on kennedy's rare returns to washington, even the president takes notice. >> to sir edward kennedy. that's the kind of greeting a knight deserves. it is thrilling to see you her teddy. >> reporter: when health care reform comes to a vote, friends say, if kennedy has the strength, nothing will stop him from returning to the capitol. >> if they can get a bill put together, he'd be one of those who'd want to be there. >> reporter: kennedy has come back to vote several times since his diagnosis. but it's been three months since the last return of the senator from massachusetts. president obama has set a new deadline. he now wants a health care reform on his desk so he can sign it into law by the end of the year. john hendren, abc news, washington. >>> four american diplomats will be traveling in the middle east this week, with the aim of working toward a comprehensive arab/israeli peace system. defense secretary gates arrived this morning for talks with his israeli counterpart. and president obama's special envoy, george mitchell has been in three countries so far, syria, israel and egyp

and senator edward kennedy, democrat from massachusetts, should also continue to miss time as he battles a brain tumor. harry reid's spokesman said the seating will not automatically give democrats absolute power. "the crises we've inherited were not traded in a day and will not be fixed overnight." "move america toward recovery still requires collaboration with republicans." a lot more on this as we spend the first hour on the senate story. west new york, new jersey, on the democrats' line. caller: he did be a pessimist. i just don't think it will make a difference. host: y. not? caller: our president and harry reid always talk about bipartisanship, think they cannot get anything done without the republicans even though republicans a jam stuff down our throats for eight years. the democrats have been called since ronald reagan. i do not expect anything to get done even though 76% want a public auction, that will not happen because corporations own of the democrats almost as much as they own the republicans. i think it is a sad day. we will have 60 votes in the senate. it is not going to

reporter: on kennedy's rare returns to washington, even the president takes notice. >> to sir edward kennedy. that's the kind of greeting a knight deserves. it is thrilling to see you here, teddy. >> reporter: in his absence, his colleagues invoke his name, hoping also to borrow his legislative prowess. >> senator ted kennedy, who is wrestling with his own health care crisis at this hour and has been unable to be with us. >> but senator kennedy's presences was palpable. >> reporter: when health care reform comes to a vote, friends say, if kennedy has the strength, nothing will stop him from returning to the capitol. >> if they could get a bill put together, he'd be one of those who'd want to be there. >> reporter: kennedy has come back to vote several times since his diagnosis. but it's been three months since the last return of the senator from massachusetts. the president has set a new deadline. he now want toss have health care reform on his desk so he can sign it into law by the end of the year. but that's still a job made harder by the absence of its top advocate on capitol hill. dan? >

president obama hand delivered a personal letter from edward kennedy, who is suffering from brain cancer. obama asked the pope to pray for kennedy and then called his friend after the meeting to relay the news. gordon? >> scott thuman reporting. >>> president obama's family had quite a week, startingje by meeting with dmitri mcdevitt and prime minister vladimir putin, and that it was on to italy for the g-8 summit and a court of l'aquila, which was ravaged by the earthquake. they have just landed in ghana and they will return to washington on sunday. >>> the new general motors is making its debut today with an optimistic outlook. the stripped-down version of the automaker has cut its debt by $120 billion and shed 22,000 employees. gm is also promising to repay $60 billion of federal assistance before the 2015 deadline. the new company will focus on building more of its popular cars and trucks and launching them more quickly than in the past. >>> aig is considering another round of bonuses and they want the government's approval in hopes of preventing a public backlash. $2.4 million in bo

the president gave the pontiff a letter from senator edward kennedy, being treated for brain cancer and asked the pope to pray for kennedy. mr. obama flew onto the african nation of ghana, that will be the last stop on his overseas trip. >>> the death toll in the riots in china has risen to 184. one-thirdover tho of those have ethic uighur muslims. today, mosques were ordered to remain close in hopes of gaining control over the unrest. but it didn't work. clarissa ward reports from china tonight. >> reporter: several mobs defied a government ban today, opening their doors to the uighur faithful on the muslim holy day. there were no fiery sermons. prayers were quick and quiet. but outside the mosque, emotions began to rise. "the are so many things we can't talk about," this man told us. as a policeman tried to stop him from speaking with us, the crowd jeered loudly. another group formed as two women began to weep and wail. e don't have justice an equality for our people," he said. the group began moving down the street, their faces etched with emotion, chanting "release our people, relea

senator edward kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, is too ill to lead the fight for health care reform in person, but he is working behind the scenes. in "newsweek" magazine he writes "i am resolveed to see to it this year that we create a system to ensure that someday when there is a cure for the disease i now have, no american who needs it will be denied it." and tomorrow night i'll have an interview with president obama about health care reform and much more. and on this 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, the president welcomed the crew of "apollo" 11 to the white house to talk about the future of space flight. a cbs news poll out today says the majority of americans believe the u.s. should send a mission to mars. but as bob orr reports, don't hold your breath. >> reporter: 40 years after those triumphant first steps on the moon... >> that's one small step for man... >> reporter:... astronauts buzz aldrin, michael collins and neil armstrong were honored by a president who was seven years old when "apollo" 11 made history. >> at the moment in which man kind was untetherd from t

. >> ten years have passed since adam clymer's fd and highly praised by korphe cold edward m. kennedy the by egger free. >> you have mentioned one, that it has been ten years. that biax f.e. focus the lot on sort of a particular period in his senate career. i think that senator kennedy's life telling it in a narrative way the way that we do, again capturing the complete the art of how his early experiences shaped his later fuse, that this is a story that has not been told and it has not been told this way. >> can you give me a couple of highlights that you have done? >> there are many, many things that those of us who knew a lot about the kennedys can find. one is we were able to in a fairly rigorous way look at his legacy up to this point in certain key areas and i think that when you look at it in terms of him being the dominant figure really of the last 30 or 40 years in areas like, really for areas, health care, education, civil-rights and education and look what does happen including what has happened just in the last ten years in those areas to preserve that legacy. you know it

senator edward kennedy tries to add his voice to the debate eve because of his own health issues. he says, to accomplish all of this we have to cut the costs of health care. for families who've seen health insurance premiums more than double from an average of $6,000 a year to $13,000 since 1999, one of the most controversial features of reform is one of the most vital. it has been called the public plan. that is where republicans are zeroing in, sanjay, would a public option over time lower cost -- health care costs in the system? >> over time is the operative language in the question you just asked. not immediately. most people can put together if you are going to put more people on the -- get more people insured it is going to cost more money at least initially. there are some hopes. the hopes are if you get a healthier population because of more prevention, more wellness, a changing of the incentives towards those things over time health care costs as a whole should start to come down. it is worth reminding people as well john, the uninsured don't cost nothing. they still acce

aisle. >> on kennedy's rare return to washington, even the president takes notice. >> to sir edward kennedykind of greeting a knight deserves. it is thrilling to see you here, teddy. >> reporter: in his absence his colleagues invoke his name hoping also to borrow his legislative prowess. >> senator ted kennedy, who is wrestling with his own health care crisis at this very hour and has beenin automobile to with with us. >> reporter: when health care reform comes to a vote, friends say if kennedy has the strength, nothing will stop him from returning to the capitol. >> if they can get a bill put to the, he'll want to be there. >> reporter: kennedy has come back to vote several times since his diagnosis but it's been three months since the last return of the senator from massachusetts. president obama has set a new deadline. he now wants a health care reform bill he can sign into law by the end of the year, a job made much more difficult by the absence of the issue's top advocate on capitol hill. john hendren, abc news, washington. >> a health scare forced french president nicholas sarkozy to

