Anchor Chris Wallace is Known For Tough, But Fair, Interviews

[Music] Chris Wallace demands answers from people in power you know back when Republicans were in the minority you'd like to call them the party of no today aren't you for more than 50 years the Emmy award-winning journalist has asked the tough questions his career includes long 10 yrs at NBC ABC's and since 2003 Fox News where he's become one of the cable channels brightest stars new golfer Secretary Clinton Fortune magazine declared Wallace the winner of the final presidential debate last year and his performance as moderator of a rancorous debate received bipartisan praise questions yes and I would like to ask you this direct question the top national security officials of this country do believe that Russia has been behind these hacks even if you don't know for sure whether they are do you condemn any interference by Russia in the American election by Russia or anybody else NBC News presents Meet the Press Wallace is the only person to host two different Sunday morning talk shows Meet the Press and Fox News Sunday he goes toe-to-toe with the best 65 there's no right to privacy in the Constitution no generalized right to privacy well in the Griswold case the court said there was Dean it did and that was that was wrong Donald Trump after winning the presidential elections gave his first interview to Wallace according to the Washington Post the CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the election to help you win the presidency your reaction I think is ridiculous he also dogged li pursued an interview with Barack Obama who avoided Fox News during his presidency six weeks ago we started something called the Obama watch the former president finally agreed to sit down with Wallace last year mr. president welcome back to Fox News Sunday it's great to be with you been a while better late than never Wallace sought assurances that the president would not interfere with the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email can you direct the Justice Department to say Hillary Clinton will be treated as the evidence shut goes she will not be in any way protected I can guarantee that and and I can guarantee that not because I give attorney general Lynch directive that is institutionally how we have always operated I do not talk to the Attorney General about pending investigations I do not talk to FBI directors about pending investigations Chris Wallace has strong journalistic roots his father was 60 Minutes heavyweight Mike Wallace but it was his stepfather former CBS News President Bill Leonard who introduced Wallace to political journalism making him an assistant to Walter Cronkite at the 1964 Republican presidential convention Wallace first reported on air while working at the student radio station at Harvard he was detained by Cambridge police while covering the student occupation of University Hall after graduating he took a job with ICFJ founder Tom Winship at the Boston Globe but decided to move to television after seeing TVs impact during the 1972 political convention probably accept your nomination for president of the United States he started at NBC News in 1978 covering politics in Washington DC four years later he became the Washington co-anchor of the Today Show as well as chief White House correspondent you said that Israel had nothing to do us had nothing to do with Israeli arms shipments to Iran when you knew that that was not true why did you say that Wallace became an anchor of the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News Congress begins its hearings into the iran-contra scandal on Tuesday and moderator of Meet the Press in 1987 he jumps to ABC News in 1989 becoming a senior correspondent on primetime Thursday how slander routes foreigners out is the new Nazi Battlefront where he honed his investigative skills with stories like this one about the rise of neo-nazis in Germany and the u.s. you don't shrink from being called a Nazi do you know you're proud of them during the Gulf War Wallace reported from Israel now been officially confirmed that there was a missile attack it very much in the center of Tel Aviv after 14 years at ABC Wallace moved to Fox News to host Fox News Sunday in addition to holding politicians feet to the fire he's talked with movie stars that's a good question mixed it up with sports icons we're back to please don't let him win and even interviewed his own father and you don't retire because it is it is not work what I do I love what I do when I get up in the morning and I think I am going to have the opportunity to I wasn't that happy about waking up this night felt the same way like his father he shows no signs of slowing down Wallace keeps demanding answers and the president's values the president speaks for himself Chris and when President Trump attacked the press chris wallace fought back and i don't think it matters whether that's the president is singling out the organization that you represent or the other organizations it's wrong I believe we can take criticism but to say that we're the enemy of the American people I think is really plus is an important life [Music]

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Length: 6min 37sec (397 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 10 2017