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- [Jessica] One! Go!
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- [Frank] Off to a quick start.
- [Jessica] Come on Sam, blow that up.
Blow it up!
(crowd cheering) - [Frank] The winner!
- We've had so much fun over the years,
and coming from CNN,
I had no idea what I was it for.
- That's the magic of the KTLA Morning News.
- So what was that transition like, from CNN to KTLA?
- It was, a bit of an adjustment.
Let's take a look.
Good morning, I Frank Buckley-
- Frank came here as a quote, unquote, real newsman,
and then finds himself on the morning news.
So, like what are these people doing?
- I've always been a hard news guy
and thought that the morning news
was something that I wouldn't necessarily fit into.
I think at first I didn't.
- We broke him down within months.
- Jess, you ready? - I'm ready.
- All right, here you go.
You see, look at that!
Just in case, you're not sure who I am.
Oh, I of course, am your anchorman.
Eric is probably the person
who gave me the best advice.
He said, "You know, it's OK for you to be you on this show.
You don't have to be that guy you've been
in the field all these years.
You can just be yourself."
And I really took that to heart.
- He's the real deal.
I mean, he's absolutely a reporter
and when he's talking about stuff
and living about stuff that comes from
his own experiences, own knowledge,
as a reporter.
I mean, I have a lot of respect Frank,
I really do.
- The great thing is, he can crack it up
and crack up with us just as much.
- And I wanna, tug a you, for watching this show.
- He's got dry, dry, fantastic quick sense of humor, wit.
But boy, when all of a sudden there's Breaking News,
he kicks right into gear
and he also fact checks like no-one else on the desk.
He makes sure when he's saying it, it's right.
- You have new information about the shooter.
What do we know?
- So, this is the situation as we know it today.
- The news trumps everything else we do.
When there is Breaking News,
when there is an important story,
we're going make sure that we hit that first,
and we're going to hit it hard.
I had a chance to go to Japan,
just a few hours after the tsunami
had roared through.
(speaking foreign language)
- [Frank] I've covered a lot of disasters all over the world
and I'd never seen anything like that before.
On a story like Sandy Hook, as an anchor,
you have to report the facts
and to try to keep your emotions in check.
But it's difficult, because we're human beings.
- We're continuing to evolve the news,
obviously from San Bernardino County this morning.
- And when we heard that an LAPD officer
was responsible for these brutal murders
and then was on the run.
It was a tough story to cover,
because we're not used to saying,
a police officer has committed this horrific crime,
and is now endangering other people.
Why did this person do this?
How could this person do it?
We want to ask the questions that you might have at home.
And that's what I try to bring to the table.
- He's taught me a lot.
I observe how he handles Breaking News situations
and how it means so much to him to get the story right.
And not only that, Frank and I love to talk about food.
- The puck is back. (Jessica crying)
- Yes dear.
- I think he's one-two and I have one-one, but-
And I keep challenging him to a redo,
and he won't take me up on it.
Because I think he's afraid.
- You didn't bring me my protector here.
- Yeah, you're supposed to hold your glove up.
- I'm not holding.
O-ho!
- I have the best job in LA.
- Bye-bye, bye-bye
- [Male] Let's give it up for Frank! Oswald Boogie!
(people cheering)
- Show me emotions, dig deeper.
- Ah!
- Here we go. - [Jessica] Okay.
(cracking egg)
(crowd cheering) - Nice!
- We really do love doing this
and the chemistry that you see
on the screen, that's real.
- Frank's a little close to me.
(people laughing) - I like that.
- I'm trying to this thank you lane.
- [Frank] The KTLA Morning News is family.
We are family, we appreciate your family.
- Like a brother.
- [Frank] And we love the fact
that you join us every day
as part of our family.
- We do this, for you the home viewer.
- Bye.
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- Any regrets with your decision?
- None whatsoever.
I have a blast with you guys every day,
but I have to say I wasn't the only one
who was a little skeptical
with the style of morning news,
when I got here.
Gail Anderson was a little shell shock too.
- Gail is that true?
- Who, me?
Well, I was wondering,
I kept thinking this is a lot different
from what we're used to Frank.
And I was also wondering, I don't know about you,
how are they keeping this FCC license?
(people laughing) Well, anyway, coming up,
we'll explore some moments
that didn't go exactly as planned.
- Yikes.
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