FILE - Barbara Walters shown after opening night on the ABC evening news with Anchor partner, Harry Reasoner on Oct. 4, 1976. Walters has been offered to join "ABC Evening News," which would make her the first woman to co-anchor the network news. Walters is the first woman to co-anchor the network news. The veteran ABC News anchor is set to announce Monday morning May 13, 2013 on "The View" that she will retire from TV journalism next summer. (AP Photo)