change across the company, including here at cnn. and i m sad that i won t be here to cover it. but since this is our final episode, we re going to do something today. this is a special hour and it s about change. it s about change all across the media world. what s changing? what might change? and what must never change about the accountability function of journalism. i love this show. this small but mighty show punched above its weight for so many years. even a former president commented on the cancellation. reliable sources has been a one of a kind show, and a popular show. this is one of cnn s highest rated weekend shows. so i want to say thank you to all of you watching around the world. i was lucky to be a part of it for nine years. but it began 30 years ago after the gulf war. so here s what the iconic former cnn ceo tom johnson said on facebook when he heard the show was canceled. he said it was founded by ted turner and leaders of cnn who felt deeply that media org
and its from the eye experts at bausch and lomb so, ask your doctor about adding preservision. and fill in a missing piece of your plan. like i did with preservision all right. you ready for a little reliable sources trivia? what was the guest on the first program? he appeared march 7, 1992. there was a segment about the fineline between rudeness and toughness in questioning the president. he shouted at president george h.w. bush during a press briefing. at if time, he was a reporter for kmol tv in san antonio and he was fired for the incident. that s why he was on reliable sources then. and now he s with us for the final episode. he s the author of free the press and host of the podcast
It is a movie and based on real life experiences and you have to have that fineline down the middle. i know most of them will under that. you guys are on the ridge and mountain and it was just you guys. and there was no one else who was there to help. and do you stop and wonder how it was that you came to survive? no, i don t ever dwell on that. you sit and think about that and your buddies dying and why i made it will drive you crazy. i put that behind me and push forward. there is a big story in iraq that we have been following. we sacrifices of the men and women
Tell me, romance. what was that? [ laughter ] it s tough. it s very hard. you have to learn to separate the job. you work 12, 14, 16 hours a day and you have to learn to fit it in. i think it is tough on a female agent to have a family. and if the 6 53 00 male can bust down a door harder and faster than the ladies sometimes the women have the edge. like i said, i think the crooks tend to look at us with less fear, less threat. we just kind of they feel like they can control us i think in a sense and the male ego plays a major role in that. i never had any problems with working with males. they have to respect you. you have to earn their respect initially when you start working. but then there is that fineline of keeping your femininity. i want it both ways. i want the door opened for me.
White house because of the refusal to negotiate? is that part of the reason why the president s calling this meeting? or is boehner the one under pressure because the republicans are really taking most of the political heat? sure. my take on it, andrea, is this. i think that the white house is walking a fineline between not wanting to look like they are fully disengaged. they know republicans are trying to make this point that the president s refusal to negotiate is unprecedented and a huge mistake and show he s not interested in a deal. look. john boehner has the same problem that john boehner had four days ago, three days ago before the government shutdown. there is a group of republicans in the house, and it s a lot bigger than the 14 people who said they would sign a clean cr who are republicans. there s a group of 40 to 50 republicans in the house who simply are not going to vote for a continuing resolution that does not include delaying or defunding obama care. at least today t