he's seen it all. >> he was on the air at the time lyndon johnson passed away. son's press secretary at the time, called cronkite while he was on the air. and he took the call during a commercial. but he didn't have all the facts by the time he was back on the air, and so when the camera came back up, he said, "wait a minute. hold on. i'm learning something here." and stayed on the phone talking to tom johnson until he had the who, what, why, where, when. and then told the american public that lyndon johnson passed away. >> i'm talking to tom johnson, the press secretary for lyndon johnson. it was reported that the 36th president of the united states died this afternoon. >> now, in all this day, when it has to be perfect, and it has to be right, and you can't make a mistake on the air, and all of that, cronkite understood, "hey, we're about learning stuff here. we're about finding out things." and so he just told the american public watching his broadcast that night to wait a minute, "while i find out what's going on, and then i'll tell you." >> they tell me this

lyndon johnson, you heard about the lyndon johnson treatment.really encompass pressuring for me. it was flattering and seducing. he told me, i cannot be everywhere i need to be. there are so many millions of people up there working their hearts out, sacrificing their time, talent, and a treasure for me. they need to be thanked. i cannot be everywhere i need to be hearing the problems and needs and concerns of people across this country. i need you to go and be my eyes and ears and make that difference for me. i believe sam. [laughter] -- i believe hied him. [laughter] adolescents can be inartistic time when you're 16. -- can be a narcissistic time when you are 16. my father recognized that i would enjoy that if i were interviewed and ask questions by people everywhere we went. he gave me homework. it was to be able to name three people i have met and three things that were important simi every yvette. it sounds like it is easy. i covered 26 states by myself a 16. can you imagine that level of trust in a young person? i felt that trust with a hea

and lyndon johnson and bill clinton. you know, we've made this effort. and we know that if you don't get it done this year in a campaign year which next year will be with all of the members of the house up, with a third of the members of the senate up and all that that means here, that it's highly unlikely we'll get it done. so we haven't been rushing it. this bill has been out. the public, it is on the internet, my committee side, of the other committees, the members, we have been holding town hallsing telephone town halls, i'm doing one later tonight, several thousands of people in my district to walk them through the bill to discuss it with them. and i think in the house we are a big breakthrough in the last couple of days where the blue dogs decided many of them could sport the bill with some changes. those changes are being put in the committee today. so i think it's been a pretty deliberative process in terms of the involvement of members of congress and the public. >> all right. i think we have to leave there. thank you for joining us. >> thank yo

. >> you know, when lyndon johnson had left office, this is another remarkable story.gotten a call from his press secretary, former press secretary. when they came back from the commercial they were in the middle of the evening news he got the details that johnson had died. one minute, one minute, i'm getting information here, he continues the phone call for at least 13 seconds, he hangs up, turns to the audience, i have just been on the phone with lyndon johnson's press secretary he has died. he was about to get the story and getting the facts. those that walk the halls of cbs whether it's at fox or any other networks in the world we live in we emptying body what he was. -- we embody what he was. >> susan the day he was journal identified the one we're in. today we have computers, facebook and we have twitter, i just want to read one twitter message that touched me. i think it's so interesting because of technology, without all this technology. i want to read it. i'm quoting here, walter cronkite will be known as the patron saint of broadcast journalism. >> that is ex

vice president lyndon johnson has left the hospital. >> reporter: for a flicker of a moment that day,iewers 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 sort of the national meeting place. >> the finality of it overwhelmed me. this said, "it's all true." it had happened. it was over. it was done. we're about to bury it, bury so

both the kennedy and lyndon johnson administrations were terribly wrong to have pursued a military action beyond 1963, he later said. before joining the administration he was president of ford motor company. after leaving the pentagon he spent 12 years of leading the world. he was 93 years old. more legal trouble for former washington, d.c. mayor who is charged with the misdemeanor of stalking after woman flagged down a u.s. park police officer saturday and said that barry was following her . the woman is a longtime friend of his whose for some reason turned on him. he was released and is expected to appear in court later this week. a problem you see more and adults than children -- doctors report seeing more kids with kidney stones. but doctors say you can do to stay healthy. >> a nice clear stand for this afternoon, plenty of sun. i will let you know how long it will last. right now we are sitting pretty at 81 degrees at both d.w.i. marshall and at the inner harbor. >> changes are coming to office. they are revamping to give users more control over what they share. the changes will have

