it all starts now on "the view" with whoopi, michelle collins,

>> announcer: it all starts now on "the view" with whoopi, michelle collins, joy behar, candace cameron bure,

it all starts now on "the view" with whoopi, michelle collins, joy behar, candace cameron-bure, raven-symone, and paula faris. now, let's get things started. >> hey. hello, hello, hello and welcome to "the view," y'all! welcome to "the view," y'all! welcome, welcome, welcome to "the view," y'all! [ cheers and applause ] >> we walked out to "no doubt about it" from season two of "empire" because taraji p. henson is here today. [ cheers and applause ] >> "gma's" sara haines and abc senior legal correspondent sunny hostin are at the table. [ cheers and applause ] >> so let's get into some "hot topics." shall we? now, donald trump's sons were on "fox & friends" yesterday, and apparently raven and i perhaps became part of the conversation. watch the clip. >> there are a lot of celebrities that don't agree with your dad, that don't think he's going to make america great.

collins, thank you. president obama will not attend the funeral of former first lady nancy reagan. but michelebama will thereabout. mr. obama will be in texas friday to deliver the keynote address at the south by southwest conference in austin. today mrs. obama praised the mentoring she received from the former first lady. >> she warmly and willingly offered advice and encouragement to me as i settled in, into my role as first lady. and i am so grateful for her kindness and generosity to me and my family over the years that i hope that our continued work to educate girls worldwide is a fitting tribute to her legacy. >> mrs. reagan repose tomorrow and thursday at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. her funeral on friday morning is by invitation only. nancy reagan died on sunday at the age of 94. >>> a familiar name is at the center of a battle over the vacancy on virginia's state supreme court. senate panel has endorsed ken cuccinelli the former state attorney general who lost the race for governor to terry mcauliffe. lawmakers have been unable to come up with enough votes to