but roseanne's tweeting didn't end there. >> she also retweeted a false picture of me. >> whoopi goldberglasted roseanne on "the view" today after roseanne retweeted this photo shopped picture of goldberg wearing a t-shirt with an image of the president shooting himself. >> just because you were caught with your pants down, don't try to drag other people down with you. >> mm-hmm. >> mm-hmm. >> and now valerie jarrett has responded. she told msnbc the country should turn the roseanne tweet into a teaching moment. >> i'm fine. i'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. >>> meanwhile, yesterday was the first day back at work for many of the writers in the "roseanne" show right behind me in the building. they were getting ready to map out the next season. as they arrived, many found out it was canceled. >> we have a great writing staff. >> i can't wait to read the scripts and see what they've got in store. >> in the wake of the swift cancellation, a "roseanne" nobody knows what, if any, compensation the staff wi

stay tuned. >> dana: abc canceled "roseanne" following her racist tweet about valerie jarrett. julie banderas with a live update in new york. what do you know? >> after a series of the racist rants posted by roseanne on twitter, abc canceled the successful comedy comeback. roseanne recently tweet that was deleted this morning when she posted islamphobic tweet referring to former obama aide valerie jarrett who is black, but not muslim. i should add. she tweeted this. you just found the tweet. "as muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes who had a baby." the tweet was, of course, deleted. it was in response, though, to another user tweeting an article from conspiratorial right wing outlet claiming obama c.i.a. spied on french presidential candidates. needless to say, shortly after that, standup comedian wanda sykes tweeted "i will not be returning to "roseanne" on abc." taped the inter -- then in an entertainment executive said that roseanne's tweet was abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our value and we have decided to cancel her show. that was that. this is not the firs

pause you say that this roseanne story, this tweet shows both sides of this war that you talk about. e trump supporters what they thought about the cancellation of roseanne, watch this. >> i was really disappointed because you had so many people out here speaking their opinions of the president it's okay, so, "the view," cnn say whatever they want and get away with it. but roseanne barr makes a tweet, talking about someone who has trashry, and thought about two beings that had a kid it would look like that person and want to cancel her show. it wasn't right. >> it was not a wise thing to say, but she apologized and i think that many many people have said horrible thing, much worse to our president and vice president, and they haven't lost their television show, they haven't lost their movie. >> first guy, i have no idea what he was talking about, he probably doesn't know what he's talking about -- >> honestly he's ignorant of the facts. the second lady i'm sure is a nice lady but she's ig bran of the facts as well. >> the problem is the president of the united states not that women or

after that i tweeted this looks like a network forced apology. and then roseannesponded to my tweet, saying nope. it was cancelled before i sent this out. stop lying. so roseanne barr sends me a tweet that is a lie, and in that lying tweet she tells me to stop lying. the tweet that she falsely claimed was sent out after abc cancelled her show was actually sent out hours before abc canceled her show. so roseanne is not getting any boater at tweeting. what she said about me lying is nothing compared to the racist attack she launched onvalerie jarett. yesterday the white house press secretary said the president was too busy to comment on something like the roseanne controversy. but today apparently affairs of state calmed down to the point where the president finally found the time to tweet about roseanne. and, of course, he made it all about him. bob inspector generaler of abc called valerie jr.ett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those made by roseanne barr. gee, he never called president donald trump to apologize for the horrible statements

it will be a long day of tweets. roseanne has been non-stop tweeting and tweeting since yesterday.n sending tweets attacking her tv kids who criticized her. >> reporter: the revival of "roseanne" was canceled just hours after roseanne barr tweeted this, muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals vj. the vj she's referring to is valerie jarrett, a former adviser to president obama. by tuesday morning barr's tweet had been deleted and replaced with an apology. roseanne's tweet outraged fans, but also her own cast mates. meanwhile the subject of the twee val jarrett responded on msnbc. >> bob eiger, the ceo ceo ce called me, he had zero tolerance fo that kind of comment and wanted to make before he made it public that he was canceling the show. >> barr saying, don't feel sorry for me guys. i just want to apologize to the hundreds of people who lost their jobs on the show due to my stupid tweet. >> streaming service hulu and other cable networks have removed roseanne reruns and her talent agency has also dropped her. reporting live from washington, stephanie ramos, abc

