even though mitchell hasn't had a lot of tries at long field goals. again came into this game without making one from over 30. >> doug: it looks like man coverage here for the first time in the drive. here's your opportunity, both offensively or defensively to make a big play. >> dan: down the sidelines, incomplete. and he wanted the 6'5" prater again. >> doug: boy, if he had kept that inbounds, prater might have made a play on it. he had an opportunity here working one on one with butler. butler does get his hands on him. which is a bonus from last week. he struggled in one on one coverage. there he did a decent job of staying with him. >> dan: the height differential there, butler only six feet, prater 6'5". second and ten. 30 seconds to go. siemian down the middle and he was a little high. looking for mchugh. third and ten, clock stopped with 29 to go. >> doug: wow, all-out blitz. man-to-man coverage, all over the field. austin collinsworth in coverage trips and falls. it's a touchdown if the ball is on the mark. >> dan: the ball is spotted at the

which means in some level that mitchell mcconnell is a survivor. he gets ahead of the wave. >> that's true. it also means that rand paul wants establishment credibility. i think he's gaining a lot of standing within the party. he wants to run as a more mainstream republican than his background, which is quite libertarian. and so it was a confluence here, the need of mitchell mcconnell, but also the need of rand paul. >> woodruff: very interesting survivor politics that were being played in the state of kentucky. >> ifill: absolutely. >> woodruff: we want the hear now what it's like on the ground in some of the key states we're watching tonight. harry convenient vaw sin is in our newsroom. he'll talk with reporters across the country all night. >> sreenivasan: thank you, judy. castration is not typically a word you associate with politics, but one woman used a pledge to cut pork to grab headlines. congressman bruce braley is hoping to keep a democrat in the senate seat being vacated by tom harkin. it's considered a must win for democrats if they wan

a rare conversation with joni mitchell. coming up right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> joni mitchell is one of the top ranked talents the contemporary music. i appoint them to look at her new four disk collection of her 53 remarkable songs remastered and reimaged called love has many faces. before we start our conversation we take a look and tribute to her. she wrote this song when she was just 21. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't give yourself away ♪ ♪ i really don't know love ♪ i really don't know love at all ♪ ♪ >>> joni, 21. you've been prolific a long time. >> yeah. there's a trumpet player named ambros who's new on the jazz seen. he said joni, how do you it. >> i said what. >> he says, how did you do it, 21, whatever. i says, i don't know. you know, i was under contract. i had to deliver. this is some kind of duty. >> there are a whole lot of folk on contract who haven't put out the stuff you've put out for all of these years. >> you do say first in this book. i want to jump in. can i just say that i'm amazed by the packaging. we will talk about that.

mitchell's comments stayed in the paper. to be honest, i was frightened.d i were 28 and 29 years old, a raw threat from the former attorney general, probably the official closest to nixon was not normal in the course of business as we knew it. the statement about doing a little story on all of us was chilling. we knew a lot about how they operated, dirty tricks, abotage, espionage but ben didn't miss a beat. he was not just cruel but, hey, this is a great sorry. get it in the paper fast. he couldn't wait to tell catherine graham who stopped by my desk the next morning and asked with a smile did i have anymore messages for her. [laughter] lets think about this for a minute. we live now in an era where too many of us run afraid. look for and we embrace the safety play, what will the boss think, what will the president of the board of directors do? my god, i'm vulnerable. i better be careful. i better seek comfort in the company line or the party line. how do i stay on the main road? an outlandish number members of congress now, democrats and republicans hold

we also have joining us mitchell warren who units. avac. used to be the aids vaccine advocacy coalition. we're now avav i'm on the board. we have a big conflict of interest. mitchell talks about the where the research is from a leading advocacy organization focused on hiv prevention. a margie mcglynn is here that runs the international aids vaccine initiative. iavi. runs one of the partnerships bringing together a multiple set of actors to accelerate the development of an hiv vaccine to hear from here where iavi is and where her partners and prospective from leading pdp in this area. format we'll have 30 minutes for dr. fauci to give us sort after presentation, plenary talk and we'll move to mitchell warren of avac of eight other ten minutes of comments. margie mcglynn as well eight or ten minutes of comments. then we'll open up the pan fell for you to give questions and i will moderate that. a good chance for to you engage with them on discussions where we are with hiv vaccine research and where it is coming. so, dr. faw economy, over -- f

