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Exclusive Interview
Durham DA Mike Nifong reacts to his primary victory

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http://www.foxnews.com/ontherecord/

ON THE RECORD W/ GRETA FEATURES
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EXCERPT

With less than three minutes before the show started last night, it all changed... or at least the first half. I was told via my earpiece in those minutes that producer David Lewkowict, who was on the ground in Durham, had grabbed DA Mike Nifong to do our show. I have no idea what magic David has — the Durham DA has not been talking to anyone! I don't know how David was able to nab him, get him before the camera and notify my senior producer in the New York control room... who then told me.

Of course my senior producer had not planned for this interview. Hence, while I was conducting the Nifong interview (remember, this happened just minutes before the show started) she was scrambling to re-stack our show. She had to figure out how to give Nifong time and the guests we had planned for the first segment, etc. This necessarily meant the first half of the show had to be completely reorganized as we were doing the show.

During the commercial breaks, I had to ask, "What are we doing next?" Since the show was being reorganized while we were on the air, I had no idea about what guest or what topic for the next segment until right before the segment started. Of course, I was prepared to do the interviews before the show — except DA Nifong — so the "heavy lifting" was done by the producer arranging the show as we did the show and not me.

Needless to say, I was thrilled David booked DA Mike Nifong — even though Nifong said he would talk only about the election that day and not the evidence in the rape indictment. I understand the ethical rules about talking about evidence, so I complied and was careful to ask only about the impact of the indictment, but not the actual evidence. While I am immensely curious about the case — and mostly about what the medical exam results were that night — I can wait.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194110,00.html