one of the prominent sportswriters of the day, henry of the united press, ventured to watch white play and memorialized him with a gripping account of the memorable play in a bitter rivalry. white returned to punt 97 yards for a touchdown zig and zagging the field and leaving spectator dshz colorado won 17-7, although one newspaper headline accurately stated white, 17, utah, 7. white's national fame was secured by the column published in more than 400 newspapers. the recipe for an all-american backfield man is by the leading press box reads something like this. "take equal parts of speed, power, and savvy. mix well with ability to kick and pass. add a generous pinch of endurance. serve on any field. if that's right, then byron whizzer white of colorado deserves the gold watch, the parch meant scroll, the double-breasted sweater and all the other items that a man on an all-american team comes in for." within days newspapers from chicago to new york were heralding the new galloping ghost of the roblgys, the whizzing man. white's instant national fame in colorado's record yielded a berth

one of the prominent sportswriters of the day, henry mclemore of the united press, ventured in country to watch white play and memorialized him with a gripping account of a memorable play in a bitter rivalry. white returned a punt 97 yards for a touchdown, zigging and zagging the field, and leaving spectators breathless. colorado won 17-7, although one newspaper headline accurately stated, "white, 17, utah, 7." white's national fame was secured by mclemore's column published in more than 400 newspapers. one of the problems, though, is it went national with a memorable nickname which he quickly came to loathe. here's a sample of mclemore's column. "the recipe for an all-america backfield man is endorsed by the leading press box chefs, reads something like this -- take equal parts of speed, power, and savvy. mix well with ability to kick and pass. add a generous pinch of endurance, serve on any field. if that's right, then byron "whizzer" white of colorado deserves the gold box, the parchment stole, the double-breasted sweater and all the other items a man on an all-america team comes in

went to the university of texas and grew up in houston and he was a foreign correspondent for united press inrn a oalep peen hen' just a face guy. when cbs evening news became more important, when the new rath m nwork d w nktart as the anchor in the 60s and was there for 20 years into the early 80s and i just think that pridents, time covering is certainly fascinating and he was a fascinating person because he was so thoughtful and douglas brinkley is a wonderful histian. s hto pro at rivit heke tav academy and princeton. he is the real story and also does detailed comprehensive research in hiriding sohe biography of cnke e be din biography of walter cronkite. the fact that douglas brinkley wrote it andight high regard for himnd t f tt kis l-n a loinount a having this kind of biography is an excellent thing for us to have documentation in there thasok ita voices. vital vcesan oiz edhiynt a ele t and put a chapter in as secretary of state clinton becausi have been so impressed by the role that women have taken thrght thworl iclycoie t ioue and blow women leaders have emerged to create peace

he brought his lunch and he was an old united press wire service guy, and he would hear the hum of the machines and got a shooting in dallas and he ran with it. he did not just announce it to the nation, in that famous scene, he continued it all weekend long, he had a report on lee harvey oswald and who he was and how did jackie kennedy handle the death and the funeral. i call him a rabi or pastor in chief, he held our hands in a communal way during the assassination. his relationship with kennedy was testy because kennedy wanted to do a do-over on a interview like we are doing now and cronkite said no. but he became close to bobby kennedy. in 1968, cronkite urged bobby kennedy to run for president and challenge lyndon johnson for the nomination, cronkite went to vietnam and was sickened by what he saw. people question, why would he urge somebody like bobby kennedy to run for president, is that ethical and the answer was vietnam tore the country apart. once he went incountry and looked around, his sense of being a humanist was above him being an anchor. >> thank you very much. a legal

