in 1978 you and arnie morton got together to found morton's steakhouse in chicago. >> in a basement.o made the better steak? >> me of course. arnie was the best showmen but i made the best steak. >> you put the steak knife in baltimore a few years back and haven't looked back. >> absolutely. >> what makes a good steak? >> if you buy prime steak, aged steak like we serve at mortons. a good choice steak isn't bad either. take it out of the refrigerator. let it get room temperature. don't flap it like a pancake. put it on the grill on one side, turn it over and that's it. >> you came out with the steak bible that everybody has. show it again. >> there you go. now we have morton's the cookbook. >> what will i find in it? >> desserts, soups, appetizers, little lighter stuff. most of them are cooked at morton's for special occasions, for wine tastings. you'll find a couple of my favorite german recipes in there also. we got a lot of stuff in there. >> it's also about stars this visited morton's over the years. the first celebrity you served? >> frank sinatra. came shortly after we opened u

what a feast from morton's today. back in to you. >> you make sure you come back in now. >> we're coming back in. >>> new information about michael jackson's death investigation, what investigators found in the pop star's doctor's office. and what will influence whether charges will be filed in the case. >>> i'm liz crenshaw, can crooks steal your identity using your credit card receipt? that's the question, the answer is coming uve >>> the question about children as front-seat passengers. how to handle tax records, and can cros steal your personal information from a credit card receipt? liz crenshaw has the answers this friday afternoon. >> people worry about the credit card receipts and identity theft in general. it's a good question. >> the first question comes from lynn, if credit card receipts hold enough information for someone to use to steal your identity? >> we called visa to get your answer to this question. it says since 2005, the fair and accurate credit transaction act has kept consumers safe. the act was

we are joined by our friend from morton's restaurant. we have bob kiebler and chris gore kin with us. we have a lot to get in in a short period of time. the cook book, the morton's cook book, this is your second one? >> it is. it just come out about a month and a half ago. it has or 100 new recipes and drink recipes, things that you can cook in your home to make it easier as well as a lot of celebrity quotes and information. >> a few folks can cock at home like you make it in the restaurant. let's start with the salad here. this is my kind of salad. a nice piece of steak on it. >> this is a new york tomato salad, three layers. it's really impressive. beef stake tomato, red onion, new york sirloin strip steak, stack it up. littlelue cheese crumbles. >> that is a salad. this is a lunchtime item. in fact, this was one of the most popular lunch dishes. the two restaurants open for lunch are ruskin and connecticut avenue. >> correct. >> very nice. that's a salad. what else are we going to do today? >> we're also going to do a new york strip t

since we are in pennsylvania, john morton. how many of you have heard of john morton? some of you have heard of john morton. that's great. because i was probably guessing in the country probably very few people have heard of john morton. remember i said it was important that the colonies be unanimous? if it looked like one colony was against the war, if one colony was against the war, it would be that americans were divided. pennsylvania was in a real pickle because in pennsylvania there was a strong loyalists tendency of a lot of people to side with the british. the loyalists would decide with the british. and it wasn't the only state. north carolina had a lot of loyalist. south carolina had a lot of loyalist. new york had a lot of loyalists. new jersey had a lot of loyalist. as a matter of fact john adams estimated at the beginning of the war a third of the people are for the revolution, a third of the people are on the british side, and have beige and the other third don't care one way or another. you know people have they just want to live their lives. so there wer

morton's of chicago. $53. and you don't even get a potato with that, $11 add-on.e sent them to outback, which is another middle of the road steak house, for $22, our testers said it wasn't quite as good as morton's but really a bombshell dell for 22 bucks and you get sides and a potato. >> less than half price of mort morton's. >> yes. friday days and applebees, but outback was the best deal. >> who came out at the bottom? there were quite a list of complaints you got. >> we asked what did you buy -- about the dining experience, what is it that really turns you off? what sourz that dining experience, ings l noise, poor service and noise was the number one complaint? 41% of people had some complaint of one kind or another. noise was the biggest and texas road house was one of standouts for noise. if you go to a place like that -- >> roadhouse, hopefully you don't think it's too quiet. there are ways no matter where you go really, you can save. >> for this project, i signed up, gave my e-mail address to literally dozens of chains, as late as today i get three or fou

