and loved covering the news, he had great respect for the news and the people involved with making the news. it sort of came through to people. i have often thought about walter and i think one of the secrets to his success was being the anchor of a major news program is a pretty darn good job when you come right down to it. i think people used to look at walter and say, that is a good job walter has. old walter knows it is a good job and he appreciates having it. i think people understood that. in fact, it was absolutely correct. walter felt very fortunate. walter had this insatiable curiosity about things and how things worked and this enthusiasm about trying to find out about it and he understood that he had the job that allowed him to talk to all these people who made the news and he liked that. he -- it wasn't just that, you know, he was running around with celebrities or something. he was breasted in what they had to say and why they thought what they thought. that just came through to people. walter never let anything get in the way of the news including himself. >> we are seein

he was the face of cbs news, the heart beat of cbs news, and we all idolized him. i would call him for advice all the time, and he always had a minute. and he was always happy to be there for all of us. he was not a -- and he was not a -- someone who just was friendly and nice. he was a tough editor. he was one of the first anchors who acquired the title of managing editor, and he was a serious editor. he looked at our reports when i was a correspondent, and he would edit them, and when i had a report on the cbs evening news with walter cronkite, he'd call down and say look, i don't think you can say this. why don't you explain to me why you think you can say this. and i'd be shaking in my boots. >> i'll bet. >> yeah. >> also the first anchor to be called an anchor. >> yes, it was coined because of walter. i'm astounded when i think back about that. and even -- i'll tell you, as far as i was concerned, he was the only anchorman. we were all -- those of us who followed were pretenders to the throne compared to walter. even later years we'd see him at social gathering

the news. he was superb at both. that was dan rather tonight. a short time ago i spoke with katie couric, current anchor of the cbs "evening news." you're the current anchor. you sit not quite exactly, but you sit in walter cronkite's chair. how does that feel every night? >> well, john, it is a huge possibility, and i have to say slightly intimidating. when i took this job and, you know, for a number of days we've known at cbs news that walter was in failing health. we were all worried about when this day would come. he was so revered and so beloved here, and i've read so much, john, in recent days and really throughout my career about walter. but i've been reminded really only recently what an incredible man and journalist he was. i mean, he was the personification of integrity and decency and humanity. i think that's one thing that struck me as i watched some of the earlier broadcasts from the past. you know, when he announced president kennedy had died, it was so moving to see his body langu

if the news organizations stop reading the news googled news isn't going to have much to aggregate. >> so what is the solution to a generation growing up what they consider to be free news? >> i think that is the great rebel. are we going to find a way for existing news organizations to survive with the commercial model that is based on the web and print or just the web alone. i don't think we figured that out and get but i can tell you this if we don't find some commercial mechanism as far as i'm concerned to sustain this kind of donner and cord news, syria's reported news by serious journalists i'm not talking about gossip and features, i'm talking about stuff that is essential information we have our national conversation around. if that news doesn't continue to be reported at local level and regional level i think we are going to have a serious problem with our democracy. that is an economic riddle that is yet to be solved. i certainly hope it will be solved and there is a reasonable chance that it will. >> in your book, "losing the news," you give three examples of solving the pr

the news. my daughter's first recognizable face from the tv was she said walter cronkite, because we, you know how you would choose your broadcasts. that was the one that we turned on. and he was always old. i remember when -- can you remember walter cronkite being young? and he always had that authority that comes with looking old. then he had it just because of what he conveyed and how he did it. and it's no slight to the people doing the news now including you, david. you know, he is part of the greatest generation that tom brokaw wrote about. and we've come away since then and it's not that it's not as good. it's just that it's different now. and it mattered so much back then that you, when something happened, you would tune in to walter cronkite. >> walter cronkite's family said that he had been suffering recently with a cerebral vascular disease which is essentially the brains and arteries in your brain and head degenerating so i gather it was tough at the end but by all accounts he had a

when the news business was held in high esteem, when the anchor of the cbs evening news could be called the most trusted man in america. in mourning the 92-year-old man who died friday we're mourning an america that has faded into history. >> good evening from the krgs news control ken ter in new york, walter cronkite reporting. >> reporter: a fixture at the political convention and he delivered the sad news to the nation on november 22, 1963. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> reporter: in 1968, cronkite returned from vietnam with a verdict that made johnson feel he had lost the battle for public opinion. >> to say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, if unsatisfactory conclusion. >> reporter: cronkite was a huge booster of the space program. and was there when apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969. >> the eagle has landed. >> thanks a lot. >> oh, boy! >> thank you. >> boy! wally, say something, i'm speechless. >> reporter: when the waterg

