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♪ ill take any if excuse for a celebration -- ♪ ill make a tuesday night into a special occasion. ♪ feeling kind of fan i city in my levi blues -- ♪ aint no question, im -- [inaudible] ♪ late at night, in the morning -- ♪ you aint even gotta ask. ♪ if youve got it, yeah, i want it -- ♪ i cant stop it once ive started. ♪ let it overflow, i got a champagne problem. ♪ yeah, champagne problem ♪ will: its new years eve tonight, but the partys already started here in th...

Kathy Proudfoot adopted a sassy sweet rescue pig named Barbara earlier this month

Couple years of her life, it sounds like it may have even taken another step for you. >> sure. barbara and i, i mean, i would always say, barbara, im still here bothering you. [laughter] and she loved me like a girl, and, you know, i had told her a number of times, barbara, you went in and spoke and spent time with people that a other people would shy away from. she had a tender, compassionate curious i. she just didnt have questions. barbara had compassion and curiosity for someones story. of s...

Approach the queen of england, her majesty -- [laughter] she was my go-to. if i had something going on, id go to barbara. she was the first one outside of our family to know when we had a baby born, and she knew everything first. weve learn and will continue to learn from her, her legacy both in news and in love, and i will -- im a different woman because of barbara walters. rachel: thats so beautiful. pete: such a thoughtful message. perfect person to talk to in this morning. and also youre a t...

Professionally, i dont know that there are enough minutes to cover all that she has meant to me personally. rachel: tell us a little bit, you call her your tv mom. give us an example, what that actually means. >> sure. barbara was the first to explore all news, but if i brought her anything personal, she made it feel like national news, she was that interested in the daily lives. she went to bat for me when i didnt have maternity leave, never had it in my contract until barbara a walters went to...

Some brave stories come through as a family, and i would just say start new. his mercy renews each morning. create many your heart space for grace and give that away and just love as big as you can and dont withhold love, you know? we dont know our days and spend next year just looking to love people really well. rachel: the world would be a better place if we all did that. >> note to self as a mom. [laughter] were just always -- i feel like family right here, so enjoy this new year. i dont know...

Listening, but just dont stop talking. i thought, how harsh, barbara, everyones going to be listening to me when im delivering a speech. but what she was advising me is that its a moving format. i hadnt been there -- [laughter] i was so young, i was in my 20s, id never done this before, and i was speaking on a topic that i was passionate about, breast cancer. and i thought for sure everyone would stop -- can if shed had not warned me, i would have bee- [laughter] she held all of our babies, she ...