and nally tonight, remembering author frank mccourt. he wasrofiled and interviewed on the newshour when hrose to fame ithe 1990s. rgaret warner has an appreciation. >> warner: "angela's ass," frank mccourt's moir of growing up poor inreland, bece a publishing phenomenon. it hit the best sell list in 1996, anremained there for 115 wees. t book sold more than five million coes worldwide, and made mccourt, a rired new york city schoolacher, a wealthy man. "angela's hes" chronicled with wit and comssion what mccourt called his "mirable irish catholic chihood," abandoned by an alcoholic father, long three siblings to diseasend lnutrition, and stealing support his mother and reining brothers. our elizabeth fnsworth spoke th mccourt when his book won e pulitzer prize in 1997. she asked him tread an excerpt. >> "i think my father is lik th holy trinity with three people in him: the one the morning witthe paper, one at night with the stori and the prayers, and then t one who dos the bad thing and comes home th the smell of whiskey and wants us t

from the vault, mccourt's appearance on "good morning america" on st.rick's day in 199 7. >> welcome back. if there is a publishing phenomenon this year, it is angela's ashes by frank mccourt. it is not the kind of book that ordinarily becomes a smash best seller. but it has been at the top of the best seller's list for some six months now. read verse fall i don't know in love with this story of a poor boy who couldn't take anything for granted, not food, not shoes, not even a few lumps of coal to boil a pot of water. mr. mccourt, people don't just read your book. they do fall in love with it. did you expect that kind of reaction? >> no. i thought i'd write it and retire into obscurity. >> i should be obscure again by now but it isn't happening. and i'm not yearning for it. i'm not complaining. i don't mind being here in the morning. >> you've been a teacher? >> yeah, 27 years teaching. nobody paid any attention to me. i write one lousy book and here i am. i'm the mick of the moment. >> and today is a good day to have you here. >> i'm the mega mick. >>

mccourt himself had been known and irish circuit. he was a character actor, lecture in creative writing. he actually had a fund of memoirs. he and his brother were usually associated with a slightly quirky side of life. people were taken back from that is sheer misery of angeles ashes, and some contended he exaggerated and came over the top. not least over richard harris's original claims that he had given mccourt money to bring back his mother's remains but he had not used as intended. >> there are many people with similar stories. >> partially it was a combination of ireland emerging into a different era, looking to put it behind. limerick, an area that has enormous extremes between wealth and grinding poverty even to this day, so you were beginning to see the advent of the celts a tiger and people did not want to be reminded but so many deepa had similar backgrounds -- people died of tb in many families. the fact that he put one episode on top of another, he was accused of some extent of overdoing it, but then when it was so well

greg milam, sky news, washington. >>> author frank mccourt has died of cancer in new york city.e was best known for the best-selling memoir "angela's ashes" about his poor childhood in limb rick, ireland. he went back to limerick with ed bradley of "60 minutes." >> we were always on the street when doctors came out. we didn't want to go home. and then the mothers would start calling from the doors down here, michael, paddy, mary, come in. come in for your tea. come in for your duck egg. come in for your toast. and then start bragging up and down the lane of what they were serving. and everybody had tea and bread, but they'd start making up sausages. nobody had sausages at that time anyway. and we didn't want to go in because life on this street was so exciting. >> frank mccourt was 78. when morning comes in the middle of the night, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly... to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking

. >>> frank mccourt has died. he was born in america but in many ways he was america's irishman which was a good thing because he left us one of the greatest memoirs of all time. >> when i look back on my childhood, i wonder how i survived at all. it was a miserable childhood. a happy childhood is hardly worth your while. worse than a miserable childhood is the miserable irish catholic childhood. >> frank mccourt was born in brooklyn but his irish born parents took the family back to ireland. his father was an abusive drunk and his family lived in a slum infested with vermin and filled with disease. he lost three siblings as a young boy. quit school at 14. somehow made it to a new york on a ship at 19. somehow enrolled at nyu, got his masters at brooklyn college, taught writing at new york state stuyvesant high school. then somehow managed to write about his upbringing in the book that became "angela's ashes." is his grim view of his irish childhood angered those back home. was almost too painful for many of us ir

