this story also involves whoopi goldberg and patrick swayze. intrigued? joint is now is the founder and crate of director of touro magazine, tristan cunningham. tristan, good to see you. tristan: good to see you. thank you for having me on. kristen: absolutely. coming from san francisco, right? tristan: i am. kristen: i love this story because it is local. but you had to find your place not only in the fashion industry but also as a teenager. tell us about the circumstances. kristen: it was a very difficult time. i was a teenager at the time and we were very lucky to be able to come to the u.s. with my family. and it was an adjustment before. i speak french in haiti and english was my second language, and i barely spoke english. i was a teenager and i went to an all-girls catholic school. so it was definitely an adjustment. and it was hard. i won't say it was easy. there's definitely a romance about coming to california, but once i got here, it was very, it was a tough adjustment. but i would say now, you know, i've adjusted. kristen: very well, might i a

you say in the book that that whoopie goldberg eventually treated you with open disdain. >> i have greatd respect with whoopie. all things considered she was good to me. my issue was with joy. things shifted during covid. i felt like i was the only republican anyone knew which is a problem for media circles. i felt like any time trump would do something people would hate they could take their anger out on me because i was an avatar for conservative. there was a correlation between his insanity at the white house and how i was treated on the show. howie: there was one encounter with behar, we'll talk about it after we show this. >> traitor. >> you missed me so much when i was on maternity leave. you missed fighting with me. >> i did not miss you. >> when we broke for commercial, i burst into tears, not just like tearing up, up controllable sobbing. i was super hormonal and deeply hurt. howie: why did that insult by joy behar hit you so hard. how did that lead you to eventually quit the show. >> i talk about this extensively in my book that i really had bad post partum anxiety. howie: afte

whoopi goldberg is hosting the show, taking a look back at the park's history. 7. reggie: i've been obsessed with the updates and they've been debuting some of the new fireworks. i love what they are doing at epcot because they are representing all of the nations through disney songs. when they get to america, guess who they chose? tianna. kumasi: yes! jobina: i love that. reggie: >>> good morning, america. breaking news in the fight against covid on this friday morning. breakthrough covid treatment. the drugmaker merck releasing data on their antiviral drug. the pills dramatically reducing the risk of death or being hospitalized in half. this morning, when it could be available for everyone. we hear exclusively from the company's ceo. >>> breaking overnight. no deal. high drama on capitol hill with democratic leaders pulling votes on the infrastructure bill. can the $3.5 trillion investment package move forward? is biden's agenda in jeopardy? >>> into the storm. the stunning images from inside a major hurricane, category 4 hurricane sam strengthening, florida t

hosted by whoopi goldberg. >> >>> breaking news on "america this morning." no deal before the deadline. congress stuck in a stalemate, failing to take the infrastructure bill to a vote overnight. what it means for the democrats' bigger spending plan and when we can expect the house to take a vote. >>> facebook under fire. the social media giant in the cross hairs on capitol hill, accused of hiding evidence that instagram is harmful to teens. the disturbing evidence found by one senator. >>> teachers make their case. the new plea to the supreme court as a covid vaccine mandate takes effect. >>> new clues in the gabby petito case. what we're learning about calls made by her father before she was reported missing. >>> reaction to the big announcement about the super bowl after anahehalftime show. >> and mick jagger going unnoticed in a bar to a dog finally found after surviving a plane crash. it's friday, october 1st. >> from abc news in new york, this is "america this morning." >> good friday morning, everyone. >> we begin with the breaking news from washingto

even whoopi goldberg given day was complaining about estate tax injuries and white striped van to to get ahead of a 40 percent and now more. >> what are the consequences to the republican party and to the conservatism if utah set aside in a few - >> look at what happened in 2006 i think the iraq war and we were spending money faster than the democrats. i think we hold the world record. don young and other people, especially some core just as bad or worse, that is a disease now. to pass a big bill and there's a least 2000 earmarked. if you have one little project, oh boy that is a big deal and i was the leader. it's all kind of changed, just keep on lining it up. >> you are rising to the top of your field. >> the field was leaving. [laughter] they kept changing the goalpost was the best way to describe and i was on the 5-yard line and then they moved it then i was on a 15-yard line and then when i got there they would move it again. >> that's brilliant. these whole raft of cultural issues they really fun conservatism. the old one said that we - keep the government away no government e

