ann compton. ann compton. abc news, the white house. i was 27 years old. eel the sense of privilege and responsibility for being here. >> and for over four decades, ann's done it all, with skill, grace, and good humor. >> here we go. i have outlived some of the trees on the lawn. >> covering every presidential campaign since 1976. >> isn't the phrase no new taxes misleading the voters? >> at the white house with seven presidents. >> would you answer a subpoena? would mrs. clinton? >> annie, can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> what are you doing in nebraska? >> president bush is here at the home of the strategic command. >> on september 11th, she was the only broadcast reporter on air force one. >> i think they could have thrown us out. thrown the press off the plane. i think they did the right thing to make sure -- the press had to be there to tell the american people, and the world, what the president was doing and that the u.s. government was sound. >> and witnessed history every day. just doing her job. >> the core of it is exactly what it's always been.

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. >> veteran abc news white house correspondent ann compton is sadly set to retire after 41 years heret abc news, these acovered every u.s. president going back to gerald ford. during an otherwise somber news conference yesterday, president obama took a few moments to recognize our colleague. >> i'm going to take the last question from somebody who after 41 years i understand has decided to retire, ann compton, everybody knows is not only the consummate professional but is also just a pleasure to get to know. >> ann got her tough questions in after that but she joined abc news in 1973. became the first woman to cover the white house full time for any network news organization. our hats off to ann. >> absolutely. >>> a new list of most stolen cars is out this morning. which popular vehicle grabbed the top spot? >>> plus, coming up next, quick, efficient and effective how someone pulled off a brazen robbery on a saudi prince's convoy. >>> and caught on camera. the truck driver being hailed as a hero for his quick thinking after a dramatic crash. >>> welcome back. stocks appear to be on t

[applause] ann compton. >> thank you very much. >> ann compton. may get some cake at some point. >> let me ask you, this is an interesting time in your presidency, and one of the things that you have so emphasized in the last few months, last year or so, is this reach out to my brother's keeper and to a generation that doesn't feel that it has much chance. sending the attorney general to ferguson is a step. has anyone asked or have you considered going yourself? is there more that you can personally do, not just for ferguson but for communities that might also feel that kind of tension and see it erupt the way it has in ferguson? >> well, ann, obviously we've seen there is a big gulf between community perceptions and law enforcement perceptions around the country. this is not something new. it is always tragic when it involves the death of someone so young. i have to be very careful about not prejudging these events before investigations are completed. because although these are, you know, issues of local jurisdiction, the doj works for me and whe

some hearty congratulations to our colleague, abc news, white house correspondent, ann compton. >> a legend at that. my friend ann has been with our news organization for 41 years. most of them covering the white house. now she says it is time to retire. >> that fact was not lost on president obama who mentioned it yesterday during his news conference. >> i am going to take the last question from -- somebody who after 41 years, i understand has decided to retire. ann compton, everybody here knows is not only the consummate professional, but is also just a pleasure to get to know. >> ann wasn't buying all the platitudes. she hit mr. obama with a question right after that. she'll officially retire on september 10th. the 41st anniversary of her first day as a network correspondent. and our hats off to ann. she is an absolute legend. has been an inspiration to so many young reporters and journalists here at abc. and many networks. there she is covering the news for us back in the day. it has been a mrefsh opleasure lifetime working along side her at the white house. >> big congratulations

. >>> president obama concluded the news conference yesterday with a tribute to ann compton who is abouttire. >> i want to say, publicly, ann, we will miss you and we are very proud of the extraordinary career and work you have done and we hope you are not a stranger. >> than you very much. [ applause ] >> she thanked the president, she will retire next month ending a 41 year run with abc joining in 1973 and the first woman to cover the white house full time for network news. she has reported on every president since gerald ford. >> we are following breaking news in the north bay where firefighters are trying to not down several small fires that could be linked to the search for a missing small pilot. >> it's a date, governor brown and neel kashkari will meet for their first and only debate. >> check out this pictures of the golden gate bridge and look what else. >> live traffic and weather. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning at 5:00. thanks pore -- for starting this morning with us. >> big change from hawaii, i am sure you miss the blue

