversy came to him. in 1982, wallace was named in a libel suit by general william westmoreland, the former commander of u.s. forces in vietnam. wallace had narrated a cbs report's documentary that claimed westmoreland lied about enemy troop strength. the suit was dropped but listening to his work questioned in court sent wallace into the first of three depressions. he acknowledged this to correspondent morley safer. >> did you try to commit suicide? >> i've nev

and this dinner, i thought, gosh, i would like to be at this table with joan crawford and don hewitt and joe califano and cathy douglas, who was the brand-new, young bride of a supreme court justice bill douglas, and did i say joan crawford? >> yep. >> well, joan crawford had arrived with her own flask of vodka. i mean, we did pass a lot of drinks, but she didn't think there was going to be enough, so she had her own flask. anyway, the dinner was served, and then the -- in joan crawford's defense, i would say, we weren't smart enough to know we also invited her ex-husband, douglas -- >> fairbanks? >> no, some other one. >> well, i think there was more than one. >> yeah, and they were passing notes back and forth during the dinner, but then the dessert plates came, and cathy douglas is now a very grown-up, very sophisticated lady, but she was very new on the scene then, and so joan crawford, who was seated across the table from mrs. douglas, and joan crawford knew that you're supposed to put the fork and the spoon here and take the finger bowl and the doily and put it here so you can

. >> reporter: his big break came when he was the first correspondent to be hired by don hewitt when he was putting together the cbs news magazine 06 minutes which went on to become the most successful news program for decades. he hosted the program for 38 seasons until he retired as a regular correspondent in 2006. over his long career, he covered presidents and dictators, actors and artists. he covered the war in vietnam and the watergate scandal. steve centanni, fox news. >>> good morning to you. happy monday, april 9th. we get ready to start the morning, live look outside right now over washington, d.c. fairly decent start to monday. good morning. i'm wisdom martin. sarah has the day off. time now to talk weather with tucker barnes. good morning to you, tucker. >> happy monday. >> good morning, just the two of us. >> just the two of us right now. >> hopefully it will be a better week in the allergy department. >> the possibility of a shower or two today. that usually helps the allergy situation. we'll have a lot of wind around today as well. not sure you will get much reloaf unti

. >> reporter: don hewitt, who went on to create "60 minutes," it was producer.te took the title "managing editor." >> everybody under cronkite was the last word on what stories were handled and how they were handled. >> pelley: sandy socolow became the executive producer of the cbs news with walter cronkite and he was there for that very first broadcast which ended with cronkite inviting viewers to get the details of the stories he'd reported in the next day's papers. >> an explosion broke out among the suits and management who were very upset that walter was sending people to read newspapers instead of coming to him for the news. >> pelley: so walter came up with an alternative signoff-- the one he would use for the next 19 years. >> and that's the way it is. >> pelley: and that's the way it was april 16, 1962. it's been nearly three years since we lost walter cronkite but his legacy is part of every evening news broadcast. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioing sponsored by cbs captioned by this freshly brewed iced tea is really

. >> reporter: don hewitt, who went on to create "60 minutes," was the producer.te took the title "managing editor." >> everybody under cronkite was the last word on what stories were handled and how they were handled. >> pelley: sandy socolow became the executive producer of the cbs news with walter cronkite and he was there for that very first broadcast which ended with cronkite inviting viewers to get the details of the stories he'd reported in the next day's papers. >> an explosion broke out among the suits and management who were very upset that walter was sending people to read newspapers instead it is goliath verses goliath. oracle accusing google of ripping off their intellectual property rights. >> priestly shows us that both companies have lot to lose. >> oracle believes they are entitled to $1 billion in licensing fees and it is not just the money that makes this so important but the judge is calling its eworld series of intellectual property. and experts believe that is one case could impact every company in silicon valleys. that is how big it is. >> i

