Epstein Suicide Note Unsealed: Justice Department Denies Knowledge Amid New Questions

The View discusses the unsealing of a purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein, with the Justice Department claiming no prior knowledge. The show also covers Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's closed-door testimony, a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, and an interview with Lisa Kudrow about her new chapter.

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♪. Announcer: NOTES ON A SCANDAL? AS QUESTIONS MOUNT OVER WHY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT A NEWLY RELEASED PURPORTED SUICIDE NOTE FROM JEFFREY EPSTEIN. HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SPEAK OUT AFTER TRUMP COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK'S CLOSED DOOR GRILLING ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN. HOWARD LUTNICK IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR WHO IS ENABLING THE MOST EGREGIOUS COVER-UP IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Announcer: WILL THIS BRING US ANY CLOSER TO FINDING OUT THE TRUTH?

> PLUS, HOW A CRUISE SHIP ON QUARANTINE OVER A RODENT HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK THAT CLAIMED THREE LIVES IS CAUSING COVID FLASHBACKS. > THEN EMMY WINNER LISA KUDROW TALKS ABOUT THE FINAL SEASON -- WELCOME TO MY NEW CHAPTER. COME ON IN. Announcer: -- OF "THE COMEBACK." ARE YOU COMING OR TAKING IT ALL IN? Announcer: AND REDISCOVERING "FRIENDS." HERE COME HOT TOPICS WITH WHOOPI. SARA HAINES.

JOY BEHAR. ANA NAVARRO. SUNNY HOSTIN. AND ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN. NOW, LET'S GET THINGS STARTED. ♪ I LOVE THE VIEW I SEE ♪ ♪ THIS VERSION OF ME STRONG AND POWERFUL ♪ ♪ I SAY WHAT I THINK I'M FEELING BEAUTIFUL ♪ ♪ I LOVE, I LOVE THIS VERSION OF ME ♪ ♪ I LOVE THE VIEW I SEE ♪ ♪ THIS VERSION OF ME STRONG AND POWERFUL ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] Whoopi: HELLO, HELLO AND WELCOME TO "THE VIEW," Y'ALL. WELCOME TO "THE VIEW." WELCOME TO "THE VIEW!" [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MY GOD, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SEEN THESE PEOPLE MANY TIMES.

Joy: WE HAVE. YES. Whoopi: I MEAN, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. SO, LET'S TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING AROUND OR GOING ON. THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN JUST GOT DEEPER, BECAUSE APPARENTLY YESTERDAY A SUICIDE NOTE SUPPOSEDLY WRITTEN BY HIM IN 019 WAS UNSEALED BY A JUDGE THAT A DOJ SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. NOW, YOU-KNOW-WHO'S COMMERCE SECRETARY, HOWARD LUTNICK WAS ALSO IN THE HOT SEAT IN A CLOSED DOOR MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO CLARIFY HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN.

TAKE A LOOK. IF DONALD TRUMP HAD SEEN THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT, HE WOULD HAVE FIRED HOWARD LUTNICK. IT WAS REALLY EMBARRASSING. HE WAS EVASIVE, NERVOUS, HE WAS DISHONEST, HE WOULD NOT ADMIT TO LYING, WHICH HE CLEARLY DID THIS THE PODCAST. HOWARD LUTNICK IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR WHO IS ENABLING THE MOST EGREGIOUS COVER-UP IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THERE ARE REAL VICTIMS HERE. THERE ARE POTENTIALLY OVER A THOUSAND WOMEN WHO WERE ABUSED AND RAPED WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN.

THE ONLY THING THAT I'D SEEN THAT LUTNICK DID WRONG WASN'T 100% TRUTHFUL ON THE BRIEF VISIT TO THE ISLAND WITH HIS FAMILY, HE CORRECTED THAT IN HIS OPENING STATEMENT. IF WE FIND THAT THERE WERE ANY MISSTATEMENTS BY LUTNICK, IT'S A FELONY TO LIE TO CONGRESS AND HE'LL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. Whoopi: SIR, SIR, YOU JUST SAID THE ONLY THING YOU THOUGHT HOWARD LUTNICK DID WRONG WAS LIE. THAT'S WHAT THE DEMOCRATS SAID TOO. THEY SAID HE WAS LYING. I DON'T GET IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT ACCUSED OF ANY WRONGDOING IN CONNECTION WITH EPSTEIN'S CRIMES, BUT GIVEN THE WAY THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING, I MEAN, THANK GOODNESS WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE

THE ONLY WAY ANYONE IS GOING TO GET ANY KIND OF JUSTICE IS IF WE NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT IT UNTIL SOMEONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE. Joy: THAT'S TRUE. Whoopi: SO, DO YOU THINK -- I MEAN, DO YOU THINK IT WILL HAPPEN. Joy: THIS WILL NEVER GO AWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO CHILD ABUSE. AND THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. YOU KNOW? THEY JUST DON'T. I THINK IT'S NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY. EVENTUALLY I THINK IT'LL ALL COME OUT BUT THIS LUTNICK GUY, I WAS READING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DIDN'T HE GO ON THE ISLAND WITH HIS KIDS.

