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I know you've gotten to talk with some people you followed a group of students that came there to study with a veteran, and see firsthand what happened in history. mike made a point earlier about how he did not know if he would have had the courage as any of us would certainly wonder about ourselves, have the courage to do what all of these heroes that are gathered today whom we honor and whom we pay tribute to did, and you had some interesting reaction when you talked to young kids. i mean i think, don't they wonder that about themselves as well? >> yes, exactly, alex. they do. this was a ver...

Extraordinaire newsman who also home run suffered and communicated that and an was honest enough to acknowledge it. so there were so many sides to mike wallace and we, of course, the condolences to his wife mary and his son, his step sons and, of course, chris wallace his son, our former colleague, tom. but the legacy that "60 minutes" has created i heard you talking earlier, i was just riveted to bob simon's report everywhere congo last night on that orchestra. the story telling on that program after all of these decades is just amazing. >> it is. and mike helped set the pace for it. it was n...

To hear this from her. >> why you so reluctant. >> as his long-time friend and colleague morley safer said remembering wallace, his visits were preceded by the four dreaded words, mike wallace is here. even friends were not spared from tough questioning as ronald and nancy reagan, long time pals discovered. >> what was your husband's role in iran con an? >> nothing. i mean -- >> come on, he was president of the united states. >> it was what -- i don't know enough about iran con tran, mike, to talk to you intel gently about it. all i know is that he did not think he had done anything wrong. he ...

They would have screaming matches what was the best choice for a sound bite. speaking of the family who can't -- you can't leave out his step daughter pauline who lived very near him in new canaan and kept close track what was going on with mike in the last few years. chris said in the last two days that mike did recognize him and didn't remember much of his work at "60 minutes." i know it was heartbreaking for the members of the 60 minutes team. a couple went up there and it was not clear that he knew who they were. mike had the unairing instinct about getting somebody involved in the intervi...

She said when he picked up the phone, he said who's this in kind of a brusque wallace way and she said mike, it's nancy reagan. you remember who i am. i think that's the way she described it. he said, of course, i do. she said i'm not sure that he did. so she remained very cles to him to the very end and was extremely empathetic because of all she had gone through with president reagan. >> that's what makes that story that you tell so memorable and so poignant. she issued a statement today saying my heather is broken over the death of my dear friend mike wallace. my parents introduced me to ma...