tonight barbara walters. from "frozen," josh gad. and music from fall out boy with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! >> thank you for watching. thank you for watching. thank you for your energy. i need energy. i'm tired. i woke up at 6:30 this morning at disneyland. i don't know how it happened. at home having a few drinks next thing on the matahorn. the truth is i was at disney land to ride this awesome new ride they have called the view. you sit in a chair. it doesn't move but you're surrounded by five women who shout questions at you and you freak out. i was on "the view" this morning or i had a vivid dream that all of my aunts were mad at me. barbara walters is here tonight. this is the first time she has ever been here. we both work on abc. we got off to kind of a rocky start the first 11 years of the show. at long last she is here and tonight barbara has promised to answer this question. >> i know this is an uncomfortable place to bring this up. of all the co-hosts you have worked with over the years and i w

they are on barbara walters's list of most fascinating. who do we have think? ♪ . >>> the robertson family of "duck dynasty," edward snowden, kim kardashian, fiancee of kanye west, some of barbara walters most fascinating picks for 2013. also announced jennifer lawrence, prince george, royal baby, long distance swimmer nayad. i know you're so excited about kim and kanye. >> to put them on the same list with the pope is unbelievable to me. first of all, i feel sorry for their kid to have kanye north and plastic kardashian as the parents. miley cyrus? they have a porn convention every year in las vegas. she could win out there. >> so glad we started with bob. eric? >> interesting list. most fascinating people. is it the most fascinating celebrities? if you eliminate nature celebrities, which is what i would do -- it would be the pope. i think he's amazingly fascinating. 1.3 billion -- >> that's my choice. >> my number one. number two is ed snowden. a guy who literally changed the way -- >> look at the most fascinating, pope, snowden, and i hope the winner is in

walters -- does she have naked pictures of -- i'm so tire offhand barbara walters. miley cyrus looks like a teenage boy. >> she looks like a boy. >>> cnn host coming clean about how liberal main strooirm -- main stream media guys are, yes or no? >> there are moments but more to say about that. >> generally speaking the kind of person who is a reporter in washington d.c. or new york city has never worked a minimum wage job outside of high school, has never experienced poverty, is non an -- not like most americans do do. >> he made a point saying liberals gravitate towards media. once they get there, they protect turf. that's why they hate fnc so much. fnc built their own club. we beat them to death with that club. >> he mentioned you don't hear about the military. you do here. >> he should have submitted his resume some place else. he seems to be on the right page and point about covering all news, paying attention, showing stories of the military and not just showing one liberal bias act. i like that. i applaud him for candor and honesty. >> are you fire aair and ba

some of barbara walter's most fascinating people of 2013. also on the list, jennifer lawance, gp ma anchor robin roberts, miley cyrus, prince george, rt royal baby, long distance swimmer diana nyad and pop francis. i know you're incredibly excited about kim and kanye. >> to put those people on the same list as the pope, it's unbelievable to me. first of all, i feel sorry for their kid to have kanye and kardashian plastic as their mother. beyond that, miley cyrus, are you kidding me? they got a porn convention every year in las vegas, she could win out there. >> so glad we started with bob. >> interesting list. i'm try to figure, it's supposed to be the most fascinating people so is it the most fascinating celebrates? if you eliminate celebrities which is what i would do, it would come down to -- like the duck dynasty people. it would be the pope. i think he's amazingly fascinating. number two would be ed snowden. a guy who literally changed what's going on in american politics. >> bolling, look at your picks back there on our banner. most fa

at number five, the man also on barbara walters list, edward snowden. some call him a hero, others a traitor. all agree he has changed the course of history. number four, the man vowing to clean up corruption in the district. u.s. attorney ron mei chin has en has been at the center of an investigation. the investigation remains open. number three, the team with a fascinating new challenge. amazon founder jeff bezos. ceo katharine weymouth is staying with the post. their task, to change the paper for generations to come. our number two, david rubenstein who has donated millions to the kennedy center, the national zoo and has now given millions to repair the washington monument. our choice for the most fascinating person, robert griffin iii. 2013 started with such promise. a devastating knee injury followed by a disastrous season. from the toast of the town to the bench. rg iii grows from here may be the most fascinating thing to come. >> you can watch part two of the barbara walters special, a look at the newsmakers of 2013 tomorrow night on abc 7 starti

