i have learned enormous amount working with bill whittaker.urnalist through his stories. i mean, you may not know, for example, bill whittaker's dad worked in the old white establishment, the cotton club. he worked at a time there as a waiter when he couldn't even be a patron in the place. his mother was waiting for him in the kitchen, playing cards with ella fitzgerald. this was something that me as a white kid growing up in queens had no idea about. together, you know, we shared our cultural experiences. and we elevated the broadcast. and "60 minutes" i think, rev, "60 minutes" could do better in that regard. it would make it a much better broadcast. >> you shared some of the stories with me about whittaker when we have talked. but you have it all in the book. you worked as a producer on "60 minutes" for decades. they had a number of female and black tv journalists who were trail blazers in the industry, who were still predominantly white, but behind the scenes, racism and sexual harassment were still major problems, from the time you began

bill. when they had a series of votes in the budget last week, senator roger whittaker and the senator from arizona provided an amendment for restaurants. restaurants of really been struggling all across america with this pandemic. even little signs like that make me think and hope they can find some common ground. host: rio rancho, new mexico. hello. caller: i have a comment. the thing that is going on in this country is everybody has gone too far right and too far left. republicans and democrats, they forget the middleman. we are the working class. the republicans smile and they want to help the wealthy. time after time, they help the wealthy. the democrats want to help the poor. i am a disabled veteran. you guys should be working for us. we the people should rule, but we don't. the constitution was made for the people. my comment is, republicans have been giving to the wealthy. wealthy, wealthy, wealthy. the stock market is not good enough. it's doing record highs. the economy is terrible. the democrats want to pick us up because when we are working and doing everything else from the swe

bill. when they had a series of votes in the budget last week, senator roger whittaker and the senator fromna provided an amendment for restaurants. restaurants of really been struggling all across america with this pandemic. even little signs like that make me think and hope they can find some common ground. host: rio rancho, new mexico. hello. caller: i have a comment. the thing that is going on in this country is everybody has gone too far right and too far left. republicans and democrats, they forget the middleman. we are the working class. the republicans smile and they want to help the wealthy. time after time, they help the wealthy. the democrats want to help the poor. i am a disabled veteran. you guys should be working for us. we the people should rule, but we don't. the constitution was made for the people. my comment is, republicans have been giving to the wealthy. wealthy, wealthy, wealthy. the stock market is not good enough. it's doing record highs. the economy is terrible. the democrats want to pick us up because when we are working and doing everything else from the sweat of