reporter: barbara walters was one of the most fascinating people of any year in the television era. i know i ve done important interviews. i know that i have been a part of history. was she ever? are you sorry you didn t burn the tapes? yes, i think so because they were private conversations. we read you are mad. from murderers. why did you kill john lennon. to movie stores. are you a changed man since the illness? did it effect you very much? did you mind being thought of as sex, sex, sex? i think that what is important is to have curiosity. follow that cure iosity. i m a great believer in homework. before people revealed all on social media, barbara walters was the interviewer to open up the stars. does he hit you? he shakes, he pushes, he swings. i hope they think i m fair and i can be penetrating without being a killer and i am, i hope. and which interview was her most important? the first and at that time the only interview. you are al
think that s another reason that people so connected with her. connie, i m going to let you go because speaking of the view, we re also joined by leasha ling who of course was a co-host on the view. thank you for joining us. it was great to talk to you tonight and hear your remembrances of barbara. but, now i want to get to lisa. i mean, i just found your conversation with connie one of my other idols talking about barbara just so moving. i mean we re talking about two women who have truly been the ultimate pioneers in our industry, and literally as connie talked about sometimes competing for the same the same interview. and you really had to do it at the time because there were so few women at that level in the business, but yet there was this profound mutual respect and a