a co-host of 20/20. then in 1998 she launched the view which is of course still on the air. in a statement barbara walter s spokesperson confirmed the news anchor s death, quote, barbara walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. she lived her life with no regrets. she was a trailblazer not only for fell mail journalists but all women. that s what the statement said. we have so much to talk about with barbara walters and how she impacted all of us journalists. joining me now is john miller. he coanchored 20/20 with barbara walters. sad news. she was 93. obviously she lived a life, but she anyone who is i d say 40 or above who s gone into journalism did it on the shoulders of barbara walters in some way. well, that s true. and i mean barbara walters didn t just break the glass ceiling. she broke through she caused the collapse of the glass building. and thee did it one step at a time through her career. remember she was on the today show a
They were stabbed in their beds in the middle of the night. police say the suspect is a graduate student in criminology at washington state university. in a chilling social media post, the suspect tried to solicit information from criminals to, quote, understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision making when committing a crime. let s go to cnn s veronica miracle live in idaho. how did police get this guy? reporter: alyson, so much information has come out in the last 12 hours. so much that we ve learned about bryan kohberger and a source telling pamela brown just recently that bryan kohberger drove his white hyundai elantra that one police were looking for from idaho all the way across the country to pennsylvania to hisparent s house around christmastime. and that source telling cnn during that time police were
And michelle obama. you didn t have a choice. all roads through the white house led to barbara walters as you point out. exactly. she was one i think candidates they needed to prove themselves to her in a way, in an interesting way. they needed to win her over. that s right. and do it while somehow avoiding crying. i remember how many people would sit down for a barbara walters interview and be like i vowed to myself i wasn t going to cry, but here i am weeping. you know, somehow she just turned on the waterworks for people. i think we have a bob iger from abc statement here. he says he just tweeted out she was a wonderful and kind reporter merchandise he says barbara was a true legend, a pioneer not just for women in journalism but for journalism it. she was a wonderful and kind reporter who landed one of the most important interviews of our time. from heads of state to the biggest regimes and sports
Icons. more importantly i was able to call her a dear friend. she ll be missed by all of us at the walt disney company, and we send our deepest condolences to her daughter jackie, jacqueline. yeah, i mean she obviously is an icon and stayed there for so long at abc. she identified with the barbara walter specials and also the view. she also was aware she had a legacy. she was proud of it. here s what she said about her own legacy. no offense to you guys out there, but if i have a legacy, and i ve said this before and i mean it so sincerely. i hope that i played a small role in paving the way for so many of you fabulous women who are here tonight. i can t tell you how much pleasure it gives me when some smaller young woman comes up to me and tells me of her achievements. that s my legacy.
And, you know, he came across as very phony and very boastful. like what was he telling you? what was he trying to convince you of? he was trying to convince me he was a very wealthy man and he was 32 years old at the time, that he was very wealthy and very successful and very sophisticated in finance, and none of the pieces right up front it didn t sit right and his references to money and his focus on money really is wouldn t be the way someone that is wealthy would carry themselves. so when he i heard go ahead. i heard stories over the months and years that followed where he would brag to people uct mansions he owned in oyster bay or the hamptons that were complete fantasy.