and so, so, when the film was over, ella giddings was commenting on this film for 47 minutes, walter cronkiteak, a famous announcer, i remember when i showed this film to georgy arkadyevich arbatov, the director of the institute of the united states of america and canada, he says that you... advertise, he says, walter cronkite, i say, got up and left, these are arbatov's words there were, i remember, well, well, this film, you know, jim, you know, watched it, and as al giddins already told me, he says, everyone had already left the theater, and we sat for 2.5 hours, he says, talked, so, in general, he says, jim asked many times, asked about me, wanted to meet with me, so the first meeting was in july...

walter cronkite was a very young former world war ii reporter who got the worst job in the world. nobody cared about it. cronkite got politicians on tv including john f. kennedy, richard nixon, and every four years, it played a bigger role. by 1960, it would be like the birth of email, or the iphone. that is when john f. kennedy became our tv president. he did it with the debates against nixon. he did it by inventing the modern press conference. it started in 1964 in atlantic city. the take away of lyndon johnson getting the nomination in 1964 for the democrats was a moving tribute film, meticulously made, 22 minutes long, honoring john f. kennedy. and i think when we start each convention -- we don't have video of roosevelt's speeches, so we cannot compare. but in election lore, really since the 1960's, there are people that have mastered the convention speech. number one is bill clinton in 1992. that is what put clinton up so high. he had bounce out of the convention due to the power of his speech. and of course barack obama was a speaker in 2004, for john kerry. it is a way to

and, you know, one of them who did was walter cronkite. so walter cronkite was, of course, the leading anchor of the day and a figure of unquestioned authority. and someone who viewed barbara walters with a little bit of skepticism about whether she was a real journalist. and they were both trying to cover the groundbreaking things that were happening in the middle east, a groundbreaking trip of anwar sadat of egypt to israel. and it was barbara walters and her ability to cultivate relations with world leaders that a few months earlier in 1977 enabled her to get the first sit down interview with both the egyptian president and the israeli prime minister and this was the interview that not only solidified her comeback from her experience as as a co-anchor of the evening news, it also walter cronkite, which both of them knew. yeah. and that interview split screen. it was it was not only a moment for journalism, it changed american foreign policy and middle east policy at a really, really difficult time. so how did barbara walters make that l

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. >> from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite university of arizona.eoff: arbitrary detentions and use of force more than two weeks after elections that the opposition said it won. we speak with the main opposition leader who was blocked before the vote from running and he has a look at maduro's crackdown and the opposition resistance. in downtown venezuela they lit candles to demand democracy and memorialize what they call their lost freedom and the opponents who disappeared after he stepped down after allegedly stealing last month's. and call it knock i-knock. police officers have arrested more than 2,000. and launched a social immediatial campaign with music and christmas ginningles. the government calls criminal terrorists. >> i tell you people of venezuela and tried to rob election centers and i ask them to have iron fists and will not allow them to create a spiral of violence. >> gonzalez is in hiding posting videos online. but last month, his political patron showed proof he more than doubled maduro's votes. >> we have in our hands the tallies t

i'm not not so nostalgic for walter cronkite telling us how it is. that isn't very often how it really was and i think it is important for us to recognize that control of the flow of information shouldn't be too tightly constricted. there are lots of ways in which american the middle of the 20th century nostalgia for which is essentially the theme of our politics in the last 25 years actually have a lot of problems. there reason which some more the opposite of ours. they have too much confidence in the institutions. they had, they were to constricted and solidified a society where we are too fragmented and degenerative so there things we can learn the ways in which that society looks at it differently but look coming up as two wars and depressions the american middle was cohesive and consolidated. we are not that. we had to think about how we get from where we are to a more functional version of this free society in a way that is relatively free of nostalgia for the middle of the 20th century. i think instead we had to think about those foundational

