i should say that gene has been at the washington post for 34 year and knew ben bradlee longer than that it's great to be here, rachel. where else could i be on this night? ben was the great american newspaper editor certainly of his time, i believe of our time. your report -- you've said a few words that define his place in history. almost as an aside, he revolutionized the way newspaper reporters can write their stories in this country. in 1969, it was for and about women. that was revolutionary. nobody had done that before. changed the way newspapers are written in this country, and that's just a footnote to this amazing career and his amazing life. he was not just a newspaper editor, he was a great man. he, i guess one of his few mistakes was hiring me at the washington post in 1980 to cover marion barry. i could tell personal stories all evening, including the embarrassing job interview lunch i had when he waited until i had had a mouth full of a really, really dry roast beef sandwich to lean over and say, kid, city hall is a tough job. are you tough? and, you know, i could barely k

i went to journalism school because of ben bradlee.e wanted to grow up and work for was ben bradlee. so he sort of birthed at least two generations of aspiring truth seekers is part of his legacy that he may not have even known about in life. chris matthews on his show talks a lot about those days. it wasn't a washington where reporters pulled their punches but it was a wlaug after they were done punching each other, they had a beer or cigar or drink. >> let's get to politics now. a lot of fireworks last night. the candidates for u.s. senate seat in new hampshire both came out swinging in their first televised debate. polls show democratic senator shaheen and brown running neck and neck in a battle. >> you had two chances to run for the u.s. senate in massachusetts in 2013 and 2014. why not take those? >> because i live here. i live here. i was born at the ports smith naval shipyard. my mom was a waitress at hampton beach. i'm running because i care about new hampshire and care about restoring america. >> when he lost his race, he didn

ben bradlee was offended by lying? >> yeah.t on in his career, he wants more accountability. you mention head was the top editor of "the post." 26 years, that's unimaginable these days. but it goes to speak to the moment in time that he was a part of, that he was at the top of the journalism world when newspapers were at the top of the journalism world. with his passing we also see the passing of an idea. that's why bob woodward said his spags the somewhat the passing of journalism. >> but the accountability asking government questions? >> it was inspiration. it was his paper that published the pentagon papers and "the new york times." and most famously, his leadership, on the watergate scandal. and that continues even today to inspire new young journalists. that's why so many of the obituaries that we've seen in the last 12 hours or so have come from people who worked for him low on who were low on the totem pole who now are editors. >> number one, to me, he put "washington post" on the map. i think historically speaking it wa

. >> ben bradlee's family announced last month he was in hospice care suffer from alzheim alzheimer's disease. >> he sky rocketed to fame in the early 70s when he allowed the washington post to look deep into the burglary at the washington hotel. they eventually brought down the nixon presidency and established the washington post as one of the top newspapers. his watergate fame was sealed in the movie. benjamin, crown and shield bradlee born in boston, graduate of harvard. worked in paris and then joined news week and eventually the washington post where he was executive editor for more than 25 years. he was a prominent figure in the kennedy administration days and was a close friend of both john and jackie kennedy. he married a young report in 1998, quinn, 20 years his junior. since he wrote a memoir and received presidential honor of freedom from mpresident obama last year. he was 93. >> quite a life he had. you worked at the post with ben bradlee in fact worked there soon after nixon resigned was he a big presence in the news room. >> yes, he was. he was bigger than life. he would

but she literally wrote the book about how great ben bradlee was and it was a very long book. marriage to sally filled up the gossip columns of the rival papers but several decades later we can say saluki where the wife of his dreams. all you had to do to make ben smile was to mention your name always. he died surrounded by children he loved and loved him. ben junior whom he admired so much as editor and author, marina whom i have known since she was a teenager at whom every visit to ben made him so happy and every visit and afterwards. and whose daily companionship lift up his last 33 years. in the kay graham bradlee correspondence in which frankly i am an expert my mother occasionally perhaps teasingly uses the phrase male chauvinist pig to describe her fellow correspondent. surprise. in one crucial respect he wasn't. take my word for it, in 1963 when kay graham became publisher of the post-and ben was the borough chief in two years later the editor of the posts post many men were reduced to blubber by the idea that they were suddenly working for a woman. no other man that th

there have been a number of tributes to ben bradlee. he was a very serious man who knew how to smile and how to laugh. a guy that had a passion for truth. >> ben bradlee is survived by his four children and his wife. after the funeral, there will be a private burial. >> thank you. you can tell, a little bit of wind whipping up around the area. we are certainly in for a cool down. is hereerace -- jeras with a look at the cooldown. >> temperatures are beginning to plummet. despite the sunshine, it is breezy in d.c. the rain showers are coming down to our west. the rain is on the backside of the cold front. we will zoom in and show you the rain showers. wet down toward fredericksburg as well. this is such a slow-moving system that we are still talking probably another two hours before the rain arrives in d.c. this satellite shows a snapshot of the clouds and white. what is dark is black and those are the clear skies. things are going to be changing shortly in d.c. we are down to 67. we will continue to take a bit of a plunge through the re

ben bradlee was iconic.k police arresting a subway musician goes viral him we will tell you after the singer somehow got the officer to read the actual policy out loud. yeah that and much more after this. please stick around. . quickly find the season's hottest shows, with a handpicked collection all in one place. only from xfinity. >>> so earlier in the show we reflected on will legacy of washington post editor ben bradlee, tell your friends the post has one four pulitzer prizes, turg his tenure the paper would go on to when 17 more, including the public service award for its watergate coverage. time now for the cooler and louis is out. he's a little under the weather. so are you stuck with me. i was going to make jen do it. she threw a fit. police in new york are looking into the arrest of a subway musician after video of the spectacle went environment andrew cowan whereas performing at a brooklyn station because officers ordered him to leave because he didn't have a perm. he refused and had him read the s

we'll look back at the life of ben bradlee, the former "washington post" editor who led the way on watergate. >>> and from fiction to reality, designers show off a flying skateboard. until now only seen in a movie about the future. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, october 22nd, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning millions of drivers are wondering if a feature designed to keep them safe in their cars is actually putting them in danger, and they're not getting much help from the government agency whose job it is to protect them. last night the national highway traffic safety administration or nhtsa is warnin inwarning. but drivers are not getting their questions answered. >>> the new warning covers more than 6 million vehicles in the united states. the problem for many is finding out if their car is affected. at last check a website set up to check your vehicle information is not working. last night the agency updated its list of affected vehicles, however, on its website that still appears to contain mista

the heavens weep for ben bradlee. thatmeone tried putting line in the paper, bradlee would have fired them. we'll get reaction from the former post editor, coming up at 5:00. >> but in the meantime, let's go ourd and get a check on traffic situation at this hour. bob in the traffic center with details. hi, bob. >> hello, alison. avery rainy afternoon as result. a slow afternoon. quite slow getting up to 270. and from old georgetown road to silver spring. triangle, veryhe slow. county, macarthur boulevard is closed for the crash. that's running pretty well. really nothing happening on 270 but delays headed northbound. let's take a look at cameras and thegs are quite slow on beltway on the outer loop, trying to get to the bridge from eisenhower avenue. the problem there was an accident on the wilson bridge. ats is the beltway eisenhower avenue. we were looking where it was slow, but with the travel open. >> okay. looking like a mess out there, understandably so. >> what a day. got folks coming home, waiting on dinner. a

. >>> legendary newspaper editor ben bradlee has died. he transform it into 81 u one of the influential dailies. the paper says he died of natural causes at his home. in the early '70s, he was at the way for watergate. >> an american original, harvard pan, heavy action during world war ii. he "newsweek" and hang around with jfk. bradlee became the famous newspaper editor in the world. he guided two rookie reporters through watergate. the scandal that brought down an american president. >> what he said after we told him. 96 isn't involved. lives are at stake. there is wiretapping. this is going the distance. his question was, what the hell do we do now? which is the question of somebody who realizings we' in totally uncharted water. >> we asked ourselves questions, how could this be true, how could somebody put it to risk every day? >> reporter: they had help, but they were the team that nailed nixon coverup and ben was in charge. >> he had daring. he had let's call it by its proper fame, he had balls. he was will be to be dangerous. >> he