speaking of sneak peeks, barbara walters. back in times square. what a morning we have had. as the weekly audience for pope francis, his last of the year. we got to witness, really up close. and actually, thankfully, very personally, as well. what a morning it was. >> incredible. >> to meet him at long last. and as robin said earlier, took us behind the scenes here at vatican city. i had a chance yesterday, as well, to see a place i have long wanted to see. one of the reasons, of course, people have taken pope francis into their hearts, quite literally, he reaches to them. he embraces so many. he holds fast for the faithful and throngs meet him. it's the job of the swiss guard to protect the pontiff, keeping him safe, as he spreads his message of love. and i got to meet members of this elite force. they are the oldest existing army in the world. they are the protectors of the pope. they're the swiss guards, known not just for the company they keep, but for their trademark uniforms, making them one of the most photographed forces in the world. pope paul vi said we are the pop

♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> barbara walters is back with me. such a stellar career. i want to go into the ten most fascinating questions. i want to put you on the spot and put ten fascinating questions into the most fascinating questioner in the business, and i want you to be quite quick with the answer. we'll rapid fire it. what has been your most memorable interview, the one you would repeat again if you had the chance tomorrow? >> monica. >> what has been the most fun? >> the most fun? isn't it awful. i'm going to have to pass that. i can't think of -- i'll think of it later, which is the most fun. comedians aren't the easiest -- >> what about hue jackman giving you a lap dance? >> that was pretty good. i love hue jack man. this is a man who can do the most serious, funny, he can sing. i think he's an enormous talent and the fact he did a lap dance, no small thing, hey. >> in 1977 you spent ten days traveling around mountains with fidel castro and held his gun in your lap and the wide spread rumors given how glamorous you were at the time th

barbara walters most fascinating person of 2013. can you guess? she was at the top of the list 20 years ago. the first year the list was compiled. >> and this is last year. >> isn't that amazing, first and last. >> hillary clinton. very, very cool. >> of course she is fascinating for many reasons but one of the biggest reasons is she is going to try to run for president again and she batted around with barbara walters and basically said she's not sure. but she's waiting patiently to make that decision and enjoying time hanging out and watching movies and catching her breath. >> right. >> we will have to wait and see if she actually -- let's listen. >> i have to push for the answer about whether or not you might run for president. >> i haven't made up my mind. i really have not. i will look carefully at what i think i can do and make that decision sometime next year. >> i bet she runs. >> you think so? you're calling it. >> whatever. that's my personal opinion. certainly a good pick. props to one of our own, robin roberts, number nine. her inspirin

every who is anybody talked to barbara walters and her ten most fascinating people of 2013 tomorrow an abc. i'm delighted to say the queen of television, how are you? >> oh, well, that's such a lovely introduction, i'm very well, thank you, piers. i'm here so i can reach out and pat you on the cheek. i just did it. sort of. wherever your cheek is. >> i wish i could feel your rather festive sweater, which looks splendid on my screen. >> i have a little santa claus. can you see him? i'm move him up. >> there he is. >> there he is. [ laughter ] >> it's a good time -- >> i suppose the obvious question to that, is it a white or black santa claus, given the controversy at the moment? >> you know, i find that so sad it's become a racial question. i mean, santa claus should be whatever kids imagined that santa claus is, and the fact it has racial over tones and we were discussing this on my own program, makes me sad. >> i completely agree with you, as always, barbara walters. let's turn to the obvious second question, which is why are you retiring? to me you're the preeminent interviewer in th

i hope you'll ask me back, even when nobody else does. >> barbara walters. i tracked you down tonight, meeting her truly an honor. we have to take a quick break. when we return our best video out of the hundreds of videos that feed into cnn from all over the world each and every day. the most poignant pictures next "in case you missed it." [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "in case you missed it." i'm brooke baldwin. second terms can be tough for presidents. we all remember the challenges former president clinton faced trying to navigate his second term amid a sex scandal. and then how about former president bush who struggled with what seemed like an endless war in