he was an old united press wire service guy. he would hear the hum of the machines. didn't announce that to the nation in the famous scene with the glasses, but had to continue all weekend long. he had to report on lee harvey oswald, who he was. ruby killingham and then the funeral. i call him like a rabbi or pastor in cheese. he held our hands in a communal way through that long tragedy of the kennedy association. but he became close to bobby kennedy. in 1968, cronkite urged bobby kennedy to run for president and challenge lyndon johnson for the nomination, cronkite went to vietnam and was sickened by what he saw about the johnson administration and lied to the american people. many people are questioning why would cronkite urge somebody like bobby kennedy to run for president. concrete stayed in the middle from '65 to '68. once he went in country, looked around. his sense of being a humanist transcended him being an anchor. >> a legal drug is believed to be connected to several gruesome crimes. one young man says it is the devil incar nate because he overdosed on i

he was trained, as you know, by the united press, he served in world war ii as a correspondent, all of he knew how to get news without any opinion on it, without any kind of twist on it. and so it's really quite sad that today's journalists are trying to look for his so-called dark side. >> eric: the last word. liz frot aalways great to see you. >> thank you. >> eric: thank you for the insight. >> jamie: coming up, much more on our continuing coverage of the queen's diamond jubilee celebration. we'll give you a close look as the queen's flotilla goes down the river thames and reaches the grand finale. c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i g heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilos isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! it kills heartburn fast. last season was the gulf's best tourism season in years. in florida we had more suntans... in alabama we had more beautiful blooms... in mississippi we had more good times... in louisiana we had more fun on the water. last season we broke all kinds of records on the gulf. this year

called the battle of the bulge were invited to pop up's party that day including a 20-year-old united press correspondent who happened to be chip cronkite at that. owed to a fly on the wall at that gathering. tiger tanks working on the countryside, pawpaw scored two booze despite the eggnog. the whole thing went wild beyond midnight. the only one who did not get high eyed and that is a direct quote from walter cronkite was cronkite who was a wire correspondent had deadlines to meet that night. could not get as high eyed as everybody else. [laughter] [talking over each other] >> that is what he told your mom in a letter and i am inclined to believe him. hemingway makes several cameo appearances none particularly flattering. as andy rooney said you should never meet one of your literary heroes because of your illusions that shattered. this will be a lot of fun. a lot of back and forth going here. we have a great panel and i want you to know how honored i feel to spend the last three years and how lucky i am to write something i care about as passionately as world war ii journalism and to foll

he was an old united press. he got a shooting in dallas and then he ran with it.ce it to the nation in that famous scene with the class glass and looking at the clock. will he to continue all weekend long. he had to report on, you know, lee harvey oswald, who he was and then, of course, ruby killing him and how did jackie kennedy handle the death and then the funeral. so i call him like a rabbi or a pastor in chief. he held her hands and in a communal way through that long tragedy of the kennedy assassination. >> more on the legendary walter cronkite in our next hour including why president john f. kennedy became testy with him over an interview and why he encouraged bobby kennedy to run for president. it's in our next hour here right here on cnn. >>> a daredevil attempts to break the speed of sound with the longest, highest free fall ever. all the way from the edge of space. >>> and we want our viewers to stay connected to cnn even on the go. grab your mobile phone and go to cnn.com/tv. foo you're on a desktop, you can also watch cnn live. at we did t: supported

. >> united press trent, he was cuted. >> joining us now is robert z n zorn, author. >> good morning. this undiscovered mastermind is john nolan who befriended your father many years ago. >> yes. just like this sandusky character groomed these boys for his evil purposes. john noll a german immigrant groomed my father to be the archivist of his horrible crime and embedded clues in my father so that my father could be the archivist for history. >> why do you think he was not only the accomplice but the mastermind. >> approached the greatest profiler from the fbi in history. after a six hour initial meeting john who had, john douglas who had written extensively about the case said john noll was the best suspect there's ever been in this case. he fits the psychological profile perfectly. and also when i went to the family of john noll, become very good friends with him, and anyway john, john noll's family gave me photographs and one of the photographs showed that he was a dead ringer for the police sketch that was done in 1932 of cemetery john and not only that but his physical descriptio

