and here's how walter cronkite called it back then. >> the cbs evening news with walter cronkite. >> for part of north america, the sun went out today. for a little under three minutes, forces of darkness ruled in daylight, great shadow up to 190 miles wide, cut across the continent from the coast of oregon to greenland. it was the last total eclipse of the sun for north america, until the year 2,017. >> and here we are. all these years later. but take a look at this video, of people gathering to watch the eclipse 38 years ago, just a little trip back in time. always good to see. >> our eclipsefest, continues at 6:00 advice for your pet. should you walk your dog during the eclipse or keep your pup inside? a vet answers our questions onto how to keep pets safe on monday. that's coming up at of. >> and every day in every newscast, we will have you covered with all of the eclipse information you need. so stay with cbs-3 and cbsphilly.com for eclipsefest, only here, on cbs-3. >> entrepreneur elan must being has sent into orbit today. reached the international space station just before 7:

this was with walter cronkite back in 1979 and we will see how it compares to today that starts in 4.5 hours and today's the eclipse is providing the perfect opportunity to shed a little light on the signed to science behind it. >> reporter: the only thing hotter than the sun these days is demand for the glasses and the lawrence hall of science in berkeley was offering a pair as a perk to members giving a preview to visitors about the event. this made the photographs and created their own pinhole the words although some seemed unclear on the concept. >> i think it was like a black being with yellow stuff around it. >> reporter: they talked about how the distance has to line up for this to occur. it is also 400 times farther away which is why they can seem to be about the same size. >> a lots of us just love the chance to see a spectacle that the total eclipse offers. here in berkeley we get a minor spectacle of a partial eclipse. >> reporter: this will be enough light to make it seem like a cloudy day but the light will cast sharp shadows that when shown through holes will reveal the s

tv coverage, i think there were a number of anchors who were trying too hard to act and have a walter cronkite moment. i respect a lot of what cbs does, but that was playing to what cable does and that was the wrong way to go. howie: you went to uca under brad watt for law school. i understand why the press was offended by him saying the other side does it as well. but it's been days and days and lots moral outrage which i said at the time not that much about on the other side. gayle: one of the best national review writers andrew mccarthy said it's surprising that 2/3 of americans supported president trump's comments. he says that's because he believes the media has tried to obscure the violence of the left. should the story be about trump's reaction to what happened in saturday in this amazing town, this bastion of learning or should it be about what actually happens there. political violence to achieve political end across our country. howie: there was some violence by liberal protesters but they didn't kill anybody. the president's top visors described themselves as stunned. and expressed

announcing that the president has passed, and with what their concrete becoming emotional -- walter cronkite becoming emotional. but this is not on his death, this is all about his life. this part of the exhibit examines one of the most iconic parts of his life, his world war ii service. where he became a hero with the pt 109. it has one-of-a-kind items including his actual signed letter where he requests duty, he requests to serve in the military. it specifically says he wants to serve on a pt boat. and in this logbook is believed to be the only evidence that exists that he took flying lessons. after the pt 109 incidents, after he recovered somewhat and when he was still on duty in florida, he took flight lessons and this was a logbook that was signed twice. it shows a solo flight. and it is speculated he stopped the training after his brother joe was killed in a plane explosion in 1934. as we examine his life, we want to highlight what was one of the most import parts of his life, the pt 109 incident where he became a war hero. that helped with his election into congress. it also left him

your book deals with lbj, walter cronkite and other media figures who ended up redirecting thect american perception of the war as a winnable exercise. this is one of many like we meet at the beginning, this is one of many characters we didn't know until now. >> now were in the middle of the battle, it's raging in the city. there is a steady world gunfire and explosions that would be clips at intervals by the sound of a shell fired from one of the warships anchored 15 to make 20 miles east in the south china sea. the biggest of their guns were 16 inches, that measures the width of the barrels. the gun was 50 times outline. it could hurl a projectile is heavy as a small car 25 miles. it would emerge in the general is a low whistling that grew louder as it approached until it became heard passing above the clouds like an airborne locomotive. the hurtling move with suche hul force that when it hit the ground at a great distance thehe earth shook. walls crumbled. it felt like the end of the world to richard lefty who was deposited into this on friday the 16th, joining harrington's delta compa

. >> walter cronkite on the cbs evening news, the way it was in 1979. >> good evening, for part of the north america, the sun went out today for little under three minute, the forces of darkness ruled in daylight, with great gloss of shadow up to 190 miles wide, cut across the continent from coast of oregon, to greenland. it was the last total eclipse, since the year -- until the year 2017. >> wow, that's so cool. >> i'm tweaking out little bit , i got chills. kansas city couple using the eclipse as a use to tie the knot. >> they've known each other for 20 years, but in the last three they became sweetheart and started a family, then joe popped the question. when it came time to plan the wedding the couple found out about the total eclipse. it seemed like the heavily bodies had aligned. >> we both love, you know, the moon, the stars, the planets >> it will be awesome, once in a lifetime opportunity, that's what i love about it. >> well, don and joe will take their vows before the moon passes between the sun and the earth. they're matching their wardrobes to symbolize light and dark. th

it wasn't long before walter cronkite, perhaps the best-known newscaster on television worldwide had to announce not , only to america but the world , at large that jfk had not only been shot but his life had been lost and he had succumbed to the bullets that had entered his head. memorials sprung up here in new york city. a photograph of jfk placed in a store window is really a reminder that you couldn't move without seeing some memory of jfk. and of course, a few days later there was this incredible funeral procession in washington, d.c. after jfk's body was brought back to washington. jackie kennedy herself had shaped the funeral arrangements very much patterned after abraham lincoln's burial and with a black veil and her two children by her side walked to arlington national cemetery where jfk was buried and any -- and an eternal flame was lit over the place where he was buried. you know a lot of people know i , was in dallas when jfk was killed. but i didn't put any of my own photographs here in the exhibition. but here's a picture of lee harvey oswald that tragic day, a famous i

american politics was more of a gentlemen's game and even the media reflected that look would walter cronkite put up with the kind of thing that passes for journalism today by and large you had news on the news space age and opinion on the editorial page but now when i open the new york times page one i feel like i'm reading a nonstop rant against trump the distinction between the news page and the op ed they just completely dissolved the other hand we have news. right but remember that fox news was a response to the fact that not only the mainstream channels but all the cable channels have become thoroughly politicized and in effect roger ailes said listen we've got m.s.n. b.c. on the left we've got c.n.n. out there there's going to be a market for right wing news and so i would much rather have seen mainstream channels that opened a genuine debate from both sides but that's not the america we live in now what went wrong bill. i think what went wrong with the health care bill is that the republicans did not actually expect hillary to lose i didn't expect hillary to lose and so they really di

walter cronkite. the last time for the eclipse was 1979. there were some pretty interesting myths and there are still some today. >> we have not heard anything with roosters but nasa is debunking other myths this year saying watching the solar eclipse will not harm women who are pregnant. another popular myth is that close you birthday it is a sign of bad help to come. necessary is that is not true. there is no physical that she should between a total solar eclipse and your health. >> but if there is a solar eclipse does that mean your teenage daughter will clean her bedroom? >> and how would it affect the animals? >> i had a crazy thing happen this morning. my phone rang this morning and my son had forgotten something and he left the front door open. in came a raccoon. i had a big giant candlestick in my hand and also maize and i was making noise to make it go away. my sun was on the other side and then there was this second raccoon so i'm wondering does this have anything to do with the eclipse? it is the life of roberta gonzales . >> i t

your book deals with lbj, with westmoreland, walter cronkite among other media, figures who ended up, really kind of redirecting the american perception of the war, as a winnable, you know, exercise. and this is one of many, like the one we meet at the beginning of the book. this is one of many characters we didn't know until now. >> this now, we're in the middle of the battle where it's raging in the city. there was a steady roar of gunfire and explosions, but with the eclipse and intervals by the sound of a shell fired from one of the war ships anchored 15 to 20 miles east in the south china sea. the biggest of their guns were 16 inchers, which measured the width of the barrels bore. the gun itself was 50 times that long. it could hurl a projectile as heavy as a small car 25 miles. it would emerge in the general din as a low whistle that grew louder as it approached until it became a thing felt as much as heard, passing above the opaque ceiling of clouds like an airborne locomotive. the hurling projectile went with so much force it dressed on the eardrums. and when it hit the ground

you know, 30, 40 years ago if walter cronkite didn't talk about it on the evening news, nobody knew aboutright now have you a fringe operator with 100,000 twitter followers who puts out meet me on the corner of 47th and myrtle and we'll beat the ♪ out of some an tiff if a people. next thing you know have you a full scale riot on your hand. it's a new era for policing and politicians and managers better get it through their heads or you will see more of this. >> tucker: i think you already have. i think later in the show we have video, someone sent it to me of a statue being pulled down. some kind of confederate war memorial i think it just happened. see people gather around, attach a strap to the head of the statue and pull it down. i'm sure it will be applauded by the left. they don't like these statues, that's fine. there it is right there. i think this just happened. okay. there it is. now, i'm ♪ exactly sure where this is. but it's clearly a public space. no police to be seen. my crowd strong political views can destroy a statue, why can't they set your house on fire? in other words,

. >> there's a very famous saying, when lyndon johnson saw walter cronkite say we couldn't win the vietnam war, lbj said, if we've lost walter, we've lost the war and i can't imagine that the president wasn't saying to himself, if we've lost newt, we're in really big trouble. >> what about bob corker questioning his stability. >> corker is a gentle, thoughtful guy. he doesn't elbow his way in front of the cameras when you're on capitol hill. he's worked his way through the system, and for him to come out at a rotary club meeting, i mean, what could be more middle american than a rotary club meeting in tennessee, and use that kind of language about the president, i think bob corker may have been the most important story of the day, but because he's not kind of lighting fires, it's not getting the attention other than from -- >> what does that mean for getting stuff done. >> it means that you get people that will start saying the president's over here, we're going to be over here. now, he could either sign what we send him or not. i'll tell you who the best guy is that they've got right now.

the social media age, where everyone of you carries in your pocket more broadcasting power than walter cronkite ever disposed of. you are the battlefield. you are also combatants. everyone of you play the role. let me tell you a good story about the defeat of what the russians did from france. they intervened heavily in the french presidential election in the same way. there's a candidate at the center, emmanuel macron, a candidate at the extremes on the national front. they had a 20 million euro loan to marine le pen's party. he's very proud of the fact that -- a minimum of the fact that he has a world background -- a rural background. he was given a knife and some deals to go -- a knife and some eels to cut the eels, which is apparently something you need to be president of france. [laughter] he takes off his jacket, rolls up his sleeves, takes the knife and guts the eel. i haven't done it myself, but i can see from the video it is messy work. after he is finished, he washed his hands and put his jacket back on, and then shook hands and campaigned. somebody took this video and doctored it to

you did not know if walter cronkite was a republican or a democrat, or it liberal, they just had the news. now it is about a matter of clicks and getting your story out and becoming the news. this was evident yesterday when stephen miller had a press conference and got into an exchange with a cnn commentator, a cnn journalist, i guess, jim acosta. this has permeated the election cycle. we have seen time and time again where reporters want to be the news. i think he is a very fine guy, a -- there is a reporter from time magazine, zeke miller. he is a very fine guy. the day that the president was sworn in, he went into the oval office. he was a pool reporter. he took a picture inside the oval office and said, and he tweeted out instantly and said "the bust of martin luther king jr. was removed from the white house." he intimated that donald trump was a racist by removing that. do you know where the bust of martin luther king jr. was that day? it was in the exact same spot that barack obama had it. the difference was, there was a u.s. secret service agent standing in front of it where h

you point out that walter cronkite was important to that. some of you might have remembered his wonderful voice reporting the disasters of the day. there were only three television networks as opposed to the other channels. and he was a very traditional and conservative man. he had been benefit essentially been reading reports on the air for several years that pretty much conveyed the official position about how the work was going and how rapidly the united states was achieving its objectives in vietnam. and he began with the official version of events. when some of his young correspondents were sending back reports that contradicted the official line. when it have happened they just come back to the united states in november of 1967 and given a speech at the national press club. they were on the verge of defeat. soon the american soldiers would start coming home from vietnam with stripes in every major urban center in south vietnam. so he felt angry and betrayed. he felt like he had been used to pedal a false information from his anchor des

can you imagine walter cronkite leading a march?eley labeled this organization as a criminal gang. >> liz: we finally heard naweed and ashton from nancy pelosi condemning antifa. we have yet to hear from other democrats so this is what nancy pelosi said. our democracy has no room for dangering the public. the matter of the ideology to commit those such acts the violent actions of people calling them in berkeley this weekend deserve condemnation and the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted again. have you seen, naweed and ashton , any democrats and anyone else in the media condemning it? >> i appreciate the rhetoric but i believe actions speak louder than words. they have yet to act against these organizations that harass our club members on a daily basis. i've mentioned this before they had fliers with my face on it around campus posting it calling me a faciist. the university does nothing about it. >> liz: ashton, what's your reaction? >> well nancy pelosi was actually one of the people who spread a rumor about this free

. -- walter cronkite. what is notable is that the media almost consistently says the right to abortion limit to the first three months. and we know that is inaccurate. that is the initial message the public can't about roe v. wade. we know that when you look at roe and doe together and you look at the viability rule in roe v. wade, it creates a health exception after viability in which the court to find health as all factors of physical, psychological, and a woman's age , that unlimited health -- aftern requires fetal viability. the press got it wrong and has continued to get it wrong. >> our final half-hour, talk about the impact of this decision on the court and on society. we will begin with. blackmun once again, talking for thislic reaction after the decision. comments toexpected the effect, your mother should have avoided you, or -- your mother should have aborted you, or i have been praying for your immediate death, much of the correspondence is that i suspect that every name, author of every dread s

