Keith's voice is cracking...he's quite moved.

[PCIntern]

this is a real TV experience. I don't recall anything quite like this in the Cable age...

[annabanana]

1. Everybody's eyes are red over there. . . n/t

[malta blue]

2. It is obvious he has been crying.

:cry:

[Fleshdancer]

3. KO is going to make me cry

well...he was until the footage of McCain and his BFF, Lieberman, popped up.

[PCIntern]

5. Noticed that too...

Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee...

[silverojo]

18. Tweedle-dumb and Tweedle-dumber. n/t

[libnnc]

4. I thought Chuck Todd was going to lose it

this is hard to watch

[azmouse]

6. He almost couldn't read the doctor's statement.

It's making me cry too.

[PCIntern]

8. I remember Cronkite's voice like that

when he announced JFK's death and the guys at ABC when Frank Reynolds died

[azmouse]

10. These people really become family to each other and to us in a way.

I remember a newscaster named Jim O'Brien in Philadelphia who died in a skydiving accident in the 80's and how his fellow newscasters broke down on air while reporting his death.

[PCIntern]

11. I was at the Eagles game when the news came down...

used to eat dinner at Barson's deli in Welst Village Apts with O'brien...well, not exactly with him, but two tables away. Interesting guy...very cold off the air, even with his co-workers in public. surprising given his on air persona.

but they respected him...no one worked harder, he used to work a 19 hour day.

[wryter2000]

14. Lordy, I'll never forget that

I was 15. It scared the spit out of me to see Walter Cronkite cry.

[johnfunk]

7. Tom Brokaw did his best to contain his emotions when he read the bulletin on the network

Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd were also having trouble containing their sadness.

I can put aside my own feelings about Russert in the short term -- clearly, his colleagues and peers at MSNBC and NBC, with all of their varying leanings, loved this guy a whole lot.

Surprised that Chris Matthews is not on -- is he on vacation?

[PCIntern]

9. Probably getting ready to claim Russert's Chair...

Tweety's still alive and is still a prick.

[tishaLA]

12. Wow. Ms Walters is on now!

I'm sure she'll say it very well. I have come to hate her because of The View, but she does know the right thing to say.

[Muttocracy]

13. I don't like her at all but she did a really nice job. nt

[Kahuna]

15. He sure it. He looks like he's been crying. nt

[apocalypsehow]

16. Keith is a class act, and is reacting like the decent human being he is.

The same can't be said for a certain group of posters around here.

K & R your OP. :thumbsup:

[dems_rightnow]

17. Russert was a hell of a journalist

Good to see that Keith acknowledges it. Tragic.