evening news anchor after dan rather was forced out over the scandal about george w. bush and the national guard. you were supposed to stay a little longer you ended up staying a year and a half. was that a tough spot for you, coming in at a time when cbs reputation had really been battered by what happened? yeah it was. maybe i didn t know it at the time. when they called me they just called me one morning and said go up to new york we need you to do the evening news. and i got to new york and they were all in meetings and i couldn t figure out who had called me. and then i stayed for a week. and they said we need you another week. and it became six weeks. and it actually wound up being nearly two years i was there. but cbs was in a tough place at that point and it had to be awkward for you. dan had always been a friend of mine. you two are from texas. you d known him for years and years. so that was difficult. but, you know, they needed somebody to do the evening news. a
the son he lost and the pain too many families in this country face all alone. what do you want people to know about gus? gus was a sensitive kid. he was sometimes overly sensitive, and very he was the kind of kid that sometimes kept count of rights and wrongs and who got what. he was very conscious of that growing up. he blossomed as a teenager, and then when he was 20, after the campaign didn t work out, gus was kind of just astray, he decided i ll sit out another semester of school. his mother called me one morning, she said, i got up this morning and there was nothing but a note from gus that said, i m taking a ride. he rode cross country to wyoming. he came back with a renewed
know about gus? gus, gus was a sensitive kid. he was sometimes overly sensitive and very he was the kind of kid that sometimes kept count of rights and wrongs and who got what. and he was very conscious of that growing up. but he blossomed as a teenager. and then he was 20 and the campaign didn t work out, gus was kind of just astray. he said i ll sit out a semester of school. his mother called me one morning and said i have nothing but a note on the table from gus saying i m taking a ride and she got a text of a road sign in wyoming. he came back and a little bit change significantly change bud he came back with a renewed commitment to faith. i mean, it wouldn t be too much to say that he was probably over
about gus? gus was a sensitive kid. he was sometimes overly sensitive, and very he was the kind of kid that sometimes kept count of rights and wrongs and who got what. he was very conscious of that growing up. he blossomed as a teenager, and then when he was 20, after the campaign didn t work out, gus was kind of just astray, he decided i ll sit out another semester of school. his mother called me one morning, she said, i got up this morning and there was nothing but a note from gus that said, i m taking a ride. he rode cross country to wyoming. he came back with a renewed commitment of faith. it wouldn t be too much to say he was probably over the top
about gus? with gus, gus was a sensitive kid. he was sometimes overly sensitive, you know, and very he was the kind of kid that sometimes kept count of rights and wrongs and who got what. you know, he was very conscious of that growing up, but he blossomed as a teenager. and then when he was 20, after the campaign didn t work out, gus was kind of just astray. he decided i ll sit out another semester of school. his mother called me one morning and said, you know, i woke up this morning with nothing but a note on the table from gus that said i ve taken a ride. and a couple days later, she got a text of a road sign in wyoming. you know, he had taken a cross-country trip. he came back a little bit changed. significantly changed. but he came back a renewed commitment to faith. i mean, it wouldn t be too much to say that he was probably over