one who did was walter cronkite, he was the leading anchor of that and a figure of unquestioned authority, barbara walters, a little bit of skepticism whether she was a real journalists and both trying to cover the groundbreaking things happening in the middle east. barbara walters and her ability to cultivate relations with world leaders that in 1977 enabled her to get the first sitdown interview with the egyptian president and the israeli prime minister and this was the interview that solidified her come back from her experience as coanchor of the evening news and beat walter cronkite which both of them knew. that interview, split screen was not only will moment for journalism but it changed american foreign policy and middle east policy at a difficult time. how did barbara walters make the leap not only from nbc's today show but very high profile to the anchor chair and this kind of interviewing a mega operation, did she do it all by herself? did she have allies? how did she survive that? >> he had one big ally, the legendary head of abc news and abc sports. took over the news division

. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. >> financial markets rallied today after jerome powell clearly said it is time to start cutting interest rates from the 5.3 percent level they have been for more than a year. the question now is by how much and how quickly. reporter: speaking at an annual conference in jackson hole, wyoming, powell said that inflation is low enough now. >> the time has come for policy to adjust. the direction of travel is clear and the timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on incoming data. it seems unlikely that the labor market will be a source of elevated inflationary pressures anytime soon. we do not see anymore cooling in the labor market. reporter: he also addressed critics he said the fed was slow to react. you are out there with a bunch of central bankers and economists from around the world. what are they saying about not only the state of the economy but also the interest-rate policy pathway that he laid out? >> there was a lot that was quite expected

one that did was walter cronkite.g walter cronkite was the leading anchor of the day and a figurative unquestioned authority. and someone interviewed barbara walters was a bit of a skepticism ifnd she was a real journalist for these groundbreaking things were happening in the middle east. the groundbreaking trip opposite on from egypt to israel. it was barbara walters her ability to cultivate relations with rule leaders a few months earlier 1977 enabled her to get the first sitdown interview with the egyptianth president and the israeli prime minister. this was the interview not only solidified her come back from her sad experience as a co- anchorit of the evening news, it also beat walter cronkite which both of them knew. that interview split screen was not only a moment for journalism, it changed american foreign policy and middle east policy the really, really difficult time. so, how did a barbara walters be that leap not only from nbc today show which was very high-profile into the anchor chair and then into this interviewing maga operation? did she do it all by yourself? herself?

. >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteool of journalism at arizona state university. >> the world health organization is leading an earth to start vaccinating children in gaza this sunday against polio. israel and hamas have agreed to have three-day pauses in the fighting in different zones so health workers can distribute the vaccine. it comes amid the massive destruction of gaza's healthcare infrastructure and after health officials detected the first polio case there in 25 years. in a refugee camp in the central gaza strip, a once vibrant baby boy now sits paralyzed in his car seat. 10 month old abdul rafman is the first confirmed case of polio in a quarter century. the anguish clear in his mother's voice. >> he's my only baby boy. it's his right to walk, run and move like before. it's his right to get the proper treatment, travel, get out and get his chance in life. >> nearly a year of displacement and destruction prevented her child from receiving a polio vaccine. >> we were displaced from the north to the south from

this is "pbs newshour" west from weta studios in washington and from our bureau at the walter cronkitee of journalism at arizona state university. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] ♪ wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. xfinity internet. made for streaming. jeffrey: next week creswell gather into congo to formally nominate -- next week, democrats will gatheher in the congress to formerly known alike kamala harris. donald trump will now be facing a much younger black woman in the election and does not see

together -- ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. >> and especially active fire season is exacting a huge toll across several western states. a series of fires have turned deadly in colorado were at least one person was found dead. in california more than 5800 personnel, 500 fire trucks and 40 helicopters are badly a fire larger than all of los angeles. the largest fire in the country has ballooned to historic proportions in just over a week. >> this is the view for firefighters on the front lines of california's park fire. the blaze believed to be started by a local man's burning car is now the fifth largest in state history. >> i have not personally seen a fire grow so fast. >> in just a week nearly 400,000 acres burned across four counties, forcing thousands of evacuations and destroying hundreds of structures. in rural area, dave and his son jonathan are both members of the county fire department. while they battle to protect their town their own homes were lost to the flames. >> i feel lucki

. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour, from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. jeff: vice president harris launched a two day swing through georgia. her seventh trip to the state this year. it ends with a rally in savannah. amna: former president trump spent the last 24 hours posting across social media platforms. including various grievances and conspiracy theories. lorber owned lopez reports. >> in their first joint visit to georgia, vice president harris and her running mate, governor tim walz, embarked on a bus tour through the peach state. the goal, hold onto the battleground state biden narrowly won in 2020. before joining harris in georgia, tim walz spoke to the international association of firefighters in boston. >> when republicans used to talk about freedom, they meant it. they meant it. not anymore. these guys over there, they want government to have the freedom to invade every corner of your life. from our union halls to our kids schools, even our doctors offices. >> they have blasted donald trump for the 202

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in arizona from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. >> tropical storm debbie is dumping historic amounts of rain one day after it lashed florida with hurricane strength. at least five deaths have been reported so far. communities are now submerged across several states while some of the largest impacts are on travel. today, flash flooding in south carolina as debbie delicious the state. >> that is completely underwater. >> the slow-moving storm is unleashing downpours on cities like charleston, where the mayor has ordered pumps be brought in to remove excess water. south carolina's governor said heavy precipitation is expected to last until thursday. >> we will see a lot of rain -- not that much wind, but a lot of rain as these storms creep across our state. >> similar scenes playing out across georgia. authorities say savannah's airport got the majority of rain in just one day. the storm blasted ashore in florida's big bend yesterday as a category one hurricane. rain-soaked soil and hurrican

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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. geoff: the democratic national committee announced today that vice president kamala harris has secured the number of delegates in a virtual role duel win the party's nomination which will be made official after voting ends on monday. while on the campaign trail, the vice president is trying some new language on for size like calling her opponent donald trump weird. our white house correspondent laura barron-lopez has more. lawyer laura: vice president harris is trying something new. to call it as she cease it. >> he and his running mate sure have a lot to say about me. and by the way, don't you find some of this stuff to be plain weird. >> it's a notable change from when president biden was in the race. >> do you want to go back to the cast of donald trump as president? >> much of his language focused on donald trump as an existential threat to the country. >> it's about freedom it's about demock set now campaign press release called trump old

. >> this is the "pbs news hour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteat arizona state university. amna: the presidential candidates are closing out another busy day on the campaign trail, with less than three months to go in the race for the white house. as events and advertising ramp up, so does the volume of misleading claims and outright lies. former president donald trump just wrapped a nearly 90 minute press conference side his new jersey golf club in which he repeated familiar grievances and several lies. >> virtually 100% of the net job creation the past year has gone to migrants. she wants to take away your private health care. she wants to abolish coal, oil, and natural gas. 84% of u.s. energy supply. amna: to parse out the truths and the falsehoods, we're joined by politifact editor-in-chief katie sanders. welcome back. thanks for being with us. katie: thanks for having me. amna: the economy remains the number one issue for voters. mr. trump made several economic claims yesterday arguing when he left office, as he says, gasoline was at $1.87 a

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west, from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. amna: after nearly 40 years of working in the nation's capitol, speaker emerita nancy pelosi has played a central role in some of the most consequential american events of the last two decades, and that is the focus of her new book, the art of power: my story as america's first woman speaker of the house. speaker emerita nancy pelosi, welcome back to the newshour. thank you for being here. nancy pelosi: always a pleasure to be here. amna: so you have said this new book, the art of power, but it's not a memoir, but it does have a number of very personal, very intimate moments in it. it's also just a sweeping collection of big moments through your leadership, through american history. 9/11, the war in iraq, the 2008 financial crisis. how did you arrive at these moments? what's the common thread? >> well, i actually you said it. well, it's not a memoir, but when i was in the leadership, i these were four areas that i wanted to show our side fro