we want to thank mortons for coming in and featuring their new cook book. angie is ready to season. >> i have some wine how long to cook the steak. >> if you have a hot grill, if you like it medium rare five minutes on each side. >> thank you. you want it so hot you can't hold your hand over it. >> the rib eye is the popular on the menu. >> the rib eye and fillets are popular. all the cuts are popular. >> beautiful shrimp. how long on each side for that. >> seafood is better undercooked than overcooked. maybe two minute on each side. >> they are gorgeous. >> they are cole lossal shrimp. is that on the deadliest catch show. >> yeah. >> i watched that. >> we have recipes on our website at wusa9.com. thanks. we will taste and say good-bye to you. the next news is at noon with j.c. and kim martucci. we will see you starting tomorrow at 4:55 a.m. now let's go. my doctor told me i had to start doing things for my heart, but i wasn't ready to give up taste. sometimes, sacrifice is the name of the game. well, i've heard eating whole grain oats... can help lower my

crews replaced the water heater in morton's home as a precaution. but she says this isn't first time something like this has happened. three people from dutch village tore taken to the hospital last month and more from the village in essex, owned by the same company. >> do something about it. i really do. because of what it's going to take. for somebody to die before they do something about it? >> according to baltimore city fire officials there was a carbon monoxide detector inside the house but it wasn't working and therefore never alerted the people inside when the levels reached dangerous levels. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> friends and customers gathered to remember 57-year-old liquor store owner joon am kang over the weekend. he was shot and killed in an attempted robbery inside his store. according to police nothing was stolen. but friends of mr. kang tell a different story. >> i've read all the articles i could find. and every article said that they weren't sure if anything was stolen but those articles are wrong.

morton dean, he spent more than two decades as cbs news anchorman and anchored the sunday night news and it's good to talk to you. not under these circumstances, of course. >> good to be on the air with you once again. >> and first, i want to get to something that strikes me. what made you guys so special? the cronkite years, cbs news was the gold standard for broadcast news. that seems to be embodied at the time of walter cronkite. >> that's absolutely true. it was a special place. he was a special person, the most special among all of the humannaries. and his specialness went beyond his celebrity. he told the truth, he was not a partisan. he was a reporter and he loved being a reporter. >> a newsman. we worked at independent network news. when you came, you brought the cbs cronkite aura with you. what made that different and what did he teach you and what went on in that news room? >> first of all, part of my respect for walter and the respect of other correspondents was we knew he had been out there. he had spent time as a wire service reporter, newspaper reporter, and as a cbs ra

. >>> en su visita a méxico john morton refrendó el apoyo de washington a través de del plan merida.ador de michoacán. >>> vamos a una pausa y a la vuelta cuba y estados unidos se reunen por primera vez en más de 5 años. >>> y el presidente obama presenta un plan para que los jónes se preparan para los trabajos del futuro. c♪ te me tomó prácticamente todo el verano. y no sántas veces tuve que ir a autoz pero al menos ahora, cuando vuelvo, no es en mi bici. ♪ ♪(música) >>> funcionarios de estados unidos y cuba reanudaron conversaciones, vilchez nos dice qué objetivos persigue washington. >>> fue una sesión de trabajo fructifera que servirá para la marcha de los acuerdos migratorios. y volvió a h@aplicarse su estrategia de acercamiento a cuba. >>> los desamma a los castro, y eso es lo que está ocurriendo, y si dicen que quieren esa apertura, bueno, vamos a hablar de ese bloqueo, y se siguen resistiendo. >>> otros legisladores sostienen que cuba no cumplió los acuerdo de inmigración, y algunos cubanos en estados unidos celebran el acuerdo. >>> poder ir a cuba otra vez y visitar nuestros