the news.e reporter/anchor. walter took that several steps beyond that. as he left the anchor chair in 1980, he had sought and succeeded in taking the cbs "evening news" to a lot of different venues. the technology had not quite caught up with walter's i am bigs, determination to bring the news where it's happening. by the time i came to the anchor chair in 1981 and the technology was becoming such that less expensive satellite time, the portable telephones and that sort of thing allowed the anchor to be much more moving around. walter would have dreamed what we have been ail to do in the mid to late '80s. the point is he started this tradition, i'm not just going to sit in the studio and be a hot house plant here and receipt the news. i'm going where news is happening. when i get there, i'm going to break news. >> tom brokaw listening on the phone here, do you feel that is the distance we have travelled versus the reporter/anchor, the idea of the anchor who not only delivers the news, but the

he was the face of cbs news, the heart beat of cbs news, and we all idolized him. i would call him for advice all the time, and he always had a minute. and he was always happy to be there for all of us. he was not a -- and he was not a -- someone who just was friendly and nice. he was a tough editor. he was one of the first anchors who acquired the title of managing editor, and he was a serious editor. he looked at our reports when i was a correspondent, and he would edit them, and when i had a report on the cbs evening news with walter cronkite, he'd call down and say look, i don't think you can say this. why don't you explain to me why you think you can say this. and i'd be shaking in my boots. >> i'll bet. >> yeah. >> also the first anchor to be called an anchor. >> yes, it was coined because of walter. i'm astounded when i think back about that. and even -- i'll tell you, as far as i was concerned, he was the only anchorman. we were all -- those of us who followed were pretenders to the throne compared to walter. even later years we'd see him at social gathering

the good news, the good news is i celebrated my 83rd birthday. the bad news is that i am 83. [laughter] i thank you mr. chairman for your courtesy and i thank my friends for their kindness and courtesy. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield for ten minutes for opening statements. excuse me, i did not see mr. bartlett there. he just walked in. mr. bartlett is recognized. >> you can go ahead with mr. whitfield. he was here before me. i am fine with that. >> mr. whitfield. >> we are all very polite so thank you very much. mr. chairman, i want to thank you also for holding yet another important hearing, examining the ongoing financial crisis in ways we can help our constituents get through these difficult times and medicate future problems. secretary geithner said that this new consumer financial protection agency would have only one mission and that is to protect consumers. it is also my understanding that this proposal would eliminate the consumer protections at the fdic, the federal reserve board, the comptroller of the currency, and the impact

i can buy stock in the new company now, but it wasn't the new company they were buying. it was the corpse of the old company. >> reporter: when g.m. went bankrupt, its old stock got a new trading symbol-- gmgmq. that confused some investors so regulators have given the old company a new name-- motors liquidation company. the financial industry regulatory authority's john gannon wants everyone to know buying stock in motors liquidation or any bankrupt company usually means you are buying a lemon. >> people who think, if they buy >> reporter: regulators did not halt trading in the old g.m.'s shares until just after 2:00 p.m. last friday-- too late professor angel says. but gannon says securities law required them to wait for the kind of unusual trading that took place on friday. >> people who think, if they buy the old stock, when the company emerges from bankruptcy, they are all of a sudden going to make a big return, are wrong. what is probably going to happen is the stock is going to get canceled. their investment will be worthless and there is probably going to be new s

walter anchored the news on cbs, first in washington, then on the network from new york. as television began taking wing in the 1950's, so did walter, covering the coronation of queen elizabeth. >> she's to be crowned britain's sixth reigning queen. >> reporter: atom bomb testing in nevada. the birth of the american space program. >> fired the apogee to raise the perigee. >> reporter: walter knew 12 american presidents. >> i've met all american presidents since herbert hoover and known some pretty well. lyndon johnson called "the cbs evening news" when i was actually on the air and insisted that they put him through to me on the air. the secretary said, "but he's on the air, mr. president." "i don't give a damn where he is. put him on the phone." >> reporter: he assumed the anchor chair of the evening news in 1962. >> good evening. from the cbs news control center in new york, this is walter cronkite reporting. >> walter cronkite was the man who most americans turned to to find out what was happening, to be comforted in times of stress, to be reassured that as bad as thing

