mondale: yes. you know, we used to do a lot with bob the, humph -- bob dole, humphrey did. humphrey and dole were very close. i think it took dole a couple years before he got off his first approach, that house approach, and became what he became, an excellent senator. but he began working with all of us on farm issues. we were all from the farm block, we all had farmers, we all had rural issues, we had things we could work on together. our voters expected us to work on it together. each state has two senators and each of us are important. and bob dole did more than that. he helped shape the food stamp program, the school breakfast programs, and he went beyond the traditional farm state senator, adding a conservative voice to the use of food to help real social problems in america. and he really helped give it legitimacy, and gave us oomph to pass it. richard: it is ironic that one person you worked with closely on that was george mcgovern. mr. mondale: absolutely. richard: and then he was beaten u

and after walter mondale.e he assumed that position, he conducted a careful study of the vice presidency and came up with recommendations that former president jimmy carter excepted. he was the first to move into the west wing. he had a very substantive rtnership role with president carter. he thought it through from soup to nuts, and every vice president since has had an opportunity to review the memo that walter mondale provided. i certainly did. i've heard joe biden say that when he became vice president, he did the same thing. fritz mondale deserves credit for elevating the vice presidency into a position where he could be far more useful to the president and the country as a whole. how judy: do you see his legacy overall? we aired some excerpts from his speeches. the speech at the convention in 1984 when he spoke about raising taxes, but how do you see the lasting, how he will be seen in history? >> he was a fighter for civil-rights and was known for that. he was an environmentalist. he passed the wild an

mondale: it was. a number of senators who would lose the next election, many of whom knew that -- i remember tom mcintyre, he said i will vote for this, this is right, but he said don't expect me back. i heard several others that told me that. it was not popular. it was a strange issue for me. usually, it is a senator wanting to do something that is safe and not right. [laughter] v.p. mondale: in this case, they knew the vote against it was wrong, so even though it affected their own future, they voted right. it was an inspiring time to be up there. host: president carter, u, roseland, and your team at the carter center have done an extraordinary job for 35 years. [applause] exactly. you said the gold standard for former presidents, no question. i would be grateful, and i know the audience would, if they could hear you talk a little bit about the kinds of issues the center is doing, what your hopes and aspirations are for it. what is the carter center all about? pres. carter: primarily three things. o

natalie brand has more on mondale's groundbreaking.olitical legacy. >> a few minutes ago -- >> reporter: walter mondale is often remembered for losing the presidency to ronald reagan in 1984, but he also made history by picking geraldine ferraro as his running mate, the first woman on the presidential ticket. hervous. k they'reoo >> ll, house.ne ti a lef anea the son of a methodist preacher, walter mondale's political career was marked with an early success. he became attorney general at 32 and was elected to u.s. senate in 36. in 1976, jimmy carter tapped mondale to be his running mate on the democratic presidential ticket. >> and i'm proud and honored to be a part of this team. >> reporter: after carter's victory, mondale immediately beefed up the job of vice president, moving the vice president's office to the west wing of the white house. he started having weekly luncheons with the president. both traditions endure to this day. carter was defeated for re-election in 1980. four years later, mondale sought the top job for himself but

and after walter mondale.ore he assumed that position, he conducted a very careful study of the vice presidency and came up with a set of recommendations that former president jimmy carter, to his credit, accepted. he was the first to move into the west wing. he had a very substantive partnership role with president carter. he thought it through from soup to nuts, and every vice president since then has had an opportunity to review the memo that walter mondale provided. his friend dick moe played a role in it and i certainly did. i heard joe biden say when he became vice president, he did the same thing. but fritz mondale really deserves the cdit for elevating the vice presidency into a position where he could be far more useful to the president and, therefore, to the country as a whole. >> woodruff: how do you see his legacy overall? we know we've just aired some excerpts from his speeches over time. of course, the speech at the convention in 1984 where he spoke about raising taxes, but how do you see how he

mondale and carter clashed over that so-called mels speech, which never mentioned that but mondale was furious about. that put aside, they really worked close together on just about everything else. >> they did. there was so much respect there. i remember actually going to the presidential library, carter's library in atlanta and walking around like a mondale geek, i'm looking for joan's dress and those kinds of things from the inauguration. on the wall, i see these words that were actually the words that mondale uttered shortly after they lost, summarizing their four years. and he said, "we told the truth. we obeyed the law. we kept the peace." and that was a lot of my touchtone during the trump years. i had written that down in a piece of paper and put it in my purse. we told the truth, obeyed the law and kept the peace. jimmy carter and walter modale were men of integrity. they bonded on that. what was school having worked for mondale at the law firm afterwards and back on side of my races, including the presidential race, i got to see how the two of them kept talking through time.

