An Empty Chair at "Meet the Press"

I was on the road this Sunday morning, going with two of my boys to Boy Scout camp. I guess I was practicing being a dad on this Fathers Day. That activity made me think of a man who has come to symbolize fatherhood and one who has dominated the weekend news. That would be Tim Russert, who died suddenly on Friday.

As a result of my travels, I was unable to watch Meet the Press at its appointed time, but I wondered about the program often through out the day. Who would host? What would be the show topics? Who would be the guests? Thanks to the power of the Internet, I found out the answers to all these questions and more.

Tom Brokaw hosted, but as you will see from this video clip, he kept a healthy distance from the host's chair. Furthermore, Brokaw's words could not have been better in what I must describe as a very emotional and powerful program. I will allow it to "speak for itself."

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Kevin Price is Host of the Houston Business Show (M-F at 11 AM on CNN 650) and Publisher of the Houston Business Review. Hear the show live and online at HoustonBusinessShow.com. Visit the archive of past shows here.