man is the news. his death last night here in new york at the age of 92 was on the front page nearly 23ri american newspaper this morning. for a time in our history, it seemed that each milestone moment, the loss of a preppeds, journey to space, a painful was croon kite was there guiding americans with a trusted voice and becoming something of a national institution in the process. we begin our coverage tonight with nbc's ron allen. >> good evening from the cbs news control center in new york, this is walter cronkite reporting. >> reporter: there's never been a stronger, more reassuring presence in television news than walter cronkite. especially when the news was what we did not weren't to hear. >> martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. >> reporter: today, tributes to a journalist americans came to know as unck 8 walter. >> for deck dade, walter cronkite was the most trusted voice in america. his rich baritone reached

the sad news, we give you the breaking news, walter cronkite, the legendary anchorman within the voice of cbs news, the most trusted man in america passed away tonight. walter cronkite was 92 years old. he leaves a legacy. he was for many the voice of the man on the moon. he was for others the first voice to tell them president kennedy had been shot and killed. he also was the voice who frustrated president johnson by coming back from vietnam and saying to the american people, the war there was mired in a stalemate. president johnson believed it dramatically helped change public opinion here ithe united sta as ill for larry kin toto go to my friendcoll is standing by on the phone. quite simply, walter cronkite, what did he do for the about is? what is his legacy? >> what can you say, john. i wish i could be there tonight. i am with my boys on a prior commitment that i could not change. walter cronkite was not only a great broadcaster, he was a dear friend with other broadcasters. he would aid you and help you, in very -- he would always build you up, if you were young in the field, if

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walter anchored the news on cbs, first in washington, then on the network from new york. as television began taking wing in the 1950s, so did walter, covering the coronation of queen elizabeth -- >> to be crowned the sixth reigning queen. >> atomic device. >> reporter: atom bomb testing in nevada, the birth of the american space program. >> to raise the paray. >> reporter: he knew 12 american presidents. >> i met all of america's presidents since herbert hoover. i've known some of them pretty well. lyndon johnson call the cbs evening news while i was on the air and insisted that they put him through to me on the air. secretary said, but he's on the air, mr. president. i don't give a -- where he is, put him on the phone. >> reporter: he assumed the anchor chair of the "evening news" in 1962. >> good evening from the cbs news control center in new york. this is walter cronkite reporting. legalized abortion -- a fleury of activity at the jack ruby trial -- risk of a meltdown at the three mild island atomic plant. >> reporter: he was with us during america's darkest moments. >

>> of the new deal to the new light? i began by the story i tell is looking at elements both in and outside of the new deal. southern democrats and northern republicans, conservative republicans and western republicans will begin to bring their political perspectives together in opposition to the new deal and finally to a place where by 81980 ronald reagan wins decisively and by 84 even more so and in the beginning of national realignment regime change which is what we are at the end of. >> ronald reagan kicked off the 1980 campaign in mississippi. why was that significant? >> it wasn't just in mississippi. it was a much of the county mississippi where the site of the three civil rights workers, james chaney, andrew goodman and michael had been slain by klansmen in 1963. so, this was a place that was steeped in racial history, steeped in meaning for mississippians and was trent lott who brought him to give a speech there and reagan says in that speech like you, i believe in states' rights which is he could have made any

jumd on the news. the ly problem is, there are nohares in this new g.m. they were buying a corpse when they thout they were buying a baby. >> reporter: fince professor james angel sa many would-be inveors thought they were bung the new, post-bankruptcy g.m., wh, in fact, they were buying g.m.'s cast o parts-- the assets that arstill languiing in bankruptcy court and mit be stuck there for years. >> many of the online news wes basically said "neral motors, gmgmq today emerd from bankruptcy. soany people thought, ah ha! i cabuy stock in the new company now, butt wasn't the new company they were bung. it was the corpse the old coany. >>eporter: when g.m. went bankrupt, its d stock got a new ading symbol-- gmgmq. that confused somenvestors so relators have given the old company a new name-- mots liquidation company. the financial instry regulatory authoty's john gannon wantsveryone to know buying stock in motors liquidatioor any bankrupt company usually means you ar buying a lemon. >> people who thin if they buy >> reporter: regators did not haltrading in the

