one of the 19 new democrats was a young congressman from arizona named stuart udall.nd stuart udall began meeting with a couple of other disgruntled younger members, lee metcalf of montana who'd come two years earlier and frank thompson who was elected later in 1955, and they typically met in gene mccarthy's office over in the cannon building and plotted how they were going to change the system. that little band grew into what became known as the democratic study group, and before stuart udall left the house of representatives to become secretary of interior in 1961, they'd already pulled off their first coup, they had increased the size of the house rules committee which allowed speaker rayburn to gain control of that committee and block judge smith of virginia who was the chairman from controlling the floor agenda. that in turn made it possible for the kennedy administration to get the new frontier agenda to the house floor. so they already had that, that one victory before stuart udall left the house, but he was succeeded by his brother, mo, who immediately became

. >>> and former secretary stuart udall has died. he was a pioneer of the environmental movement, who expanded the national park system. he served as a congressman from arizona. later headed the interior department under presidents kennedy and johnson. helping win passage of major environmental laws. udall was 90 years of age. >>> and hundreds of people in iceland have been evacuated from their homes because of an erupting volcano. a glacier next to the volcano has authorities concerned that melting ice could cause flooding. three flights from the u.s. to iceland were diverted to boston. >>> and a new jersey teenager was arrested for allegedly making a controversial racial remark over the public address system at a walmart store. police say a week ago, a 16-year-old boy announced, quote, attention walmart customers, all black people leave the store now. he could face up to a year in a juvenile detention center. >>> and finally, it wouldn't be march madness without, of course, big upsets. kansas, the overall top team in the ncaa tourn

president, our country has lost a friend, a patriot, an environmental pioneer, stuart udall. stuart udall did more to preserve and protect the american landscape than probably anyone else. he died this weekend, and our thoughts are with his family and many friends. on my last trip to new mexico, i had the the good fortune to be able to sit and talk to stuart udall for about an hour. it was a wonderful experience for me. i had never met him. i served with his brother in the house of representatives. but this is the first conversation i had with him and it was wonderful. he was physically a little impaired but his mind was as sharp as a tack. and we talked about things that had happened and things that were happening. he was in great spirits and good humor. that's how i'll always remember him. stewart udall was the last surviving member of president kennedy's cabinet. he served as secretary of interior for nearly the entire 1960's for both the kennedys and johnson, left an indelible imprint on our land. his legacy as secretary of the interior includes four national parks, six n

stuart udahl has died, considered one of the first modern environmentalists helping to expand public land in the kennedy administration and the father of democratic senator of tom udahl in new mexico and mark udall of colorado. and he died surrounded by family members in santa fe, 90 years old. it was michigan meet out day yesterday, but didn't stop the meat lovers gathering near the state capitol building. >> eat meat m-e-a-t. >> they are enthusiastic. >> meat. >> meat cheerleader. >> okay. >> the cheerleaders in the rain. meat lovers chow down on burgers, hotdogs and other meats in defiance of meat out day. >> yeah. >> by governor jennifer granholm urging citizens not to eat meat for the sake of health, but protesters say meat is good for you. >> m-e-a-t! >> meat is nutrition, pork is nutritious, turkey and lamb are all nutritious. >> i like meat. >> after the backlash, governor granholm also declared yesterday michigan agriculture day. >> nobody grilled corn dogs. >> i don't know, you are the champion corner dog. >> i've got props for sports today. because my four-year-old daughter could not for the life of her figure out why the name cinderella kept coming up when daddy was watching basketba