>> i think i was a workaholic >> i think i was a workaholic from the very beginning. it just seemed to me i always had two or three jobs going at the same time. but it was the newspaper work for me-- i just fell in love with the darned business. i went off to war shortly after pearl harbor. i was 25 at the time. >> i don't know of another reporter who has a better record of covering combat than walter did in world war ii. he got where the work was, he got where the fighting was. >> he was in london as a journalist, and then he started flying bombing missions. it's a tough gig, you know, given the fact that, you know, they're not going to just say, "look, it's a journalist. we cannot shoot at that plane," you know. and he would come back and give these reports about... you know, on the mission. >> i'm just back from the biggest assignment that any american reporter could have so far in this war, covering the occupation of north africa by american troops. it was my first time on camera. i never took any elocution lessons, no diction lessons. i might have been a pretty d

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no, i'm a workaholic. i had a dry roster for a while -- well, six months.what's the worst that i can happen? watch the seasons, no i'm kidding. >> you can get a whole bunch of venereal diseases. >> i did not! >> i'm just saying that could happen. >> you probably wouldn't know yet if it happened. >> that's right. it's like -- i'm a -- [ laughter ] >> i know a really good clinic. [ laughter ] >> well, i'm like i want to say i did make out with a lot of the guys, yes. >> you did make out with a lot -- >> but my grandmother told me to take advantage of the opportunity and that's what i had to do. >> grandparents sometimes get horny in their old age. [ laughter ] for instance, uncle frank -- >> have you ever seen my grandmother on the show? she's going to be 78 on august 1 and she's going on 21. like that woman keeps me young. >> your grandmother told you go crazy. >> yep. >> how many guys did you kiss on the show? 30 contestants. >> 30 contestants and if we're including the western date which was supposed to be all acting i kissed ten. but i only legitimately k

. >> i was a workaholic from the very beginning. always had two or three jobs going at the same time. >> reporter: walter leeland cronkite jr. grew up with an ethic for hard work and a passion for news. >> i just fell in love with the darn business. i was still delivering newspapers, a copy boy, and it was quite a thrill to deliver a paper in which i would have a three or four paragraph story. >> reporter: his broadcasting break came while he was a student at the university of texas. >> i got so involved in the newspaper business, which i loved, and little bit of radio on the side that actually i wasn't going to classes as much as i should have. >> reporter: cronkite dropped out of college during his junior year and headed to oklahoma, then kansas city to work in radio. ♪ >> it came the day at kcmo when down the corridor came the most gorgeous creature i had ever seen in my life. an absolutely sensational red head. her name was betsy maxwell. >> reporter: cronkite married betsy maxwell in 1940. a year later, at the age of 25, cronki

. >> what about doing this live show, you're workaholics? show itself is amazing. the costumes, the gowns, the beading, the feathers. and marie's costumes are just as good. >> ba-dum-bump. >> thank you. >> where's the drum roll? >> thank you. >> you know, it is a workout. there's a lot of dancing, a lot of singing. and we enjoy working to the again. >> you know, it's been really nice because vegas has been terrific. they kind of opened up their arms, and we've got -- >> and that's an ego booster right there. >> right there. >> all right. we're going to have much more with donny and marie coming up in just a little bit. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the baltimore city health department says a street employee was one of the victims shot over the weekend. health commissioner says that the individual is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, said to be non-life threatening. say streets is one of the programs designed to reduce gun violence in the city. officials sa

. >> what about doing this live show, you're workaholics?he show itself is amazing. the costumes, the gowns, the beading, the feathers. and marie's costumes are just as good. >> ba-dum-bump. >> thank you. >> where's the drum roll? >> thank you. >> you know, it is a workout. there's a lot of dancing, a lot of singing. and we enjoy working to the again. >> you know, it's been really nice because vegas has been terrific. they kind of opened up their arms, and we've got -- >> and that's an ego booster right there. >> right there. >> all right. we're going to have much more with donny and marie >>> our time right now is 8:55. 75 degrees out there at ronald reagan national airport. several airliners are lining up near the end of the runway for a takeoff. good morning. i'm joe krebs on this thursday, this 30th day of july, 2009. in the news today, the d.c. woman cvied o of killing her four daughters. banita jacks was found guilty. her daughters' bodies were found in january 2008 in the jacks home in southeast washington. investigators believe the g