. >> is senator edward kennedy who says this is his life's work is he on the same page? there had been disagreement. >> as you know senator kennedy is the chairman of the committee that has a competing proposal. the health bill is more liberal. that has a public option component which republicans are opposed to. some democrats are some worry about that, as well. but i think senator kennedy has always said he wants health care reform and i think had he been here or if he were here we might see something different. >> thank you very much. >>> we're not done talking about health care. a look at who will win and lose under the new proposal. but up next, rest stops in virginia tut shutting down. a live report from 66. hear from one of the last people to use a rest stop there. >>> and plus, the numbers on crime go against facoconvention thinking. crime rates are down. we will see why. we'll be right back. nv kelly saunder's nature valley, the place that inspires her to go faster... and slower, elk mountains, colorado. where's yours? 100% natural nature valley granola bars. the

it's edward moe kennedy. >> it was a full-court pss by ede mccormack. it was really ite a baptism by fire. >> you are not running on qualification. you are running on alogan. you can do more for ssachusetts. this is thmost insulting ogan i have seen in massachusetts politics bause thlogan means vote for this man because he has influence, he has connections, he has reons. >> we should not have any lk about personalities families. i feel that we should be talki abt the people's destiny in masshutts. >> now, the ironic thing abo thatticular debate is that if eddie mccormack was runni agnst anyone else, the opponentould have said the same thing aut eddie mccormack because eddie mccoack's uncle wathen john mccormack the speaker of t house of reesentatives, so he was running on a very famo political na, very famous political family, t it was the second most famo political name in massachusettat the time >> exactly. >> thawas something that ted kennedy had to fure ouhow to bear and then enter the senate like al frankeis now but much bigger version, as aig cele

physicist stephen hawking, senator edward kennedy. harvey milk, and first openly gay elected official from a major city in the united states, and the count founder of the susan g. komen cure breast cancer foundation. and george w. bush, dare i say in contrast. recipients including former cia director george tenet who said the >>> days ago -- 40 day ago a woman killed and taped and rocketed around the world online. native killing galvanized iranians, themselves and people around the world with the movement that sprung up in iran after the disputed presidential election on june 12th. the fact it's been 40 day since the date of her killing is important symbolically and politically. the dead are mourned in a cycle of three, seven then 40 days. 40 days marks the end of the period of mourning for someone who has died, and today the end of the period of mourning for made da n acht dcht a. it brought the movement back into the streets and back into the headlines at a time when the regime against which they are protesting has never looked weak

what's also interesting about his re-election issue, you may recall senator edward kennedy taped a commercial for him. so now, you'll have these two mens who have been friends seemingly forever, facing different kinds of cancer, but it does add a human quality. when you have chris dodd trying for his sixth term in the senate, he was a member of the house before that, this gives him an opportunity to speak to people in a much more relatable way. it can actually help him na that respect. >> when you saw him last night, did he give any hint he was carrying this burden or have an announcement today? >> well, this has been kept very close to the vest. he has told his colleagues. no one gave us a hint about this. i'm sure out of respect for him and wanting him to be the one to time his announcement. he has seemed perfectly fine. he has never seemed overly wearily, so we had no sense he was troubled by this. he gave us a list of public figures who have had a list of similar diagnosis. this is one kind of cancer, people can continue to work and bounce back from. senator kennedy has a much more grave

american health care connecticut senator chris do, who stood in for ling comttee chairman senator edward kennedy, spoke to reporters. >>this bill, because of wawe have done, we think is going to increase access, it's going to reduce cost to indiduals, and it's gog to mprove the quali of healh care in our country. we'll have to me investments to achieve ose results. >> reporter: the $60billion senate meure would: set up a n government-run insurancerogram to compete with private insurers a so- called public opon, and require most ericans to get health coverage. it would also provide suidies for many uninsureamericans eaing up to four times the federal poverty lev, or nearly 0,000 a year for a family of fo, to buy insurance. and it would mandate eployers contribute to the co of covera for their employees. but leftnanswered is how the health care form overhaul would be paid for. the senate committee announcement ca one day after house democrats ueiled a one trillion dollar-ps plan of eir own which contained many of the samprovisions. to pay for its pla the house measu relies in part on a new taxurch