. >>> frank mccourt has died of cancer. he was 78. he was best known for his 1996 book "angela's ashes." it became an international bestseller and was actually paed into a movie, you might recall. it was a memoir of mccourt's childhood in ireland set in deep foifr and neglect. he talk english in new york city high schools for 30 years before launching his literary career. >>> two new york state workers are in big trouble after allegedly turning a state parking garage into their own personal man cave. inspectors say the men used the garage to sleep, watch tv, even do drugs while they were on the clock. one worker may have even used a state vehicle to deliver marijuana. >> there was a television. there were couches to sleep on. there were, you know, games, playing cards, you know, kind of like a break room except ha the break room was where you could, you know, bag your pot and get high. >> wow. one worker is facing drug charges. the other is suspended without pay. >>> okay. let's get you some good news. an 11-year-old ohio boy who is t

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frank mccourt's memoir, "angela's ashes."born to irish immigrants coming describes growing up in brooklyn with an alcoholic father and the loss of three siblings. frank mccourt died july 19th of this year. this is an hour. c-span: frank mccourt, author of "angela's ashes," right before the show started, somebody said to me if i ask you where this cover came from, that it would tick you off. >> guest: that would, yeah. c-span: why? >> guest: well, i've been asked a million times. it's--well, it doesn't look like me anyway. that kid looks too well fed. c-span: who is the kid? >> guest: i don't know. somebody--something scribners came up with. some urchin from some strange place. it does look like--a little--it could be me. it looks like some lane in limerick--but he looks too--even--but i never had bare feet. my mother always made sure that we had shoes even though they were falling off our feet. but we wen--other kids went around barefoot, but we didn't. we were too snobbish. c-span: so the--when they--when you saw this book,

mccourt was suffering from meningitis and melanoma. he wrote "angela's ashes" after retiring from 30 years as a new york high school english teacher. >>> pope benedict xvi stood before hundreds this morning blessing them despite a cast on his broken wrist. it was the first public appearance for the pope since he took a fall at the papal vacation home. he thanked well wishers who prayed for his health. >>> north baltimore residents joined in the fight against bone marrow cancer tonight. with just a swab of your cheek like that you can register as a bone marrow donor. that's just what people came out to do tonight at ryan's daughter's restaurant in belvedere. friends are trying to find a donor match. the odds of two people being a bone marrow match is just one in 30,000, so what these folks are doing is really important. a great turnout. >> nice, isn't it. >> amazing. few really. >>> weather-wise, beautiful day, beautiful weekend. it's incredible that this is july, it really. is this is where we topped out today. only at 81 degrees. the

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his book became a best seller and earned mccourt a pulitzer prize.eat book. >> wonderful book. >>> 59-year-old tom watson was just eight feet away from the british open championship and one of the most improbable victories of all time. >>ut his nerves got the best of him. lindsay czarniak has more now in your sports minute. >> hey there. good morning, everybody. your sports minute on this monday begins with the british open, and after leading all weekend, it looked as though 59-year-old tom watson would make history as the oldest golfer ever to win a major, but yesterday the magic ran out. watson missed an eight-foot par putt to win the championship in regulation, and then lost in a four-hole playoff to stewart cink. cink won by 6, earning his first win in a major. >>> to nationals news. the nats of placed pitcher scott olsen on the 15-day disabled list with an injured back. the team remains winless under interim manager jim riggleman. yesterday, the nationals were clobbered by another alfonso soriano two-run home run. the nationals fall to the cubs

. >>> frank mccourt died of cancer yesterday.e was best none for angela's ashes that was an international best seller and made into a movie. mccourt passed away in new york at the age of 78. >>> the new harry potter movie is dominating the box office. its distributor estimates that it raked in almost $160 million in the united states since it came out last wednesday. add the international sales and harry potter and half blood prince has already made almost $400 million. dang. those are some of the headlines that we're watching for you this morning. 30 minutes past the hour. if you hit the snooze button and are joining us, gotcha. i'm robin meade. >>> the u.s. military is denouncing a video that shows an american soldier held hostage by the taliban. it says it violates international law. yesterday the pentagon confirmed the video does show private first class bowe bergdahl. >> i am scared. i'm scared i won't be able to go home. it is very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> well, the military says that bowe has been missing since the e

