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plus -- ♪ sir paul mccartney rocks new york. it's the kick-off to his farewell tour. good morning, everyone. i'm chris jansing in for alex whit. welcome to msnbc saturday. all that and the latest on the terror bombings in indonesia. longtime cbs anger man walter cronkite died last night in his home surround by family. for years millions of americans welcomed cronkite into their homes. tuning him in times of crisis and celebration. nbc's brian williams reflects on the life and legacy of cronkite, the most trusted man in america. >> heres a bulletin from cbs news. in dallas, texas, three shots were fired at president kennedy's motorcade in downtown dallas. >> reporter: he'll be forever linked to the assassination of our young president. and with american spaceflight. >> man on a moon. oh, boy. >> reporter: and the downfall of a president. >> we should try tonight to pull together the threads of this amazing story, quite unlike any in our modern american history. >> reporter: for 20 years in this country, 25 million americans each night got their news from walter cronkite. >> and that's the way it is. >> reporter: and for all those watching in living rooms across the country, it was the way it was. cronkite's audience was so big, he was so influential, at times, it seemed more like he was addressing the nation on a nightly basis than just anchoring the news when a survey named him the most trusted man in america, that title stuck. walter cronkite came from humble roots to get there, beginning with his high school newspaper, then as a cub reporter for the houston post at age 19. he covered world war ii for united press. >> i'm just back from the biggest assignment that any american reporter could have so far in this war. >> reporter: then came the cold war, and again cronkite was there. >> will be exploded 5:20 our time, that's 2:20 from now. >> reporter: he was named anchor of the cbs evening news in 1962. he was 47 when his career-defining moment arrived a year later in the form of a bulletin from dallas, texas. >> the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> reporter: and all promegsle black and white film "a day in the life of walter cronkite" shows us an anchorman at the height of his power in a different era, when tv was still new and back then there were just three networks to choose from. with that power and his huge viewing audience came influence. after a trip to vietnam in 1968, he concluded the war couldn't be won. >> so to say we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, if unsatisfactory conclusion. >> reporter: weeks later president johnson announced he wouldn't seek another term. >> when he saw this on the air, he said if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america. >> reporter: cronkite took part in a kind of accidental diplomacy when sadat of egypt told him on live tv he was willing to visit israel. >> that could be, say, within a week? >> you can say that, yes. >> reporter: cronkite ruled the airwaves and the newsroom at cbs always demanding the best, always demanding more, and he gave up the anchor chair with delayed, but profound regret. >> old anchormen, you see don't fade away, he just keep come back for more. >> reporter: years ago he was asked to sum up his own legacy. >> he cried, journalist, that he had a vision of what journalism should be and in his own practice, he adhered to it. >> reporter: he was every inch a journalist, but he became an american icon, a true celebrity. >> it's an honor to meet you, mr. cronkite. >> call me walter. >> reporter: among the first to be known by a single word. he was simply cronkite. and there was no other. >> this is walter cronkite, good night. >> walter cronkite's wife betsy died of cancer in 2005. he is survived by their three children. president obama says walter cronkite was more than just a news anchor. he guided americans through the most important issues of the day. >> he brought us all of those stories, large and small, which would come to define the 20th century. that's why we loved walter, because of an era before blogs and e-mail, cell phones and cable, he was the news. walter invited us believe in him, and he never let us down. this country's lost an icon and a dear friend. and he will be truly missed. >> president obama's campaign rival, senator john mccain, says he'll never forget when he traveled with cronkite to hanoi on the tenth anniversary of the fall of saigon. more on the legendary newsman, the life and the ways he changed journalism forever. msnbc is the play for politics. after an unscheduled statement friday, president obama is taking on his critics today urging congress to back his plan for health care reform in his weekly internet address. >> the same folks who control the white house and congress for the past eight years as we run up record deficits will argue, believe it or not that health reform will lead to record deficits. that's simply not true. >> joining me now, john decker, washington correspondent for reuters. so, how hard is the full-court press by the white house? >> it's really hard. you know, on paper, chris, things look really good for the president. he got this support from the american