he's won eight george foster peabody scombaurds 42 emmys. his recent book, "lights out: a cyberattack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath," is now in paperback. i'm pleased to have him at this table. welcome. ted: thank you. charlie: it's great to have you here. 25 years at "nightline." ted: if we could just get rid of the cameras, we could do what we always do, sit and gossip. this political campaign season, you have seen a lot of -- ted: yes. charlie: does it signal that somehow all of politics is going to change and this is a con flexion point for the way we play american politics and the way we cover american politics and the way the parties get along? ted: i think it is, charlie, but less because of what is happening to the political system than what is happening to our business. we have totally demotte cratized communication in country and that sounds like a wonderful thing. everybody loves democracy but the idea of a representational government is that you have congressmen and senators and people who spend their entire lives