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I'd like to start back in November 2019.

We're at a black tie event hosted by the Smithsonian.

It's their annual National Portrait Gallery's induction ceremony.

This is a historic honor. The images of George Washington,

Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass hang in these halls.

CBS News anchor Gail King is the evening's MC.

They like to get people at different stages of their careers.

And in particular, capture careers that are still going strong,

that are still doing interesting things,

and still have a lot to do and say.

And I think that certainly really describes our final honoree

last but certainly not least.

So this is an annual ceremony where a handful of incredibly accomplished

...