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physicist stephen hawking, senator edward kennedy.vey milk, the first and late openly gay member of the elects official from a major city in the united states and the founder of the susan g. koman cure breast cancer foundation. and george w. bush, dare i say in contrast. recipients including former cia director george tenet who said the faulty intelligence upon the war in iraq was based was a slam dunk. also gave one to paul bremmer, the u.s. administrator during the post-invasion phase of the war that is essentially universally acknowledged to be a complete bureaucratic moral and strategic disaster. presidential medal of freedom, it's nice to have you back and no longer be ironic. ( chirp ) team three, boathouse? ( chirp ) oh yeah. his and hers. - ( crowd gasps ) - ( chirp ) van gogh? ( chirp ) even steven. - ( chirp ) mansion? - ( chirp ) good to go. ( grunts ) timber! ( chirp ) boss? what do we do with the shih-tzu? - ( chirp ) joint custody. - dog: phew... announcer: get work done now. communicate in less than a second with nextel

. >> i want to start with this dramatic cover of "newsweek" magazine, senator edward kennedy, a leading voice on health care reform for decades who is missing from the day-to-day debate because of his own health issues. he writes in "newsweek" magazine, a long essay about why health care reform matters to him and on the big question troubling washington right now, how do we pay for this. senator kennedy knowing his leadership does not think this is a good idea writes this, i'm open to many options, including a surtax on the wealthy, as long as it meets the principle laid down by president obama, that there will be no tax increases on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. that surtax is the house proposal. senators have wanted to do other things. but with senator kennedy saying that, will the white house -- are you prepared to say that the surtax should be the leading proposal to pay for this? >> actually, it's not actually the centerpiece of the house bill. the house bill has more than $500 billion in savings from medicare and medicaid, which is the majority of the cost. we've also s

remarkable moments in history, you see him with kissinger and with president kennedy and with senator edward kennedy in a previous photo. right there you see him with brian williams. tell us about your personal relationship with this man. >> i'm talking to you from a house where walter one night walked through the door and -- and came in and had dinner with us. and my daughter at that point was very young, and i said, honey, try to remember this -- this great man was in your home, because he means the world to your dad. walter always said he was 12 years old reading "boys life" when he read about a foreign correspondent and set his mind to becoming one. i was 8 watching him on black-and-white television every night in elmira, new york, and my home, my mother refused to serve dinner until the cbs evening news was over. and i announced my intention to my family, apparently, at the age of 8, that he was the man i wanted to be. and this was the profession i wanted. and i have lived such a charmed life that i got the chance to explain that to walter and tell him that and make it clear. and just was able

would admit that someone who is as deep in the policy of health care over the past 30 years as edward kennedy, that there is an incredible void. you look at governor admit romney's achievement of universal care in massachusetts, it could not have been done without kennedy's help both federally and to guide many democratic members of the legislature in massachusetts to agree. there might have been greater progress in the senate if there were a ted committee up there right now. guest: my former boss and someone who has fought for health care reform his entire life -- i think it would be different. even during the years i was there and since, and i was there some time ago -- republicans and the senate when polled about the most effective u.s. and the tears always a ted committee to the top of list. it is not because they agree with him, but because he is very effective for his state and effective in the legislature as bringing people together. chris dodd and orin hatch have noted that his absence has been felt. host: he has been there before. caller: he once told me in 1979 when he was fighting

would admit that someone who is as deep in the policy of health care over the past 30 years as edward kennedyre is an incredible void. you look at governor admit romney's achievement of universal care in massachusetts, it could not have been done without kennedy's help both federally and to guide many democratic members of the legislature in massachusetts to agree. there might have been greater progress in the senate if there were a ted committee up there right now. guest: my former boss and someone who has fought for health care reform his entire life -- i think it would be different. even during the years i was there and since, and i was there some time ago -- republicans and the senate when polled about the most effective u.s. and the tears always a ted committee to the top of list. it is not because they agree with him, but because he is very effective for his state and effective in the legislature as bringing people together. chris dodd and orin hatch have noted that his absence has been felt. host: he has been there before. caller: he once told me in 1979 when he was fighting for nation

