>> HI, GUYS.
>> Stephen: BEFORE WE GET INTO ANYTHING ELSE, I HAVE TO ASK YOU
TWO QUESTIONS, WHICH I GOTTA ASK PEOPLE WHO WORK AT CNN.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: THE PANELS.
YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO-- WHO FEELS ONE WAY
ABOUT IT STRONGLY AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO FEELS THE EXACT
OPPOSITE STRONGLY.
YOU SAY BOTH OF THEM HAVE EQUAL CREDIBILITY OR ELSE YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE THEM ON.
HOW DO YOU NOT GO INSANE?
( LAUGHTER )
ONE OF THEM, RIGHT, OR DISAGREE-- YOU MUST BE LIKE,
"OH, SHUT UP!" >> SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE--
SOMETIMES IF YOU WATCH US IT'S, LIKE, THE TRIPLE BOX, AND I'M
LIKE WATCHING PING PONG, THIS, BACK AND FORTH, AND BACK AND
FORTH.
IF SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING SO INSANE YOU HAVE TO JUMP IN AND
CALL THEM OUT BUT SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO BREATHE AND LET THEM GO.
>> Stephen: AND WE THE ONES AT HOME ARE GOING INSANE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SORRY, NOT SORRY.
>> Stephen: SECOND QUESTION.
HAS WOLF BLITZER EVER SMILED?
>> HE WAS IN MY WEDDING IN MAY, STEPHEN.
HE'S THE BIGGEST DANCER.
HE LOVES A BIG SMILE.
HE'S THE BIGGEST DANCER, LADY GAGA, HE KNOWS ALL THE WORDS,
YOU GUYS.
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT-- YES!
>> Stephen: ARE THERE PICTURES OF HIM?
IS THERE FILM OF DANCING WITH WOLVES.
>> THERE PROBABLY IS.
THERE PROBABLY IS.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE IS THAT
YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST JOURNALISTS ON THE GROUND DOWN
IN MEXICO BEACH.
AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES THAT YOU GOT.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS-- TRY TO TELL US WHAT THE DEVASTATION IS
LIKE DOWN THERE.
>> SURE.
IT'S AWFUL.
IT'S ONE THING TO SEE IT ON TV, A TOWN ENTIRELY LEVELED.
BUT TO BE WALKING AMONG THE RUBBLE.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING THINGS WHEN YOU'RE THERE-- AND I
MET THIS GUY, SCOTT BOTWELL, WHO WAS WALKING AROUND SORT OF IN
CIRCLES SORT OF DAZE WHO HAD RIDDEN OUT THE STORM AND HE HAS
A WET, DIRTY BRIEFCASE, AND WENT BACK THROUGH WHAT WAS HIS HOME
AND HAD TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WAS LEFT TO REMIND HIM OF THAT
PIECE OF HIS LIFE.
AND, ALSO, AMONG ALL THE DEBRIS, THERE ARE THESE HIGH-PITCHED
BEEPING NOISES, WHICH WAS SMOKE ALARMS AND BURGLAR DETECTORS.
>> Stephen: IN THE RUBBLE.
THEY HAVE INDEPENDENT POWER SOURCES BECAUSE THEY HAVE
BATTERIES.
>> BUT THEY'RE ALL DYING.
IT WAS THIS ODD, EERIE SOUND.
YOU THINK OF THEM AS FOREBODING, FORWARNING A DANGER.
AND HERE THIS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE HAD ROLLED THROUGH,
AND THESE ARE THE LARGE NOISES YOU HEAR IN MEXICO BEACH.
>> Stephen: ARE THERE PEOPLE STILL DOWN THERE?
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL DOWN THERE.
WE WERE JUST REPORTING THAT THE DEATH TOLL IS 12, SO IT'S UP
NINE TODAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DID RIDE IT OUT --
>> Stephen: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING.
>> FEWER PEOPLE, THANK GOODNESS, ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR.
WE TALKED TO PEOPLE-- WE WERE THE FIRST CREW TO REALLY GO LIVE
DOWN THERE.
AND I HAD PEOPLE SAY TO ME, "YEAH, I SAW MY NEIGHBOR WHO WE
THOUGHT RODE IT OUT.
THE SHOWS GONE.
DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE."
IT WAS JUST SO IMPORTANT TO ME TO-- TO GET THERE AND TELL THEIR
STORIES.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT INTO A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE TWITTER
PEOPLE RECENTLY BECAUSE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID ONE OF YOUR GUESTS CALLED DEMOCRATIC
PROTESTERS MOB, A MOB.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THE "M" WORD
AROUND HERE.
>> I DID, I DID.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT A LOT OF FLAK FOR THAT.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> SO WE HAD MATT LEWIS ON, WHO I LOVE HAVING ON, FROM "THE
DAILY BEAST.
AND WHICH HE BROUGHT UP THE WORD "MOB."
AND AT THE TIME THE MOB WORD HAD BEEN THIS TALKING POINT FOR
REPUBLICANS FROM ALL UP AND DOWN CAPITOL HILL IN THE WAKE OF WHAT
HAD HAPPENED WITH DR. FORD AND JUSTICE KAVANAUGH.
SO WHEN HE BROUGHT THE MOB WORD UP AGAIN, I CALLED HIM OUT.
AND, LISTEN, LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE WORD POLICE, AND THAT
WAS NOT MY INTENTION.
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN CALLING OUT TALKING POINTS AND TO HEAR
HIM BRING THAT UP.
I HAD TO-- I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING.
AND, HONESTLY, AT THE END OF MY DAY-- OOIK LIME SURE YOU CHECK
YOUR TWITTER, TOO-- IF I HAVE IRKED THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT,
THEN I HAVE DONE MY JOB.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE BROOKE BALDWIN, EVERYBODY.