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and best selling author frank mccourt has died. best known for writing angela's ashes, a heart breaking tale of his poverty stricken childhood in ireland. he won a pulitzer prize for the memoir, he had been gravely ill with meningitis and treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, he was 78 years old. the white house is pushing the fast track toward health care reform and pitching a plan to the nation and the administration might be conceding that passage won't be possible before coping takes a break next month, but president obama's staff is anxious to assure americans his agenda won't cost as much as critics say it will. >> we're looking at what's happening with regard to new policy and with regard to new policy, this is deficit neutral over the first decade. >>, but the congressional budget office estimates that the house democrats version of the bill will add 239 billion dollars to the deficit over the next ten years. let's go live now to caroline shively in washington for the latest, hi, caroline? >> hi to you, j

m ccourt -- frank mccourt we did for late july for fame and fortune. he completed his memoirs, " angela's ashes," which dictates a life of smaller -- of squalor in and out -- in ireland. >> in my wildest dreams, i would not have imagined the reception and this book had. we were the lowest of the low. unemployed, cold, hungry. >> traditionally, the irish emigrates to america in search of a better life. his family did not. they went from new york to the slums of limerick. his book was based on those grim memories of poverty and watching his brothers died. >> six months after oliver went, there was eugene, cold and the bed beside us. the doctor came and said that child died of pneumonia. why was he not in the hospital long ago? quite see made his living as a schoolteacher and his success -- >> he made his living as a schoolteacher and his success came late in life. but not everyone was pleased. in limerick, there were those who felt he had blackened the name of his hometown and his mother described his recollections at one point as a pack of lies. >> her

. >>> frank mccourt has died.s a second act for 30 years he was a new york city public schoolteacher. then he wrote "angela's ashes" a memoir of his impoverished childhood in brooklyn and ireland. it earned him a pulitzer prize. he was 78 years old. >>> coming up on "america this morning," tom watson was a putt away from an historic british open win but it wasn't to be. your sports coming up next. [ announcer ] you make healthy choices every day-- oh, max! and you want to do the same for your laughab, lovable dog. [ barks ] that's why purina fit & trim is specially formulated... with high-quality protein, including delicious real chicken, to help him maintain lean muscle and a healthy weight, so he can make the most of every day. long live your buddy. long live your dog. purina fit & trim. i felt this deep lingering pain that was a complete mytery to me. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia muscle pain and then he recommnded lyrica., fibromyalgia is thought to be he result of over-active nerves that cause chroni

>> he will be missed. >> frank mccourt as well. >>> congrats in order for you, sir. "wake up with al" premiered on the weather channel. >> i think they'll let us do it again tomorrow. >> that trough that al mentioned it will keep chance of showers in our forecast through the way. just a slight chance for central maryland. 82 with partly sunny skies for the most part today. showers and the forecast through >> and that's your latest weather. lester? >> al, thanks. >>> now the new television tied to the investigation into michael jackson's death and how prosecutors may handle it. this as we learn of more uncertainty for jackson's three children. nbc's jeff rossen is in los angeles. jeff, good morning. >> hi, lester, good morning to you. today was supposed to be the day, the custody hearing, finally an official decision about who exactly gets michael jackson's kids. but there will be no hearing today. the judge put it off again and this morning we have new information about what's really going on behind the scenes. the jackson kids enter another week in limbo. paris, pri

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. >>> pulitzer prize winning author frank mccourt has died. best known for his memoir "angela's ashes," he came to fame later in a life after a career as a public schoolteacher. "angela's ashes" earned him the pulitzer. he'd been suffering from meningitis and died of skin cancer. he died this afternoon at a man hat hospice. >>> now is the time to book -- by car or plane, prices are going down. you can fly round trip to dozens of cities from d.c. for less than $100. >>> an end to this beautiful july weather, sorry to say. steve's in with the work week forecast. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. start at buschgardens.com. it's the all new sesame street forest of fun... at busch gardens in williamsburg. with four family-friendly rides... and everyone's sesame street friends. ( elmo giggles ) ♪ big and small! there's fun for all! ♪ >>> an atheist group is suing to keep god off t

. >> mccourt also wrote "angela's ashes" after retiring as a new york city high school english teacher. the guest of honor couldn't make it but that didn't stop the party. a sture studded birthday bash held in new york this weekend to pay tribute to nelson mandela on his 91s birthday. gloria gainer kicked it off. performers included aretha franklin. nelson mandela gala crowns a week of celebrations honoring the legendary rights activist who battled appar tied in south ave ca. >>> south -- south africa. >>> rolling out a new mobile adoption unit today. volunteers can now take dogs and cats anywhere in the county. in just one hour today four cats and a dog found new homes. this afternoon the mobile unit rolled into the dulles town center in sterling. gave people a look at the animals that are looking for homes. >> to be able to take them all at once, make them comfortable. climate controlled. it is great. we are happy to have them out here. >> people don't want to make the drive out to waterford. we understand that. anyone that sat in route 7 or route 9 traffic understands that. we want

