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thank you very much for joining us tonight. and the breaking news, barbara walters, an american television icon, has died at the age of 93. i could tell you more about her amazing legacy and her groundbreaking interviews, but instead that honor belongs to the legend herself. from the cnn archives, here's barbara walters in her own words in a special encore presentation of "larry king live." ♪ tonight, the one and only

barbara walters is here for her 20th and final visit to this show. she'll tell us how she bounced back from heart surgery never missing a beat and how she stayed at the top of the broadcast news business for five decades. tv icon barbara walters of the hour is next on "larry king live." >> good evening, barbara walters. co-host of "the view" by the way their 3,000th episode is this week. she hosts "here's barbara" on sirius radio. >> and i have three specials coming up, hour specials for abc news. >> i thought you were dropping that? >> no, i didn't drop it and they didn't drop me.

>> you just dropped the academy award. >> yeah. we're doing two other big specials, one on open heart surgery and one with somebody else i can't announce yet. >> we're going to do four specials. >> you always did -- whatever i did -- i just want to say when you say it's the last time i'm going to be on with you, oh, gee, we've had so many good times together. but you've been on, what, 25 years? why did i miss those five years? what's wrong? five years -- >> we were nothing then. you came on when we were a hit. by the way, the open -- did you have open heart surgery? that's a misnomer in a sense, isn't it? >> it's all been checked. they don't open your heart. >> you had a valve. >> i had a valve replacement. >> how did you know those -- >> i didn't really. i didn't have the symptoms. one of the things without going through every detail -- one of the things i hope by doing this

special that i've talked about women have different symptoms than men. did you know that? >> i know they have a lot of heart disease, though. >> they don't get treated in the same way. men they talk about a pain in the arm and women have other things. women have fatigue, women have sweats. i had almost no symptoms. and i'd gone to the doctor, had an echo cardiogram and he said you've got a valve, it's getting smaller. and i said i can wait, maybe next year, so forth. i walk up and there's a fountain in central park called the bethesda fountain and i walk to work almost every day with two people i'm very close to. lorry who does my make up. one day i said to them i feel a little pressure in my chest, do you? and they said, no. and when i went to the doctor he

said, you know, that's a sign. and just to make this story short, i wanted -- i was thinking of doing it in the summer. they tended not to go in the hospital in july because that's when the residents change. so i was going to go in august, and then i was either giving an award or presenting something. and i said to my cardiologist, you know, could i wait until the end of may for this because it didn't seem to look good. and he said you can wait, but there's a small risk that you could drop dead. i said how soon -- and i told no one until i announced it on the air. >> your first show back to work you wanted david letterman to be your guest. you swapped heart stories. let's take a look.

>> yours were arteries. >> i had coronary artery disease. you just blew out a valve. you could have gone to tune-up masters. >> just a second because yours was that your arteries were blocked. >> that's right. >> mine was the four valves was closing, and i have a pig valve in mine. you don't have any pig valve in -- i have a pig valve. >> i have other pig parts on me, though. >> actually i had a cow valve. >> you told me this. i never heard of a cow valve. >> yeah, they existed. moo, moo. >> you said pig valve there, tho though. >> i know, i made a mistake. it affected my brain. >> letterman and i had the same doctor. they even cut open your chest the doctors. but they go in a different route. sounds weird. >> but i didn't really have a

terrible time. you're supposed to get depressed, very often you do. i didn't. i wasn't in pain. >> you were a good patient. >> yes. and i guess i was in good shape. president obama came on the show in late july and i thought i can't miss this. >> not you, barbara. barbara showed her view audience her scar. let's take a look. >> if you want to see my scar -- >> i do. >> -- you are looking at it. >> what do you mean? >> my scar starts somewhere around here. >> i don't see it. >> i have a little bit but you wouldn't -- >> i'm right next to you, barbara. >> that, you see? >> i can barely see that. >> you do not see it. >> it's a great piece of work

