about the occupy movement, occupy atlanta demonstrators getting some help from the martin luther king center. they are giving them classes on nonviolence. we will talk about why. and also, we will have reverend jesse jackson, joining the occupy atlanta movement in some way, he will be with us in studio this hour. let's get back to andy rooney and the news, that he has died at the age offed 92. just signed off from "60 minutes" after 30 years did that with his last essay last month, done 1 00 or close to 1,100. been with cbs news 60 years all together, but he died after complications from a minor surgery. you may remember that. he had gone in for what was told us to as minor surgery but then developed complications within the hospital and now, the word is that he has died at the age of 92. our gary tuchman takes a look back at his extraordinary life. >> the funny thing is over the years, our opinion of how our hair looks best changes. i used to think i looked best with long side burns. why in the world would i have ever thought that? i didn't realize i looked so funny back then or i would probably never have gone on television at all. >> reporter: andy rooney didn't have a look that was especially tv friendly, but it was his talent as a writer that set him apart and eventually, made him a star. [ clock ticking ] >> reporter: andy rooney was a "60 minutes" original, started with a show as a producer, became a regular on-air contributor in 1978. his die tribes, the struggles of modern life, were a hit. >> part of my success is how average i am. i'm a very normal guy and it does not occur to me walking down the street that anyone recognizes me or bugs me when they do too. >> reporter: rooney started his writing career in the u.s. military. he was assigned as a correspondent for the military newspaper "stars and stripes" after being drafted into the arm any 1941 rooney often wrote about the men in the bombing missions, eventually having a book published about their experiences in 1944. after the war, rooney became a freelance magazine writer, he later moved to television, running for some of the biggest name notice business. >> i started in this business i wrote for a lot of people. i wrote for arthur godfrey for five years, i wrote for sam levinson, i wrote for gary moore and i wrote for harry reasoner and i'm basementically a writer. and i lost harry reasoner, so i started doing my own stuff on television, but it was just an emergency. i like it perfectly well when i was a writer. >> reporter: andy rooney's writing talents earned him six writing guild guild of america's awards, and won a total of four emmy awards two of those emmys came from a few minutes with andy rooney on "60 minutes." >> if it's any good, i can write it in a couple of hours and if it isn't any good it, it take mess a couple days. >> reporter: andy rooney appeared numerous times on "larry king live," writing a syndicated column that appeared in more than 200 newspapers daily and had more than a dozen books published. his wife of 62 years divide heart failure in 2004. on october 2, 2011, after 33 years on the show, he gave his final regular commentary for "60 minutes", a style and dry wit as unique as the man. >> i recently bought this new laptop to use when i travel. look at that though, it fits right into the briefcase here. weighs less than three pounds. i lose that much getting mad waiting to get on the plane through security at the airport. >> reporter: the common man with the common touch about problems that hit close to home. gary tuchman, cnn. >> and just a built ago, i spoke with former cbs correspondent bob around not, he shared an office with rooney for years, asked him if he actually saw this coming. >> you know, when i saw the sign up, i knew this was the end. he was not gonna quit, you know, a year or two before. never gonna retire, ever. so, it was pretty clear at that time that this was pretty close to the end. >> think he knew something about his health? >> oh, he did he was very much in tune with his health. and you know, it is interesting, at that age, you see the hand write october wall, you know is it, time to give up the game. it is only, what, a month or so since he had that wonderful signoff. >> when was the last time you were able to talk to him? did you talk to him when he was retiring? >> you know, i saw the whole crew, the whole "60 minutes" crew minus andy with our old boss, howard stringer about a month ago. i did not see ady at that time though. i had seen him around new york, he still showed up at events but hadn't really seen him probably for the last month. >> and bob, one other thing before we let you go a lot of people look at this, so sad to hear that he has passed but in a lot of ways, is this the way to go? >> oh, absolutely. just the old fallout to the end. the interesting thing about andy, he pretended to be this curmudgeon, but he wasn't, i was right kitty corner to him, the seventh floor at cbs. and you know, he had this kind of blirs, but he was just the nicest, sweetest guy you could even begin to possibly imagine. and of course, i was a neophyte in television at the time, i was a medical correspondent for the cbs morning show there and of course, we are all nervous and frazzled, find a pulse together and nor little morning show here he is at "60 minutes," he was never flustered about anything, it was like it was no big deal. like how does this guy do it? of course, he was so incredibly ingenious. everything he did was so interesting and so fun and how did he ever figure that out? it was so low-tech. bob was his producer this old typewriter, just kind of type it had all up, took a camera, just no big deal. i was in awe of the guy. >> andy rooney dead at the age of 92. i want to bring in morley safer now, who is on the line with me, long-time "60 minutes" correspondent. we appreciate your time this morning. let me get your reaction. bob arnot told me earlier he wasn't surprised if rooney retired, he must have known something about his health. do you believe that? >> well, i wouldn't say that. we -- we expected this because he -- he declined rather badly over the last couple of week he is. but you never fully are prepared for this had kind of thing. you know, he was so much a part of the broadcast and our professional lives that it's hard to believe he's gone. >> you said still, you felt as if he was declining and not really surprised by this. but still what is