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better night's sleep ♪ >>> barbara walters is back with me. such a stellar career. i want to go into the ten most fascinating questions. i want to put you on the spot and put ten fascinating questions into the most fascinating questioner in the business, and i want you to be quite quick with the answer. we'll rapid fire it. what has been your most memorable interview, the one you would repeat again if you had the chance tomorrow? >> monica. >> what has been the most fun? >> the most fun? isn't it awful. i'm going to have to pass that. i can't think of -- i'll think of it later, which is the most fun. comedians aren't the easiest -- >> what about hue jackman giving you a lap dance? >> that was pretty good. i love hue jack man. this is a man who can do the most serious, funny, he can sing. i think he's an enormous talent and the fact he did a lap dance, no small thing, hey. >> in 1977 you spent ten days traveling around mountains with fidel castro and held his gun in your lap and the wide spread rumors given how glamorous you were at the time there may have been a lit

find your perfect match at kp.org and thrive. >>> barbara walters is back with me. such a stellar career. i want to go into the ten most fascinating questions. i want to put you on the spot and put ten fascinating questions into the most fascinating questioner in the business, and i want you to be quite quick with the answer. we'll rapid fire it. what has been your most memorable interview, the one you would repeat again if you had the chance tomorrow? >> monica. >> what has been the most fun? >> the most fun? isn't it awful. i'm going to have to pass that. i can't think of -- i'll think of it later, which is the most fun. comedians aren't the easiest -- >> what about hue jackman giving you a lap dance? >> that was pretty good. i love hue jack man. this is a man who can do the most serious, funny, he can sing. i think he's an enormous talent and the fact he did a lap dance, no small thing, hey. >> in 1977 you spent ten days traveling around mountains with fidel castro and held his gun in your lap and the wide spread rumors given how glamorous you were at the time th

first of all, who cares what barbara walters thinks? she's been around too long. secondly, anybody who puts the most fascinating person that twerking prostitute, miley cyrus -- >> she didn't make it, though. >> who else did she put on the list? >> prince charles -- the baby, the royal baby. >> okay, good. >> how can a baby be f fascinating? what has that baby done? >> who else is on the list? >> we'll get to that later in the show. >> the baby that sucks on the silver spoon. >> charles. charles in charge of "the five." >> the most fascinating people, that's good. >> because you brought up obamacare, i think that we should roll a little clip from some ads that the administration is using to try to sell obama da obamacare in an exchange with a reporter yesterday. ♪ you need that new health care ♪ ♪ sign up because it's hot ♪ kmabder in chief and i'm two terms strong plus i've got this health care which has got it going on ♪ >> i mean, is anybody going to buy health care because barack obreezy tells them? >> there are efforts under way to reach potential co

leaker, edward snowden, this will be the last time that barbara walters brings us this program because she is retiring next summer. >> i don't know what it is going to be like to get up and not have a job, not have a studio to go to. you have to leave some time and i would rather leave while people are saying, we miss her, than, oh, is she still here? >> never. come on. the program will feature highlights from previous years' shows. her most fascinating people of 2013 airs tonight on abc7 news at 6:30. >> and san jose school band is getting something to sing about that put you on their gift list? well say hello to aio! at aio wireless you can get an android smartphone free with activation. free android phone?!?! yes please. plus, aio has a reliable nationwide network contracts. it's like the presents just keep coming! a wireless company that puts me at the top of their list? i'm in! stop by your neighborhood aio store or visit aiowireless.com. aio, a new way to wireless. or visit aiowireless.com. to those who've encountered welcome to covered california. new, affordable health plans so

barbara walters asks the personal questions that tend to be of more interest to women viewers. perhaps it was, but i just think at a political event it's kind of a minor occasion. >> let's run down the modern presidents that you have covered. we are almost begin with gerald and betty ford. they had a relationship -- >> glad you didn't say george and martha washington. >> we know you picked it up with martin van buren i think. but they weren't overtly affectionate together. >> but she was well liked. >> she was well liked and then she got in trouble. >> she got in trouble and then she made something out of that and we had the betty ford clinic. she emerged as a hero. >> jimmy and rose lynn carter, they were close. >> they were and they had a good marriage and people like to see that, i think. >> but you didn't see a lot of them together or they didn't do the kind of thing that we saw on barbara walters. >> i don't remember them doing that. >> nancy and ronald reagan -- i know you're getting old. take it from me. they weren't that overt. but then nancy and ronald reagan came on t

