*** FILE *** Richard Kaplan speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 5, 1997, where it was announced he will be the new president of CNN/USA. CBS News on Thursday is expected to fire the executive producer of Katie Couric's struggling "CBS Evening News" broadcast and appoint former CNN and MSNBC president Rick Kaplan to the job according to sources with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)