. >> it had such impact that the president of the united states, lynd lyndon johnson is said to have lamented if i've lost walter cronkite, i've lost middle america. that couldn't happen today, one journalist so trusted today, his words could matter so much andh the way it is now ain't the way it used to be. rest in peace, uncle walter. i'm john donvan for "nightline" in washington. >> and late tonight, president obama released a statement after learning of walter cronkite's death. he was someone we could trust to guide us through the most important issues of the day, a voice of certainty in an uncertain world. the highest standard for all wh d all of us alher ae at nbcews extend our sympathies to his family. we'll be right back. n want the inside scoop on healthy hair? ask the experts. [ male announcer ] best shampoo self magazine. experts at good housekeeping agree. they gave it their seal. [ male announcer ] pantene delivers damage protection results leading salon brands can't beat. [ stacy ] beauty experts agree. [ male announcer ] best beauty buys, instyle. and the real experts,

i do think this is a lyndon johnson moment. this is a president who won with a pretty big mandate. lot of pent-up needs in the country, particularly in the democratic party. i they they've got the numbers in the senate and the house. if this president doesn't act now before next year's election year kicks in, i think he would have lost an opportunity. so i think he's doing the right thing. >> okay. eleanor and jonathan, that's going to have to be a wrap. jonathan, nick says he's sorry to you for it being uneven. >> perfectly fine. take care. >> don't let him off the hook like that. eleanor clift and jonathan allen, thank you. >>> now to a story about bad monkeys in india. they've become such a menace that a school is being set up to teach wild monkeys to quit messing with humans. this youtube are -- wildlife officials in india want to teach the misbehaving monkeys to stop attacking people and act more like wild monkeys and attack their own, or tigers. you're watching msnbc sunday. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins with your sunday forecast. after a stormy saturday afternoon in the

back in 1968, lyndon johnson said if we've lost walter cronkite, we've lost america.he nixon administration, from about '69 to '74 in direct conflict with the national media, especially tv. network news was the primary source of information for two-thirds of the american people. and we thought we were in a battle for control of the agenda, with the networks who controlled the access to the american people. but that was the most influential period, i think, in television journalism history. it will never be like that again. and walter cronkite, and frankly cbs, were really number one, and they were looked to, teddy white says in his book, making the president in 1972, that this was a campaign of nixon versus cbs. primarily and mcgovern was down at number ten. it was an extraordinary time of network power and influence. and there's no doubt who was the most influential and respected figure in network journalism, was walter cronkite. >> were you watching him, peter, during those iconic moments of television news? >> i grew up with walter cronkite, i think, as so many did

i think it was just another drop of water in a great torrent that was overwhelming lyndon johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the center of the nation. he retired in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite, good night. >> in the last few months of his tenure he was given 11 years including the presidential medal of freedom. he continued to host specials on cbs news and remained on the division's board of directors for ten more years. in 1985 he was the first newsman aside from edward r. murrow to be inducted into the television hall of fame. even in his retirement he was active in television. during the 1996 presidential campaign cronkite led the fight for free airtime on tv networks for presidential candidates. in his final years he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries and an avid sailor on his yacht. as television news grew out of its infancy, walter cronkite helped it mature. in short he was television news. i'm eric sean, fox news. >> walter cronkite who died i

i think it was another drop of water in the great torrent that was overwhelming lyndon johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel the story to the center of the nation's headlines. he retired from the evening news in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite. good night. >> in the last 10 months of his tenure, he was given 11 award, including the presidential medal of freedom. the continue to host specials on cbs news and remained on the board of directors 10 years. in 1985, he was the first man to be inducted into the television hall of fame aside from edward r. murrow. even in retirement, he was active. during the 1996 presidential campaigns, he led the fight for free air time on tv networks for presidential candidates. he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries, and an avid sailor on his yacht. as television news group, walter cronkite helped mature. in short, walter cronkite was television news. >> and that is the way it is. >> walter cronkite, who died today in new york, at the age of 92

i think it was another drop of water in the great torrent that was overwhelming lyndon johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel the story to the center of the nation's headlines. he retired from the evening news in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite. good night. >> in the last 10 months of his tenure, he was given 11 award, including the presidential medal of freedom. the continue to host specials on cbs news and remained on the board of directors 10 years. in 1985, he was the first man to be inducted into the television hall of fame aside from edward r. murrow. even in retirement, he was active. during the 1996 presidential campaigns, he led the fight for free air time on tv networks for presidential candidates. he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries, and an avid sailor on his yacht. as television news group, walter cronkite helped mature. in short, walter cronkite was television news. >> and that is the way it is. >> walter cronkite, who died today in new york, at the age of 92

