A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.

And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.