>> Emmy winning journalist and
prosecutor sonny Hoffman has a
new investigative series called
"Truth about murder."
And we recently sat down and
talked about everything going on
in her life.
Association sonny, let's start
with "The view," how is it going
with the ladies?
>> It's going really well.
This is my fourth year on the
show but our second year where
the table is just very stable.
And we're friends.
I know people don't believe that
but we really are.
It's just really good because
there are so many things to talk
about now.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> We're very different but
we're very passionate.
The bottom line is we have each
other's backs.
We really are a cohesive group.
And it's a safe place for us to
be different and have
differences of opinion.
So it's been a really good year
for me.
>> It's been a great ride.
I was on the early days with
Barbara Walters.
I agree with you H "The truth
about murder," what are we going
to see?
>> I'm very proud of this show.
This is the first show I'm not
only the host of but executive
producer.
So "Truth about murder" is
different in that it's a true
crime show but also a show about
the victims.
It comes from the perspective of
the victims as opposed to the
shows that talk about in the
mind of a serial killer, and I
know that's important, but I
wanted to talk about what
happens when something happens
to someone you love?
How does it affect the community
and best friend and husband and
mom and dad?
Those are the things we explore.
I don't explore the celebrity
cases, and I know those are
important too, but I just
explore the stuff that happens
right next door in a small town
somewhere in middle America.
>> And what happens after all of
it.
>> Yes.
>> What about for you, what
happened at age 7 that propelled
all of this?
>> Yeah, it's something never
talked about and thought it was
time for me to talk about.
My uncle was stabbed in front of
me.
I was 7 years old.
My family never talked about it,
never.
In fact just recently, just last
year I talked to my father about
it and his response was, you
remember that?
Literally we moved from the
bronx afterwards.
I lost all of my friends.
My father changed his life, lost
his only brother.
My mother's life changed.
And we never talked about it.
And I decided I wanted talk
about these things, victims need
to talk about it, survivors need
to talk about it.
That's real therapy for me.
This show has been a form of
I'm so encouraged by the
strength I have seen.
Some of these things are really
dark but above all else, I have
just seen the strength.
And it's been a real beautiful
journey for me actually.
>> The next episode, tell us
about Lisa fine.
>> Lisa fine.
She's murdered, it is a sad
story but it happens in a really
beautiful place.
That's another thing I have
always been interested in.
People think bad things don't
happen in beautiful places.
Her husband comes home and finds
her dead.
And it's about what happens when
you find someone dead in your
home, your beautiful wife, and
there's no forced entry.
So who was the first person that
you look at?
You look at the husband, because
by and large, women are killed
not by stranger danger but by
people who they think love them.
And that's another thing that I
want our viewers to know,
domestic violence is just
rampant.
So there are a lot of twists and
turns.
But the message is what happens
when one of your loved ones
dies.
>> And what about your podcast?
Are we ever going to find this
guy?
>> It's called "Have you seen
this man" and they have not seen
him.
It's ridiculous.
It's been 45 years.
His name is Lester Eubanks.
He's been on the run.
He raped and killed a
14-year-old girl.
He was convicted of it.
He confessed to the crime.
So we know that it's Lester, and
he literally was given the
opportunity to go Christmas
shopping, Christmas shopping.
Unbelievable.
And he never came back.
He walked out with a group of
inmates for, you know, being a
good inmate and he just never
came back.
We think he spent a lot of time
in Los Angeles, sort of south
central L.A., sort of just bled
into the fabric of L.A.
And we have this one marshal
that has really made it his life
to find him.
And we hope that when people are
listening to this --
>> They're calling in nonstop.
>> We're getting tips.
We made six episodes.
You can find it on whatever
podcast app you can.
We're hoping people will call
in.
1-864-4 wanted.
>> You have so much going on!
Teenage kids and trying to get
one in Harvard.
It so nice to meet you.
Love you!
>> Thank you, thank you.
>> I think her son already got
into Harvard.
But the best part of the
interview, she told me Barbara
Walters still calls in to talk
about "The view."
I like this segment more of this
or less of that.
>> Every day?
That's the og right there!