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earlier another shooting on morton street northwest left a 20-year-old man dead. a 23-year-old man was killed in another shooting on 50th place northeast. back to 46th place in southeast where the press conference is scheduled to get underway. i'm understanding that police are concerned about the rise in shootings and i'm also hearing the chief may institute an all hands on deck initiative for next weekend. those are all things we hope to hear from the conference that is supposed to hear anytime now. if it happens within the newscast we will let you know what is going on here. that's the latest. fox 5 news. >> baseless is the word from marion barry's camp about the charges of stalking. a woman complained he was stalking her but his lawyer said that barry spent the better part of the 4th of july with his accuser. >> reporter: surrounded by his supporters marion barry stood on the steps of the wilson building under orders by his attorney not to say a word. instead his long-time attorney did all of the talking. telling reporter the former mayor, ward 8 council member

morton, you worked at cbs news. a correspondent there. what kind of interaction did you have with walter cronkite? >> well, waultder was just a giant presence, and always felt that he was there if i wanted to walk in and chat with him, and walter enjoyed talking about the news, the coverage of the news. probably more than anything else that concerned him in his life. and you always knew that if you did a pretty good job out there, that you would hear from walter and that walter would be satisfied. one of the great things about having worked with walter and working with walter was that he had been a reporter. he had been a correspondent. he had been out there. he'd covered wars and, all sorts of stories. so he understood what the reporters and producers and camera people were doing out in the field, and he appreciated it. you always knew that when were you out there covering a war or covering a difficult situation. you knew that walter understood. >> and, ed, was he the right man at the right time? a guy like this, will we ever see anythin

crews replaced the water heater in morton's home as a precaution. but she says this isn't first time something like this has happened. three people from dutch village were taken to the hospital last month and more from the village in essex, owned by the same company. >> do something about it. i really do. because of what it's going to take. for somebody to die before they do something about it? >> according to baltimore city fire officials there was a carbon monoxide detector inside the house but it wasn't working. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> new details in the case of a man ambushing two baltimore city police officers. the gunfire erupted in west baltimore. police say shawn sinclair started the day terrorizing two women in northeast baltimore. he then allegedly brought his weapons to west baltimore where police got a call for domestic violence. that's when he ambushed the officers. >> it's cowardice. to be running around the streets of baltimore, he established himself as a menace. and then backed it up with his cowardl

dc police will have to rely heavily on all hands on deck efforts like the one announced today on morton street northwest. a lower court is reviewing the decision on the check points. >>> a murder trial is set for a maryland woman accused of killing two adopted daughters and storing their bodies in a freezer. 44-year-old renee bowman is scheduled to go 0 on trial in november. in calvert county, she faces trial in september on charges she abused a third daughter who slipped out of the family's home and ran for help. >>> moving to the international front. an historic meeting took place in vatican city load. president obama and pope benedict xvi meet face-to-face for the first time in private for a half an hour. the pontiff gave the president a document explaining the church's opposition to stem cell research and they discussed immigration, middle east peace and aid to developing nations. >>> the first lady and a handful of the top aides were there to meet the pontiff along with a gift exchange. the president gave the pope a letter from kennedy and asked him to pray for the senator. he ends

so without further ado, morton, the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. it is a great pleasure for me to be here and i want to thank the arms control association for arranging this event and asking me to participate in it. as you all know, robert mack amera died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without -- robert mcnamara died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without taking into account a critical role that he played in this agreement that he would have been pleased about. when he became secretary of defense in 1961, the official policy of the united states was that nuclear weapons were conventional weapons and would be used in any military conflict. when he left office seven years later, nuclear weapons were considered a weapon of last resort. that is still where we are today in this policy. he played a major role in that switching policy. he played a critical role in the change in nato policy which moved nuclear policy from that we would use nuclear weapons at the start of any conflict to, again, the notion that we would fight a war

. >> our friends at morton's sent it. thank you, judy. there it is. >> nice. >> thanks to judy and jennifer for sending this over. look at the slice. i'm going to do it with my bare hands. that is a chunk of cheesecake. >> it's huge. >> feel that. it's about 18 pounds right there. from new york. >>> let's take a look - >> we'll never see her again. >> let's look at the weather with justin berk. >> quick delivery system. i like that. i like the fact that we all dressed to match cheesecake today. did you notice that? it's beige or khaki day. so far, beautiful view doubt. if you like summer, it's a great day. we have sunshine and a little of that heat and humidity but nothing too oppressive yet. 78 feeling like 81 downtown. 75 with the sun coming up over umbc in catonsville. we generally are looking at a very clear sweep of maryland's most powerful doppler radar. the air is stable for the time being, just high clouds, but as we roll through the afternoon can't rule out the chance of an isolated shower or storm. the risk of severe is not ther

