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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty on Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert, the man who had occupied it for 17 years. 

The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert. 

As the show's host, Russert became a mainstay of television journalism's political talk. 

He died Friday of apparent heart attack, according to the network. He was 58. The network said Russert collapsed while at work. 

Colleague and former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, who broke the news about the anchor's death, spoke on Sunday the familiar first four words of the news program, "Our issues this Sunday." He noted that those were the same words Russert had been recording for the show when he collapsed and died. 

"Our issue this sad Sunday morning is remembering and honoring our colleague and friend," Brokaw said. 

"He said he was only the temporary custodian," of this program, which he called a national treasure, Brokaw said. "Of course, he was so much more than all that." 

Brokaw sat among some of Russert's other colleagues in the front of the show's set, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin and political analysts Mary Matalin and James Carville, who is also a CNN contributor. 

"This is where you separated the men from the boys," said Matalin, who is married to Carville. "You weren't a candidate until you came on this show." 

A montage of clips from past years showed various politicians -- former President Bill Clinton, President Bush, former presidential candidate Ross Perot, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff -- sitting across the table from Russert. Watch politicians, journalists pay homage to Russert »  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question based on this story, and describe how likely it is that your guess is correct as one of the following expressions:

Almost Certain
Highly Likely
Very Good Chance
We Beleive
Probably
Probable
Likely
Better than Even
About Even
Probably Not
We Doubt
Unlikely
Little Chance
Chances Are Slight
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Give ONLY the guess and your confidence, no other words or explanation. For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>
Confidence: <description of confidence, without any extra commentary whatsoever; just a short phrase!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Who was the "Meet the Press" moderator?
Guess: Tim Russert
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: On which network?
Guess: NBC
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: How long had he held that position?
Guess: 17 years
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who broke the news of his death?
Guess: Tom Brokaw
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Were they colleagues?
Guess: Yes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: How old was Russert?
Guess: 58
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What did he die of?
Guess: a heart attack
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Where was he when he collapsed?
Guess: at work
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What day of the week did it happen?
Guess: Friday
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What was he saying when he collapsed?
Guess: "Our issues this Sunday."
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Were they the closing words of the broadcast?
Guess: no
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Which Pulitzer-Prize winning author attended the memorial show?
Guess: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Where did she sit?
Guess: in the front of the show's set
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who sat in the moderator's chair?
Guess: no one
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Which day did this episode air?
Guess: Sunday
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who called the program a national treasure?
Guess: Tim Russert
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: DId he see himself as the permanent leader of the program?

No