. >>> the cold war is really over as the united states presses for wto for russia. >>> and crop condition ratings verify what many know. this one is going downhill. >> united states farm report brought to you by the 2012 chevy silv era do. . >>> hello and welcome to united states farm report. farmers have multiple distractions competing for their attention right now. farm bill action in congress, markets and advancing drought conditions. these could prove to be small rips compared to global trends. economies around the world are on the edge of resuccession while the us is still growing slow downs in india, china and brazil remove much of the cushion. keeping up with complex global economy is hard when it's all you can do to cope with no rain. it's never been more important to at least try. we will do our best to help. time for the headlines. here is tin morgan. >> hello. its been a busy week for farm bill discussions and it ended with the senate passing its version of the bill. senate majority leader said the senate debates 70 amendments throughout the week. among them was debate about th

. >>> the united states is pressing the egyptian military to quickly transfer power to the newly elected civilian government. egypt's generals tightened their grip on power, issuing constitutional amendments that weaken civilian rule. yesterday, the generals said they would hand over power by the end of the month. the united states provides $1 billion annually to the egyptian military. the military power grab sets up a possible confrontation with the apparent winner of sunday's vote, islamist mohamed morsi. >>> back in this country, the raging colorado wildfires destroyed more homes. the fire west of ft. collins has now engulfed nearly 92 square miles and destroyed at least 189 houses. that's the most in state history. the fire is 50% contained but still being fueled by low humidity and hot weather. >>> the jury in the jerry sandusky child molestation trial could get the case by thursday. the defense is presenting its side, and sandusky may take the stand. sandusky's lawyers are arguing that he suffers from a personality disorder that involves excessive attention-seeking. manuel gallegus

the united states is pressing ahead with its drone attacks in pakistan saying the aim is to eradicate al qaeda, taliban and other insurgents. but the pakistan government doe deannoun denounces the ire strikes. >> drone attacks do raise serious questions about compliance with international law. i'm concerned by allegations of very grave violations in the context of counter terrorist and counter insurgency operations. drone strikes by the u.s. have casualties in pakistan and fueling anti-u.s. sentiment among its people in the government. >>> the united states says the time has come for pakistan to take action against afghan insurgents believed to be based within its borders. they're urging pakistan to do more to root out terrorists. hideki yui reports. >> reporter: u.s. defense secretary leon panetta says securing peace in afghanistan will be difficult as long as terrorists are in neighboring pakistan. he expressed strong displeasure with the pakistani conference in kabul on thursday. >> we are reaching the limits of our patience here and for that reason it is extremely important that p

clinton said the united states is pressing russia to support a power transfer that would remove the presidentwell, there will be no horse racing history made this year because the triple crown favorite " all have another " actual have another. the winner of the kentucky derby and preakness has been scratched from the belmont stakes, it has tendon problems and a leg. it was on pace to become the first triple crown winner since 1978. that is too bad. a lot of people have tune in and watched. it had a shot at winning. >> and it was a fan favorite. a lifetime commitment is not cheap. >> how the economy impacts the price of a wedding. >> after a tragedy took the life of a professor, his students are filling his work, coming up here about what they are doing and how they're being honored. >> some wild weather caught on video. a scary sight sending graduates running in new jersey. >> this guy is mostly sunny and the wind is getting gusty, 30 m.p.h. right now and more so,,,, >> happy graduation. a funnel crowd sent high-school graduates running for cover. other shot video of the storm. hail and wind

press aide to al-assad. jafry, daughter of the syrian ambassador to the united nations and one time press aide to assad helped walters land that interview with the syrian president. and once the e-mails were made public, the media took aim. and the suggestion, according to the new york times, according to the london telegraph, she asked walters if she could assist her in getting work. in january, walters wrote saying she had contacted c in. n's piers more began on her behalf and how terrific you are and attached the resume', appropriate? >> not appropriate and much to barbara walter's credit she owned up immediately and said she made a mistake and was sorry, apologized, a great reporter and great anchor over many, many years, she shouldn't have done it and she knows it. >> jon: so, jim, she also wrote to a former abc news executive richard wald now at the columbia journal echl school journalism school and tried to get his support. >> this is a window into the world of celebrity get. how you get access to the fill in the blank person who is famous at the moment. the and assad said i have nothing to do with peo