that surgery. >> i have a thin line, too. amazing. some people have it and you can see the scar. >> let me discuss something else. >> okay, yeah. >> i hate people sit around and say let me tell you about my operation, let me tell you about my operation. >> the thing is you're healthy now. >> i feel great. i don't have to think about it, pig or cow or whatever. i can sit back and enjoy. >> one other thing a facebook question. you have facebook right? >> no, i'm not on facebook. >> i'm on it but i don't know what to do with it. i've never looked at it. star jones -- star jones had heart surgery earlier this year. did you ever compare notes? >> no. >> all right, you kicked off your 14th season earlier this month and the 3,000th episode is this thursday. >> yes. >> did you ever think it had longevity? >> no. you know what happened was that the network, we were on at 11:00 and most of the country, 10:00 in los angeles. and the network was having

trouble. it was a bad time period because 9:00 in the morning, 10:00 in the morning the women are still home, by 11:00 they're shopping and picking up the kids from school and so on. and they said to me -- they said to bill getty who's my producer and my specialist do you have any ideas for a show, and i said, well, i have an idea for a show which was sort of based on when david used to put the panel together still exists. he used to do it on the sunday news program. and i said i'd like to do that. different women of different generations discussing the topics of the day. that's how the show began. it's not a very difficult format. what we have gotten right is the chemistry. i mean there's so many shows that are going on the air and that are copying us. we have been very fortunate in having the right -- >> you were on with us right before it began. how did you pick that great name "the view?" >> i think we were going to call

it the view from here or something already taken. it was already taken. at the time most of what i was doing i was on 20/20 then, abc's new magazine. and this was on the side. the wonderful president of abc news said i don't want you to do this, it's going to lessen your reputation. people think of you as a serious journalist and you're going to do this stuff with the other women. and i said, you know, i won't -- i'll do it two days a week. and joy behar was supposed to take my place the other three days. she's the only one who's still on the shoal after 14 years. >> how many days do you average a week? >> not three. we never thought it would go on. >> you know about these things, television. >> i understand. >> the president of iran will be our guest tomorrow night. back with barbara walters after this and we'll talk about her guest thursday night. don't go away.

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emphatically talking in front of a mirror. >> you know, the only thing i practice in front of a mirror is sucking in my back fat. so what? >> i don't even own a mirror. the last time i looked in the mirror i gave myself one of these. and you know what was weird? the mirror gave me one of these. >> that's very funny. >> you didn't like it at first. >> i didn't at all. it was when i first left nbc when i was very happy and went to abc to be the first female co-anchor of a network news program. >> sad days. >> and she did barbara walter, and it really bothered me being made fun of until i walked into my little girl's room and she shouldn't have been watching television but she was. and she said, oh, mommy, she's so cool. and after she died i wrote a

letter to her wonderful husband and said how sad i was because she died much too young. and i signed it. >> you have a surprise guest. >> we do. we sort of look back over all of the years. we had a somewhat different cast and all of the different -- each one of us perhaps what we remember the most or what was the most important thing. i think the one that i chose was coming back on the air after 9/11 because for a program that's somewhat newsy but also supposed to be entertaining that for me was supposed to be a hard time. each picked their own segment. >> when did "the view" start making news? >> i think we made news before that, but the last couple of years we've become much more political. and maybe because of this particular cast, which is

politically oriented and whoopi and sheri shepherd does her own work, and joy who's a flaming liberal, and once we had barack obama on -- we've had, what, valerie the -- one of the three number one assistants. we had colin powell on last week. we had some of the guests you've had. we had prime minister blaire on with us, jimmy carter on yesterday. we can ask the tough questions and then at the next moment -- >> how long are you going to keep going? >> i knew you'd ask me that. he was going to ask me and i have it prepare. here's my prepared answer. i'll know when the time is right to leave as you did. >> you know when it's time. you do. >> yeah. and the program is very

successful. i'm having a good time. i'm in very good health. i will not be doing this forever. i, myself, know when the time is. but right now i feel valued and happy. >> we couldn't have it any other way. >> even if that were not the prepared answer, that's what i would say. >> we'll be right back with barbara walters. don't go away. >> he did say he would do it. >> it's not just him. he's been trying to do it. >> you don't just say do it today. it does take time to prepare. he has to talk to the military. they weigh in. it's happening to -- >> he had promised on not talking. >> when you say something good about the republicans. will you say something -- >> he got information from generals. >> you know, i leave this program as all of us do and i know whoopi does i leave at the end of the this thing so tired

asked i haven't done anything. >> whoopi had been off for a few days so i was moderating. >> you ever lose it, barbara? >> no. they do have very fierce arguments, but we genuinely like each other. and when we get into the station this is the way i feel, this the way you feel. and there isn't that animosity. i said today larry's been asked how we get along, jerry said tell him we hate each eother. >> and then in the end you all go back to the room. >> then we hick pick up the next subject. it's amazing. and we're not afraid to argue. and sometimes it gets very intense. >> i know how competitive you are. >> less than i was, much less. >> are you concerned cbs is starting this show called "the talk." it'll be co-hosted. "the talk."