advocates including massachusetts senator edward kennedy say all this stuff's needed to promote healthier lifestyles and cut medical spending down the road with lower obesity rates, less heart disease and other health problems. critics including wyoming senator mike kenzi say it's pork. these are public works projects dressed up and disgised to be stuffed into the health care bill. the way it stands local and state governments would have to submit proposals for these bike paths and stuff to the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius. and she would be the final say on who gets what. suppose there would be the potential for any sort of a bottleneck there? it's far from a done deal. with an eye toward next year's mid-term elections, it is never too late, or early i should say, for the folks in congress to think about keeping their constituents back home happy. so get ready to build those bike paths. here's the question. should health care legislation contain billions of dollars for parks, walking paths and farmers' markets? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. and post a comment on

he's the sun of edward kennedy. alina? >>> you heard from sarah palin, the alaskan governor.poke to drew griffin for the first time since her sudden decision to step down. that announcement came over the weekend, the fourth of july weekend lighting up the phones for our show hotline. here's what some of you are saying. >> i say good for sarah palin, she's one of the few honest politicians who are out there. we need more people like her. i agree with what she has done. she's going to get my vote if she runs for president. >> the criticism on sarah palin during the campaign has finally been validated. the quitter would have never made it had she been elected vice president or anything else. >> we want to hear more from you about sarah palin's resignation, give us a call on the show hotline, 1-877-my-amfix. joining us is kara phinney, a former communications director for the republican national committee and ron christie, ceo of christie's strategies. good morning. i want to start with you. sarah palin sat down with our own drew griffin last night in the remote part of alaska wh

but i think we all do well to remember that vice given to us by our colleague, senator edward kennedy, the former chairman of this committee as he talks about the civil rights struggle when he says, and i quote, the work goes on. the cause and worse, the hope still lives and the jury meshaal never die. so, i say that as an introduction in one area of civil rights and that is the right to vote. fundamental right. my own experience and 2006, just a few years ago causes me to have concerns in my own election why found there were lines longer in the african-american precinct to vote than other precincts, and was curious as to why this place. they didn't have these many voting machines, there was a lot of irregularities and it cost a lot of people who had to get back to work to be denied their right to participate. we also found on the election day fraudulent sample ballots targeted to minority voters an effort to diminish their importance in the election. i mention that because that happened not 50 years ago but happened just a few years ago. congress renewed the voting rights act buy rat

to take the floor after patrick kennedy from rhode island who along with his father, senator edward kennedy, have devoted so much of their careers, their emotions, their passion to resolving the health care problems in this country. and as we talk about health care, reforming our system, we talk a lot about billions and billions of dollars, we talk about government agencies, we talk about the politics of it, but at its core, this issue isn't about any of those things. this is about human beings. this is about men, women and their families and trying to help them deal with health care crises, wellness issues, things that every american has to deal with. yesterday in southern indiana right across from my district the subcommittee of the energy and commerce committee held a field hearing in which we were able to see the face of this issue. three people who came before us to tell their stories about how the health care system in america has failed them. one of them was a constituent from my district, patricia riley. patricia is a small business person. for 20 years she was insured under a small

will award the presidential medal of freedom to 16 people, including political ally senator edward m. kennedying the list today. gregg: republican leaders are gathering in san diego. today's keynote speaker is minnesota gov. tim pawlenty, the fiscal and social conservative is a man on the move these days. the son of a truck driver, he has decades of government experience, and he may have political ambitions for higher office. the topic today is health care. carl cameron is in san diego. i was there last week vacationing. what is the gop during there when the debate is in washington? >> this is the grass-roots organization of the republican party nationwide and they're here with the leaders of all 50 states. they are putting together their strategy for blocking what they call obamacare. there will be a vote on a resolution tomorrow. it refers to obamacare and socialism. they plan to attack this for the radio ads and television ads. it will be a nationwide gop blitz arguing that the so-called public option and forcing companies to insure everyone would be a disaster. this resolution essentially

