Peter Alexander remembers working with Tom Brokaw for the 1st time
Former TODAY co-anchor and veteran reporter Tom Brokaw announced that he is retiring from NBC News after an extraordinary 55 years. Weekend TODAY’s Peter Alexander remembers “tip-toeing” into a Nightly News meeting and recalls how much it meant that Brokaw even knew his name.
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Peter Alexander remembers working with Tom Brokaw for the 1st time
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