. >> when you and your generation of anchors became anchors, peter jennings had been in london, you coverede white house, tom brokaw covered the white house and had been the anchor of the "today" show. you were at "60 minutes." there was a tradition, a progression till you got to the evening news. why is it -- why is it different now? and should it be different now? >> well, it certainly is different now, and i think the reason it's different now is because the leadership of all of the major networks has changed, not only changed in names and faces but changed in attitude. the idea of news being a public service has gone almost completely out of it. the idea that our number one objective for any network said the network executives of not too long ago, we want quality news of integrity. if we can make money, that's fine, the rating, we'd like to do that, but that's not our main purpose. >> let's talk about the morning news shows and their rising importance. they were in your day perhaps thought of as something the farm team for the evening news. now the situations are sort of reversed as the

on the nordic track ski machine, might ever continuing battle of the bulge, and i was watching peter jenningsworld news tonight." and a game linens face. and i thought, holy shit. [laughter] it was like being, britain and when you're a kid, a rock on the railroad tracks, you know? the next day the grown-ups are talking of the derailment? [laughter] so the next morning at about six my phone rang and it was steve forbes, and this was a little earlier and steep typically called me. in fact, stephen never called me. [laughter] actually he has never called me ever again. and he said the russians have gone ballistic. it was like that scene in the movie "dr. strangelove," remember, mr. president, it's premier kiss off on the line and he is hopping mad. [laughter] the minister of the interior, had had to have broken into russian tv programming, into the russian opera, the mind boggles, oprah. i always wondered about soviet union, a country with 30,000 nuclear warheads and no dermatologist. [laughter] everyone had warts. then we got gorbachev and viacom you know, the whole thing. anyway, he had broken

the drama like everybody else and also fascinated by the actual news coverage of it, the great peter jennings barbara walters and they were talking as the l.a. cameras were capturing the bronco going down the road. it was just surreal. >> you know what's interesting, he's still serving now 9 to 33 years in a nevada state prison for a role in kidnapping and armed robbery, separate -- >> hard to believe he beat that rap and is back and wound up in jail anyway. what an amazing story that was. >>> coming up, therapy for our pets. a new book arguing that dogs and cats are more complex than we think. >>> and ahead in our next half hour, the dynamic duo of seth r rogan and james franco and how [female narrator] foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know you're pregnant. ♪ ♪ that's my dog ♪ that's my dog >> you've heard the term puppy >>> you heard the term puppy prozac but it turns out some pets really need it. >> a book claims that our pets can actually lose their mind. abc's dan harris has more. >> reporter: this adorable dog

as you know, robin, i have never forgotten that first call from peter jennings out in the field as arespondent here more than a decade ago. and charlie gibson reached out yesterday. you did, and diane, just in incredible ways. >> very deserving. very, very deserving. break out in we are family. >> yeah. >> we are very happy and very proud. >>> we're going to get started this morning with the frightening scene overnight in boston where more than 70 people at a concert had to be hospitalized. officials citing chal and drug use. >> reporter: this is serious. 22 people in the hospital. so many others had to be strapped to stretchers, yelling, in tears. the chaos playing out right in front of one of the world's superstar deejays. overnight, a raging electric dance concert, turned into a nightmare. >> there's some people that are not doing too well in there. >> reporter: with more than 70 concertgoers, mostly in their teens and 20s, falling suddenly ill during a packed concert, headlined by d.j.avicii. >> there was one kid, it took four cops to get him down. >> reporter: 50 people treated

the drama like everybody else and also fascinated by the actual news coverage of it, the great peter jenningsthe l.a. cameras were capturing the bronco going down the road. it was just surreal. >> what's interesting. still serving now 9 to 33 years in a nevada state prison to are a role in kidnapping and armed robbery separate -- >> hard to believe he beat that rap and back -- >> yep. >> wound up in jail anyway. what an amazing story that was. >>> coming up, therapy for our pets. a new book arguing our pets are more complex than we think. >> the dynamic duo of seth rogen and james franco. how their friendship withstood the test of time. you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ that's my dog ♪ that's my dog >> you've heard the term puppy tossed around by pet owners joking their dogs feed a pick-me-up. some pets really need it. >>> a new book claims our pets can lose their mind. dan harris has mother. >> reporter: this adorable wisp of a dog named frisbee is completely normal most of the time but then sometimes out of the blue he'll go on a fierce growling and tail chasing jag. he illustrates a fa

peter. cool. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm researcher. in jennings but eugenics vulgarize ation of darwin science and punishment for an uncommitted crying i was never in all things to learn from being in eighty feebleminded still today for the few i don't know why. but i still don't know why genetic improvement through forced sterilization the basis for nazi ideology don't stop at just sterilizing. go to the point of death. for years rarely discussed. till now really rather not talk about that right. now people versus barack obama that's the name of an explosive new book by commentator and bestselling author ben shapiro has the obama admin. station acted like a criminal cobol as shapiro alleges and if so is criminal prosecution of a sitting president the answer in lieu of impeachment ben shapiro is here to make the case on this edition of politicking. taking on larry king he's editor in chief bright brought news and new york times best selling author his latest book the people versus barack obama but criminal case against the obama administration is

jen palmieri, appreciate your time this afternoon. >> thanks, kristen. >> for more on this, i'm joined now by congressman peter king of new york, a member of homeland security committee. thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thank you, kristen. >> let me get your reaction off the bat to what you heard about the closing of gitmo, seems as though this is something that the administration is going to continue to pursue. >> it's obviously the president wants to shut down gitmon, he hs to abide by the law and shouldn't be using a prisoner exchange as a way to close down gitmo. from listening to the president and jennifer palmirei, there's real arrogance, for the president say he's not going to apoll giz and not acknowledge the legitimate questions and if they don't see the symbolism of having the parents of bergdahl in the white house in the rose garden for really a ceremonial type of event when you think of soldiers who have been killed and those mothers and fathers were not welcomed to the white house that way. there's reports that a number of soldiers killed attempting to rescue bergdahl after he walked away from the base, whether

peter lavelle ukraine is being destroyed before our very eyes but the west mainstream media will have nothing to do with this cruel reality actually the mainstream is in lock step with state department spokesperson jensaki she doesn't know much about anything particularly history politics in geo political facts but one thing is undeniable she certainly has no sense of humanity when a washington backed government kills its own people. to cross-talk the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest diana johnston in paris she is an american political writer in berlin we have only brooks he is a political analyst and a professor for european studies and in new york we cross he's a geo political analyst and founder of stop imperialism dot org. you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it eric if i go to you first in new york we're doing this program on the ukraine obviously but through the lens of through the world of saki what is your take of the way she is reporting from the state department. well i think it's interesting because in many ways she embodies the u.s. foreign policy establishment that is to say arrogant beyond belief but utterly uninformed when it comes to world affairs when i