she describes there were ugly incident. first, a brief look back. >> good evening, motorist along the seaboard from washington to new york prepared today for an odd even gasoline sales. >> how do black children develop a positive self-image in a society that's predominantly white. >> we have very little time left and it occurs to me we have talked all this time and there has not been one question about some of the racial tensions in ethnic tensions in america. >> but behind the scenes away from the cameras there were clashes related to race and gender. she describes these difficulties in her new memoir news lady. >> hi, howie. >> you were writing about when you first came to washington for nbc, and for a long time you couldn't get on the air. the word came back to you that you were what -- >> lazy. i had been there for nine months and i couldn't get any stories on air. i was assigned to go interview