Schieffer Joins NBC Conference Call

Brian Williams has this interesting tidbit in today’s Daily Nightly:

“A personal note: Bob Schieffer and I found ourselves on the same Shuttle flight back to New York this morning, where he also spotted ABC News President David Westin prior to boarding. It gave us a chance to convey personally the best wishes of all of the staff members on both broadcasts — who are cheering for a speedy recovery for both Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt. Perhaps the best moment came a short time later, while I was taking part in our morning editorial conference call from the shuttle lounge… separated by one faux-leather lounge seat from my friend Bob, he gestured, clearly daring me to hand him the phone, and so I did. He thus became the first-ever CBS Evening News anchor to participate in the NBC Nightly News morning conference call. I would have loved to have been on the New York end of the call when that unmistakable voice broke in on the roll call of various story pitches for the day. As our Executive Producer John Reiss reportedly later said to the gathering, ‘now THAT was a moment.'”