Constance Yu-Hwa Chung ( born August 20 , 1946 ) is an American journalist . She has been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC , CBS , ABC , CNN , and MSNBC . Some of her more famous interview subjects include Claus von Bülow and U.S. Representative Gary Condit , whom Chung interviewed first after the Chandra Levy disappearance , and basketball legend Magic Johnson after he went public about being HIV-positive . In 1993 , she became only the second female to co-anchor a network newscast as part of '' CBS Evening News '' . She was removed in 1995 as '' CBS Evening News '' co-anchor after a controversial interview with a fireman , during rescue efforts at the Oklahoma City bombing , which seemed inappropriately combative , and her interview tactics to get Newt Gingrich 's mother to admit her unguarded thoughts about Hillary Clinton
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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