, because, you know, he had heard from other people how nice mondale was and worried that mondale might please everyone. and so he was very, very much taken by that. and mondale made the same point that dr. brzezinski did, which was, you know, not only is it gracious to take in the shah who was our ally, but if you don't do it, how can anyone expect to get an ally in any important country around the world if this is the way we treat someone who is by our side for decades. >> michael beschloss, thank you so much for being on this morning. appreciate it. i'm thinking, i named my rabbit, bunny sadr back then. they got a kick out of it. >> that is a deep dive. >> it's a deep dive. it's in the weeds. literally. coming up, what's gearing up to be the most consequential new york city mayoral primary in a generation. we'll take a look at the field and whether the current front-runner has what it takes to lead america's largest city. plus, as more and more of the country gets the covid vaccine, a question on a lot of people's minds. are outdoor mask mandates still necessary? that conversation is

after the carter/mondale ticket lost to ronald reagan in 1980 mondale was the democratic nominee for4. he made history choosing as running mate congresswoman ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president on major party ticket. axios reported mondale spoke by phone on sunday with president biden and presidents carter and bill clinton. said his friend and former campaign staffer tom cosgrove. while he and his family believed hi death was imminent after those calls he perked up. and in a message to his former staff members released upon his death vice president mondale said before i go i wanted to let you know how much you mean to me. never has a public servant had a better group of people wornging at their side. together we have accomplished so much and i know you will keep up the good fight. joe in the white house certainly helps. joining us now by phone is elizabeth drew political journal itself and author and covered mondale's time as a senator and vice president and corred the carter/mondale presidency and the 1984 campaign and spoken with him many times since then. thank you

she covered walter mondale's time as a senator and vice president.ed the carter mondale presidency. that's 1984 presidential campaign. she has spoken to him anytime since then. elizabeth drew, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i just want to give you an open mic moment, to react to the news tonight of the passing of walter mondale. >> well it's always very sad when someone good leaves us. but he had a good life, he was never bitter. he lost terribly in 19 eighties, 84, when he ran for president, he got slaughtered. we were standing outside talking one day, and not long after the election, in a car went by and honk and said i voted for you. in mondale turned to me and said, isn't it great, everybody voted for me. and so he just never lost his sense of humor sense of balance about it. i would not make too much of the -- they had a messy vice presidential process. quite frankly, it was a breakthrough no question about it, probably helped set the idea, but it didn't work. she was not vetted carefully enough. it was too much at the last minute.

former vice president walter mondale has died at the age of 93 a champion of progressive causes, mondaleped define the democratic party first as senator and then vice president under jimmy carter he was called the best vice president in our country's history. president biden remembered his lifelong friend saying mondale defined the vice presidency as a full partnership and helped provide a model for my service nbc's kevin tibbles has a look back at his life. >> reporter: walter mondale changed the face of american politics shattering the glass ceiling by picking gieraldine ferraro as his running mate. when mondale, nick named fritz, ran for president, he had been in democratic politics for three dec decades. he battled gary hart who ran on new ideas in a debate mondale fought back with a fast food chain's slogan when i hear your ads, i'm reminded of that ad, where's the beef >> reporter: the fall campaign against ronald regan was an uphill fight challenging an incumbent in a time of peace and prosperity. >> mr. ragan will raise taxes and so will i. he won't tell you; i just did. >> repor

mondale!ars later, he won the democratic presidential nomination and made history. picking the first woman, ever, to run on a presidential ticket. former-new york congresswoman, geraldine ferraro. but history was not on the side of mondale and ferraro. they were defeated by the 1984-reagan landslide. >> he has won. we are all americans. he is our president. and we honor him tonight. >>> mondale and ferraro only managed to win his home state and the district of columbia. mondale stayed off the national radar, until president clinton named him u.s. ambassador to japan. always one to consider politics an honor and a duty, mondale answered the call to serve again in 2002. he was asked to run for his old-senate seat in place of senator paul wellstone, who had been killed in a plane crash less than two weeks before election day. >> this has been one of the most unbelievable moments in minnesota history. >> reporter: mondale nearly lost the race. but he never lost his earnest love for social justice.

