[Voice Of Brian Williams, Nbc News Anchor:] When Cronkite was on, in his years, at his height, in his heyday, he addressed the nation. When he said "good evening," it was tantamount to addressing the nation, not just anchoring the news. We had three choices, three channels in this country. And you could almost feel the lights dim in New York when people tuned in to Cronkite's newscast.
[Nguyen:] And that was "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams last night on "LARRY KING LIVE" talking about the passing of Walter Cronkite. You know, Cronkite died last night in his New York home with his family by his side. He was 92 years old. As you recall, he anchored "CBS Evening News" from 1962 to 1981, always signing off with, "And that's the way it is." He brought us news, as you remember as well, from JFK's death, MLK assassination, the moon landing, the Iranian hostage situation so many stories. And today, he is being remembered. We're looking right now at live pictures at the University of Texas at Austin. And this is significant because, as we look at the UT Tower, Walter Cronkite attended school there back in 1933. He spent a couple years there. Did not graduate, in fact, from the University of Texas at Austin because he became a full-time journalist. He went straight to work and was not able to graduate. But many of us Longhorns do consider him a Longhorn at heart. And, of course, T.J., we are remembering today Walter Cronkite and just the impact he had on the nation.
[Holmes:] Yes, of of course. And, you know, at 92, lived a long, a good life. You know, so so many times, people pass suddenly, and certainly people should be mourned, and there's to be some sadness. But you have to look back and really smile on the life he lived. He lived a long life surrounded by family there at the end. So so really, a a day to remember and celebrate as well to mourn the passing of, like you said, one of your UT, one of your fellow Longhorns. I know how proud you all are of your your fellow Longhorns.
[Nguyen:] And we were always so proud of Walter Cronkite. Even though, you know, people will say, "Yes, but he didn't graduate; he didn't earn a degree from UT." Look, as long as you've gone to UT, you are a Longhorn, and especially if you are Walter Cronkite.
[Holmes:] Of course. All right. We'll certainly be looking back the rest of this morning. But right now, I'll tell you about a former NBA guard who, for 30 years now, has been doing something you really won't find anywhere else in the country. He's teaching deaf kids how to play basketball and doesn't charge them a dime for it. A lot of reasons why Mike Glenn's camp is special. I had to go check this one out for myself. And when you first step in, it looks like any other gym you've ever been to. But quickly you realize, something is different at this camp. A symphony of balls bouncing and shoes squeaking on a hardwood floor. Every basketball gym sounds the same. Or at least, sounds the same to you and me. For many of these athletes, it sounds more like this. These high-school students are deaf. But on the court, they're determined to be like any other athletes. And this camp gives them a chance to learn the game from former NBA guard Mike Glenn.
[Glenn:] Too many lazy
[Holmes:] And he can hear just fine.
[Glenn:] Let's go now. Let's go now.
[Holmes:] You're not deaf, right?
[Glenn:] No.
[Holmes:] Nobody in your family's deaf?
[Glenn:] No.
[Holmes:] Close friends, maybe? A few friends, maybe? Grow up with anybody deaf
[Glenn:] Not that I didn't develop from this
[Holmes:] And you have been running a deaf basketball camp for 30 years?
[Glenn:] Yes, sir.
[Holmes:] Now, how does that make sense? How does that make sense?
[Glenn:] Well, it was very interesting, T.J. It really came from my dad.
[Holmes:] His dad, Charles Glenn, took a teaching job in 1952 at the Georgia School for the Dead, and volunteered to start a basketball program for the students.
[Glenn:] So when I was born, I was born into that family. And I just would go with dad and hang around and fell in love with the game and with deaf culture. And it was taken off from there.
[Holmes:] Glenn parlayed his love of basketball into a 10-year NBA career, and his love of the deaf into a lifetime of commitment.
[Glenn:] Given gifts and opportunities and a particular environment, I think you have to make the best of what you're given. And this is what I was given. So I have to be true to it.
[Holmes:] The camp gives deaf kids a chance to compete, but also the confident of learning the game around kids like them, and from coaches who know how to relate.
[Glenn:] It's easy to communicate, first thing. It's very easy to communicate. But it's very challenging. There's a lot physical players here. You sometimes you can't hear the referee, but they're still playing, don't know exactly when to stop. Can't hear the buzzer.
[Holmes:] There are few camps out there like Glenn's. Yes, his is different. But part of its mission is the same as any other summer camp: Let kids be kids. And it all goes back to what Glenn learned when he was just a kid.
[Glenn:] My dad gave me this heritage. So I think I'm honoring him by carrying it on. And so I keep doing that, too, you know? Because of my dad.
[Nguyen:] Mmm.
[Holmes:] His dad was able his dad has passed. But his dad was able to see the camp worked at the camp for a little while, for a few years.
[Nguyen:] Yes.
[Holmes:] But he started this 30 years ago, just wanted to do it one summer. He didn't plan on making this an ongoing thing. But now, here he is 30 years later. And deaf kids, they don't have there have been some camps that show up here and there, every now and again. But it's hard for a deaf kid to find a camp to go to like this.
[Nguyen:] Right.
[Holmes:] And his is there every year. He gets kids from all over the country.
[Nguyen:] And it's free for them, right?
[Holmes:] It's free for them. And a couple years back, they started bringing in some kids who could hear. And it was an interesting experiment to see how the deaf kids, who often times in school talk about how they're kind of you know, kids won't talk to them and kids won't bring them into their group to see the deaf kids, who are in the majority... ...treat the hearing kids just like they're treating at school.
[Nguyen:] Oh.
[Holmes:] So it was an interesting social experiment.
[Nguyen:] But did they eventually bring them in, yes?
[Holmes:] Eventually. It just takes one person to bring the ice. The next thing you know, everybody's getting along and talking. But he's been doing that 30 years.
[Nguyen:] And it's amazing, too. Because like you said, he was only going to do it one year. But you know, a lot of people that do work like that, you know, in service to others, they realize...
[Holmes:] Next thing you know, yes...
[Nguyen:] This is a part of my calling.
[Holmes:] That's...
[Nguyen:] It's not just a job.
[Holmes:] He would never give it up now. But he's carrying on something his dad gave him. Again, he thinks he is always was a kid a kid a kid who could hear, a deaf kid who could actually hear.
[Nguyen:] Could hear. Yes, I love that saying.
[Holmes:] That's what he calls himself.
[Nguyen:] All right. Great story there.
[Holmes:] Well, millions of people travel to Yellowstone Park for a lot of reasons.
[Nguyen:] Oh yes.
[Holmes:] And to bond with nature.
[Nguyen:] I remember sitting and waiting on Old Faithful to blow her top.
[Holmes:] How long did did tell us.
[Nguyen:] It felt like an eternity...
[Holmes:] OK.
[Nguyen:] ...when you're, like, 11 or 12 years old. But it's a volcanic hotbed there as well at Yellowstone. And Reynolds Wolf actually took a trip out there to check it out.
[Wolf:] Now the epicenter for all this seismic activity has been right up here in Yellowstone Lake, right out there towards the middle, where just this year they've had more than a thousand quakes recorded.