This is an encore episode of “The View.” The co-hosts will return to the Hot Topics table in September for season 26!Actor and author David Duchovny explains how his novel “The Reservoir” was inspired by quarantining during the pandemic, and how he found a silver lining to the lockdown with his teenage son. In Hot Topics, the co-hosts discuss if the framework for a bipartisan gun legislation falls short, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices