a program on which the anchorman of cbs news walter cronkite delivered a downbeat assessment of the vietnam war. and unlike others' accounts, he cast it in heroic terms that journalists can tell truth to power, so at the essence, that is the cronkite's essence of his contribution. his words were so powerful that night that they supposedly swung american opinion against the war in vietnam, and supposedly cronkite's assessment came as a clarifying epiphany to the president lyndon johnson. and upon hearing the televised assessment said something to the effect of the i have lost cronkite, i have lost middle america or something along those lines. and a month later lyndon johnson announced he would not seek another term as u.s. president. that a rarity and seldom do sitting presidents announce they are not going to seek re-election. and before we drill down into the cronkite moment, and this mystical occasion, let me provide some contextvietnam, an context, vietnam was america's longest conflict and some 250,000 u.s. military died in vietnam, and many of tens of thousands of deats of combatants

said walter cronkite. good night. with that with those closing remarks president johnson who supposedly was watching the program. turn to an aid or aids and said something the effect of if i've lost cronkites. i've lost middle america that he suddenly the president suddenly. had this great insight that his war policy in vietnam was a shambles. and a month later he announced he would not seek re-election. but as we'll see in a moment. johnson did not see the program the cronkite news report. when it aired that night in february 1968 and as such is difficult to fathom how johnson could have been much moved by a television program. he did not see. so we'll take that up and other points in a moment, but let's drill down. on the cronkite moment of 1968 so as we saw cronkite closed his program that night his half hour special report with a pessimistic assessment a downbeat assessment saying the united states military effort was mired in stalemate in vietnam, and he suggested that in negotiated settlement might offer a way ou

the days of walter cronkite and peter jennings are gone because of the nature of 24-hour news and theoss of the interest in entertainment -- and the interest of the public in entertainment. i felt diane was a very caring person who represents a lot of people out there. i don't want her to feel lonely about that. i think that washington journal represents the finest in programming, because all of the hosts -- steve, yourself, greta, pedro -- are just so well-trained. not to react and to let the public share their announcer: we will leave this recorded program here. you can finish watching on her website, c-span.org. we

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. >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. judy: the rise of new covid infections is prompting evermore questions about how people should respond. the cdc added to the sobering picture of the pandemic impact in u.s. life expectay has fallen by 1.5 years. the largest one-year decline since world war ii. black and hispanic americans were hit the hardest. at times, dropping by more than three years. a big decline is mainly due to the pandemic. john yang looks at some of the key questions people are asking as the delta variant spreads. reporter: while new cases are rising in all 50 states, the heaviest concentrations are being reported in the deep south and a few other states, like missouri. more than a 99% of new hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated. even though deaths remain very low, there is new anxiety about where the pandemic could be headed in this country. a professor of family medicine at georgetown university, and senior medical advisor to physicians for human rights, also

. >> this is the "pbs newsho" from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitedio of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the u.s. is on the verge of completing a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from afghanistan, nearly 20 years after it invaded, and the outgoing u.s. military commander has delivered a stark warning about the future of the country. nick schifrin is back right now, and he joins me. good to have you with us to talk about this. what are military leadersaying they believe could happen? nick: this is perhaps as blunt and pessimistic statement as the military has ever made about afghanistan.it's the first time the biden administration or military has publicly acknowledged the ultimate risk of this withdrawal. this is general scott miller, the u.s. commander in kabul, saying civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized if this continues on the trajectory it is on right now. that should be a concern to the world, and it is a concern to the region, for creating an environment where there is even more violence than there is today.

