ABCNEWS' Charles Gibson

— -- Charles Gibson returned to Good Morning America to co-anchor with Diane Sawyer in January of 1999. In addition, he is a co-anchor of PrimeTime Thursday. Gibson had been an anchor of Good Morning America from January, 1987-May, 1998.

Charles Gibson returned to Good Morning America to co-anchor with Diane Sawyer in January 1999. He previously co-anchored the morning show with Joan Lunden from 1987 to May 1998. In addition, Mr. Gibson became a weekly anchor for “20/20” in February 1999, after the launch of 20/20 Monday.

On Good Morning America, Mr. Gibson covers “front page” events, various issues and newsmakers. In April 2000, Mr. Gibson covered the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma. He was on the scene in April 1995 after the bombing, and returned to cover the first anniversary and the conviction of Timothy McVeigh. In July 1999, Mr. Gibson reported from Hyannisport, Massachusetts, after the crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane. In April 1999, Mr. Gibson covered the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado.

Mr. Gibson has broadcast from the sites of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. He has also covered presidential inaugurations and has interviewed each of the last six American presidents. Recently, Mr. Gibson conducted open dialogues with President Clinton during Good Morning America’s 1999 and 2000 White House town meetings on teen violence and guns.

Mr. Gibson has also interviewed leaders from around the globe, including Tony Blair, Yasir Arafat and Nelson Mandela. In November 1995, Mr. Gibson interviewed Leah Rabin just hours after the funeral of her husband, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. During a week of live broadcasts from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in 1990, Mr. Gibson celebrated Thanksgiving with U.S. troops serving in Operation Desert Shield prior to the start of the Gulf War.

Mr. Gibson’s notable guests from the creative world recently included acclaimed author and screenwriter John Irving, musical legend Elton John, and leading ladies Whoopi Goldberg and Jodi Foster. In March 2000, Mr. Gibson covered the Academy Awards from Los Angeles for the third time, interviewing Oscar winners Kevin Spacey, Michael Caine and Angelina Jolie.