lyndon johnson remarked "if i've lost cronkite i've lost middle america." >> i don't believe that was a deciding matter at all. it was just another droven water in a great torrent that was overwhelming not lyndon johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the headlines. in the last few months of his tenure, cronkite was given 11 awards, including the presidential medal of course freedom. afterwards he continued to host specials. in 1985 he was the first newsman aside from edward r. murrow to be inducted into the television hall of fame. even in his retirement he was tive in television. during the 1996 presidential campaign he led the fight for free air time 0 on tv networks for presidential candidates. in his final years he was a highly sought-after public speaker, host of documentaries and avid sailor on his yacht. as television news moved out of its infancy, walter cronkite helped it mature. >> that's the way it is -- >> i'm erik shawn, fox news. >> walter cronkite, dead tonight at age 92 some 28 ye

it was lyndon johnson who ratcheted up the war against that insight and against the experience of the friend: -- of the french. i know a lot of my friends like to blame the media, but that was unwinable unless i was won by the south vietnamese and cronkite pointed out the obvious. i was curious, the war wasn't going well, [ inaudible ] >> war was going fine. [ talking over each other ] >> it happened to be liberals who were talking. >> does anybody doubt that cbs news led the charge onyx son against watergate? >> someone should have. >> my point is it is a liberal network. they were [ inaudible ] >> i think it is a liberal network but that doesn't expunge nixon's guilt. he was a crook nixon violated the constitution to say that is not a liberal or conservative -- it is a fact. >> and westmoreland had a problem with cbs news. >> he sued them. >> there is this new poll out interest "time" magazine asked: now that walt are cronkite is dead who is america's most trusted newscaster? guess who wins? jon stewart 44%, brian williams 29%, charlie gibson 19% and katie couric, only 7%. john stew

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lyndon johnson disinvited him to the white house, everybody turned against dr. king. i knew this. went back to do some research on this. turns out that the last public opinion poll done about dr. king had his approval rating at the same level as george w. bush's when he left the white house. and we celebrate king and this iconic figure 40 years later, 41 years almost. but he dies on that balcony in memphis with the same approval rating that george w. bush left the white house. that's how low m.l.k.'s approval rating because of his opposition of the vietnam war. i asked you because you were out vocally opposed to the war as dr. king. had you navigated that moment where people thought you were crazy, thought you were insane, thought you were as wrong as king was for being so violence -- so vocal in your opposition to the vietnam war? >> well, i started early. i went on -- i created a march, i think, in early 1960's before it was even official, the war in vietnam. -to-orwere already out against it before it was official. >> we had advisors over there. and i thought well, we should ge

on the one side, we're celebrating the 55th anniversary when lyndon johnson passed the civil rights act in 1964 so precivil rights era there are a lot of things we were not given access to that could help us accumulate wealth. therefore, you're getting a lot of first-generation investors that might not have had as much inheritance. secondly we have over a 90% consumption rate within black and hispanic communities. >> of income. >> yes. >> 90% of income. >> what we're doing is sometimes using debt to purchase things that we don't need to impress people we don't like, so we have to make sure we're being a lot more diligent about what we have to make sure we can save and start thinking more toward the future. >> we all need to be more diligent, i think. barb, i want to dig into your study a little more here. you have another interesting finding i was surprised by, and that's who invests in stocks and at what rate. tell us your findings and what they tell you. >> right. so, when it came to how much people invested in equities, we saw a disparity especially among the african-american communi

lyndon johnson gathered all of his advisors in a room after his huge 1964 landslide victory -- second largest in democratic party history -- and he said, "look, every day, i lose power. every day, i lose votes. you've got to get medicare fast." in that sense, obama has learned an important lesson from history when he says, "do it by august." as amy just implied, every day he loses a little bit of the luster, and six months from now you know what "nightline's" going to be covering. the midterm elections. that's going to make it almost impossible. one lesson -- speed. >> woodruff: amy, at the same time, the president -- the speaker today, when she said "i do think we have the votes to get this done" there was immediate push-back from the conservative blue-dog democrats, they said, "wait a minute. where does she get that idea?" >> because she knows -- it goes to the point about the midterm elections -- there are 49 democrats right now that sit in districts that john mccain won. that's very important to remember. these folks know they're on the line in 2010. and if they take a very diffic

