friday = norway + biscotti
there are days you come into work and think…hmmm, this will be an interesting day. i think we can do this, and this, and this and then we’ll hit the round table.
then sometimes at 4am, noway steps in and throws a scandanavian monkey wrench into the works.
about 4:01 this morning abc’s michael barr, anchoring the national news broadcast, announces breaking news that the prez has won the nobel peace prize in oslo. at that exact moment, everyone in the newsroom looked at each other and said: “really?”
two seconds later, we threw this, and this and this out the window and began reshaping the show and the round table. we hit the phones to get you reaction from people who know the prez and the issues.
we refocus the questions for our guests, the way we get you involved changes (expanding from asking for comments on email or facebook to opening up the phone lines to get your feedback and talking to you on the street), and we shift our delivery to accommodate a sustained flow of information develops all morning long.
oh and we do traffic and weather every ten minutes since there were 102 accidents this morning.
and we look ahead to the rest of the day and make sure you know what you need to know before glenn, rush, s&p and darla grab the torch from us and carry it forward.
and then, bob comes in with biscotti and suddenly everything seems so much easier to manage again.
thank you norway. thank you president obama for a fun morning. and thank you bob for the best biscotti in the world.