Sunny: YES, HE WENT ON THE ISLAND WITH A 7-YEAR-OLD, A 12-YEAR-OLD -- Joy: WAIT A SECOND. SO WHO TAKES THEIR KIDS. COME ON, KIDS, LET'S GO TO EPSTEIN ISLAND. NO, WE WANT TO GO TO LEGOLAND. NO, YOU'RE GOING TO EPSTEIN ISLAND. WHAT KIND OF PSYCHO TAKES HIS CHILDREN -- Sunny: AND HIS NANNY AND LIED ABOUT IT. HE SAID DURING A PODCAST THAT HE MET HIM ONE TIME BECAUSE HE WAS HIS NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR FOR YEARS AND WHEN HE MET HIM, HE GOT CREEPED OUT BY HIM AND HE WOULD NEVER BE IN HIS COMPANY AGAIN.

Joy: HE SAYS THAT NOW. Sunny: HE SAID THAT THEN. AND THEN NOW. Whoopi: SOMEBODY SHOWED HIM. Sunny: HIS CHILDREN AND NANNY TO THE ISLAND. THE THING IS, HE WASN'T UNDER OATH AND HE HAD BEEN SUBPOENAED. IT WAS SORT OF A VOLUNTARY TYPE OF INTERVIEW, BUT IT'S STILL ILLEGAL TO LIE TO CONGRESS. AND IT'S CLOSED AND NOT ON CAMERA. AND SO -- WHAT HE DIDN'T -- I THINK WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY IS MOST IMPORTANT. HE REFUSED TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT HE SPOKE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS. IN THE LAW WE SAY, NO ANSWER IS AN ANSWER, AND SO IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT HE LIKELY MET WITH THE PRESIDENT ALLEGEDLY AND I THINK THAT IS VERY TROUBLING

BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE FILES, WHAT, OVER A THOUSAND TIMES, MAYBE SEVERAL THOUSAND TIMES, CORRECT ME IN MY EAR IF I'M WRONG AND THE FACT THAT HE IS SPEAKING WITH A WITNESS POTENTIALLY BEFORE TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN. Alyssa: LISTEN, THIS TABLE HAS PRAISED THE FACT THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT BIPARTISAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LYINGLY SUBPOENA PAM BONDI IF THEY'VE NOT ISSUED IT ALREADY. THIS IS ANOTHER TRUMP -- SORRY, THIS IS ANOTHER TRUMP CABINET OFFICIAL WOULD IS NOW TESTIFYING, BUT THERE FEELS LIKE THERE'S UNEVEN TREATMENT.

YOU HAD THE CLINTONS TESTIFY. IT WAS UNDER OATH ON CAMERA. WE HAVE SEEN FOOTAGE. Joy: THEY VOLUNTEERED. Alyssa: AND THAT WAS UNDER SUBPOENA SO THAT'S THE DUST TINGE THEY'RE MAKING BUT I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC TRUST IN THE FACT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A NONPARTISAN INVESTIGATION, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE HIM IN HIS OWN WORDS ON CAMERA ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. Sunny: YES. Alyssa: I DO SUSPECT THAT HOWARD LUTNICK'S DAYS IN THE TRUMP CABINET MAY BE NUMBERED, BECAUSE THE NEWS CYCLE HAS LARGELY MOVED ON FROM EPSTEIN.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAR THIS IRAN, HIGH GAS PRICE, THERE'S BEEN -- IT'S KIND OF BEEN ON THE BACK BURNER. PEOPLE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT. HE SHOWS UP TO TESTIFY AND IT'S FRONT AND CENTER AGAIN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT WANT TO SEE AND I COULD SEE A WORLD IN WHICH HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, POLITELY MOVE ON. MAYBE HE'S NOT FORMALLY FIRED BUT THEY WOULD WANT HIM TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE TO JUST KIND OF GET THE STINK AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

Sara: THE ARROGANCE OF IT ALL. NORMALLY IF YOU LIE AND YOU HAVE ANY CONSCIENCE YOU THINK, OH, GOD, COULD THEY FIND OUT OTHERWISE, AS RECENTLY AS THE FALL, THE ARROGANCE IN WHICH HE KNEW, NO, THEY'D NEVER RELEASE THAT PART. AND HE DOUBLED DOWN IN THAT INTERVIEW. HE WAS ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION. IF YOU'RE DODGING AND KNOW THE TRUTH YOU JUST SAY NO, I DIDN'T KNOW HIM. HE SAID, MY WIFE AND I DECIDED WE'LL NEVER BE IN THE ROOM. HE'S DISGUSTING. IF THAT GUY WAS THERE, WE'RE LEAVING, BECAUSE HE'S GROSS THEN YOU PROCEED NOT TO TELL ANYONE BUT WE FIND OUT YOU -- Whoopi: IT'S IN THE EMAILS.

Sara: YOU TOOK YOUR CHILDREN TO A PEDOPHILE ISLAND THEN YOU CONTINUED BUSINESS. HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY IN THAT SAME PODCAST TO SAY I WILL NEVER WORK WITH HIM PROFESSIONALLY, PERSONALLY OR FOR PHILANTHROPY. LOOKING BACK HE WAS TELLING TOO MUCH WHICH IS A TELL FOR A LIAR. THE PROBLEM AROUND THE ENTIRE EPSTEIN FILE THERE'S LITTLE TRICKLES OF BREAD CRUMBS WHICH HAD THEY SAY YOU GOT TO FORGET BIT, THEN STOP LYING ABOUT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Joy: I WORRY ABOUT THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE NOW A.I. THINGS GOING ON AND EVEN IF WE SEE THEM IN COMPROMISING POSITIONS, LET'S SAY, PHOTOS.

