As Kamala Harris faced pressure to schedule her first formal interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, her campaign contemplated who should conduct the sitdown. The leading options, according to Politico, included CBS Mornings co-anchor Gayle King, a Harris donor who has said Harris's rise to the vice presidency gave her "goosebumps."

King’s fulsome praise for Harris during last week’s Democratic convention may also have boosted her stock in Wilmington. "When I hear people say I will vote for Kamala Harris because she is a black woman, she is so much more than that," King said Wednesday. "She's so uniquely qualified to be president of this country."

When King worked as an editor at best friend Oprah Winfrey's O magazine, she forked over $9,000 to Harris's 2010 campaign for attorney general, campaign finance disclosures show.