and the great quote from lyndon johnson, if i've lost walter cronkite, i've lost middle america. he was -- however impartial in the sense of having made that conclusion, he continued to report on the cbs "evening news" on a daily basis about the war, reflecting the johnson policy and then the nixon policy. but he came to hate those kinds of wars. i talked to him in 2004, in the fall, shortly before that election, he was for john kerry, no question about it. he made no hiding of that. and he was so against the war in iraq. he thought it was a foolish war. he thought it was something we shouldn't fight. now in, the days when he was anchor, you would not have known that except for that exception on vietnam. after her left the anchor chair, and by the way, john, we at abc were quite pleased in the sense competitively, the rule at cbs was established at 65 you had to go. that was bill pailly's rule. he created cbs. frank statin, great president, he made let go at 65. walter cronkite had to leave. he was at the height of his power. he had stayed and not had the rule which he would have

then he quoted lyndon johnson's words five days after the assassination. no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquent honor president kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought for so long. the 33-year-old senator's voice broke and the chamber fell quiet. he started again haltingly. my brother was the first president of the united states to state publicly that segregation was morally wrong. his heart and soul are in this bill. he had to stop again. of his life and death both had a meaning, he said, his voice was so low it was beryl audible. -- barely audible. we should not create oppression that lead to violence but lead to peace which echo that letter he got from his dad. after one of the largest filibusters in history with lyndon johnson's pressure the bill finally passed more than 2 months after ted kennedy's speech the filibuster ended and the senate approved the bill and that was the beginning of the long civil rights legacy. it was a legacy that ted kennedy has nurtured for 47 years. he voted

but that war went on longer under kissinger, and nixon than under lyndon johnson. so you can't, if you were opposed to the vietnam war, you can't think well of mcnamara, but if you're somebody who believes the vietnam war, for instance, the right today believes the use of the vietnam war to argue against the war in iraq is a terrible thing. so you can see in all of the commentary on mcnamara from the right and left, you can see mcnamara was a cold war figure. whatever he did later on. he was the chief architect of the vietnam war, the chief policy architect of the vietnam war, just as dick cheney and wolfowitz and kristal were that for the iraq war. >> you were in moscow for part of the time of the vietnam war. >> i was at -- at the beginning of the vietnam war, i was workinging for "the washington post." so i wasn't involved in typical anti-war activities, people my age were. because you couldn't work for a newspaper then and be out on the streets demonstrating. i was not initially as opposed to the war as i later became, quite frankly because i wasn't paying atte

kennedy and lyndon johnson has died. the wife of robert mcnamara has been in poor health for some time and passed away at his washington home this morning. he was 93 years old. >>> lights, camera, action! still ahead on abc 2 news at 5:30, who is letting some kids in baltimore take over television. ferocious growling. september, he started doing the housework and caring for his 7- year-old daughter elizabeth. >> you know, in spite of being laid off, i feel like i'm so blessed. when i get a phone call from my daughter and she daddy, i don't feel well, can you pick me up, and i'm able to do it. >> reporter: when chuck lost his job, he became a stay at home dad while his wife kept going to work. >> there is definitely like old- school thought process on staying at home and being a male where you're supposed to be the provider and everything. >> reporter: in tj mckenna's book, he lists five mistakes new stay-at-home dads make. trying to do things the way their wife did them, not asking for help, worrying about the mr. mom st

here the president has to come in and play the role of ted kennedy, that lyndon johnson did and great presidents do when they're a administrations didn't -- agenda is on the line. >> the leader of the house, nancy pelosi, because they have no serious proposal for handling control of costs. her answer was, well, we will have to look at the race to fraud and abuse issues, which is an insult to our intelligence. separately, prevention issues. there is study after study that shows prevention is nice, saves your life, produces -- but it does not save money. enact increases in expenses. they have no serious answers as to how to control costs and that is how they have to end up with huge increases. >> there are serious answers that they are not biting the bullet. >> we don't have somebody like a danny rostenkowski of ways and means committee or mills, who know how to push these issues. >> and he doesn't have tom daschle, either. >> putting words on it -- we live in a free lunch era. tax increases of any kind are to be avoided. and the reality is they are going to have to be enacted the acros