our family, walter cronkite, only a half hour news every walter cronkite said. and he ended by saying and that's way it is. now, you might not like the facts. you heard and there was certainly racial bias those days and black events didn't get covered much but most people believe that's way it was now, we don't have any agreement on how how it is and people believe these lies. and as say websites and conspiracy theories and qanon and a networks that are deliberately lying and there are very few places where people can of different political persuasions can find agreement. and that's the way it is. that's the way it is to cold. cronkite is a real real danger right now for immigrants, immigrant families, for black pastors who call me and they're afraid of the policing of their children and young people, their youth group. and so let's and i've learned over the years what changes people is proximity, ideologies. and so we have been separated from each other. and when when white evangelicals get to know immigrant families, refugees, and they take them in, it's, you

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: bit has been a deadly summer. extreme heat from across the country has killed dozens of people. the biden administration recently announced new rules to protect workers and communities from extreme weather, but it may not come soon enough. in maricopa county, arizona, which includes phoenix, there have been nearly 450 suspected heat-related deaths this summer. stephanie sy has this report from the valley of the sun. stephanie: summer steamrolled into phoenix fast and furious. noaa concluded it was the -- it was one of the hottest summers on record, and he was suspected in hundreds of deaths, including that of a 10-year-old boy on a hike. the outdoors can be dangerous at this time of year. living outdoors is even more so. at any given time each summer, some 9,500 people are unhoused in maricopa county. 49-year-old jerome lee is one of them. >> my head, i'm dizzy. i had a headache. this heat is hot over here in phoenix. stephanie: lee got a

. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from w eta studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. amna: in year three of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, kyiv has, over the last week, flipped the script on moscow with an audacious incursion into southern russia, catching moscow by surprise, and sowing chaos. geoff: today, ukraine said it had blasted its way deeper into the kursk region of russia, where it has captured dozens of towns and settlements and taken russians prisoner. and the governor of the neighboring belgorod region declared a state of emergency. it's the largest cross-border attack since russia's full scale invasion, and the largest presence of foreign troops in russia since world war ii. here's nick schifrin. nick: for nearly 2 and a half years, ukraine has struggled on defense. today, it's on offense. for the past week, ukrainian soldiers have thrown aside russian president vladimir putin's claim the war wouldn't touch russia. they've trampled through more than 70 russian villages, raising ukrainian flags over small-town ad

. >> this is the pbs news hour, from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: a dam in a remote part of sudan collapsed this weekend. the united nations says at least 20 villages were destroyed, and at least 30 people were killed, although the death toll could be much higher. the dam is about 25 miles north of port sudan and provided the city, located on the red sea, with drinking water. port sudan is where many civilians fled because of the country's bitter civil war between the army and a rogue militia, the rapid support forces. in total, 11 million sudanese have been forced from their homes in what is now the world's largest displacement crisis. up to 150,000 people are feared dead and millions more face unimaginable trauma. in her third report from the front lines in sudan, with support from the pulitzer center, special correspondent leila molana-allen follows along with some of the families desperately searching for sanctuary. leila: a perilous journey inching along the front line with only the occasi

. >> this is the news hour, from our studio in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: republican presidential nominee donald trump and his new democratic opponent vice president kamala harris are sharpening their attacks against one another as they make their case directly to voters. but as lisa desjardins reports, some of mr. trump's comments on the campaign trail this afternoon are drawing new criticism. lisa: in chicago, a first for former president trump. >> i love the black population of this >> country. >>he sat down for an interview. it quickly turned combative. >> i don't think i have ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner. a first question. >> she asked trump about other republicans who called kamala harris a diversity pick. trump didn't answer directly but instead said. mr. trump: i didn't know she was black. until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black. so i don't know, is she indian or is she black? lisa: harris has never shied away from her bl