[applause] anne compton. [applause] i suspect you may get some cake at some point. >> [laughs] let me ask you -- this is an interesting time in your presidency. one of the things you have emphasized in the past few months, the last year or so, is this reach out to my brother's keeper, and to a generation does not feel like it has much. sending the attorney general to ferguson is a place. -- is a step. has anyone asked you to have you considered going yourself? is there more you can do not just for ferguson, but for communities that might also feel that kind of tension and see it erupt in the way it has in ferguson? >> we have seen this around the country. this is not something new. it is always tragic when it involves the death of someone so young. i have to be very careful about not prejudging these events before investigations are completed. because although these are issues of local jurisdiction, the doj works for me. and when they are conducting an investigation, i've got to make sure that i don't look li

to take the last question from somebody who, after 41 years, i understand has decided to retire, ann comptoneverybody here knows is not only the consummate professional but is also just a pleasure to get to know. i was proud to be able to hug her grand baby recently, and i suspect that may have something to do with her decision, but i just want to say publicly, ann, we'll miss you, and we're very, very proud of the extraordinary career and work you have done, and we hope you're not a stranger around here. >> thank you very much. >> ann compton. [applause] >> i suspect you may get some cake at some point. >> let me ask you. this is an interesting time in your presidency, and one of the things you have so emphasized in the last few months, the last year or so is this reach-out to my brother's keeper and to a generation that doesn't feel it has much chance. sending the attorney general to ferguson is a step. has anyone there asked or have you considered going yourself? there is more you personally can do not just for ferguson but for communities that might also feel that kind of tension and see

ann compton, everybody here knows is not only the consummate professional but is also just a pleasure to get to know. i was proud to be able to hug her grandbaby recently and i suspect that may have something to do with her decision. but i just want to say publicly, ann, we're going to miss you and we're very, very proud of the extraordinary career and work that you've done and we hope you're not a stranger around here. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> ann compton. >> i suspect you may get some cake at some point. >> let me ask you, this is an interesting time in your presidency. and one of the things that you have so emphasized in the last few months and last year or so, is this reach out to brothers, my brother's keeper and to a generation that doesn't feel that it has much chance. sending the attorney general to ferguson is a step. has anyone there asked you or have you considered going yourself? is there more that you peshally can do, not just for ferguson but for communities that might also feel that kind of tension and see it erupt in the way it has in ferguson? >> well,

. >> ann compton, everybody here knows is not only the consummate professional, but, but, is also justsuch a trouper. >> setting the tone there. waiting to hear from tahman bradley and reena ninan. you know who you are. we nominated you. thanks to everyone who donated there. big plans for the week ♪ >> think i'm going christmas shopping. you're going down to florida to that sam's club. ocstng up on garland, eggnog. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so either. stay with us, on facebook, give us your thoughts about the weekend. wnnfans.com. >> coming up. more news from abc. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. # >>> making news in america this morning, international manhunt, new efforts under way to find the terrorist to murdered journalist james foley, plus, new details about the failed rescue attempt and an e-mail sent from the captors to foley's parents before his death. >>> flood emergency. severe weather rocking parts of the country including a resort that w

later become bill clinton's press secretary when the briefing room was dedicated to brady and abc's ann comptons ago and the legacy of jim brady. >> it was a day in which it was just so normal it was only 69 days into the administration and his deputy, larry spitzer, i'll go in the motorcade. no, i'll go. it was still somewhat new to jim. we had known him first on capitol hill where he was a creative thinking outside the box before people thought that way and i think he brought that creativity and that kind of strategic thinking to the press secretary's job which literally lasted 69 days for jim brady. >> his humor could get him into trouble. >> ronald regan said trees caused more pollution than cars. they were fine to campaign in 1980. killer trees. and the reagans -- >> getting kicked off the plane. >> they did but they brought him back. >> did he set a template in any way? >> i think he did. i think it was his style. i used to review the transcripts of the briefing for one thing. if i saw the word laughter after something i said more than three or four times i knew it was a good briefing. >>

ann compton, everybody knows is not only the consummate professional, but is also just a pleasure to get to know. i was proud to be able to hug her grand baby recently and i suspect that may have something to do with her decision. but i just want to say publicly ann we'll miss you and we are proud of the extraordinary career and work that you have done. we hope you are not a stranger around here. [ clapping ] >> i suspect you may get some cake at some point >> reporter: let me ask you - this is an interesting time in your presidency. one of the things that you have so emphasised in the last few months and last year or so is a reach out to my brothers' keeper and a generation that doesn't feel it has much chance, sending the attorney-general to ferguson is a step. have you considered going yourself? is there more that you personally can do, not just for ferguson, but communities that might feel that kind of tension erupting in the way it has in ferguson. >> ann, obviously we have seen events in which there's a big fufl between... -- gulf between... tween... ..very careful about not pr

