CBS Evening News Broadcast (May 4, 1972)
Walter Cronkite: "Good evening, I'm Walter Cronkite and this is CBS... we, we have received a report that, err, there's been an incident outside the White House... we now go to our on-site correspondent, Dan Rather, um... Dan?"
[Switch to White House]
Dan Rather: "Yes, I'm... I'm here outside the White House, and... and it's clear that there's a, a protest here... a few minutes ago, it seems, an armored police officer assaulted... assault one of the protesters... Lindsey Morsel... she was demonstrating for the repeal of the Public Safety... Public Safety/National Policing Act signed into law only days ago... we're not sure why he assault her, or... or if he was defending himself... in any case-
[Shouts from off-screen; switch to studio]
Cronkite: "Dan... Dan, what was that?"
[Switch to White House]
Rather: "The... the police have turned on a fire hose... spraying water onto the demonstrators... they appear to be threatening them with batons..."
Walter Cronkite: "Good evening, I'm Walter Cronkite and this is CBS... we, we have received a report that, err, there's been an incident outside the White House... we now go to our on-site correspondent, Dan Rather, um... Dan?"
[Switch to White House]
Dan Rather: "Yes, I'm... I'm here outside the White House, and... and it's clear that there's a, a protest here... a few minutes ago, it seems, an armored police officer assaulted... assault one of the protesters... Lindsey Morsel... she was demonstrating for the repeal of the Public Safety... Public Safety/National Policing Act signed into law only days ago... we're not sure why he assault her, or... or if he was defending himself... in any case-
[Shouts from off-screen; switch to studio]
Cronkite: "Dan... Dan, what was that?"
[Switch to White House]
Rather: "The... the police have turned on a fire hose... spraying water onto the demonstrators... they appear to be threatening them with batons..."