Whoopi: YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS. Joy: YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REAL SO THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT. I FEEL LIKE. Sunny: NOT BELIEVE IT. Joy: YEAH. Alyssa: BECAUSE THE PRESS HAS BEEN GOOD ABOUT DEPUNK BEEN GOOD ABOUT DEPUBUNK THINGS THAT ARE FAKE. Joy: AREN'T THEY TEACHING KIDS IN NORWAY HOW TO DISCERN. Sunny: THEY ARE. Joy: BETWEEN FAKE AN REAL. Whoopi: WE CAN'T TEACH KIDS HOW TO CROSS THE STREET WITHOUT A PROBLEM. WE DON'T TEACH OUR KIDS ANYTHING THEY NEED TO GET THROUGH LIFE.

Joy: GEOMETRY. Alyssa: I HAVE NOT USED A LOT OF GEOMETRY. Sara: MATH REALLY COMES IN HANDY TO THE PEEL HERE. Sunny: IN TERMS OF HOWARD LUTNICK, WE HAVE TO REITERATE HE HASN'T BEEN -- Whoopi: HE HASN'T BEEN ACCUSED OF ANY WRONGDOING. Sunny: SAID HE HAD NO PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN BUT WE CAN STILL QUESTION THAT. THE FACT THAT -- Whoopi: LISTEN, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WHAT WE SEE AND TAKE IT ALL APART AND PEOPLE GET ACCUSED AND LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOOD BECAUSE THEIR NAME IS PEERS, YOU KNOW, HE HAS TO BE HELD TO THE SAME THING. IF YOU -- IF YOU DID NOTHING WRONG, TELL THE TRUTH. BUT YOU KEEP SAYING I -- THERE'S NOTHING HERE AND YOU KEEP LIGHTING THE FIRE.

YOU GUYS KEEP RELIGHTING THE FIRE, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR POINT IS. STOP RELIGHTING THE FIRE, JUST DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. YOU CAN SLOW IT DOWN BUT IT AIN'T GOING AWAY BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE SAY WE TALK ABOUT THE WAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD FUEL AND NO ONE IS RELEASING ALL THE INFORMATION WITH THE EPSTEIN FILES, IT'S A THREESOME OR A FOURSOME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. IT'S IN A PACKAGE, MAN. IT'S IN A PACKAGE. SO TELL US -- GIVE US THE TRUTH. GIVE US SOME TRUTH.

Sunny: AND HAVE SOME SEMBLANCE OF HUMANITY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS, POSSIBLY, OF CHILD SEX CRIME VICTIMS. Alyssa: OR THE SURVIVORS. Whoopi: YOU WANT THEM -- YOU'RE ASKING THEM A LOT. YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LOT BECAUSE IF WE REALLY WANT THEM TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT PEOPLE NEED, THEY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED, THEY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT OUR ELDERLY NEED. THEY'D PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT OUR CHILDREN NEED BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY OF THAT FROM THEM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING CONTINUOUS TALK ABOUT BALLROOMS.

Joy: YEAH. Whoopi: I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. Whoopi: WELCOME BACK. FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN KATIE PORTER WHO'S BEEN CRITICIZED OVER THE PAST -- FOR OUTBURSTS TO STAFF MEMBERS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AN DEFENDED HERSELF AT A RECENT DEBATE. TAKE A LOOK. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ON A STAGE WITH 30 MINUTES OF INTERRUPTING AND BICKERING AND NAME-CALLING AND SHOUTING AND DISRESPECT FOR EVERYONE UP HERE WHO IS STEPPING INTO PUBLIC SERVICE THAT ANYONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MY TEMPERAMENT.

HMM. YOU ARE ACTUALLY INTERRUPTING THEM TOO. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WANT TO AGO LIKE YOU WEREN'T. OH, COWBOY -- CALIFORNIANS CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES ABOUT MY TEMPERAMENT BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN HERE TONIGHT. AND IF THESE BULLIES, THESE BOYS BULLYING AND BICKERING HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH TO RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TEMPERAMENT, I WOULD REALLY CHALLENGE THAT. Whoopi: I LIKE -- I LIKE THE -- I LIKE THE FACT THAT SHE SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, ME? LET'S TALK ABOUT Y'ALL. BECAUSE IT'S LIKE 45 OF Y'ALL AND ONE OF ME. AND MAYBE SHE -- MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SHE DOES YELL AT PEOPLE.

I YELL AT PEOPLE. YOU YELL AT PEOPLE. Joy: I ONLY YELL AT MY HUSBAND. Whoopi: BUT HE'S A PERSON, THOUGH. Joy: YEAH. Alyssa: THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WOMEN ARE HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE, LIKABILITY, ALL THESE ISSUES WE TALK ABOUT IN POLITICS BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S THE BEST SPOKESPERSON FOR THIS. I THINK HOW SOMEBODY TREATS STAFF UNDER THEM SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR CHARACTER AND WE SHOULD NOTE WE SAW THE VIDEO WHERE SHE BERATED A STAFFER IN A WAY I'VE NEVER IN ANY JOB IN POLITICS BEEN TALKED TO. THAT STAFFER THEN DID ACCEPT THE APOLOGY AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HER, BUT THAT TO ME IS A SIGN OF VERY QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER.