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tonight barbara walters. from "frozen," josh gad. and music from fall out boy with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! >> thank you for watching. thank you for watching. thank

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barbara walters is in. what she picked that sent me on a journey. what's being served coast to coast, and you need a special lab to make it. >>> good evening on this monday night. diane has the evening off. we do begin here with millions of americans traveling for christmas and facing bitterly cold temperatures and ice, and heavy rain now making driving miserable. this evening the weather whiplash, temperatures plunging. look at this. in upstate new york trees and power lines caked in ice, some of them snapping. power outages from the midwest to new england. many wondering will they eat christmas dinner by candlelight. that plane sliding off a runway in detroit. now warnings of an avalanche, even reports of a tornado. tonight the system is on the move with dangerous temperatures on the way for families traveling and doing that last minute shopping. our team here covering it all, and abc's meteorologist ginger zee leading us off. >> reporter: frozen solid. parts of michigan to maine encased in up to an inch and a quarter of ice. thick enough to skate

the president and first lady sat for an interview with barbara walters. >> i know that by now you both have fairly thick skins. but when you hear your husband being booed, the president, at a recent basketball game, how do you feel? >> i am fortunate to be living with a man who has a long view of this job, who understands that in the case of health care that this is all about the folks who don't have insurance, the folks that he sees every single day. >> this is a man you love, some people -- >> i do. i love you. i mean, it's a plain as simple as that, barbara. i love this man. he is working hard. he is doing the best he can, and he is doing a phenomenal job. and i got his back. >> she does have my back. >> all right. joining us now from washington, fox news chief political analyst brit hume. do you think that was a smart political move? is there more to it than just genuine affection, which i think is there? is there more to it than that? >> well, presidents tend to benefit from association with the first lady, whoever the first lady. i mean a lot of first ladies, many first ladies ar

that was the year barbara walters started that segment, so she is bookending with hillary clinton. during the interview last night, walters repeatedly asked her one key question. here's what it was. >> i haven't made up my mind, i really have not. i will look carefully at what i think i can do and make that decision sometime next year. >> does your husband want you to run? >> he is very respectful. he knows that this is -- >> he does want you to run. >> well, he wants me to do what i think is right. >> if you ran and you became president, what would they call your husband, first spouse. [laughter] >> first mate, i have no idea. martha: tucker carlson is the co-host of "fox & friends" weekend. tucker, hello. >> oh, good morning, martha. martha: is hillary the most fascinating person of 2013? >> i would say she's distinctly sub-fascinating. i'm not attacking hillary clinton, she's impressive in a lot of ways, but her husband is fascinating, she is not. i have to say, though, the real question is not does your husband want you to run, of course, i mean, he's telling everybody in hotel

. >>> hillary clinton was named one of the most interesting people by barbara walters. she was asked the question on everybody's mind. >> i haven't made up my find. i really have not. i will look carefully at what i think i can do and make that decision, you know, some time next year. >> does your husband want you to run? >> he is very respectful. he knows that this is -- >> he does want you to run. >> well, he wants me to do what i think is right. >> if you ran and if you became president what would they call your husband? first spouse? >> i have no idea. first mate, i don't know. >> who would be better at that time? i would to bring in karen finney of msnbc's disrupt and former hillary clinton press secretary. let's talk about your evaluation of when you see hillary clinton getting the questions from barbara walters that she'll make a decision next year. do you think that there really is that much time and space in her head about whether or not she wants to do it and she'll just put off procrastinating that reveal? >> i do, and i don't think it's about procrastinating

