Renowned journalist comes home to WCVB

FIVE AT SIX. SHE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, ON THE GROUND IN EVERY WAR ZONE FOR DECADES. BUT FOR ABC’S MARTHA RADDATZ, WHEN SHE THINKS OF COMING HOME, SHE TELLS US SHE JUST TOLD ED. SHE ALWAYS THINKS OF WCVB. RIGHT HERE. THIS IS HOME. SHE DID THAT JUST THIS WEEK. AND WE TALKED ABOUT MANY THINGS. WHAT SHE’S SEEING NOW FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO THE MIDDLE OF UKRAINE. AND NOW HERE WE WERE WITH MARTHA WHEN SHE SPOKE AT THE NEWBURY OF BROOKLINE. I THINK THEY’RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. I THINK THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE NEWS. I THINK THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT TRUTH. AND HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT TRUTH? WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SUDDENLY THESE BECOME REAL ISSUES. IT IS A REAL ISSUE. I THINK YOU’VE SEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP TRY TO FUND PEOPLE WHO HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE ARE PAID, AND OTHERS ARE NOT GETTING PAID, SO THERE’S NO END IN SIGHT FOR THIS. BUT AT SOME POINT IT’S GOING TO BE SUCH A BURDEN. WE TALKED ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. DO YOU THINK THE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WILL HOLD? I DON’T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AT MY FIRST TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST WAS IN 1988 FOR WCVB. SHE IS STILL IN TOUCH WITH FAMILIES LIVING THERE WHO ONCE LIVED HERE. I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IT WILL HOLD. WE TALKED ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE. YOU’VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, RIGHT? YOU’VE BEEN ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. WILL THAT CONFLICT EVER GET RESOLVED? I THINK IT HAS TO GET RESOLVED AT SOME POINT. IT HAS TO, BUT I, I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF HOW BAD THAT CONFLICT IS. ARE THERE THREE PERSONALITIES PREVENTING IT FROM BREAKING THROUGH AND THE THREE BEING PUTIN, TRUMP AND ZELENSKY? OR IS IT NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT? WELL, HERE’S WHAT SIMPLE ZELENSKY’S COUNTRY WAS INVADED. HE WANTS TO END THAT WAR BADLY, BUT HE ALSO DOESN’T WANT TO REWARD RUSSIA. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS TO REMEMBER THE PERSON HERE WHOSE COUNTRY WAS INVADED WAS ZELENSKY. PUTIN WANTS WHATEVER HE CAN GET OUT OF UKRAINE. PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEARLY WANTS THE WAR TO END. WHEN YOU LOOK IN ZELENSKYY’S EYES, WHAT DO YOU SEE? I’VE NOW INTERVIEWED HIM THREE TIMES. I THINK YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS, MORE THAN ANYTHING, JUST WANTS TO BRING PEACE FOR HIS PEOPLE. HE HAS SEEN THE SUFFERING. HE WANTS IT TO END. WHAT WAS WITHIN YOU WHEN YOU WERE ON THE GROUND? WHEN YOU GO TO UKRAINE? IT IS THE PEOPLE. THE MORALE IS SO STRONG. IT IS YOU’RE. THEY’RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR HOMELAND. AND THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE WITH PUTIN. HE THINKS IT’S HIS HOMELAND. IT’S NOT. SPEAKING OF HOMELAND, IS WCVB YOUR HOMELAND? YEAH. IT’S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT’S LIKE COMING HOME. IT REALLY IS. I MEAN, I GET CHILLS WHEN I DROVE UP HERE TODAY TO SEE IT. I MEAN, THIS IS I TELL PEOPLE THIS IS REALLY LIKE WHERE I GREW UP. IT IS WHERE SHE GREW UP. AND TWO OTHER THINGS, TOO, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SHE SAID. SHE ASKED ME IF THE PATRIOTS ARE REAL, AND I SAID YES. AND SHE SAID, WELL, I KNOW THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK, JOSH DOBBS. SO SHE’S VERY HAPPY. I LIKE THAT. LOOK AT THAT. ALL ROADS