SHE'S HAD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HER FROM HER HUSBAND, SHE'S HAD COUNTERABUSE ALLEGATIONS, HER AGAINST HIM, I THINK THERE'S A VOLATILITY THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IF IT WAS A MAN TO A WOMAN, I THINK THAT WE WOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. Joy: YOU KNOW WHAT, HILLARY CLINTON WAS CALLED UNLIKABLE, NASTY AND ABRACISTIC, MICHELLE OBAMA WAS SUBJECT TO ENDLESS SEXIST AND RACIST ATTACKS. KAMALA HARRIS, OH, I DON'T LIKE HER LAUGH. Alyssa: BUT ON CAMERA BERATING PEOPLE. Joy: MAYBE SHE HAD PMS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER PROBLEM WAS BUT THE FACT REMAINS SHE THREW HOT MASHED POTATOES AT HER HUSBAND'S HEAD SO SHE HAS ANGER ISSUES.

Whoopi: MAYBE SHE HAS BAD TASTE IN MEN. Joy: OR IN POTATOES BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN BASICALLY ANY LEVELHEADED PERSON CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD. DONALD TRUMP HAS A FREAKIN' FIT EVERY DAY, A TEMPER TANTRUM AND HIS PEOPLE WORSHIP HIM, OH, HE'S STRONG-WILLED. I RAN INTO A WOMAN AT THE SUPERMARKET. WHY ARE YOU A TRUMP SUPPORTER, I ASKED. BECAUSE HE'S THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY. I SAID I WAS ON THE SET OF "THE VIEW" WHEN HE SAID ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER IF SHE WASN'T MY DAUGHTER, I'D DATE HER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND SHE SAID, OH, HE SAYS A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS ALL THE TIME. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. Sara: BUT I THINK TEMPERAMENT MATTERS. Joy: YET IF THAT WAS A WOMAN SHE'D BE OUT ON HER BEHIND. Sara: EVEN GROUPING HER IN WITH KAMALA HARRIS, MICHELLE OBAMA, HILLARY CLINTON IS NOT THE SAME AS WATCHING WITH YOUR OWN TWO EYES WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT TEMPERAMENT DOES BOTHER ME BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS AND TALK ABOUT IT AT THE SHOW ALL THE TIME IS THE ABUSE OF POWER WE'RE WITNESSING WHERE THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY. IF YOU'RE ALREADY BERATING PEOPLE IN VIDEOS AND ALSO GOT MAD AT AN INTERVIEWER, THE VERY

JOB OF AN IMENTS VIEWER WAS ABOUT SOMETHING SHE SAID ABOUT TRUMP VOTERS AND SNAPPED, QUIT THE INTERVIEW. YOU CAN'T UNSEE THAT WITH YOUR EYES AND YOU ARE NOW GOING TO BE IN A VERY TENSE POSITION. I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT MEN. I SAW THE BILL O'REILLY CLIPS OF SAVE IT FOR LIVE, THE LAURA INGRAHAM. DON'T -- YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL. TO ME IT'S NOT MALE OR FEMALE. IT'S NOT BLACK OR WHITE, NOT OLD OR YOUNG, IT IS A CHARACTER. Alyssa: I WANT TO KNOW WHY SHE'S STILL IN THE RACE OF THE SHE'S NUMBER SIX IN THE RACE WHEN A REPUBLICAN IS LEADING IN CALIFORNIA.

YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT. Whoopi: A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE HER IN CALIFORNIA. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE HER. Sunny: WE KNOW THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD AND GOT TO TELL YOU THE BAR IS SO VERY LOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT J.D. VANCE, THE WAY HE BEHAVES, YOU LOOK AT PETE HEGSETH AND DONALD TRUMP, IT TRICKLES DOWN FROM THE TOP, WE HAVE SEEN THE WORST -- THE WORST BEHAVIOR THIS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, I DON'T THINK AND I WATCHED A LOT OF THAT DEBATE AND THERE WAS TERRIBLE BICKERING, TERRIBLE CROSS-TALKING, THOSE MEN WERE DISRESPECTFUL AND I THINK SHE ROSE ABOVE THE FRAY AND I GIVE HER CREDIT FOR IT AND

I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SMART POLITICALLY TO POINT OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. Whoopi: ALSO I HAVE TO SAY -- YOU KNOW, YOU GET CAUGHT IN A MOMENT AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A CAMERA SO I'M SORRY. I HAVE YELLED AT PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR ME. I HAVE YELLED AT. Alyssa: I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU TREAT SOMEONE LIKE THAT. Whoopi: WELL, BECAUSE YOU -- YOU CAN'T ALWAYS -- YEAH. I MEAN -- Alyssa: DO IT, WHOOPI, DO IT. Whoopi: THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE IT IS BECAUSE I'M VERY CAREFUL WHEN I YELL AT PEOPLE NOW.

BECAUSE -- WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, MESSING WITH YOU. I USED TO GET IT ALL THE TIME AND I USED TO GET REALLY ANGRY AT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'D COME UP AND GO, SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOUR GIRL LOSES BECAUSE TRUMP IS -- I USED TO GET -- I'D GET RIGHT BACK IN PEOPLE'S FACES AND I REALIZED THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT SO YOU LEARN TO DO IT. I'M NOT MAD AT ANYBODY WOULD STEPS IN POO. I'M NOT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE DID TO HER HUSBAND. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE POTATOES OR ANY OF THAT. BUT.

