when we see the vladimir horowitz interview?ose things you describe, he relished those things, by the way. he got the greatest kick out of it. >> he fell in love with people and you could see it on the screen. >> oh, yeah. absolutely. ♪ >> reporter: vladimir horowitz in 1977. ♪ >> reporter: this was the story that he often called his favorite of all time. it always struck me that he loved being mike wallace. >> he loved being mike wallace. he did, he did. you know, he had -- he -- we always think of him as asking thought questions and putting people up against the wall and all of that, but there was that adorable impish playful side of mike. >> i couldn't honestly answer you. >> reporter: many of the celebrities that he interviewed had been his friends for years. he'd known ronald and nancy reagan for decades. he could be tender with them and still ask the painful questions. >> it was back in 1975 you said that your life began with ronald reagan. you've also said that you can't imagine life without ronald reagan, and now you're

what are we seeing there when we see the tina turner but is view, when we see the vladimir horowitz interviewings that you described, he relished those things, by the way, he got the greatest kick out of it. particularly horowitz. >> pelley: he fell in love with people and you could see it on the screen. >> absolutely. >> pelley: vladimir horowitz in 1977. this was the story that he often called his favorite of all time. it always struck me that he loved being mike wallace. >> (laughs) he loved being mike wallace! he did! he did. you know, he had... he... we always think of him as asking "the question" and putting the people up against the wall and all of that. but there was that adorable impish playful side of mike. i think public saw what you and i saw in the office when he was being like a teenaged boy. >> pelley: this is the same mike on television and in the office, there was no difference. >> no difference. >> i couldn't honestly answer you. >> pelley: many of the celebrities that he interviewed had been his friends for years. he'd known ronald and nancy reagan for decades. he could be

vladimir horowitz. >> beautiful memories shared by lesley stahl there about the great mike wallace. mike wallace also helped lesley in a very personal matter and she says, he, mike wallace, saved the life of someone very close to her. she shares that with me later on in the newsroom. >>> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich said mitt romney has the nomination all but locked up, speaking on fox news sunday. gingrich said romney is, quote, far and away the most likely republican nominee. gingrich vowed to support romney if he is nominated but saying he's staying in the race to push his personal platforms. rick santorum won't head back to the campaign trail on monday as previously planned. santorum will stay with his daughter bella, who is being hospitalized and has been since friday. she suffers from a chromosomal disorder, and was also hospitalized back in january, if you recall. rick santorum has been campaigning aggressively in his home state of pennsylvania, head of the april 24th primary.

>> vladimir horowitz: yes, i know because they ask me all the time. >> wallace: and when i asked him e had played in central park in 1945, "the stars and stripes forever..." >> horowitz: no, i forgot that! >> wallace: you... come on, you haven't forgotten. > horowitz: i tell you i don't know it! >> wallace ( mimicking ): i don't know, how, i don't, forget it... he was going. >> horowitz: i have to remember, it's too difficult! >> wallace: and his wife wanda said, "play it." >> wanda horowitz: go on from there. >> wallace: and he did. >> ( playing "the stars and stripes forever" ) >> stahl: why was that your favorite? why? because you were... >> wallace: because you got the unvarnished-- this was the first time he had ever done anything like this. >> ( playing "the stars and stripes forever" ) >> stahl: we thought of another reason. because in a lot of ways, vladimir horowitz was just like mike wallace-- brilliant, temperamental, a holy terror. >> horowitz: ( laughs ) >> stahl: when horowitz was growing up in russia, people who heard his astonishing playing thought he was possessed by

>> reporter: this was with vladimir horowitz. >> i tell you, i don't know it. ♪ >> one of the best.ep well, mr. wallace. >>> investigators say a huge fire on a southern california freeway was caused by a drunk driver. the man allegedly drove his speeding car into the back of a gasoline tanker. it burst into tlams. 6,000 gallons of gas fueled the infer know. no injuries reported. that freeway was closed for much of yesterday. sengss still remain closed. >>> it was quite an easter outing for new york jets quarterback time tebow. about 15,000 worshippers got together in texas to hear what he had to say. >> tebow, a devout christian, said it's important for athletes to be role modeled and he addressed his most famous move. >> i don't think i was the first athlete to get on a knee and pray. i have had the same routine the last seven years and just this year, they started calling it tebowing. i have no idea why. i've been doing the same thing for the last seven years. this year, it seemed to get popular. >> that's for sure. he called it cool because prayer is being talked about. >> certai

but for such a tough guy, mike's all-time favorite interview with one with another, pianist, vladimir horowitz played "the stars and stripes forever." it almost brought tears to the toughest guy on television. ♪ >> astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. that's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy. ♪ >>> on cbs's "face the nation" bob schieffer gave an emotional farewell to mike wallace. >> mike was a great friend and mentor to me. he even gave me a compliment once and he was one of the real pioneers in television journalism all going to miss him. >>> next sunday, april 16 lt "60 minutes" plans a full tribute to mike wallace. you can see that right here on cbs. >>> now to the shooting rampage that left three people dead. the incident happened in tulsa, oklahoma. two men have been arrested and are due in court this morning. investigators say they found a racial slur on one of the suspect's facebook page but they also say revenge not race may have been a factor. we have the latest. >> reporter: the suspects in friday's deadly shooting spree in tulsa are expected to

and he talked about how for mike wallace, one of miss most famous interviews was of a pianist, vladimir horowitz. what was it about that softer side of mike wallace that most people didn't seem to be as accustomed to seeing? >> there was a major, just decency about mike. i got to know him in several ways, one of which was that he and i battled depression during our lives, along with others, including bill styron, that really had been something that he had battled, as i have, and he showed tremendous interest in those who were confronting that illness, but it didn't keep him from continuing with his career and doing uncommonly well. >> well, that is extraordinary, because even morely safer talked about, did an interview with him many years ago and talked to him in a very candid manner about that depression, about how he kept it inside for so long, and how mike wallace actually considered killing himself. did you all share kind of those parallels of experience together, in a way that you felt, perhaps, other people wouldn't be able to understand or connect with you on? >> well, we shared it usuall