this is where the president has to come in and play the role of ted kennedy, that lyndon johnson did, great presidents do when the administration's agenda is on the line. >> one person who has not distinguished herself in this debate is the leader of the house, nancy pelosi, because they have no serious proposal for handling control of costs. her answer on that issue was, well, we will have to look at the waste, fraud, and abuse issues, which, of course, an insult to our intelligence. secondly, we will have to look at prevention beard there is study after study that shows prevention is nice, it saves you a life, pain, but it does not save money. actually it increases expenses. they have no serious answer on how to control costs. that is why they have to end up with the huge increases in taxes. >> there are serious answers but they are not biting the bullet. >> you don't have some and how someone like dan rostenkowski -- or mills. >> and they don't have tom-all -- tom daschle. we live in a free lunch era. tax increases of any kind to be avoided. the reality is the mother going to have

. >> reporter: lyndon johnson observe feerksd we've lost crone cierkts we've lost the country. cronkite was always rock in turbulent times. >> the body of dr. martinsville was returned to his home in atlanta today. >> don't push me. >> i think we've got a bunch of thugs here, dan. >> president nixon left behind a letter to be submitted. >> this is my last broadcast as the anchorman of the cbs evening news. for me it's a moment for which i long have planned but which nevertheless comes with some sadness. >> reporter: that same year, president jimmy carter presented cronkite the medal of freedom. in one of his last contributions to cbs news, cronkite leapt his voice to today's broadcast. >> this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. >> reporter: no matter how many people occupy that chair walter cronkite will always be viewed as the one who made it comfortable. >> old anchormen don't fade away, they just keep coming back for more. i'll be away on assignment, and dan rather will be sitting in for the next few years. good night. >> reporter: cronkite's family was by his side w

-- probably as close as we have ever been inetting major alth care legislation enacted since lyndon johnson. wod be perfect? by no means. but nstitution wasn't perfec we have had several amendments. the social security ac has changed many, many times sinc been put o the books. thisill happen in health care, too. but thfact is you have maj players interested in doing something. obama sai he t the paramers and has s staff worng face to-fa with members o congress. i don't see m n being engag. i see him and engagedn a way that is productive. >>there is no free nch in washington. >> of this is a very expensive lunch. cbo said $1.60 trillion. and the central contradiction but on the one hanhe wants to expand covage. that costs more. on the oth hand he tells us over and er ain thathe big reat to our fiscal health and a future and to our economy is the posure of health ca costs. this is not a solutio this would make it worse. >> how can you say it mas it worswhen you ven't seen the bill? it ha't been done. >> cbo already scored the fit atmpts. a prosal. not the act. >> ok. $390 billion msing here.

. >> reporter: president lyndon johnson reportedly declared, quote, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america, unquote. long after he left the anchor seat, he kept speaking out, about wars and reporters and the relationship with each other. and lots of other things that mattered deeply to the american public. >> 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: he was cronkite, the modern master of the anchor chair. perhaps the first and last for this generation, to matter so much at a time when the globe found its axis on tv. because of the way he was, night after night, whether speaking of the stars, bomb blasts, common people, or uncommon politicians, history in the making. for making history himself. >> old anchorman, you see, they don't fade away, they just keep coming back for more. >> reporter: wolf blitzer, cnn, washington. >>> and we have sam donaldson on the phone right now to talk to us. sam, are you there? >> i am here, campbell. >> tell me your memories. tell me

the big bills get done by the august recess , whether it was lyndon johnson, bill clinton, george w. bush. that's when the presidents have momentum, and they fear if congress goes home, they won't have the support in september. >> and they are worried that lobbyists, who may support interest groups opposed to this will pick it to death? >> reporter: what they're going to try to do is not give the lobbyists a target, and the members will go home talking about principles in the month of september, and doing what the president is going to do tonight, warning about the consequences of nokt acting. >> george stephanopoulos, thank you. and abc news will have live coverage of the president's news conference. it will begin at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central time. >>> the government today asked for thousands of volunteers to roll up their sleeves to test the first h1n1 swine flu vaccine, beginning next month. there have been more than 40,000 confirmed cases of the flu in the u.s. 263 people have died. and there is growing concern about what will happen this fall when flu season begins. so, here's

