gill began's island that wrecked on the cruise was ss minow. >> were you shocked by the reaction?ked. i think it was because print media was jealous about television and made a fuss about it. >> one of newt minow's many brushes with. >> working with stevenson, minow came up for idea with televised debates with president eisenhower. >> they thought it was perceived as a gimmick and many thought ave would not do well, it was rejected and never proposed. >> after stevens on lost minow had suggestions about the next election. >> i said, jack, you probably could gets the next election next time. >> he looked at me and said, vice president? vice president? i'm going to run for president. >> kennedy won nno small part because of the televised debate with richard nixon. >> by funny coincidence, my college roommate was one of the questioners, one of the panelists. >>you are thorest gump off of t places. i've certainly been history. >> president kennedy begins a tour of u.s. space center. >> kennedy pushed to putnam on the moon for russians, minow focused on communication satellites. >> the

newt minow, thank you very much.nk the country is greatful to you for what you did 60 years ago and ever since. thank you. >> judy, bless you, and hope you keep on doing what you are doing. >> woodruff: thank you, on behalf of all of us. such a thrill to be able to talk to newt minow and congratulations on the 60th anniversary of that speech. and we ask all of you to stay with pbs tonight-- you will not want to miss yamiche alcind in her debut as the new moderator of "washington week." you can make it a weekly ritual, as yamiche brings insight into the politics of our times. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here on monday evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, have a good weekend. thank you, please stay safe, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> fidelity wealth management. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> bnsf railway. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for

chris: it's one of minow's many brushes with history.ng for democratic candidate adelaide stephenson in 1956, minow came up with the idea for televised debates with president eisenhower. >> they thought it would be perceived as a gimmick and many of them thought adelaide would not do very well so it was rejected and never even proposed. chris: after stephenson lost, minow had advice for a younger politician about the next election. >> i said jack, i said if you are still interested, you probably could get the vice presidential nomination next time. and jack kennedy looked at me and he said vice president? vice president? he said i'm going to run for president. chris: kennedy won in no small part because of a televised debate with richard nixon. >> by a funny coincidence, my college roommate, eddie vanoaker turned out to be one of the panelists. chris: you're kind of the forest gump of the second half of the 20th century, aren't you? >> [laughter] >> i pop up and very, very odd places. i certainly have been blessed and blessed to see a lo