Race Has Been A Big Issue In

There Are American Citizens Who Have Been Inspired To Commit Acts Of Terror On American Soil, The Latest Incident, Of Course, The Bombings We Just Saw In New York And New Jersey, The Knife Attack At A Mall In Minnesota, In The Last Year, Deadly Attacks In San Bernardino And Orlando.

I Like To Report. I Like To Go To The Newsmakers. I Like To Get Out. I've Heard About People Talking About The Anchor As The Voice Of God. That Set Is Not An Altar. It's A Great Job, I Love Doing It, But I Don't Take That Role As My Identity - The Anchorman - It Sounds Very Old-fashioned.

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.

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.

I Don't Expect Us To Cover All The Issues Of This Campaign [2016] Tonight, But I Remind Everyone, There Are Two More Presidential Debates Scheduled. We Are Going To Focus On Many Of The Issues That Voters Tell Us Are Most Important, And We're Going To Press For Specifics.