his name is jerry mitchell.ought of as maybe a genius, when he started tracking down really cold cases. he helped to track down a case in jackson, mississippi, decades after a killing took place. in mississippi decades after the klan thought they got away with it. 40 years after that bombing, jerry mitchell's reporting helped send another klansman to prison for that crime, even though the klansman had moved away from alabama and seem to be forgotten as a suspect. in 2006, jerry mitchell was named a finalist for covering those cases in the civil rights era. at the time, his newspaper had been going through layoffs and that genius award bought time, freedom and attention and recognition. and what that translated to in his career in journalism is that it basically earned him the right to work on big, long term stuff, stuff that needed lots of lead time and tons of sources and the stuff that you can't do with two phone calls and a rough draft. but now look at what that work has turned up. jerry mitchell spent the la

mitchell warren runs avac. one of their job system to bring the community into these discussions, he needs to translate some of the b-cell, envelopes, into languages people like me understand. we asked mitchell to do, to how do you generate the advocates to make sure they have adequate -- former secretary of health, and a former president gave us ten years, we keep running on. one of the thing that is mitchell has to do is to get people excited to keep the money flowing and so they don't get ahead of progress. >> mitchell. >> the magic is being introduced by a board member, the hard part is following mr. translating complex science to a range of people, and issues back, someone working in the field, we often see people compart mentalized. i am i think dr. fauchi is a translator as much as as of us, when when they come together, it is try for hip, and i was thinking bl what to say after dr. voucher, i went back seven years ago, we did a bit of a sound track. three different. my favorite is that is "we are on a r

mitchell? >> >> mitchell graves from the management of the health services system. i'm going to present from october 2014. starting on slide 2 on page one, i want to mention that we had open enrollment for the first time in the wellness center in the first floor of the building at 1145 market. >> sf govtv, we have a presentation. it's like talking to the wizard of oz. >> magic. >> now we are talking to bill gates. >> we wish. [ laughter ] why don't you go ahead. >> we were having our first enrollment for the first time in the wellness center and that worked well. speaking to the people not only about open enrollment but wellness and wellness activities and well being assessment was very successful for us and a good working relationship just like brothers and sisters do. just a few trafficking or traffic issues with people how we get people through there successfully but other than that it was very successful. so back to a few of the numbers, this year we received about 1,000 more applications than last year and higher than 2010. we are counting the type of changes t

this kind of touches on what you were saying, mitchell. what do you think will be the for aold for efficacy vaccine that are we going to be looking at the silver bullet or 50% efficacious vaccine that combined with prep or combined gets use circumcision, to ta100% and how do you communicate that effectively in the community that thinks it's bullet?er >> a couple of you touched on the fact that this is combination prevention so when we're doing clinical research with all these other eitherntions, individually or together, start to result in a high level of preventive benefit, how do you find a 50% or 60% vaccine, or is it hidden behind other interventions? >> i'd love to see the search a silver bullet stop now. if we're searching for a silver welet in this epidemic, should focus on something else. i don't think that will be one. defeatist but realistic and i think of the signs of efficacy that regulators do but we know from trial, the regulators were clear that the 30% number enough.ood the number often bandied about was 50% but i think we

one by one, the revenue around mitchell disappeared. they fired him. there was a huge headlines and newspapers and big shock along the way. this really showed that there was some substance to charges about irregularities on wall street. stock exchange was like a private club whether than public entity. the democrats had just won the election 1932 and were coming into power in march. the incoming chairman of the committee duncan fletcher said we want you to stay and continue this investigation. he wrote a memoir and gave a long oral history about his experiences. he talked about the time of franklin roosevelt's inauguration. looking at the window and seeing charles mitchell walking by himself with his suitcase to union station. there were hotels all around the plaza here. here's this man that showed up with all this revenue of bank officials and everything else all by himself leaving in the process. that led to him carrying on an extremely ex tensive and careful investigation of wall street banks and brokerages. he was not a senator. he was the chief co

i am matt mitchell. i am the artist for 100 faces of war experience, portraits and words of americans who served in iraq and afghanistan. it was so apparent how little i knew and how much i needed to listen and how much i think veterans needed to be able to talk. >> learn arabic and have to have good interpreters. our interpreters were professionals. we had doctors. >> i wanted to do a survey that would include from beginning to nd these wars from 2001 up until the final year. this is supposed to be the final year. we'll see if that actually happens. >> in the military, there is a certain code of honor and respect that you kind find in the sector. there are things you don't have to worry about when you're walking the streets of the u.s.a. when these guys get out, they're lost. >> i don't know if i can really express what it's like to have the 100th painting done at this point. so i never imagined it would take nine years. >> what i truly love is that idea of what the project came to be. we have got to li

