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>> football is my life. it is something that i say proudly. but it is complicated. >> you cannot write the history of professional football without john madden. >> the first thing is the hands. >> yelling and screaming at guys. >> he was a coach and a team. >> john was the authoritative voice for our sport. in a lot of ways, he still is. >> lets bring in hall of fame sports broadcaster and fox sports analyst, jim gray peer jim, i want to lead off with what you had to tweet about john madden. he ...

>> i come here, find out that theyre delayed. >> according to the tsa, yesterday that screened two million passengers. while the flight disruptions have dwindled, theyre not over. the problems related to covid will likely plague the holiday travelers that will return home and consider this, jackie, thursday, tomorrow, already there are 450 flights that are now cancelled. that is a number that will only see increase. jackie? >> jackie: a rough time of year for this variant to hit us and impacting...

>> i have never worked from a day of my life. i went from player, coach, to broadcaster, and i am the luckiest guy in the world. >> reporter: super bowling winning coach, video game icon, broadcaster. john madden was by my definition a true original. during his 30-year broadcasting career, madden was widely considered the voice of the national football league. >> you have to attack them with the pass. >> reporter: unique catch phrases. >> they went boom and they got 10 points. >> reporter: and t...

Look back at me and say, if harry reid can make it, i can. now to the death of one of the greatest figures in football. john madden is being remembered as legendary coach, hall of famer and be loved broadcaster. madden also gave kids and kids-at-heart the chance to imagine calling their own plays as the name sake of the madden nfl game series. cnns coy wire joining us now with more. as roger goodell said, he was football. whats the reaction been? >> far spread and full of love, amara. there wa...

One quote he said he was asked whether he was a coach, broadcaster or video game guy and he said im a coach. always been a coach. i think going back that is what was in his heart and a titan of the game my thoughts and prayers out to his family. >> julie: once a coach, always a coach and absolutely. thats what made him so great at what he did. he knew what it was like behind the scenes. you can catch a reair of all maden the documentary. he airs tonight at 9:00 and 10:30 eastern on fs1 and tomor...

1977. he never had a losing season in the ten-year career, winning three of every four games he coached. and young fans today as you mentioned, paula, may have only seen him in broadcast games in his famous madden video game series, not even on television. his post-coaching star truly started to soar when he stepped into the tv booth. his catch phrases and love of the telestrator. he would go on to work on all four major networks in his 34 broadcasting career. he began lending his voice to the m...

>> i couldnt think of a better person to speak to tonight on the life and legacy of harry reid. thank you so much for joining us on this sad night for your state. greatly appreciate it, jon. >> i appreciate your having me. breaking news as we mentioned earlier out of nevada, longtime senate majority leader harry reid passing away this evening at the age of 82. when we come back, a big update from the cdc about the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. its leading to a lot of questions, and w...

Head coach with the with the 1977 legendary broadcaster best known namesake best selling madden video game series. john madden 85 years old. his loss will be felt throughout the league. madden was someone essential to my life growing up. i cannot imagine growing up on sundays without listening to him and pat summerall and fondly remember all of the times i spent warring with my brother, my friend over the video game franchise he created. john madden was one of a kind and he will be greatly misse...

>> harry reid died tuesday after a 4 year battle with pancreatic cancer. senator chuck grassley saying even though im ideologically opposite i must say he did a good job representing the interests of nevada in the u.s. senate. as majority leader he ran a tight ship. longtime rival senator mitch mcconnell saying the nature of our jobs brought us into frequent and sometimes intense conflict but i never doubted that harry was always doing with your nestlé deeply felt was right for nevada and our c...

Its probably going to come down more so to private industry and others to bring these tests into the united states rather than relying fully on a massive government action to bring sufficient numbers into the united states. >> dr. michael mina, appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. coming up, remembering two americans giants. longtime senator harry reid and legendary coach and broadcaster john madden. were going to look back at their lives and careers next. ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ �...