by the way, this wouldn't be as embarrassing of an admission if the diane sawyer wasn't interviewing blonde beauty queen and she's blurry because there is vaseline on the lens because she's like 150. >> i have never heard anyone call diane sawyer a hunky. >> richard curtis is a hunky an diane sawyer is a hunky. >> i'd like to see them make hunky wild. >> that is something i would watch. >> my christmas favorite christmas movie is i white chat. it is a christmas movie. >> we have that debate at my house every year. >> it doesn't talk me. what you think? >> i will tell you my casting issue with love actually is if you put liam neeson and arom come come you're going to have people say finally a romantic comedy where people get punched and then you're just disappointed with disgusting boring love. this one was so unrealistic because most of the couples wor out, haven't you seen the divorce rate? i will tell you about a little story. might first kiss was during a game of fin the bottle we got i the closet the girls that i'm not going to kiss you, but you can tell people that we did and yo

and diane sawyer i as a whole.unky.i like to see them make st love. right. that is something i would watch all you know, that reminds me, actually , joe mackie, my favorite christmas movie is eyes wide shut. >> oh, i'm stanleychristma kubra you can't go wrong with that. ite. is a christmas movie.ve th we have that debate at my house every. >> yeah, mike lindell. >> it >> oh, that doesn't shock me. what what do you think,at y maggie ? ou ti'll tell you what my castin issue with love, it actually ig . you put liam neeson in a romom com, you're going to have people saying, finally, a romantic comedy where people get punched and then you justan disappoint them with disgust. >> boring love. ting >> i can't stand romantic comedies. and this one was so unrealistic because most the couples workedh out. you haven't seenav y the divorcu rate. i'll tell yo seen u a little stu about love your cat.t >> this is a tangent. okay, before my first kiss was during a game of spine got the bottle we got in the closett and the girl said

those words from diane sawyer. now more about that history.had an idea to bring together women of different backgrounds, generations and views to discuss the hot topics of the day. it had never been done before. 20 years later "the view" is still going strong. >> it was 17 years ago when an executive at abc daytime came to bill geddie and me and said, do you have an idea for a show and i said, i have an idea for a show. >> i've always wanted to do a show with women of different generations, backgrounds and views. this is that show. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill geddie and i sat down then with a group of women to try and see how the conversation would work out. we were going to have various groups. >> which we've all seen 39 dead in a cult suicide. >> these young people are obviously searching for something. >> that doesn't strike me as odd. >> the first group was the best, and that's how "the view" began. there had not been a show with a group of people sitting together and talking unscripted. i thought it might last a year or two. roone arl

diane sawyer! lara spencer! >> i never set out to be a trailblazer.er said "i'm going to do this for women." i guess it's what had to be done. i want to be remembered in television maybe as a creator, maybe as a good newswoman. no, more than being remembered, i hope that by younger women, i can help them aspire. >> i just want to say, this is my legacy. these are my legacy. and i thank you all. >> our thanks to robin for that. we'll have much more on barbara's passing on "good morning america." and watch the "20/20" special on sunday night "our barbara." >>> coming up, police make an arrest in the murder of four university of idaho students. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. and you may lose weight. adults lost up to 14 pounds. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens,

diane sawyer and all these people is using but if you look , to be honest the republican party and it up taking vengeance for it. they felt like they were decapitated as their leader the washington post day and s it was a self implosion my funds so there's a cultural discord from this moment to talk to us from your perspective now . did we learn anything? >> actually we're 50 years from the watergate break-in. june 1972, next month will be the 50th anniversary of the watergate break-in which gives you a certaindetachment and historical perspective . you know, everything is relative . and of course nixon committed criminal acts while in office for which he was worst to resign. and as i say, the cover-up is technically called obstruction of justice and his aides went to prison for that. since some people say that my book is more sympathetic to next and then other books, actually i don't think that he is the right word but i do think it's important for a writer to tell the story through the eyes of the protagonist. so a lot of it is through nixon's eyes or things that happened in nixon's

diane sawyer, just last week, asked the director of "love actually," a modern holiday classic which came movie" customer can of course on national television he has to say "i would do it differently." everyone is now being guilt-ridden for things they did 20 years ago, when at the time, no one said a word about it. two words: washington redskins. no problem for almost a century, and suddenly that became a big problem, they are the commanders or the communists, i'm not sure, but they are having a great season. and the eagles this year. >> jesse: the only team to beat the eagles, but it does not matter. still home-field throughout the playoffs. thank you very much. go back to watching movies on those big screen televisions in your room. >> that's my friday night, thank you. >> our friday night, sink or swim, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ at adp, we understand business today looks nothing like it did yesterday. while it's more unpredictable, its possibilities are endless. from paying your people from anywhere to supporting your talent everywhere, we use data driven insights to design hr solutions a

fingers bent revisions and rehabilitation packages diane sawyer excusing the thugs.k back now, to be honest the republican party ended up being vengeful. they felt like they were decapitated their leader. the "washington post" i did in s selfs imposed by thugs. there's a discord from this moment if you contact us from yourts perspective now restaurat near comments, did we learn anything, thank you. >> actually we are 50 years from the watergate break-inn june 1972. next month over the 50th anniversary of the watergate break-in. which gives her a certain detachment in historical perspective. everything is relative. of course nixon committed criminal acts while in office for which she was forced to resign. and as they sayve they cover-ups technically called obstruction of justice. i ain't going to prison for that. some people say it my book is more sympathetic to nixon and some other books i don't think sympathy is the right word but i do think it's important for a writer to tell the story to the eyes of your protagonist. a lot of it is through nixon's eyes are things

i think that there's been revisionism and rehabilitation pat buchanan diane sawyer all these people excusing the thugs so as you look back now did we i mean to be honest the republican party ended up being vengeance full they felt like they were decapitated their leader and the washington post did it and in fact, it was itself implosion by thugs so there's a cultural discord from this moment and if you could just talk to us from your perspective now your comments did we learn anything? yeah. thank you. actually, we're 50 years from the watergate breaking june 1972. and next month will be the 50th anniversary of the watergate break-in which gives you a certain detachment and historical perspective. um, you know, everything is relative. and of course nixon was i mean he committed criminal acts while in office for which he was forced to resign. and and as i say the well, the cover-up is technically it's called obstruction of justice and his aids went to prison for that. but you know since i've i mean some people say that my book is more sympathetic to nixon than some other books. i'm actually i