Joy: WAIT A SECOND. SHE THREW HOT MASHED POTATOES BUT THE GRAVY SHE LEFT OUT. I'M JUST SAYING. Alyssa: SHE DOES DENY THE MASHED POTATO INCIDENT. Whoopi: HE DOES. Alyssa: SHE DOES. Sunny: SHE DENIES IT. Whoopi: WELL, I DON'T KNOW. ALL I THOUGH IS AS A HUMAN BEING, I'M SUBJECT TO THE SAME THINGS THAT SHE'S SUBJECT TO. I'M SUBJECT TO SCREWING UP AND MESSING UP AND BEING NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT ME TO BE. BUT IF I'M THE RIGHT PERSON TO RUN THE -- TO RUN THAT STATE AND I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, I WANT YOU TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO BE BETTER BUT I WANT YOU

TO RUN THE STATE. I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN HER. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE SO MUCH FAITH IN SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS. NOT ONLY HER BUT THERE'S A COUPLE. ANYWAY, WE LIVE IN NEW YORK SO WHAT DO WE CARE? WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. Sara: THE DOMINICK HOTEL, PROUD HOTEL PROVIDER FOR THE VIEW" OFFERS SWEEPING CITY VIEWS, SAVOR THE DAY LONGER WITH RELAXING TREATMENTS Announcer: THE "VIEW" STAFF IS GIVING YOU THE INSIDE TRACK ON THEIR FAINT FINDS FROM PAST VIEW YOUR DEALS. WE PARTNERED WITH VENDORS FOR AT LEAST HALF OFF SO GET SHOPPING AT VIEWYOURDEAL.COM NOW.

Whoopi: SO WELCOME BACK. THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN ABOUT AN OUTBREAK OF HANTAVIRUS ON A CRUISE SHIP THAT'S CLAIMED THREE LIVES. PASSENGERS FROM AT LEAST 12 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES LEFT THE SHIP NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER THE FIRST PASSENGER DIED, AND THIS VIDEO WAS RELEASED BY AN AMERICAN TRAVEL BLOGGER WHO IS STILL QUARANTINED ON BOARD. TAKE A LOOK. I'M CURRENTLY ON BOARD THE MV HONDIUS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS VERY REAL FOR ALL OF US HERE. WE'RE NOT JUST A STORY.

WE'RE NOT JUST HEADLINES. WE'RE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES, WITH PEOPLE WAITING FOR US AT HOME. Joy: OH. Whoopi: SO THE QUESTION IS -- THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, HOW WORRIED ABOUT THIS ARE YOU, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE -- THE VIRUS USUALLY SPREADS BY INHALING CONTAMINATED RODENT DROPPINGS. Joy: EW. Whoopi: BUT THIS STRAIN IS TRANSMISSIBLE BETWEEN PEOPLE BY A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF CONTACT WITH BODILY FLUIDS. WHAT WERE THEY DOING ON THAT SHIP? Joy: WHAT BODILY FLUIDS? Sunny: WELL, IT'S A TRIP I THINK THAT HAS A LOT OF EXCURSIONS TO PLACES THAT YOU'RE NORMALLY -- THAT YOU DON'T GET TO GO TO AND NATURAL -- Whoopi: IF THERE'S ALL THAT MUCH RODENT DROPPINGS, WHAT ARE

YOU DOING -- Sunny: REMOTE PARTS OF THE WORLD BUT I DON'T THINK THEY KNEW ABOUT THE RODENTS. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT FOR SEVERAL REASON, ONE THAT RFK JR. IS THE HEAD OF OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY. Whoopi: YOU'RE AFRAID HE'S GOING TO EAT ONE OF THE RODENTS. Sunny: IT JUST CONCERNS ME OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP AND THE ADMINISTRATION WITHDREW FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND WITHIN HOURS OF THIS HAPPENING, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, W.H.O., RELEASED THIS INFORMATION BUT THE UNITED STATES DIDN'T GET IT. AND THAT CONCERNS ME.

Alyssa: WHEN BILL GATES WAS ON OUR SHOW WE ASKED HIM WHAT KEEPS HIM UP AT NIGHT. WHAT SCARES HIM. HE SAID ANOTHER PANDEMIC AND HE SAID IN THE NEXT DECADE WE WOULD SEE ONE. THE ONE WORD OF CAUTION JUST TALKING TO SOME DOCTORS AND EXPERTS IS THAT IT'S A VERY CLOSE DEGREE OF HUMAN CONTACT ALLEGEDLY FOR THIS TO SPREAD. THAT IT'S SOMETHING LIKE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, IN ONE CASE IT WAS A SPOUSE THAT BOTH CAME INTO CONTACT BUT MY HEARTS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE ON THAT SHIP. IT'S TERRIFYING AND THIS ALSO COMES AS -- IN A MOMENT WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH DISINFORMATION AND SO MUCH LACK OF TRUST THIS PUBLIC HEALTH AND STILL SOME LINGERING TRAUMA FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC.

IT'S KIND OF A PERFECT STORM FOR A VERY BAD POTENTIAL RESPONSE IF THIS GETS WORSE. Joy: I'VE BEEN ON ABOUT TEN CRUISES IN MY LIFE. I LOVED ALL OF THEM. I NEVER HAD ANY RODENTS NEAR ME. Sunny: YEAH. Joy: I LOVE -- I'M ITALIAN. I'M LIKE -- I'M DESCENDED FROM CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BECAUSE I LIKE TO BE ON A BOAT ON THE HIGH SEAS. I LIKE IT AND I WOULD NOT GO. I WILL GO RIGHT NOW ON A CRUISE. DOESN'T BOTHER ME. Whoopi: THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS -- THE ONLY THING -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS MOO HE IS THAT THEY SAY IT HAS TO BE TRANS -- IT'S TRANSMISSIBLE BY PEOPLE WITH A

SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF CONTACT. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF CONTACT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Joy: I THOUGHT THERE WERE EXCHANGE OF FLUIDS INVOLVED. Whoopi: THEY SAY THAT TOO BUT THAT'S WHAT FREAKED ME OUT. Alyssa: THERE ARE REPORTS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT CONTRACTED IT BIER BEING ON THE SAME PLANE AS SOMEBODY. THAT SPARKS A LITTLE MORE FEAR BUT THERE'S A LOT WE DON'T KNOW. Sunny: DIDN'T PEOPLE LEAVE THE BOAT AFTER THE FIRST PERSON CONTRACTED IT AND THEY'VE -- THEY'VE SEEN THIS VIRUS NOW IN EIGHT -- IN THREE STATES.

Alyssa: THE CONTACT TRACING WAS A LITTLE DELAYED WHICH IS SCARY. Whoopi: SO WE'LL GET IT TOGETHER BUT IT IS -- IT'S SOMETHING TO KNOW ABOUT. DON'T BE CAUGHT OUT BY NOT KNOWING OF THE IT'S OUT THERE. IT'S ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT'S OUT THERE SO WE KNOW NOW, BUT EW. OH, WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK. Whoopi: WELCOME BACK. EMMY WINNER LISA KUDROW RETURNS AS VALERIE CHERISH FOR THE FINAL SEASON OF "THE COMEBACK" AND SHE'S HELPING HER BOSS NAVIGATE THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

TAKE A LOOK. THAT MUCH ANGER AND RAGE, THAT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. ABOUT THEM. IT IS, SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH IT. YOU'VE GOT A NETWORK TO RUN AND YOU ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. YOU ARE. THANK YOU. I JUST -- JUST COULD REALLY USE A HUG. OH, OKAY. BUT THIS IS AN OPEN CONCEPT WORKING ENVIRONMENT. RIGHT. CAN'T GET A HUG. YEAH, IT'S INAPPROPRIATE, YEAH, WELL, CONSIDER YOURSELF HUGGED. YEAH. SELF-CARE. Whoopi: PLEASE WELCOME BACK LISA KUDROW.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HI, GIRLS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] Joy: SO YOU'RE BACK AS VALERIE. YEAH. THAT'S MY DRESS. Joy: THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL SEASON. THE THIRD AND FINAL. Joy: I'M SORRY TO HEAR. YOU ARE? Joy: I LIKE THE SHOW, IT'S FUNNY, IT'S TOUCHING. BUT EVERY TEN YEARS, I MEAN. Sunny: YEAH. BUT ALSO THREE, IT'S NOW AND IT'S VERY FULL CIRCLE IN TERMS OF THE STORYTELLING, SO IT FEELS LIKE NOW IT'S COMPLETE.

Joy: WE'RE ROOTING FOR YOUR CHARACTER EVEN MORE. WAS THAT YOUR IDEA OR THE EVOLUTION FOR VALERIE TO WANT US TO LOVE YOU MORE AT THE END? WELL, NOT -- I MEAN, SURE. 0 WOULDN'T WANT THAT BUT IT JUST SEEMED TO BE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AS WE LOOK AT THE TELEVISION LANDSCAPE EVERY TEN YEARS AND NOW THE THREAT, FIRST, IT WAS REALITY TV IS GOING TO REPLACE SCRIPTED, RIGHT? AND NO, IT JUST -- THERE WAS ROOM FOR MORE AND WITH A.I., WE ARE HOPING THEY'RE GOING TO -- WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM STOPPING IT, RIGHT, SO THEY WILL TRY IT IN DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE AUDIENCE WILL LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. BUT WITH VALERIE, THE THING IS, SHE ADAPTS.

Sara: YEP. TO WHATEVER. SHE'S NOT THINKING. Whoopi: SHE'S A WOMAN. THAT'S WHAT WOMEN DO. EXACTLY. SO, HMM, HOW WAS I -- HOW DID THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT YOU -- Sunny: LET'S TALK ABOUT A.I. BECAUSE THIS SEASON VALERIE IS DEALING WITH SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME AT THIS TABLE, A.I. RIGHT. Sunny: SO HOW DID YOU, YOU KNOW, SORT OF COMBINE THIS REALLY FRONT TOPIC WITH THE DRAMA? BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITING IT TO A SITCOM WRITTEN BY A.I., AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THAT, AND AS IT GOES ON, I MEAN THE LAST EPISODE -- WAIT, SO, HUH, THE THING IS WE'RE SAYING A.I. IN THIS, IT'S SERVICEABLE, IT'S SUPER FAST, LIKE, OH, WE NEED AN ALT FOR THAT JOKE AND 5 SHOW UP. BUT THE SHOW RUNNERS AREN'T THERE ANYMORE. AND NO ONE HAS TIME WHILE THERE'S AN AUDIENCE, LIKE TO GO

THROUGH A, WHICH ONE IS THE BEST, I DON'T KNOW. AND SO YOU DO -- EVEN WITH A.I., YOU NEED A WRITER IS WHAT VALERIE KEEPS SAYING AND SHE'S JUST BEING PRACTICAL. YOU KNOW. Sara: YEAH. AND SHE JUST KEEPS SAYING YOU NEED A WRITER. NEED A SHOW WRITER. Sunny: YOU DO. NOW, EARLIER THIS WEEK YOUR FRIEND FROM "FRIENDS," SEE WHAT I DID THERE, COURTENEY COX POSTED A VIDEO REFERENCING A TRACK SUIT VALERIE WORE IN SEASON 1 WHEN SHE WAS CAST AS A CHARACTER CALLED AUNT SASSY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CLIP. HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. LISA, I'M LOVING MY NEW TRACK SUIT.

THANK YOU. FITS IN PERFECTLY FOR THE CITY FOR AN AFTERNOON JOG. HOW IS THAT? Sunny: SO DID YOU SEND THAT TO HER? YEAH, THEY SENT ONE TO JEN, I THINK SHE POSTED SOMETHING WITH IT. YEAH, IT'S REALLY FUNNY, THAT WAS VERY -- COURTENEY IS FUNNY. Alyssa: YOU STARRED AS PHOEBE ON "FRIENDS." INCREDIBLE RUN. ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS OF ALL TIME AND YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING IT BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME I UNDERSTAND. I'M DONE. I DID IT.

Alyssa: YOU FINISHED THE WHOLE THING. YEAH. Alyssa: YOU RECENTLY SAID IN RETROSPECT ROSS WAS NOT THAT GOOD OF A BOYFRIEND TO RACHEL. CAN I SAY MORE BECAUSE THAT WASN'T THE COMPLETE THOUGHT, OKAY. HE WASN'T AT THAT MOMENT AND THEN HE GOT BETTER, BY THE END AND HE WAS SENDING HER OFF LIKE, YES, GO TO PARIS, DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND BUT IN THAT SEASON WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ON A BREAK, TO ME IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT HE CHEATED WAS WAY AFTER THE FACT THAT HE WAS COMPLETELY UNSUPPORTIVE AND DISMISSIVE OF HER CAREER AND HER JOB AND HER DEDICATION TO IT AND HIM JUST, WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN

THREE NIGHTS BECAUSE SHE HAD A CRISIS, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT BOTHERED ME. Alyssa: HE DID COME AROUND IN THE END. I AGREE. HE ULTIMATELY. SHE LOVED HIM. THEY HAVE A CHILD TOGETHER. NO, SHE'S NOT GOING TO PARIS. SHE'S -- YEAH. Sara: LISA, YOU AND ALL YOUR "FRIENDS" CASTMATES SAID YOU WERE A FAMILY AND AS A VIEWER AND FAN WE COULD TELL BUT AS YOU'VE WATCHED THIS FROM THE AUDIENCE PERSPECTIVE, WATCHED ALL THE SHOWS, DO YOU EVER HAVE MOMENTS WHERE YOU REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING CERTAIN EPISODES THAT YOU NOW LAUGH ABOUT?

WELL, YES, OH, MY GOD, OKAY. NORMALLY NO BUT WE WERE DOING -- YOU KNOW, JUST TO SORT OF RELAX AND LIGHTEN UP, MATT, MATTHEW AND I WOULD LIKE AMBUSH TICKLE EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE WE -- Sara: -- DO THAT ON SET. YEAH. IT'S TERRIFYING BUT AND SOMEONE WOULD BE LURKING, YOU KNOW, THEY'D WALK BY AND YOU JUST WENT LIKE THAT AND SO WE'RE DOING A HALLOWEEN EPISODE AND WE'RE ALL DRESSED IN COSTUMES, AND SEAN PENN WAS ON IT. AND HE WALKED BY MATTHEW PERRY WHO WAS IN A GIANT PINK BUNNY OUTFIT AND HE WALKED BY MATTHEW AND MATTHEW WENT, WHOA, AND THEN CAME OVER AND SAID, JUST THOUGHT SEAN PENN WAS GOING TO TICKLE ME AND LAUGHED SO HARD. OF COURSE, SEAN PENN WASN'T GOING TO TICKLE HIM.

IT WAS JUST A FUNNY THING, SEAN PENN WOULD GO, WHOO. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. Sara: I REALLY WISH HE HAD BUT BEFORE WE GO, FANS HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR A SEQUEL TO YOUR YOU AND MIRA SORVINO'S MOVIE "ROAMNY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION." THERE'S RUMORS THAT IT'S HAPPENING. IS THERE A SCRIPT. IS ANYTHING IN PROGRESS? WHO DO WE NEED TO SPEAK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? OH. Sara: WHO DO WE NEED TO SPEAK TO. YOU ARE AT THE RIGHT COMPANY. NO THOUGHT WITH ME. IT WAS WITH TOUCHSTONE ULTIMATELY.

