it's called "a barbara walters special: a matter of life and death." here's a look at the special. >> six months ago i stood at the cross road of life and death by doctors telling me that i could suddenly die if i didn't have open heart surgery. i probably would have had a heart attack and may very well have died. i'm not alone. in the last few years, other well-known americans have undergone this dramatic operation to save their lives. >> i realized there was really no alternative. if i wanted to live, i had to do this. >> i would find myself bursting into tears and sobbing uncontrollably. >> they're going to put him on the gurney, roll him into the o.r. room and bust him open like a lobster! >> stop the heart, work on it, restart it, good luck, you're back. >> it was hell. >> rose: i am pleased to have my friend barbara walters back on this program and to take note, i knew a lot about heart disease but i learned some new things here and we are pleased to have barbara to talk about what she learned as she went through this experience. welcome. >> than

barbara walters interviewed him in 1989. >> can i ask you something very directly which may seem rude. in our country we read that you are unstable. we read that you are mad. you know those things have been printed. why do you think this is? other leaders are disliked but they're not as controversial as you are. >> translator: it is not because of me that i am gadhafi. it is because of certain circumstances surrounding the issue. >> does it make you angry? >> translator: of course it irritates me. >> reporter: he has been a ruthless dictator to sponsored terrorists. he funded black september, the group responsible for the massacre of the israeli team at the munich olympics in 1972 and in 1986 his agents attacked a berlin disco frequented by american soldiers. >> this monstrous brutality is but the latest act in colonel gadhafi's terror. >> reporter: president reagan order an air strike on his compound killing the leader's 15-month-old daughter. two years later, gadhafi retaliated by taking down pan am 103 over lockerbie, scotland, skilling 270 people including 179 americans. for years

barbara walters tackles a subject close to home. she tells the story of her own recent open heart surgery. she talks to patients who have survived similar life-savings operations. it includes former president bill clinton. they were all given two years to live throughout the surgery. but it's not all doom and groom. >> i had an aortic valve and we have a cow valve and robins says he gives good milk now. >> women are especially at risk and she wants everyone to know what they can do to prevent the diseases. a matter of life and death tonight at abc 7 at 10:00. >> mike ahead with the super bowl forecast. >> one of the things you can do this weekend, walk. a great way to get some exercise. >> you can do that sunday, as long as you walk a couple more miles in the sunshine on saturday. eat all you want sunday as long as you exercise on saturday. how warm and if we threaten records this weekend. >> the verizon i-phone is breaking records before it even hits store shelves. >> and listen to this. football, fans could spend as much time ♪

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barbara walters tackles a subject close to home. she tells the story of her own recent open heart surgery. she talks to patients who have survived similar life-savings operations. it includes former president bill clinton. they were all given two years to live throughout the surgery. but it's not all doom and groom. >> i had an aortic valve and we have a cow valve and robins says he gives good milk now. >> women are especially at risk and she wants everyone to know what they can do to prevent the diseases. a matter of life and death tonight at abc 7 at 10:00. >> mike ahead with the super bowl forecast. >> one of the things you can do this weekend, walk. a great way to get some exercise. >> you can do that sunday, as long as you walk a couple more miles in the sunshine on saturday. eat all you want sunday as long as you exercise on saturday. how warm and if we threaten records this weekend. >> the verizon i-phone is breaking records before it even hits store shelves. >> and listen to this. football, fans could spend as much time shsh

what are you bringing a barbara walters in to cover a case at the san francisco public defender's office? they turned their noses up at him and thought it was silly. jonathan mentioned, it is a martyr complex, it is egotistical. some people said, you are being egotistical. it was month -- none of those things. he wanted attention in the case because he knew that it would help him win the case. it would affect the prosecutor's decision. it would affect the judge if it ever got to the sentencing phase. a ultimately, he won the case. your concern the influence the way public defenders are portrayed in news media, and perhaps those who write for the entertainment media. >> before i move into how we can change the image, and want to ask jonathan a question. today, how would you cast for the role of a criminal defense attorney for television? >> i have had the pleasure of doing that twice. i created two series that nobody really watch. i have had the experience on two separate occasions, sitting with casting directors, trying to cast the role of defense lawyer. it is interesting, a defense law

what are you bringing a barbara walters in to cover a case at the san francisco public defender's office? they turned their noses up at him and thought it was silly. jonathan mentioned, it is a martyr complex, it is egotistical. some people said, you are being egotist

