>>
>> HER
>> HER ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAKE PROSTHETICS FOR KIDS WHO CANNOT
AFFORD THEM.
AFFORD THEM. >>> TONIGHT THE QUEEN OF THE
BIG INTERVIEW IS ANSWERING THE
QUESTION GAYLE KING TALKED WITH
BRUCE JOHNSON.
BRUCE JOHNSON. THESE OLD FRIENDS TALKED ABOUT @
EVERYTHING FROM HER RISE TO
FAME TO THE ME TOO MOVEMENT.
>> Reporter: GAYLE KING IS THE
BIGGEST NAME AT CBS NEWS TODAY.
NOBODY HAS LANDED MORE BIG
INTERVIEWS IN RECENT MONTHS.
LET'S NOT FORGET, SHE IS ONE OF
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL 100 PEOPLE@
SUSAN ZIRINSKY, THE FIRS4@T
FEMALE PRESIDENT OF CBS NEWS.
SHE SIGNED GILL TO A NEW
CONTRACT.
CONTRACT.
CONTRACT. THAT SOME REPORTS PUT AT $11
MILLION PER YEAR.
GAIL WAS CLEARLY THE NEW CENTER
OF THE CBS THIS 4@MORNING
4@
4@ >>
4@ >> ON
4@ >> ON THE LEADER AND THE FACT
THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE THE
LONGEST.
LONGEST.
LONGEST. THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. WE WILL NOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
SHOW UNLESS THE THREE OF US 4@C
MAKE THIS WORK TOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT IS TRUE.
AS I SIT HERE TALKING TO YOU ON
DAY TWO, I FEEL REALLY GOOD
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. >> SHE ADMITS SHE NEVER PLANNED
ABOUT IT. >> SHE ADMITS SHE NEVER PLANNED@
THAT THIS KIND OF SUCCESS.
DECADES AGO THE 4@PRODUCTION
ASSISTANT, SHE WAS TURNED DOWN
FOR ONE OF OUR FOUR PRESTIGIOUS
POSITIONS.
POSITIONS. GAYLE 4@KING SOUGHT COMFORT AND
AD4@VICE FRO4@M OUR LEGENDARY 4
DIRECTOR, JIM SNYDER.
>> I WENT IN AND SAID CAN I
TALK4@ TO YOU AND HE SAID WHAT
YOU WANT?
YOU WANT?
YOU WANT? I SAID I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY
I DID NOT GET THE REPORTER
CHANGE PROGRAM.
CHANGE PROGRAM. HE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU
COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT.
YOU ARE QUALIFIED FOR IT.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU HIS LIFE
AIN'T FAIR, ANYTHING ELSE?
>> Reporter: SHE WAS ASSIGNED
TO WORK WITH ME ON MOST DAYS.
DEALS FIRST JOB WAS IN KANSAS
CITY AS4@ A STREET REPORTER.
SHE CALLED ME LATE ONE NIGHT AS
SHE WAS ABOUT TO GO LIVE TO
REPORT ON OUR FIRST SHOOTING. 4@
>> I CALLED YOU LOOKING FOR
COMFORT SAYING I'M ABOUT TO DO
THIS 4@LIVE
I
I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE PHONE LIKE DID HE JUST HANG UP?
IT WAS GAME CHANGING AND LIFE-
CHANGING FOR ME.
IN 4@MAY ME 4@PUT ON MY BIG GIR
PANTIES AND DECIDE OKAY.
I HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR
MYSELF AND I DID.
>> Reporter: SHE IS NO
NEWSREADER.
NEWSREADER. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUES, KNOWING THAT
CRITICS ARE WAITING TO POUND.
>> A COUPLE STORIES I HAVE SEEN
WHERE LISTEN GIRL YOU JUST HAD
A BAD DATE.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE THIS GUY A
PREDATOR.
PREDATOR.
PREDATOR. IT BOTHERS ME, IF WE ARE NOT
CAREFUL ALL BEEN WILL BE PAINTED
. WE DO STILL NEED TO WORK THAT
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. I
OUT. I WORRY ABOUT THAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FACT
THAT WOMEN ARE SPEAKING OUT IS
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. IN 99.9% OF THE CASES YOU HAVE
TO BELIEVE WHAT THE WOMEN ARE
SAYING.
SAYING.
SAYING. >>> HOW TO THE LIVE SHOT GO4@?
>> IT ACTUALLY WENT PRETTY WELL@
IT WAS LIKE MY THIRD DAY ON THE
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. I
JOB. I DID BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE 4@
POLICE CHIEF.
POLICE CHIEF. >> WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT THE
DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE STORY?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT CHARLIE ROSE
AND THE SEX ABUSE SCANDAL.
SHE IS EXHAUSTED BY IT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO MOVE ON.
THEY HAVE A NEW TEAM AND THEY
ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THERE WASN'T MUCH ELSE TO SAY
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. CLEARLY THEY ARE MOVING ON.
WE ARE ALL WISHING HER THE BEST
OF LUCK.
OF LUCK.
OF LUCK. >> WE ARE EXCITED.
NOBODY MORE EXCITED THAN