whoopi goldberg will be your host, taking a look back at the history of the park.stamos, and musical performances from christina aguilera and more. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. on abc7. and we are going to go live for disney world and talk to my friend carl in our next hour. disney is the parent company of abc7. carl has been sending me pictures of disney world all week. i'm joyful for him, but -- i wish i was there. [laughter] not that i do not like hanging out with you guys. kumasi: we get it. reggie: the cafeteria does not hit like the magic kingdom. mike: let me tell you the history of the magic kingdom, kids. when i first started going there, it was not unlimited rides. you had color-coded tickets. i always had the least amount of tickets. reggie: you did not get e-tickets? mike: my do not even know what those are. i begged for years, but i was lucky we even got to go. reggie: but you are stuck in the tiki room. mike: which you like. it's air-conditioned. reggie: ah. mike: here is a look at the roof camera, the flags are barely moving this morning. stagnant air

like whoopi goldberg. she compared trump to mengle. to the kkk.ase. the attacks on pro-lifers, went after them, calling them the taliban in texas. these were the kinds of vicious ad homonyms that meghan mccain had to put up with. in a debate, she had one arm tied behind her back because they were hurling personal insults at her and she has got enough class not to respond that way. she didn't. so it must, i don't care how much they paid her. it must have been hell on earth for her to be backstage dealing with these people. stuart: they will not change. next case, brent. liberal media seems to be turning on president biden. msnbc's stephanie rule called out the president's claims about build back better, the plan that is supposed to cost zero dollars. she called it out. we've spoken about this before, brent. is it correct to say that biden's honeymoon with the media is either over or certainly winding down? >> not quite. not yet. i think there are some stories because they can't avoid it. afghanistan, they couldn't avoid it. the statement that he ma

hosted by whoopi goldberg. >> that's followed by another new episode of "20/20" 10:00 p.m.ven have my goofy earrings to celebrate you. i know you are celebrating with your ear-idescent fashion. as you'll see on almost everyone here at the park. on top of that, goofy helping me tell you when you come you have to check out the disney fab 50 character collection. it is a group of golden sculptures all over all four parks, you can take selfies with them. so cute, too, the mickey and minnie mouse sculptures are dedicated to the dedicated cast members, they make every moment at disney special so we are celebrating them and so much else. thank you, goofy. >>> coming up, celebrating the 50th anniversary of walt disney world with the surprise of a lifetime for one community hero. stay right there because we will be right back. there because wel be right back. (♪ ♪) (♪ ♪) (♪ ♪) (♪ ♪) ♪ >>> we are back now with the 50th anniversary of walt disney world resort. disney is celebrating with a nationwide contest to reward 50 magic makers. they are local heroes who uplift their communities.

it's obvious whoopi goldberg, joy behar, these people treat everyone that disagree with them absolutelyeir sights. i justed a though, you know, look, meghan mccain father, generations of americans have had to put up with all sorts of terrible things. they have had to fight for their country, for their freedom and much more. i admire meghan mccain for sitting this out. this is real warring. she had to put up with being on a panel show. a lot of people say they criticize armchair warriors. you know, you have got to cope with the seat of a real armchair if you are going to be on a show like that. people have gone through worse things. it does definitely expose just the horrible way in which left wing women in particular talk about progress and hate from the wrong people. steve: they clearly the most the panelists on that program hated donald trump and because she was the lone conservative they took everything out on her as she secretary of state i didn't vote for donald trump. >> how generalizing do you have to be to that that meghan mccain represents donald trump. these people can't see a