he told barbara walters about repeated physical abuse. >> it was with my mom's husband. a couple of husbands. you know, having to be the man of the family and come and rescue her and getting knocked around pretty good. >> reporter: but brown had never told anyone about the sexual abuse. >> sexual abuse victims in particular male victims often feel intense feelings of guilt, shame and fear. >> reporter: we learned after his death that mickey mantle was sexually abused by a babysitter. he felt it contributed to his drinking and hard living. and recently, cnn anchor, don lemon, spoke publicly, too. >> i've never admitted this on television. i am a victim of a pedophile when i was kid. someone who was much older than me. >> reporter: advocates say every time someone like this, a survivor like scott brown speaks up, it is an inspiration to others. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> three priests in philadelphia have now been suspended while the archdiocese there investigates claims of sexual abuse against them. the priests are accused of having inappropriate contact with ch

in 1989, gadhafi's antics prompted abc's barbara walters to ask straight away -- >> we read that you are mad. does it make you angry? >> translator: of course, it irritates me. nevertheless, i consider or do believe that the majority of the ordinary people in the four corners of the globe, do love me, because they have different vision from that of the official governments. >> reporter: but gadhafi's outlandish antics should not mask his brutal reputation. libya was implicated in a bombing of a berlin disco, which killed and injured u.s. soldiers. in the 1988 bombing of pan am 103 which killed nearly 300 people. for years after that, gadhafi worked to improve his reputation. paying millions to the families of the pan am victims. but now gadhafi's browal side has emerged once again. this time, flying in cargo planes full of african mercenaries who don't even speak the language to do his dirty work. trained killers gunning down residents and protesters in cold blood. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> and we are feeling the effects of what is happening in libya here at home. liby

quiero acentuar que tú has sido la maquillista de barbara walters por 14 años, the view y 20/20 y todos ésos. y creo que también tendrás muchas celebridades sentadas en tu silla con la cara lavada. ¿qué tanto puede esconder el maquillaje? te diré yo puedo cubrir casi todo, pero si la salud de la piel de tu cara no es buena, el maquillaje no queda en la misma forma. cuéntanos cómo fue que supiste sobre resurgence y el doctor murad. el doctor murad estuvo en un estudio de televisión y después de que todos hacían comentarios y decían: "hmm, creo que él en realidad sí nos entiende". y puedes usar lo que tú quieras, me refiero ya que tienes acceso a todo y te envían toneladas de productos. y los he probado a todos. pero cuando vi los resultados y vi resultados tan rápidos. mi cutis era dramáticamente diferente y he visto los resultados en muchas de mis clientes con las que trabajo, incluyéndote a ti y a mí misma. me siento confiada al recomendar esto a todas las mujeres. muy bien hablemos un poco del producto. primero que nada creo que hoy en día la mujer ocupada quiere

he told barbara walters about repeated physical abuse. >> it was with my mom's husband. a couple of husbands. you know, having to be the man of the family and come and rescue her and getting knocked around pretty good. >> reporter: but brown had never told anyone about the sexual abuse. >> sexual abuse victims in particular male victims often feel intense feelings of guilt, shame and fear. >> reporter: we learned after his death that mickey mantle was abused by a babysitter. he felt it contributed to his drinking and hard living. and recently, cnn anchor don lemon spoke publicly, too. >> i've never admitted this on television. i am a victim of a pedophile when i was kid. someone who was much older than me. >> reporter: advocates say every time someone like this, a survivor like senator scott brown speaks up, it is an inspiration to others. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and still ahead on "world news" -- american children taken by their japanese mothers, we find them in japan, a "world news" investigation. >>> a new question about what's in your cola. >>> and sarah

she gave an interview to barbara walters and she said about thanksgiving, go ahead, have the stuffing, turkey. >> but moderation. >> moderation, exactly. >> a little here and there. >> one little rib is not going to kill the first lady. we'll see what he does with all that. >>> at any rate, fun story here. ashton kutcher, he gave an interview in which he had a bet going back to his high school years -- >> a couple years ago. >> yeah, really. a thousand bucks he one day would date jennifer aniston. he says, as i became famous, i met jennifer and brad pitt, who she was married to at same time, go ahead, ask her out, but she turned him down. even though he was married to demi moore, he says, i'm determined to win this bet and i'm going to ask. everyone has the hots for jennifer, even ashton kutcher. who has a beautiful wife himself. we'll see if he wins the be the. >> very interesting to see if they go out on a date or not. >>> also we'll tell about you kobe bryant, got his prints in grauman's chinese theater, first athlete to get that done. a little fame action as well. it's an odd plac

