my dad worked in a place called lynchburg foundry, a very hard- working man. he worked pouring steel. my mom was a homemaker. we had a typical southern virginia family, lots of noise in the house. i was the youngest of my siblings. i think about that often, just great summers, lots of play. and my parents encouraged me to pursue an education. >> if we saw you in the middle of your high school experience, what would we have seen? i had a reputation of being a bookish kid. i played basketball in my senior year. i was not very good. i rode the bench mostly. i was valid trend of my high school before went to virginia tech. >> what did you choose virginia tech? >> i haven't -- why did you choose virginia tech? >> i have an opportunity to choose some other schools. i had some interest from yale. bbut it was mostly finances. i got some scholarship money and it turned up the that would be the best place to go. it was a great institution. >> at what time during your virginia tech experience did the focus come that you do the news and where? where did you want to do it