in new york. so, i would see her at the occasional function by the network. she did give me some advice, though. i toyed with the idea of moving back to chicago, my hometown and running for congress. and i told her, i said, barbara, i want to be in congress. and she said, you crazy fool. why would you do that and be one of 435 people instead of being an anchor on the weekend and reaching millions of people at one time? she said, forget about that. and i really thought about it and said she s right. she s right. i probably do have more she saved your journalism career. oh, yeah, how happy i d be to be there now. eric, people forget in these days of the view that her, the big breakthrough was that she was the first female co-anchor on abc evening news and how shabbily she was treated in that
as a result. we don t go to war to try and resolve it imminently. on the other hand, i got a call from a former secretary of state. i won t which one it was. this individual said to me, you know, i think there s a prospect for a settlement between the palestinians and israelis after the palestinian elections. i said really? you know, the answer was yes. i think there s some prospect. i didn t delve into it. joining me tonight msnbc political analyst richard wolf who spent a lot of time in his journalism career studying foreign policy. no question about it. the white house says romney is offering the wrong approach. a top official told bloomberg news na romney shows complete ignorance of facts and realities. kick the ball down the field? doesn t this fly in the face of all of the criticism that romney has thrown as president obama.
north carolina, the seahawk. your husband is a lance corporal of camp lejeune and the marine corps and you re here today winning a $10,000 award and opportunity for an internship here at news corporation. congratulations. what do you think? thank you so much. oh, gosh, i feel like this is an excellent opportunity really for me to expand my journalism career. i m so excited to be here in new york. and you obviously have an understanding in the marine corps and the afghanistan experience baseed on your husband but you wrote an incredible piece that helped you win this award about sandstorms in the desert and hail storms and you described really in excruciating detail what the marines go through. uh-huh. what was that experience like reporting that story and what did you learn about the strength of our men and women overseas? i feel like the process, the
understand the nature and consequences of what she was doing? did she understand what she was doing was wrong? certainly trying to get a baby by killing somebody in what sounds like broad daylight you wonder if there will be an issue as to her mental competency? shepard: there are so many of these cases that come up it is an astounding number. at going of my journalism career, 1989, i worked in florida and this happened, almost exactly the same thing and a woman went to the hospital, stole the baby, almost killed the mom, ran off with the baby and there was a manhunt. there is something, in that case, that woman found out she could not have kids and she set up a plot in the hours and days after show found out she could not have kids to kidnap a kid the number of time i have covered these stories is significant. arthur: and underlying the stories of the missing babies,
microphone. after almost 60 years the unmistakable voice of mike wallace was none on the air but his approach and style marked him as a journalistic legend inspiring many generations and whose manner will always be remembered. all his son and our colleague, chris wallace said, recently and publicly in the end his father did not remember his journalism career, nothing about it and the last days were all about his family. they said goodbye to him as a family yesterday on easter sunday around the bed where he died. one colleague said he can ask a question that would get anyone else smashed in the face. our condolences and love to chris wallace and the entire wallace family. h if you are one of the millions of men