is it going on against you? >> no, it's going on i think in the afternoon. dick clark did a that was on then. there was a time they were trying to take the third hour of "today" and make it that kind of a show. i hear there may be something in oprah's new network. look, as i said it's not the most amazing concept to put people together. you see it as a panel every sunday the last section of the news shows. i think what has made ours what it is, we first of all have bill is a superb producer and the show moves and it's funny and it's strong. and then we've just been very lucky with our cast. even rosy, you know -- >> that was the most troublesome time. >> it ended in a difficult way, and i have -- i have respect for rosy. i think she's a big talent. but when i asked rosy to be in the show, that wasn't a mistake. i mean she was wonderful on the show. i think the problem is if i have to think about it now is that she said she didn't want to drive the bus, she wanted to be

a passenger. and she's such a big talent. she wanted to drive the bus. but, you know, we've been very courageous in a way in the people that we picked. look at whoopi. i mean we took a chance on whoopi. she'd not done this kind of a show. she's been simply wonderful. the audience loves her. >> what do you make of oprah le leaving and starting a network? >> you know, this woman i have such admiration for her and what she has done and how she's conducted her life. and she's been doing it for 25 years. that's a long time. you were doing it for 25 years. i did 20/20 for 25 years. and there comes a point -- "the view" for me is something different. there comes a point there comes a guest, another big guest. people don't understand how hard it is to get the guest. larry king got the guest, how come you didn't? how many times did you and i

even though we're crazy about each other try and get the guest? and i think for oprah she's still young enough to have a whole other chapter. there's no one like oprah. >> president obama appeared on "the view" in july. he's the first sitting president to appear on a daytime talk show. watch. >> were you invited to chelsea clinton's wedding? >> you know, i was not invited because i think that hillary and bill properly want to keep this as a thing for chelsea and her soon to be husband. and i am going to have -- i'm letting you guys know now y'all will probably not be invited to maliyah's wedding or sasha's wedding. >> have boys entered the picture yet for your girls? >> thankfully, no. >> you like him? >> we also asked him serious questions. it's a great honor for us no matter how you feel politically to have the president of the united states on a daytime talk show with five women asking

questions. yes, i do like him. i think, you know, jimmy carter who say on your program and mine talked about the things that he accomplished while he was in office for which he was not appreciated. and i think obama says but i've done this and we did that and we avoided the recession and whatever you think of the health care bill, so on and so -- people say his message has not gotten through, and perhaps it will. but do i like him personally? yes, i do. >> president carter says he's never seen the country as split and angered as it is. no civility. >> even with george bush people were so divided about the iraq war. but the country wasn't angry. they may have been angry at him, but i find that very worrisome, the kind of anger and vitriol we're hearing.

it's something somehow we have to find operation. >> the tea party's it girl of delaware next. don't go awaway.

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it was a hay lairious hour. anyway, what do you make of o'donnell, the tea party, the whole phenomena. the story. >> chrissy perhaps the republican nominee and the republican nominee in delaware. i don't agree with many of her social views which i'm not trying to delineate. i try to keep my political opinions to myself. so i don't agree with that. the big question when she said i played with witchcraft and so forth, i mean how far back -- i think that's an unfair criticism. how far back do we go and look at someone and say ah-ha that's wrong today. her views and her stand that's something that has to be examined. you ask -- >> what do you make of the tea party phenomenon? >> there's a great deal of

range. but one of the things about obama when i was reading about him this morning he said the repub republicans they want to cut spending. tell me what you want to cut. do you want to cut the money for veterans, medicare, tell me what you want to cut. don't just be mad. and i think this feeling of everything's going wrong and i'm furious and i don't want this and i don't want -- they haven't said what could be done positively. and i hope that will happen because there is genuine anger and there's reason for the anger. but then let's look at the solutions instead of just screaming and yelling. that's something i say to the women on "the view" today, stop screaming. >> they scream a lot on "the view." >> yes, they're active. >> are you planning a show with just men? >> no, we're not -- the answer to your question is no we're not planning a show. >> could it work in the daytime? >> well, dick clark did it.