lyndon johnson called "the cbs evening news" when i was actually on the air and insisted that they put him through to me on the air. the secretary said, "but he's on the air, mr. president." "i don't give a damn where he is. put him on the phone." >> reporter: he assumed the anchor chair of the evening news in 1962. >> good evening. from the cbs news control center in new york, this is walter cronkite reporting. >> walter cronkite was the man who most americans turned to to find out what was happening, to be comforted in times of stress, to be reassured that as bad as things might be, there was a feeling of continuity. he provided that continuity five nights a week. >> supreme court today legalized abortion. a flurry of activity at the jack ruby trial. the risk of a meltdown at the three mile island atomic power plant. >> reporter: and he was with us during america's darkest moments. >> 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. and i almost lost it there. >> his authorit

have a situation with an aging president pro tem -- i don't remember carl hayden sitting behind lyndon johnsonafter -- when johnson took over the presidency, and you had mccormick and hayden as the two people sitting behind the president when he was giving -- speaking to a joint session of congress and it sent chills through everybody. so you should -- clearly, the majority should be in the line of succession and he's not an officer of the -- official officer of the senate so you make him an official officer by changing the rules and make him a president pro tem. that's a relatively minor fix. i have a mixed view in terms of designating people outside of d.c. i can understand why that's necessary. my preference would be to continue to have the cabinet be in the line of succession, though, you should reorder the priorities of the cabinet members. it shouldn't just be an accident in terms of the creation, the time that the cabinet position was created. there are good reasons to put the secretary of homeland security fairly high up, maybe not in the top four but maybe at the fifth or sixth. and t

about this -- probably as close as we have ever been getting major health care enacted since lyndon johnson. will be perfect? by no means. the constitution was in perfect. we have had several amendments since then. it the social security act has been amended several times since it has been put on the books. this is going to happen with health care, too, but you have all the major players interested in doing something. and obama said he set the parameters and that his staff working coast-to-coast, face-to- face with members of congress. i don't see him not being engaged. i see him engaged in a way productive. >> there is no free lunch in washington. i don't care what anybody says. >> a very expensive lost, $1.60 trillion. there is any central contradiction. on the one hand, he wants to expand coverage. that costs more. on the other hand, he tells us over and over again that the big threat to our fiscal health and to our economy in -- in entirety is the explosion of health care costs. this is not a solution. this would make it worse. >> how would you say it makes it worse when not in the bill

we all know the famous story of how when lyndon johnson heard what walter cronkite had said he said if i've lost walter i've lost america. walter always sort of seemed to express what the national mood was. i mean, you know, when john kennedy was assassinated our hearts were broken. you can see that in walter's face. his heart was broken too. when the man stepped... took that first step on the moon and i'll never forget walter, you know, taking his glasses off and saying, oh, boy! that's how everybody in america felt. once glen... once again, walter not in words but in his whole demeanor found a way to express what the whole country was feeling because that's how he felt too. >> smith: did he read like that for you, senator? >> i think bob put his finger on it. i think walter went for the facts. he didn't give a lot of additional opinion and his own views and so on. people would automatically think, well, they might be true or might not be true. he stuck with the facts. i think that's the reason he came to be trusted so much was because people knew that when they heard from walter cron

kennedy who recruited him and lyndon johnson.was vilified for his role in vietnam, though in his later years conceded that the u.s. had made a mistake there robert mcnamara was 93 years old. >>> the government's cash for clunkers program is underway across the nation. and while dealerships are expecting to be busy, scammers are already busy trying to take advantage of the new program. tonight we'll tell you everything you need to know so you don't fall victim. >>> and what was it that so many people saw and heard overnight in northern baltimore and harford counties? we'll tell you what police and norm thinks it was. >>> last night i gave you a 2- degree guarantee for today of 85 degrees. the high today 86. we hit our 2-degree guarantee seven days in a row. we'll try to make it eight. the complete forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. [ applause ] >> the dow gained today, but investors are still worried about how long this recession will last. the dow gain in order than 44 points. the nasdaq lost more than nine, and the

in 1965 lyndon johnson signed medicare. if the folks who voted for that medicare bill back in 1965 could have seen -- looked into the future and seen the unfunded liability we are leaving now to the next generation of americans, do you think might have tried to do some things differently? i believe that they would. we are kind of a the same promontory right now. to look over not the next election or even next presidential election, let's look over into the next generation and see what we are putting in place and what we are leaving for the folks who will come after us. they want us to do our job. there is some pressure to get something done, but they want us to do our job. the american people want us to do our job. >> if you look at some of the reasons why things are going up a little, for example, business is becoming nervous. the ceo of verizon came and spoke to a republican caucus and said we want reform, but we do not want a public health option. that is because no government program has ever required accountability fro

