Brian,
I saw Campbell Brown on Leno last night and it was great to see her as casual as you are there. From what I have seen of the correspondent's dinner, it hardly appeared 'somber'. I plan to tape the CSPAN showing on sat night to see the whole thing.

My wife and I watch your show last night. The piece on Cancer with Anne was great. My wife has been detect with Breast Cancer amd we are going thru treatments and eventually looking at surgery. My wife watched this crying about the support that she got from her family and friends. That god for family and friends. Please try to do an update on Ann recovery. Great role model for everyone.

Thanks to the person who recommended Richard Engle's book "A Fist in the Hornet's Nest" - I've got it and I'm reading it now.

just watched your performance at the Correspondents' Ball -- you didn't seem to happy to be called on but you did a great job. you were a good sport. NBC stole the show and it's a tribute to your organization

Is there a link or something that we can see the show from last night at the President's dinner? Like in U-Tube or something? I missed it. I didn't even know what channel it was on.

Thank you!

I've never been a big fan of the Saudis, but I must admit I have new respect for King Abdullah. First he comes out with a fair Israel/Palestine peace proposal that is finally getting some much deserved attention, and now he's breaking from his longtime allies the Bush family to call the US occupation of Iraq what it truly is: illegal!

An astute letter writer in the LA Times noted this week that US forces are no longer waging war in Iraq. What they are involved in is, as the King noted, an occupation. There IS a civil war raging, but it has little to do with the US and will continue with or without our presence.

I see that Obama is one of the only Presidential candidates who understands this, with his recent criticism of McCain for wanting an endless occupation of Iraq to the tune of $2 billion a week. Think about that, $2 billion a week to occupy a hostile country and accomplish nothing! Why on God's green earth should the US taxpayers be expected to support this?

McCain is grasping at straws claiming the "surge" is working. Sure, violence in Bagdhad is down, because the insurgents watch CNN too and know that US forces are coming, so they leave to fight in another part of the country. Trying to put them down is like a game of whack-a-mole, where the mole just pops up someplace else.

Bush and the GOP are acting as if the 2006 election never happened, and all the polls showing 2/3rds of the US public wanting the Iraq war over with are inaccurate. I hope the Democrats stick to their guns and only provide funding tied to a withdrawal timetable. It's time for someone to act like adults here and solve this problem. Bush isn't going to.

Brian you and your fellow anchors from PBS, CBS and ABC should get together, view the latest Jib Jab cartoon and do something about what the rest of the video media calls the news.

Most newspapers, non-NPR talk radio, cable news outlets and lots of internet blogs aren't into news as I grew up knowing the news but more into gossip about celebrities and making non-stories like Scott Peterson, O.J. and Jon-Benet into stories.

Any way you can stop the eroding of the news?

Brian,

I can't believe you left your own singing out of Nightly News! Nice singing voice, by the way. Please tell David Gregory he needs to work on those dance moves, though I'm glad to see he can stay in rhythm. Maybe the two of you could work out an act for next year's dinner.

It was nice to see the Tuskegee Airmen story. Something that has been long overdue, but I'm glad they've finally been recognized.

As I listend to Anne speak of her progress from breast cancer it had me remembering not only the first time I went through treatment but also the second. It is so important as she said to keep your life normal, go to work, workout or just visit with family and friends. The more you hide and keep to yourself the more cancer wins. I decided to be a winner a long time ago and I continue to be a winner today!

When one considers the poor outcome of contractual arrangements and outcomes with the obvious lack of oversight by this administration, one has to ask whether this president could be charged with defrauding the United States governmemnt. Bush's starkly dismal attempt to copy successful programs by other erstwhile administrations in providing aid and contractual benefits to Iraq are so abysmal in failure, does the question of impropriety and malfeisance in government by undermining the treasury in governmental outlays with little or no appropriate return on investment evoke a contempt and conviction of this presidential administration. During the Abramoff scandal, it became apparent to this observer that Bush and his administration really did not care how the actions of Abramoff and his ilk affected the demeanor of Bush's administartion. It appeared that W., Cheney, and the rest of his executive branch condoned these actions since Abramoff affected individuals int he White House. Anyone cognicent could see that Abramoff would have a profound effect upon the elections, but did Bush etal say anything? In my mind, Bush and his administartion is guilty of fraud!

Mr. Williams, I must mention how I thought David Gregory's dance moves were not to bad. He looked like he was really enjoying himself. I love to dance and know a classmate who danced in many shows on broadway. I think he would appreciate David Gregory's hidden talent for dance. Bravo!

Mr. Williams, I don't think there is any place in Baghdad that would be considered safe from violent attacks. These people are like phantoms of violence because before one has a chance to react they have already caused the destruction. Whenever the Green Zone was mentioned I always thought it was so heavily protected that nothing could get past the barriers. But of course that is never the case and somehow these violent groups find a way to penetrate it. I pray for all the people living in that region. One should never take anything for granted and always be on your guard. I hope everyone in the Green Zone and beyond from our brave military to our brave journalists embedded with them. Stay safe and well! Peace to all!

Brian,

I saw some footage of you at the Correspondent's dinner which was hilarious. Also I saw a clip from President Bush's speech which was also very funny. It is nice to see a lighter side to politics with all that is going on.

Brian, I have to mention last night.

You were brilliant. Your comedic timing had a bunch of 20 year old college girls, myself included, laughing hysterically. By the way Folsom Prison Blues is my favorite Johnny Cash song. All the attention is going to Rove but you were by far more amusing (so were David Gregory's white boy dance moves). In sum, you were freakin' awesome.

On a more serious note, I will be interested to see the piece on Anne Thompson, she's obviously a very courageous woman.