area, barbara walters will bring us her final most fascinating people special. one person on the list is miley cyrus. she talks about her performance and broken engagement. >> i was scared of being alone. i think conquering that fear this year was bigger than any other transition i had this entire year. >> you will see will be named the most fastening person of 2013 tomorrow night. -- tonight. see you made our most fastening list from the d.c. area. >> we have a lot of interesting people. >> coming up, passengers crying foul. >> why people are ditching cable. is it worth it? >> 7 on your side with the call after >> the d.c. counsel is not likely to -- 7 on your side continues to get complaints. >> questionable findings by those responsible for reviewing the challenges. >> a case of mistaken identity that hit woman woman and her credit report. >> look at these virginia license plates. they are nearly identical. rn. 91i rn.n the right, thatreceived five tickets had the wrong license plate. >> she drives this black suv but suv in thisfor the photo. i live here and

she won the oscar and she has one barbara walters most fascinating people. it has been a very good year for movies, too. >> and adc movie --a d.c. movie. >> yes, a lot of it was shot in d.c. cyber monday, why retailers are counting on it. >> holiday shopping is the buzz in today's 7 on your side consumer alert. if you have gone anywhere near seene-mail inbox or notifications from your phone apps today, then you know today is cyber monday. but after brown thursday, black friday, small business saturday, are people suffering from sales fatigue? an estimated 131 million people are expected to go online today alone to shop. that is what the retail experts tell us. >> i'm actually trying not to participate in all of the consumerism. areut americans -- americans really taking advantage of the deals out there? >> you kind of want to do a little more traditional shopping . get out and actually hold items that we want to purchase. >> it's not for lack of advertising. cyber monday is traditionally offer deepers discounts and free shipping. and in boxes are full of rem

. >> star, can't let you go without mentioning barbara walters who is retiring, one of your old colleagues, what do you make of barbara? >> i have to tell you, i had two great mentors in my career, my mentor as a lawyer is of course johnny cochran and my mentor in media was without question barbara walters and it's one of the things that makes me proud in representing napw, we would not achieve what we have without what barbara did. i'm not sure any on us would have been able to take on some of the challenges that she took on when she first began in this business. she taught me the art of the second question, the first question is easy as an interviewer. i still think she's one of the best interviewers i've ever seen on television. >> yes. >> and i'm so glad we put our relationship in the proper context. i consider her to not only be a friend but a colleague and somebody that i will value their friendship and what she did for me bringing me as part of the view for the rest of my professional career. i'm proud to know her but i also have to tell you, i know bw, i don't trust she's retiring,

s new paparazzi onslaught as barbara walters tells all on her most fascinating. did she really beg kanye, the baby's mama, for the interview? >> barbara walters is calling every day. please. >> did she catch j-law in a lie? >> she doesn't watch everything that she says. >> matthew perry's heated tv debate over drug addiction. >> you are making a point that's as ludicrous as saying that peter pan was real. >> katy and john mayer's kiss and tell. >> what did you do on your first date? >>> then, before "the voice" finale" i'm with celine dion. is she considering adoption? >> i've thought about it many times. >> plus an "ncis" christmas and "the biggest loser's" big bombshell. >> this changes the whole game. >>> "snl" on spoofing their own lack of diversity and embracing a new cast member. >> are they funny? are they good? we want them to be funny. >> now where yahoo! and broadcast meet for 24/7 access to celebrity news, "omg! insider." >>> apparently kanye west was right. there are few things more fascinating than the rapper and his baby's mama. hello, everyone. i'm

this was barbara walters' 19th, final most fascinating special. officially done finding people fascinating. but because it was the last one, she took a look back at some of the most fascinating of all of the fascinating people including the famous diet dr. robert atkins. >> what do you say to doctors who say that a high fat diet is very bad for your heart? >> well i say that they're right if that high fat diet has a lot of carbohydrates along with it. >> four months later, he slipped on an icy new york sidewalk, suffered severe head trauma and died. >> jimmy: but he looked great. turns out he could have eaten bread after all. this is kind of hard to believe. according to some new research at the university of north carolina, one in 200 young women american women claim they had a virgin pregnancy. they say they got pregnant without having sex or in vitro. means one in 200 women don't know what their vagina is. what a boring maury povich episode that would be. when it comes to 3-year-old zaria no one is the father. i don't, if you don't know how sex

tonight barbara walters. from "frozen," josh gad. and music from fall out boy with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel!

