Al Sharpton sat at a table taking questions from CBS anchorDan Rather, New York Times reporter Elizabeth Bumiller and WCBS-TV reporter Andrew Kirtzman.
"I am ready ... to conduct a direct dialogue, a debate, with your president, " Saddam was quoted as telling news anchorDan Rather in a three-hour interview.
Tyndall notes that Bob Schieffer was 68 when he was brought in to serve as interim anchor of CBS Evening News during the interregnum between Dan Rather and Katie Couric and performed well.