there's no question in my mind that he is -- he is really t the -- along, of course, with don hewitt,l founder. don used to say, you know, people want to know what adventure mike's going to go on next. >> send my reporter out in search of stories, go tell a story, was the success of "60 minutes." there is also this -- he loved the interesting people, even though he was not a politician, i loved horowitz, he loved the people that somehow he could find out what made them tick, to think. >> absolutely. and he hung with a pretty waspy crowd in new york -- >> nice way to put it. >> so he knew everyone. he had known them for 40 years. this is somebody -- think about it, how many people have been parodied on the sid caesar show and "the simpsons"? that says a lot. that says you've been around and noteworthy for 60 years. >> at dinner he would do the same thing, at dinner parties. >> oh, he would grill you. >> absolutely. >> what do you mean, charlie? >> he would ask questions and see one person and put them against another person, like he was on the set of a television show at a regular dinn

he was the first higher of don hewitt when he was putting together 60 minutes. tv's first news magazine program. he hosted that show for 38 seasons and went on to win 21 emmy awards. he worked full-time for 60 minutes well into his 80s. in an interview on fox news sunday with his son chris wallace he said he kept working because it really wasn't work. >> and you don't retire because? >> because i love -- it is not work what i do. i love what i do. when i get up in the morning and i think i am going to have the opportunity to... >> mike wallace had such a fear some reputation. it was often said the phrase mike wallace is here to see you, those were dreaded words in the english language. he leaves hind his wife mary and our colleague and our friend fox news sunday host chris wallace. we had the opportunity to speak with leslie stall one of his long time colleagues and he collaborated on a book for young journalists koomicoming into th business. had great advice for people today in journalism. >> if the family is watching our thoughts and prayers are with them toda

he was hired by don hewitt when he was you putting to get "60 minutes," which went on to become the most successful news program. he retired in 2006. he covered presidents and dictators, actors and artists. he covered the war in vietnam and sad down with nixon's aide during the watergate scandal. he died last night in connecticut, he was 93 years old. steve centanni, fox news. >> in 2005, fox news sunday host chris wallace sat down with his dad on his own show. here's some of that. >> and you don't retire because? >> because i love -- it is not work, what i do. i love what i do. when i get up in the morning and i think, i am going to have the opportunity to -- i wasn't that happy about waking up -- >> i felt the same way. >> a special program dedicated to wallace will be broadcast on "60 minutes" next sunday. >>> new details from virginia beach tonight. a coast guard officer and a civilian helped treat the pilot of that downed jet friday. he ran over to burning buildings and made sure everyone was out safely. and he and a civilian spotted a pilot still harnessed to his pure shute on the

his tennis matches with don hewitt the executive producer.up about journalism as mike was. he was a great meanter to all of us there. >> downroberts thanks for your remembrances and taking a little time on your easter sunday for us. thank you you. >> thank you doug. >>> according to the washington post, white house officials don't think iran has built a nuclear bomb. and if tehran did decide to assemble one the u.s. would know in time to consider its options. that story comes just ahead of scheduled nuk nuclear talks ben iran and six nuclear powers this week. >> how much do we really know about iran's nuclear program? the white house is arguing we may know quite a bit. the washington post report that's administration is trying to convince israel that the u.s. of cia drones and intelligence on the ground has given us a good idea of where iran's nuclear program stands at the moment. the white house officials believe that iran hasn't yet made a decision to start building a nuclear weapon but even if they did it should take at least a year to mak

that pit bull questioning style caught the eye of "60 minutes" producer don hewitt in 1968 chose wallacechor the new show alongside harry reisman. >> number one. >> wallace's colleagues credit him for a large part of the show's decades of success. >> "60 minutes" would not still be on the air but for mike. people in big numbers in the late '70s to early '80s to see what mike wallace would be up to next. >> he was not afraid to ask the outrageous question. it was what made him great. >> in a 2005 interview with nbc, wallace was asked how he wanted to be remembered. >> tough, but fair. that is important for a reporter. tough, but fair. >> most of the tributes today say just that. mike wallace was indeed a broadcast journalism icon. but he was dad to our friend an fox news colleague chris wallace. chris recently accepted an award from the national press foundation and had this to say about his famous father. >> he wasn't easy. any of you who knew him can testify to that. but he was vibrant, and funny and demanding and a truly great reporter. as someone once said he had an underdeveloped sen