hepatitis b vaccine show on 2020 when he downs and barbara walters or the host showing a mother who had given her job the second dose of hepatitis b, and the child within a day of that passed away from sudden infant death syndrome. that mother said, you know, my child was fine and this vaccine kilter. then they show the tombstone with the inscription, our little angel. i think anyone who is human will be moved by this and feel that maybe this is a vaccine that should be avoided even though we now clearly know that does not cause sudden infant death syndrome. but the bad vaccine is only designed to prevent one specific pathogen. it does not protect everything else that happens. some of those things are going to happen are a group of girls which go from state to state that are supported by entire vaccine groups that claim they were fine, and pick up the human papilloma virus vaccine and develop chronic fatigue syndrome or blood clots. they dated now clearly shows that the human papilloma virus vaccine does not do that. powerful stories and there are people who are choosing not to get the

a tweet was something barbara walters gave her dog. it was different. [ laughter ] you know, every anniversary has a traditional gift. for the eighth year, you give bronze, i guess. so, this was nice. this morning, my staff pitched in and gave me a snooki. [ cheers and applause ] you know, i tell you something, eight years ago in 2003, there was no snooki. can you imagine? how did they even do things? so, anyway, happy anniversary to us, and, yes, we are expecting sex later. president obama gave the annual state of the union address last night and it ended with the most shocking rose ceremony yet. the president did a very good job, i think, of capturing the mood of the american public. he says he understands people are angry. not just people, but birds. we have angry birds in this country. and he feels their pain. i learned something new at the state of the union addresses every year. did you know east virginia isn't a state? obama promised to veto any bill sent to his desk with earmarks, which, i think he's just being overly sensety a

. >> jimmy: barbara walters, you had oprah, that was amazing. [ scattered cheers ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: howard stern. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: that was amazing. >> and george clooney -- i had this weird moment with george clooney when in the middle of the interview, we're at a commercial break. and george says, "can i talk to you about something?" i said, "george, please, i'm yours." you're george clooney. and he said, "that clip of you and susan boyle" -- because i was a judge on "britain's got talent" when susan boyle did the first audition. he said, "that moved me so much and inspired me." he said, "i was doing, "up in the air," the movie, "and i showed everyone on the crew this clip of you rolling your eyes when she came out and then she sings." and everything else. and all i could think was "what an amazing moment" to think that susan boyle, who i know very well, and there she is, a 48-year-old spinster from a tiny scottish village. literally tiny. there's like two pubs, she lived with her cat, and, you know, everyone thought there's this weird woman up the road. and the, two years

con cite and barbara walters are two people who could do interviews with andropov and some of these folks, right? and they could directly communicate to the american people. now, what happened with all of this? because, and then it ends up -- winds up in 1984 where it talks about the election campaign is coming up and then there's a discussion as to senator kennedy's president prospects in the 1984 race. so it finishes up with that. whatever became of this? remember this is may 1983. well, andropov eventually got sick at the end of that year, died i believe it was in february 1984. they talked about this happening in september of 1983. anybody remember your chronology of cold war history? what happened over the alaska territory of september 1983? the soviets shot down the korean airliners killing 269 including 61 americans. 007. and initially denied doing it. initially did. so that kind of put an end to this apparently. not very impressive was the -- was all of that. now, for people who were listening, who are watching on c-span and who are democrats and who are angry about this and

that hepatitis b show on 20/0 when hugh downs and barbara walters were the host showed a mother who had given her child a second dose of hepatitis b, and the child had within a day of that padsed away from sudden infant death syndrome, and the mother said my child was fine and this vaccine killed her. and then they showed the tombstone, you know, with the inscription our little angel, and i think anybody who's human is going to be moved by this and feel maybe this is a vaccine that should be avoided even though we now clearly know the hepatitis b vaccine doesn't cause sudden infant death syndrome. it's only designed to prevent one specific pathogen, it doesn't prevent everything else that happens, and some of those things are going to happen associate with the the vaccine but not causeally. probably the greatest hit to vaccines in some way has been the human pamploma vie race advantage -- virus vaccine. there are a group of girls called the gardasil girls that are supported by anti-vaccine groups that claim they were fine, then they got the human pap loam ma virus vaccine and they devel

. >> reporter: and to barbara walters in 1989. >> we read that you are mad. why do you think this is? >> translator: i consider a duty that the majority of the people in the four corners of the globe do love me. >> reporter: in 2009, he came to new york city, to speak to the u.n., causing a major stir by setting up his bedouin tent in chi-chi suburb of bedford. the new york estate turned out to be owned by donald trump, who did not appreciate his land being used as a libyan campsite. once inside the u.n., he complained about having jet lag, and called president obama, my son. some in attendance couldn't help but laugh. but no one is laughing now. there is serious concern about what this man will do or say next. robin? >> that's the truth. all right. martha. let's check with the weather now p with sam champion. >> we go to a overnight snow in the east. wilmington, 4 inches of snow, that's out of the way. you'll get sunshine but also have temperatures 10 degrees cooler than normal h. even washington, d.c. and pittsburgh and buffalo coming in cooler. into the no

