. >> walter cronkite was talking about how scientist using data from the voyager mission had discovered a ring around jupiter. little did mark know that just a few years later he with use that same data to make his own discovery and far from his last. his desire now, to share some of his glory with the rest of us, is tonight's bay area proud. >> the view from outside mark showwalter's window in mountain view is nice enough. >> what we are seeing here -- >> as far as he is concerned, it is nothing compared to what is on his computer screen. >> maybe you can see the little thing left over right there. >> now, don't worry if you can't spot it right away. mark has a knack for spotting things in our solar system no one else has ever seen before. >> i'm a very much a visual scientist. >> he is working at nasa and now studying, mark has an impressive list of discoveries under his belt. the rings around jupiter. multiple rings and planets circli circli cirque uranis and now around pluto. one of mark's great skills seems to be his ability to strip away all of the visual noise that comes with tak

. >> he claims chapman's hiss list was jackie kennedy onassis and walter cronkite and actor john c.tters are going for an asking price of $75,000. >> a man accused of slapping a toddler onboard a delta airlines flight is out of a job this morning. 60-year-old joe hundley charged with assaulting a minor was suspended by his employer. but now the company says they have let him go. according to court papers, jessica bennett and her 2-year-old son were sitting next to hundley on a minneapolis flight this month when the boy became fussily, hundley used a racial slur and slapped that little boy in the face. >> i could not believe that he would say something like that and -- to a baby or about a baby and then to hit him was just, i -- i felt like i was in another world. i was shaking. >> unbelievable. bennett and her husband called the actions heinous and hateful. hundley's attorney says he plans to plead not guilty to the assault charge. >>> a southern california woman can finally hohn yort hero father that she never knew. her father died in 1945 right before she was born. his world war i

it used to be that the media was the referee, the walter cronkite's. not the media is a the participants, the rush limbaugh's and therein lies all one needs to know about the change in media today. the blogs, the cable news networks and all of the extraordinary cacophony of voices.com on a daily basis, not without some sacrifice inaccuracy i've might hasten to add has created real dilemma for policymakers today. i would even argue as much as i am grateful for c-span that even the new transparency to c-span has brought about has changed the dynamic. it used to be senators who go to the floor as he took colleagues on the floor. today, oftentimes a senator goes to the floor and speaks to the cameras and in so doing, avoid speaking to colleagues. this camera sometimes make it more difficult to be candid, especially in negotiations. here's what i'd like to say, but i can't say it because the camera is on. it creates a negotiating process along we you can be candid. i am often asked, will it change? the answer is yes. the country is always evolving, always c

he was a reporter in europe covering the front along with other future cbs colleagues such as walter cronkite, edward mirko. it can be passed away on november 4, 2011 at the age of 92. this is a little under half an hour. >> he's also the author of numerous best-selling books. tonight he will discuss the latest contribution mauney war. he said if it fills up with memories, - would have been over before i was 30 because i would have spent years reporting on the ghastly things that happened during world war ii. please welcome indy 500 rooney as he discusses my war. [applause] >> i am to speak for a few minutes and then you can ask me questions if you have any. about the memory thing come anybody i age begins to have trouble with their memory. i was in columbus ohio speaking to some society the state runs and the night before i went to a restaurant in columbus and i got up in front of them and i said there is no doubt you lose some of your memory that you make up with that with the experience you have. i said i wish i didn't lose as much memory as i had. i ate at a restaurant in columbus last ni

. >> not only john lennon, but it was walter cronkite, george c. scott, jackie onassis and -- i'm trying to think of who else. >> were these names in the letters to you? >> no. see, i was trying to get him to admit that. you see, i had known through the investigation in the d.a.'s office that he had named these people. to the psychiatrist, but they were not going allow that to hit the street. so i figured if i could get him to mention it in a letter, i could, you know, confirm it. but he said other people would serve its purpose. that is what he meant by that with the hit list. he says, you know, and the d.a. knows the names. >> do you ever go back now to on the upper west side and ever go back and walk by the dakota? >> yeah, i have been there a few times. it is not a great place to visit anymore. it is a magnificent building and everything, but what i felt then was that it was so sad that he died, because he had a son the same age as mine. and i said, here, this kid is going to grow up without a father. i couldn't care a less if he never wrote an

remember when there were three channels of television and every channel had their version of walter cronkiteot agree with them, what you thought about them. today we watched news as a form of self gratification. the right watches fox and a left watch is a mess in d.c. and never the twain shall meet. you're reinforcing your opinions rather than requiring terror the through the problem. [applause] >> i used to, i say, engineering high-school students, college students, but everyone out there, what joe was just saying, i challenge everybody does it not limit yourself to hearing from one side or from one place. you need -- we need to make congress, to be able to understand other points of view. everyone here, americans need to understand, you do not have to agree with another but did you. you have to be able to understand it, respected because that is the only way that you can reach a real compromise and reach real agreement with others. we are becoming so fractured and our country because we -- people listen only to what they want to year and therefore they don't understand anyone else. if he d