i think it becomes a travesty because then you have men putting on pantyhose and so forth. i think there may be a place -- and we did it this summer -- to have a mixed audience. i mean a mixed panel. >> a group. >> and at the moment we have no plans. >> but you wouldn't be adverse to exec producing a show, would you? >> i think we have to have a show that has a reason and a format. this is what's been so good -- this is why we've lasted for 14 years. we really have known what we're doing. >> you had lady gaga on. what do you make of her? >> i thought she was going to come on and put me on. i've seen one interview she had done where she was very blank. so i thought this is going to be dreadful. she's going to think i'm very square. she came on in a stunning chanel suit. she took off her sunglasses and said i'm going to only do this for you.

i didn't know whether she was doing it out of respect for me or what or whether it was just because i don't know -- whatever her reason, she was wonderful. and we did it on "ten most fascinating people." nobody knew who she was. this was two years ago. we had to practically explain to the audience who she was. look what has happened in two years. >> yeah, she's quite a girl, though. >> she has great talent and i like her a lot. i like everybody a lot these days. >> sarah palin, she won't do the view anymore. >> no, she won't do the view. listen, i understand it's hard to have all these women. that's why the president was very brave. but i did interview her for abc news. >> what happened between the white house interrupters and backstage. what happened? >> it's crazy. she's on with the other women and they start spatting with

each other. you were drunk, no i wasn't. you were drunk, no i wasn't. and not all of us were doing the interview. just two of the women were doing the interview. and whoopi who occasionally walks out, walked out and touched her arm like that and said get back to the white house because she thought, oh, enough of this conversation. when it was over she -- not whoopi, what's her face name? >> michaela. >> michaela was crying and said whoopi hit me. whoopi never hit her. whoopi admittedly and the husband started to take pictures and whoopi opened her mouth and used as she said some choice words, some very choice. >> you were witnessing all of this. >> i heard about it afterwards. i wasn't there -- if i'd been there at the time i would have told her to stop crying and i would have gotten whoopi out of the room. but we talked about it the next day. whoopi was very honest. she always is. and we showed with a camera that whoopi, all she did was just

say -- talk about the white house. and it became a -- a big thing. and it's over and it's -- >> why are -- famous? >> why are the reality shows famous? we've got to fill hours and hours. bravo, which probably does them more than anybody else, but that's their whole program, the cable shows. your own, it's talk, talk, talk. and if you can find a bone to chew on, you'll chew it until there's this much of the bone. it's a different time in television. >> these people become a hit for being a hit. >> off of being messy, off of being sort of -- you know, seems to me all they do is drink and shop. where we're going today, where we're drinking, where we're shopping. and, you know, they're famous for being famous. where will they be ten years from now? they'll be rich. i don't think they'll be on the air.

>> who's your surprise guest? i just threw it in. just thinking about it. all right. >> i wish it were you, but it isn't. >> i'll be there. >> i hope you will be. you've got to come on and let me do your last interview. >> male or female? >> male or female what? >> the surprise guest, that's all i'm asking. >> male. >> oh. >> you won't guess. i won't tell you. >> oh, he wouldn't do it. he's going to do the show? >> who? >> him. barbara walters is our guest. >> you are sly. >> we'll be right back with barbara, one of my favorite people. don't go away.

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>> you want me to do it now for you? >> who came up with that? >> bill getty. >> great bit. >> our producer. terrific. >> who did the twirling? >> we hired a young woman -- >> a gymnast i hope. >> yeah, a young -- i can stand up and sit down and so on. and then we got -- we had matching sweat pantsuit, and then we got a wig, and bryan renford, you know, did the same look as mine, made sure the hair was the same, the make-up was the same and it worked. that was the first time i came back for good the day after labor day. >> your network has a major hit, "dancing with the stars." >> yeah, we showed some of them today. >> how do you explain that phenomenon? >> well, first of all, i think everyone love dancing. what they accomplished.