he was an old united service press wire service guy. auld always would hear the hum of those machines. he got a shooting in dallas and then he ran with it. he didn't just announce that to the nation in that famous scene with the nation, but he had to continue all weekend long. he had to report on lee harvey oswald, who he was. and of course, ruby killingham and how did jackie handle the death. i call him like a rabbi or a pastor in chief. he held our hands in a communal way through that long tragedy of the kennedy assassination. >> i love that interview. thank you, douglas. we're not done yet. there's much more insight on the legendary walter cronkite, including why president john f. kennedy became testy with him over an interview and why cronkite encouraged bobby kennedy to run for president against lyndon b. johnson. it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ ev

japan and the united states agreed to press ahead with consultations aimed at japan's entry to trans pacific partnership free trade talks. japanese prime minister noda and us president barack obama met briefly on tuesday. they reached an agreement after it was announced just before the summit began that mexico would join the tpp talks. noda had a brief conversation with european counselor president and they said they would continue to work together for setting up a free trade agreement between japan and the european union. >>> microsoft unveiled its version of the popular format it take on apple's dominance in the field. microsoft introduced the surface tablet on monday in los angeles. the software giant he new product will come loaded with windows 8 operating system. its cover features a keyboard on the inside flap. the company plans to reduce its dependence on operating software. it is shifting from traditional computers to mobile devices. microsoft says it'll launch a new family of computer-related products in the near future. >>> a full scale investigation is launched into toyota

press corps. here in the united states we value and prize the freedom of the press and the ability of the press to question the chief executive, the ability to question the president of the united states, but as in any place, there are rules and there are rules of conduct. when the president of the united states democrat or republican, is speaking to the nation and speaking before the press, it behooves the press to allow the president that space and room to make that statement and then yell questions out. everyone knew that the president was only coming out to make a statement, and would not be taking questions. so this person from "the daily caller" who attempted this stunt at least did something for his own personal reputation and the reputation of his organization. >> yes, indeed. julian getting to the content now, it seems to me today we had one candidate looking back in time, small-town america, and the president looking forward to weighs in which young law-abiding immigrants, albeit brought here illegal i by parents, can be encompassed by the nation. is that right? >> i think romney's visio

here's the statement they initially issued from the press secretary. the unitedstates congratulates dr. mohamed morsi on his victory in egypt's presidential election, and we congratulate the egyptian people for this milestone in their transition to democracy. we look forward to working together with president elect morsi and the government he forms on the basis of mutual respect to advance the many shared interests between egypt and the united states. and then not too long after that, president obama called both gentlemen, both the man who won, mr. morsi, and also general shafiq. interestingly, hala, if you look at both those statements and what he said to both of them, they're similar in a way. congratulations, of course, to morsi, but saying the u.s. will continue to support egypt's transition to democracy and stand by the egyptian people. to general shafiq, encouraging him to continue to play a role in egyptian politics by supporting the democratic process and also working to unify the egyptian people. so in both cases, what they are doing in a way is going ov

united the country. chris: the roll any campaign argues his press treatment has focused on his fullbackles and gaffes. as the campaign goes on forward will press treatment of romney improve? 11 say yes. one says romney never had bad press. that would be my thinking. we have june, july august before we have the big debates and the conventions. why will it get better in these months? >> there's another way to define better and that is more parity. an incumbent president has such an advantage to be a newsmaker, to be covered all the time. but to give both more time is in effect better for romney. chris: but the critique is that somehow the press jumped on him for saying things like i just got off the aircraft, the same sort of idiom he speaks in. would you call that trivial? >> i think it goes to who he is as a person. i think one reason why the coverage for mitt romney will improve is because he has a better chance of being president and the press corps is going to have to come to terms with the idea that they have to understand this guy in full if he's going to be president. i think that's part of it.