he talked about seeing mitchell walking by himself to union station.he man was all by himself leaving. he showed up with a retinue of bank officials but he was all by himself or it -- that led to pecora carrying on an extensive and careful investigation into wall street banks and brokerages. he was not a senator. he was the chief counsel. often this is called the pecora investigation. it is the only investigation known for a staff person rather than for the chairman of the committee. it's mis-identified sometimes as the pecora commission. there was no commission. it was a committee, the banking committee of the senate. that was very important because the senators were also anticipating a questioning and listening to witnesses. that led to some of the most significant financial legislation that congress has ever passed. it really helped not only to get out of the depression but also to shore up the american economy and the financial system for the next 60 years. it's major legislation that stayed on the books, including the glass-steagall banking act, t

i'm andrea mitchell in new york. dr. craig spencer is on his way home, ebola-free today. >> my recovery from ebola speaks to the effectiveness of the protocols in place for health staff returning for west africa. i am a living example of how the protocols work and how early detection is critical for surviving ebola and ensuring it is not transmitted to others. >> after months of national anxiety, there is no one being treated for ebola in the united states. life is returning to normal for kaci hick ox having shown no symptoms of any virus. >> i remain really thankful for all of the support we received. and also a bit disappointed at some of the negative things i have heard. i hope that one day we as an american culture can learn to show compassion instead. >> ron is coordinating the federal government's response for the obama administration and joins me from the white house. thanks and great to see you. does this mean you are confident that there won't be more cases of ebola? >> today is a milestone, but as the period sa

bush from the oval office, reaction from senate leaders bob dole and george mitchell on capitol hill, and the east german ambassador, from the national press club in washington. we will also hear the speeches that president kennedy and reagan delivered in berlin in 1963 and 1987, respectively, that galvanized her lenders and the free world. first we go to the white house where president george h.w. bush held an informal oval office press conference on november 9, 1989. as events unfolded in berlin, he was criticized for not appearing to share in the jubilation. they are his closest aides and historians ascribe they resident determined not to provoke a backlash by soviet hardliners. >> what we wanted -- take a brief statement here. the latest news coming out of germany. i welcome the decision by the east german leadership to open its borders to those wishing to emigrate or travel. if it is implemented fully and it conforms with helsinki -- if they are signed, and the gdr goes forward and the old building will have very little relevance. it clearly is a good development in terms of huma

. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports."y races in a dead heat as the gop tries to take back the senate. >> i'm a marine who tries to take the hill. when we take the senate, we have to be bold. we have to be loud. >> if the gop does take control, an up and coming star said his party needs to take a long hard look in the mirror. >> i think you have to show up and you have to say something. there is a huge opportunity for us. >> it's the final push with the big names and the big money trying to get their vote to swing your way. >> we don't need to import a senator. >> we are surging. we have momentum. >> get to the polls. that's how we are going to win this race. >> raise all the money we can raise. >> we will be selecting with some kentucky bourbon indeed. >> good monday to you. i'm peter alexander for andrea mitchell. it is crunch time across the country. election day is tomorrow. both parties see a map to a senate majority, but our new poll shows republicans with the edge in kentucky. mitch mcconnell might be more confident

i'm andrea mitchell. president obama will address the nation on why he is going around congress to take action on immigration. valerie jarrett is senior adviser to president obama and joins me now from the white house. thank you very much for being with us. >> good afternoon. >> good to see you. tell us what the president is going to be out lolining tonigh. millions of people will be affected. what can be tell us about the actions? >> certainly, andrea. he is looking forward to having a chance to address the union and the american people tonight to talk about how he will improve security at the border and focus on prioritizing the deportation of felons and not breaking up families and figuring out ways of improving opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators and high tech folks to stay in our country. he is looking at everything he can do within his authority and there limits to his authority to try to fix our broken immigration system. it has been two years now since he was in las vegas and began advo