what they accomplish in a couple of weeks or even four or five days is wonderful. it's an exciting kind of contest, and they're not -- "dancing with the stars" it's sort of dancing with the semistars, isn't it or wanna-be stars. but it's fun. and also throughout the history of television and radio, we love contests. i mean years ago there was -- what's that film? amateur hour. beverly went on and i think lost. so we've always loved contests and this is something i think fun to watch. this year we're supposed to have all the losers on "the view." >> sandra bulk lock was one of your interviews. why does everyone love her? >> because she's adorable. it was interesting because we were asked and because it was

academy award and because i'm fond of her, we were told please don't ask about her children and i didn't. one week later out came the people magazine story about her little boy being adopted. >> did that bug you? >> you know, i wish they'd told me, but she is delightful. she is natural. she has a great sense of humor. i love sandra bullock. >> by the way, we have a facebook question. if you could interview anyone alive you didn't already interview who would you choose? >> the pope, queen elizabeth. you always want the person who won't do any -- probably we'd all want to do the pope, wouldn't we? >> oh, yeah. >> everybody else you've gotten. >> you did fidel. >> yes, i did. i did a major interview with fidel -- >> did he charm you? >> yes. and then i wanted to do another interview. there are a couple of things wrong with him, you know. he is a dictator and i he doesn't allow dissent. i'm not just saying, oh, isn't

he interesting. and then it took me 25 years to get the next interview. and, you know, i would love to do one now. i think it's the least he could do for me after all these years. but, you know, we keep putting our requests in. i don't know where they go, but -- >> don't we all. >> they don't seem to go to him. >> we'll be back with barbara walters. 3,000th show thursday. don't go away. but one e thing can calm uncertainty. an answer. uncocovered through exploratio, teamwork, and innovation. an answer that leads to even more answers. mayo clinic. you know where to go.

we're back with barbara walters. what was your most challenging interview over the years? is it possible to pick one out? >> well, what comes into my mind are the number of murderers i've done and the number of prisons. the interviews you mentioned fidel castro and i've intered i think every president and every first lady and so on. but i think that i heard that john lenin and murderer mark david chapman was just refused bail. that's on my mind at the moment. i did him in prison, and at the end of the he kept saying i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry. i mean it was very, very strange. the menendez properties. >> we had one of them on. >> we had both of them on after they were sentenced, and eric

menendez, who still writes to me, said i'm just a normal boy. and i said eric you're a normal boy who killed your mother and father. gene harris, remember she killed the doctor. i did so many interviews with her and had such empathy for her that my network said you can't interview her anymore. you're prejudiced. i had an argument with him about it. he would not pardon -- >> shane alexander -- >> she said if i did an interview with her, i had to do it with the others. i saw jeanne after she left prison. she has two devoted sons and she's doing a lot to bring about

better relationships for the prisoners with their children because there were no facilities for the children. there were no picture books or crayons. there was no opportunity for them to go onto high school if they needed special training or for college. and she lived with one of the nuns on that. she tried very hard to lead a productive life, and that was a crime of passion. >> anyone you don't want to interview? >> that i don't want to interview? you know people have said would you interview bin laden, why would you give him air space? in a moment. >> in a second. >> you have to try as much as possible to be objective. now, this is fading in news. i was brought up in the school of you don't give your opinions, you do the interview. and if you do the right kind of an interview, you will get the person to -- >> the audience judge. >> and let the audience judge and the audience will know how you feel, but there's almost -- i'm sure i'm going to go home tonight and say why didn't i say

that to larry and i'll call you at 3:00 in the morning. but, no, there's almost no interview that i wouldn't do. >> me, too. did you have a favorite subject that you did? >> a favorite. >> is there a favorite? would you rather do an actor? >> no. no, i think -- we do falsinating people and usually one or two are actors. they're not my favorite people to interview. i mean that's why i stopped doing the academy awards. as much as i like them i got to me tired of the same questions and a lot of the same -- less celebrities than in the past, more political, more juicy i think. but, no, they're -- they're not my favorite people. and comedians are very hard to interview. someone like jerry seinfeld who was so smart and discusses so many subjects, but very often is

sort of -- you know? >> back with barbara walters. look how healthy. don't go away. we're back with barbara walters. there were reports over the summer that hbo was interested in turning your best selling memoir, which is a great title "audition" into a movie. true? >> into a documentary. >> follow you around? >> not exactly. i mean i -- i can't tell you because it's down the line and it's not -- >> are they going to do it? >> let's say we're in talks, okay. but i mean, for example, they did one with ted kennedy, which is his story but his voiceover. i won't be on, i don't think. but -- and i think -- i think a lot of it has to do with my years on television because i think that's something men can relate to but certainly women can some of the struggles, some of the humor.

