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Ifill's family and all of you, her colleagues, on her passing. she was a friends of ours, an extraordinary journalist, asking tough questions, holding people in power accountable and defending a strong and free press that makes our democracy work. >> she was as one of her colleagues put it a standard bearer for fairness and equity. tonight, reporters are paying tribute to the great veteran journalist gwen ifill, the beloved co-anchor of pbs died today following a bout with cancer. few women of color were working in newsrooms, let alone covering politics and public affairs. she recalled getting...

Press that makes our democracy work. >> gwen was a dear friend, a former nbc colleague. pardon me. she was, gwen would want me to get this together. she had so many awards in her office you could barely see out the window. >> she was a mentor to me and spoke at my college graduation. what i got from her was someone who was never too busy to talk to me about my stories, about how i had done on "meet the press." >> i always appreciated gwen's reporting even when i was on the receiving end of a tough interview. >> i'll say this to anybody listening, god alone knows how long we have on this earth,...

Went i fifill's family. defending a strong and free press that makes our democracy work. >> gwen was a dear friend, a former nbc kcolleague. pardon me. she was, gwen would want the me get this together. she had so many awards in her office you could barely see out the window. the. >> she was a mentor to me and spoke at my college graduation. what i got from her was someone who was never too busy to talk to me about my stories, about how i had done on "meet the press." >> i always appreciated gwen's reporting even when i was on the receiving end of a tough interview. >> i'll say this to anybody...

Press that makes our democracy work. >> she was as one of her colleagues put it a standard bearer for fairness and equity. tonight, reporters are paying tribute to the great veteran journalist gwen ifill, the beloved co-anchor of pbs died today following a bout with cancer. few women of color were working in newsrooms, let alone covering politics and public affairs. she recalled getting letters from readers and worked for "the washington post" and "new york times" before joining pbs moderating the presidential debate in 2004 and 2008 and in 2013 was named co-anchors of pbs "newshour."

Alliance and the nato alliance have endured for decades under democratic and republican administrations. finally in peru i'll meet with leaders of country that have been the focus of foreign policy in our rebalance of the asia-pacific. this is a time of great change in the world, but america's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe. and that's what it must continue to be. finally, on a personal note, michelle and i want to offer our deepest condolences to gwen ifill's family and all of you, her colleagues, on her passing. gwen was a friend of ours. sh...