we will have a chef from morton's famous restaurant grilling it up. >> sounds good and delicious, as matter of fact. >> see you at 4:00. >> depends on how much cash we are talking about here? >> give me a shot. give me a try and i will let you know if it works. >> let's check in with chuck bell to get a final look at the forecast. >>> temperatures are moving up fast, all the way into the upper 70s and low 80s already. we will n in the upper 80s for highs today. some thunderstorms may reach severe limits this afternoon, so keep an eye on the sky. and then another one late in the day on sunday. typical old summertime wer,r, t into the middle of next week. >>> we have an update on the breaking news we have been following all morning long. the deadly crash in maryland. it happened late last night on i-70. we just learned the names of the victims. ken felix, and jeffrey nordock, and nile booth, and to the george tutor jr. >>> thank you for joining us today. join us again at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 for all the day's news. fios guy! where ya headed? uh, just installed fios in the whole buildin

morton gtmo guys could follow, and you may not hear about it until it is too late -- more gtmo guys could follow. my next guest says you of every right to know. she lost her brother on 9/11, a pioneer on the airplane that crashed into the pentagon. she is doing more to honor her brother's memory then, man. all right, what do you make of this? >> they are not here yet. neil: well, they are going to be. >> look. the question i have is that was a party-line vote, which makes it very suspicious. why would all of the democrats and none of the republicans vote to keep a secret who these people are, how dangerous they are? neil: what do you suspect? >> they do not want the public to know, because the public but act, -- will ask, what are we doing to bring them onto the soil? they cannot be tried in military courts. why are we bringing them there -- here? what do we want to do with future detainee's? we do not know how long this war in afghanistan will last -- what do we want to do with future detainees? neil: they have the rights as american citizens. >> well, they are not going to be exonerated

just days before, a 20-year-old man was killed on morton street northwest and a 23-year-old shot and killed in the 800 block of 50th place northeast. police have already made several arrests in those weekend shootings and expect more to come. chief cathy lanier is planning a all hands on deck this weekend in hopes of clamping down on violence. fox 5 news. >> police want to remind everyone there is a $25,000 reward to anyone who whoa sides information -- who leads them to a suspect and conviction in this case. >>> the hunt is on for two men who tried to kidnap a girl in her front yard. police say the girl was playing in front of the home when one man grabbed her and tried to drag her away. he then signaled to a second man down the street but the girl screamed and managed to run away for help. >>> gay marriage is now recognized in the district. a law recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states took affect at midnight. opponents tried to force a referendum but the board of election of ethics rejected the effort. >>> people in one local neighborhood tied up and robbed at gun

without further ado, morton, the floor is yours. >> thank you very much.t is a great pleasure for me to be here and i want to thank the arms control association for arranging this event and asking me to participate in it. as you all know, robert mack amera died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without -- robert mcnamara died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without taking into account a critical role that he played in this agreement that he would have been pleased about. when he became secretary of defense in 1961, the official policy of the united states was that nuclear weapons were conventional weapons and would be used in any military conflict. when he left office seven years later, nuclear weapons were considered a weapon of last resort. that is still where we are today in this policy. he played a major role in that switching policy. he played a critical role in the change in nato policy which moved nuclear policy from that we would use nuclear weapons at the start of any conflict to, again, the notion that we would fight a war w

a 20-year-old man who was also shot and killed on the 600 block of morton treat northwest t his -- street northwest this weekend as well. d.c. police have made a couple of arrests. and we do hear police are hot on the trail of the suspect in the shooting of that little girl. poli do have an all hands on deck a initiative planned for the weekend to try to tamp down the violence. live here in southeast, sarah simmons, fox 5 news. >>> coming up next, allegations of a shocking secret love affair involving former first lady jackie kennedy. who a new book says she had an fair with after her husband was killed. >>> comedian turned politician. what senator al franken could mean for president obama. >>> we are checking your forecast and the traffic. you are watching fox 5 morning news. [ female announcer ] healthier, more radiant skin? it's in your future now. [ female announcer ] discover the power of aveeno positively radiant. with total soy, it's clinically proven to visibly reduce past damage while advanced spf 30 helps prevent future damage. aveeno positively radiant. sweet! if you love sweet