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the commentator commented on the news. an editorialist suggested action on the basis of their opinion of the news. and an analyst simply took the pieces out of the--the complex picture and tried to show you where they--how they fitted together. and i--that's what eric tried to do most of the time. he slopped over into editorializing, i must admit. and it was basically liberal. c-span: in the last couple of minutes i want to ask you about this person right here. you mention her often in the book. and you talk about her sense of humor. that's betsy. how long have you been married? >> guest: we've been married 56 years and i'm--say that they've been 56 mighty wonderful years. betsy maxwell, which was her maiden name, is a woman with one of the great senses of humor of all time. there she is with her mother and our firstborn, nancy. the--her mother had a sense of humor as well. the fam--the whole family did, the maxwell family. see, my wife had a new knee replacement not too long ago. and i must say, with all the pain at the ho

he said, damn-i it, the news is the news and you can't tell me what the news is going to be 24 hours in advance. so, of course, you know, now that i'm in the job, we promote a story for the next day. and -- but every once in a while when we're in our afternoon meetings, we talk about the fact that we have 20 pounds of potatoes to put into a ten-pound bag and i always vote for killing the promoted piece. and everybody looks around the room, and when we do that, i always say, that was due to walter. >> how much has it changed? i mean, obviously, the business has changed dramatically, but you're in that job now. i mean, is there still very much -- or do you try to emulate what he did in many ways, at least in terms of the journalism and the commitment to what you're saying, killing the promoted piece, when necessary? >> well, it's a -- you know, well, you know, what it's like. this business is tenuous balance between what people need to know and what they want to know. i mean, you look at the orgy of michael jackson coverage. you look at the fact that we do a -- we do a webcast or a podc

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in 1962 helped found the cbs evening news and he anchored the next 19 years. he was seen as impartial news man, more americans got news from cronkite than the huntley brinkley report. >> the united states information agency-- >> he also broke some of the centuries biggest stories. >> president kennedy died at 1 p.m. central standard time, two o'clock eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> when president kennedy was sass nated the stoic anchor showed emotion for the first time. >> i'm not very cold-blooded, i can cry over wounded animals as well as people, but that was the only time i think i really broke on the air. >> when he finally had a public opinion, american listened. >> the communist intention was to take the-- they came closer here than anywhere else, now, three weeks after the it began the firing goes on. >> when he opposed the war in vietnam, president lyndon johnson remarked, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. >> i don't believe he said that was a deciding matter at all. i think it was just another drop of water in a great torr

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"the new york times" says the currency director leon penetta disclosed the information about the still unidentified programs to members of congress last month. meanwhile cbs news has learned the new u.s. general in afghanistan is considering a request to the whitehouse for additional troops. as kimberly dozier reports stepped up fighting in the south of the country is forcing the u.s. to rethink its strategy. >> reporter: 4,000 u.s. marines pounded into afghanistan in helmand province this month to take back territory from the al ban. but they had 600 afghan troops fighting alongside them. the marine commander there said he cannot hold this teeter unless he gets more afghan forces to help win the people's trust. the top u.s. general in afghanistan, stan lee mcchrystal needs to protect afghan security. >> we need to protect them from violence whatever its nature. >> reporter: u.s. officials tells cbs news general mcchrystal hasment decided how many troops they need. this is simply a snapshot of his ongoing review which he's due to report to the whitehouse by early august. there's curren

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news. and i was the anchor person. l of that history of performance by cbs news, trust worthy news, presentation, rushed off on me. >> osgood: after all that, it may sound hard to believe that walter cronkite was once discouraged from getting into broadcasting in the first place. tell me about harfield weeden. >> he was my first boss in a sense. the program manager of a station in austin, texas, where as a student at the university i auditioned for the announcer's job. and harfield rejected me practically out of hand. with the immortal words, walter, you'll never make a radio announcer. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with walter cronkite. >> good evening. >> osgood: happily cronkite ignored that bit of advice and went on to interview president after presidentment he said the one he knew best was lyndon johnson. >> i had known him for a very long time. i had met him when he came to the texas legislature. i was covering that way back when. >> whatever price the communists paid for this offensive, the price to the allie

