thank you very much for joining us tonight. and the breaking news, barbara walters, an american television icon, has died at the age of 93. i could tell you more about her amazing legacy and her groundbreaking interviews, but instead that honor belongs to the legend herself. from the cnn archives, here s barbara walters in her own words in a special encore presentation of larry king live. tonight, the one and only barbara walters is here for her 20th and final visit to this show. she ll tell us how she bounced back from heart surgery never missing a beat and how she stayed at the top of the broadcast news business for five decades. tv icon barbara walters of the hour is next on larry king live. good evening, barbara walters. co-host of the view by the way their 3,000th episode is this week. she hosts here s barbara on sirius radio. and i have three specials coming up, hour specials for abc news. i thought you were dropping that? no, i didn t drop it and th
to. they re both here. they re both here. we walked to work in the morning, and when we climb the fountain, we re a little out of breath, and so were they. one day i said to them, i feel a little pressure in my chest. do you? and they said no. and when i went to the doctor, he said, you know, that s a sign. and just to make this story short, i wanted i was thinking of doing it in the summer. they tell you not to go in the hospital in july because that s when the residents change. grey s anatomy it isn t. i was going to go in in august. then i had such a big may. i was either giving an award or presenting something, and i said to my cardiologist, well, you know, could i wait until the end of may for this because, you know, it didn t seem to look good. and he said, you can wait, but there s a small risk that you could drop dead. i said, how soon tomorrow. i told no one until i announced it on the air. your first show back to work, you wanted david letterman to b
anchor of a news program in 1976, and her journalism career spanned more than five decades. walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. but there is also joy and celebrations around the world as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we re counting down until 2023. but it s worth noting, the biggest bash, new york city, always, of course. new york city, come on. it s happening in new york city. gloria is in new york city, is in times square, has been watching people walk in to get ready for tonight. 13 hours, 14 hours, 15 hours early. tell me everything you re seeing right now and why these people have this level of enthusiasm. there s nothing like new york city on new year s eve, and there s no place like times square. i know it sounds like a hard sell, but these folks were here, they re committed. look at them. they re sitting down, taking it easy. i even spotted a couple of people napping. they have several hours to go until the party star