mr. schieffer is a recipient of eight emmys. the walter concrete award and in 2013 was named the living legend by the library of congress. it doesn't get any better than that. it is now my pleasure to turn the program over to our moderator, mr. schieffer. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. this is a great pleasure to be here, and truly an honor. i don't think there is a downside to getting your name in the same sentence as john glen. and when you put kathy sullivan and david pryor into it, it makes you feel pretty good. i want to start off by just saying a little something here. that is, we live in the age of instant celebrities where it is -- possible to become famous for simply being famous. it is easy and times like that to blur the line between heroes and celebrities. we are here tonight to talk about our heroes. the one we are talking about also became a celebrity. but most of all he was a true american hero. some heroes become famous for doing great things. some do great things and if you even know about it. the sacrifice

mr. schieffer joined cbs news where he would remain for 46 years. he became the networks chief washington correspondent in 1982, and has covered every major beat from the white house to the hill and from the pentagon to the state department. in 1991, he began a 24 year tenure as host to face the nation. mr. schieffer is a recipient of eight emmys, the walter khan cried award and in 2013, was named the living legend of the library of congress. i didn't get any better than that. it's now my pleasure to turn the program over to our moderator for the evening, mr. chief or. [applause] >> well this is a great pleasure to be here and truly in honor. you know, i don't think there is a downside to getting your name in the same center as john glenn, and then when you put kathy sullivan and david prior into it, it makes you feel pretty good. i want to start off by just saying a little something here. and that is, when we live in the age of instinct celebrity. where it is possible to become famous for simply being famous. it's easy in times like that to blur th