the report was credited with swaying president lyndon johnson. >> we do know that when he saw this on the air, he said if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. and apparently that had some influence. from dallas, tax, the flash apparently official, president k kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. at that moment if i realized what i had been covering, emotionally, my god, this young man is dead. our president is dead. and it gripped me for a minute. took a second to recover. i'm not ashamed of it. it was all, i think, perfectly natural. >> liftoff. >> looks like a good flight, oh, go, baby! that's my biggest disappointment in life is that i haven't made it into space. when john glenn was announced that he was going to go up the second time and he was going to test the effects of age, the effect of space on age, i called him up. he's a good friend. i called him up, i said john, this isn't fair, i'm two years older than you are. if anybody is going to test age, i ought to be going. he said maybe i'm better qualified. bu

i think back 1965 when lyndon johnson, texas president signed medicare and wouldn't -- if the folks who voted for that medicare bill back in 1965 could have seen the looked into the future and seen the unfunded liability that we are leaving now to the next generation of americans, do you think they'd try to do some things a little differently? i believe they would. we're there now. and to look over now the next election and let's look over into the next generation and see what we're putting in place and what we're leaving for the folks that are going to come after us. and they want us to do our job. yeah, there's some pressure to get something done. but they want us to do our job. the american people want us to do our job. >> if you look at some of the reasons why things are coming up a little bit, for example, businesses become very nervous. now, the head of the c.e.o. of verizon, who is the head of the health committee of the business roundtable, came and spoke to the republican caucus and said we want reform but we don't want a public health option. we don't want a public health opti

every biography written of lyndon johnson is walter cronkite's name in it tonight that's right. president johnson said if i lost walter cronkite i've lost middle america. that was the barometer. and it was a turning point. in any journalism school studies -- when you talk about television, walter cronkite and his contribution to the craft. i think we look back at all of the major events through the 60s, 70s and early 80s, cronkite is there. and that's why so many people are reflecting today. >> is definitely an icon. but they are reflecting on the life and legacy of walter cronkite. we will talk with other colleagues and friends and business throughout the morning c-5 we have are correct mood booster with the whether but as a lookout there. >> rick: not a bad day. a pretty good weekend. a good start across the state of maine but these storms that moved through yesterday it will be gone and we will see a nice day today and tomorrow. you see this line of storms here, it'll hang out and shift the little back toward the west this week so tuesday wednesday and thursday we're talking

it was overwhelming lyndon johnson. >> his focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the center of the nation's headline. walter cronkite retired in 1981. in the last 10 months of his tenure, he was given 11 awards, including the presidential medal of freedom. he continued to post specials and remained on the division's board of directors for 10 years. in 1985, he was the first newsman aside from edward r. murrow to be inducted into the television hall of fame. in retirement, he was active in a television. during the 1996 presidential campaign, he led the fight for free air time on networks for presidential candidate. in his final years, he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries, and an avid sailor on his yacht. television news crew out of its infancy and walter cronkite matured. walter cronkite was television news. >> that is the way it is. >> i am eric shawn. fox news. >> once again, a tv news legend walter cronkite has died. he was 92 years old. we will take you back to "the o'reilly factor." o'reilly fa

>> that day, lyndon johnson. >> that is right. and what was his first name?? >> august 27, 1908. >> that is absolutely right. what is your favorite planet, just out of curiosity. i know you want to be a astronaut. >> my favorite planet is mars. >> why do you like mars? >> because it's red and red is my favorite color. >> do you think when you get there it will be red though? >> yeah. of course. >> do you want to go to mars one day? >> yeah. >> what would you do once you get there? >> um, well, i can look at the volcano. >> the volcano. that would be fun. did you know what i wanted to be when i was your age was being an astronaut too and the one thing i wanted to do more than anything was pee on the moon. >> pee on the moon? [ laughter ] >> and do you have fun, do you like doing tv shows and doing all these quizzes and this sort of thing? >> yeah. >> you do? and you have a brother or sister, anything like that? >> one sister. >> how old is she? >> 3 years old. >> is she a genius too? >> um, no. [ laughter ] >> well, we'll give her a little bit of time, right?