You can take a word like 'million' and you can substitute 'd's for the 'l's, 'middion,' and if you just use the same thing then 'million' comes out correctly. 'Brokaw: I just did exercises, you know, tongue placement and reciting various verses. 'Gross: When you say you worked on it, what did you do? It has come up in the past but I think people by and large didn't think that it was so acute that it was a distraction. Brian awkwardly apologized for his inaccuracy, and he promptly removed himself from the show before he was officially under suspension. 'Gross: Has it ever been an obstacle in your career? Brian Williams was suspended for six months without pay when details came to light which showed Williams embellished details about his own experiences while reporting on the Iraq War in 2003. Oh, give him a chance, we are open minded, we want to be fair and balanced (cough, cough, Joe Scarborough) you would really like him, bla, bla, bla. I also grew up in working class neighborhoods where we didn't have speech therapists even though I was known as a kid who was talking all the time on the television and radio all the time, it didn't really come up until I left South Dakota and I had a wonderful speech coach in Omaha who kind of got me started in the right direction and I've worked on it over the years but when I get tired is when it shows up most of all. Shepard would the the male version of Gretta Van Sustran. 'I had a brother who had a really severe hearing loss and as a result his speech pattern is even more pronounced although it has been a lot better now. MSNBC announced Thursday that Lehigh University graduate and business journalist Stephanie Ruhle will replace Brian Williams on the nightly newscast The 11th Hour, and that Morning Joe.

In our family we had chronic hearing loss and I really think that it came out of that, that I didn't hear it the right way at the right time. I was unaware of it until I left South Dakota and then I go back and listen to other people in South Dakota and it's not uncommon. 'Brokaw: Yeah, I have an 'L' issue and I think. In December, Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN president Jeff Zucker. Another possible replacement for the former host of 'Cuomo Prime Time' is former MSNBC anchor Brian Williams. Williams, who helped launch MSNBC 25 years ago, has been alluding to tonights departure all week. You have a kind of slur in your speech sometimes - Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace is rumored to fill Chris Cuomos primetime CNN slot, according to a report.

'Gross: I'm going to ask this next question as someone who has been known to have an occasional stammer that I have to deal with on the air. A version of this story first appeared in the March 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

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