All that we can do is to do what we've always done, and fortunately I love doing this.

I am moving on to outpatient treatment and I can't tell you what a blessing it is. Though I know there is still a long road ahead, it's nice to be feeling more like myself again -- laughing with family, reading bedtime stories and reminding my kids to do their homework.

I physically haven't seen Elizabeth Vargas in a while, and it's going to be 3-1/2 weeks before I see her in person.

I mean really, completely honestly, this is a different world just in terms of pure numbers. There weren't that many to watch back then in those days, and (anchormen) were able to gain huge notoriety very quickly. We completely understand that that's not the world that we live in right now. There are a lot of things to be seen.

It wasn't a decision that we made based on anything other than the fact that we didn't have a better idea (for economic development efforts) and we figured with new people coming in it would have been a good thing for them to look at,

It's nice to be feeling more like myself again.

It's really good for the reporters in the field, too, to know that when they do all this work and sometimes risk their lives to do it, there's a place that an audience can find it.

After I explained that, he recognized his statements don't apply,

I've never actually dug up any news story on a pedestal before. I don't understand the value of being on a pedestal.

What's good for the viewers is good for us personally. One of the fears that Peter expressed to me over the years was that once you get to this chair, once you get to this position, you're not able to go out to the big stories and the things you've always loved your whole life as a journalist to do.