television commentator edward r. murrow was born in greensboro. he was known for criticizing senator mccarthy and his catchphrase "did night and good luck -- "good night and good luck." >> the international civil rights center and museum opened in greensboro february 1, 2010. museum tells the story of the sit-ins that happened in the city that launched a wave of sit-ins across the south. >> what happened here in 1960, february 1, four young men from north carolina amt state -- amt -- north carolina a&t state university chose that day to make a stand, really to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. so they took a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whites-only access to public accommodations and to being seen as a first-class citizen. they came here to this woolworth building and this lunch counter to sit down and be treated like a first-class citizen and be served against their policies and practices. this is the actual lunch counter area that's been preserved. some seats have been taken out in other areas t

edward r. murrow.e once said to a group of young diplomats that the most important link is the last three feet. one person talking to another. charlie: what is the most interesting part of your career? bill: i have been really lucky. i had a great run over those 33 years. from the early stages when i worked with secretary baker, it was a moment and kind of an intersection of historical developments. the end of the cold war, desert storm, madrid. german reunification. charlie: this is 1988? bill: to 1993. president bush 41, colin powell. i learned about how to think and act strategically. charlie: what did you learn? bill: a lot of the things we have been talking about. how to seize moments. baker, after putting a great deal of effort in developing a coalition helped achieve victory in desert storm. he saw the moment to move ahead to the madrid peace conference and make progress on the arab-israeli issue. in houston, he has a wall filled with cartoons. all of which were deeply skeptical about the first

edward r.murrow his name was edward r. murrow of cbs news gave a speech in washington saying i think it's probable that if seattle ever does get bombed, you'll be able to look up and see some university of washington sweaters on the boys doing the bombing. there was a mother in washington wrote to her daughter named anne and said anne, don't you think you and johnny who was her husband, and the girls there were two little girls should leave the west coast while you can? he had been a speech writer, he was head of the foreign policy asoelgsuation. and he came out to california to see for himself. he had lunch with earl warren who gave him his theory. i believe we're just being lulled into a sense of security. our day of reckoning is bound to come. it's a whole theory of organization in secret. walter litman came back to february, wrote those same things in a column. and, as the greatest liberalist in the country said to the smartest journalist in the country, that's partly what gave rose vemt the cover to sign order 90066. what he

edward r. murrow, the great cbs giant, in the u.s. information agency and the kennedy administration once said to a group of young diplomats said the most important link in the international communications change is the last three feet one person talking to the other. that's the essence of diplomacy. >> charlie: i said to rich at the end of the four years he was deputy secretary of state what's the most important thing you've learned. this is a man with experience with casper wineburg as you know better than i do. he said i didn't fully appreciate the human dimension of it, the person-to-person aspect, how crucial it was to be there and to see somebody and talk to them and look them in the eye so that they understand truly your seriousness of purpose as well as your preparedness for a negotiation. >> it's one of the many things i agree with. there's no substitute for that. the world is different. there are a lot more players on the international landscape, non-governmental players. information flows at an infinitely faster pace and mu

news business a sense of honor and discipline, at that time you had it all over and cbs had edward r. murrowonkite but these two, do you bring up the past? do you show the public how they could possibly get back to that tradition they had? >> this is the time for nbc to do exactly that. to cite chet huntley, to cite david brinkley. to cite all the people that made nbc news what it is. this is the time to do that. not talk at all about brian williams. if nbc doesn't say a word about brian williams force the next six months that is the right thing. brian williams -- david: you mentioned before what brian williams has to do, about coming out saying some things. would they give him the freedom to do that, or do you think they should keep him quiet? >> i don't think nbc has a choice. brian williams is the hottest ticket in journalism right now, even hotter than jon stewart. he can do pretty much anything he wants to do. he has to figure out what to do and how to do it. he has to associate himself with positive symbols that people say, these guys like brian williams, i like brian williams. he has

television commentator and journalist edward r. murrow was born near greensboro. he is famous for condemning senator joseph mccarthy and tori's catchphrase, good night and good luck. posted by time warner cable partners c-span recently visited many sites visiting the city's history. learn about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in greensboro, north carolina, standing on the battlefield of guilford. during the revolution, the british had moved their campaign to the southern department and had captured georgia and south carolina and were moving into north carolina to try to what they called, restore wrought authority. which meant, they would conquer the land. that is how they end up. guilford courthouse. it was march 15, 1781. general nathanael greene was pitted against the british army under lord cornwallis. cornwallis was making his march to north carolina, conquering the land. general greene wanted to stop that. nathanael greene was george washington's most trusted general. he was sense out. he was sent sou--he was sent south. the sout

edward r.murrow his name was edward r. murrow of cbs news gave a speech in washington saying i think it's probable that if seattle ever does get bombed, you'll be able to look up and see some university of washington sweaters on the boys doing the bombing. there was a mother in washington wrote to her daughter named anne and said anne, don't you think you and johnny who was her husband, and the girls there were two little girls should leave the west coast while you can? he had been a speech writer, he was head of the foreign policy asoelgsuation. and he came out to california to see for himself. he had lunch with earl warren who gave him his theory. i believe we're just being lulled into a sense of security. our day of reckoning is bound to come. it's a whole theory of organization in secret. walter litman came back to february, wrote those same things in a column. and, as the greatest liberalist in the country said to the smartest journalist in the country, that's partly what gave rose vemt the cover to sign order 90066. what he