ABC News' Bob Woodruff, whose near-death experience in Iraq two years ago cost him the "World News Tonight" anchor job, is an anchor again.
Starting Saturday, Woodruff's anchoring Discovery Networks-owned Planet Green's weekly "eco-newscast," "Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff." A production of ABC News, it's supposed to look at the environmental links to everything from the presidential campaign to the cost of food and fuel.
Woodruff's in New York, but he and executive producer Vinnie Malhotra, are speaking to reporters via satellite.
From here, he looks good, but naturally, he's asked about his health, which he says is fine.
"I would say I'm probably working more hours than I have in my life. We are also putting pieces on ABC News" as well as Discovery, he said.
Asked about his past focus on veterans and on brain injuries, he said, "I'm continuing to report on that as well, because that is still so important to me."
"In so many ways, I consider this a miracle -- to not only to return to journalism," but to be able to report on a topic, the environment, that he considers crucial.
The project also reunites him with Malhotra.
"It was Vinnie who was with me in that tank, with the blood coming out of my neck," helping "to save my life," Woodruff said.
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