medical association, the interest group that represents the nation's doctors. he already has support of the nurses association, the hospital association. there are a lot of good things the president has but those organizations don't vote. members of house and it senate do and they got a dose of reality from the congressional budget office. the nonpartisan cbo which indicated the cost of health care in the long term would go up despite the health care reform plan that the president is pushing and the size of the deficit would also increase over the course of the next ten years by $239 billion those who facts have created a lot of problems for the president. >> would it be fair to say the strategy is to stall because they believe the more the american people learn about it the more they hear things like what we just got from the congressional budget office the more they're likely to oppose it the white house is very much aware of that and that's why they've set the deadline to get things done before the august recess in the senate it's by august 8th. and it's a little bit sooner for house members. but you know, you have a lot of members of both parties pushing back that say you know this is such a large piece of legislation that we're looking at. talking about over a trillion dollars. we need more time to evaluate this and we'll get it done this year, we just need more time. hearing that from both republicans and democrats, and there are about 70 democrats right now, chris, who are wavering on whether they'll support the bill. >> how much impact does it have on what we're hearing on the other side? the gang of six the centrists democrats and they came out and sent a letter on friday urging a delay in consideration of health care reform. >> and these people have a lot of up fluence. in the senate, things are not easy going as it seems in the house. already three committees in house of representatives have passed health care reform legislation and of course we'll have to reconcile that in the full house. but in the senate it's a different story and six members that have written the president, including republicans have indicated, they need more time they can't meet right now the august 8th deadline that the white house would like to see have met. >> you've got to wonder if hillary clinton is watching this from india saying, been there, done that, glad to be in another country right now. >> i think you're right. she's happy to be on the four-day trip to india right now. >> john, thanks so much. good to see you. >> thanks a lot. >> for the latest developments, check out first read updated throughout the day so you can check back off and logon to firstread.msnbc.com. to miami. the new video released by police there. take a look at scene captured on surveillance. two masked gunmen firing a barrage of shots into a crowded miami supermarket during a june shootout left one man seriously injured. now miami police are looking for the two masked men. they hope the release of the video will lead to new leads in the case. big day expected for space exploration. the first of five space walks schedule for 11:58 a.m. eastern. two members of the 13 astronauts housed at international space station will venture outside to help assemble a porch used to hold outdoor experiments. 13 astronauts under one roof is the largest ever to gather in space at one time. ♪ >> rocking early notice morning. after four decades, paul mccartney, sir paul mccartneying back in new york city making history. he's the first to perform at new york's brand-new city field stadium. he performed more than 30 songs last night. fans went wild when a surprise musical guest joined him on stage. we'll tell you about that, coming up. but still to come on msnbc -- authorities in indonesia moving closer to identifying two suicide bombers behind friday's deadly hotel attacks. and the terror mastermind believed to have order the hit. plus -- the budget crisis out west. despite word of major progress, talks are still ongoing as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal to close a multibillion dollar budget gap ♪ ♪ once you've dealt with the things that come between you... don't let erectile dysfunction get in the way. ♪ viva ♪ viagra! viagra...america's most prescribed ed treatment... can help you enjoy a more satisfying sexual experience. to learn more, spend some quality time with viagra.com ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. don't take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain... as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects may include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting... more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away... if you experience a sudden decrease in vision or hearing. now's the time. ask your doctor if viagra is right for you. ♪ viva viagra! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. call or click today. today indonesia's president is pledging more resources to help capture those responsible for a pair of deadly bombings that rocked jakarta friday. president just wrapped up a tour of the scene, and suspects that this latest attack is likely the work of a terror group that has targeted the country before. live to nbc's ian williams in bangkok, thailand. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning, chris. well, investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the marriott and the ritz-carlton hotels in jakarta, look for clues as to who the suicide bombers were, but more crucially the i didn't of the mastermind. investigators say they do have a suspect. he's a malaysian futuretigitivee name of noordin mohammad top. a former member of a regional terror group called jemaah islamiyah. this group had its heyday early in the decade. recall the earlier bombing of the marriott hotel, the australian embassy in jakarta, and the biggest of the lot, the bali bomb in 2002, that killed more than 200 people and was blamed on that group. now, the authorities in indonesia have been very effective in cracking down on j.i., they brought a lot of the leadership, arrested a lot of the leadership, killed a lot of them, and they had appeared to have been reduced the threat didn't appear to be as great but noordin top leads a breakaway faction of that group. they've been searching for him for years. and at the moment, he is the chief suspect in this bombing. they believe the bombs have all of the hallmarks of j.a., well planned -- j.i., sorry, well-planned, high-profile western target. as of today, investigators are saying that he is top of their suspect list, chris. >> all right. ian williams, thanks so much. happening now on msnbc, more talks but no end to the budget crisis in california. governor schwarzenegger and state lawmakers resume talks tomorrow in an effort to close the state's $626.3 billion budgt gap. in iran, dozens arrested following fresh protests. opposition supporters flood the streets of tehran after a powerful cleric called for detainees held in post-election violence to be freed. secretary of state hillary clinton arriving in mumbai for start of a five-day trip to india. clinton is staying at taj mahal palace hotel, that's the same one that was attacked by terrorists last november. this morning, tributes are pouring in from former colleagues on news that legendary anchorman walter cronkite has died. let's bring in nbc's brian williams. he joins me now on the phone. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> when asked what his legacy will be, walter cronkite said it will be that he tried, that he had a vision of what a journalist should be. how would you describe walter cronkite the journalist? >> well, you know, just on how he's remembered kind of physically, i said last night, we kind of knew that those suits of his were handmade in london and yet he was sitting there broadcasting to an off the rack country, and it was okay with us because he had such an enormous role in our public life. he seemed like a guy from missouri who got his dream, reading boy's life magazine, read the description of a foreign correspondent and that's what he wanted to do. he crashed in a glider in belgium during the early stages of the invasion of world war ii, he covered that war, and came home and went to work, really, as one of the murrow boys, first for radio, and then television. and while we have to mention huntley brinkley on nbc, that duo, there were various combinations in the evening news, just three networks, mind you, for the evening choice, he kind of emerged as the one power center, so curious, always a reporter, always clear that he loved the pursuit of the next new fact. but just incredible influence. and it's lbj who ends up giving him the epitaph, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost middle america, he said after walter found the war unwinnable, because walter really was middle america. >> how much did he establish what an anchorman should be as it is today as you practice the craft, brian? i'm thinking about him going to vietnam which to young folks today may not seem like much, but was really something back in that day, that he was a globe trotting anchor, that he was influential, that he allowed occasionally, very occasionally, but very powerfully, his emotions to show on television? >> that's right, chris. we've got to remember twice there his career we saw almost a hint of a tear in his eye. twice in his career he stopped talking for just a moment and gathered himself, once when we lost a president, the other time when we landed on the moon. and as i've been saying these days, you've got cable hosts who burst into tears almost daily and once in his career he decided to get beyond imparti impartialality and he issued his opinion from his trip to vietnam, calling the war unwinnable. and it had a huge influence, fast forward to today when we have entire networks that already agree with your point of view when you wake up in the morning. so a far different time. and, yes, he did create the mold, he was kind of the first clay model of the modern anchor as managing editor, as kind of leader of the broadcast who got up from that desk because it was his roots, took his reporter's notebook in some cases put a helmet on, and went and covered the story. walter cronkite was shot at in vietnam more than once when he went back to find out about this war that was costing us so much. >> when you talk about waking up in the morning and hearing opinions and, you know, listening