the senate health committee produced a one of the f-16 to seven on the legislation, chairman edward kennedy his vote in absentia and have the legislation is scheduled to save $9 billion according to the cbo over 10 years. we have john on the senate health amendment to incorporate provisions related to the approval process and the issue of that exclusivity. it also included in our amendment that passed a resolution provisions of the bill which we believe will protect the rights of all parties and insure that all patent disputes involving the biosimilars are resolved very importantly my colleagues before the expiration of the data exclusivity. i am going to summarize since members are anxious to take a but. i think that this amendment sets forth is a foreign scientifically based process for expedited approval of biologics base and innovative products already on the market. insures that patients again safe and effective treatments, that there are subjected to thorough scrutiny and testing by the fda, that the bill provides for the promotion of competition and the lowering the price this year,

. >> they were corporal edward garvin, thomas mcentire, private kennedy and richard castle. >> finally have them recognized. i got weepily when they played taps. little weepy now. so, yeah. hopefully they will rest in peace. their stories, their lives, their names will never be forgotten again. >> so what's next for ranger ron? well, he says the next mission is to find the descendents of those recently identified soldiers and tell them what their ancestors did during the civil war and i tell you the man never stops. hopefully it will not take as long to notify the descendents. >> pretty long gap so it could be hard but maybe somebody else will join in his quest. >> slaughtly. >> thank you. >>> here's what is in the news now. norad is wrapping up overnight training exercises in the skies over washington. it is part of the regular training which goes on over our area. last night -- a woman is in critical condition after this crash near damascus, maryland. police say a landscaping truck hit a van. the driver of the van died. >>> check this out. it is the longest solar eclipse of the 21st

edward r. murrow era and from kennedy assassination to vietnam. he saved speeches, correspondence, photographs, press pass, on and on. it is all at the center. they are getting ready at the university of texas in the spring of 2010 to have a big walter cronkite conference. >> doug brinkley, having seen all these papers, tell us something we don't know about him in a sense this is a man who had dinner with millions of americans every night, who held their hand in telling them their president had been shot and killed. martin luther king had been shot and killed. bobby kennedy had been shot and killed. a public man but, of course, in these papers are things we never knew. like what? >> one thing, general comment, for example, he was a great add myerer of ernest hemingway's piece. he wrote a piece called "the old newsman's writers." cronkite read that and he believed in the old wireman tap. which means, he used to constantly go and read the ap and upa wires and save some of those and circle them. he kept his notebooks. when you read his notebooks it h

on march 31 of this year we passed the edward m. kennedy serve america act. the president believes in community service. i assume anyone who voted for the act believes in community service. i know i did. and we are going to encourage community service. as mr. latham indicated, this is two hours a week, eight hours a month. and i would accept the argument that some have made on the other side that this is taking a slap at people who are in a position to require public assistance for housing. but i would suggest that when we are just bailing everybody out, when we give billions of dollars to people on wall street over my objection for horrible business decisions in the subprime market and securityization of mortgages, when we have given billions to car executives who now find themselves to be bankrupt and bailed out people who purchased homes they had no business purchasing because they could never afford it based upon their means, i would suggest we go in the direction not of moving this requirement but put community service on the wall street bankers, the exe

edwards: i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. kennedy, who has been the leading voice in this subcommittee and the house for improving mental health care services for america's veterans and services to homeless veterans. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island for three minutes. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam speaker, and i want to thank the chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on veterans' affairs. chairman edwards, for his leadership on what has been an amazing increase in funding for veterans in this country, as chairman of the appropriations committee we have seen in the last cycle the largest single increase in veterans' funding in the 76-year history of the veterans' administration and the last cycle and as such that has carried over until this cycle and will in the succeeding years ahead as we continue to increase the veterans' appropriations. and again this year we are seeing another large, large increase in the veterans' spending, including increases in veterans' mental health and that, my friends,

