Nbc news correspondent luke russert conducts the interview which took place at the newseum in washington, d. C. It is about an hour and 10 minutes. Thank you to all of you for coming out and supporting this wonderful institution. It is my Favorite Museum in washington. I might be biased because my father helped found it. When you walk in and you see the First Amendment plastered to the wall that can be seen from the capital. It is so very important that we come here to celebrate the role of the press and the Fourth Estate. I think the Fourth Estate is less popular than hmos and Oil Companies in some polls. I promise the new iteration will try to do better on that. Lets talk to a living legend, as i like to say, tom brokaw, who if you ever mention tom brokaw, some people say, i woke up with tom brokaw every morning on the today show. Or i ate dinner with him every night. It was tom brokaw at the dinner table every night along with my mom and dad. It was great to get an instant History L
It is about an hour and 10 minutes. Quite thank you to all of you for coming out and supporting this wonderful institution. Inis my Favorite Museum washington. I might be biased because my father helped found it. The you walk in and you see First Amendment plastered to the wall that can be seen from the capital. It is so very important that we come here to celebrate the role of the press and the Fourth Estate. I think the Fourth Estate is oil popular than hmos and companies in some polls. I promise the new iteration will try to do better on that. Lets talk to a living legend, as i like to say, tom brokaw, who if you ever mention tom brokaw, some people say, i woke up with tom brokaw every morning on the today show. Or i ate dinner with him every night. Dinnertom brokaw at the table every night along with my mom and dad. It was great to get an instant History Lesson any time. We are approaching the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. I did some research. You were the only n
Estate is less popular than hmos right now and Oil Companies in some polls but i promise the new generation is trying to do better on that. Lets talk to a Living Legend as i like to say, tom brokaw who if you ever mentioned him youll meet some of people that say i ate dinner with tom brokaw every night on nbc nightly news and that was where i was. I grew up it was tom brokaw at the dinner table every single night and it was so great to get all types of stories and instant History Lesson at any time. Were approaching the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. I did some research today. You were the only network news anchor there, the only broadcast the west germans did not have time to get set up live. Amazing back story about how all that happened. But you took it upon yourself to go over there while there were midterm elections going on because you believed this could be the bigger story. You went to a press conference where the propaganda minister from east germany said the
Freedom and opportunity. Either tens of thousands they have fled their homeland, seeking only two things freedom and opportunity. Decades of communist rule lie in shambles. Now we have today postern attic announcement. The ragtag communists trying to regain control are fighting a fight they cannot win, a fight against their own people. They are running at a pace they cant win, a race against history. That people in east germany have left them with only one reasonable choice, to go down the path that poland and hungary are already taking. People are the masters of the state cannot the service. Will they stay on that path . The jury is still out. Borders can be closed as well as opened. Free elections can turn out to be nothing more than talk. Seven of the 11 members are holdovers, and they are undoubtedly still powerful forces which will see all the recent developments as a torrent and will continue to push a communist government. This is an extraordinary moment in the history of europe
D. C. This is about an hour and ten minutes. Thank you, peter. And most importantly thank you for all of you coming out and supporting this wonderful institution. It is my Favorite Museum in washington. Im biased because my father helped found it. But when you come in here and see the First Amendment plaque from the press and the Fourth Estate and i think it is less popular than hmos but the new generation is trying to do better on that. But lets talk to a living legend, as i like to say, tom brokaw. If you mentioned him, you will get some people who say i woke up with him every morning with the today show. And ate dinner with him every night on the nbc nightly news. I grew up, it was tom brokaw at the dinner table every night with my mom and dad it. Was great to get all types of stories and instant History Lesson at any time. We are approaching the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. Dy some research today. You were the only network news anchor there the only broadcast. T