just like that we learned that another giant had left us today. sander van ocher rose to fame here at nbc. he was the last surviving journalist to have taken part in that kennedy/nixon debate. he went on to cover the kennedy white house, became close with the family he interviewed bobby kennedy shortly before his assassination. he covered political conventions, the war in vietnam, the civil rights struggle, including a lengthy interview with dr. king. sandy vanokur had an old school writer s elegance, and it didn t hurt he could write like nobody s business. he was a network stable back when the networks were staples he was 91 years old. and that is our broadcast for this tuesday night thank you so much for being here with us, and good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york
and just like that, we learned another giant had left us today sander van oaker rose to fame at nbc. he was the last surviving journalist to take part in the kennedy nixon debate, covered the kennedy white house, became close with the family, he interviewed bobby kennedy shortly before his assassination, he covered political conventions, the war in vietnam, the civil rights struggle, including an lengthy interview with dr. king. he had an old school elegant, and it didn t hurt that he could write like nobody s business he was a network staple back when the networks were staples he was 91 years old and that is our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you so much for being here with us, and good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york
but martin luther king jr. always gave credit to what he called the ground crew, the people working on the ground. the fieldworkers. those nameless and voiceless individuals. people who took part in the sit-ins, who went on the freedom ride, the people that did the nitty gritty work. the people that were beaten and jailed and so many that was killed. this is only the beginning of a long struggle to complete what dr. king and others would call the revolution of 1776. congressman, i have john fug here. it s a pleasure. when i group up i always believed at the time of dr. king s death, the civil rights struggle was a part of
said. i was a little surprised, not to mention bemused, when i saw the new blockbuster that the rick perry campaign put out this week. time and again the white house has pointed to the massachusetts law as the model for its obama care. yes, that is yours truly applying the obama death hug to minute romney. did you see how it seems i refer to health care reform? watch again. time and again the white house has pointed to the massachusetts law as the model for its obama care. catch that. obama care? i thought that was odd because i don t usually go around reefing to the patient protection and affordable care act as obama care. we went back to the tape. it was april 12th when i was subing for lawrence on the last word and this is what i said. time and again as the model for its own affordable care act, better known to republican primary voters as the dread obama care. looks like my is snark was