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interviews with the powerful and famous. she busted through the glass ceiling as a journalist at a time when men dominated the tv news business. tonight the tributes pouring in from her abc news colleagues and beyond. deborah roberts with a look at barbara's 50-year legacy as an extraordinary woman and journalist. we're tracking two new year's eve storms on both coasts tonight. in the northeast a rainy forecast for the big night. crowds in times square can expect to get drenched right up until midnight. and that major storm system in the west, bringing heavy snow and flooding rain....

Strong. born in 1929, barbara grew up comfortable among celebrities. her father owning a prominent new york city nightclub where the rich and famous mingled. >> and i realized that celebrities were people, and i've never been in awe of them. >> reporter: barbara once saying she learned the power of tv after noticing her mentally disabled sister watching hours of shows like "i love lucy." barbara would go on to make her mark in the male-dominated television industry in the early '50s. >> the fact that i ended up on television -- i never, ever thought that would happen. >> reporter: working her ...