.where former presidents and future presidents have made news. so, you want to be president? i do. men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women are entitled the same exact rights. in four years, you re going to be interviewing me, and you re going to say, what a great job you ve done, president trump. .where the next day s headlines appear first. i would not support the sending of an american team to the olympics. .where leaders from around the world answer tough questions. democracy s my idea. a weak israel can be thrown into the sea. .where civil rights leaders have shared their struggles. we must move, but we must move with wisdom. i m still convinced that there is nothing more powerful to dramatize a social evil than the tramp-tramp of marching feet. i understand that i ve broken the ice. i was not bitter then. i m not bitter now. .and where everyone is held accountable. you know what i say? i got egg on my fac
entertainers. this morning, we re going to look back on the 75-year history of the longest-running show on television. and we re gonna look forward, as well, as our democracy is challenged and our mission of clarity and accountability is more important than ever. here s marvin kalb. our democracy is a very precious national asset that is most healthy, most admirable when there is an open and vigorous exchange between the press on the one side and the politician and policymaker on the other. that s what this program has been all about. thirteen presidents have answered questions on meet the press herbert hoover and then every president since kennedy. senator john mccain was our most frequent guest, with 73 appearances. senators bob dole, president joe biden, newt gingrich, and chuck schumer round out the top five. dr. martin luther king appeared here five times during the 60s, for the final time in august 1967, less than eight months before he would be assassinated.
her unbelievable capacity and ability to make us smile, to dance, to be happy. she was just a wonderful, beautiful soul. i met her on several occasions, and she was always up and always asking about people. about a year and a half ago, i saw her in washington at the portrait gallery. she went asking about all of the people in the movement that she knew, about some of the young people. one moment i will never forget in august 1967, she was performing at a convention for dr. king. she was singing and she got happy and kept singing. and dr. king asked someone to go
i remember aretha just doing what she could do best, to tell the story through music, through song. she had the capacity, the ability to make you feel better, when sometimes you were feeling down. she was so wonderful, so gifted. i saw her on so many occasions in atlanta, in washington, in new york, in detroit, in other places around the country. and i will never forget on one occasion, i will never forget, it was august 1967, dr. king was having a convention in atlanta. and aretha would perform. she got happy and just kept singing, she wouldn t stop singing. dr. king wanted a staff person to go and tell aretha, we have