Iran: Second Launch Of Monkey Into Space
SAVIDGE: China's newest spacecraft landed on the moon. The rover doing the work is called "Jade Rabbit." People in China got to vote on the name. It will be on the moon three months, studying the lunar crust. And in a different voyage to space, Iran sent this monkey into orbit. They say it is the latest step to sending humans into space. They say it was a 15 minute mission and that the monkey returned safely. The U.S. says it can't confirm the launch and the State Department worries that Iran's space program could in fact be tied to the development of long range ballistic missiles. A new film hits the big screen next week, it is about legendary news anchor and his big come back. My colleagues, Wolf Blitzer, Chris Cuomo, and Anderson Cooper tell us what they think of this anchor man.</s>WOLF BLITZER, HOST, CNN'S "THE SITUATION ROOM": Ron Burgundy.</s>CHRIS CUOMO, ANCHOR, CNN'S "NEW DAY": What hasn't been said about Ron Burgundy.</s>ANDERSON COOPER, HOST, CNN'S "AC360": He's a news legend.</s>BLITZER: One of the most influential anchors in broadcast history.</s>CUOMO: On camera, he is the best. But off camera, a bit of an --</s>BLITZER: A major -- when we were coming up in the late '70s, Ron Burgundy got the lead anchor position at KVWN because his mustache was slightly bigger than mine. People found comfort in a mustache man delivering the news. I love my beard but I would trade it for that mustache in a heartbeat.</s>COOPER: When I first graduated from college and started reporting, I was doing my best Ron Burgundy impression, everyone was, the mustache, the whole persona.</s>BLITZER: Burgundy and I hit the national spotlight about the same time. Today he has the most awards of any anchor, some of them honestly I think belong to me because they're literally mine. He just took them off my shelf right in front of me and acted like I didn't see it.</s>CUOMO: The first job I had was as an intern for Ron Burgundy. They were the worst years of my life. He didn't trust any of the local dry cleaners so he made me learn how to dry clean. I had to buy a specialized machine, keep it in my studio apartment.</s>COOPER: When I started "Anderson Cooper 360," Ron's shadow still loomed over the show. There was a cardboard cutout of him in the studio blocking one of our lights. He had it in his contract it could never be removed, huge pain in the --</s>BLITZER: He was always the first to break big stories. That's because a lot of the times he caused them.</s>CUOMO: I heard he suggested building a wall in Berlin just so he could deliver the news when it was knocked down.</s>BLITZER: Before Mike Tyson fought Evander Holyfield, Ron told him in the locker room, I am quoting, "Boxing isn't just about your fists, it's about your mind and your teeth." God, I wish I had thought of that.</s>CUOMO: For three years I thought I had a huge story about an affair between Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Turned out my insider source was Burgundy pretending to be Deep Throat. He deep throated me for years. It was really humiliating.</s>BLITZER: To this day, he calls me Wolf Blister.</s>COOPER: He calls me Stoopy Andrews. It is not funny. It doesn't sound like my name.</s>CUOMO: Won't call me anything. He refuses to acknowledge me as a human being.</s>BLITZER: Ron Burgundy literally tried to poison me.</s>CUOMO: So I'm celebrating the premier of "NEW DAY" at this news bar for anchors in midtown, Ron comes in all cocky. He walks to the back, goes into the bathroom, nothing really happens after that. That's the end of that story.</s>BLITZER: Where do you even buy poison?</s>CUOMO: We have all done regrettable things to get where we are today. He's just done them better.</s>COOPER: That's what makes him who he is. He is the most legendary news anchor in history.</s>BLITZER: Real actual poison.