to people telling you the news in a style and in a slant that you want it to be, how much of him is influential in today's world and how hutch of hims a relic, brian? >> broke his heart in the retirement years when they saw it coming, he saw entertainment values seep into news. so i think if, if, chris, you and i do our jobs right, in other life on nbc nightly news on "today" on nbc and msnbc, and use what walter stood for, as the standards for when we cover news, you from our los angeles bureau, kind of day after day, night after night, cov offing the state budget crisis, covering wildfires, all of that, it's that template that he gave us, so it governs us all to this day. and to this day, the three network evening newscasts, i would stack up as a very good mirror on a day in the life of our country. >> and as someone who, i'll speak for myself as very proud to play a small role in your nightly newscast, brian, i really do sit back sometimes and, you know, look at where we were and where we are now and the advances that have happened, and i don't know when the last time is you had a chance to talk with walter cronkite or in previous conversations that you had, but in terms of the way nightly news is practiced today and so much of the technology is available to you that wasn't available then, what kind of anchorman would he be today? >> well, he used to joke that he could never get a job, he's not good looking enough, he's not modern enough, but he was being way too modest. it was one of the great thrills of my life to come to know him a little bit in adult life, at least know him enough to tell him, you know, you're the guy i wanted to be, i was watching black and white television in el moira, new york, at age 8 i decided that. what a huge influence he was and what a great role model. >> what's the first memory you have of him? >> around that age. see, chris, in our household we couldn't have the evening meal until he said "that's the way it is" viewership was forces at first, but then it became a nightly ritual, and it was my window on the world. i couldn't imagine the role as anchor being done any better. and i couldn't imagine a more exciting way to make a living. there he was traveling the world and telling us about the cole war, civil rights struggle, vietnam war, assassinations and moon missions. >> probably the first timing i actually remember walter cronkite was vietnam and i had a brother who was stationed in vietnam, so it was something that was very much like that immy family that was sort of a ritual, everyone sat down together and watched the evening news together. there probably will never be, just because of the way the audience is segmented, anybody with that sort of influence again, do you think? >> yeah, i don't think it could happen again because of how our attention is spread apart, such a huge spectrum. i don't think it was a bad thing for america entirely. i know that's unfashionable to say it. but back when you had just three choices in the evening, what it did was, even though it gave a kind of tilted, very mainstream media new york cent trick network view of the world, it did get us watching in large numbers. we watched almost communally, where i grew up houses were so small you could see the flash on the neighbor's window that indicated they were watching the same thing at the same time. and there was something to that, and we don't have that anymore, either. >> yeah. brian, great talking to you, always and great reminiscing about somebody in our business who has influences, i think, pretty much all of us at one time or another and has such a lasting legacy. good to see you, at least talk to you, and thanks for taking time on a saturday morning to join us. >> chris, thanks. we're celebrating a great american life here. >> we are indeed. brian williams on the phone. logon to msnbc.com for more of brian williams' look back at life and career of walter cronkite. undefeated professional boxer floyd "money" mayweather has the fastest hands boxing has ever seen. so i've come to this ring to see who's faster... on the internet. i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can browse the web faster, email business plans faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than floyd mayweather. 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>> well, the cbo did say health care reform will increasel from outlays which is true. we need to make an investment in reform in order to kind of fix the projected costs down the road. it's important to remember that the costs of an action far outweigh the costs of reform. >> more than $239 billion added to the federal deficit? >> well, the cbo came out with a letter yesterday, they said the house belly deficit neutral over ten years. i think controlling health care cost is very important and president obama, as you played in the clip, pledged to not only control the spending on health care, to ensure that the bill is budget neutral, but also to make sure that costs doesn't get out of control in 10, 20 years, and he has a plan to do that. >> robert, there are nearly 50 million people in the country without health insurance right now. so, what's the alternative if we don't pass health care reform and do it quickly? >> well, you know, four years, years, sorry, it's early, my mouth is still numb, the -- four years ago we were worried about a rush to war without actionable intelligence. now we're rushing to transform a health care system without actionable intelligence. yes there are 50 million people without insurance, a lot of the people are refusing health insurance notice workplace, many people are the same muzzle heads that work oust my gym who think if they drink protein shakes they don't need health insurance. the fact of the matter is we done need to spend all of this money to ensure many americans. we can do it for one-tenth of the amount of money if we targeted to the right people. the current bill, the way they try to save money is unbelievable. they restrict choice, they shove millions of americans into medicaid, and then they ration the care there, systemically discriminate against minorities to do so. and as seen in other countries, that kind of rationing drives up health care spending and reduces life ex-pack continue si. >> is that a fair assessment of the bill, do you think. >> chris, robert can deny the fact there's a health care crisis until he's blue notice face. >> i'm not denying the crisis. >> the president has said he's going to pay for the bill and the president has also said, congressional democrats believe, that we need to control health care spending, which is why he's talking about steestablishing a panel to reform the way we pay for services so we can control those long-term costs. i think that's all on the table. again it's important to remember that the cbo raised a valid point the president understands, congress understands the cbo also said the house bill and the health bill are budget neutral. >> this is great. i can't believe i'm hearing a liberal think tank support systemically restricting minorities from access to quality care because that's in the bill. >> nobody's restricting minorities. what are you talking about. >> which minorities? >> have you read the bill? have you read the bill? if you're a medicaid recipient you are not allowed to take a voufrp voucher and go to a plan that's good for you. you're forced to stay in medicaid. >> medicaid provides essential services for many americans that the private market can't provide. >> you think so? >> it's not putting people -- it's not putting people into medicaid against their will the survival rates are lower in medicaid the ability to get rivas cuelarizations are lower? why shouldn't we have a system that allows americans regardless of race, creed, color, income to have access the same kind of care that people on park avenue have? >> that's what the bill does, it gives many americans a choice. >> it does not. the way they do -- >> of enrolling in a public option. talk about medicaid, many americans are happy with the health care services they receive in medicaid. >> we have to let that be the last word. >> the private market cannot provide -- >> if we're spending the more money, we could do it more cheaply. >> this is something that is a hotly-debated topic, going to continue to be and we'll continue to talk about it throughout the morning. thanks so much for being with us at this early hour. coming up -- american student amanda knox arrives in court for what is expected to be the last day of testimony in her murder trial in italy. we'll have a live report next on msnbc. capturing the beauty of nature. that's my vision. everyday transitions lenses are there to help care for my sight. announcer: transitions lenses adjust to changing light to reduce glare and help protect your eyes from uv damage, so you can see better today and tomorrow. live your vision. transitions. healthy sight in every light. vsp vision care shares transitions' commitment to healthy sight and guarantees member satisfaction with transitions lenses. to learn more, see a vsp doctor today. but i did, and i died. i was taken to the hospital and they shocked me back to life. i think i lived for a reason, to hopefully educate women about heart disease. you need to talk to your doctor about aspirin. you need to be your own advocate. aspirin is not appropriate for everyone, so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself. pope benedict is recovering after falling on vacation in northern italy. the 82-year-old will wear a cast for a month. now to the latest on the trial of american student man da knox. she just arrived in court what is scheduled to be the last day of testimony. let's go live to london and nbc's john yang. what happens now? >> reporter: chris, great to see you again. she is in court now. this is the last day of testimony before a two-month adjournment, two-month summer break. they'll come back in september. today, they're hearing the defense is presenting witnesses who are battering away at prosecution case. the focus is on a bra clasp that came off the bra of the murder victim, meredith kercher, amanda knox's roommate in italy. my colleague, chatman bell, tells me the defense is presenting a forensic expert scoring some points, pointing out that this bra clasp was not found until a subsequent search much later, after the murder the night of the murder and they're raising questions that it could have been