he told barbara walters about repeated physical abuse. >> it was with my mom's husband, couple of husbands. and i do remember getting up in the middle of the night and having to be the man of the family. kind of come and rescue her. getting knocked around pretty good. >> reporter: as many as one in six males are victims of sexual abuse. and victim advocates say revelations like senator brown's make it easier for them to open up. >> his story will cause people to come forward and get the help they deserve. >> reporter: the sexual abuse is part of brown's story. there's a lot more in the book. stories about shoplifting. more details about his time working as a male model and the famous naked photo shoot. brown wanted to give people a sense of who he really is in this writing. >> and hopefully this revelation will help other people. >> reporter: that's what advocates say. >>> we're going to turn, now, >> for the next check in with the 2012 challengers for the white house. the first contest to determine who will take on president obama, the iowa caucuses less than a year away. and jon karl rep

a lot of great female anchors have called abc home -- >> i've worked with diane sawyer, barbara walters. how does she compare to them? my god, how does she compare? you know what, she doesn't compare to them. >> reporter: that's right, you don't compare. no one is quite like our vinita and our show will never be quite the same. >> vinita, i wish you the best. you're a very special person. >> vinita, good luck. we'll miss you so much. i'm so jealous you'll be sleeping at night and you'll be awake during the day, but we'll miss you a lot. >> i think vinita is as talented as she is beautiful and smart and down to earth. extraordinarily likeable. whatever she's going to do next, she'll be successful. i think for her, the best advice is, be yourself. you've worked on this show and it will work on whatever else you do down the road. >> oh, yes, indeed. a look back. jeremy, you did a -- >> i succeeded in making her cry. >> i see tears already. >> i got you a little gift there, if you can look at it real quick. it's a candle holder. but if you read it, it's personalized for this show. it's the

in 1989 gadhafi's antics prompted abc's barbara walters to ask straightaway whether he was unstable. >> we read that you are mad. you know that those things have been printed. does it make you angry? >> translator: of course, it irritates me, nevertheless, i consider or do believe that the majority of the ordinary people in the four corners of the globe do love me because they have different vision from that of the official governments. >> reporter: but gadhafi's outlandish antics should not mask his brutal reputation. libya was implicated in the bombing of a berlin disco which killed and injured u.s. soldiers. and the 1988 bombing of pan am 103, which killed nearly 300 people. four years after that gadhafi worked to improve his reputation paying millions to the families of the pan am victims, but now gadhafi's brutal side has emerged once again. this time flying in cargo planes full of african mercenaries who don't even speak the language to do his dirty work. trained killers gunning down residents and protesters in cold blood. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> the u.s. is s

he told barbara walters about repeated physical abuse. >> it was with my mom's husband -- a couple of husbands, you know, having to be the man of the family and come and rescue her and get knocked around pretty good. >> reporter: brown had never told anyone about the sexual abuse. >> sexual assaults and sexual abuse victims, in particular male victims, often feel intense feelings of guilt and shame and fear. >> reporter: we learned after his death that mickey mantle was sexually abused by a babysitter. he felt it contributed to his drinking and hard living. recently cnn anchor don lemon spoke publicly, too. >> i never admitted this on television. i am a victim of a pedophile when i was a kid, someone much older than me. >> reporter: advocates say every time someone like this, a survivor like scott brown, speaks up, it is an inspiration to others. as many as 1 in 6 males are victims of sexual abuse and someone close to scott brown told me the senator is well aware that most victims never talk about it. but in writing this book, the senator decided it was time to talk about everything.

>> barbara walters was honored. >> on the back of that speech is al roker's christmas card. i didn't have any paper. but for some reason in my purse, thank you very much, i had roker's christmas card. >> you probably have your baby pictures in there, too. >> his christmas card is great. he only prints it on one side. the other side is blank so you can write notes. >> first of all, may i tell the truth about you. yesterday when you said what am i going to say? i'm being honored at this thing. i said, what have you done to be honored? she goes, i don't know. >> that's elizabeth mayhew. the editor in chief. and carlos madrid. he's a publisher. >> he's a hottie. >> what made the event more terrific, in addition to the n honorees, they had great, great, great music. natasha bedden field, celo, "forget you." and -- ♪ don't walk away from me, no, don't walk away from me ♪ ♪ i've got nothing, nothing, nothing if i don't have you ♪ >> come on. >> yeah, she's terrific. >> i was screaming like it was a concert. i know it was an event and you weren't supposed to. >> howe elegant