fremont. powers expected to be restarted 8:00 in oakland where landslide knocked out power. it happened on butters drive which is off joaquin miller road. pg&e was on the scene to fix the downed power lines at the peak customers didn't have power. here's a look at power outages for pg&e customers. green dots are small outages, markers impact up to 500yellow customers. we gave you alive look at live doppler 7. dan: let's get more information about what we are seeing. sandhya:we're seeing gentle rain now. it is going to be heavy rain tomorrow morning. let me show you live doppler 7, really scattered in nature as we get into street-level radar. you will notice from kernville road, windsor, santa rosa, we are seeing a showers around the east bay. dublin 680, heading into san ramon it is wet.

along the peninsula, san francisco, lake merced boulevard, san bruno, some slippery roadways. it's an atmospheric river heading in our direction. it's a light level one exclusive to abc7news on our storm impact scale, it is a light storm. tomorrow it is a two, for the morning hours, prompting a flood watch for the bay area through tomorrow evening. the concern is heavy rain on top of saturated ground that will cause flooding on the roadways, streams and creeks. wind advisory for all of the bay area, gusts of 40 to 50 could take down a tree limbs and cause outages. it's gusting to 32 at sfo, getting stronger. scattered showers tonight, intensifying, as we head towards tomorrow morning. that atmospheric river moves in. i'll be back with a closer look at the new year's eve forecast. dan: make sure to watch abc seven mornings tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. for the latest forecast and road conditions with liz kreutz

and meteorologist lisa argen. you can find more storm coverage on the abc bay area streaming app. s kristen: in the north rock slides are being blamed for car crashes. our report is live with the latest. >> really wet and windy has been raining steadily throughout the day making roads on highway 101 very slick. deadly crash happened not far from here, claiming to young lives. rain was falling in marin county, making the late morning commute slow and soggy. the chb says rain and speed it may have contributed to this terrible crash on highway 101 in novato thursday night. two teenagers were killed. a 16-year-old male driver from san rafael, and his 16 euro female passenger from novato.

three passengers were hospitalized. the honda civic struck the center divide. >> everyone in the vehicle was younger, which makes things difficult, for officers to investigate, any time we investigate crashes, especially when it relates to injuries or fatalities, when you see youth involved in these, it makes it that much more difficult. reporter: in sausalito, this rockslide came down on the southbound 101 near spencer avenue on friday morning. the big rock striking seven cars giving them flat tires. >> a few vehicles were disabled by flying over the debris. it because the roadway to be shut down for a short period of time. reporter: a jackknife big rig blocked all northbound lanes at 880 near high street. it took the chb four hours to clear it. ome drivers -- some drivers run out of patience, using the shoulder as an illegal offramp. >> are you ok? >> you're going that way? reporter: in napa county,

caltrans crews were clearing debris out of a ditch on highway 121. to prevent it from flooding this weekend. first responders urge everyone to look out for street flooding and drive safely. >> my best advice is to keep it slow. have a great attitude. be careful. reporter: take it slow. it's always good advice. we have learned that one of the students killed in that car crash was a student at terra linda high school. the principal has identified him in a community message, as junior jamison, a member of the varsity basketball team. the novato school district has also reached out, sharing a message with us saying the other student killed was a member of the nova independent student program. counselors will be available for students and staff, when classes resume on tuesday. we are live in south -- san rafael tonight. ama: good that they will have

those resources. keep track of the storms and wet weather with the abc7news app. it's available wherever you stream. dan: two developing news. southwest is on schedule. 43 flights were canceled nationwide. on monday canceled more than 2900. check out the flight boards at oakland international airport. no cancellations here today. though, there are delays. abc7news reporter, suzanne phan is live in oakland. how are the passengers feeling? reporter: so relieved. this has been a tough week for so many. so many tell me that there relieved to be home, to be at their destination, without any hurdles or headaches. many travelers are par happy to arrive at oakland airport, after so many people were stuck somewhere because of canceled flights. tom and his entire family are now home. >> it was stressful being at the airport. you can still seal the bags over their. reporter: there southwest flight