american journalism, former "the washington post" editor ben bradlee has passed away. in his final years, bradlee battled alzheimer's disease and dementia. his long career in journalism was legendary. during his career he oversaw the watergate scandal and break-in. brian todd has more. >> reporter: his first battle with the nixon administration was over publishing the pentagon papers in 1971, leaked documents showing how poorly the war in vietnam was handled. >> the post was looking for a seat at the big table. we were not there yet and we very much wanted to go there. >> reporter: as editor of "the washington post," he fought objections all the way to the supreme court. a year later, the stakes were even higher as he headed the newspaper's coverage of the watergate scandal. >> and the stakes were enormous, every day, the white house, the leader of the free world would get up and attack "the washington post," attack ben bradlee by name, attack woodward and myself. he backed us up. >> reporter: the reporters bob woodward also worked on the scandal. >> he said i can't tel

a short time ago we got word that ben bradlee has died.93-year-old guided "the washington post" through the watergate scandal and was one of the few who knew the identity of deep throat early on. tonight bob woodward and carl bernstein say ben bradlee had the courage of an army and they loved him deeply. james rosen joins us by phone. james, ben bradlee was watergate, you've written a book about watergate but he was about so much more than watergate as well. >> that's right. ben bradlee helped bring newspaper reporting to a kind of zenith in the 20th century before watergate with the publication of the pentagon papers. they were at the tip of the spear in that fight to publish this massive archive of the history of our involvement in vietnam, and they were backed up by the u.s. supreme court in a big way, then, of course, with the watergate scandal, ben bradlee really was a unique journalism figure in journalism. he was close to power. he'd been a confidant of president kennedy. but he was someone who challenged power and someone who exerc

tracie potts in washington, d.c., thank you very much. >>> legendary newspaper editor ben bradlee has died. he led the washington post for 26 years. he transformed it into the world's most influential dailies. he died of natural causes at his home. in the early '70s bradlee guided the paper on richard nixon's historic resignation. >> everyone says get off it and i come on and say, you'll see. the truth is, i can't figure out what we've got. what else are you working on? >> what we're after are the creek employees. >> where is he? >> classified. >> how are you going to get it? >> we haven't had any luck yet. >> get some. >> nbc's tom brokaw reports. >>> benjamin crowningshield bradlee, an american original. boston brahman, he made newsweek into a power in washington journalism and palled around with another harvard man, j.f.k. bradlee became the most famous news editor in the world. the man who guided two rookie reporters through watergate, the scandal that brought down an american president. >> what he said after we told him nixon is involved, lives could be at stake, there's wire tap

what you wanted most from ben brad li bradlee. was to be for that moment a peer of ben bradlee's. there was no greater honor. a couple years ago he sent me a photograph of his pal kennedy with richard nixon, whose his paper brought down. he wrote, don't you miss them both, really? it was your classic generation guy. he said to me and my fellow boomers. you don't get it, you don't know what it was like to be 20 years old steering a destroyer through japanese waters. he was right, of course, long before he became a pal of jack's or greatest newspaper editor of his times he made his bones in the south pacific navy. he was when you came to realize it, born to be a newsman. he had a nose for, it the news. he wanted to know everything. who was close to who? who had in in for someone? all of it. he wanted to know it first, most of all, before the competition. most of all, before "the new york times." >> why did your paper take the risk that nobody else did to put all the chips on the table and say, we can beat a president, prove he did something wrong? >> because we got into the story qu

. >>> and remembering watergate legend ben bradlee. bob woodward and george bernstein join us. >> but first a look at your "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> they send officials scrambling at two airports in. >> in chicago two passengers are being screened. >> at newark international they have a passenger. >> a passenger who is being treated for ebola will be allowed to return home today. >>> the ohio man held in northee ee korea is headed pack home. >> three teenaged girls from denver are back homeft aer trying to travel to syria. >> they were picked up in germany. authoritied suspect they may have been trying to join isis. >>> legendary "washington post" editor ben bradlee has died. >> he was a tough no-nonsense. >> you were born to be a newspaper man. >> i can't think of another thing i could do. i could start out with something, you know, that i wouldn't be happy at. >>> ampple posted a new warning forou icld users. >> caught on camera in pennsylvania. amazingly no one was injured. >> all that -- >> a g oroupf hikers in sou

biden filled the washington national cathedral for ben bradlee's funeral. us "washington post" editor who with is personality put his stamp on newspapers and journalism during the controversy of watergate in the early 1970s. >> my name is frank bradlee and the son of ben bradlee and sally quentin. >> reporter: there were personal moments from family members who lost a husband and father. >> a lot of people have been talking about my father as a legend and giant. i have to agree. i grew up with him telling me my happiness made him happy. >> reporter: former "post" owner, donald graham. >> take my word for it, he was our hero. benjamin c. bradlee. and he will be always. >> graham spoke to news4 just before the service. >> in this town, where there's so many people with big reputations who don't quite live up to him, he was better than his reputation. you know it as as well as any, sherwood. >> famed journalists carl bernstein and bob woodward spoke at this service. >> i loved this man. for the thousands that worked with him it was not mere admiration or even a

ben bradlee was 93 years old and a little later we'll speak to an author who wrote a biography on bradlee. jeff himelman will join us around 5:45 and we'll be digging into our own archives for of? our own interviews with bradlee. >>> we are just getting started on ne at 5:00, focusing on education, the maryland candidates for governor talk about how they will improve school for your children at 5:30. >> and will rg3 play monday? an update after the break. >> plus topper is tracking the showers and strong winds moving through the area, an update on today's yellow alert next. >>> please join us on wusa9 as we work to bring home every missing child in the washington d.c. area. have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being

second, ben bradlee, the great editor. tonight, we look back at their conversations. >> you know, you have to have a very clear vision of who your consumer is and, obviously, over the years i have been in fashion, the consumer has changed a great deal because today the most important consumer is the professional woman. i expect the woman who will come buy clothes and in that sense, fashion has changed a great deal since i first started in the '60s because it's no longer a lady of leisure, a lady who lounges as the most important consumer. >> charlie: it's those who work outside the home. >> absolutely. and at the same time because they form an active part of the world and what happens, you know, they know more about fashion than any woman in history before because they are a true consumer in the sense that what they buy is a real need, you know. then even the formula of dress has so much changed because a woman today doesn't have the luxury of dressing, you know, during the day and then going home and changing to go out at

ben bradlee died at the age of 93. almost 50 years ago, the navy veteran and harvard grad became the deputies managing editor after famously telling publisher katherine graham, it was, quote, one he'd give his left one for. as bradlee fearlessly took on the us government and published the pentagon papers during the vietnam war and also put two rookie reporters on an obscure break-in at the democratic national headquarters, and backed carl woodward and bernstein to the hill when that story grew into watergate. >> he had the touch. he had the ability to encourage people, stimulate people, but not run over them. >> bradlee arrived in washington in 1957, where he also had the good fortune to meet a neighbor. then a little known senator from massachusetts, john f. kennedy. >> he had moved into the same block, ended up in his backyard, his garden, and talking and actually had to go to a party that night together, and we ended up as friends. >> reporter: bradlee would remain friends with kennedy throughout his short presidenc

sincerely ben bradlee. gordon peterson, abc7 news. >> and that leaves colleagues at "the post" featured this memorial to him outside the building tonight. >> we will have complete coverage of his legacy tomorrow here on abc news. >> and now happening in the district tonight. police are taking a close look at these surveillance pictures. the men you see here are accused of exposing themselves on metro trains. in fact, it has happened four times so far. and police want to find them before they strike again. we are live in washington with the latest. jay. >> allison, we'd like to show your viewers where thesiness dens took place, which stops. one on the green line, three at the red line. glennmon at the top. rhode island island avenue and the last place here at the gallery place chinatown. >> the way to get around metro can be a frantic one but four men visually made miserable for four women. >> it's really offensive. and as a woman you shouldn't have to be subjected to that. >> authorities say in the last sev

tony and gathered at the national cathedral today to remember and honor "washington post" editor ben bradlee. >> luminaries from the worlds of journalism and politics descended on the national cathedral to bitter do -- to bid a man who had impacts on both of those rounds. presided over "the washington post" as it grew from respected two internationally renowned paper. he published the pentagon papers, the uncovering of covert military actions during the vietnam war, rattled washington in the nation. he also oversaw the watergate of thee by two reporters watergate story, which eventually brought down president richard nixon. >> in almost every discussion, no matter how fleeting, he made you feel better about yourself. >> those who knew ben bradlee or worked for him expressed their respect and affection. >> he was very funny and very warm and very, very kind. >> ben bradlees survived by his four children and his wife. after the funeral, there was a private burial. >> with election day a week away, there's concern about one group of voters and whether they will come out to the polls. we'll expl

