tonight, we are forced to say goodbye to a long-time and beloved member of our nbc news family. the veteran newsman edwin newman, he did it right, starting in radio during world war ii, then on television with nbc for more than 30 years, right up until his retirement. he wasn't known for his bombast or volume or his opinions but for his way with words. it made him one of the very best of all-time. >> my name is ed newman and i'm one of nbc's london correspondents. >> he was part of everything at nbc news for over three decades. the good and the bad. >> president johnson has declared this a national day of mourning. >> when it good bad, it was good to have edwin newman's calming presence on the air. as it was during the coverage of the assassinations that marked our times. >> the lives of all of us of today have been profoundly changed. >> president kennedy, senator kennedy and martin luther king,