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mitchell? is puttingink ross hope over experience. if politicians tomorrow said from now on the minimum wage is $1000 an hour, it would be great. what if it is $100 an hour, that would cause unemployment. scale, theown the employment effect will get smaller as the minimum wage gets lower. just as if you raise the price of gas one cent, that may change demand by this bunch, but if you change it by one dollar, it will change them and by that much. we are talking about a market for workers. you cannot repeal the laws of economics. one thing where ross and i agree, he talked about the experience of the 1990's. if you have a fast-growing economy where there is an increased demand for labor, especially people just entering the workforce, the lower skilled positions him and that is good news. you wind up paying higher wages as an employer because you are trying to compete to bring people to your company. far as i'm concerned, if we care about low income workers, whether teenagers are heads of househol

one by one, the group that were around charles mitchell disappeared. the bank fired him. while he was testifying here. there was a huge headline in the newspapers and big shock along the way. this really showed that there was some substance to charges about irregularities in wall street. wall street was unregulated at this time. the stock exchange was like a private club rather than a public entity. so the democrats had just won the election in 1932. they were coming into power in march. the incoming chairman of the committee said, we want you to stay and we want you to continue this investigation. pecora gave -- wrote a memoir and gave an oral history about his experiences. he talked about being in this building, in the russell building, in 1932 about the time -- '33, about the time of roosevelt's inauguration and looking at the window and seeing charles mitchell walking by himself with his suitcase to union station. there were hotels around the plaza here. and here is this man who showed up with all this group of bank officials and everything else, was all by himself le

>> katherine mitchell: chaos.elley: doctor katherine mitchell was co-director of the emergency room. how well known was it inside the v.a. in phoenix that veterans were going months without getting an appointment? >> mitchell: everyone knew that, everyone that worked at the phoenix v.a. for any length of time. >> pelley: and when she reported the problems, she was reassigned to an empty clinic. >> mitchell: in 2013, i submitted a confidential o.i.g. complaint regarding the life- threatening issues within the phoenix v.a. system. >> pelley: dr. mitchell was among the first to blow the whistle. >> mitchell: i had veterans who had survived world war ii, who had survived pork chop hill, who survived the battle of fallujah, who had gone through so many situations of combat, where it's a life and death situation. and yet, i could not guarantee their safety in the middle of metropolitan phoenix in my e.r., because we didn't have adequate staffing or training. >> pelley: a nationwide investigation confirmed the phony wait

i agree with mitchell. we know we have prevention but the issue of human nature and lack of adherence to that. highlye to pick out the population and efficacy to offer them things like microbicides. the day human nature will win over and there will be people who will get infected and hopefully you will get enough people in this ready. >> i will be a little controversial for my background introducing other vaccines and looking at the barrier to vaccine adoption. i introduce hpv vaccine and have 100% efficacy. the common strains included in the most common out there. the insuredg at population because you either have private insurance or was covered by the vaccine for insurance program. the threet up take in dose regimen in less than 40% of teenage girls. a lot of barriers. i think we will see it in some of the developing countries as well. strive we really need to for 65-70%. i would hate to go to market was 50% effective. i think you will have all sorts of barriers put up. we also ran scenarios and i talked

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andrea mitchell said, because obama is not out there and they are? exactly. >> clinton makes choices about resources. hillary wasn't directing campaign in the gop funds or anything. >> christy made four trins in maryland. the obamas were in maryland continually and he got some help from clinton. there were cars going up and down my street with the bull horps on the top saying, make history again with michelle obama's voice. i thought -- it's what lyndon johnson did in the hill country in 1956 to get elected. these guys are serious. >> as a journalistic matter, you want to report on people who are big names that come to your state. anthony brown, he has no national attention, by the way, because of those polls. he got clobbered. >> he was a terrible candidate, number one. he ran a terrible campaign. he wouldn't come and do a debate in baltimore. he didn't. they had an empty chair in the democratic primary for him. terrible candidate. but larry hogan was not a politician. he was not very well known. and having christie there, i think because of his lac

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andrea mitchell sitting next to al sharpton. same thing with chuck todd. they make no distinction between an activist between al sharpton and journalist like chuck todd. you have al sharpton analyzing the race in pennsylvania saying how successful people were in getting people out to vote for the democratic cause and he is the activist getting them out to vote for the democratic part. no distinction, that's outra outrageo outrageous. >> all right, fox news, even beat the broadcast networks in ratings with 6.6 million viewers. >> really, we have not made enough of those numbers. you and i go -- well, i go back to late '70s when dan rather and cbs and nbc owned election night coverage. we partsed them like we were covering the kremlin. how come that person had to sit at the second furtherest desk. they owned it. to see fox dominate the networks is astonishing. and also, you know, what was it, only 8 years ago, 10, 12 years ago, cnn owned cable night election coverage. to see them swamped by fox was, i think, a seismic shift. >> come for the coverage, stay fo

stage two--attack mitchell.urns into a giant pile of nutella, i'm the one he's gonna blame. well, no, not this time. you know what? i'm gonna do the fast with you. i think it's a great idea, and we should do it together so we're on the same team, you know, us versus food. i know what you're doing. and i really appreciate it. (chuckles) no, it'll-- it'll be good for me. i've actually put on a few pounds. yeah, well, you know, i didn't want to say anything. (man) as the stock market plummeted, brave young men took to the skies, ushering in the golden age he daredevil. how awesome are people? so awesome. (doorbell rings) you wanna get that, buddy? i'll pause it. hey, luke. how's it going? i-- hey, uncle mitchell. i really can't talk. i'm trying to watch a movie. oh, okay, well, i just wanted to drop off this bag of junk food. go on. uh, cam and i are on a juice fast, so having this stuff in the house-- i connected the dots. see ya. oh. seeing that weird, wonderful little man pursuing his dream of walking on a tight

malcolm mitchell. clock with 20 seconds to go. >> [crowd noise]. >> verne: douglas. 4 seconds on the clock. touchdown. >> gary: it was douglas. a nice try by georgia. hutson mason got out of the pocket a couple of times and broke it down. he wanted that last stop right there. >> verne: marshall morgan for the extra point. >> gary: don't be too greedy. >> verne: i don't either. [laughing]. 3 seconds to go. it's an 18 point florida lead. >> verne: will muschamp allowing himself a little emotion. >> gary: the iron of will muschamp. he holds the missouri deep offense to 120 yards. today his defense held georgia to 460 and they win going away. >> verne: hmmm. 38-20. morgan. kicks. the block never started. hunter joyer recovering and unnecessary verbiage breaking out. >> gary: as loud as the crowd grot in the missouri game. now will is in his bunker mentality. the talk shows talked about florida needed to make a change. and foley hung with him for at least one more week and got dividends in this victory. he'

. >> this is frank mitchell who was appointed in 1965. this is on the centennial of lincoln's assassination. he is from springfield. there is the link in connection. connection.r he is here with gerald ford and les arrons. then after a few minutes discussing some things with them, we when intuit anteroom and -- into an anteroom and cameras, still video were there probably 8 or 10 of them. and other reporters asking questions. it was quiet the whirlwind experience. i want to emphasize this was 1965. mitchell of springfield, illinois, became the first negro to serve as a page in the house. a clipping from my hometown newspaper. >> for a long time we thought that mitchell was actually the very first african-american page to serve. but we were able to do some research about the reconstruction period. which is interesting because you have african-american members serving in the house for the first time. there is a total of 20 who served in the latter part of the 19th century. and what you see at the staff level is that there are african-americ

. >> frank mitchell appointed in 1965, this is on the centennial of lincoln's assassination. a lincoln connection, a civil war connection. he's here among others, congressman gerald ford and congressmanless aarons. > les aarons was the whip. after discussing with them, we went to an anti-room and cameras still video where they are probably, i don't know, eight or 10 of them and other reporters asking questions and it was quite the whirlwind experience. i want to emphasize. this was 1965. >> frank mitchell the first negro to serve as a page in the house of representatives, the clipping from my hometown newspaper. >> for a long time, we thought mitchel was actually the very first african-american page to serve in the house. but we were able to do some research about the reconstruction period because you have african-american members serving in the house for the first time. there's a total 206. who served in the latter part of the 19th century. two over in the senate. and from the staff levels. african-americans in appointed positions. ur emmroifee, was in 1871, a member who rep

nicole mitchell has more. >> straighten the wheels out. there you go. >> on highway 10, probably about 15, maybe 20 in the ditches and so fort. >> st. cloud minnesota, one epicenter of a major arctic blast descending over the lower 48, cars, trucks, tractor trailers stuck in snow blanketing a dozen states. a semi packed with live turkeys skidding off the interstate and flipping over. locals say it's the largest prethanksgiving winter storm in 20 years. >> it's definitely a snowstorm of november, i guess, one to remember. >> this chain reaction crash sending 16 vehicles to the body shop, hundreds of crashes in just a couple of hours as the mercury plummeted. in springfield, colorado, temperatures fell from 78 degrees to 47 degrees in one hour. colorado dropped 22 degrees in six minutes, plows and shuffles out in force across wisconsin with nearly two feet of thick wet flakes falling in just a few hours. similar scenes in south dakota where whipping wind and frigid air sent the area into a deep freeze. hundreds of flights were canceled and k