>> it has been at times -- >> do you deal with the diane sawyer interview in the film?'t try to recreate a tv interview or another tv show. but it is dealt with at length and it's dealt with how it happened. and she seems as low as you can get. >> so let's talk about then, clive, i was on the air. you're having the grammy party at the beverly hilton. i walk out of the studio and they said we just got word that whitney houston died. >> breaking news. >> you know, every once in a while you have to report something that you thought would be the worst thing that could happen and it was going to happen and now it has. singer whitney houston, one of the greatest voices of our generation. cnn has gotten confirmation from a representative, has died. >> and you're there at the beverly hilton where it all happened. what is going through your mind? what is happening behind the scenes with clive davis? >> when i get the call, it had to be 4:00 or 4:30 in the afternoon. first of all, i was shocked. i mean, two days earlier whitney spent the whole day with me. she had finished the mo

please welcome diane sawyer. robin roberts. lara spencer. >> i never set out to be a trailblazer.er said, i'm going to do this, you know, for women, but i guess it's what had to be done. and as for the women who followed me, i'm very supportive of women. i know what the women on the air have gone through and i've kind of become a sort of unofficial adviser. if they make it i get all the credit. i want to be remembered in television, maybe as a creator, maybe as a good newswoman, no, more than being remembered, i hope that by younger women i can help them aspire. >> i just want to say this is my legacy. these are my legacy and i thank you all. [ cheers and applause ] >> and she achieved that. we all grew up wants to be her. don't miss a special edition of "20/20" on sunday. "our barbara," her friends and colleagues and barbara reflecting on her life and legacy. time for a check of the weather and danielle breezy from our nashville station, hey, danielle. >> we're getting ready for new year's eve and i can tell you it will be soggy for the north and east. rain will spread in here fo

. >> did you deal with the diane sawyer interview in the movie? to re-create a tv interview or another tv show. but it was dealt with at length. dealt with how it happened. but she sinks ahe sinkings as wn get. >> so, let's talk about then, clive, i was on the air. you're having the grammy party at the beverly hilton. i walk out of the studio, and they said we just got word that whitney houston died. >> breaking news -- >> you know, every once in a while, you have to report something that you thought would be the worst thing that could happen and it was going to happen, and now it has. singer whitney houston, one of the greatest voices of our generation, cnn has gotten confirmation from a representative has died. >> and you're there at the beverly hilton when it happened? what is going through your mind, what is happening behind the screens for clive davis? >> well, when i got the call, it happens to be 4:30 in the afternoon -- first of all, i was shocked. two days earlier, whitney had spent the whole day with me. she had finished the movie "spark

please welcome diane sawyer. robin roberts. lara spencer. elizabeth vargas. amy robach.juju chang. katie couric. savannah guthrie. >> and salary ly quinn is joinis now. she was a dear friend of your for decades. what does the barbara walters legacy mean to you? what do you want people to know about her? >> well, i think that barbara had a reputation for being very tough and she was very tough. and she was strong. and she had to be being the first woman who ever did the many things that she did and got the interviews she did. but she was also an incredibly kind and decent and generous friend. certainly to me. when i first went to cbs news, i was the first woman anchor in america because barbara at the time was hostess of the "today" show and she was not allowed to be called an anchor. and later she would be the first woman on tv to anchor in the nighttime. and so they were trying to pit barbara and me together. and against each other. and it was really ugly. i mean, new york magazine had a cover story saying here i come, i'll knock you off. and barbara got in touch with m

diane sawyer, katie couric, they'll talk about how fierce she could be when they were going after, all to a lot of women. she was a mentor to men and women who worked with her as producers and directors, and to other women, younger women, who followed behind her. that was something she embraced, i think, most fully late in life. you remember that final scene when she was retiring from rt "view," her last episode on "the view" when they had two dozen women from all the networks come out, one by one, to embrace her and thank her for the role they had played in their own careers. i think that really meant a lot to her. >> how will you personally remember her legacy? given the work that you have put in the book and more broadly as you think about her career in journalism, what comes to mind for you? how would you define it? >> one thing to remember is even beyond television and even beyond journalism, she was a part of a changing american culture. when it came to giving opportunities, opening doors for women in all kinds of fields. so while we remember her for her impact on television news

starring in "fat actress" in 2005 where she played a fictionalized version of herself admitting to diane sawyernd that's when i created the show. >> reporter: and kirstie telling me about what she called her life-changing turn on "dancing with the stars." >> is this experience what you thought it would be? >> it's so much better. you know, i love dancing and i wish to god i had been a dancer. it changed my life. it's cathartic. i feel younger now than i felt when i was 20. >> what do you have planned? you always surprise us. >> i'm done with reality tv. i just want to act again. but what i have that i haven't had before that i'm excited about is, i really want to keep dancing. i want to be his spokesperson for his dance studios and in exchange, i want to walk in there any time and have some, you know, hot dance guys just -- because i would like to do it -- i would like to do it like three hours a day. >> i remember she was the runner-up. >> she did great and said she would dance the rest of her life. >> thank you, thank you, thank you and just thinking of her family, her friends and all that sh