shortly , john chancellor was in front of them , bearing his nightly satchel of political aspirations ( fred harris 's campaign was not catching much fire ) , government edicts ( the cities of america would just have to learn common budgetary sense , according to president ford ) , international incidents ( a nationwide strike in france ) , the dow jones ( up ) , and a 'heartwarming ' piece about a boy with cerebral palsy who was raising a 4-h cow .