I grew up, really, in the country.When I was a kid there were three country stores, a railroad depot, and a post office.

People tell me, "Well, you understand where the voters are, Jeff, where the votes are, or what people are thinking," and they'll sort of - in a complimentary way. And it's a bit of an acknowledgement that we've been blind to some of these issues for too long.

We were just country people. All my grandfathers had farms. They had chickens, cattle and tried to get by farming, for the most part.

I think it's an honorable thing that Donald Trump is doing.

I just want you to know that as a southerner, who actually saw discrimination and have no doubt it existed in a systematic and powerful and negative way to the people - great millions of people in the South, particularly, of America - I know that was wrong. I know we need to do better.

My father never ran for office or supported anybody for office, and was not engaged in that at all. But I think people throughout the area were just in a constant state of tension - I mean, adults.

My parents, both of them had teachers in their family and were pretty well read. So my father voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower.