Charles Gibson Talks About Super Tuesday On LIVE

ABC – The following is the transcript of the interview “World NewsTonight’s”Charles Gibson gave on “Regis and Kelly LIVE” Thursday morning. Charles Gibson will host the wall-to-wall coverage of Super Tuesday on February 5th. “Showdown: Coast to Coast” begins at 7:00 p.m. on NEWSCHANNEL 13.

REGIS: ABC’S “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH CHARLES GIBSON RATED NUMBER ONE EVENING NEWSCAST IN THE COUNTRY. SO PLEASE WELCOME THE NUMBER ONANCHOR MAN, CHARLES GIBSON! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] REGIS: YEAH, THERE HE IS! CHARLIE GIBSON! LOOK AT THAT, STANDING OVATION.>> HI DOLL. KELLY: HOW ARE YOU? REGIS: OH MY GOSH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] REGIS: CHARLIE, IT S GOOD TO SEYOU AGAIN.>> THANK YOU. KELLY: CHARLIE ALWAYS GETS EMBARRASSED WHEN PEOPLE APPLAUDHIM. NO APPLAUSE TRACK AT THE –>> IT WOULD SEEM A LITTLE STRANGE IF PEOPLE SAID, AND NOWTHE EVENING NEWS WITH CHARLES GIBSON AND — IT SEEMS VERY STRANGE, YOU COME ON AND TALK ABOUT PLAGUES AND WHATEVER. REGIS: YOU RE HAPPY, THE NUMBERONE ANCHOR MAN IN AMERICA. YOU ALWAYS WERE A NEWS REPORTERRIGHT? FROM THE GET-GO, THEN ALL THE YEARS WITH GENERAL AMERICA — “GOOD MORNING AMERICA.”>> YEAH, IT S ON BEFORE YOU. 10 MINUTES BEFORE 9:00, HE S OUOF THERE. I VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. THIS IS A BUSINESS WHERE PEOPLECHANGE JOBS. I VE WORKED FOR ONE COMPANY SINCE 1975. KELLY: THAT S UNHEARD THEM.>> I VE ALWAYS SAID THE DAY THEFIRE ME, I M GOING TO WRITE THEA LETTER AND SAY THANK YOU. I HAD A GREAT TIME. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] REGIS: ISN T THAT A CHANGE.>> NOW I M GOING TO GO BACK THIAFTERNOON AND THEY RE GOING TO SAY, YOU GOT THE LETTER? REGIS: LET S TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION. NOW IT S GETTING HOT. KELLY: HISTORY MAKING.>> I M SO FULL OF NUMBERS. WE HAVE TO DO THREE HOURS ON THAIR. REGIS: WITH AT LEAST THREE MAJOPRIMARIES?>> WE GOT MORE THAN THAT. WE HAVE 24 STATES THAT ARE HAVING PRIMARIES OR CAUCUSES. YOU WANT MORE NUMBERS? THERE S A LOT AT STAKE. KELLY: ON BOTH SIDES, REPUBLICAAND DEMOCRATS, SEEMS LIKE THERE S MUCH MORE EXCITEMENT WITH H ELECTION.>> IT S THE FIRST TIME IN YEARSAND YEARS AND YEARS, MAYBE ABOU80 YEARS, SINCE WE HAVEN T HAD PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT WHOSE NAME IS ON A PRY MIRE BALLOT SOMEWHERE. AND THEN THE SECOND THING, WE LED THE NEWS LAST NIGHT AFTER THE EDWARDS WITHDRAWAL, WE LED THE NEWS LAST NIGHT AND SAID THIS IS HISTORIC BECAUSE FOR THFIRST TIME A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY WILL NOMINATE EITHER A BLACK MAN OR WOMAN. AND THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. REGIS: BEFORE, YEAH.>> AND I M NOT SURE REGIS, YOU AND I OF SOME AGE, IN YOUR 40 SI HEARD. REGIS: YES! AND GETTING DEPRESSED.>> I DON T KNOW IF WE EVER EXPECTED WE D SEE IT IN OUR LIFTIME. REGIS: I DIDN T, I REALLY DIDN T. ALL THE SUDDEN IT S HERE AND I THINK IT S REFRESHING.>> ABSOLUTELY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD NOMINATE AMORMON. I WAS MAKING THIS OBSERVATION TMITT ROMNEY, WHICH IS WHY HE SAID THE BEST PERSON FOR PRESIDENT IS GLADYS KNIGHT. SHE S BLACK, SHE S FEMALE, AND SHE S A MORMON. REGIS: AND THEN OF COURSE, SHE BACKED BY THE PIPS!