it's sometimes hard to remember that we are

in the middle of a pandemic.

Luis Munoz-- he's a dad from Brooklyn

who had gone months without seeing his daughter because

of the pandemic.

And he missed her so much that he did the next best thing.

Luis waited outside of the hospital

where Jessica works with a giant sign that

said how much he loves her.

Please welcome Luis' daughter, Jessica.

Oh, my God, it's Ellen.

[LAUGHING]

Oh, my god.

It's actually Ellen.

It's actually Ellen.

Hi.

Hi.

How are you?

Oh, my gosh.

It's really you.

I'm OK.

How are you two?

I'm just a regular dad from Brooklyn, and you're Ellen.

Yep.

You're not just a regular dad.

You're a very special dad.

So you've been raising Jessica since she was four years old.

You've been a single dad.

And your daughter-- you raised a really wonderful daughter.

She is a hero.

Thank you.

Aw.

Look at that.

So what made you decide--

why did you say, I'm going to just go make a sign

and stand outside the hospital.

My daughter and me, we're extremely close.

And I haven't gone more than a week

without seeing her in 28 years.

And now 2 and 1/2, three months had almost passed already.

And I'm home taking care of my elderly parents,

and I haven't seen her.

And it just got to a point where I just felt

like my heart was breaking.

And that I just really missed her a lot.

And I wanted to just get a hug from her.

It's been too long.

So, Jessica, how did you see the sign?

And how did that feel when you saw it?

I was actually on my lunch break.

I had no idea he was coming.

And I was standing outside on the sidewalk just leaving

the building, and I see someone from far with a sign.

And I'm like, oh, that's weird.

Someone's walking this way with a sign.

And as the person comes closer, I see it's my father.

So at first, I was quite shocked.

A little bit embarrassed because my face

was on the ginormous sign.

But it was really sweet of him.

And it got a lot of attention fast.

And people were saying, oh, that's so sweet.

Jessica, so I know it's your dream

to go back to nursing school, but you can't afford it.

So the reason we wanted to talk to both of you

is because we want to help.

Green Dot offers banking and saving made simple.

And they want to put some cash back in your pocket.

So today, Jessica, they're going to give you $10,000.

What?

No way.

Oh, my gosh.

Thank you.

So Green Dot that is so amazing.

And, Luis, I have something for you, too.

They want to give you--

Oh, my god.

Wow.

Thank you for helping my daughter.

Thank you so much.

I can't believe that.

Got a sign.

Oh, my gosh.

$10,000, Luis.

Wow.

So that's $10,000 for each of you.

That's $20,000 from Green Dot.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for watching.

Oh, my god.

Thanks so much, everybody.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so, so much.

We appreciate it so much.

I can't believe that.

My pleasure.

Thank you both.

You guys are incredible.

So that is our show.

And at the end of every show, I used

to say be kind to one another.

I want to start from now on saying, thanks for watching

and listen to one another.

Bye.