contaminated, that the dna evidence that the prosecution is presenting could have been connam nated. now, this trial began in january. amanda knox has been in jail since the murder in november 2007, and she is now celebrated her second birthday behind bars earlier this month, turning 22. and now she faces the prospect of sitting in jail while everybody else takes a two-month summer break. her mother spoke to chapman bell and said, is it -- that everyone is trying to be patient about this but it's hard, she says, it doesn't seem quite fair but we're all trying to be patient, chris. >> i understand, john, also a rather odd story involving the prosecutor who is on trial himself. >> reporter: there are all sorts of weird twists about this trial. one of the weirdest is the fact that the prosecutor is under investigation, under -- is in trouble himself for alleged improper actions in another murder trial and it could be that the verdict, his verdict, could come down before amanda knox's verdict, chris. >> john yang, thanks so much. up next, the president. top economic adviser says the economy is coming back from the abyss. but warning there's much more work to be done. and we take you live to one of the areas hardest hit by the recession, elkhart, indiana, how residents are coping in these hard economic times. stns. who can give you the financial advice you need? 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i understand you got at least a part-time job? >> i am doing good. i work for lewis' bakery. i deliver bread and put out bread, and it's just part time, but it feels good to be back working again. >> can you tell me what percentage of your income you are able to make back now? >> i probably make about maybe $200 a week, so i'm -- i was unemployment's like $330 a week and so i -- with my part-time job of $200 and then i get about maybe $150 from the unemployment, so i'm doing pretty good right now. >> you did, as we said, lost your job after 32 years at same company and hundreds of others did as well. are you getting any feeling there, and are your friends getting any feeling that things are starting to turn around? >> yes, i am. my one son-in-law that was laid off, he worked in the rv industry, and he's back to work. my one daughter's back to work. my one son-in-law that was working a week and then he was off two or three weeks, well he's back working full time now, sometimes four days a week. i think things are look up a little bit here in elkhart county. >> you sound pretty optimistic. i think a lot of people who worked at same place for 32 years, and i'm sure you thought you'd retired from the same place, lost their job, working only part time might be feeling sorry for themselves. you seem to have an optimistic outlook, ed. >> well, i'm feeling good about things because i -- i met with the mayor of napa, thompson, mayor of elkhart, dick moore and the town manager and they're all optimistic about electric motors corporation from california, they're going to move their company here and it's starting in september and we're going to have a big kick-off in september and that's supposed to create and maybe in the next couple of years 1200 jobs and then the building where i was laid off from, navistar bought that billing and they've hired 175 people and look to pick up in the next year. i think it's going to be a slow process but i think elk heart county, you know, may be the stepping stone of the news the next couple of years. thing rooz r. looking pretty good. >> you think you'll be able to get a full-time job earth the new one notice bill organize the one from california? >> i'm not concerned about myself that much, it's more of my children and some of my younger friends, you know, being close to retirement, i think i can make it. but i'm hoping that the jobs they're going to give will be for people who are -- who need employment more than what i do for right now. but if they would hire me back, you know, i'd go back. but i'm more concerned about my children and some of my younger friends. >> you know, we said, as we were introducing it, the first weekend of the county fair. you're going down to the fair this weekend? >> well, ethink i will maybe later on in the week. it's a good place to be. looking at all of the people at the fair and the way they're laughing and smiling, you know, you would think that this county is not that sad about the high unemployment rate. >> ed neufeldt, thanks so much we appreciate it. >> nice talking to you. thank you very much. >> if you'd like to learn more about the elkhart project, logon to msnbc.com. that's a positive guy. makes you feel good about things, yeah. four decades after first taking america by storm with the beatles, paul mccartney is back. his new york homecoming next on msnbc. i'm bill karins with your weather channel forecast. new england improving after last night's rain. cool in the midwest all the way back through the great lakes but the heat continues out west. look how hot it's going to be from phoenix to sacramento. cool weather, enjoy it while it lasts. chicago, st. louis, all the way into kansas city. the stormy spot down in florida. d ! yeah, but i'm throwing it away. why? 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