You look at the Middle East, it's a total mess.

You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.

There are two economic realities in America today. There's been a record six straight years of job growth, and new census numbers show incomes have increased at a record rate after years of stagnation. However, income inequality remains significant, and nearly half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

One of the most important skills at [reporting] is not so much what comes out of your mouth but what you hear. To listen. When you interview people, it's very important to understand the nuances of what they're saying and to understand when they have actually made news-when they've told you something that they haven't told anybody else.

The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of it amplified by shootings of African-Americans by police, as we've seen recently in Charlotte and Tulsa. Race has been a big issue in 2016 campaign.

Race has been a big issue in this [presidency] campaign [2016].

Stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York, because it largely singled out black and Hispanic young men.