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>> remember that lyndon johnson is president of the united states in 1968, and no president until donald trump has ever consumed as much news as lyndon johnson did. in what some considered a sacrilege, he had three tvs installed in the oval office along with two teletype machines from the ap and up wire services. both of them clanked away inside a soundproof box in the oval office. and in a story that may combine folklore and exact quotes, after hearing cronkite's remarks from night, the president said some version of if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. of course 50 years ago toni...

Is president of the united states in 1968. and no president until donald trump has ever consumed as much news as lyndon johnson did. in what some considered a sacrilege, he had three tvs installed in the oval office along with two teletype machines from the a.p. and u.p. wire services. both of them clanked away inside a soundproof box in the oval office. in story that may combine folklore and exact quotes, after hearing conkite's remarks from that night the president said some version of, "if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america." 50 years ago tonight, 1968, was just getting started. b...

Did the best they could. this is walter cronkite. good night. >> remember that lyndon johnson is president of the united states in 1968, and no president until donald trump has ever consumed as much news as lyndon johnson did. in what some considered a sacrilege, he had three tvs installed in the oval office along with two teletype machines from the ap and up wire services. both of them clanked away inside a soundproof box in the oval office. and in a story that may combine folklore and exact quotes, after hearing cronkite's remarks from night, the president said some version of if i've lost c...

Roled in teletype machines. the hot line will be in service 24 hours a day for urgent messages only. during the cube crisis, the communications were dangerously slow, so, the hot line. >> today, the white house confirmed to us that the hot line with moscow still exists and that although president obama has never used it, he uses a direct voice link, telephone, to speak with putin. a little cold war cultural update. next, the investigation into the lane closures of the george washington bridge. more documents showed up today and these indicate that governor christie's chief political strategi...

In iran right now the former u.s. embassy where americans were taken hostage decades ago and held for 444 days is being used in an outrageous way. an exclusive look inside. jim sciutto is joining us live from tehran. what did you see? >> reporter: well, i'll tell you, wolf, it feels like a place where time stopped. you walk into this building, much of it preserved just the way it was 35 years ago when the embassy was taken over. you have all these relic, all these teletype machines, giant fax machine, soundproof meeting rooms, secure communications rooms, all of which they display as prized po...