mondale served his country for more than 50 years.aren travers, abc news, washington. >> vice president kamala harris says mondale opened a new door by nominating a woman as his running mate. >>> turning to the pandemic, the cdc is investigating a handful of potentially severe side effects from the johnson & johnson covid vaccine. officials paused the use of the j&j vaccine last week after six people suffered blood clots. it's unclear how many more cases are under investigation. the cdc insists though it is a small number. this morning, florida is er as d hot spot. only michigan is reporting more daily infections. meanwhile, texas has surprised many experts. it's avoided a surge in cases even though it lifted restrictions on businesses last month. >> so, yes, they lifted the mask mandate but also they have warmer weather, vaccines are out there. and people are getting them but also you have to understand that a lot of people in texas are still wearing masks and a lot of businesses such as target, walmart, kroger are still requiring pe

for its mondale, former vice president mondale dying teenage 90. three minnesota amy klobuchar right now, the human so much do you. thank you for being with us tonight. i know it's a hard time. and it's an honor to have you here. >> thank you rachel. >> okay, senator mondale i should say, before he was vice president he was senator. of minnesota. and one of the things that i think is worth remembering at times like this, is that his path, his putter from preacher son and small town minnesota device presidency, it's easy to sort of see the beginnings and see the engine sort of the pinnacles that he reached in public life. but in his time as attorney general for the state of minnesota, in his time as senator in minnesota, he just bill brick-by-brick, a solid decent scandal free record of accomplishment. and bravery. he was a senator doing the great society legislation. and that meant that as a high-profile senator and leader of the time, he was key to getting so much civil rights legislation passed. so much key environmental protections passed. the r

but walter mondale did.ms fitting that one of the last people he reportedly spoke to was his successor, vice president kamala harris. and reports are that while he and his family believed his death was imminent, after his calls with president biden and vice president harris, he perked up after those calls. vice president mondale is credited with having remade the vice presidency. the whole idea of the vice presidency is credited with starting with vice president mondale, and with the constructive relationship he had with president carter. mondale was the first vice president to have an office in the west wing. tonight, former president carter put out a statement saying, in part, fritz mondale provided us all with a model for public service and behavior. we extend our deepest condolences to his family. senator amy klobuchar was an intern to walter mondale. she released a statement, saying he set a high bar for himself, and kept passing it and raising it. he will be sorely missed. senator klobuchar, thank you

how will walter mondale be remembered?— how will walter mondale be remembered? ., ., , remembered? — remembered? one of the greatest seconds, maybe the _ remembered? one of the greatest seconds, maybe the greatest - seconds, maybe the greatest seconds, maybe the greatest second in american history. he was a important liberal senator from minnesota, appointed when humphrey became vice president. of course he was second to of course he was second to jimmy carter asjimmy carter's jimmy carter as jimmy carter's vice jimmy carter asjimmy carter's vice president and much to his cheek when he was second to ronald reagan when reagan defeated him in a landslide in 1984. —— chagrin. he will also be remembered for having the first female running mate and for transforming the vice presidency. following up... nobody more than an attack dog for lyndonjohnson or who was frozen out of the kennedy circle. it was walter mondale who foreshadowed the next group of really subsequent vice presidents like al gore, dick cheney and of coursejoe biden. both biden and mondale were great senators, liberal sen

but walter mondale did. it seems fitting that one of the last people he reportedly spoke to was his successor, vice president kamala harris. and reports are that while he and his family believed his death was imminent, after his calls with president biden and vice president harris, he perked up after those calls. vice president mondale is credited with having remade the vice presidency. the whole idea of the vice presidency is credited with starting with vice president mondale, and with the constructive relationship he had with president carter. mondale was the first vice president to have an office in the west wing. tonight, former president carter put out a statement saying, in part, fritz mondale provided us all with a model for public service and behavior. we extend our deepest condolences to his family. senator amy klobuchar was an intern to walter mondale. she released a statement, saying he set a high bar for himself, and kept passing it and raising it. he will be sorely missed. senator klobuchar, tha

walter mondale was 93. ed o'keefe, cbs news, washington. and we're going to turn now to the fight against covid because more than half of all american adults have had at least one covid shot and anyone 16 or older is now eligible to be vaccinated. as cbs' meg oliver reports there's growing concern over variants and a spiking cases vaccinated. meg oliver reports there's growing concern ove among children. >> for months i have been telling americans to get vaccinated. >> reporter: tonight, as cases remain stubbornly high in some parts of the country the white house is renewing the push to convince americans that getting vaccinated is the only way out. >> the lack of supply, the shortage of locations, the confusing rules are all in the past. >> reporter: in places like west virginia, which led the way with rollouts, there's already been a with rollouts, there's already been a d drop off in shots just four months after the first vaccine was authorized. for health officials like krista capehart, the push to vaccinate now means long drives on cou