was canceled the day after christmas. >> we were contemplating driving home from columbus. so we would make sure that we would not get canceled again and have to stay at the airport. reporter: the family avoided the drive and got home today without any further problems. there are still questions about what is next. after a meltdown that force him to cancel nearly 15,000 flights over the last week. >> ridiculous. i don't know how they will bounce back. they are going to owe a lot of people a lot of money. everybody's bags are here. i'm grateful that i somehow landed. reporter: perez flew to oakland to allay what the symbols. >> everything was empty because everything was canceled. people were not showing up to their flights. even my flight now was half-empty, because a lot of people bailed for fear that it was going to get canceled. i know half of our band drove instead. reporter: robert had to fly to

minneapolis for work the day after christmas. his flight was delayed three times. then it was ultimately canceled. he returned home today. how was the flight today? >> so much better. i had no issues. flights are going out, constantly. it was back to normal. reporter: he made it back and so did his bags. so many questions remain about the systemwide chaos and why it happened. southwest airline executives pointed to challenges including overloaded internal scheduling platforms. as far as catherine is concerned. >>. they have a problem. . it's behind the computers. somebody's not doing the right thing. reporter: while southwest has resume normal operations, there are travelers who have not been reconnected with their luggage. a lot of luggage. one of the employees tells me, some estimates are 700 pieces of luggage. the workers are trying very hard, working quickly, to try to

get people who have been traveling and had their flights canceled reconnected with their luggage here. there's no telling how long that will take. live at oakland airport, suzanne phan abc7 news. dan: at least there flying again. the luggage is a mess. now a live look at san francisco international. 33 canceled flights at sfo, but only to are actually southwest flights. four flights are of them from southwest at this airport. ama: from being stranded to losing luggage, travelers were impacted by the southwest meltdown. onoe bay area men went has -- abc7news zach fuentes was there, with the gift of sushi. reporter: things are looking more normal at san jose international, the bay area airport that had the most

cancellations. thousands of travelers and their families are reeling from the impacts, including randy. >> my parents had a drive from the bay area down to san diego. i understand the customer perspective. reporter: he owns all sushi confidential location says he understood the employee perspective. >> the challenges they were going through physically and mentally, showing up to work knowing that they're going to get bombarded with a lot more problems. reporter: he says he decided he could use his resources to give the san jose southwest employees a special lunch of sushi and teriyaki chicken. >> i cannot feed millions of people. but i thought, here at san jose, the employees have always gotten us to our destination safely. with this debacle, how can i just put that smile on their face to make sure that they have a good lunch today? reporter: preparations to make them more than 1500 pieces of sushi started late thursday night and continued into friday morning. >> feeding 120 people we split all the prep work in the cooking

and preparing between two locations, to allow us to get it done. reporter: they were able to get it done in time, bringing trays of food into the southwest employee break rooms. he was sharing these photos and videos of the moments the employees got their gift. though travelers have suffered because of the delays and cancellations, some say they are glad local employees are being recognized. >> that is great. the crew deserve visit. -- deserves it. reporter: it's not only way for these workers to get through a rough patch it is way of giving back for when his business also faced challenges. >> during the pandemic a lot of people rushed to restaurants to support restaurants. they came to sushi confidential to support us. a lot of southwest airline employees are our customers. they supported us. ama: and southwest the green for the second day in a row. it gained almost 1%. it trays at the symbol, not to the airlines headquarters at

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with 15 workers will need to add pay ranges to job postings. larger companies will have to report more data to the state than previously required. the goal of the california laws to reduce a gender and racial pay gaps, something this cofounder and ceo of a bridge welcomes. >> is somebody who's -- is something we did need a lot to think about. reporter: she says a bridge which assists with import and export shipping logistics to and from india will comply with being transparent about pay ranges. >> during interviews, for sure but also, anywhere on our job postings are posted. reporter: it is not just for employees. those already at a company will be able to find out the salary range for the current job. >> there's no smoke and mirrors about what your salary is, why it is the weight is. reporter: she is president and ceo of a robotics company.

>> you need to be prepared to have conversations with their existing employees about where they fall. reporter: he says he has been consulting with the companies hr teams to understand what compliance requires. >> you need to have a salary range. and make an estimate as to what is the right pay scale for the job your posting. when a ranges required, you go from zero to a dollar to a million dollars. you check the box. but that doesn't get anyone, anywhere. reporter: she says she thinks a 10% range makes sense. >> that is naturally the range at which a salary for a particular job might fall, depending on various variables that are subjective to the employee. gender is not one of the things that affects that 10%. reporter: another component is that businesses with 100 or more employees laughter report more detailed -- more plays laughter report more details. melanie woodrow, abc7news.

dan: for a look at other california laws taking effect exterior, check out the list -- next year check at the list on abc7.com. ama: the east bay experienced downpours. large puddles are filling potholes on the rose. despite the wet weather, most traffic was moving's -- smoothly on westbound 580 in oakland. lots of rain. dan: it is really coming down. sandhya patel is tracking it through new year's for us. sandhya: we're going to get a break, just in time to bring in the new year and start off 2023. i want to show you live doppler 7. we have scattered showers around the region. luckily, this is light stuff. the crown has not had time to try out. any rain that falls when it gets heavy like tomorrow, we're going to have issues. let's get into street-level radar. highway 17 across santa cruz, around the summit, we are seeing rain.

as we pan around to other parts of the bay area, from sonoma, napa, dry creek road, silverado trail's, and around the east bay, 580, livermore, dublin, dublin boulevard. temperatures in the 50's and 60's. here's a live view from our golden gate bridge camera, slick view. here's a look at the forecast headlines. stormy weather in the morning. dry new year's eve and day. more storms coming. next week the biggest concerns will be flooding in the roadways and small stream flooding. likelihood that with of those things down tree limbs, high possibility as well. power outages there is a moderate risk. keep that in mind. have your flashlights ready. your phones charged. just in case your power goes out. on our storm impact scale it is a light level one through tonight. scattered showers, poor visibility, which we are seeing with the slick roads. tomorrow it becomes a level two, moderate strength storm. heavy rain, urban flooding.

roadways, small streams, creeks, wind gusts to 40 to 50 miles per hour, and the possibility of a shallow landslides. the river at help lynn is expected to rise near flood stage going into tomorrow morning. if you live near a creek or stream keep an eye on them. if you're asked to evacuate in case it gets to flood stage will need to get out. , 7:00 my to moderate showers. we head into 10:00 p.m., the rainfall intensity picks up across the north bay. then, going into tomorrow morning, you don't have to be on the road hopefully. 4:00 you will see downpours. this continues at 7:00 a.m. i cannot rule out an isolated thunderstorm. you can see widespread heavy rain with the atmosphere river by 10:00 a young the focus to shifting into the santa cruz mountains in south bay. scattered, not as intense showers by the early afternoon.

the storm is not expected to stall out, which is a good thing. this is going to be substantial rain for many parts of the bay area. we are looking at want to over three inches of rain tomorrow night. your morning temperatures with stormy conditions in the 40's and 50's, tomorrow afternoon. still hang on the raingear for parts of the bay area, that will have what weather. the northern part will dry out. we're looking to mid upper 50's. not as mild as it was today. here's a look at new year's eve. noon time, in case you are doing stuff with young kids, it will be showers and breezy for parts of the bay area. low to mid 50's. clouds will start to part ways by 8:00 p.m., you're looking at clearing skies. at midnight, getting chilly. but at least you're ringing in the new year with dry conditions. you'll need to have a coats and jackets. it's going to get chilly. it's a stormy morning, level two storm. for sunday, new year's day, it is dry, bright. after the morning fog we will go with the colder storm.

level 1 on monday. more rain tuesday night. stronger atmospheric river potentially on wednesday. we'll bring the possibility of several inches of rain, taking you through thursday. then, what weather for friday. now, it looks like we're on a roll. we will keep whatever we have going which is this what pattern of 2020 do into -- 2022 it to 2023. dan: chp is bringing its enforcement period for the new year. it started at 6:00 and will run through monday. maximum enforcement means every available officers working out on patrol to keep the rows as safe as possible. they're checking for driver speeding, distracted, impaired, drunk or otherwise a danger to themselves or others. ama: you. don't have to drive on new year's eve you can get a ride for free. free rides on all routes between 8:00 p.m. saturday at 5:00 p.m. sunday. there will be extra bus and subway services.

bta, and caltrain. you all start at 8:00 p.m. bart is not free but it will run trains later than usual until 1:00 a.m. sunday. bring in the new year with abc 7. dick clark's prime time new year's eve starts at 8:00 p.m. there we a special edition of abc7news. and we will go back to ryan seacrest for the countdown to midnight. you can watch the rose parade on abc seven, airing monday, january 2 at 8:00 a.m.. dan: the last mega millions drawing of the year is tonight. what would you do with $685 million. putting a new spin on new year's resolutions for sure.

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ama: wall street closed out the year with modest losses, the doll dropped feis doubt dropped 73 points -- the dow dropped to 73 points. this year ended with a three year winning streak for investors. this is the stock markets worth since 2008. the dow lost 10% this year, the nasdaq more than a third of its value, the s&p lost a fifth. dan: in less than two hours someone could become a multimillionaire. we were at bev box at san leandro, where people braved the rain to get their tickets.

the jackpot is up to $685 million tonight. it will be the last drawing of the year with the new year in mind, we asked people what they will spend the money on. family turned out to be the theme. but in different ways. >> i have been totally accessible to all my loved ones for a while. time is time. you cannot get that back. until i get in a position to where i am comfortable, i have to be a bit more selfish. >> i would move everybody in with me. all my close family. >> i go to celebrate my 90th birthday. i hope i win some money so i can go to germany. i am from berlin, germany, and celebrate with the family. dan: good luck to all of them. the drawing is at 8:00 tonight. ama: six years of donald trump's tax returns are finally released tonight. a look at the financial records the former president did not want to make public. >> when i can tell you is we

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions this is abc7 news. dan: for university of idaho students were mysteriously stabbed to death in a house near campus, a suspect is in custody. he is a graduate student at washington state university located 10 malls away. ama: he was arrested across the country in pennsylvania. to marco morgan has the latest. reporter: bryan kohberger into custody by pennsylvania state police and the fbi friday morning. the suspect arrested after criminal investigation into the brutal killings of four university of idaho students, led to bryan kohberger's whereabouts, north of philadelphia. >> these murders have strict -- chicken the community. -- have shaken the community. reporter: bryan kohberger, a graduate student at washington

state university, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. >> we have an individual in custody who committed these crimes. i do believe our community is safe. reporter: authorities received a tip that led the more than 2500 miles across the country. >> this was a very complex and extensive case. we developed a clear picture overtime. be assured the work is not done. this is just starting. reporter: it was back in november that these roommates were all discovered inside a house off campus stabbed to death. two other roommates believed to have stopped to the killings were not -- slept through the killings were not injured. an entire college town on edge, finally breathing a sigh of relief. a plea to the public, authorities sought information that would lead them to a suspect or motive in the case. >> this crime has left a mark on our university and our community and our state.

reporter: police are asking for the public's health with any information about the gruesome murders. dan: we're going to some breaking news. legendary broadcaster barbara walters has passed away. let's go to abc news for more. >> can ask you something directly, which may seem rude? in our country, we read that you are unstable, we read that you are mad. you know those things have been printed. why do you think that is? other leaders are disliked, but they're not as controversial as you are. >> she interviewed everybody we've wanted to hear from. >> there are those that would say that you add to the attention. the mysterious behavior. >> no. there is no mysterious behavior. >> why did you kill him? >> i thought by killing him, i

would acquire his frame. >> you cry. you promise me you wouldn't cry. >> television, the screen was glass and so too was the ceiling. barbara broke through both and became the most important woman pioneer in the history of tv news. >> the fact that i ended up on television, it -- i never thought that would happen. >> she began working in television in the early 50's, when nearly half the homes in the country didn't even own one. she got her start off camera local stations in new york, working her way up to a job as a writer on nbc's today show. >> i was a writer on the today show. they had to have one female writer. she did the fashion show she did the celebrities. >> well lit up the newsrooms in

new york and the television screens across america was the torture of her thousand watt ambition and her unmistakable talent. barbara walters proved there was room on the small screen for more than just men >> barbara is with me now to give us a film report. would you tell me, was this a trying experience? >> it was awful. every day i had to go and look at fashion shows. then i had to have lunch at maxine's and drink champagne. then, i had to smell the perfume at dior. it was so trying. i took the last plane i could to get back. >> i first, most of the work she was assigned to do was less than serious. >> we are going to be doing -- talking about something very feminine like. this year, is the new fashion. >> as the today reporter i did several stories. one was a day in the life of a

playboy bunny. >> it is like a ballet movement. >> but on a national news event came on a historic day in november 1963. the new medium of television an the new reporterd, coming-of-age during a nations heartbreak. >> one group of young men kept a special vigil. these are the honor god's who have been guarding the casket of president kennedy. >> soon she became a regular. >> frank went to the head of network and said i cannot ask the hard news questions. they all had to be done by him. what they finally decided to do was that he could ask for questions and i could come in and ask one. if i could do the interview outside of the studio, it was mine. i started to look for intervws outside of the studio.

>> mr. secretary this brings up one of the criticisms. that is, people say henry kissinger deals in secrecy. when you are child, and you were different from the other kids, people make fun of you. what are the -- what are you the least tolerant of these these days? >> lies are full of snow's about me. the only harm i ever did was sing over the rainbow. >> how would you like future generations to remember eisenhower? >> the fundamentals. that is honesty. integrity. that's how i hope they will remember. >> this morning, we mourn the death of our dear friend, and our most respected colleague, frank mcgee. >> when frank mcgee died, i became cohost. from then on up until today, the women on the morning shows are cohosts. that's a nice legacy to have.

>> is the first woman cohost, the other networks took note. in 1976 abc trailing in the ratings saw to raise its profile by lowering away one of its competitors biggest our, the last-place network came calling with an offer she cannot refuse. it would change her life and the business of tv news. >> barbara walters was been on the nbc today program for 13 years signed a contract with abc today. >> it was more than double the salary of the most famous anchor of the day, walter cronkite. >> the con -- contract specifies that she will coanchor the abc news among other network appearances. >> walters becomes the first woman to be an evening news anchor and the highest paid journalist. >> in those days, nobody thought it was possible. >> harry reasoner, barbara walters, bring you the news. >> i have a new colleague to

welcome. >> thank you, harry. >> the brash woman from another networks morning show aching more money than the -- making more money than the men happy to do the job alone. not a recipe for success. >> you only four minutes. >> harry reasoner did not want to partner. he certainly did not want a woman. >> he was not joking. the reluctant partnership became a national punchline. >> i have to shoot in error -- arrow into barbara walters. you mean you are making her fall in love with harry reasoner? no, harry paid me to shoot her. >> i remember reading the headline in one of the papers. at the same times, i was doing the specials which had been an afterthought. >> countdown, 4, 2, 3, 1. >> the barbara walters special. >> the specials saved my life. they took on a role of their

own. people like to them. >> what is the biggest misconception about you? >> i think the b misconception is that i am a. -- --. just like you i have standards. >> are interviewed. i spent almost a week with him. i have been -- a spent a great deal of time in the middle east. i did the only interview that the prime minister of israel did with president -- with the president of egypt. they never talk together before until this interview. >> good evening. >> i am barbara walters and this is 2020. >> it would become her home for the next one he five years and she broke yet another record with the most watched television news interview of all time. >> did you ever tell bill clinton you are in love with him? what did he say? >> he said that means a lot to

me. >> did he ever tell you that he was in love with you? the line >> no. >> there was no question that she would not asked. >> i'm going to ask you a terrible question. did you ever order anyone killed? tapes? yes, i think so because they were private conversations subject to misinterpretation. >> whether ex presidents, sitting presidents or future presidents, no one escaped the questions. >> should we begin the torture? he maintained your courteous relationship even your friendship over these years with president nixon. if he killed any of the hostages he would attack militarily? the line we are on the verge of a recession if not already there, we see our educational program failing and we see our

competitiveness in doubt, do you feel any responsibly for this? are you sorry that you ever said read my lips, no new tactics? mr. president how important is it for the president to be a role model? was it worth it if there were no weapons of mass destruction? we know that that was wrong. was it worth it? mr. president, there are some folks that say you squandered your political capital with a health care plan when you should have been focusing on jobs? the line how can you unify the country when you make these divisive statements? >> while best known for her interview she was a cone or stone -- cornerstone of our abc news division. >> we would not under any circumstances think of doing this broadcast without barbara walters. >> good morning, peter. this is a unique ceremony. it's unprecedented in history. i want you to wake up the kids. this is the kind of thing you will not see for another 20 or 30 years. >> the show she may have been

most proud of was the pioneering daytime talk show the view. >> there not been a show with a group of people sitting together and talking, unscripted. it's a great place to express yourself, give opinions, show the kind of person you really are. >> in 2010, barbara shared a hot topic of her own. >> i'm going to have surgery later this week, to replace one faulty heart valve. i have known of this condition for a while. my doctors and i have decided this is the best time to do the surgery. since the summer is coming up, i can take a nice vacation. >> the surgery went off without a hitch. that vacation was cut short, when a vip force her to return earlier than expected. >> we were the first at daytime talk show to have a sitting president as a guest. >> i was trying to find a show that michelle actually watched. [laughter] >> the view has shown that

can be together and enjoy each other and have the kind of conversations that you may have in the morning with a girlfriend. >> we want to give our kudos to barbara walters. this is the house that barbara walters lived in. >> looking back, barbara walters put it best. >> i have been blessed with a life i never expected in helping those with the steps -- helping me up the steps of the letter but many people. >> every person walks on tv in formidable footsteps and are in her debt. >> you are the reason we are all here. you're the reason why i wanted to be in television. >> many of us pay tribute to her in person when she retired from the view in late 2014. >> we all proudly stand on your shoulders, barbara walters, as we honor you. please welcome, robin roberts. >> i never set out to be a trail

blazer. i never said, i'm going to do this for women. i guess it as for the women whod me, i'm very supportive of women, i know what the become an unofficial advisor. if they make it, i get all the credit. i want to be remembered in television. maybe as a creator. may be as a good newswoman. no, more than being remembered. i hope that by younger women, i can help them inspire. legacy. these are my legacy. thank you. [laughter] [applause] >> what an incredible legacy it

is. such an extraordinary career in life. joining us live is world news. they have known each other for nearly 20 years. this loss is being felt across engine -- industry but so many friends and family members are morning her loss. >> no question about that. thanks for having me on. it's extraordinary, the impact that barbara walters had not just on journalism but on the broadcast industry as a whole. all of those wonderful accomplished women who came after barbara walters, you heard oprah winfrey say we stand on your shoulders. it is an extraordinary thing for barbara to have acknowledged, late in her career the impacts she had on so many young women coming up behind her. it is not just women who she was a role model for, i think anyone

who grew up in the age of television and broadcast news, we were all influenced by barbara walters, by her standards, by her hunger, by her constant hard work of going after the next big interview and asking the that would get whoever the new zwicker was sitting across from her to ask the question -- news anchor was sitting across from her to ask the question. that was the extraordinary thing about barbara walters, she broke news on camera. she got people to say things that they never would have said to another journalist. i remember barbara telling a story, she told the story often about interviewing richard nixon and why didn't he burn the watergate takes -- watergate tapes. she told the story about this important interview with nixon. she was sitting on the notes she had written. anyone who knew barbara, along