they're also investigating three homicides, including one early this morning in the 600 block of morton street northwest. >>> in prince george's county, fire investigators spent most of the night at the scene of a house fire and possible explosion. this happened just before midnight in the 8800 bck of monmouth drive in the upper marlboro area of the county. investigators are trying to figure out whether it was caused by a natural gas leak. no one was injured. >>> and there was another house explosion in the district. this one happened overnight on onegor avenue and egnorthwest. estlaev b lelne l o oeom h nd a dageead lneatnd ost other. keith garvin reports. >> reporter: the section of home flattened after a powerful explosion rocked a neighborhood near rock creek park. firefighters dashed to the scene but by the time they arrived, the damage had been done. >> at about 6:15 p.m. this evening, the fire department was dispatched to a call for an explosion in the neighborhood at oregon avenue and nebraska avenue. upon arrival, what we found was a house that was pretty much leveled. at this

an morton. that's where we see a lot of volume setting in. like that toward the beltway but overall no major incidents to report at this time. flying westbound on route 50 in maryland. from the bay bridge, all the way to the capital beltway. looks like you are going to find lanes wide open and tc drivers are moving at speed. we will take it to the district, inbound new york avenue. the drive through northeast. speeds are dropping from the washington times building past bladensburg road. okay from many florida avenue to the third street tunnel and to wrap it up here's 270. if you are slow from 109 to 121. a lot of volume here at germantown. over to andrea. >> thank you, angie. this morning metro is refuting the story about safety on the rails. caught in the middle all of you who ride the rails in the morning. this post reports more problems with track circuits like the one suspected in last month's deadly crash. it says problem have been found between medical center, foggy bottom, courthouse, greenbelt, fort totten. armando trull has both side

in a steak taste off, the report found that mortons has an excellent strip steak for $53 that is betteran the rest but consider outback which has a good strip attack for $22 and the trip steaks at applebees at 18 and fridays for 17 were okay, too. >> none of the value sirloins we tested at applebees, outback and fridays were anywhere near as flavorful and tender as pricier counterparts. >> he says there are other ways to save money, starting with going on-line. >> i signed up for e-mail alerts at my favorite restaurants and my inbox was flooded with freebies including a free pound of shrimp cocktail from legal seafood. >> reporter: join frequent dining programs for police places like fridays and get a free appetizer and consider eating at the barr where food can be cheaper. here's another way to stretch your dining dollars, get a dairy out and you will save on the cost of a tip. for more consumer news you could use go to wusa9.com and click on living smart. >>> a second person has died after the roof of a stage being built for a madonna concert came crashing down. the accident happened

over to the morton temple. 270 southbound is jammed at the frederick montgomery county line.ues to the split. a delay also continues on to the spur. inner loop of the beltway in virginia slow from little river turnpike to i-66. northbound 395, delays in the clearing stages between duke and seminary -- duke and seminary. for traffic anytime, log on to wusa9.com. >>> >> they log thousands of miles every summer rving and this year they are doing something special. this isn't an ordinary rv but the first hybrid rv on the mark and brad is here to tell me about it. >> you do this every summer. >> ten summers in a row we do it. >> our kids have gone to 45 states. >> there is something on the side of the bus, hybrid. tell me about the technology and how it differs from other rvs you have been on. >> if you want to go inside. >> yeah. >> they create motor home and better gas mileage and suvs an solar and wind power kits you can adapt to your rv and this is sort of the next step. this is winnebago industries which is at the forefront of technology. it has an concept rv. it is not on th

a 20-year-old man, he was also shot and killed on the 600 block of morton street northwest., d.c. police have made a couple arrests in several of these shootings and we do hear that they are hot on the trail of a suspect in the shooting of that young 10-yer-old girl from over this weekend. police are also planning an all hands on deck initiative. that is expected to take place this weekend. so police can try and tamp down the violence that has sparked here recently. back to you. >> thank you. >>> you're likely going to see more law enforcement officials swarming metro stations and mark trainization today. a terrorism training exercise is under way. the tests are not a response to any known security threat. they are designed to mimic a response to an emergency situation. >>> former d.c. mayor marion barry will be in court thursday facing stalking charges. barry arrested in anacostia park saturday. his attorneys say the accuser donna watts spent the day with barry and now has denied the charges. the pair-h. an 18-month relationship. sources say the two recently had a falling o