. >>> author frank mccourt has now passed away. he was best known for mauricio grana"angela's ashes." he went on to write other books. he was 78 years old. >>> time for a check on some business headlines live in chicago. good morning. >> good monday morning to you. after those nice gains we saw from stocks last week, it looks like we will get a higher open this morning. we are looking at that ahead of a private report on the economy's future prospects. economists say the conference board index of leading economic indicators probably rose in june for a third straight month. it would be another indication the economy is emerging from the worst recession in five decades. some developments regarding michael jackson. there is a bidding war on video. sony and 20 center fox and general electric's universal pictures are all bidding to obtain distribution and dvd right to e footage. the rights to 100 hours of film footage are expected to get $50 million. and that is business news. i am reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. >>

frank mccourt passed away yesterday after a battle with skin cancer. he is best known for a memoir about his impoverished irish childhood. he was 70 years old. >>> there is toilet trouble aboard the international space station. >> if you could put and out of service note on the whc. >> it stands for waste hygiene compartment. there are two toilets on the space station, and one of them broke down yesterday. there were doing complicated robotic work. wrecked it has been deactivated and told the crews not to use it. >> there is only one twilit working now. things could be difficult. there are 13 people there. -- there is only one toilet working now. there will try to fix it again today. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. 13 people, one bathroom. >> that is a lot of weight time. >> we have a different kind of weight. this is at 270 and 118. only one lane in getting through leaving father hurley boulevard. you get the feel of that back up. no backups on 66 through falls church. good on 395. i have nothing to worry about on the george washin

mccourt taught creative writing to high school students in new york.neral service for legendary news anchor walter cronkite are set for thursday in manhattan. an aide to cronkite said the service will be at st. bartholemew's church. a memorial also will be held at the lincoln center for the performing arts. but that date has not been announced. cronkite's remains will be cremated and buried next to his wife in kansas city, missouri. walter cronkite died friday. he was 92. so what do you think? i think i'll go with the basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. >>> hi. welcome back. it is easy to get bogged down in all the back and forth over health care reform. we want to take a closer look at how reform affects you. that's really what it comes down to. >> that's right. >> we're talking about plans in the house, plans in the senate. all of this is about what's in the plans. maybe not as much attention as to what's in the plans. we're really stuck on how to pa

. >>> and mccourt is best known for his memoir, "angela's ashes."was published in 1996, and it became a best-seller. the book earned him the pulitzer prize. >>> and next at 11:30, the latest on the developing story. we are following a missing u.s. soldier now appearing in a video for the taliban. >>> also ahead, bikers on alert, two wheelers are a target for criminals. >>> and plus a story of how a family made it out of this burning car alive. you don't want to miss it. >>> could we be in for an unsettled week? tom has we fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home and when you switch now, you can get a free compaq mini netbook. just pay shipping, handling and taxes. with fios, you'll get razor-sharp tv, blazing fast internet and crys

. >>> sad news here, irish author frank mccourt has died. he is best known for his best selling book angela's ashes. he was diagnosed with meningitis a few weeks ago. he died yesterday. he was 78 years old. >>> madonna was in france yesterday even though her concert scheduled for last night was cancelled there. she went to visit workers injured while putting up her stage at the local stadium. she spent time with the family of a man who was killed in the accident. two men died and eight others were hurt thursday when the set's roof collapsed and fell on the crew. >>> is paula abdul leaving american idol? her manager tells the l.a. times he hasn't gotten a new contract for the singer to come back as one of the show's judges. earlier this year fox's president called abdul an integral part of the show. we'll have to wait and see. auditions for the 9th season of idol begin next month. >>> harry potter proved to be magic at the weekend box office. harry potter and the half blood prince earned nearly 80 million over the weekend and 159 mill in its