this was barbara walters' 19th, final most fascinating special. officially done finding people fascinating. but because it was the last one, she took a look back at some of the most fascinating of all of the fascinating people including fa the famous diet dr. robert atkins. >> what do you say to doctors who say that a high fat diet is very bad for your heart? >> well i say that they're right if that high fat diet has a lot of carbohydrates along with it. >> four months later, he slipped on an icy new york sidewalk, suffered severe head trauma and died. >> jimmy: but he looked great. turns out he could have eaten bread after all. this is kind of hard to believe. according to some new research at the university of north carolina, one in 200 young women american women claim they had a virgin pregnancy. they say they got pregnant without having sex or in vitro. means one in 200 women don't know what their vagina is. what a boring maury povich episode that would be. when it comes to 3-year-old zaria no one is the father. i don't, if you don't know how

barbara walters is in. what she picked that sent me on a journey. what's being served coast to coast, and you need a special

barbara walters of all people trying to hype her special. on pierce morgan, i know it's christmastime and i shouldn't say this, but the whole obamacare, whatever you want to call it, the affordable care act, it hasn't worked for him and he stumbled on it and people feel very disappointed because they expected more. this is barbara walters, part of the established media that has been cheering him on for four and a half years. >> after walking by barbara's side, she has seen administrations come and go, she has seen the breadth of leadership across the globe. she can get in there and indicate what's going on that's clear. her remarks, when she says that, that is a prime blinking light in terms of the pulse of what's going on here. >> her quote was we thought -- i shouldn't say this as christmastime -- he was going to be the next messiah. that's unbelievable that she said that. >> i think we all knew that many on the political left felt that exact way. >> he made promises that seemed miraculous. >> he was going to change everything. meanwhile,

we interviewed on the contemporary chapter and i thought barbara walters was the scariest interview, sought help am i going to make this interesting for her? she is going to think this is so boring. she was totally wonderful. she put me at ease immediately. what is the strategy because we hear people complain. someone else is making a higher salary than i am. what is best for the strategy. she said when the women in particular have said i don't have equality on the show i just said work so hard that you become valuable. it is the only way. to negotiate the lining by saying that she has a better these are hard nosed people, she said. that may take time. that was some of the most valuable down to earth reality negotiation that i had in the whole book and i thought that was particularly interesting. one of the other sets of interviews that i thought was particularly interesting was after my education chapter where they fought for education for girls, public education for girls because she saw that was going to be very important. i interviewed three women in the contemporary section afte

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. >> that's this coming wednesday night december 18th, 9:30 eastern, 8:30 central, barbara walters ten most fascinating people of the year. that's our program for tonight. thanks for watching. i'm david muir, for elizabeth and all of us at 20/20 and abc news have a good evening. good night. >> a murder mystery unfolds in prince george's county ton >> live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is abc 7 news at 11:00. on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> would begin on storm watch with a little bit of winter weather. bitterly cold across the reason. -- region. damages are about to rise. for the third time in a week, most of our region will see snow or a wintry mix. in theave been busy here weather center watching an area of low pressure just off to the west of us. take a look at our stormscan. you can see where it is located right now, located into kentucky and tennessee. all this was our way during the overnight hours into the day tomorrow. most of us will see light snow as early as tomorrow morning. here are temperatures. 30's in gaithersbu