. >> nicole mitchell is tracking the system. good morning. ice and snow. >> and this is live, so this isn't something from over the weekend. i'll have more on the cold side and what happened with the system to shoot all this cold air southward, but the snowy side of it this morning, this is minneapolis and you can see traffic starting to move a little smoothly, some of that snow coming in at 3:00 a.m. specifically here, but it is making through that south central portion of minnesota, they're saying slow conditions and snow covered roads through that central portion of the state moving in from the dakotas into wisconsin, as well this morning. here's how all this shapes up through the day. heavy cores of snow and then it moves into the great lakes. it's mostly a today event where it is right now and then tomorrow, less moisture as this continues to move along, but in the meantime, it is going to dump a lot of snow. this is our first big snowstorm of the season for the upper midwest. some places, minnesota into wisconsin, easily over a foot of

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good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. just one of the cities along the east coast where travelers are already dealing with the elements in this big holiday storm. this is the reality for drivers along interstate 76 in philadelphia and at reagan national airport. just the first wave of weather that will impact millions of people over the next 12 hours. nbc meteorologist bill karens joins me now with more on the national forecast. bill, what are we expecting? >> well, andrea, we're getting to the heart of this storm. it's almost getting to the point where you need to tell people. i know you want to get to your loved ones, but is it worth it? going on the highways at the peak of the storm. is it worth the risk? that's a personal decision everyone has to make. i'll give you the information of how you can avoid some of those highways that are going to be the ones you want to be off of. right now, the storm has really intensified. it has a ton of moisture with it. this one had a connection all the way to the tropics. dumped 7 i

cbs news, correspondent karena mitchell explains. >> marry matthews sees something new in the aisles>> this is a whole bunch of stuff on the shelves now that has everything pumpkin. >> reporter: it is in the just pie filling anymore. pumpkin is popping up in all kind of products from pretzels and coffee cream tours ice cream and oreos. >> pumpkin or yeses, that is interesting. >> reporter: you can even find it in vodka, and dog food. >> just a big craze now. >> reporter: grocery store owner steve sloan says shoppers are eating it up. >> with the increase in demand we have brought more stuff in, so we have seen our sales increase. >> reporter: sales of pumpkin flavored goods jumps almost 4 percent last year to 308 million-dollar, and the craze for things like pumpkin flavored beer, keeps growing. marketing experts expects food companies to roll out even more pumpkin products in the future. >> it is basically add to go many products that they already made. from a cost of goods standpoint it is not really that expensive. >> reporter: mary says she will come back for more but not everyon

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our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the nation's highest civilian honor awarded today to 18 great americans including the man who coined the phrase, the greatest generation, nbc's tom brokaw. >> on the night the berlin wall fell, only one american network anchor was there reporting live. he reported on watergate. snuck a camera in to tiananmen square. sat down for the first one-on-one with mikhail gorbachev by an american tv reporter. >> reporter: the greatest generation now part of a lexicon. >> i never thought i would coin a phrase that would have that kind of enduring appeal. >> reporter: others honored included three civil rights workers slain in 1964. record setting oscar nominee meryl streep. >> there's so many things you don't understand. >> wore a nun's habot. faced down a charging lion. mastered every accent under the sun. >> reporter: stevie wonder, his classic "talking book" was the first album a young barack obama ever bought. >> that thing got so worn out. had all scratches. >> reporter: and for her life's devotion to human rights, ethel kennedy. gra

our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more now on today's release and what was behind it. andrea, should we view this release in the context of a bigger picture? >> reporter: lester, good evening. officials say no. the top spy to america's mysterious armed missions the cia has not been able to penetrate does not signal a diplomatic opening. general james clapper, i'm told, did not meet with north korea's mercurial young leader kim jong- jong-un. but they tell me the u.s. spy chief was carrying a brief message from president obama to him. i'm told the message was short and to the point. the general was the president's personal envoy just to bring home the two americans. u.s. officials are saying this does not mean a warming of relations. they say that will not happen until north korea stops violating agreements to get rid of its nuclear weapons program and stops launching missile tests. in another big obstacle, by the way, to normalizing relations north korea has just been found guilty of horrendous human rights abuses at its notorious prison camps by the u.n. an