The year 1966 in Chicago was the beginning of a tumultuous four years , and as a reporter and anchor Kurtis was in the middle of historic events . He covered the neighborhood fires that followed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. and again when Robert Kennedy was shot . The protests against the Vietnam War dominated the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , which Kurtis covered . In 1969 , Kurtis produced a documentary about Iva Toguri , " Tokyo Rose , " the first interview after her conviction for treason in 1949 . His reporting , along with Ron Yates of the Chicago Tribune , helped persuade President Gerald Ford to pardon her in 1977 . His law degree came into play when he covered the Chicago Seven conspiracy trial in 1969 , which led to a job with CBS News in Los Angeles as correspondent . One of his first assignments was covering the Charles Manson murder trial for 10 months . He also covered the murder trials of Angela Davis and Juan Corona and the Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Bill Kurtis