the man once known as the nation s oldest teenager created american bandstand in 1956 and started new year s eve rockin eve. stephanie stanton has more on the life of this tv legend. reporter: the record stopped spinning for america s oldest teenager. dick clark died of a massive heart attack. the 82 wassed a fans paid tribute to this american icon. new year s eve will never be the same. miss a big icon is all i can say. words of praise from ryan sea crest who opened american idol by honoring clark. without dick, a show like this would not exist. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and our prayers go out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying hey, let s get with the show, okay you got it boss. reporter: he hosted american bandstanlts that hosted african american and white artists. he was on the cutting edge of what was new and happening now. reporter: in 1972, clark created new year s rocking eve and hosted the eventual stroke s
back to you. this afternoon maryland s senator barbara mikulski who sits on the senate intelligence committee, told nbc news she thinks one of the next resignations could come from secret service director mark sullivan. there is new surveillance video that could give police the break they need. the d.c. police say this man is a person of interest they call him. in a recent break-in at the city auditor s office. somebody stole two lap tops over the weekend. it is unclear what might be on those lap tops. the auditor s office works for the d.c. council. it examines government accounts and operations but it does not handle criminal investigations. the shuttle discovery is settling into its new home near dulles airport and starting tomorrow it will be on display for all of us to see. erika gonzalez joins us from chantilly with more on today s move-in ceremony. erika? reporter: doreen, thousands of people have been here all day long. they ve been outside and there have been
world s biggest party. inside the life and legend of america s oldest teenager. so many great memories of dick clark. many of them right here, made for millions in times square, what he called and what many called the crossroads of the world. transforming it into a national party, every year at new year s eve. so many people all over the world, pouring in with their remembrances of dick clark. president obama, weighing in. saying dick clark made us feel as young and vibrant and optimistic as he was. but my favorite was tony orlando. he said, only god crowuated more stars than dick clark. someone said, if you were watching dick clark on new year s eve, you were never alone. and you felt that way. and so many people how he introduced them to rock n roll singers. and he came out here every, single year. and the times were always changing. but he never seemed to change. take a look. one thing never changes, times square, and the crowd on new year s. they re young. the
i came down about 10:00 and spent 15 minutes with enterprise saying good-bye. we ve had a wonderful time being the care taker and steward of this orbiter and it will be sad to see her go. reporter: enterprise was a prototype and never flew into space and is headed to a museum in new york. discovery flew 39 missions and is considered the work horse of the shuttle fleet. it s really once in a lifetime. the fact i m standing here and it is kind of surrealistic i m looking at it. reporter: michael worked with the shuttle program and came up from houston for this. it s been part of my life. i ve wanted to be an astronaut since i was a kid and so my entire adult life the space shuttle has been the space program. seeing the first one here at the smithsonian is kind of like the end of this chapter of my life and now looking forward to what comes next. the experience did not disappoint. discovery flanked by its former commanders and astronauts was towed on to the museu
television career spanning more than 60 years. the man once known as the nation s oldest teenager created american bandstand in 1956 and started new year s eve rockin eve. stephanie stanton has more on the life of this tv legend. reporter: the record stopped spinning for america s oldest teenager. dick clark died of a massive heart attack. the 82 wassed a fans paid tribute to this american icon. new year s eve will never be the same. miss a big icon is all i can say. words of praise from ryan sea crest who opened american idol by honoring clark. without dick, a show like this would not exist. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and our prayers go out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying hey, let s get with the show, okay you got it boss. reporter: he hosted american bandstanlts that hosted african american and white artists. he was on the cutting edge of what was new and happening now. reporter: in 1972, clark created new year