for 30 years. tom, first of all, of course, many of us are sorry about the loss, but what an incredible life, what an incredible career. did i understand that he passed away in a care facility. did you and many others know that his condition or his ailment was, you know, he was waning? yes, we knew that mike was not doing well in recent years. but he had fought a very gallant battle for some time. as much as he had been an extraordinary force throughout much of his professional and personal career. so many remember him for these kind of dogged interviews, but at the same time, they remember the kind of softness, the gentler side. we saw early this morning his good friend, morely safer gave a beautiful tribute to him on face the nation this morning, and he talked about how for mike wallace, one of miss most famous interviews was of a pianist, vladimir horowitz. what was it about that softer side of mike wallace that most people didn t seem to be as accustomed to seeing
conclusions so you can decide for yourself, based on the evidence, what happened that night. today a leading forensic audio expert listened to george zimmerman s 911 call and weighed in on whether zimmerman uttered a racial slur when he got out of his suv to follow martin. it s only 1.6 seconds of audio, but it s important because the federal government is investigating this as a possible hate crime, and the audio in question could be a major piece of evidence. the fbi is certainly treating it that way. they are doing their own analysis of the tape. before we go any further, though, a warning about the language. if you want to send the kids out of the room, now would be a good time, okay? so about the phrase. some believe they hear zimmerman saying, f-ing coons. others hear what enhanced audio seems to reveal saying f-ing cold. listen. i don t want to say what it sounds like when a lot of people are saying what it sounds like, but let s play it so the viewer can have an ide