as does the intramural hockey team the fighting mondales.may have fought doggedly for what he believed in but supporters described him as such a nice man. >> we kept the faith, we stayed the source, we fought the good fight and every one of us should feel good about that. >> and may he rest in peace. >>> coming up, a wright brothers moment on the red planet. nasa's ingenuity helicopter takes flight on mars. how they did it and what's next when we come back. hi. i'm wolfgang puck when i started my online store wolfgang puck home i knew there would be a lot of orders to fill and i wanted them to ship out fast that's why i chose shipstation shipstation helps manage orders reduce shipping costs and print out shipping labels it's my secret ingredient shipstation the number 1 choice of online sellers and wolfgang puck go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we

in the primary, mondale battled colorado senator gary hart who ran on new ideas, in a debate mondale fought back. >> i'm reminded of that ad, where's the beef. >> reporter: the fall campaign against ronald reagan was an uphill fight challenging a popular incumbentincumbent. >> mr. reagan will raise taxes. and so will i. he won't tell you, i just did. >> reporter: it was intended as candor but was seen as a blunder. mondale got a glimmer of hope when reagan's age became an issue. >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes opponent's youth and inexperience. >> reporter: mondale lost in a historic landslide. he one only his home state of minnesota and district of columbia. though only in his 50s, mondale became a party elder, serving as u.s. ambassador to japan. but in 2002, mondale replaced minnesota democratic senator paul wellstone on the ballot after wellstone was killed in a plane crash. he narrowly lost. mondale's wife of 59 years, joan, died in 2014. they had two sons and a daughter who died of brain cancer in 2011. walter fritz mondale once said he loved public life and

bill clinton made walter mondale our ambassador to japan an impeachment and afterward mondale practices daughter eleanor and his wife joan, both to brain diseases. as a leading senate liberal, he truly tried to make american life better, through fair housing and consumer protections. desegregation and a host of other issues. as a true minnesotan, he loved his place up at the lake. he had a lightning-fast sense of humor, always self deprecating. and you can actually tell what kind of guy he was, by this statement, he left behind for his staff, everyone who ever worked for him. it was released just tonight upon word of his death, and it reads quote, dear team. my time has come. i'm eager to rejoin joan and eleanor. before i go i wanted to let you know how much you mean to me. never has a public servant had a better group of people working at their side. together we have accomplished so much and i know you will keep up the good fight. joe in the white house certainly helps. i always knew it would be okay, if i arrived someplace and was greeted by one of you. my best to all of you, brits.

mondale.ce president under jimmy carter. he also made a presidential run in 1984. he made history by asking a woman, geraldine ferraro, to be his running mate. mondale lost to ran old reagan. he was a former senator, ambassador and minnesota attorney general. walter mondale was 93 years old. vice president kamala harris tweeted "vice president mondale led an extraordinary life of service, in uniform during the korean war, as a senator, and as vice president." harris spoke with him just a few days ago. historians say joe biden and kamala harris owe a debt of gratitude to mondale for changing the vice presidency. >> scott mcgrew, president biden and now harris got an important role as vice presidents. >> yes, biden very involved of course in the obama presidency, and we see harris, very involved every day. historians say that mondale really established that. before mondale, vice presidents were just figureheads generally speaking, ready replacements and nothing else. mondale created the modern v

and something that i'm most grateful for. >> the carter/mondale ticket lost in 1980 and mondale became president ronald reagan in 1984. he selected new york congresswoman geraldine ferraro as his running mate, first woman to be touted for that role. they lost in a landed slide carrying only his native minnesota and washington, d.c. mondale would later serve as clinton's ambassador to japan and, of course, a last-minute candidate for a minnesota senate seat in 2002 following the death of paul wellstone. and a final note to his former staffer, mondale wrote this on monday, just hours before he died. before i go, i wanted to let you know how much you mean to me. never has a public servant ever had a better group of people working at his side. and he was on a fishing pier with his dog. vice president mondale was 93. what happens when we welcome change? we can make emergency medicine possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever. w

mondale. mondale served as vice president under jimmy carter. he also made a presidential run in 1984, where he made history by asking a woman, geraldine ferraro to be his running mate. mondale lost to ronald reagan. a former senator, ambassador and minnesota attorney general. walter mondale was 93 years old. historians say joe biden and kamala harris owe a debt of gratitude to mondale for changing the vice presidency. >> scott mcgrew, president biden and now harris got an important role as vice president. >> yes, biden very involved of course in the obama presidency, and we see harris, very involved now. so yes, historians say that mondale really established that. before mondale, vice presidents were just figureheads generally speaking, ready replacements and nothing else. mondale created the modern vice presidency. i do like this clip, because look at the first lady and mrs. mondale. they're not going to be interrupted just because the president of the united states is speaking. >>> vice pre