edward r. murrow spotted him and recruited him for cbs. the following year, walter cronkite was the first journalist on the air when president kennedy was killed. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> as the 1960's stretched on, assassinations, demonstrations, war, walter cronkite's solid presence anchored the news. in 1968, after a visit to vietnam, he delivered a newspaper style editorial. them to say that we're closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence that the outcome would have been wrong and the past. >> his on-air shifts from were supporter to work critic is said by historians to have helped lead americans to stalemate in defeat in vietnam. >> neil armstrong is on the move. >> he reported the first man on the moon, told america's streets were burning, that a president had lied. but the time he left, he had become a legend, it walking video archive caring long memories of the nation's sorrows and triumphs, a man the nation's new entrusted. >> old anchormen do not fade, they just keep coming back for more. and that is the way it is. >> walter cronkite died peacefully in his manhattan home

edward r.murrow watching how murrow conducted himself. by the time cronkite is in his prime by the early '60s, the kennedy years he is sort of an advocate of space, nasa and the armed forces. yet he also is a product of murrow's dissent that a reporter has to tell the truth no matter what. that combination i think made him absolutely irreplaceable in the 1960s and '70s. >> smith: let's talk about that moment in time when he really did come back from vietnam after a couple of trips there. and have the courage to speak truth to power. bob schieffer, that was a seminal moment in america and how it viewed this war. >> yes. it was very different, harry. because we have so much opinion journalism now where so often you see, you know, the anchors say... they express their opinion. you know where they're coming from. walter seldom if ever expressed his opinion or took a stand on anything. so when he came back from vietnam and said this is going nowhere, basically what he said is we've got to find a way to get out of here. this is not working. when he said that it really meant something because walter so seldom ever took a stand on something like t

edward r. murrow and how he was conducted himself. by the early '60s, the kennedyonkite was the advocate of space and nasa and the armed forces, yet he also is a product of murrow descent that a reporter has to tell the truth, no matter what, and that combination, i think, made him absolutely irreplaceable in the 1960s and '70s. >>> it is hard to imagine walter chron kite as a young up and coming journalist but that is exactly how our next guest remembers him. len gumly is a former manager of cbs news studios in new york. len gumly joins us by phone from sarasota, florida. good you could be with us. give me an idea what your enter action was like with walter cronkite. >> well, it was quite interesting. in fact, the first week that i worked at that studio, i thought he and his production assistant were going to give me a heart attack. >> why is that? >> because, they would go on the air at 6:30 and at 6:20 and 25, they still weren't there. about 6:26 or 27, his production assistant who later became president of cbs, would run in and hand me the rundown of the show.

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kennedy name. >> with your qualifications, ted, if it was edward moore, your candidacy would be a joke.ut personalities or families. i feel that we should be talking about the people's destiny of massachusetts. >> reporter: a new hbo documentary tells the story of ted kennedy in his own words, based on his interviews and speeches, including his convention concession address ending his 1980 presidential race against jimmy carter. >> the cause endures. the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. >> reporter: it is a life of victories and defeats both political and personal, including the assassinations of his brothers, john and robert. >> i think about my brothers every day. >> reporter: also found in the archives, richard nixon heard here speaking with top white house aides about spying on kennedy. >> kennedy kind of embodied a lot of what nixon despised, the whole idea of this privileged family and being so liberal and so forth. >> of course, this documentary all the more poignant considering senator kennedy is now battling brain cancer. in spite of his illness, his office says

from the kennedy snakes to the moon landing and beyond he was always there to inform and educate us with the high standard and rigorous commitment to the truth that edward r. murrow set at cbs news. it was murrow who hired walter cronkite and put him in that position at cbs news. obviously the house minority leader reacting and we will get i'm sure reaction from the white house sometime soon and you have already heard president h.w. bush and his reaction that "barbara and i join the nation in mourning the pass sks walter cronkite. as a pioneer in television journalism he was a tower -- towering, respected figure. many americans heard it from walter that. kennedy had died or that man had walked on the moon. he is already missed." i'm sure we'll get a lot of these statements flowing in through the the -- throughout the next few hours. >> moraly simple -- safer says walter was truly the father of television news. the trust viewers based on him was based on his objectivity, fairness and he was a shoe leather reporter covering world war ii and the aftermath in the soviet union. i used to do a little bit of sailing. i bottle one of his books he had written ab