abyss, he was our speaker, so that's it, when the film ended, ella giddinks he was 47 minutes and walter cronkite commented on this film, so to speak, a famous announcer, i remember when i showed this film... to georgy arkadyevich arbatov, director of the institute of the united states of america and canada, he says that you are being advertised, says walter cronkie, i say got up and left, these were arbatov's words, i remember, well, well, this film, so, jim, so, watched it, and as al giddings already told me, he says, everyone had already left the hall, and we sat for 2.5 hours, he says, talked, so. in general, he says, gene asked a lot of questions, asked about me, wanted to meet with me, so the first meeting in july 1992, al giddings and jim cameron come, so in moscow, we immediately, that is, move from sheremetyevo to vnukovo and fly to kaliningrad, where kelzysh was stationed with two worlds, that was our first meeting, we, that is, like... jim really liked this film, so, well , that means, as a result, there was another meeting, i flew, that means, jim invited me to los angeles, but the th

so, and so, when the movie was over, ella giddings, he commented on this movie for 47 minutes, walter cronkite, so to speak , and we sat for 2.5 hours, he says, we talked, so, in general, he says, the genie asked a lot of questions, asked about me, wanted to meet me, so the first meeting was in july 1992 al ginding and jim cameron come to moscow, we immediately move from sheremetyevo to vnukovo and fly to kaliningrad, where keldysh was with two worlds. this was our first acquaintance, we , of course, looked at keldysh, climbed into the worlds, ran along the pier there, in general, it was very interesting, of course, everyone really liked this thing, so to speak, jim was very puzzled that we, so to speak, like this, like this, arranged a reception for him, this was 5 years before the titanic went on screens in ninety-seventh year. well , practically yes ninety-seventh, well then 2 years were spent on - different there, well he thought, well and as john bruno, his assistant on special effects, told me later, says that it is very difficult, since it is a lot of money, it is one thing to shoot in

and is there anything we can do about that short of resurrecting walter cronkite for otherwise the trusted sources that there have been various discussions about trusted sources and where you go to get your news. but the people who can influence members of moderate congress don't agree publicly on whether the covid vaccine works or not, where are we going to go from there? i think that's really the problem. >> let's take the question back here. >> thank you so much for the excellent conversation. one of my key takeaways was, even though the threat of misinformation and disinformation is there, the effects have been, to a certain extent, exaggerated. and also it's difficult to quantify. my question was, do you expect that in the short and medium-term debt this effect is going to be constant at that level or is it correlated with the quality of models that we have right now, which i mean they take audios, videos and they imitate the style and the word choice of some actors, could the threat become worse or is it related to the computing power. we could produce more disinformation and slug si

. >> this is the news hour from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite schoolsm at arizona state university. >> in year three of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, kyiv has flipped the script on moscow with an audacious invasion. >> ukraine said it blasted its way farther into russia, where it has taken russians prisoner. the governor of a neighboring region declared a state of emergency. this is the largest cross-border attack since the russian invasion and the largest presence of foreign troops in russia since world war ii. >> ukraine has struggled on defense for over two years. today, it is on offense. ukrainian soldiers have thrown aside vladimir putin's claim that the war would not touch russia. they travel through russian villages, raising ukrainian flags and changing russian spellings to ukrainian. the incursion has reached about 18 miles into russia. ukrainian soldiers are showing off operations with videos. there has been a fight. ukrainians pull the flags off of russian helmets. russian soldiers have been captured and driven back into ukraine. u

differentiate between the old-school mainstream media that we still hope is truthful, there is no more walter cronkite. lara kelly, remember that? we have to teach young people and i will also say this. new york state became the first state to say social media companies, stop monetizing our kids mental health, stop bombarding them with addictive algorithms that they do not want to have and let them start learning in school again without their hand being attached to her cell phone? we are starting to take our kids back and deal with the fact they are learning falsehoods. the thing donald trump said about me just today. i am not vile, i'm not a horrible person. i'm a nice person. take that, donald trump. i am nicer than you said i am. it doesn't bother me at all. we had two conflicting questions. is that a bad summer? please don't mention brett summer. >> i made the decision to go with question number 2. what are you doing to ensure that your state's 24 election will be certified without interference and that election workers will be safe? >> we have a little experience with that in arizona. i feel very