first with the story, but he never wanted to be wrong. >> reporter: bradlee, woodward and bernstein nailed the nixon cover-up and ben was in charge. immortalized all the president's men. >> when is somebody going to go on the record in this story? >> what he had was fantastic. instincts. he loved the political game. >> reporter: bradlee and his third wife, shorthand for power couple, he was known for his charm, his star power and his profanity. >> jesus, what kind of a crazy story is this? >> reporter: bradlee stumbled after watergate. publishing a prize winning series on an 8-year-old heroin addict, but it was a hoax. he recovered and remained fearless and yet sentimental. my last interview with him, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of his friend, john f. kennedy. do you cry about it? >> oh, sure, i remember crying that day when jackie walked in in that [ bleep ] dress -- >> and put her arms around you? >> and put her arms around me. >> do you turn away now when you see those scenes? you say i've seen it enough? i've lived it. >> i don't. >> you still watch it? >> i still watch it. >> reporter: those whose

in other words, i thank god for ben bradlee.llelujahy , his, glory hallelujah ♪uth is marching on glory, glory hallelujah glory, glory hallelujah glory, glory hallelujah his truth is marching on ♪ glory, glory hallelujah glory, glory hallelujah hallelujah ♪ glory, glory hallelujah hallelujahy ♪s truth is marching on >> let us pray to our lord jesus christ, who says i am the resurrection and i am life. you consoled martha and mary and their distress. draw near to us those who mourn for benjamin and dry the tears of those who weep. the grave of lazarus, your friend. comfort us in our sorrow. life.ised the dead to give to our brother eternal life. paradise to the thieves who repented. bring our brother to the joys of heaven. comfort us and our sorrows at the death of our brother. let our faith the our constellation and internal life our hope. prayer thatther the our lord taught us, we say -- our father, who are in heaven, hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. breads this day our dail

people felt strong feelings about him, people would trade ben bradlee stories. ager from all the people that i know in the post in his years there aside from being a great newspaper man. >> the thing about ben, and i did not know him before he was a legend. i only knew him post-watergate, post-all the president's men ben. there was something compelling about him so that you just wanted to please him and you just wanted to get his attention and get his approval. when it came, you just felt great about yourself. if he said something critical, which was not very often, you just kind of wanted to shrivel up. but, mostly, he managed by bestowing his charm on you. >> and he was someone who took this paper, i think -- if i'm recalling -- quadrupled in circulation under his helm. it defined an era of journalism through watergate. if you go back and look at trust and institutions in the 1970s, the press is up there at the top above all others. it then will sink in the decades to follow. but he was there crafting this coverage and overseeing this coverage at a time when ar

remembering washington post editor ben bradlee. more companies are giving women the option to delay motherhood by freezing their eggs. and, one author's remedies for american literature and democracy. >> woodruff: and now to politics, so much of the attention during these midterm elections has been focused on who will control the senate, but there's a story developing when it comes to governors. of the 36 gubernatorial races across the country, 12 sitting governors are at risk of losing. if that were to happen, it would be the most in half a century. here to explain it all is newshour's political editor domenico montanaro. so half a century. you're saying it's unusual to have this many seats at risk. >> it's very unusual. just like house members and members of the senate, governors really usually have very high incumbency reelection rates. when you look over the past 20 years, there's been 88% of governors who have run for reelection who are reelected. in fact, you can see three times in the past 20 years or so you've had 100% reel

>>> and remembering watergate legend ben bradlee. former "washington post" reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein join us. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> the ambulance right now is sealed off for that patient. >> ebola scare sends officials scrambling at two u.s. airports. >> in chicago two passengers are being isolated and screened. >> and newark international, surfed a passenger potentially exposed to the virus. >> a passenger who is being treated for ebola will be allowed to return home today. >> jeffrey fowle to wrights pat air force base just north of dayton. >>> the ohio man held in north korea is headed back home. >> three teenaged girls from denver are back home after trying to travel to syria. >> they were picked up in germany. authorities suspected they may have been trying to join isis. >>> legendary "washington post" editor ben bradlee has died. >> tough tongued, no nonsense as he guided the investigation into richard nixon's watergate. >> you were born to