. >>> best-selling author frank mccourt has died in a hospice. the 78-year-old was known for his pulitzer prize winning book "angela's ashes." born in new york city his meme yarr conles his poor childhood. >>> this is walter crone site, cbs news, good night. >> from the great wall. >> a memorial service will be held on thursday in new york for walter cronkite. the legendary newsman died on friday. he was 92. he spent 19 years as the anchor on cbs. after thursday's memorial he will be buried in missouri next to his late wife. >>> sunday was a busy day for the "endeavor" crew. they used the robotic arm to lift a platform. it holds batteries that will be installed later this the week. nasa wants to store as many big spare parts as possible at the international space station before the shuttle stops flying at the end of the year. >>> two crew members will try fix an out of service toilet aboard the space space station. we are honored this morning to have a nasa astronaut with us as the world celebrates apollo 11th 40th anniversary. the first mother i

. >>> this morning we note the passing of author frank mccourt. he is known for his best- selling book angela's ashes. he was diagnosed with meningitis a few weeks ago but died of melanoma in new york. he was 78 years old. >>> monday, december 5th, 1977 this is walter cronkite, cbs news, good night. >> a memorial service will be held on thursday in new york for walter cronkite. the allege dare newsman died on friday. he was t # 92 years old. he spent 19 years as the anchor on cbs. after thursday's memorial he will be bier bury next to his late wife betsy. the two met in kansas city. >>> our time ising aafter the hour. in ten minutes the new students out there, many old enough to have college kid of their own. >>> and in three minutes the amazing response to our hero central story from last week. what viewers like you are saying. first a focus on weather and traffic. here's howard. a beautiful weekend but the clouds moved in and the humidity is inching up we will watch for a chance of showers lair on. as far as the temperatures are concerned not as

. >>> frank mccourt has died. he passed way at a hospital advertise in new york city. he is best known for ang had's ashes, a memoir about his impoverished childhood. it bece an infant sfaifert favorite with critics and readers in 1996. >>> several memorialed are now set for tv introduce icon walter cronkite. a larger memorial is expected to be how old in a couple of week at lincoln center in new york. he was 92. >>> coming up next, what gourmet luxury is now affordable because of bad economy. >>> take a look at. this buzz aldrin and neil armstrong with us this morning in the fox 5 studio, pretty much. it is actually their wax figures courtesy of madam tussaud's and they are here to mark the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. what was the first animal se into space in was it a monkey, a dog or was it a rat? think about it. we'll have the answer oming up after the break. coming up after the break. oh, what's this? breakfast. it's kind of early, buddy. you've got to need to take some cholesterol off you. honey, have you been reading the cheerios box again? he got that

. >>> best selling author frank mccourt has died at a hospice. he was being treated for melanoma and meningitis. he was known for his best- selling angela's ashes. the book about his childhood after his immigrant parents returned from island was awarded the pulitzer prize. >>> sunday was a busy day for "endeavor" crew. they used the robotic arm to lift a platform loaded with space station parts out of the shuttle. the platform holds batteries that will be installed later this week. nasa wants to store as many big parts as possible at the international space station before it stops flying at the end of next year. >>> two crew members will try to fix an out of service toilet aboard the space station. it flooded yesterday. >>> today is the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing. what's the best way to celebrate the even? some advice when we return. >>> and nearly a dozen people are recovering after a multivehicle wreck in maryland. here's howard. >> out here on the weather terrace. not as comfortable as we get more humidity in the air and the clouds

. >>> funeral plans are being planned for irish author frank mccourt.g memoir "angela ashes" he died after losing his battle with meningitis and emphysema. he was 73 years old. >>> the u.s. military is condemning the taliban video of captured private bowe bergdahl. they state extremist group is exploiting the soldier and in violation of international law. the private disappeared from a military base three weeks ago. in the video he said he is scared and wants to go home. >>> the white house is stepping up its campaign for a new health-care system. it is urging the public not to prejudge the effort until gress writes the final plan. susan roberts reports for wjz that the current proposal is a work in progress. >> reporter: white house is sticking to its august deadline for overhauling the nation's health-care system. >> we can make that. we are working toward that. >> reporter: president obama will step up his campaign this afternoon during a roundtable meeting with health-care providers. he says reform may be the single-most important issue in getting t

the and mccourt died,' was a teacher for writing. angela's ashes, his childhood in ireland.nd said f. scott fitzgerald says there are no accidental lives. he died of cancer. i'm julie banderas, now back to huckabee only on fox. >> mike: he started his career as a standup comic and since has written sitcoms, acted in movies, was a television shows. this weekend is going back to his roots and for the first time in 20 years is making a special engagement return comedy routine right here in new york city. ladies and gentlemen please welcome, tom arnold. [ applause ] >> how are you, buddy? has to say. >> mike: so glad to have you hear tonight it's good to be here. >> mike: i know your hometown is, ottumwa, iowa. >> thirty people can. >> mike: great people in that state a lot like arkansas. when you grew up to do when they think you would be on the stage and do television and movies and all that stuff to cute growing up in iowa is like robin arkansas that world is so far from you stack you have dreams. and you do things in school and things like that but no good out of high school