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios and from the west at the walter cronkite studios at state university. judy: returning now to catastrophic flooding in germany and belgium, in a moment we talk with a climate scientist about this and other extreme weather events. first, an upda on the latest. >> in western germany this week, entire cities seem to be underwater. days of heavy rainfall filled rivers to capacity and quickly turned into flash floodin [water rushing] watcher moving with such force, it swept houses away and undermine the -- swept cars away and undermined the foundations of houses. >> i have never seen anything like this in my life. >> several people died when floodwaters because the land between their homes -- beneath their homes to collapse. search-and-rescue crews hunt for the missing. >> there is little sleep at the moment. the emergency workers feel obligated to help because they know how desperate some people are for help. >> entire communities have been left in ruins. as floodwaters started to recede today, the extent of the destruction was revealed. on

. ♪ >> this is the "pbs newshour," from weta studios in washington and, the west from walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. judy: today marks six months since a pro-trump mob attacked the u.s. capitol on january 6 in an attempt to stop the certification of president biden's election results. i am joined by lisa desjardins. tell us now, where does it stand in terms of finding out and arresting those who broke into the capitol? lisa: let's talk about this sweeping investigation that's been all around the country led by tips in part to the fbi . here is where that stands so far. the fbi has arrested about 535 people in these investigations . from that group, 10 have pleaded guilty themselves. the rest have cases pending. there is a wide range of different kinds of charges. almost everyone in that group has been charged with improper entry, but a smaller group has been charged with conspiracy and over 100 people have been charged with assault. over 100 police officers were assaulted in that attack and that's what those charges are part of. there are still some 300 su

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiternalism at arizona state university. judy: a bipartisan group of senators is negotiating the details of an infrastructure bill. after a procedural vote to debate failed yesterday, they say they are making progress and hope to have the details by early next week. the biggest sticking point in negotiations remains how to pay for it. the $1.2 trillion framework includes about $600 billion in new spending. that money would go toward public projects like shoring up roads and bridges, expanding broadband, and investing in electric vehicles. democrats are also planning a separate $3.5 trillion spending bill. for more on where infrastructure stands, i am joined by republican senator shelley capito toe of west virginia. she led a separate bipartisan effort on infrastructure last month. welcome back to the newshour. we appreciate you joining us. we know you are not part of the group that is negotiating the current planet but is it your sense there will be an agreement in coming days that both pa

this is pbs newshour west from weta studios in washington, and the walter cronkite school of journalismsity. ♪ >> the final frontier, this week on "firing le." america has always had . >> the final frontier, this week on firing line. >> america has always had a frontier now it is up and out in the cosmos. >> a child of the florida space coast in he came to the second sitting member of congress in orbit. now, phil nelson asked to lead nasa into the future. the agenda is ambitious, and expensive. put an american moon by 2024. then, on to mars. >> mars is the goal in the decade of the 2030. >> competition from china and russia, and the space race among billionaires to be the first. there is also a brand-new government report about unexplained sightings in the

. >> this is the pbs "newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journal i -- journalism at the arizona state university. judy: running america's largest city is no easy task. the next mayor of new york will confront an economy battered by the pandemic as well as rising rates of gun violence and homicide that have made public safety the top issue for many voters. last night, two weeks after polls closed in the city, brooklyn borough president and former police captain eric adams was declared the winner of the democratic primary. the delay in calling the race came as a result of a new kind of voting, ranked choice. mr. adams' win makes him heavily favored to become the city's next mayor, facing republican curtis in the general election. eric adams joins me now. congratulations. >> thank you for having me on today. judy: i want to ask you about ranked choice voting from a distance, it look like a mess. did it work, do you think? >> i believe we're still at the period of analyzing the impact of it. was it successful, did we do a good job in educatin

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour fro wbt a studios in washingtoand in the west, from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. judy: as we reported earlier, former president donald trump's company and its chief financial officer were iicted on fifteen criminal charges today for alleged tax crimes. yamiche alcindor looks at what it means for the company, and for the former president. yamiche: the 25-page indictment against the trump organization and cfo allen weisselberg alleges that since 2005, weisselberg evaded some $900,000 in taxes. it also says he did so with the help of the trump organization and its payroll corporation. to help us break down the charges, i'm joined by adam kaufmann. he formerly served as a prosecutor and chief of the investigative division in the manhattan da's office, working with the current district attorney cyrus vance. thanks so much for being here. talk to me about the significance of weisselberg being charged today. what does this mean for former president trump and the trump organization? >> what does it mean for the president, the former

. ♪ >> this is the pbs "newshour" from wtd studios in washington, and from the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. judy: the wildfire season in the u.s. west and dish columbia is worsening making it evermore difficult for over 20,000 firefighters to do their jobs. windy weather, lightning strikes, and triple digit temperatures in states like montana are fueling the fires even further. human-cause climate change and a long-standing drought created earlier and more intense season. william brangham has the latest. william: judy, more than fires 80 are currently burning across 13 states right now. affecting over one million acres. one of the worst blazes a megafire in southern oregon , a bootleg fire. it has been burning for two weeks and is growing by several miles each day. it has already burned an area one third the size of rhode island. carrie bilbao is with the national interagency wildfire center, which tracks all of this, and she joins me from boise, idaho. thank you for being here. i know you are very busy. this may seem self-evident to you, but can you

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from studios in washington and in the west of the walter cronkite schoolizona state university. judy: now to the raw, emotional testimony on capitol hill today as lawmakers on a new, select committee investigating the january 6 insurrection held their first public hearing. lisa has this report and a warning, today's testimony included videos of violence from january as well as offensive language that you will hear only in part in this report. >> we fought hand to hand, inch by inch. >> this was january 6 as it happened. >> i was dragged from the line of officers into the crowd. i heard someone scream >> , i got one. >> told by police officers who defended the capital that day, as a pro-trump mob broke into the building, seeking to stop lawmakers from certifying the election results and joe biden's presidency. >> i told them to just leave the capitol and in response they yelled “no man, this is our house. president trump invited us here. we're here to stop the steal. joe biden is not the president. >> this was the first hearing of a house select committee t

. ♪ >> this is the "pbs newshour" from w eta studios in washington and from the walter cronkite schoolsm at arizona state university. judy: now to the crisis in haiti. it's been less than a week since the shocking assassination of haiti's president by gunman who broke into his home. now a possible conspiracy involving a haitian-born doctor living in florida has further roiled an already fraught situation, all this as political rivals jockey for power. there is now a new lead suspect in the assassination of president jovenel moise. haitian authorities said over the weekend that he is this man, 63-year-d christian emmanuel sanon, a haitian american who lives in florida. in 2011, he appeared to promote himself as a leader for haiti. >> with me in power, you are going to have to tell me, at are you doing with my uranium? what you going to do with the oil that we have in the country? what are you going to do with the gold that you want to exploit? judy: police chieleon charles said sanon had arrived in haiti in june. in a search of sanon's home, officers found weapons, bullets, and a hat wi

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington, and from the west at the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. judy: texas lawmakers fighting against a restrictive voting bill took their case to washington today, as president biden made his push for strengthening voting rights laws nationwide. yamiche alcindor talks to leaders on both sides of the issue. but first, lisa desjardins has some background. lisa: for texas democrats, a very public getaway. >> we are not going to buckle to the big lie in the state of texas. lisa: more than 50 democratic state lawmakers are now in washington, d.c. after fleeing austin to take a stand on voting laws. their exit left republicans in the texas house governing without the minimum quorum of people present, unable to take a vote on new election laws, they say, increase security, but which democrats insist amounts to suppression. in the current texas proposal, bans on 24 hour and drive through voting, new i.d. requirements for mail-in ballots, and more access to partisan poll watchers the recounting. governor greg abbot

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from w eta studios in washington and from the west, from the walter cronkiteurnalism. judy: on capitol hill, bipartisan infrastructure deal talks have run into a little washington gridlock. to help us understand where negotiations stand right now, our lisa desjardins. hello, lisa tell us, where does , everything stand? what is the latest hang-up? lisa well, in this up-and-down : quest for a giant infrastructure bill for the country, i have to say this is the largest speed bump that these bipartisan negotiators have run into. over the weekend, as these negotiators were working around the clock and with the white house to see if they can just finish that final, i guess, 5 percent that is left to negotiate, they ended up discovering that they really are perhaps farther apart than they realized. i want to take a look right now at exactly what the remaining issues are on the table in this bipartisan infrastructure discussion. there's quite a few of them. so, there you go. one of the first issues -- and we have been talking about this before is transit funds and how

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. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west at the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. judy: for more than a week, rescue teams have worked tirelessly to clear and search the rubble of that collapsed condominium building in surfside, florida. amna nawaz has this conversation, recorded this evening before news of the emergency order to demolish the remainder of the partly collapsed building. >> judy, rescue efforts resumed late yesterday, after a 14-hour pause, over concerns that parts of the building that remain standing could fall and endanger workers. weather issues including heavy rain and lightning storms have also slowed or halted work in recent days. and now, as we reported earlier, hurricane elsa is on course to reach the florida coast this weekend. all this, as rescue workers continue their mission around the clock. we turn to michael fagel. he served as a safety and logistics officer after both the oklahoma city bombing in 1995 and the world trade center attacks on september 11, 2001. he now teaches disaster managemen

olivia: i have seen the archived footage of walter cronkite announcing jfk's death twice in the festivalich goes to show how crucial that moment was. why do you think we are still so fascinated by 60 years on? oliver: murder is always fascinating. crime never ends, people watch crime shows and sial kill irit but this is far more serious, as i try to point out, since kennedy was killed, no american president has crossed certain lines. into the military sector, the intelligence sector, for me. and this is "the" story. i am not interested in conspiracy theories -- there are plenty of examples in history way before american existed. back to ran and greek times, and before that conspiracies are natural. the cia came up with a psychological war concept in the 1950's let's call them conspiracy theorists and we will discredit them. and that was their terminology. psy-ops. america pretty good at psy-ops all around the world. it is our specialty, of course. it's a terminology of dismissal. this is conspiracy fact because it was clearly a conspiracy here. and the question is -- who, but the more im

and he was interviewed by walter cronkite and it's such and such a web how're that these people are very protected and mccoy. he comes across clumsily, but he's clearly not answering the questions asked for by asked by concrete which are direct saying wasn't there a conflict of interest? and there was a conflict of interest. 3 of the members of the 7 of his, 3 of the 7 members of the commission, john sherman cooper, hale bugs, and most of all, richard russell of georgia. we're had problems with the conclusions and we show from declassified files how their testimony, what especially their questions were erased from the final transcript. meaning they do not appear when russell found out about it. 2 years later, he was furious, but it was too late. he talked, we have a phone call with him in written and linda johnson where they're talking about the magic bullet. and he and russell say he just doesn't believe it because it's just incredible. no, no, nobody should like that. nobody. there's no bullet like that made, and johnson himself says, i don't believe it either. i don't believe the same

. >>> on february 27th, 1963, walter cronkite gave a public opinion against the war and credited playing cronkite's comments have been overstated.

clearly, inspired by the dignified style of walter cronkite. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ow!n't know cronkite was cut, man. i had no idea. he was jacked. and that's the way it is! >> jon: git it! >> stephen: the only problem with allen's "i'm just a documentarian" excuse is that there were other people with cameras there that day. and they documented him doing some other stuff: ( laughter ) >> so there are photos of you reportedly kind of stomping on camera equipment and stuff. is that you in that picture the f.b.i. is putting out? >> i would not like to comment on that at this time. but i'm working everything out with the courts and whatnot. >> stephen: yes and after the courts and whatnot, he'll be headed to the federal prison and somesuch, meow meow meow. yada yada yada. ( laughter ) next up: police officer, thomas robertson. robertson was already charged for storming the capitol and released on bail. but prosecutors want him back behind bars, because one condition for his release was to not own firearms, and he has recently... acquired 34 guns. ( audience reacts ) why doe

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. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from washington and the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizonatate university. judy: throughout most of the pandemic, the federal government has been able to prevent many evictions for people behind on their rent. that's due in large part to a moratorium imposed by the centers for disease control and tied to public health concerns. but the supreme court has said the moratorium must expire unless congress passes new legislation. it ends this weekend. as john yang tells us, there's great concern about what could happen next to millions of people. >> judy, according to the most recent census data, more than six million americans are behind on their rent and nearly a million say eviction is very likely for them in the next two months. one of them, lela jackson of columbus, ohio. >> i can't even apply for an apartment to leave here because i have two eviction filings, even though i still live here. it is not fair. it is not. it is so not fair. and i see other people going through the same thing. nobody wants to rent to a tenant with an eviction filing

