to you as and anchor, and this is the same for katie couric or brian williams at nbc -- how do you persuade at so many people of jordan in the new world of communication and -- so many people on board in their new world of communication and information, not to see you as a relic of the past -- [laughter] >> a relic of the past? >> no, i mean the program, not you. >> there was a gesture my way. i saw that, emerging from my archaeological dig. [laughter] i think i breaking some of the conventions and the formulas -- buy breaking some of the conventions of the formulas, we are still in the moment when at the news is breaking, and you come to broadcast television, and we are as immediate and alive as how the story feels and tastes and smells. when you are there with us, we don't have to make an argument. >> that's a good point, that's a good point. you have recently come back from a trip to japan. we are now here in washington talking as we tape this. but you were there to cover another extraordinary story overseas, and you have done a lot of that. what i am trying to understand is, in a way, why did you make that trip? i