>> he will be missed. >> frank mccourt as well. >>> congrats in order for you, sir. "wake up with al" premiered on the weather channel. >> i think they'll let us do it again tomorrow. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. stephanie abrams, my co-host. >>> let's show you what's going on as far as your weather today is concerned. you'll see that basically the jet stream, band of air, has a big ridge of high pressure out west. we've got a trough in the east that's bringing rain along the eastern seaboard, sizzling conditions out west. temperatures will be sizzling. we are looking at temperatures in the 80s and 90s out there. >>> good morning. this monday morning starting off cloudy and on radar we do have light rain now falling just near fredericksburg in spotsylvania county. should be moving into the western suburbs of washington, perhaps in a couple hours. temperatures around the region in the 60s to near 70 degrees. d we'll see it only climb in the low 80s. quite a bit of cloudiness. there's a small chance of a passing shower or maybe an afternoon thundershower

tavit mccourt. >> we've been talking about the dramatic reversal they made. i stayed long on. that i believe that rim is a beneficiary of that corporate customer that april is not necessarily going to see. having gotten the iphone myself, i still see you need to have your blackberry that you get from rim right now. >> it is a mistake that rim is going much harder in the consumer space with the launch of the latest blackberry? >> they have a model right now that is working.g. everyone is getting so competitive right now in this environment. i don't know necessarily that rimm should be moving so far away from what you said is clearly working for them right now. i think this, rimm heading into earnings tomorrow for apple, take some off the table. >> do you think rimm that, was an overall market trend going higher, the space that it's in or just looking forward to telephone? you know, are we going to see something out of, you know, telephone? >> there is also which is a topic of conversation for another time this mean reversion trade. a lot of the tech stocks right now fall into t

. >> we show frank mccourt talking about "angela's ashes" on book tv. >> author harry stein has talked about how he changed his life by going left to right. >> how with c-span funded? >> mainly through donations. >> there is a sponsor ship -- >> taxpayer funding. >> of the government? -- the government? >> 30 years ago, american cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> now, president obama talks about health care legislation. this is just under one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good evening. please be before i take your questions, i want to talk for a few minutes about the progress we are making on health insurance reform and where it fits into our a broader economic strategy for the six months ago i took office amid the worst recession in half a century. we were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month and our financial system was on the verge of collapse. as a result of the actions we took in those first weeks, we have been able to pull our economy back from the brank. we took steps t

. >>> pulitzer prize winning author frank mccourt has died. he was gravely ill with meningitis and treated for skin cancer. he was famous for "angela's ashes" recounting his childhood in ireland. it turned him into a literary celebrity. he spent three decades as a high school english teacher in new york city. >>> president obama pushing health care reform today. he'll be speaking at the children's national medical center this afternoon. the president has been waging an all-out campaign to gain support to help the 46 million americans with no health care. cnn jim acosta live in knoxville, tennessee where you had a chance to see firsthand the struggles that people who have no health care are facing. >> reporter: that's right, kiran. you may be wondering with this health debate going on how the uninsured go about getting treatment. in many cases they rely on charities like this one in knoxville called remote area medical. they have been caring for the uninsured for decades. it started before sunrise. people in wheelchairs and holding babies waiti

in the bottom box, and now author of "angela's ashes" frank mccourt has died. michael steele says the new health-care plan will hurt the economy and forced millions to drop their current coverage. >> the president is rushing this experiment through congress so fast, so soon, that we have not had a moment to think if it works, or worse, the consequences to our nation, economies, and families, if it does not. trace: wendell goler is at the white house. what is the gop strategy here? >> republicans want to capitalize on new polls released showing americans are growinstarting to be concerned h health care reform. still, more people support reform than oppose it. michael steele tried to reverse that trend, calling the plan risky. >> candidate obama promise to change. president obama is conducting an experiment. -- promised change. he is a pair minting with the quality of our lives, experimenting with the quality -- economy, and experimenting on necessarily with our tax dollars. >> he accuses the president of pushing us toward a socialized health-care system. trace: