i was smiling while susan zirinsky was talking. he had a tactile love of the news.loved paper. he loved copy. he loved getting it from the writers and putting it back in the tray for a rewrite. he was simply the best at what he did and he created the mold. we didn't have an anchor a true anchorman, a lead correspondent leading the gain like we did until cronkite. >> brian and bernie, we don't have much time left. i want you each to take 20, 30 seconds and help me understand. you are news men for whom i have such high respect who have managed the transition between network and the world of cable. bernie, walter didn't like this world that much, did he? >> no, he did not because of the lack of discipline. one of walter's secrets was he was a investor ration student of history. he used it as a prism for viewers to understand the present. >> brian williams, how do you take your anchor seat every night wanting to be like walter cronkite in a different age? >> knowing the skill set is the same. a reporter is a reporter. when a fire truck goes by our window i am on the fdn

. >> and joining us now are sean mcmanus, president of cbs news and sports, susan zirinsky, executivete house correspondent. good morning to you all. >> harry, good morning. >> i'm trying to think, between susan and bill, who was around walter first? susan, how old were you when you went to work for walter cronkite? >> when i was in the washington bureau, i was 19 years old. >> bill, how old were you when you went to work for walter? >> about 26 or 27. >> we won't ask you how many years ago that was. bill, let me ask you first how important it was for you to go to work for cbs and what it meant to you to work for cbs and walter cronkite. >> cbs news was, as we used to say, the tiffany network. it was the tradition of edward r. murrow, and cronkite carried on that addition. we knew he had been passionate about the facts. he didn't take the managing editor title lightly. >> and when you turn to the script as a correspondent, bill, for walter cronkite, i can't even imagine the pressure of getting it right. >> you got that right. we were always braced for a question from walter because he