During the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , Cronkite was anchoring the CBS network coverage as violence and protests occurred outside the convention , as well as scuffles inside the convention hall . When Dan Rather was punched to the floor ( on camera ) by security personnel , Cronkite commented , " I think we 've got a bunch of thugs here , Dan . " The first publicly transmitted live trans-Atlantic program was broadcast via the Telstar satellite on July 23 , 1962 , at 3:00 pm EDT , and Cronkite was one of the main presenters in this multinational broadcast . The broadcast was made possible in Europe by Eurovision and in North America by NBC , CBS , ABC , and the CBC . The first public broadcast featured CBS 's Cronkite and NBC 's Chet Huntley in New York , and the BBC 's Richard Dimbleby in Brussels . Cronkite was in the New York studio at Rockefeller Plaza as the first pictures to be transmitted and received were the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Eiffel Tower in Paris . The first segment included a televised major league baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field . From there , the video switched first to Washington , D.C. ; then to Cape Canaveral , Florida ; then to Quebec City , Quebec , and finally to Stratford , Ontario . The Washington segment included a press conference with President Kennedy , talking about the price of the American dollar , which was causing concern in Europe . This broadcast inaugurated live intercontinental news coverage , which was perfected later in the sixties with '' Early Bird '' and other Intelsat satellites . General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower returned to his former Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF ) headquarters for an interview by Cronkite on the CBS News Special Report '' D-Day 20 '' , telecast on June 6 , 1964
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Walter Cronkite