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African-american to lead the pentagon. the senate confirming austin with an overwhelming vote of 93-2. and tonight, across this country, the nation celebrating the life of hall of famer hank aaron. a rare legend among legends. he became baseball's home run king, the first to break babe ruth's record. a champion of civil rights on and off the field. here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: he will forever be remembered for this mighty swing. >> straight away. fastball. it's a high drive into deep left center field. he goes back to the fence. it is gone! >> reporter: that helped replace a white man...

King, he had 3,771 hits, the third-most ever, won three gold gloves, and is still the all- time leader in runs batted in. >> i couldn't be half-steppin'. i had to play baseball the way it was supposed to be played. >> reporter: 25 times an all- star, hank aaron was a shoo-in for cooperstown, but what elevates him to an american treasure wasn't just what he did, but how he did it. jim axelrod, cbs news. >> o'donnell: with professionalism, strength, and grace. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." why the f.b.i. thinks capitol hill rioters may have stashed thei...

The left side. that ball is going to be out of here! it's gone, there is a new home run champion of all time, and it's henry aaron! >> last thing before we go tonight, that was the shot heard around the world. and let's talk about the man we lost today. number 44, henry aaron. born in mobile, alabama. while his life's dream was to become an airline pilot, he discovered baseball at 14 and never looked back. he started in the negro leagues, a team with a downright insulting name, the indianapolis clowns. they were barnstormers who combined baseball with unserious entertainment. but when henry's ...

Everything he did he did in the face of systemic racism. he played despite bottles and booze raining down on him on the field. in the early days he couldn't use the same changing facilities or stay in the same hotel as his teammates. never bitter, always resilient, he did admit years later that racism carved a piece of his heart away. in the spring of '74 came the record people thought would never be broken, babe ruth's 714 home runs. so it was on an april night in the fourth inning and a light rain with millions of us watching and cheering at home. number 715 sailed over the billboard for ban...

Into left center field. that ball is going to be out of here! it's gone! it's 715, and there is a new home run champion of all time, and it's henry aaron! >> last thing before we go tonight, that was the shot heard round the world. and let's talk about the man we lost today. number 44, henry aaron. born in mobile, alabama. while his life's dream was to become an airline pilot, he discovered baseball at 14 and never looked back. he started in the negro leagues, a team with a downright insulting name, the indianapolis clowns. they were barnstormers who combined baseball with unserious entertainm...