is there going to be a new and different "new york times" under jill abramson?t think there will be that new and different a "new york times" times. i have for eight years created, i think, a very vibrant news report with bill leading it. and you know, what i hold dear is well-known to all of my colleagues. and really the times is the kind of place, the greatest journalism doesn't just pop forth from our heads. it's, you know, a group of people and the great ideas bubble up from the reporters to their editors. and get to us. so i thin i will make some changes. but no, readers will not see a new "new york times". >> looking ahead, as you know and everybody knows, there has been some technological changes in the internet and whatever. do you believe that "the new york times" primary function is going to always be the printed newspaper that comes out every day? >> i think our primary function is to create the strongest, deepest, most interesting news report there is in the word. and whether it's on the front page of the newspaper or leading the home page doesn't re

jill abramson will be here. i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." >>> this is a story about a photo that may or may not be of anthony weiner, that may or may not have been sent by anthony weiner to a 21-year-old college student. the congressman insisting from the moment the photo appeared that someone hacked into his twitter account and he never sent it. as journalists kept raising questions, the democratic lawmaker sounded increasingly defensive. >> why haven't you asked the capitol police or any law enforcement to investigate? >> look, this was a prank i've now been talking about a for a couple of days. i'm not going to allow it to decide what i talk about for the next week or the next two weeks. >> weiner made the television rounds prompting the somewhat spectacle of anchors asking these questions. >> you would know if these were your underpants? have you ever taken a picture like this of yourself? is this a picture out there of you in your drawers that you are worried about? >> you can't tell me d

as david likes to say, he has headed off the baton which was given to him on fire to jill abramson in a stable and not on fireplace. my sense is that he feels like he has weathered the ship. he came on board in order to steady it, and now he is at the point where he is ready to move on to writing. >> here is a clip of jill abramson who was recorded on our call-in show 10 years ago. another was some controversy over women in this documentary and those that did not want to be on camera. let's watch her. >> one thing i was wondering is, pretty much the way i look at it, you always hear the flavor of the of liberal media and different labels being thrown out like this. i really do not think there is a lot of media that does come out in newspaper and television. there is a lot that we really do not see. do you think that the media is really liberally biased at all? >> i do not think on the pages of the new york times that you find a liberal bias, though our critics claim they see it. i think why you hear so much said about the political opinions of the media one way or another is that the

jill abramson is the new executive editor. she replaces the veteran bill keller. abramson, born and raised in a "new york times" reading family, will be the first woman in the top job in the newspaper's 160-year history. >>> a big find in canada. we heard about it in these parts. a lobberman in prince edward island pulled up his trap and found a 4 million to 1 shot. a blue lobster, extremely rare. they really stand out when they're with their friends. huge social stigma, of course, among lobsters. the restaurant business, all the advertising doesn't help. you'll never hear a jingle, blue lobster for the seafood lover in you, for example. this lobster will live out his retirement in an aquarium. >>> when we come back here tonight, wait until you see what is happening in one of the most beautiful spot in the lower 48. >>> san francisco's fire department coming to terms with the death of one of their own. we'll have the latest on this deadly fire. hyoo l wathyandv ascen i fire technology could be putting crews in more danger. >>> the folks who run our national park s

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. >> jill abramson will be the first woman executive editor of the "new york times" in its 160-year history. watch her almost 40 appearances on c-span from 1988 as editor of the legal times through managing editor of the "new york times" online at the c-span video library, just one of the more than 100,000 people you can search and watch for free any time. it's washington your way. >> this week, james grant with a biography of the man who established majority rule in the house and senate. his name was thomas reed. he served from 1893 to 1891. >> why do you think the public would be interested in reading a book about the life and times of thomas reed? >> i have no idea about the public. i would be delighted to spend three or four years in the company of this man. this person never leaves and has no job and stays for the weekend. you have to live with him or her. it's ever so helpful if you come to like him. instantly i knew that we would be friends. i know is delighted to welcome him into my house. >> did you know instantly? >> i came across an essay that was in a book, and in this book, ree

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. >> jill abramson will be the first woman editor of "the new york times." watch her almost 40 appearances on c-span from 1988 as editor of the legal times through managing editor of "the new york times." just more than one of the 100,000 people you can search and watch for free anytime. it's washington your way. >> now, lieutenant general william cald westerly, commander of the nato training mission in afghanistan. speaking at brookings yesterday, he said the afghan national security forces will be ready to take the lead for their country's security by the end of 2014. he's introduced by brookings senior fellow, michael o'hanlon, who recently returned from afghanistan. we'll show you as much of this event as we can until live coverage from the white house of the arrival of the german chancellor. >> thanks for coming. i'm mike o'hanlon from brookings' foreign policy program. welcome to brookings. we're delighted today to have lieutenant general william caldwell speaking about afghanistan and, specifically, his job leading the nato training mission which is,

." >> jill abramson will be the first woman executive editor of the "new york times."cher almost 40 appearances on c-span online at that c-span video library. just one of the more than 100,000 people you can search and watch for free, anytime. at a news conference earlier today, the secretary general says dean khadafy regime is weakening. british and french warplanes deployed attack helicopters for the first time against the forces. this is 40 minutes. >> and then we will be happy to take questions. >> thank you andgood afternoon. it is now just over two months since we launched the operation to protect the people of libya under threat of attack. we have an historic united nations mandate, and the contribution of several partners, including from the region. together, we have made considerable progress. we have taken the momentum. we have turned the tide of terror unleashed by the qaddafi regime, we have saved countless lives and we have seriously degraded the ability of the qaddafi regime to attack civilians and we have relieved the pressure on cities, such as misratah