results of the new general motors. and the management team, the new general motors management team will be accountable to the board and, frankly, 330 million shareholders being the u.s. citizens in north america. so i think what you're going to see is the task force will gradually transition out in terms of their involvement. and the new board as they get up to spe in terms of our company, they will be holding us accountable. >> was there any surprise, maybe that's not the right word, but surprise within the headquarters when they said, bob lutz is not retiring. in fact, bob lutz is taking a bigger role in this company and bob lutz, who sometimes says things that make a lot of people in general motors go, ah, is going to be the man in charge of marketing and communicating with the public for gm. >> i think this is indicate i've of what the new general motors is about. bob, as you know, sometimes unpredictable in what he says, he speaks his mind. he's very, very transparent. as fritz indicated, any other oem in the world

in the news, speaking out. we are hearing more from everyonenvolved in the race case of harvard's henry louis gates. the president, a police sergeant, and gates himself, all with plenty to say. >>> education grants. billions of dollars worth. a new program being unveiled today. we'll hear exclusively from the man behind it. >>> and baseball's play of the year. so far, it saved the day and year. so far, it saved the day and help make some history. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning. and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. jeremy is off this morning. we begin with morning with the war of words that's erupted following last week's e arrest of harvard professor henry louis gates. it gained new ight when president obama spoke about it on wednesday night. and it shows no signs of stopping. >> reporter: after the president's surprisingly frank comments the other night, this issue has quickly overtaken his efforts to reform health care, much to his chagrin. it's perhaps the most memorable quote from

. >>> and the news just keeps coming. fox news starts right now. >>> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. >>> arrested again, former d.c. mayor marion barry charged with stalking. tonight, the woman involved tells her side. and the version of her events is very different from what police are saying. thank you for joining us, i'm maureen umeh. >>> and i'm will thomas, the woman charging the stalking is saying a lot. >> reporter: when we spoke at length, she and marion county had previously dated and she thought they were still friends. but she is stunned at the version that what happened last night. very different from what the park police said. what really went down on anacostia park, the police are looking into the matter on a stalking charge. >> all park police was flagged down by a woman who stated she was being bothered and stalked by a person in another car. >> reporter: a spokesperson came out, saying that they struck back. >> councilman marion barry is no stalker. instead, he is somebody who has lended his hand to assi

this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. epard: a rare victory for supporters of gun control. the senate has rejected a measure from the south republican senator which would have let people with concealed weapons permits bring their guns into other states. gun rights supporters needed 60 votes. they fell just two votes short. they insisted truckers and other americans with concealed weapons permits should be able to protect themselves when they cross state lines. gun-control supporters say this would undermine states with tough rules for permits. obviously a very sensitive topic. it was clear across the country that the battle lines had been drawn. >> this amendment will ensure that a state's border is not a limit to individuals fundamental right and will allow law-abiding individuals to travel without complications throughout the 40 states that currently permit some form of concealed and carry. >> it means more guns will wind up in the hands of criminals and more innocent people will be shot and killed. this is a recipe for

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many of the items were still in new boxes. investigators say the shop is clearly breaking the law by buying and selling stolen goods. >> people do not buy products new in the box and then come to a pawnshop and sell them at 10 cents on the dollar. >> reporter: investigators say some of them still have stickers on them, stickers from places like wal-mart and home depot. >> we have evidence that there are transaction sheets that weren't filled out properly. we have information that people have sold this merchandise to the establishment here without proper identification. >> reporter: for years police say stolen goods being sold to pawnshops has been a major problem in the county. >> someone has got to be the scapegoat for it and it's the police trying to slough off their failure to do their job on the owners that are an easy target. >> reporter: just last week police chief roberto hilton announced the creation of a pawnshop task force to focus on this issue. >> these are low-level thieves and drug dealers and this is supporting t

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the dea is considering new limits on the potent anesthetic propofol. the d.e.a. is considering putting new limits on the drug's distribution to prevent abuse and a deck. >> a real job hazard for nurses at a northern california hospital. they're claiming they got swine flu at work. care nurses in vallejo say they got sick after treating patients -- patients with the h1n1 virus but the hospital claims one nurse is actually a confirmed case of the swine flu. the nurses say they got sick because of a shortage of respiratory masks. >> we're endangering other people, you know, other patients, visitors. our families. and anywhere we go in the 4079. >> the chief nurse said they have plenty of masks for the nurses. california's occupational safety and health administration is looking into the matter. here at home. dozens of puppies rescued from a pennsylvania puppy mill are quickly finding new homes here in our area. the washington animal rescue league tells us all but eight of the dogs rescued last month have been adopted. the humane society brought the dogs to d.c. nearl