no contest since the court invited new briefs and arguments in citizen's united has attracted more attention in the press, the academy, the ticketline outside the supreme court. a line that formed three days before oral argument commenced. some say this was was unprecedented if they mean prior circles, protests, counter protests, going on outside the court while oral argument was under way inside. arguments consumed more than six hours, spanning three days. remarkable in modern times, but recall that in one of the cases, prominently cited in the health care briefs, mccullough against maryland, oral argument in 1819, ran on for nine days over the course of two months. the three cases challenging the constitutionality of the health care act present four questions. first, first has two parts. does congress have the authority under article i of the tax clause under the power clause or the tex and spend of the welfare to enact the so-called individual mandate? and second, if the individual mandate requiring the purchase of insurance or the payment of a penalty, if that is unconstitutional, must the entire act

hold their ground press egregious as the united states continues to buddy up to it looks like it could be using their new found friend to bully its enemy preassure either r t new delhi india couple of news stories in brief now southern australia has been hit by heavy floods more than twenty five thousand homes in the region of most buildings in sydney being damaged by strong winds in victoria river burst its banks and flood of a coal mine forcing workers to abandon the site may time heavy snow has blanketed new zealand's south island closing roads and grounding flights. to suicide bombers blow themselves up in afghanistan's southern city of kandahar killing at least twenty two and wounding fifty others up lost homes near a nato run airfield targeting civilians who provided supplies to the base the taliban's kind of responsibility for the attack meantime nato forces have killed at least seventeen civilians in an airstrike in logar province while trying to capture a taliban commander according to local officials. stuff for twenty three minutes past three o'clock moscow time as coach of t

. >> no court since the court invited new briefs and arguments in citizens united has attracted more attention in the press, the academy. the ticket line outside the supreme court, a line that formed three days before oral argument commenced. some have described the controversy as unprecedented, and they may be right if they mean the number of press conferences, prayer circles, protests, counter-protests going on outside the court while oral argument was under way inside. >> she also spoke about press reports on the decision expected this week or next. >> and though our deliberations are private, that has not dissuaded the media from publishing a steady stream of rumors and fifth-hand accounts. my favorite among precipices widely observed at the supreme court, those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know. >> watch the rest of her comments from the american constitution society online at the c-span video library. >>> the white house science and technology policy director was on capitol hill wednesday, testifying about the administration's research and sciences policy, clean energy, and restructu

>> no contest since the court invited new briefs and arguments in citizens united has attracted more attention from the press, the academy, the ticket line outside the supreme court. a line that formed three days before oral argument commenced. some have described the controversy as unprecedented, and they may be right if they mean the number of press conferences, prayer circles, protests, counter protests, going on outside the court while oral argument was under way inside. >> she also spoke about press reports on the decision, expected this week or next. >> and though our deliberations are private, has not dissuaded the media from publishing a steady stream of rumors and accounts. my favorite among press pieces was the observed at the supreme court. those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know. >> watch the rest of her comments from the american constitution society online at the c-span video library. >>> next, a senate hearing on the process of the initial public offering of stock like the recent facebook ipo, and how it impacts the economy. a finance professor and a lawyer specializing in comp

states as well as bolivia and so they've been taking a pretty strong stand against united states i think the on the press issue the press freedom issue it's one of those situations where you're going when all the darker government to try to become a more a people's government and right now the media is controlled by all of our actions that's going to cause some conflicts in that transition period so i'm not sure that i would put them as an anti free press country in that category so i think it's a very from my perspective legal perspective he was running out of choices you know there was not really much of an appeal left in europe there was the european quarter was going to people do pretty much says no almost all the time has to be a very rare circumstance they say yes and so he was going to be put to good sweden put into pretrial detention held in detention and you know who knows after that to that he could be in detention for years you know the kinds of charges he's facing to your sense could ever before your sense he could and his for years and then you have an extra united states and you never have