that is, so when the film ended, al giddings, he was commenting on this film for 47 minutes, walter cronkite to speak, a famous announcer, i remember when i showed this film to georgy arkadyevich arbatov, the director of the institute united states of america and canada, he says that you... advertise, he says, walter cronkie, i, he says, got up and left, these were arbatov's words, i remember, well, well , this film, you see, jim, you see, and as al giddins already told me, he says, everyone had already left the hall, and we sat for 2.5 hours, he says, talked, so in general, he says, gene asked many times, asked about me, wanted to meet with me, here is the first meeting in july... very interesting, of course, everyone really liked this thing, so to speak, jim was very puzzled that we, so to speak, like this, so this is what we did to him. it was 5 years before the release of titanic in 1997, if you count 1997, practically yes, 1997, well then 2 years were spent on different things, well he thought, well and as dzon bruno, his special effects assistant, told me later , says that it is very d

. >> this is pbs "newshour" from studios in washington and walter cronkite. >> hurricane debby barreled with category one winds. now a tropical storm, it is moving inland and expected to hit georgia and the carolinas later this week. if gust ti winds are packing a punch with hundreds of thousands of power outages but authorities are concerned about debby's rainfall. the rain triggered catastrophic flooding submerging whole neighborhoods and stranding drivers. governor was out with a warning. >> protect yourself and protect your family. don't go out into this storm. don't drive on the roads particularly when they are flooded. >> authorities pulled a semi-truck out of the water in tampa after it fell over a guardrail killing a driver. yesterday in fierce winds, the u.s. coast guard had to pull two people after the gulf of mexico after their sail both -- sailboat was damaged. debby swept along offshore. >> i never had, i was outside in a storm that was outside pushing. >> tampa bayshore boulevard was a ghost town. county sheriffs patrolled fort myers beach. there were similar scenes across

. >> this is the news hour from our studios in washington and on the west from the walter cronkite schoollism at arizona state university. >> the world health organization is leaving at health effort to start vaccinating children in gaza this sunday against polio. there will be pauses in the fighting so that health workers can distribute the vaccine. this comes amid massive destruction and after health officials detected the first polio case there in 25 years. a once vibrant baby boy sits paralyzed in his car seat. he is the first confirmed case of polio in a quarter-century. the anguish is clear in his mother's voice. >> he is my only baby boy. it is his right to work and get the proper treatment. and get his chance in life. >> nearly a year of displacement prevented >> her child from getting vaccine. >> he did not get his vaccinations. >> as fighting drags on, authorities are scrambling to prevent a full-blown outbreak. >> we are calling for calm. this will allow the vaccination program to be implemented successfully. >> israel and hamas have agreed to a series of humanitarian pauses in

. ♪ >> this is the news hour from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. >> after nearly 40 years of working in the nation's capital, nancy pelosi has played a central role in some of the most consequential american events of the last couple of decades. that is the focus of her new book. welcome back. thank you for being here. >> always a pleasure. >> you have said this new book is not a memoir. but it does have a number of personal, intimate moments in it. it is a sweeping collection of moments in your leadership and american history. how did you arrive at these moments? what is the common thread? >> is not a memoir. but when i was in the leadership, these were areas where i wanted to show our side. i intended to write this book a long time ago. by the time i wrote it and have the time to do so, people said you have to write about january 6 and trump and what happened to your husband. there are other subjects i will write about. >> you talk about colleagues discouraging you from seeking leadership saying there was a p