. >> the earth has made 38.5 trips around the sun since walter cronkite spoke the word. it is the year 2017 a total eclipse of the sun is about to begin. good day i'm anthony mason, it's a fabulous day for a moon dance. the moon is about to go dancing with the star in an incredible display of celestial choreography, the moon will step gently in front of the sun and completely block it from view. day will turn to night in the first total eclipse of the sun in the continental u.s. in 38 years. you will not want to miss it. there will be another one until 2024, the zone of totality. you'll be hearing that word a lot stretches coast to coast across 14 states from oregon to south carolina. within that 70-mile wide band the eclipse will be total. total anywhere from two to two and a half minutes. other parts of the country will see a partial eclipse, the moon will block anywhere from 50-90% of the sun. we'll be following the total eclipse in realtime as it progress across the country, west to east. oregon will see it first in just a few minutes. at 16 past the hour we have cor

walter cronkite said that is just the way it is. americans believed it. a neutral source for information that people could count on. that excluded certain voices from the left and right. a mediawhat we have is ecosystem in which republicans are trusting certain sorrow stash sources. there is little trust in the media as an institution at all. that lack of trust is representative of a larger lack of trust americans have an almost all elite institutions. it is happening around the world. of intermediaries, that squelch speech or set the ground rules for what could be transferred from political actors to the mass public is what makes the problem of fake news possible. everybody who talks about fake news hates the moniker of fake news. you can count me as well. it is not really news. it is describing a heterogeneous media. the daily show or the onion. it also refers to things on the top here, fake news for profit. something we did see at a scale that we had not seen before. teenagers whonian put up these particular articles , such as the pope endorses donald

so that when walter cronkite said that's just the way it is, americans believed him right, and there was a kind of neutral source for information that people could count on. of -- that excluded certain voices from the left and the right, right. but now what we have is a media ecosystem in which republicans are trusting certain sources, democrats are trusting different sources, and there is little trust in the media as an institution at all. now that lack of trust in the media, right, is 8 representative of a larger lack of trust that americans now have in almost all elite institutions, right. and i should say it's not just in america, it's happening around the world. so this lack of intermediaries right, this sort of, elite intermediaries that put a sort of squelch speech, or set the ground rules for what could sort of be transferred from political actors to the mass public is what makes the problem of fake news possible. and that everybody who talks about fake news hates the moniker fake news and you can count me as one as well, right because fake news is not really news, it's also

so that when walter cronkite said that's just the way it is, americans believed him right, and there was a kind of neutral source for information that people could count on. of -- that excluded certain voices from the left and the right, right. but now what we have is a media ecosystem in which republicans are trusting certain sources, democrats are trusting different sources, and there is little trust in the media as an institution at all. now that lack of trust in the media, right, is 8 representative of a larger lack of trust that americans now have in almost all elite institutions, right. and i should say it's not just in america, it's happening around the world. so this lack of intermediaries right, this sort of, elite intermediaries that put a sort of squelch speech, or set the ground rules for what could sort of be transferred from political actors to the mass public is what makes the problem of fake news possible. and that everybody who talks about fake news hates the moniker fake news and you can count me as one as well, right because fake news is not really news, it's also

he didn't know if walter kwok cronkite was a republican or a democrat or it an independent -- or an independent. nats a matter of clicks and getting your story out and becoming the news. this was evident yesterday when stephen miller had a press conference get into an exchange with a cnn commentator, a cnn journalist, i guess, jim acosta. this has permeated the election cycle. guy, a he is a very fine report from time magazine, zeke miller. the day that the president was sworn in, he went into the oval opus -- oval office. he was a pool reporter. he took a picture inside the oval office and said that she tweeted it out instantly and said "the bust of martin luther king jr. was removed from the white house." he intimated that donald trump was a racist by removing that. do you know where the bust of martin luther king jr. was that day? the exact same spot that barack obama had it. at the fact is there was secret service agent standing in front of it. the white house for comment on why it was removed. he simply tweeted it out. 6000 additional stories in the mainstream media. when sean spicer: zika

and of course, that cost 1,000 american lives i was the first walter cronkite said the war is lost making tremendous opening month campaign to make sure he is rested but then governor romney dropped out of the race and nixon was alone then followed by rockefeller kid got out of the race gene mccarthy won 42 percent of the vote but lbj was the right in. i don't know what political intellect however record take-home -- record they got 42 read after that happened going to do the same senate to be declared for the nomination and richard nixon had me waiting in the airport in the korea -- will korea for the speech for vietnam's and i am listening to lbj he said he would not run again. the '04 misheard -- four days later dr. king was shot to death i got calls from friends the 14th street was burning up in those since the nation's capital this is what is going on knicks in 16 straight nobody would contest. so as long as you have those goldwater conservatives nobody could beat us except did or did over a month there was a film but only got 22 percent nixon got a 70% that night was made 28 because