absolutely normal procedure and the refusal to explain it in any manner whatsoever to the press corps has kept me tracked united while the united states has protégé to traffic and. loud journalists on his request for asylum the u.k. supreme court gave the go ahead for the extradition to sweden on to sex assault allegations he spent three nights ecuadorian embassy in london with british police on alert to arrest the whistleblower as a breaching his bail conditions so instead his prosecution is politically driven and lazy could face the death penalty in america and that publication of a huge chance of a diplomatic and military cables civilian barest washington. they now have a forty eight thousand one hundred thirty five page f.b.i. files and official statements made in court. bradley manning in the next day on monday. manages that we are among the subjects of the grand jury proceedings which are doubting going. out and subpoenas everywhere there are witnesses who will come out on public record about how getting back into the grand jury we have received. the news mention my name. read month two people have been d

absolutely normal procedure and the refusal to explain it in any manner whatsoever to the press corps has kept me trapped united kingdom while the united states has put paid to try to convince me anyway. to waive maintained. in detention the legal action will take and then getting a song to. take to the u.s. playing way again repeating thinking about all the no i think. the evidence that there is a case that again is everywhere. i now have a forty eight thousand one hundred thirty five i. just issued statements made in court in a traditional family matters you can next monday. and it just are among the subjects of the grand jury proceedings which are now being going to come from. subpoenas everywhere there is to come out in public record about getting into a grand jury where you have received. the phoenix mention my name two people have been detained at the u.s. airports you created by the f.b.i. . so i mean a very serious situation and that gives an insight into exactly what's going on inside because this is really work again caught the attention of the world's media and we've been outside the ecuadorian to sa

the big picture here is that the united states still is very much pressing russia to stay out of syria, not to get involved in the war there. in fact, to take a position to try and get assad out of government. that's the real u.s. effort. underlying all this is the violence in syria grows, you see sectarian warfare and the instability growth. that becomes very destabilizing across the middle east. that becomes as tragic as syria is an even boarder problem for both the u.s. and russia an all of the allies to have to deal with. brooke. >> thank you. we talk about russia when it comes to syria, a key player there. we also have to talk about china. i want to let you know that president obama will be meeting with china's president in just a couple of hours. their sit down comes amid all this new talk about a wider role for china in mideast politics and in syria. harvard professor said it's time to carry its own ring. chie ma is the world supreme free rider. china ease oil con sujs has doubled. they contribute nothing to stability in the heartland. i was talking to our foreign affairs corres

i contend that the president of the united states today is taking much worse press than the predecessorection. let me bring up a graph here. this is the week of the last week of 2004. this is the nay mouse "new york times" -- the right wing tell you that the "new york times" is a big, bad, commie newspaper that gives democrats a break and never nice to republicans. let me show you the bush headlines. reporting progress on iraq resolution. next one, yeah. praises veteran of normandy. front page stories. by the way. bush on special day greets new iraqi leader. take a look at barack obama, the same time as george bush. in the next administration. a new clash in congress on the gun case gone wrong. pressing for a leak inquiry. >> eric: wow! that is so mean i can't believe they said that about obama. terrible. >> bob: i knew you'd mock it. explain it to me. >> eric: the viewers are sitting there going what in the hell are you talking about? >> greg: the most amazing media analysis i've heard. >> eric: this morning, sent an e-mail to all of us saying listen, topic pitch. i are never seen a pr

press lockups. my name is rob dougherty, i'm general manager in the united states for reuters which is the news division of thomson reuters. reuters is the largest international news agency in the world. we have more than 2,900 full-time journalists in 200 bureaus around the world reporting in 20 languages. globally our audience includes more than 1,700 text, media and 600 tv clients over 35 million visitors to reuters websites each month, and more than 400,000 financial professionals subscribe to thompson reuters desktop products. on april 10th, the labor department notified our washington bureau chiefs and other news organizations about major changes they planned for the operation of its lockups. dan covered the changes in detail so i won't repeat those. needily to say, we were taken aback by the change. dramatic and without advance notice and no real explanation of the rationale and without consultation with the news organizations. i want to be clear on two points. we believe lockups are extremely useful in promoting accurate and authoritative, sensitive data and provides journalists time to better u