speaking of "duck dynasty," the stars named one of barbara walters most fascinating people of 2013. joining them is robin roberts, jennifer lawrence, miley cyrus, swimmer diana nyad, kim-ye as one person. walters will reveal her number one choice during the special. her last special before retiring. there will be so many to pick from. it's been a sbis year. >>> producers are considering making two versions of the flick, "fifty shades of grey," one nc-17 version and one r version. which one will you see? >> i don't know. >> staying away from that one. >> in an article joe jonas wrote about losing his virginity despite wearing a promise ring. >>> playboy has released the cover for their 60th anniversary issue with kate moss. in traditional bunny garb. >> an old-time favorite. >>> the "star wars" franchise has joined instagram and chose a photo of darth vader with a selfie. two fans had quite the passenger when they picked up christopher walken in new york city. the actor could not catch a cab, so they gave him a ride downtown, so they stayed with him and kept on chatting. stay with us

the president sat this week for that excruciating exercise known as the barbara walters interview. wherein, obama was confronted with the fact that people just don't think you're trustworthy. >> i got reelected in part because people did think i was trustworthy and knew i was working on their behalf. i think the bottom line is, barbara, i don't know any president who hasn't gone through certain periods during their presidency. >> very rarely the president added in that interview do the good things that happen get the same attention as the things that aren't working, as well. harris? >> thank you. >>> the state department is now joining the calls to bring an american home from north korea. a spokesperson for the agency says it's urging north korea to release an elderly american war veteran detained for more than a month now. and this video released from north korean state video reportedly shows the man 85 years old reading an alleged apology. north korea claims this is merrill newman confessing to hostile acts against the state and for alleged crimes during the korean war. we do kno

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. >> reporter: something they talked to barbara walters about when she chose them as one of the most fascinating people of the year this week. >> one of the reasons people love you, you are done to earth, not materialistic, but now you have all this money. >> what i said when we started this out, if it is changes us, any of the family, in a bad way, i hope we lose it all. >> look, we are not stupid. okay? we've been poor. okay? we've been rich. rich is better. >> reporter: at its heart, the show is about family. >> you need to be redneckified. >> reporter: i hung out with them for a day this year and they preached their gospel of all things they considered good. guns, fried frog legs, family and god. >> amen. >> reporter: in fact, their shop is a shrine to many fans. >> say cheese. >> reporter: the family never hidden its religious views. they pray at the end of every show. and phil robertson is openly an evangelical christian, never made a secret of his belief that homosexuality is a sin. >> naked as jaybirds. >> reporter: supporters say robertson has the right to speak out and shou

. >> barbara walters said we thought he would be the messah. we're so let down. but is the media, has the media turned its back on president obama now especially with what i going on with the obamacare failure we're in the midst of? >> i don't think the media was on the president's side to begin with. there is time the media supported him and times they didn't. right now, the fact that a lot of the mainstream media saying we disagree for the president, that's great for him coming to 2014. gives him a chance for restart, reset. push for the immigration reform. push for raising the minimum wage. all things that the americans want get done. what about it, wayne? i am going to pus back. i think the media -- it's not only leaning left. it's far left. espeially though the approval rating continues to slide, they cut him a lot of passes. >> they did. i agree wh jonathan. the terrible part o this, the fundamental part of this, this is not a law. they said it's law. the hse passed it, blessed byhe supreme court. they are making it up as they go along. thiss outrageous. th

from barbara walters to the "wasngton post," what the main stream media is doing that could be tererrible news for president. but great news for taxpayers in 2014. that ison "cashin' in" on the bottom of the hour. first, right here, did general motors ceo tell the taxpayers don't count on getting a single dime back of the $10.5 billion that was lost in the g.m. bail-out? we'll play tape and let you decid >> do you think that g.m. should repay the taxpayers that money directly >>> so we gave them a rescue. now they may giving us the you-know-what. this week, general motors ceo asked if g.m. should pay back the $10.5 billion that taxpayers lost if bail-out. here is the ceo dan akerson's answer. >> they took equity interest. they could have cast the bankruptcy differently and made low-interest loans for example. they didn't. they were taking a ride just like you do when you buy stocks. >> y, so john, is he right or should the taxpayers get paid back? >> that is obnoxious. g.m. should pay us back by filing for bankrucy. let me explain. when governments bail out businesses they rob the economy

