In the end: He launches praise and accolades for all the hard work Brokaw did in the 20+ years at the national anchor desk he now sits behind, hard work that puts him at the top at the beginning of his tenure and he said he will work hard and make sure the news department that worked under Tom works as hard as they have for the past 20+ years to keep NBC News on top. He even said that he felt humbled to sit in for Tom during Tom's many absences for vacations or on-assignment reports. Of course, he said Tom isn't going anywhere, and we as viewers shouldn't either(I have to admit, I laughed at that of course).
Well, that's being a company man. He said more than just that he listens to Rush and thinks it's his job to do so. He talked about how Rush doesn't get his due for what he has done.
He also talked about how he and "my friend Brit Hume" covered the Whtie House together and Brit showed him the way media bias works. "What's wrong with this?" he asked Brian Lamb. "Conservative firebrand Newt Gingrich today labelled Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy..." He noted what he said Brit had told him: "If you're going to call Gingrich something, why not call Kennedy something?" He gets that that's bias, something Rather, Jennings, and Brokaw never got.
Maybe not a conservative, but a guy who seems like he might be more willing to give conservative viewpoints and individuals a fair shake than the rest of the people in network news.