WE ARE BACK WITH OUR OLD FRIEND GAYLE KING AND OUR NEW FRIENDS
TONY DOKOUPIL AND ANTHONY MASON, THE NEW ANCHORS OF "CBS THIS
MORNING."
TONY, DID YOU WANT TO BE ANTHONY ON THE SHOW BUT YOU FOUND
ANTHONY WAS SQUATTING ON THAT NAME SO YOU HAD TO GO TONY?
>> NO, THE THING TO KNOW ABOUT ME, THE 60s FOR MY PARENTS
CONTINUED UP TO MY CONCEPTION.
AND I THINK-- THEY WEREN'T REAL CONFIDENT THAT I WOULD BE ABLE
TO SPELL ANTHONY.
AND SO THEY GAVE ME THE SHORTER NAME JUST FOR A LITTLE JOLT OF
CONFIDENCE EARLY ON IN KINDERGARTEN.
>> Stephen: YOUR GIVEN NAME IS TONY, NOT ANTHONY?
>> I CAN'T SPELL ANTHONY TO THIS DAY.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT.
>> ON YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE IT IS TONY?
>> IT IS TONY.
THE OTHER REASON MY MOM WANTED TO DO THIS, MY FATHER GOES BY
ANOTHER NAME "BIG TONY."
AND -- >> Stephen: YOUR FATHER GOES
BY "BIG TONY?" WAS HE AN EXTRA "THE SOPRANOS."
>> INTERESTING YOU SHOULD BRING THAT UP.
UNBEKNOWNST TO ME GROWING UP IN MIAMI, MY FATHER WAS NOT IN THE
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.
HE WAS IN THE DRUG BUSINESS.
>> OOOH.
>> IT'S GREAT.
>> Stephen: WHICH DRUG ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
>> SO HE WAS AN EXTREMELY -- >> Stephen: AND DID YOU BRING
ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
LATE NIGHT OOP IT'S LATE NIGHT.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS IT.
>> HE WAS A VERY PRINCIPLED MARIJUANA DEALER.
>> Stephen: A PRINCIPLED-- >> EXCLUSIVELY MARIJUANA.
AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED, HE WAS IMPORTING SOMETHING THAT WAS
NOTHING BUT LOVE AND JOY IN THE WORLD, NEVER HURT A SOUL.
AND HE WASN'T DOING IT, LIKE, LITTLE BAGGIES AT A TIME.
NO ONE HAD TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
IT WAS A BIG FAMILY SECRET.
WE WERE LIVING HIGH ON THE HORSE.
I MEAN, PRIVATE SCHOOL-- I'M GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOL WITH THE
BUSH GRANDKIDS, MERCEDES IN THE GARAGE--
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK HE DID?
>> I THOUGHT HE BOUGHT AND SOLD REAL ESTATE IN NEW ENGLAND.
WHAT HE ACTUALLY DID WAS RAIN MARIJUANA OVER THE ENTIRE
NORTHEAST.
>> Stephen: THIS WAS HIS TERRITORY UP HERE?
>> YEAH, THE NORTHEAST-- IN FACT FACT, IT WAS TOTALLY SECRET TO
ME.
AND THEN I BECAME A JOURNALIST, AND IT WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 2007
OR 8, AND I WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR A STORY.
AND MY AUNT WAS LIKE, "YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO YOUR
FATHER."
( LAUGHTER )
AND I CALLED THE FEDERAL ARCHIVES, I'VE GOT THE CRIMINAL
RECORDS, AND MY FATHER'S INDICTMENT ARRIVED, AND I OPENED
IT UP, AND HE GOT BUSTED WITH 17 TONS OF MARIJUANA.
17 TONS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING LEAVES AND STEMS.
WE'RE TALKING CLEANED, FROM COLOMBIA, ON THE BOATS, COMING
TO AMERICA.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT INTO THAT SCENE.
>> AND ANYONE NEAR A PHONE, YOU CAN LOOK UP HOW MUCH MARIJUANA
IS IN A JOINT, AND IF YOU DO THE MATH, 17 TONS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A
GRAM PER JOINT.
IT'S ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY IN COLLEGE AT THE TIME.
>> WOW!
>> IN 1986.
>> Stephen: 1986.
I KNEW YOUR DAD.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪ >> YOU KNEW MY DAD, AND I OWE
YOU A THANK YOU CARD BECAUSE YOU PAID FOR MY PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THAT'S WHY WE SAY THE NEWS IS BACK IN THE MORNING!
YES!
>> Stephen: WELL, OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING INTO A
REALLY EXCITING TIME HERE.
I MEAN, LISTEN, EVERY DAY IS INTERESTING IN SOME OF THE MOST
DISTURBING WAYS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST FEW YEARS.
BUT THE 2020 RACE REALLY STARTS TO KICK OFF BY THE END OF THIS
SUMMER, YOU KNOW.
YOU HAVE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR.
YOU HAVE ALL THE BIG CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, NEVADA, GOING UP TO THE FIRST PRIMARIES IN JANUARY.
>> SQUABBLING WITH CHINA.
>> Stephen: SQUABBLING WITH CHINA.
DO YOU GET EXCITED WHEN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COMES
AROUND?
I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT'S THE GREATEST THING TO DO.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE EVERYBODY CARES AND, LIKE, NOBODY DIES.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
THE AUDIENCE ALREADY CARES WHEN THEY TURN ON THE TV.
>> HERE'S WHAT I LOVE, IN 2016 I WAS WORKATH MSNBC, THAT'S WHERE
KATY AND I MET.
MY JOB-- SHE WAS COVERING TRUMP.
I WAS COVERING THE VOTERS.
ALL THROUGH THE PRIMARY SEASON STATE TO STATE I WOULD SPEND
THREE TO FOUR DAYS LEADING UP TO A VOTE.
IT IS THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE YOU CAN HAVE AS A JOURNALIST TO
TALK TO PEOPLE AHEAD OF A MOMENTOUS EVENT LIKE THAT
BECAUSEUN WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO THEM.
YOU GET REAL DISPURPZ REALIZE THAT, ACTUALLY, DESPITE HOW IT
MAY APPEAR, THERE ISN'T THAT MUCH THAT DIVIDES PEOPLE.
PEOPLE PULL YOU ASIDE-- >> I'VE LOVED CAMPAIGNS SINCE I
WAS EIGHT.
I LITERALLY GOT OFF A SCHOOL BUS WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND
MARCHED INTO L.B.J. HEADQUARTERS AND SAID I WANT TO HAND OUT
LEAVE THES.
>> AT 8.
>> I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY I DID THAT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU WANT TO BE A REPORTER?
>> I THOUGHT I WANTED TO BE IN POLITICS AND EVERYBODY I WORKED
FOR SEEMED TO LOSE SO I WAS LIKE, "THIS IS NO FUN."
>> Stephen: I'M A JINKS.
>> BUT WHEN YOU BECOME A JOURNALIST, YOU GET TO COVER A
CAMPAIGN, AND IF THE CANDIDATE LOSES, IT'S FINE.
>> YES, IT'S FINE.
>> IT'S LIKE -- >> Stephen: SOMETIMES.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
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