>>> WE'RE BACK, NOW, 8:40. WHEN KATIE WAS ASKED TO MOVE
FROM LONDON TO NEW YORK, TO COVER A REALITY TV SHOW STAR'S
RUN. SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD BE
HERE. SHE CHRONICLES THE CAMPAIGN IN
HER BOOK, "UNBELIEVABLE." KATIE, GOOD MORNMORNING.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL.
"UNBELIEVABLE." AS TIME HAS PASSED SINCE
ELECTION DAY, IS YOUR VIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN THE SAME?
OR HAS IT EVOLVED A LITTLE BIT? >> IT IS STILL UNBELIEVABLE,
EVERY DAY. WHEN I WENT BACK AND WROTE THE
BOOK AND REVIEWED THE DIARY NOTES I TOOK AND A LOT OF THE
REPORTING I DID, I COULDN'T BELIEVE I EXPERIENCED WHAT I
DID. THERE WERE MEMORIES THAT I WENT
BACK AND I DIDN'T THINK HAPPENED.
AND I FOUND A CLIP OF IT ON TELEVISION.
>> YOU WERE IN THE THICK OF IT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE.
>> NO. >> FOLLOWING POLITICS OR
COVERING POLITICS BEFORE THAT. DO YOU THINK THAT IMPACTED THE
WAY YOU COVERED THE CAMPAIGN? >> I THINK THAT BENEFITS IT
GREATLY. DONALD TRUMP IS AN OUTSIDER
CANDIDATE. AND EVERYBODY IN WASHINGTON
COUNTED HIM OUT IMMEDIATELY. THE HEADLINES WERE SO SEVERE.
DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE
HILARIOUS. BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE
PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS. BECAUSE I WASN'T LIVING IN THE
BUBBLE OF WASHINGTON, NOT SO SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT
WASHINGTON, BUT I FELT I WAS ABLE TO ASSESS HIS SUPPORT AND
WHAT HE WAS ENJOYING MORE EASILY.
>> THERE WERE MOMENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN WHEN YOU FOUND HIMSELF
IN THE NEWS, AS WELL, AS PART OF THE STORY.
I WANT TO PLAY TWO CLIPS. THESE ARE COMMENTS THAT DONALD
TRUMP MADE ABOUT YOU. I'LL PUT THEM TOGETHER AND WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> SHE'S BACK THERE. LITTLE KATIE.
SHE'S BACK THERE. WHAT A LIE IT WAS -- THIRD-RATE
REPORTER. REMEMBER THAT.
THIRD-RATE. >> KATIE TUR, WHAT HAPPENED?
I SAW HER BACK THERE. GAVE HER A BIG KISS.
SHE WAS FANTASTIC. >> OKAY.
>> HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THE VERY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF
DONALD TRUMP, WHEN IT CAME TO HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOU?
>> IT WAS LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER. YOU HAD TO PUT IT ASIDE AND
CONTINUE DOING YOUR JOB. THAT'S WHY I SAW SO MANY
DIFFERENT MOOD SWINGS WITH HIM. AT FIRST, HE WAS VERY CHARMING.
WHEN HE REALIZED HIS CHARM WASN'T GOING TO CHANGE MY
REPORTER, HE WOULD GO ON THE
ATTACK. BUT HE SWITCHED BACK AND FORTH
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. WHAT I DID EVERY DAY, AND YOU
SAW THIS, WAS GO OUT AND TRY TO HONESTLY REPORT ON WHAT WAS
HAPPENING AND HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE THINGS HE
SAID. >> YOU SAID YOU KEPT A DIARY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE ENTRY ON THE DAY HE CALLED YOU LITTLE
KATIE TUR. >> THAT'S IN THE BOOK.
YOU CAN READ WHAT IT FELT LIKE IN THAT MOMENT.
IT WAS JARRING. IT WAS SCARY.
AND ONE OF THOSE FEELINGS IN A I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO
SHAKE. >> I WAS AT A FEW OF THE RALLIES
WHERE HE WOULD TARGET THE PRESS. AND WHILE HE DIDN'T MENTION ME
BY NAME, BUT I REMEMBER THE ENTIRE ROOM TURNING AROUND AND
LOOKING AT THE PRESS POOL. IT WAS --
>> WE HAD TO HAVE ARMED SECURITY.
I THINK EVERYONE BUT FOX AND CBS.
THE CROWD WOULD ALL -- THEY WOULD TURN ON US.
AND THEY WOULD YELL. AND HE RILED THEM UP TO DO THAT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING HIS SUPPORTERS WERE VOLENT PEOPLE.
THE CONCERN WAS WHAT IF THERE'S ONE PERSON IN THAT CROWD WHO
MIGHT TAKE THIS TOO SERIOUSLY? WHO MIGHT FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT
JUST A SHOW OR PART OF THE ACT AND TAKE IT FURTHER.
>> ANOTHER CAMPAIGN COMING UP, FASTER THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO
ADMIT. WOULD YOU BE PART OF THAT, AS
WELL? >> ABSOLUTELY.
I HOPE THAT NBC SAYS THEY WANT ME TO DO IT.
I WOULD LOVE IT. >> AN