the way. i was lucky enough to be one of the people influenced by her. but anyone who knew her, knew that she spent so much time on the questions she would ask these newsmakers. one of the most moving stories about these high-profile interviews was the interview with which heard nixon -- richard nixon what she conducted the interview sitting on the question she had prepared. she did not miss a beat. she made news in history. given the fact that she got nixon to answer that all-important question. that's just one example. there was the fidel castro interview. the first woman to coanchor network evening newscast. she would continue to break barriers in every corner of her career. at the end of the piece there, barbara's imagination and creativity that came to life on the view. and her vision for that program, which as we know, still with such a wild success to this day. when i learned the news a short

time ago, i thought about my last moment. this is what so many of us are going to do. the people who are lucky enough to have come into contact with barbara through the years. one of my last exchanges and interactions was walking out the set on that final day of the view. i was beyond honored to have been asked by barbara to walk around on that final day. she was completely at peace. anyone who knew barbara that she -- knew barbara worked into the last moment until she retired. she would be the first want to call into the newsroom, even in the end of world news to be onset, if there was a large story breaking she would be joining us on stet -- set. when she asked us to walk for the final episode of the view, the extraordinary surprise waiting for her, all of these women should influenced. all of these women who we know, they are household names in american television. robert roberts,, jane polly, all

of these incredible journalists, who were there to honor her on that final day of the view, to have walked or out there. i will never forget that day. i know when i walked down the hallway for world news that barbara, bravely, held that long before any of us did. she is an extraordinary, extraordinary human being, journalist, pioneer, legend, all of the words that get tossed around often, that hey almost become cliché. not when it becomes -- not when it comes to barbara walters. she is one of the few among us who deserve each and every one of those words as we all honor her. perhaps it is fitting as we mark the end of this year and the beginning of a new year, that we honor barbara walters. she, at the end of so many years brought us the most fascinating people of the year and here we find ourselves at the end of

this year honoring our friend and a true pioneer, barbara walters. >> beautiful and poignant thoughts. as you are talking about her interviewing, especially that interview with richard nixon that left an impression on me as well. talk a bit if you can, about not just the questions but the questions were so amazing and pointed depending on who she was interviewing, but for me it is as much as a reaction she got from the people she got -- that she was interviewing. are you sorry you didn't bring the types from the -- tapes, from the nixon interview, there was no shame on his face, he was like, yeah. how she got so much out of the newsmakers and leaders of the world when she spoke to them. >> it is so important to remember, it was largely a

dominated industry and she very human and pointed questions. with all of these newsmakers she sat across from. whether it was the presidents, former leaders, first ladies. everyone of those interviews, she not only asked questions that questions that were expected to be asked but questions that elicited a human response. we learned from that and i think that is what you are talking about. she was able to get richard nixon but she was able to get some money world leaders and the people of our time to answer questions that they would not have answered sitting across from anyone else and that was her way. for all the people who critiqued her early on, i hope they were around long enough to see at the end of this remarkable career that not only was she paving the

way for so many, she was teaching how it was done. she literally created opportunity for so many who came after her. and that visual remarkable women journalists who walked out of the stage. , i grew up watching so many of them in a group watching barbara walters and i want to say that it is not just women you have been a role model for, you been a role model for so many journalists in this country particularly broadcast journalists because her bravery, barbara was brave. she was a trail blazer a barrier breaker, she went places in the world that were not welcoming and she did it long before so

many others did. for that bravery, let us all toast her, this new year's. >> absolutely. i think back to the first time i thought to myself i want to ask questions of people for a living i want to get answers, i was watching a special one of barbara's specials when she was young. it is so right, she taught through what she did, she thought through what she lived. in robin story she talked about this assignment she was given a day in the life of a playboy bunny. i cannot help but think, from that all the way to fidel castro, so many presidents, every newsmaker, she taught by the way she lived, if someone is telling you they can't to do this or someone is telling you we do not think you should do this, if you think you should do this go ahead. she taught generations of people

, brave enough to do in an industry that was deafly not ready for it -- definitely not ready for it when she was ready to do it. >> she spent time at nbc news, a pioneer on the today show, before she came to abc and the evening news, 2020 an honor to be part of that franchise. what it is. all these years later. to your point, agent like television when she was eager and hungry and hungrier than the men who were in the business to get the job done. from some of the assignments that were going on, you mentioned some of them. i am sure that what she taught us all these years later, men and women in the industry, i will take that assignment but i

am going to do the vital work, the important work we do every single day. i will do what you're asking me but i will go after it too. that is what barbara walters did. she used the assignments they were willing to give her in the beginning to get her foot in the door and she plays that path by going after every newsmaker she wanted to sit across from. barbara walters landed all those major interviews for so many years. and her -- through all of tha i think, we not only owe her a debt of gratitude for setting the example for the rest of us, but to think about all the news and information that she brought to us, all of those years. she just never gave up. i remember, i had this photograph i carry around on my phone of barbara turning the corner, walking down the world news newsroom in the upper west side of manhattan, very late in her career before she retired

ready to file another piece on world news. that spoke to her devotion to the field. that she not only conquered but defined for many years across nbc and many, many years at abc. and we now broadcast at barbara walters building. i remember the day was named to historic -- career. i know, not only those of us in journalism and the broadcasting industry but people across the country that group for many decades watching barbara walters and her interviews. and who she named the most fascinating person of the year, what would she get to say, how will she make news tonight. those are the questions america asked. we all learned from her in that way too. >> it was television that everyone in the nation had to watch. they know they were going to see an extraordinary conversation

conducted by next ordinary journalist. she was going ask questions that she knew was going to be uncomfortable for the person to answer. i'm thinking about her characteristics and her words that describe her. we talk about bravery. she was determined at the beginning of career. throughout it she persevered. you have been here almost 20 years. that you shared with arbor over the years? -- barbara over the years. >> in the end of her career i would say her grace. you heard her farewell interview. it is hard not to recognize the impact you had when so many revered women journalists are

standing in that one studio to thank you for the opportunities and paving the way for them. she recognized that in the very end. i mentioned that hallway because an impact on me and those in the newsroom that day because -- after all those years in the industry she didn't have to do that she did it because she loved wrink. before that drink turns to drinks, we, to varying degrees, you know, might have success from night to night. but always sort of aim higher. and she was one of those people who did exactly the same thing. and for so long. and in a time that was not welcoming, particularly in the very beginning. to keep coming in no matter

what. you know, i just have always, you know -- always had the mos profound respect for her, kn knowing what she was up against. the fact that she just did not give up. in the end defined a craft and an industry for the rest of us. >> 93 years old. an extraordinarily long and incredible life. not to mention what she did in her career. when her book came out, so many people in my life read it, specifically women in my life, and said, wow, this is so remarkable. look at everything she's done. but you're right. barbara walters, the power of barbara walters, the grandeur of who she was and what she did in this business, goes beyond smashing a glass ceiling for women in this business. but decades and decades of journalists, both men and women, held barbara to this standard

and watched what she did, how she asked questions, and kind of modeled their styles after her, right? >> i think there's no question that's the case. and you know, as i said earlier, it's not just, you know, those who say she paved the way for women. because she absolutely did. and there's no question the impact that she had. but the rest of us too, i mean -- i think anyone who grew up in sort of the age of television, watching barbara travel the world, chase down , - world leaders. not just here at home but all over the world. you know, her interview with middle castro and so many others. she was -- she was determined. and she set an example for so many. and i do think that, you know, her legacy will be, you know, did i have half the energy, half the devotion, dedication to this

incredible privilege that we all have to sort of report the news to the american people, did we give it half as much as barbara walters did? and that would be saying a lot. because there were few who carried sort of this endless energy that barbara walters did. and she would land a newsmaker and immediately be on to the next project. and she was just simply extraordinary in that way. and was so inventive along the way, too. you know, the "today" show, which obviously still is a franchise to this day. she was part of that. and the very -- the very early stages, and her role as a woman on that show. and you mentioned the assignments that she would be given early on in her career. and, you know, not only am i convinced of it, but she spoke to this often later in her career, that she would take those assignments and then chase the assignments that she really wanted.