mondale the best vice president in our country's history., mondale won the democratic nomination for president. he made history by naming a woman as his running mate. >> mondale took calls from many frebds and leaders, including president biden. the president remembering mondale as a dear friend and political mentor. cnn has obtained the moving farewell message he wrote to his staff. my time has come, i'm eager to rejoin joan and ell eleanor. together we accomplished so much and i know you will keep up the good fight. joe in the white house certainly helps. i always knew it would be okay if i arrived some place and was greeted by one of you, my best to all of you, fritz. >> joan his wife, eleanor his daughter who passed away several years ago. mondale, so great he was able to communicate to his staff and talk to the people right up to the end. never considered a dynamic campaigner, he is part of so many indelible political memories. mondale says, where is the beef? >> everyone remembers that. and here he has, you know, even to this day defin

i mourn the passing of my dear friend walter mondale, who i consider the best. vice president in our country's history during our administration for its uses political skill and personal integrity to transform the vice presidency into a dynamic policy driving force. mr carter reportedly spoke with mondale on sunday, as did president biden and vice president harris and former president bill clinton. still ahead here, imposing water restrictions because of the drought conditions will tell you which water district is expected to take action as early as today. morrow was getting ready for 4 20 in san francisco. what residents and business owners are expecting, even though city officials are discouraging people from gathering at golden gate park. attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more people pay for health insurance — no matter what your income. how much is yours? julie and bob are paying $700 less, every month. dee got comprehensive coverage for only $1 a month. and the navarros are paying less than $100 a month. check cov

walter mondale who died this evening at the age of 93. we will have more on his life and legacy later in this hour. >>> meanwhile, so much of the nation's attention is focused on walter mondale's home state of minnesota where there is great tension tonight, now that the fate of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is in the hands of the jur y. almost a year ago, it forced the country to -- and protestored started gathering in minneapolis. the 12 majors spent about hour hours deliberating. they sequestered. they will resume in the morning. city and state law enforcement in place. they are joined by members of the national guard which tonight is also activated in d.c. derek chauvin is charged with second degree untingsal murder, third degree murder, second degree manslaughter. after 14 days of testimony, the prosecution and defense made their statement to the jury. >> this is not a prosecution of the police. it's a prosecution of the defendant. what the defendant did was not policing. what the defendant did was an assault. believ

former us vice president, walter mondale, has died at the age of 93.didate in 198a, but lost to ronald reagan. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

but at the same time, mondale. also made history by choosing geraldine ferraro as the first female vice presidential candidate. reset the bar or set the bar is a better way of putting it for women being involved in politics at the various at the very highest levels. which i should have been. today former president jimmy carter wrote. quote i mourn the passing of my dear friend walter mondale, who i consider the best vice president in our country's history during our administration, fritz used his political skill and personal integrity to transform the vice presidency into a dynamic, policy driven force. carter spoke with mondale yesterday, as did former president bill clinton and president biden. and in a statement tonight, president biden said mondale commanded universal respect. the president said he not only created a path for himself, he helped others do the same. walter mondale was the first presidential nominee of either party to select a woman as a running mate. and i know how pleased he was to be able to se

mondale has a long career in politics. he would represent the state in the senate before resigning so e he could serve as vp under jimmy carter. mondale would serve for president in 1994 parties nomination. >>> abc7 small businesses could the businesses. owner fractal flora just moved from a small business to a larger space. >> at least with a microspace you can test the waters out. >> reporter: with the help of a night foundation grant, this microcenter dubbed moment launched in 2018. each space is just big enough to serve during the pandemic. >> we are going to be seeing a lot of these people want to take their, you know, shops or their businesses that they started in their homes to the next level to see if it's actually sustainable. >> reporter: chris johnson says it's a space to offer smaller entrepreneurs to bring new life into public spaces. >> i think what we will see is part of the build back strategy is thinking about retail and experiences at the street differently. and trying to connect those spaces with the spa

