federal pay ending a two-year wage freeze imposed in 2010. the proposal could touch off another showdown with congress where republicans want to extend the pay freeze through next year. drum roll, please, it s time for our office politics segment. this week i talk to my boss, msnbc president phil griffin. he s a fan. office politics is a hit. i love it. yeah. it s a franchise. i love franchises that make you stay tuned or tune in. this is one of them. so, congratulations. well, thank you so much. we re going to kick off the year with you. here s my question, speaking of the year, big ol presidential election. when you look at the coverage msnbc is going to have ahead, what s the biggest challenge that comes to mind? what s the first thing you think, wow, this is something i ve got to tackle? we ve got to be unique. we have to be different. we have to be president. we have to break through. everybody s going to cover this. the same conversations at cnn, fox, at abc, at
springs back. abc news. here s a look at weather across the country. snow in the cascades and northern rockies. showers in south texas. and light snow from western new york up to maine. 44 in boston. 60 in baltimore. low 70s in miami. 40s from seattle to colorado springs. coming up after the break, our big interview with the big boss at abc, he s going to reflect on 20 years of success here on abc s world news now. he actually knew we re still on. good. good to know. first, anniversary greeting from our grand rapids station, wzzm. we ll be right back. happy 20th anniversary, world news now. we re coming to you from wzzm 13 news in grand rapids, michigan. birthplace of fluoridated water. and the hometown of dairy ford. we get up at 2:00 in the morning to watch you. we said good-bye to derek mcginty. we cried. vinita nair got married during her time here. and david muir dedicated the world news now polka to me. you don t look a day over 18 for the record.
thank you, sir. thank you, guys so much. and it has been fantastic. this is the crazy world that you have walked into, paula. oh! whoa! thank you, now on to new hampshire! now on to new hampshire! ha-ha! whoa! everybody all right? again, thanks to abc, thanks to our staff. give ourselves a round of applause. 20 years on the air. here is to 20 more. thank you, guys. we ll eat this cake, pop these balloons. happy friday, everybody! happy birthday yea! thanks to everybody in the control room who came down here. thanks to all of you in the control room. all of you at home. we love you. 20 more? 40 more? we love you.