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Tonight that walter cronkite, the legendary news anchor of the cbs evening news for nearly 20 years, he retired in 1981 but he covered the kennedy assassination, he covered vietnam, he covered the mission to the moon, he covered politics and everything in between. 92 years old. he passed today. cbs news made the announcement within the past hour. we will have more on the life of walter cronkite after this. would recommend it. julia tolbert, tell me your story. well, my irregularity was only occa...

Led the way for so long. an icon in the business. its hard to find work to describe the strat your of this man here, in the business, around the world. and everywhere people are remembering him and remembering him, especially, as they saw him on tv. people around the world, everywhere, are having thoughts about the most trusted man in america. >> when i was a kid growing up, he was the newscaster that we always watched. for me he was the quintessential news anchor that started news television as...

News have been honoring his memory today. 60 minutes correspondent mike wallace released a statement saying, we were proud to work with him, for him, we loved him. and 60 minutes correspondent morley safer, walter was truly the father of television news. the trust that he was placed in him was based on mission of his fairness, honesty and strict objectivity and of course his long insurance as a shoe leather reporter covering everything from local politics to world war ii, and its aftermath in th...

>> so nice not to have to get up and go to a studio, right? sit in your den and talk to us from there. we appreciate it. >> thank you. wed go anywhere for you. >> thank you, jim. always a pleasure. president obama is confident congress will pass a health care bill that would reduce costs. but would it come at the expense of the availability and quality of care? plus, well already the icon of the news, a look back at the life of walter cronkite. its next on msnbc. ask the experts. [ male anno...

He did it. it will never be the same. so many options and channels and whatnot. he was the person who gave the country bad news. called him uncle walter. like a member of the family that everyone turned to. >> he took us through so many difficult times whether the jfk assassination, the assassination of martin luther king. watergate. i loved the moment when he was almost had a boyish joy to him when he saw man step on the moon and he was broadcasting that day. i want to talk with christopher cal...

When cronkite was on in his height he addressed the nation, in his heyday. when he said good evening it was tantamount to addressing the nation, not just anchoring the news. we had three choices, three channels in this country, and you could almost feel the lights dim in new york when people tuned in to cronkites news cast. "nbc nightly news" anchor brian williams last night on "larry king live" culminating on the passing of walter cronkite. he died last night with his family by his side in hi...

International press correspondent in moscow. a very self-confident journalist, just as the time when the technology made this new form of journalism available, and he had the grace and he had the intelligence and he had the insight to be an excellent anchorman. >> well, ed and morton we really appreciate your time and just your fond memories of walter cronkite this morning. thanks so much for spending agents time with us today. >> pleasure being with you. >> thank you. stay with us. a story co...

Florida pripary that year, and i was sent down to do some work for walter. he called me, said he was on his way down. what were you doing? i told him. he said ill write a rough stint for you. he said, dont make it rough. i was up all night. slipped the script under his door. read why walter cronkite and i thought, well, this, wow, this is great. >> you called him the forrest gump of the 20th century. what is that all about, linda? >> yeared later when we making a two-hour special, "walter cronki...

About ten minutes. and looking back at the extraordinary life and career of walter cronkite. uncle walter, many called him the most trusted man in america. his dear friends are talking about the man this morning. asking you to share memories about walter cronkite with us. go to our facebook and twitter pages and also go to our blog at cnn.com/tj or cnn.com/betty. we want to hear from you today. >> a lot of people may not realize its been 28 years since he left the anchor desk, but the impact...

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