first it was going to be a teacher andke six months later walter cronkite. they have a lot of discussions internally about who the first members of the programs would be and one of the earliest candidates was carol spinney the puppeteer from sesame street. it wasin completely up from becoming the first civilian citizen space and would have gone upe. in costume. it was only the fact they were regarded as serious limitations. that's the chief reason because he was prepared to do it and they thought that it would be a great thing to see so that's why he wasn't the first civilian. >> i want to ask a little bit about, coming back to this question but before i want you to tell the story because this guy was also -- he got bumped twice he was ready to go up in space, and suchh a washington street. explain who took his place. he was in the budgetary requirement and the administrator at the time found it quite hard to say no to and i quite like to fly on the space shuttle. so greg jarvis who built communication satellites actually trained with two separateic crews in

. - walter cronkite and the cbs evening news had a very large audience, and when he delivered what hep to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they could. - he felt that he had a public obligation to actually share with the americans the fact that our government is not telling us the truth. - no matter what we say, it is our napalm burning thatched huts, our antipersonnel bombs being used against simple people, our gas reported to be nonlethal. just the other day, it was reported to kill only 10% of the adults who inhale it and 90% of the children, so it's only semi-lethal. [applause] - the big surprise of the first primary of campaign '68 has been the strength of senator eugene mccarthy. [cheers and applause] they hoped for perhaps 35%. the total they ran up was a dream come true. - the results on election night gave us a sense that there was a real opportunity here. we even got to feeling like, "well, maybe we can run a national campaign after all. let's take a run at this thing." - the mccarthy vote was just not a peace vote. it was an anti-johnson vote on many other i

. ♪ >> this is the news hour from our studios in washington and from the west the walter cronkite schoollism at arizona state university. jeff: the democratic national committee announced today that vice president harris has secured the number of delegates in a virtual rollcall to win the party's nomination, which will be made official after voting ends on monday. while on the campaign trail, the vice president is trying some new language on for size, like calling her opponent weird. our white house correspondent has more. reporter: on a fast-track campaign for the white house, vice president harris is trying something new. to call it as she sees it. >> they seem to have a lot to say about me. don't you find some of their stuff to just be plain weird? reporter: it is a notable change from when president biden was in the race. >> do we really want to go back to the chaos of donald trump as president? reporter: much of his language focused on donald trump is an existential threat to the country. >> it is about freedom and democracy. reporter: now, campaign press releases call him old and q

reporting from election headquarters, walter cronkite. - good evening everyone.en one of the roughest and unhappiest political years in american history. in the next few hours or for as long as it takes, we'll see how it all turned out. - this was one of those special elections where many voters felt that the direction of the country was really at stake. we're talking about big issues of war and peace, of race relations. people are watching with bated breath to see how this is going to unfold. - nixon was asked about a last-minute poll showing humphrey slightly ahead, and he said, "i don't consider that reliable." - we're down three in the harris poll which said to me we're gonna lose the election. and nixon said, "mm, okay." there was no reaction whatsoever. but i was very pessimistic. my hands broke out in hives. - everybody was just trying to contain their anxieties and excitement. [jazz band playing] everybody by this time is exhausted. we've been going at this since january. you're kind of spent, to put it mildly. so you just have to keep the adrenaline goin

old school, mainstream media that we still hope is truthful, although there is still no more walter cronkite. are you old enough? [laughter] maura kelly? we have to teach young people and i will also say this. new york state stood up and became the first state in the nation to say to social media companies, stop monetizing our kids' mental health. stop bombarding them with addictive algorithms they do not want to have. let's let them start learning in school again without their hand being attached to a cell phone. we are starting to take our kids back and deal with the fact, the things that donald trump said about me just today, i'm not vile or a horrible person, i assure you i'm a nice person. [laughter] julia: you seem nice to me. >> i'm nicer than you set i am today, donald trump. [laughter] it doesn't bother me at all. [laughter] julia: we had two conflicting questions and i thought this was interesting. is it a brat summer? and please, please don't mention brat summer. [laughter] i have made the decision to go with question two. [laughter] what are you doing to ensure that your state's