. >> he did a tremendous interview once with vladimir horowitz and that was amazing.know mike was -- had this knowledge of music and all that, mike had a broad range of interests. and, the huge asset to him, because you would interview almost anybody. >> eric: brit, you mentioned the vladimir horowitz interview and the interview on youtube and i would urge everyone to watch it. i watched it last week. he said that was his favorite interview. can you imagine? of everyone he sat down with and he was tough on the reagans and became fast friends with nancy reagan, the vladimir horowitz interview was his favorite. >> it was a great interview, really compelling, and, it was on "60 minutes" as i recall, and, one of these things, "60 minutes" looked for a mass audience and so you have this musician, that, a lot of the audience might not have been interested in, wouldn't have heard of, an old man at the time, and pinched looking in his old age and mike, you know, was so obviously enthusiastic about him it made you as a viewer, you were interested in him because mike was. >> er

such a tough guy, mike's all-time favorite interview was the one enth another legend, pianist vladimir horowitz so, for the up-teenth time we dust off the footage of the two of them, forces of nature both, sly, manic, egos rampant. rut mike, a red, white and blue kind of guy, horowitz played the stars and stripes forever it he ost brought tears to the aughest guy on television. astonishing what you learn and rel and see along the way. that's why a reporter's job as you know is such a joy. joy. cc >> glor: the two suspects in a tullsa, oklahoma shooting spree have been charged with first- degree murder. three people were killed, two others wounded. police made the arrest within two days of the killings based on tips from the public. more now from anna werner. ♪ amazing grace... ♪ >> reporter: the north peoria church of christ held a special service on this easter remember the victims gunned down on good friday. the multiple shootings stunned this city of 400,000 people. all the victims were black. the attacks all occurred in a small section of north tulsa. police knew only that a white man in a

>> reporter: this was with vladimir horowitz.ho wallace would often say was one of his favorites. >> i tell you, i don't know it. i have to remember. it's too difficult. >> i'm sure that it's difficult. ♪ >> one of the best. sleep well, mr. wallace. >>> investigators say a huge fire on a southern california freeway was caused by a drunk driver. the man allegedly drove his speeding car into the back of a gasoline tanker. it then, of course, burst into flames. 6,000 gallons of gas fueled the inferno. no injuries reported. that freeway was closed for much of yesterday. sections of the highway still remain closed. >> what a scene there. >>> it was quite an easter outing for new york jets quarterback tim tebow. about 15,000 worshippers got together at an outdoor church service in texas to hear what he had to say. >> tebow, a devout christian, said it's important for athletes to be role models and he addressed his most famous move. >> i don't think i was the first athlete to get on a knee and pray. i have had the same routine the last

>> reporter: and it was this interview with vladimir horowitz wallace would often offer as one of his favorites. >> i tell you, i don't know it. but i have to remember. it's difficult. >> i'm aware it's difficult. ♪ >> wallace is survived by his wife and son chris wallace of fox news. and this evening, abc news president ben sherwood said what we were all thinking today. that every sunday night, america tuned in to see what questions wallace would ask and who would be exposed to his hard-charging quest for the truth. he inspired generations of journalists, this one, included. we are thinking of our friends down the street at cbs tonight. >>> but we do move on this evening and to a break in the case we reported on last night here. that deadly shooting spree in tulsa, oklahoma. tonight, two men are under arrest after three people were shot dead, two others seriously wounded. the suspects are both white, all of the victims black. and tonight, investigators are asking, was this race or revenge? here's our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: police say these two me

and he loved vladimir horowitz and let you see it. i thought he just was a guy, and everything was out there. i am who i am. i'm honest in everything i do. >> i also think to have had the career and longevity he had in this business was just extraordinary. at 80 -- i mean he was working until he was 88. >> 88. >> yeah. i just think that's extraordinary. >> when he started "60 minutes" with don hewitt and the two of them created it together, he was 50. >> wow. that's amazing. >> of course he'd already had a career in showbiz. he was an actor and did radio and commercials. and, you know, his son died -- >> right n. greece. >> in greece, and he turned -- he changed. >> that was really for him a major turning point. he decided after that -- his son had been doing writing. and i remember him saying that he felt his son might become a reporter and he kind of wanted to be the reporter that his son would never be. >> he wanted to become a serious person who made a mark. and he did. and he changed enormously and devoted himself to this. >> he

such a tough guy, mike's all-time favorite interview was the one with another legend, pianit vladimir horowitzr mike, a red, white and blue kind of guy, he played "the stars and stripes forever." it almost brought tears to the toughest guy on television. ♪ >> astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. that's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy. ♪ >> morley safer is here along with fellow "60 minutes" correspondent steve kroft, welcome. >> thank you. >> in your own words, tell me the words of mike wallace. >> competitive beyond belief, at the same time, i know this will surprise people, unsure of himself. >> unsure of himself? this confident, tough -- >> mike always felt that he had not paid his dues as a journalist. and i think it's one of the things that made him such a tough guy. out to prove himself on every story, every day. and it's what -- and he was relentless in that. and he's confessed it to a lot of people. including me. that that uncertainty or that even, perhaps, shame of having done commercials and silly stuff haunted him. >> performer, i think. the gr