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can you remember the moment of you becoming the ombudsman of the "new york times" came to you? >> it came to me in a phone call. i was on my way to being a professor for a semester at davidson college in north carolina. i got a phone call from an editor asking me if i might be interested -- if someone were to call me and asked me if i were interested in being the public editor or ombudsman, how would i respond. i said, i would be interested in talking about that. >> why would you be interested at that time? >> well, being an ombudsman is a difficult but intriguing job. it was before ...

>> i know you will be talking to mayor bloomberg. >> in our second hour, and the third hour, we'll take to you ground zero. here are the big stories we are breaking down in the next 15 minutes. economic rescue, the obama administration claims its $787 million stimulus package has claimed 1 million jobs.krchrist reality check. a few ready to drop demans for a government-run insurance option as part of an overall reform bill. >> they have been called the forgotten victims of 9/11. hundreds of first responders have died from health problems caused by the toxic air that existed for...