>> Broadcast Hall of Fame!
>> Thanks, Nat!
>> I love how Oprah gave the
introduction to you and talked
about you being vibrant, full of
joy, the best outlook of life
attitude.
>> You know what's so interesting
it is no secret she's my best
friend and all that good stuff
but when they asked me, you
know, they said we want to honor you
I didn't ask Oprah to make the
introduction.
She is busy, 50 million things
to do.
Scott, you've been to her house.
>>Oh!
>> I have seen you over there.
>> Yes.
>> So they called her
unbeknownst to me and when I
found out she was doing it, I
said I know you're very busy but
who else would do this?
No one else should do it but me.
My favorite son and daughter
flew in from L.A.
All the people I cared about the
>> I see him in California.
>> What is he doing?
>> Minding his business.
>> Who is he with?
>> That's the question.
>>I'm asking you.
I get no information.
>> Like all moms.
>> Exactly.
I have to get permission.
>> I will be resuming this
conversation off air.
>> I'm going to deny it.
>> I'm curious.
>> We were talking about your
career.
Where did your love of news come
from?
>> I started --
I lived in Turkey as
a kid.
From first to sixth grade we had
no TV
I was a verybig reader and
coming back to the states I
loved all things TV
I thought, god, this is amazing.
Perry mason.
Dating myself.
Pettycoat junction.
Really great shows.
As a family we watched the
evening news every single night.
My father insisted on that.
He would say, you should always
know what's going on in the
world.
So isn't it weird that -- maybe
it's not so weird.
I work at CBS
I walk in the studio where
Walter Cronkite used to say "And that's the way it is"
where his map hangs on
walk past that every day.
I'm part of the CBS team.
My dad died when I was a
freshman in college I get
goose bumps thinking what that
must mean for him.
I think he knows.
I know they knows.
>> Another thing talked about in
your speech was your love for
pop culture.
>> Yes.
>> Youe1 recently interviewed tina turner
You had a serious run in
particular but tina turner I
thought standing on the balcony,
running from --
>> Switzerland, Scott.
>> Right.
>> Not just a balcony but in
Switzerland.
>> Like "The sound of music"
behind you.
"What's love got to do with it".
>> And she's still got those
legs.
>> She does. she's 72 now, she's 74 actually.
The last few years she's had a
stroke, a kidneyroh, ran#p#
her son committed suicide within
the last year.
She had --Ã±r adult son.xd
she had a lot of stuff that
happened to her.
She hhg a memoir coming out next
year.
But she is resilient and happy
withokÃ±r her life and I like her so
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when Steadman said nobody's
telling you you'reÃ±i knotty t(xdlpthat.
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lookÃ±i either.
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we have been friends a long time
and people say it must be so
hard.
I said it actually isn't.
I see myself in oprah'sÃ±i light.e@not in her shadow.
Oneqxdi] Time I was ever -- I hateÃ§Ã³
the word jealous, when she was
doing a show with Tina turner
and- was dancing.
>> On stage.
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She was so great at it.Ã±r
your impersonation of Oprah like
we all do.
It's Oprah!
No?
>> No.
Like no.
>> Come on!
Hello, Oprah.
>> I would look like an idiot.
>> No!
>> No.
>>W3 the best thing.
Give her a little dose of it.
>> She would think I lost my
Oprah!
Michelle Obama on stage in
Chicago because opraht( kicked off
the thing and said Michelle
Obama, nobody can/0kk it didn't
start out to bet( something and
now it isi] Something. T+h(>> Something.
>> You guys met in Baltimore.
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> 21 and 22.
>>I] 21 and 22.
>> You were friends?
>> In the newsroom now as you
know.
>> Right?
>> Did you -- I mean, at the
time did you know that you would
become theselxereat friends?
WHA#
>> That we were black, thatr we
were 21i] And 22, that we were
single, that we both had very
like-minded philosophies.
Like there was a big snowstorm
and I spent the night at her
house and we talked and speaks
to her.
I'm a production assistant.
She is a news9cti anchor.
One is here and one is here.
>> Unless you're talented andxd
bond with everybody.
>> Kind of sort of but still
most newsxd anchors aren't hanging
out with the producti'na
assistants.
I don't care howc$ood you are.
They're not and speaks to her to
invite met( toe1 spend the night at
her house because she knew my
drive was so far.
We ended upfÃ¡ talking all night
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>> The gossip?
>> Oprah says she doesn't
I went, okay.
But the thing is we found out
that night we have very
like-minded philosophiesÃ§Ã³Ã¥'ut
things a x92%Ã¡tj ever
since.
All you need is one good friend.
>> A lifelong friend like that
and the loyalty.
Do a littleÃ§Ã³ oprahxd here
introducing you in the
broadcasting hall of fame.
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feels a dee+Ã± connection to
people she doesn't.
I get a call at myj8Ã±home.
She sounds so forelorn.
How you doing?
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Nicole and Tom hoÃ¼ujÃ¡rÃ¡yÃ±iw3Ã±r
ijfok just feel so bad.
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do you know Tom?
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She just feels bad.
And oh lord, she is so happy for
Harry and Meghan.
Ohzms lord!
She calls me three times the
other day becauset( Meghan isfÃ¡
pregnant and she is so happy
about it
>> I love that!
>> Because, guys, I love love.
I got divorced, my kids were 4
and 5.
I think ultimately everybodyxd
wants to share their life with
someone.
So I always get a -- it always
touches me seeinge1fÃ¡ couples that Ã¡'areq reallylp in oki]sync or you think
are terriÃ and no longer
together.
Likexd Channing and --
>>T( yes.
>> I was very -- Jenna.
I was so t(disapointed about that/
youfÃ¡ don't knowt(jf what goes on with
people.
I know they're Alli] Great people.
>> I love that you're a serious news woman who
also loves pop culture. you can do both.
>> You do what I do.
>> I love it.
>> You can.
You can do both.jf
it doesn't mean you do
don't think you lose credibility
>> At all.
>> Because you like other things
because I like just as much to
to see what's going on in the
political world right now which
is frightening to a lot of
peopleq myself included where the
country is divided and so acrimonious
and we're encouraged to be our worst possible selves.
That's very troubling to me.