urging the regime to release two other detained americans. >>> a giant in american journalism, ben bradleeas died at the age of 93. the former "washington post" editor guided the newspaper through its coverage of the watergate break-in. the resulting scandal forced u.s. president richard nixon to resign. bradlee suffered from alzheimer's disease and dementia. >>> now, at this moment, oscar pistorius is serving the first full day of his maximum five-year prison sentence, some 20 months after he killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. >> but there is a lot of debate over whether the punishment fits the crime. robyn curnow has reaction from the victim's family. >> reporter: he came to hear his punishment. >> count one, homicide, the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years. >> reporter: oscar pistorius showing little emotion after a trial that has been filled with drama, delays, and tears. in silence, he was then led to the holding cells an driven away in this prison van to spend his first night behind bars. some of the public still highly critical. >> i don't think it's enou

sincerely, ben bradlee. >> and bradlee's funeral will be this wednesday at national cathedral. the service starts at 11:00 in the morning and is open to the public. still ahead here on "washington weekly," metro wants to replace hundreds of rail cars but it's not going to come cheap. details on the price tag, plus a virginia girl's response to bullying. >> and after an absolutely spectacular last weekend of october with above-average temperatures, they're going to stick around but just for a bit. active >> taking a look at the week ahead, on tuesday, firefighters in fairfax county will hand out winter coats to children. it's an annual thank but for the first time firefighters will also distribute more than 2,000 new pairs of sneakers. it will be at the penn fire and rescue station in alexandra. also, d.c. mayors past and present will commemorate the 409 anniversary of home rule in the district. a celebration will take place at 5:30 at the wilson building. organizers say the event will push for full voting rights in congress and state hood for d.c. a scheduled hearing on thursda

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ben bradlee received the medal of freedom by president obama just last year. back to you. >> delia, thank you, reporting live from outside "the washington post." >>> there are new warning bells being sounded by apple's icloud storage system. >> you want to save the battery on your mobile device? there's an app for that. wusa9 is back right after this. ♪ i thought it'd be bigger. ♪ ♪ (dad) there's nothing i can't reach in my subaru. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru,a subaru. have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> 6:09 on this wet wednesday morning. here's doppler 9000. our temperatures now i

now, ben bradlee passed away last week. he was 93 years old. he had alzheimer's disease. bradlee is remembered most of course for leading "the washington post" in the pulitzer prize winning coverage of the watergate scandal along with bob woodward. he helped bring the paper to national recognition and really changed journalism as a whole. security is tight here. politicians, journalists, vice president biden, secretary of state john kerry, all arrived here about an hour ago, all who knew and respected bradlee. >> first of all he was a friend but the fact that so many people from the world that we live in, journal eu678 and political -- journalism and political figures are here because of what he meant to both sides for integrity, for getting the story, for a sense of thmission of journalism. >> he had a passion to get it right, and if you've read the articles on ben and some of his own writings over the last few days, you know he wanted to be first always, but he also wanted to be right. and i think the tension that he felt so many times was -- i know virtually this is ok

great ben bradlee moment as told by him in his memoir, click on that link and you've got ben bradlee died at 93. led the post as it transformed beyond a small local newspaper and the "washington post" with this. ben bradlee embodied a much more confident time in american journalism and also 12 great ben bradlee moments. those are some of the tweets this morning put out by the "washington post." "washington post" also noting this in one of their piece this is morning, that many in the post newsroom have been reflected on bradlee's legacy for the past couple weeks, particularly after his wife revealed that bradlee's health was declining and he entered home hospice care after years of suffering from dementia. i'll show you that part of the interview. >> he does know who i am, yes. we actually have called in hospice care this week. and you know, it's interesting because i thought oh well this is going to be not so hard because ben is going to be, you know, he'll gradually lose his memory and he'll ask me to repeat things and it will just be ... but it has been the most horrible experienc

the legend editor of the washington post ben bradlee has died at 92 years old. e the record their career, the water gate scandal got him to the top of his trade. bradlee gave supporters free range to uncover the scandal that led to president nixon's resignation and rewrote the job description of a political journalist. ben bradlee spoke to the hard talk program in 2006 about the water gate scandal. my colleague stephen sackur asked him why he decided to. >> i do know it's write. if you write 100 stories and you're not wrong, you're right. >> because your gut was telling you sm. >> my record. we made no mistakes on that story. >> retrospect suggests you been. are you happy with how it was handled? >> i sure am. it was the best piece of investigative journalist in my time. >> that was the man ben bradlee. week speak to the media commentator. roy, you met ben on many occasions didn't you? what was he like as a character? >> well he was a newspaper man. he was tall, gravelled voice, grouchy. at the same time he was very funny. the one thing he stressed all the time

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