your reaction to actually hearing the news this morning, that at 92, he's gone? >> well, as much as you are prepared for something like this you are never truly prepared. i mean, he was so much, as i said, so much a part of what we've all been doing armed here for the last 30 years or more, really more than 30 years. it still comes as shock. >> what do you want people today, and there will be a lot of remembrances today what do you want folks to talk about today? we talked to bob arnot, like i mentioned a second ago, people consider him this curmudgeon of some kind, but he was the sweetest guy in a lot of ways. what do you want people to talk about today? >> well, quite simply this the person you saw in television was the real person, nothing that andy ever did was an act. he absolutely he -- as you know, never -- never tempered his thoughts. he said what he believed. and the other thing i think that people should remember is that he was really a great writer and he was extremely proud of that talent. never boastful, never boastful for a minute about anything. but very proud of his talent. and i think that pride really came through as well as i said, never self-aggrandizing but confident, certainly. >> do you think he never could have retired and sat on a beach somewhere, that just wasn't him? >> forget about it. ha ha ha. i think that may apply tole all of us, quite honestly. no. i mean, retirement was never, never even -- never did he give a passing second of the thought. he loved what he did. answered loved what he did 'cause he did it well. and he -- i don't know whether he really was aware of it but in a way, he really spoke four -- for every man. he spoke for -- i think the reaction to andy rooney, for the most part, people over the last 30-odd years, has been, you know, he is speaking for me. why didn't i -- why didn't i say that? he -- he had -- he had the common touch, if that phrase still means anything to people. >> and one last thing here. it's always sad to see someone go, but in a lot of the ways, do you think this was the way for him to go and glad that it happened in this way, that he literally worked almost up to the last moment of his life? he signed off on the show and now here he is, signing off again? >> yeah. what is it three weeks? that's the way to go. the only thing better than three weeks have been three minutes. >> wow. all right. >> no he -- absolutely worked to the very end. and this last -- his last piece was, i thought, brilliant. his farewell. whatever it was, three or four weeks ago. >> all right. well, morley safer, again, long-time "60 minutes" correspondent as well, we thank you so much for taking time with us on this morning and talking us to about your friend and long-time colleague, andy rooney. sir, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right 11 minutes past the hour here. again, the news is andy rooney, just weeks after signing off from "60 minutes" with another one of his classic essays, he has now died at the age of 92. 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>> very much so >> minor earthquake in oklahoma, 4.7 magnitude them get this shaking in this area every now and again? >> they do, indeed, talking about a 4.7, you have about 13,000 each year, earthquakes, that range between say 4.0 and 4.9. oklahoma, no stranger to earthquakes. in fact in 1952 on april 9th, to be exact, there was an earthquake that was 5.5. it caused a crack in the state capitol building about 45 feet in length. it does happen in oklahoma. >> okay. i asked reynolds right before we came on air, do you know anything about this earthquake in oklahoma? >> more information. more information than you ever wanted in your whole life. >> this is why we love you, you always got the info. no reports of any injuries or damage there? >> we are okay. we are okay. it does happen that quake that happened back in 1952 was actually felt as far north as nebraska, as far south as the rio grande valley in texas. so -- >> did they fix it or just left it there? >> that is something i can't help you with that. i can't help with you that one but there will be earthquakes in parts of oklahoma in terms of a football game today, texas a & m in norm, lsu, all big games. one game playing in the four corners is going to be due to the heavy, heavy snow, talk about a foot of snow, highest peaks, rockies this is just installment one. normally deal with heavy snow in part of the rockies, farther south, arizona, highest peaks with snow but still getting a lot of wind. with the wind, we actually had a dust storm yesterday in parts of the phoenix area, in fact, farther south in casa grande, they had zero visibility at times and wind is still being felt and will be experienced in parts of phoenix today, where you are going to have delays. you got the video there, if we can, leave the video for just a moment and come back to the weather computer, i have this up i want to show, stilt winds that are going to cause delays in phoenix, delays now, shouldn't be too bad, wind should subside into the afternoon. san francisco, got showers, a little bit of fog there, too denver, showers, windy conditions, salt lake city, just the snowfall. but i will tell you, the snow that we are seeing in portions of the four corners is actually installment one. we will see a second round of snow that is going to move in late into saturday night, into sunday, perhaps even into monday. this is installment number one from the first system and then farther back out to the west, we are seeing this one, this could be affecting the golden state of california first. expect from mount shasta and the foot hills along the coastal range and then back in the sierra nevada that will be option two and going to move near this area. ski country, steamboat springs, snowfall. that beautiful champagne powder just fantastic. winds are going to be really strong in parts of the central and southern plains. dry conditions coupled with the winds give you a fire threat. talk about the snow out west. out east, i shall white house so ever, cool, dry for you plenty of sunshine for parts of the northeast, highs wrapping it up, 51 in boston, 49, new york, 73 in hostin, took albuquerque, 3239, salt lake city san francisco, pier 39, 61 your high. pretty good let's send it back to you. >> what would you do reynolds what would you do for tickets to the lsu/alabama game tonight? 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