they include barbara walter whols made him one of the most fascinating people of the year. not the most. and this is her last broadcast and not a moment too soon. and also it was tom friedman who announced that he was a whistleblower. thanks, that explains everything, tom. >> dorothy just got herself a lot of invitations to media parties going into 2014. m mary. >> my miss is the rise of left wing populism in this country. i think most clearly exhibited by the election of the new mayor in new york city, mayor de blasio. not only because of what it means for new york but for what it means more broadly about how the electorate seems to fall for this and what it means to our freedom. now we have a lot to write about with the mayor. >> you think this is the direction the government is going to do? they're going to need a new theme for the 2014 election. is this going to be the big theme? >> these promises run out of gas. until that happens, we have -- we suffer a lot. we're seeing that now with obama care. >> james. >> this is a miss to outgoing federal reserve chairman bernank

i will sit down with a woman, barbara walters, the queen of interviews monday night at 9:00 eastern. >> what started out with a teddy bear became anything that at the awards in september. a performance that had tongues wagging. >> it became the moment as a singer, songwriter, entertainer finding that special moment. i thought it was sloppy and i did not think it was professional. go back to the drawing board. i woman who most of american new as wholesome hannah. a disney character living a double life. if her recent appearances have made anything clear, it is that she is not montana anymore. >> i can give me an update on what she has been that too. she was murdered. >> now the life of my late. >> a talented child. >> perhaps a sign of things to come. >> you are teaching her to fly at an early age. you are going to be in big trouble when she is 12 or 13. >> you can almost see the twinkle in her right. like i am going to do something with myself. >> the music editor of the hollywood reporter. she has followed her career from the beginning. >> even when she's being mischievous there is

apparently president obama has lost barbara walters over obamacare. >> i shouldn't say this at christmas time, but we thought he was the next messiah, and the whole obamacare or whatever you want to call the affordable care act, hasn't worked for him, he stumbled around and people feel disappointed, because they expected more. >> do people feel very disappointed? >> i'm disappointed. the polls suggests that other people are disappointed. look, they have every reason to be. the president says they have reason to be. the roll-out of obamacare was botched. and there's a lot of fixing left to do. that doesn't mean that the law isn't going to ultimately worked. it's a good idea. it will help make health care available and affordable to a lot of people who wouldn't have had it earlier, and that's a good thing. >> but that's not just the website. >> when you lose the confidence of the american people because you made obviously untrue on their face promises to them, like if you like your health care, you can keep it, you can't fix the health care system without disrupting the health care system,

. >> barbara walters said we thought he would be the messiah. we're so let down. t is the media, has the media turned itsack on president obama now especially with whs going on with the obamacare failure we're in the midst of? >> i don't think the media was on the present's side to begin with. there is time the media supported him and timthey didn't. right now, the fact that a lot of the mainstream media sayg we disagree for the president, that's greator him coming to 2014. give him a chance for restar reset. push for the immigration reform. push for raising the minimum wage. all things that the americans want to getdone. >> what aboutit, wayne? i am gng to pus back. i think the media -- it's not only leaning left. it's far left. especially though the approval rating continues toslide, they cut him a lot of passes. >> they did. i agree with jonathan. the terrible part of this, the fundamental part of this, this is not a law. they said it's a law. the house passed it, blessed by the sreme court. they are making it up as they go along. this is outrageous. is is fasc

well, after barbara walters named her the most fascinating person of 2013, here's what she had to say. >> i haven't made up my mind. >> you haven't? >> i really have not. i will look carefully at what i think i can do and make that decision sometime next year. >> nor harry reid reportedly plans to stick around as senate majority leader, but he said i don't want to do it more than eight more years. maybe in those eight years minimum wage solution will be reached. here see what thomas perezed told chris hayes. >> i think the minimum wage can be increased. i know it must be increased. it's a moral imperative. it's really an economic imperative if we want to grow the economy. the way to grow the economy is to put money in people's pockets. >> reverend al sharpton interviews michelle obama today. and in congress -- in georgia, jack kingston says there should be no such thing as a free lunch even for low income children at school. >> why don't you have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel, to instill that there is no such thing as a free lunch. or maybe sweep the floor in the cafeteria. >> and