and my childhood, which you knew my father. >> i sure did. >> a very famous show business -- so i think it will deal with that. not all of them, but hbo is so creative and so imaginative. >> was it hard to break ground? >> well, i didn't have a choice. you see, i -- i couldn't say, well, i could do this and i could do that. what i did was not waving the flag and making, you know, i'm going to be out there -- >> you kicked the door open. >> i did kick the door open, but i kicked the door open by my work, i hope and not because i was -- i mean i was not -- you know, i was not a television suffragette. i kicked the door open because after being there 11 years i was named the first co-host of a morning program.

and ever since then every woman has been named a co-host. i kicked the door open when i did certain interviews of women. so i'm proud of the women today. there are so many of them that are wonderful. that's my legacy. maybe that's it more than any of the interviews i've done. >> no one makes a deal of it anymore. >> isn't that wonderful? we'll be back with our remaining moments and a look back over the career she and i with barbara walters next.

as we mentioned before this is barbara's 20th is likely final appearance on larry king live, so let's take a look at some of the fun we've had through the years. >> i can remember just before the war in iraq being in jordan, trying to do an interview with king hussein , what was everyone watching, larry king. i feel we have different programs i'm watching myself. i'm hoping everyone switches the channel at 10:00. >> and now the grand dom, barbara walters, who formed this show is joining us. >> why would you introduce me as the grand dom.

>> how would you like it? >> i'm different in the daytime. >> what if the network came and said -- >> i would never do cnn because there's only one larry king and he's the best. >> we could finally be together. >> yeah, for real. ♪ someday when i'm awfully low and the world is cold i'm going to feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonigton tonight ♪ . >> i love you my friend. >> we still have a few minutes left. >> i like that ending. >> is there anything that you tell yourself i should have done? >> i'm getting much better.

i don't do that as much anymore. no, i mean i've got -- fortunately i'm in very good health and i'm so blessed to have the life i had that i'm trying very hard to just enjoy it. >> has the surgery changed you? >> i'm not sure, but i did say i'm not going to go to the big parties i don't want to go to. i'm not going to go to shakespeare, whom i don't really like, plays of shakespeare. sorry. i'm not going to do the things i think i should because i should show up and i should be seen. i'm going to just do things that give me great pleasure like tonight. >> thank you. while you're still as aggressive as ever? >> no. because on the view we don't have to get the biggest get. and on my specials of the ten most fascinating people, it can be all kind of people. and i like to do them. the special on the open heart surgery, and then i've got another big interview that is a

big get coming up. but, no, i'm not in there every day making the phone calls. >> did you do the big get already? >> no, i have not done the big get already. >> you get more up for the big get? >> well, i want it to be -- i want it to be -- if you're going to get a get, you better get a good get and you better get -- >> get the get. >> and get a good show. >> are you more up for them, though? >> it's not that i'm more up or not -- >> what would you want to do? >> the first week i came back on abc i was doing "the view" but i did a story on children with pejoria which which is a disease where children are born normal and they get older and older and usually die by the time they're in their teens. and it had nothing to do with show business, and it was just a wonderful story. brad pitt got younger and younger, these children get older and older. and there's only 65 i think of

them in the world. >> there's only one barbara walters. >> thank you. there's only one larry king. >> her 3,000th show thursday morning, tina fay and a surprise guest. and she didn't tell me who it was even off the air. jerry seinfeld thursday and the cast of "saturday night live" on friday. anderson cooper and ac 360 is next. anderson? and "cnn tonight". >> announcer: this is cn >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good evening, everyone. this is "cnn tonight." i'm alisyn camerota, and we have sad breaking news tonight, the death of an american icon, barbara walters. news anchor, reporter, talk show host, television legend. she's passed away at the age of 93. she had quite a stellar career. she joined abc news in 1976 becoming the first female anchor of an evening news program. and three years later she became