. >> dickerson: walter mondale died last week at 83. united states, and the democratic presidential nominee in 1984. it is an impressive resume. but it was not the resume that made people who never knew him meet in the middle of the day. joe trippy posted a story on twitter about working for mondale in the '84 democratic primary. during one of his early conversations with the candidate, trippy mentioned he had been estranged from his father for five years. trippy's dad, an italian immigrant, wanted him to go into the family flower business, but he had gone into politics instead. he was good at it. he helped mondale win iowa. months later, he helped him win pennsylvania, clinching the nomination. before the victory celebration, mondale called trippy to his room. as the aide walked in, he saw the candidate talking to an old italian man, telling him that his son was in an honorable profession, fighting for peopl who were down and hurting. he is making a difference, mondale said. i count on him, and you need to know that. the response to th

former vice president walter mondale dying at 93. how he redefined the role under president jimmy carter, then made history when he put geraldine ferraro on his presidential ticket. >>> vaccination vacation? as travel bookings surge, the top destination promising the d part of a plan to lure back tourists. and the dream destinations here in the u.s. rolling out similar plans. >>> remarkable rescue all caught on camera. the real-life hero who saved a child with just seconds to spare. >>> good morning, america. great to be with you on this tuesday morning. we are glad that hero was there on those tracks at the right time. we have a lot of news to get to this morning. >> we certainly do. >>> this morning, the nation bracing for a verdict in the murder trial of derek chauvin. you're looking there live's at courthouse where closing arguments were made on monday. the national guard deployed in minneapolis and the governor declaring a state of emergency in anticipation of a verdict. >> now, the fate of the former police officer charged with

that was walter mondale to krauthammer.el but we are blessed to have yours and maybe, you know, give the panel a try pretty soon. >> thank you so much, bret. and thank you from me and my mother and our family for honoring my father like this today and keeping his memory alive. >> bret: you bet. tell your mom i said hi. all right. all the best. up next, the panel on president's climate summit and statehood for washington, d.c., where that's going. ♪ (mom vo) over the years, we trusted it to carry and protect the things that were most important to us. (mom) good boy. (mom vo) we always knew we had a lot of life ahead of us. (mom) remember this? (mom vo) that's why we chose a car that we knew would be there for us through it all. (male vo) welcome to the subaru forester. the longest-lasting, most trusted forester ever. hey lily, i need a new wireless plan for my business, but all my employees need something different. oh, we can help with that. okay, imagine this... your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mo

walter mondale, former vice president, died yesterday.of liberal causes and the proponent of using a government as an instrument for social progress, especially for women, the poor and minorities. mondale made history as the democratic presidential nominee back in naming the first female vice presidential candidate. they went on to lose the election to ronald reagan in a landslide after mr. mondale pledged to raise taxes to tackle growing federal deficits. as jimmy carter's vice president in the 1970s fritz, as known to friends, did transform the vice presidency to a true partnership with the president, attending intelligence briefings and weekly luncheons, influencing policy on many levels. vice presidents who followed in his footsteps, including joe biden, were indebted. this from 2015. >> one of the things that i told president carter, i said if i'm going to help you in these kinds of assignments, they've got to believe that they're talking to you. we're partners, and i'm not just a visitor there. >> but you did, though, by the time it

that's not view of walter mondale. walter mondale was an uncooperative subject for those vice-presidential comedians. not only was he often the last person in the room with the president when the tough decisions were made, but he became an unofficial ambassador for the administration. his relationship with prime minister begin of israel helped pave the way for a peace treaty between israel and egypt at camp david in 1978. in his ultimately unsuccessful run for the presidency, walter mondale's pick of my fellow new yorker, the late geraldine ferraro as vice president was an early crack in the glass ceiling that our current vice president kamala harris would eventually shatter. he will be -- vice president mondale will be remembered as a lion of progressive politics, an ardent defender of civil rights, aid to school children, child care, health care, and consumer protections. mondale once said my whole life, i worked on the idea that government can be an instrument for social progress. we need that progress fairness requ

. >>> tributes are pouring in for former vice president walter mondale. his touching message before his death. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start," i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. it's tuesday, april 20th, 5:00 a.m. here in new york and the most high profile criminal trial in a generation now in the hands of 12 people. the jury continues deliberations today in the case against derek chauvin for killing george floyd after roughly four hours of deliberations yesterday and for the first time during this trial the defendant sat unmasked at length yesterday during his lawyer's closing arguments. the jury finally able to see his expressions, his reactions and the prosecution and defense offering their final words to the jury as the nation prepares for a verdict. >> you can believe your own eyes. this case is exactly what you thought when you saw it first, when you saw that video. it is exactly that. you can believe your eyes. it's exactly what you believed, it's exactly what you saw with your e

