Lesley Stahl

Lesley R. Stahl ( born December 16, 1941 in Lynn, Massachusetts) is an American television journalist. Since 1991 she has worked for the CBS News program 60 Minutes.

Life

1977 married steel journalist Aaron Latham. They live together in New York City. As was broken in January 2008 in her apartment, disappeared jewels and electronic equipment worth more than $ 100,000.

Career

Right after she had completed the Wheaton College, began her career with the reporting of the Watergate affair. While the U.S. presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush she worked for CBS as a correspondent of the White House. Steel was moderator of the program Face the Nation, from September 1983 to May 1991 and from 2002 to 2004. She was also the host of the show " 48 Hours".

2002 represented Lesley Stahl indirectly headlines when Al Gore announced in its 60 - Minutes broadcast, not to run again in 2004 as a presidential candidate. In October 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy broke off an interview with steel because she had insisted to question him about his marital problems.

When Katie Couric of CBS News was set for an annual salary of 15 million U.S. dollars, steel was "asked" to give up $ 500,000 of its 1.8 - million -US - dollar salary. She came the request of their employer not after.