guest: one of the problems in the polarization of the country i would watch walter cronkite to see what happened then you would go to bed and see what to do and come back the next day. with the 247 -- 24-7 new cycle, people cannot go to the media to get information. -- new cycle, people do not go to the media to get information. they go to give a reinforcement for what they already believe. that gives people the ability to say -- said this -- sean hanni ty said this, so it must be right. i use the internet a lot. give me the facts and let me figure it out. i do not need you to tell me what i think. host: on our line for democrats, from louisiana. good morning. caller: i happen to travel from louisiana. i live in texas on a -- in a border town. what i wanted to address was, i have been thoroughly checked out by the united states government. i served in the u.s. military. for years, i never picked up the handgun. there are people who show up in the rivers and they wind up down in the gutters. it is just like another war out here. what we try to do is, we go into a facility and protect the

. >> reporter: i like the second walter cronkite interview.y more than anyone. one of the wonderful things about the crowd is that you could get immediate personal insults. and obviously this was a club for white males in its earliest years and naso of the people have come through have been people quite intense such as connelly's out ric--consliza rice the only fuel were downtown at the turn of the century were men. in california and 99.9 people were white so there was no exclusion, it was just the people who were there. the woman's movement started in the late '60s and by 1971 the club not only have women members it shortly after had a woman president. they were on the forefront. now they run the show, with a wonderful woman ceo. she is wonderful and is loggias into the next century. argillite online things as well. --aren't upi bill think so much for joining us and celebrating the commonwealth francisco, lafayette and silicon valley. the main headquarters in san francisco on market street. for more information go to commonwealth club dot org

of the problems in the polarization of the country is when i was growing up, you would watch walter cronkite at 6:00 to find out what happened and you go to bed and figure out what to do. today with the 24/7 news cycles, you do see people not going to the media in my opinion to get information. they go to reinforce what they're already thinking. so republicans tend to watch fox news. democrats tend to watch cnn and really way out democrats watch msnbc and that gives people the ability to say oh yeah shawn hanty said this so it must be right. and rachel mad ow said this and it must be right. everybody's an editorial writer today. that's why i use the internet. i'm smart enough and i think most americans are smart enough. give me the facts and let me figure it out. i don't need you to tell me what i think. zoom good morning. caller: good morning, sir. host: good morning. caller: i happened to be a road tech. i travel from louisiana -- i live in texas and i live in a border town. what i wanted to address is i have been thoroughly checked out by the united states government. i've served in the u

remember when there were three channels of television and every channel had their version of walter cronkited to pitch down the middle. you thought about them. gravitation. the right watches fox, the left watches msnbc and never the twain shall meet and you are reinforcing your opinions rather than requiring to stretch and think. [applause] >> thank you. >> a perfect lead in. i have a background in engineering. i have a degree in pauly side. -- poly sci. what jim was just saying, don't olimit yourself -- do not limit yourself. we need to understand other points of view. if you do not have to agree. you have to be able to understand it. that is the only way you can reach a real compromise and reach agreement with others. we are becoming so fractured in our country because people listen only to what they want to hear. read what they want to read and they do not understand anyone else. differently are crazy. there is something wrong. things. that is critical for your and your people. -- younger people. we have become very cynical about other people and can anything ever be done, because i have

praiseworthy of you, praiseworthy of me and a few other journalists, saying we're part of that walter cronkiteastern on "a.c. 360." we want to continue our coverage, though. we're following this huge manhunt across california, for an alleged cop killer who's also a former police officer himself. an officer was killed earlier today in the city of riverside, california. >> and joining us now for the latest details, riverside mayor, rusty bailey, as well as a police chief in riverside, sergio diaz. gentleman, it's been a very busy day for you. thank you so much, for joining us. >> and let me begin the questioning, gentleman. thanks very much. first of all, our condolences for two of your police officers who were shot in that ambush. we're really sorry, obviously, for the loss. but what can you tell us about that deadly, deadly confrontation? >> well, first and foremost, the city of riverside's heart pours out and our prayers are lifted up for the officers involved and their families. and so we will continue to support them and the city will continue to support the police chief and all law enforce

remember when there were three channels of television and every channel had their version of walter cronkitet about them. we watch news as a form of self gravitation. the right watches fox, the left watches msnbc and never the twain shall meet and you are reinforcing your opinions rather than requiring to stretch and think. [applause] >> thank you. >> a perfect lead in. i have a background in engineering. i have a degree in pauly side. -- poly sci. what jim was just saying, don't olimit yourself -- do not limit yourself. we need to understand other points of view. if you do not have to agree. you have to be able to understand it. that is the only way you can reach a real compromise and reach agreement with others. we are becoming so fractured in our country because people listen only to what they want to hear. read what they want to read and they do not understand anyone else. they think those who think differently are crazy. there is something wrong. you have to understand those things. that is critical for your and your people. -- younger people. we have become very cynical about other peo