>>> remembering walter mondale. tributes pour in for the former vice president, who transformed that role and made history as a presidential nominee. this morning, how his remarkable life of public service is being honored. >>> those stories, plus, first flight. the remarkable new images from nasa's groundbreaking helicopter mission on mars. >> it's the start of a whole new kind of planetary exploration. >>> and "today" exclusive. president george w. bush joining us in studio 1a for his first live interview in three years. and while he's here, he'll lend a hand with a very special event. dozens of candidates taking the oath to become u.s. citizens live on the plaza as they begin their new chapters in their american dream, today, tuesday, april 20, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "today," so happy that you're joining us on this tuesday morning. craig is in for savannah. craig, when you walked up, i b

. >>> tonight, condolences are pouring in after the death of former vice president walter mondale. he served urnlgd jimmy kartder. he made a presidential run in 1984 and made history asking a woman to be his running mate. he lost to ronde reagan. he was 93 years old. president jimmy carter issues a statement. today i mourn the passing of my dear friend waller mondale who i consider the best vice president in our country's history. fritz mondale provided us with a model for public service and private behavior. >>> we're back in 60 seconds with a summer destination you might be able to consider. the popular european country ready to welcome back americans. >>> bay area technology helping make history, nearly 200 million miles away. we will take you to the red planet. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. rain in the forecast. i will show you when it gets here comes up. oh, you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. cause when you hook our community up with the internet... boom! look at ariana, crushing virtual class. jamol, chasing that college dream.

walter mondale dead yesterday aged 93. back to your phone calls this morning asking about the derek chauvin case. i would like for those who think he is guilty, , not guilty, and not sure. ronald says he's not sure out of lawton oklahoma. good morning. how much of the trial did you end up watching? >> caller: for the much watched most of the trial. not all of it. turned away from it a lot but i would get back to it and watch. and then there were other clips that i watched from cbs, cnn and abc. >> host: why do you feel you're still not sure where this should fall? >> caller: the only reason i say that is because i'm not the judge, i'm not the jury, and neither is the jury. the jury is not the judge of this man. god is the judge of this man. there are certain things that are said that shouldn't be said, especially what maxine waters. maxine waters knew better. she really did. she still opens her mouth, but it's okay. god is going to take care of everything. >> host: that's ronald in oklahoma. this is ray, ithaca, new york,

vice president walter mondale has died. mondale served under president carter, where he was seen as redefining the role. he was the democratic nominee for president who made history by naming a woman as his running mate. >> it's just the tone of discussions that i think will change, and both sides have at the very least, notwithstanding what happened in alaska, wanted to make sure that things don't escalate further. we have seen there are areas where they can cooperate, so i think trade tensions which we wouldn't expect too much upside risk, but i don't think we are going to have any deterioration there as well. i think the markets will be happy with that. jonathan: that was jeffrey you -- that was geoffrey yu, bny mellon senior strategist. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. yields down a couple of basis points now to 1.5889%. $53.54 on crude. off session highs. in the fx market, the euro showing some strength. euro-dollar up a little more than 0.1% to $1.2055. tom: now to our bloomberg reporter. j

a former us vice president walter mondale has died at the age of 93.al candidate in 198a. now, the

. >>> walter mondale has died. he was 93 years old. mondale has a long career in politics. he would represent the state in the senate before resigning so e he could serve as vp under jimmy carter. mondale would serve for president in 1994 nomination. >>> abc 7 small businesses could the businesses. owner fractal flora just moved from a small business to a larger space. >> at least with a microspace you can test the waters out. >> reporter: with the help of a night foundation grant, this microcenter dubbed moment launched in 2018. each space is just big enough to serve during the pandemic. >> we are going to be seeing a lot of these people want to take their, you know, shops or their businesses that they started in their homes to the next level to see if it's actually sustainable. >> reporter: chris johnson says it's a space to offer smaller entrepreneurs to bring new life into public spaces. >> i think what we will see is part of the build back strategy is thinking about retail and experiences at the street differently. and trying to connect those spaces with the spaces aro

walter mondale passing away today at his home here in minneapolis. in the senate for 12 years, later becoming jimmy carter's vice president. he made his own run for the presidency, losing in a landslide to ronald reagan, but making history, selecting representative geraldine ferraro of new york as his running mate. the first female nominee to run for vice president. walter mondale was 93. from minneapolis, that's "nightline" for this evening. you can watch our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you back in