. >> morton and daryl, thank you very much for doingvjñan excellent job of looking at the issues before we would love to take your questions, would love to start with media in the room. if not, we will take general questions. from anyone who has them. questions out there? yes. right here. >> hi, [inaudible] my question is. thank you, you both mentioned this was a modest agreement. do we need the nuclear posture review to be done before we ratify this in the senate? and if not, does this mean we nuclear posture review, and the following agreement we can get down to deeper cuts? >> the nuclear review, it's a congressional.j9ly mandated rev of nuclear policy. my understanding that the administration's explanation where we are. the nuclear posture review reached some interim conclusions that enabled them to begin the negotiations with the russians and reach these numbers. these numbers have been approved as i understand it, in the nuclear posture review as an interim set of conclusions. since they are modest deductions, they did not require any fundamental thinking of the nuclear posture. i

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further to the south, delays begin toward morton. that kind of spreads a little bit. keep in mind that on the outer loop on beltway as you leave springfield, it's a tough ride because of the new traffic pattern before you get to eisenhower where traffic now splits. that right lane is down to 35 miles an hour. it's a tough ride. that's your traffic. >>> thank you very much. kidnapped in afghanistan, a u.s. soldier in the hand of the taliban. >> he disappeared three weeks ago and now appeared on a videotape. we have the latest developments from the satellite center. >> reporter: the pentagon is calling this a propaganda tool, also a violation of international law, this video. as you watch it, there are t times where it looks like he's reading from a script. he al seems frightened. >> reporter: in the 28 minute video private bo bridal appears unharmed. >> i am scared. i'm scared i won't be able to go home. it's very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> reporter: the 23-year-old disappeared july 1st. he had been stationed near the pakistan border. there are conflicting accounts

when it came out, detectable at morton to delectable. i thought that was wonderful. what a great promotion for a planet. [laughter] how would we judge says detectable collectibles? what categories when we put them in? -- how would we judge the those detectable delectable? we would have to see if they were wanderers and could wander away from their own planet. ours is a bit over four billion years old. in cosmic terms, not much happened. in 1968, we left. apollo 8 left. it exceeded escape velocity and gravity could no longer keep the spending on the surface. -- could no longer keep us pinned on the surface. on apollo 11, we arrived. neither went far or did much. but ben franklin asked what use is a newborn baby? apollo is a dividing line, putting our, for better or worse, into a new category. into the big leagues of planets. to me, that is what is the most significant thing about apollo. if you will permit me a bit of a liberation -- -- a bit of a liberation, the flight accomplishments, the major accomplishment was not the flight of apollo 11 but the 11 apollo flights

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rowland morton has been standing by watching with all of us and jeffrey toobin, our legal analyst and a lot of others. check in with rowland. your thoughts upon what you have just witnessed? >> this was truly a home-going service, unlike any other we have seen. reflective moments, tender moments, laughter, crying, but also moments of defiance. you heard berry gordie say he was not just the king of pop, he is the greatest entertainer that ever lived. of course, the reverend al sharpton who took on the critics and said daddy wasn't strange, did he strange stuff. and congresswoman shelia jackson lee, surprised many of us, speaking today. it was very clear that her comments were targeted to congressman peter king for his comes about michael jackson when she said, the constitution says innocent until proven guilty. so certainly, a lot of personal moments but certainly people making clear that if you want to criticize michael jackson, we are going to come back to you and hit you real hard. and so very interesting she made those comments. probably hearing those soundbites and reverend sharpt

david shoemaker bruce morton covered politics. and so on down the list.of the cbs evening news at night they would always tick off a list of correspondents that they have on hear that night, and then they would very frequently the attitude by the name of eric sever eyed for analysis. it was an extraordinary role of the behaviors that backed up this great anchorman. and it was a dominant force in the news for years and years. it wasn't just cronkite, it was cronkite backed up by a tremendous team. and he liked them, trusted them, encourage them, and you could sense on the air the report with the correspondence. >> clayton: he talked about his love of the wire service, working for united press international back in the day covering d-day, famously, and he has always been turned to in moments of change. people want his perspective on this change, this tipping point, and he was asked what he thought of twitter of all things, and he said he liked it, because it reminded him of his wire days back i was a wire service reporter at one time too. i longed believed