. >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at aaron nola -- arizona state university. judy: when the tokyo olympics officially kicked off, it was under the most unusual circumstances in modern times. while 16 days of international competition are what is planned, william brangham takes a look at the tensions behind these games. >> that's right. the strange dynamics of opening day were yet another sign of the times. today's ceremony acknowledged the pandemic and isolation experiend by many over the past year, and paid tribute to medical workers. usually, a star-studded show, it was a quieter ceremony. national teams paraded in waving to a nearly empty stadium. tennis star naomi osaka, arguably japan's most famous athlete, lit the olympic torch. it was noisier outside as protests continued holding the games at all in the middle of a pandemic. just 23% of japan's population is fully vaccinated. for more on this, i'm joined by philip crowder, he's reporting on the games from tokyo. thank you very much for being with us.

the days of walter cronkite and peter jennings are gone because of the nature of 24-hour news and the loss of the interest in entertainment -- and the interest of the public in entertainment. i felt diane was a very caring person who represents a lot of people out there. i don't want her to feel lonely about that. i think that washington journal represents the finest in programming, because all of the hosts -- steve, yourself, greta, pedro -- are just so well-trained. not to react and to let the public share their announcer: we will leave this recorded program here. you can finish watching on her website, c-span.org. we take you now to the woodrow wilson center for a discussion on u.s.-canada relations. live coverage, here on c-span. >> i'm told we are live. hello, and welcome to -- welcome virtually to the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. my name is christopher sanz, and i'm pleased to be bringing us all together today for an update on renewed u.s.-can a partnership that u.s. canada partnership. the roadmap was agreed to buy -- in the first virtual bilateral come all

walter cronkite? get your car washed? >> when he gets to mr. car wash time to go to morgan brennan let you take it away with about 2 and 1/2 minutes. >> reporter: the video we're showing exteriors of this reusable rocket and capsule on the launch pad here in west texas. give you a sense of the interiors, and what the future astronauts are likely experiencing having been inside that simulation capsule myself, that they had days of training inside six seats. partially reclined to help evenly distribute that g force, and -- a flight suit, but no other special gear as you can see -- retraction right now, as they get ready for this launch. we are about a minute from liftoff, guys. for this first crew to suborbital new shepherd flight to space 16 flights for this space flight system the first with humans onboard. set to make history. helping to usher in this new era of commercial space flight, and we've been talking about it for so long, and to which folks like jeff bezos have been putting billions of their own wealth into, in a bet on this long-term

. >> once walter cronkite retires, all three network news anchors within a period of a couple years switch watching the media liked and trusted the media. >> nuclear arms and how to prevent global destruction are expected to be the major topic of president reagan's news conference tonight. that conference will be nationally televised within the hour. leslie stahl is at the white house. >> the white house is hoping -- >> in the '80s, women came into the newsroom. when i first joined, it was '72. there were very few. by the '80s, there were more and more. the decade of the '80s was still a time of sink or swim. you had to be resilient in your own way to survive in a period when you were going up against a lot of people who still didn't think women had what it took. >> these are some of the most famous faces in broadcasting. all of whom happen to be women. >> the best producers, i'm going to get fired -- the best producers at cbs news are women. and they are at the level of taking hold and making decisions about individual pieces. they're not yet executive producers of all the news shows, but

the days of walter cronkite and peter jennings are gone because of the nature of 24-hour news and theoss of the interest in entertainment -- and the interest of the public in entertainment. i felt diane was a very caring person who represents a lot of people out there. i don't want her to feel lonely about that. i think that washington journal represents the finest in programming, because all of the hosts -- steve, yourself, greta, pedro -- are just so well-trained. not to react and to let the public share their feelings. i think this is the best, in addition to c-span's coverage of hearings and statements from the floor of the house. so thank you very much for all you do, and thank you, brian lamb. host: thanks for the kudos. agri, thanks to brian lamb. mike in miami, independent line. caller: hello. number one news story of the week to me would be cuba, and along number two would be voting , and the question about voting, why can't we show id or anything else? just put out fingerprint on a ballot. host: thank you for that, i want to get to one more story, the caller mentioned cuba.

a program in which the anchorman of cbs news walter cronkite delivered a detailed and downbeat assessment a half hour report about the us military action in vietnam.