i'd spend my life in newspapers, i could see that television through 24-hour news networks like cnn was going to be the future. >> how will you measure success in your show? >> ratings. the reason i say that is i'll be coming on when cnn is going through a tough time with ratings with the american audience. i think i've been brought in to shake up that 9:00 hour and make it i think louder, noisier, more provocative, get some headlines. i think that's my remake, but above all i have to get the ratings up because thaet the problem at cnn right now. i will do that i think by maintaining the ethics of cnn. i don't want to bring my own politics into this. >> do you see yourself as liberal or conservative? >> i don't want to say that because, a, i can't vote here anyway, and, b i i don't want to get pigeonholed once i start this show as a political interviewer who has a bias. you know, people say give me an example of how cnn can be the middle ground and not be partisan but still make a big