mondale's own bid for the presidency ended in a landslide defeat to ronald reagan in 1984. now crisis suits the streets of the us city of minneapolis on monday evening as the city braces for the jury's decision in the trial for the police officer derek sheldon demonstrations called for justice for george floyd who was killed last may off the shelf and praised his knee on his neck for 9 minutes the jury has wrapped up its 1st day of deliberations without reaching a verdict now india the prosecution and defense made their closing arguments in court. guilty or not guilty that's the question 12 men and women will have to answer while the country waits the defendant derek chauvin was fired from the minneapolis police department last year after george floyd died in his custody a video of the incident shows chauvin holding floyd face down with his knee for more than 9 minutes it's sparked a nationwide protests against police brutality. i can't breathe in resting it's case the prosecution tried to persuade the jury that this was not about condemning all police but holding show been

mondale was 93-year-old.ent harris tweeted "vice president mondale led an extraordinary life of service, in uniform during the korean war, as a senator and as vice president." harris spoke with him just a few days ago. >>> the pandemic has taken a toll on the economy, this is on household incomes and jobs. president biden addresses that today in a virtual tour and remarks aimed at pushing congress to pass his jobs bill. "today in the bay's" tracie potts looks ahead at the pitch. >> reporter: president biden doing a virtual tour today of a south carolina battery factory, one of the companies he hopes will put americans back to work. the president told democrats and republicans he's willing to compromise on the size and cost of his nearly $2 trillion american jobs plan. >> everybody's for infrastructure. the question is, who is going to pay for it, and that's what we're going to try to work out. >> reporter: his guests all former governors and mayors, with onthe ground experience dealing with aging infrastructu

walter mondale was 93 years old. announcer: c-span is your unfiltered view of government created by america's cable television companies in 197. -- it 1977. announcer: c-span's washington journal every day we're taking your calls live on the air, on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. come up tuesday morning, elizabeth powers, professor of economics and senior scholar at the institute of government and public affairs at the university of illinois looks at the role of child care in the economic recovery and then tennessee democratic congressmanman steve cohen talks about president biden's infrastructure bill and police reform and the minneapolis trial of derek chauvin in the death of george floyd and government and private sector roles in requiring a standard of credentials often called vaccine passports that prove inoculation against coronavirus. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments

mondale ran for president in 1984 against president reagan.won one state in that election, and that was his home state of minnesota again. the headline right now former vice president walter mondale has died at the age of 93. history was made in just 39 seconds. the video of the historic flight on mars that's being no. flow. helicoptey helicopter on mars. it was a short flight lasted less than a minute, but it was nonetheless groundbreaking. fox news william la jeunesse shows us the video of the memorable moment. confirm that ingenuity and performed his first life. first life of a powered aircraft. another planet, a breakthrough rivaling the wright brothers. nasa successfully launching an experimental helicopter from the surface of mars on monday, marking the first controlled flight on another planet. the vehicle off £4 mini helicopter named ingenuity has been in development for more than six years and cost around $85 million and nasa said. today's flight was considered ah high risk maneuver. i totally billy. if it's alright, brothers moment i

walter mondale was 93 years old. >> it's 6.10. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news we're waiting for the verdict in the derek chauvin murder trial along with the rest of the nation. we have. >> live reports and we're watching what's going on from minneapolis to here in the bay area and with that trial is a push for police reform on capitol hill fresh today. we have a live report from dc on what they're doing. >> and today skies a little cloudy to start. that's what we saw yesterday to even into the afternoon as skies clear out, though. our daytime highs are actually going to stay a little bit cooler only in the 60's and 70's today that paired with a pretty persistent breeze will make for a cooler feel your forecast ahead. >> and i'm following a new accident along highway 4 in bay point. we also have several high wind advisories across our bridges. we'll have your drive times coming up after the break. someday, looking back on the pandemic, you'll want to be proud to say i did everything i could. i found the strength. i look

mondale has died. mondale served with democratic president jimmy carter from 1977 to 1981.or the white house himself in 1984 against ronald reagan. he lost every state except his home state of minnesota. it was a reagan landslide. mondale also made history with the first female running mate, geraldine ferraro, his family said tonight, quote beyond his commitment to public. service. our dad was committed to our family, and we will miss him. more than words can capture walter mondale was 93 years old. knew it six tonight. a san francisco judge has dismissed the case against the man who attacked police with a glass bottle. more than a year ago, the defendant was shot by police and then had to have his leg amputated, and the officer who shot him has been indicted. ktvu evan sernoffsky joins us now, with the latest twist the legal twist in this. legal drama, evan, right, julie, jamaica, hampton was facing multiple charges, including assault with a deadly weapon and battery on police officers. but on friday, a judge dismissed the gate. the case excuse me, citing insufficient iden