so -- [ applause ] ann compton. >> thank you. >> i suspect you may get some cake at some point. >> let an interesting time in your presidency. and one of the things that you have so emphasized in the last few months and last year or so is this reach-out to my brother's keeper and to a generation that doesn't feel that it has much talent. sending the attorney general to ferguson is a step. has anyone there asked or have you considered going yourself? is there more that you personally can do, not just for ferguson, but for communities that might also feel that kind of tension and see it erupt in the way it has in ferguson? >> well, ann, obviously, we've seen events in which there is a big gulf between community perceptions and law enforcement's perceptions around the country. this is not something new. it's always tragic when it involves the death of someone so young. i have to be very careful about not prejudging these events before investigations are completed, because although these are issues of local jurisdiction, you know, the doj works for me, and when they're conducting an invest

it's kind of magical, kind of scary and exciting all at the same time. >> ann compton, everybody hereleasure to get to know. >> oh! >> oh! invigorating. >> oh! oh! oh! >> good old aunt barbara. >> that's right. we're still waiting -- >> such a trooper. >> she was setting the tone there. we're still waiting to hear from our friends tahman bradley and ree reena ninan. you know who you are. we nominated you. thanks to everyone who donated there. big plans for the weekend? >> i think i'm going christmas shopping. you're going down to florida to that sam's club. stocking up on garland, eggnog. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so either. stay with us, on facebook, give us your thoughts about the weekend. wnnfans.com. >>> coming up, more news from abc. stay tuned. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. insomniacs for two decades. # toxic chemicals and carcinogens are leaching into the environment. it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste. let's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbu

. >> for foes who missed, ann comptoned a her final question of the president, are you going to ferguson? can you be of any help? the president d. answer the question. what's the thinking there. will he go? >> the aides are suggesting not anytime soon and it makes sense. most of ferguson's police, working long hours, little sleep. that would be the worst time to divert many of them to the security demands of a presidential visit. also, it's unclear if mr. obama's presence would actually reduce the violence. he has been more cautious in his comments about this than he was after she shooting of trayvon martin, saying young black men are too often involved in crime but that police can do more to foster trust. here's a bit of what he said. >> this is not an argument that there isn't real crime out there and law enforcement doesn't have a difficult job. but what is also true that given the history of this country, where we can make progress in building up more confidence, more trust, making sure that our criminal justice system is acutely aware of the possibilities of desspirits in does dispa

and ann compton, everybody here knows is not only the consu sume profession professional, i was proud to hug her grand baby recently and i suspect that might have something to do with her decision. but i want to say publicly, ann, we're going to miss you and very, very proud of the extraordinary career and work that you've done and we hope you're not a stranger around here. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> i suspect you may get cake at some point. >> let me ask you, this is an interesting time in your presidency. and one of the things that you have so emphasized in the last few months and last year or so is this reach out to brothers -- my brother's keeper and to a generation that doesn't feel it has much -- sending the attorney general to ferguson is a step. has anyone there asked you or have you considered going yourself? is there more you personally can do, not just for ferguson but for communities that might also feel that kind ever tension and see it erupt in the way it has in ferguson. >> ann, obviously, we've seen events in which there's a big gulf between community perc

ann compton, everybody knows is not only the consummate professional but is also just a pleasure to getann wasn't buying it all. she hit mr. obama with a question right after that. she'll officially retire on september 10th, the 41st anniversary of her first day as a network correspondent. hats off to ann. she's an absolute legend, has been an inspiration to so many young reporters and journalists here at abc and many networks. covering the news for us back in the day. it's been a pleasure of a lifetime working alongside her at the white house. >> a big congratulations. >>> well, we've had some fun here this summer but with all the state fairs going on, particularly in the heartland, this time we're off to texas. >> oh, we love state fairs. the texas state fair is nominated eight, let's call them delicacies for the coveted big tex award and that goes to the state fair's top treat. here's a sample. starting with the deep-fried breakfast for dinner. tortilla stuffed with bacon, eggs, and cinnamon roll bits deep fried. >> chicken fried loaded baked potato, with butter, bacon, cheddar chees