shaw, bernie to many of us here, was 82 years old. he helped launch this network on june 1, 1980, with the network for more than 20 years. wolf blitzer who knew him very well, worked with him for many of those years, has a look back at his in-kcredible life and career. the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we re seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. reporter: it was a night that would make tv history. cnn anchor and veteran journalist bernard shaw reporting live from baghdad. it was the start of the 1991 gulf war. clearly i ve never been there, but it feels like we re in the center of hell. reporter: shaw with his colleagues broadcast the first war coverage in realtime. the boys of baghdad as they became known reported from the floor of their hotel room as bombs fell around them.
original. we have just confirmed that bernard shaw, bernie shaw, this network s first anchor, has passed away at the age of 82. we ll have a remembrance of him, his personality, his life, and his incredible work. that s coming up next. today, my friend, you did it.you did it. today, you took centrum silver and took one more step towards taking chargrge of your health. cecentrum gives you 100% of the daily value of key nutrientsts. so every day, you can say, you did it! with centrum silver
queen. let s begin this morning with this breaking news out of the united kingdom. buckingham palace with the statement saying that the queen s doctors are concerned for her health, and are recommending she remain under medical supervision. cnn s max foster is following this from london. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta with us, also cnn reporter anna stewart outside buckingham palace. max, you ve been chronicling throughout the last hours the steps being taken that raise the level of concern right now that this could be grave that the children, of course, traveling to the palace, family members, also notes being passed to the conservative and labor leaders in parliament. tell us what we know at this stage about the queen s health. well, the level of concern has really been rising throughout the day as you point out. there were rumors this morning, concern last night that the queen had canceled a virtual meeting with crucial privy council to swear in the new prime
and so are a lot of memphis citizens. he was captured after he stole a car, that car s description was called in, the police saw it and he was arrested and tomorrow he will have a hearing here in court next to the jail. jim and poppy, back to you. that smile, in the mug shot, gary tuchman, good to have you there. we follow the breaking news in the united kingdom as the queen s children and grandchildren travel to balmoral castle to be by her side. the latest we re learning from london. we ll be joined as well by cnn chief international anchor christiane amanpour next.
you really were scared for your life. yes, very much so. in war one moment you re alive, the next moment you re dead. reporter: dire moments shared by one billion viewers around the globe and credited with turning cnn into the news leader it is today. it reminded everybody what journalism can be and what television can be. and it truly put cnn on the map and bernie was right at the heart of that story. reporter: shaw s remarkable career began in hawaii. he was a marine, determined to become a journalist and sought out a meeting with tv news legend walter cronkite there on assignment. right away he said mr. cronkite, i have to talk to you, i have to be a journalist and find out how i do that. reporter: shaw returned to his native chicago and got a job in radio. that led to an assignment