rather distinguished reporting career. so he's no dan rather. he doesn't have the sort of larger than life movie star personality that anchors like dan and diane have had, but, you know, he's a young guy, and it's a long game, and we'll see how it develops. >> i was struck by the fact when you wrote about the announcement, your headline was about george stephanopoulos, that he wins abc's chief anchor crown. you are focusing on that part of the news than the evening news. why was that? >> this is a whole new configuration. usually -- or always on these broadcasts the person who has the evening broadcast is the lead askor, and gets the big interviews, askors all the big news reports. here's a case where they split the baby, essentially. david muir gets the anchor of the evening news, and does i assume, some interviews, but george has first crack at