August 18, 1988 - Veteran ABC Newsman Robert Trout at the Republican National Convention

From the Superdome in New Orleans, he reflects on politics with Peter Jennings and David Brinkley. Trout's career began in 1931. and he was behind the microphone for many of broadcasting's firsts. He was the first to report on live congressional hearings from Capitol Hill, first to transmit from a flying airplane and, by some definitions, the first to broadcast a daily news program, creating the news anchorman role.