Whoopi: USED TO BE. IT'S NO LONGER. Sara: WOULD YOU -- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT -- YES, I MEAN, LOOK, IT'S NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED AND I HAVEN'T BEEN AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE ANYTHING BUT. Sara: OH, THAT'S A NONANSWER ANSWER. IT FEELS CLOSE. Sara: I LOVE THAT. I KNOW. Joy: GREAT FOR YOU. Sunny: THAT'S GREAT. WE'LL SEE. Whoopi: YEAH. LISTEN, HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL. THAT'S WHAT I SAY AND SO WE KEEP OUR HOPES GOING. THAT'S RIGHT. Whoopi: WHAT A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU. Whoopi: GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO. Whoopi: OUR THANKS TO LISA KUDROW. THE FINAL EPISODE OF "THE COMEBACK" AIRS SUNDAY NIGHT ON HBO AND ON ALL OTHER EPISODES ARE STREAMING NOW ON HBO MAX. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. Whoopi: WELCOME BACK. MAY IS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND TODAY WE ARE FEATURING A REFUGEE AND EMMY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST USING HER PLATFORM TO STAND UP TO ANTI-SEMITISM.

SARA. Sara: YES, AT JUST 18 MONTHS OLD BIANNA GOAL DREEG OLD BIANNA GOAL DREGOLODRYGA ARRIVED IN THE U.S. AS POLITICAL REFUGEES. SHE WAS THE ONLY JEWISH STUDENT AT HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND EXPERIENCED THAT TAUGHT HER EARLY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING TIGHT TO HER IDENTITY AS A PROUD JEW. Alyssa: HER TELEVISION CAREER BEGAN IN 2001 AS A BUREAU PRODUCER AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND CONDUCTED COUNTLESS INTERVIEWS WITH TOP BUSINESS LEADERS AND PRODUCED LIVE COVERAGE FOLLOWING THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS.

TODAY BIANNA IS THE SENIOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST FOR CNN AND MOM TO TWO CHILDREN. SHE'S ALSO GIVING THE YOUNGER GENERATION TOOLS TO FACE AND FIGHT BACK AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM WITH HER NEW BOOK, "DON'T FEED YAMIT LEVY. Whoopi: WE HAVE BIANNA IN OTHER AUDIENCE TODAY. AND YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN TO GET YOURSELF A COPY OF "DON'T FEED THE LION" AND MEMBERS OF OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE, YOU ARE ALL GOING HOME WITH A COPY OF BIANNA'S BOOK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WRITING IT. THE MORE WE CAN TELL YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT WE KNOW, THE BETTER WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD. SO THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS.

Sara: YES. Whoopi: NOW, HERE'S SOMETHING INCREDIBLY ANNOYING, LIKE INCREDIBLY ANNOYING. STAR OF THE SERIES "THE PITT" ISSA BRING ISSA BRIONES IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING IN "JUST IN TIME" BUT FANS IN THE AUDIENCE, THEY'RE YELLING LINES FROM "THE PITT" AT HER WHILE SHE'S ON STAGE SO SHE POSTED A MESSAGE ON INSTAGRAM TELLING THEM, BROADWAY'S NOT A CIRCUS AND THAT THEY'RE BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PERFORMERS, TO THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU'RE RAISED, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO YELL IN THE THEATER, DO IT AT HOME. PEOPLE PAY BIG BUCKS TO GO SEE PEOPLE ON BROADWAY AND WHEN YOU INTERRUPT THE ACTORS WHEN YOU INTERRUPT THE PLAY, WHEN YOU INTERRUPT THE FLOW TO YELL SOME DUMB LINES FROM A SHOW THAT SHE'S NOT DOING AT THE MOMENT,

SHE'S LIVE ON STAGE, DON'T BE DISRESPECTFUL. GROW UP. THIS IS NOT THE MOVIES. YOU GO AND YELL AT MOVIES, FINE. DO IT AT HOME BUT DO NOT DO THIS IN THE THEATER. DON'T DO IT IN THE THEATER. IT'S BEYOND -- IT'S FORGET IT'S DISRESPECTFUL. IT SHOWS YOU'RE ILL-RAISED WHEN YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR SPACE AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN INTERRUPT THEM, IT MEANS HAVE YOU NO CLASS. DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. Alyssa: YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU GET TO THE MOVIE THEATER THERE'S THAT NICOLE KIDMAN MESSAGE, WE NEED THAT IN THE THEATER BUT NEEDS TO BE PATTI LUPONE YELLING AT EVERYONE, PUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN THEM.

Sunny: THE SAME THING. I WENT TO SEE "JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE" AND DEBBIE ALLEN IS DIRECTING IT AND RIGHT BEFORE THE PLAY STARTS, SHE ANNOUNCES, EVERYONE, PLEASE BEHAVE, EVERYONE, DON'T -- TAKE YOUR CELL PHONES -- Whoopi: YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. Sunny: IT WAS A GREAT WAY OF DOING IT AND SHE DID IT IN SORT OF THIS GENTLE BUT VERY FUNNY AND FIRM WAY AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHEN I READ THIS STORY, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE THEY NEED TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR SHOW. Whoopi: NO, PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO BEHAVE WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN PUBLIC. IT'S NOT. Sara: U.S. NOT ABOUT YOU. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

IT'S ABOUT THE ARTISTS UP THERE. Whoopi: ASKING PEOPLE TO TURN OFF THE PHONE, WE ALL CARRY THAT AROUND. Sunny: NOW THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THIS 27-YEAR-OLD STAR AND PERHAPS BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED BROADWAY, MAYBE. Whoopi: NO, I'M SORRY. WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO YELL AT PEOPLE ON STAGE. THAT'S -- I'M SORRY. I WILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT'S HOW LOW WE ARE. YOU KNOW BETTER. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. SO SORRY. AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO YELL, YELL IN YOUR MIND. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

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