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so the timing of this news could not be much better. thanks to the federal stimulus money baltimore city will be hiring 50 new officers in the coming months. we're told new recruits will be assigned to foot patrol in the eastern district. >> the police could get a relationship with the neighborhood. >> if they go to the right places you think that's better and not focus on where there's no crime but where there is crime. >> the officers will be hired thanks to $10 million in federal funding. after the two-year grant expires the city has to come up with the money. >>> an alarming discovery in the sand at ocean city. police say that a person found a pipe bomb yesterday on the beach at 40th street. the area was evacuated while technicians used robotic equipment to remove the device. >>> here's the latest on the investigation into the death of michael jackson. federal agents spent nine hours searching the home of jackson's personal doctor conrad murray. the agents left with plastic storage containers, large envelopes and several boxes and to

this will be the new norm of general motors. >>> good news for car enthusiasts. ided to keep making the vipir sports car. the company previously said it would sell off the vipir business and production would end this year. in an announcement yesterday, chrysler said it would keep making the v-10 car through 2010 and beyond. it's pricey. models begin at around $90,000. >>> a florida couple who ado. ed 12 children was found shot to death thursday night. byrd and melanie billings were probably victims of a home invasion. an employee for the couple found their bodies. eight of their children were home when the shootings occurred, but they were unharmed. some of the billings' children have special needs. >> i can tell you that the members in our investigative section are somewhat stunned by this also. if you was to go throughout the county and say, well, someone is living in the wrong area or someone is involved in an activity that would bring this upon them, that would not fit the billings family because they do not fit that profile. >> meanwhile, authorities are look

the all-new 2010 lexus rx hybrid. it is video that left met low shocked and its riders outraged. this video here, the operator caught texting on the job while his train barreled ahead. the clip was downloaded from youtube thousands of times and has spurred a new crackdown by metro that starts today. news 4's tracee wilkins joins us live from the shady grove metro station with more on th. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. today is the day that metro begins its zero tolerance policy when it comes to its bus drivers and train operators using cell phones while operating the equipment. but in order to enforce this policy, they're goi to need some help from passengers. we asked them this morning, are you ready to step up? if you saw something like this, would you tell? >> sure. >> repter: really? >> yep. >> reporter: without question? >> without question. >> reporter: this video taken of a metro operator texting while operating a train in early june led to his suspension. it was taken by a passenger. and now met

the good news, the good news is i celebrated my 83rd birthday. the bad news is that i am 83. [laughter] i thank you mr. chairman for your courtesy and i thank my friends for their kindness and courtesy. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield for ten minutes for opening statements. excuse me, i did not see mr. bartlett there. he just walked in. mr. bartlett is recognized. >> you can go ahead with mr. whitfield. he was here before me. i am fine with that. >> mr. whitfield. >> we are all very polite so thank you very much. mr. chairman, i want to thank you also for holding yet another important hearing, examining the ongoing financial crisis in ways we can help our constituents get through these difficult times and medicate future problems. secretary geithner said that this new consumer financial protection agency would have only one mission and that is to protect consumers. it is also my understanding that this proposal would eliminate the consumer protections at the fdic, the federal reserve board, the comptroller of the currency, and the impact

they were heavily on the radio news as well. there were many right-wing paper is it who coverage it as though hiss was guilty from the beginning of the hearings. there were many moderate newspapers which were considered the man left newspapers by the right then and now, which gave it very balanced coverage. i think that they covered it at much greater lent than anything like this would be covered today. the long testimony of both chambers and hiss, along testimony at the trial. there was no reason why anybody living in new york or washington where los angeles could not have gotten balanced coverage, even though there were many newspapers which had very slanted coverage. there was a lot of good coverage. there was a lot of good coverage even from the ideological publications. "to the nation" which was one of hiss biggest supporters who fell to the proceedings were unfair. nevertheless, a journalist for them wrote very fair and marvelous articles. so many things about the trial. one of them was that it was one of the first trials i