sam donaldson is a broadcasting icon and veteran reporter for abc news. he was chief white house correspondent covering 3 presidents, and for more than 40 years at abc, he's reported the biggest national political stories of our time. in addition to anchoring abc's "primetime live" and "this week" programs, sam's an internet pioneer. he was host of abc's first web-only program, "sam donaldson@abcnews.com." and jim vandenhei made his mark as a national political reporter for "the wall street journal" and then "the washington post." he left that paper in 2006 with john harris to create politico, a web site and newspaper that's become one of the most popular sites for political news and commentary. he's executive editor of politico, where his knowledge of all things d.c. and all things new media has helped change the way campaigns are run and reported in this country. so welcome to you both. >> good to be here. >> good to have you. jim vandenhei, we're gonna start with you. what is politico? >> we're a web site, a newspaper dedicated to politics, hence our n

>> well, at the same time, i could remember sam donaldson 20, 25 years ago shouting questions at ronaldess. reporters are aggressive and they don't have access to high officials like the vice president, or the president or the governors. they try to take any opportunity to shout. i'm not approving of this. posing for a picture was definitely deceptive. but on the scheme, wasn't that big of a deal. joe biden should be able to handle this with ease and now he's just extending the story by appearing to try to retaliate against the journalists. >> the end result of all of this is that maybe politicians will just avoid reporters altogether because why get yourself into that mess when you don't have to. you can go on msnbc or fox and say your line of whatever and you don't have to be concerned about being challenged in any way. you just remove yourself from the situation for good. >> well, i think that would be a dangerous development, not just from my point of view as a member of the press who think public officials should be accountable and available to answer our questions, not because we'

tuesday and wednesday and the final of those four hours is on november the 8th and my co-hosts are sam donaldson dynamic of voters 50 and above and how they look at the situation. not that much different but there was some sur price surprises there, too. >> john palmer, real pleasure to speak with you this morning. >> thank you. it's a pleasure. >> you bet. >>> the statue of liberty is closed. the $26 million project will add fireproof staircases and this comes as the lady liberty turns 125 years old. 125 people from 46 countries took the oath of citizens ship in a ceremony in front of the copper-covered statue. >>> puss and boots in 3-d. look at this. >> hidden for centuries guarded by a castle in the sky whoever finds this treasurer will be given riches beyond imagination. >>> let's get the details now from pop goes the wheat. "puss in boots," would you see it? >> yes, especially if you liked shrek. do you want 90 minute fs where your kids are leaving you alone? absolutely. they spent about $130 million to make this film and the animation is incredible. 3-d, if you're a fan of 3-d, it's magnif