tomorrow night nile rogers is here. a conversation with anita hill. hard to believe it has been 20 years since the scandal that propelled her into the public eye and jerry west on thursday and friday jackie collins. tonight, though, we are pleased to kick off this week with jill abramson. last month she took over as excessive editor of the "new york times". the first woman to lead the paper in its 160-year history. she is also the author of a new book called "the puppy diaries." raising a dog named scout. let me add my congratulations to the millions i'm sure you have been receiving. >> thanks so much, tavis. so glad to be here. tavis: i'm delighted to have you on. a lot of us celebrated the decision when you were named excessive editor. i never thought it possible that a woman could lead the "new york times" and that the managing editor would be a black man who spent some time with us here in los angeles. what are we to make in the most multiethnic america ever that an african-american and woman run "new york times" every day. >> they take it very se