CBS Evening News - 2006-11-09
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[0:01] I'm Katie Couric. Tonight, a new
[0:03] beginning in Washington,
[0:04] >> [music]
[0:04] >> a sad ending here at CBS News. The
[0:07] Democrats make it a clean sweep of
[0:09] Congress. Both parties are talking about
[0:11] working together [music] so far.
[0:14] And the Philadelphia kid who became a
[0:16] giant of journalism. We'll remember the
[0:18] extraordinary life and career
[0:20] >> [music]
[0:21] >> of Ed Bradley.
[0:23] >> I remember standing in the Khyber Pass
[0:25] doing the story and I remember when that
[0:27] picture was taken and thinking
[0:29] would you believe this little butch
[0:31] Bradley from West Philly standing in the
[0:33] Khyber Pass? Alexander the Great came
[0:35] through here.
[0:39] >> [music]
[0:41] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:44] Couric.
[0:47] >> Hi everyone. [music] We're beginning
[0:49] tonight with a very personal story.
[0:51] There are a lot of broken hearts here at
[0:53] CBS News.
[0:54] Ed Bradley died today of leukemia. He
[0:57] was 65 years old. Ed was a fixture in
[1:00] American living rooms for more than a
[1:01] quarter century as a correspondent on 60
[1:04] Minutes.
[1:05] As a journalist, he was the consummate
[1:07] professional. As a man, he had class, he
[1:10] had charisma, and he was the
[1:11] personification of cool. We asked his 60
[1:15] Minutes colleague Lesley Stahl to tell
[1:17] the Ed Bradley story.
[1:19] >> Ed Bradley was a reporter of
[1:21] extraordinary range. Whether grilling
[1:23] the mass murderer of Oklahoma City
[1:26] >> You realize that most people in this
[1:27] country think you're responsible for the
[1:29] bombing. Correct?
[1:30] >> Correct.
[1:31] >> Or getting a legend to drop his guard.
[1:34] >> Go ahead.
[1:35] >> For she can carry a gun and go to San
[1:37] Salvador singing with harmon