this morning roseanne barr, the star of the abc hit show "roseanne" tweeted a vicious, racist statement about a highly accomplished black woman, and this afternoon another highly accomplished black woman announced that roseanne was fired. while valerie jarrett was working her way up in the corporate world in chicago and then in politics with her friend barack obama in whose white house she served for eight years, channing dungy was working her way up in executive jobs in show business. she joined abc in 2004 as a vice president overseeing development of drama series. channing dungy became the president of abc entertainment two and a half years ago. and as her abc official bio proudly states dungy has shepherded in a wide variety of programing including the most watched show on television, roseanne. knowing tv networks as i do, especially in the entertainment division, i expected abc to try to tough it out today and survive the crisis roseanne created because the show's ratings are so good. when roseanne tweeted this apology, i immediately said that this was a network forced apology usin

tonight, what the president is now tweeting, in the wake of the roseanne uproar, and the white house was pressed on why, in his own tweet, the president did not address what roseanne said. abc's matt gutman leading us off again tonight. reporter: fer than 24 hours after roseanne barr'rast tweet that led to her show being canceled -- >> what's up, deplorable? >> reporter: -- comparing president obama's former top aide to an ape, roseanne was back on twitter. now blaming that tweet on a sleeping pill. "it was 2:00 in the morning and i was ambien tweeting. i went too far." tonight, the maker of ambien firing back -- "while all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect." but today, even after trying to blame ambien -- >> after my nighttime meds kick in, i'm legally dead until 7:00 a.m. >> reporter: -- roseanne then retweeted images of characters from "planet of the apes" with valerie jarrett's image next to them. tonight, president trump, who celebrated roseanne before -- >> look at roseanne, i called her yesterday. look at her ratings. look at her rat

she also had a message and cast and crew of "roseanne" who are now out of work but did retweet several tweets that did defend her. abc's stephanie ramos has the latest. good morning, steph. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. well, after roseanne posted that tweet that got her show canceled, she's tweeted many apologies, and in the latest tweet she calls her own words indefensible and blames ambien for her initial tweet where she insulted a former presidential aide's race. ♪ the revival of the hit show "roseanne" was canceled just hours after its star roseanne barr tweeted this, muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals vj. the vj she's referring to is valerie jarrett, a former adviser to president obama. by tuesday morning, barr's tweet had been deleted and replaced with an apology saying in part, forgive me, my joke was in bad taste. roseanne's tweet outraged fans but also her own castmates. sara gilbert, also an executive producer of the show, calling the comments abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show. me

liz: should president trump have denounced roseanne barr's tweet specifically? don't think the president has to go around calling out every single citizen making denunciations. he's denounced racism categorically. liz: what do you think of roseanne barr blaming ambien and sanofi saying none of our drugs cause racism. what do you think about the droll tweet? >> for them to make that statement is completely fair game especially when she put it out there last night. liz: we love having you on. >> thank you, liz. liz: cnn looked surprise when the wife of an illegal immigrant says she does support the trump administration's decision to deport her husband. >> our laws come first. our laws are just broken and need to be fixed, but i can't be mad at trump for doing his job. liz: coming up, we have the full sound and president trump doubling down last night calling ms-13 gang members vicious animals. next, her son was murdered by an illegal immigrant. she is here after this. how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. t

i find it very striking that the president chose to, in fact, speak out about roseanne, tweet about roseanne, not tweet about the americans, the 4,600-plus americans whose lives were, in fact, lost due to hurricane maria in puerto rico so what i see here is that the president's clearly more concerned about himself than he is anything and anyone else. where this could have been a moment where the white house could have got really got a win on this, they botched it. all these unforced errors, we're now talking about the president's inability to make -- to have compassion and empathy and condemn something that is clearly wrong and also telling that sarah huckabee sanders today chose to elaborate and defend the president's comments when they have been very much so silent on so much more. >> michael, i know on twitter you offered -- went as far to offer roseanne a spot on a new streaming plat foform that you launched. "a", explain why you think it would be wise to be in business with her at this point and do you think the president missed an opportunity here? >> first of all, on the president, i

earlier this week, roseanne tweeted george soros is a nazi. onal security adviser re-tweeted a roseanne tweet calling her an ape. abc knew all of this and put her on the air anyway. why? >> i think that's an excellent question, and there are people that were very quick to give abc a lot of credit for the decision to shelf this show, but as brian said i don't think they had any choice and advertisers certainly were not going to enjoy the sort of phone calls that they would be getting in the next few days if the network hadn't taken very quick, decisive action about this particular tweet, but the question remains who exactly are you going after when you decided to give this person a platform now and despite roseanne's history with the network, and you know, the success of her original incarnation of her show, we've seen who she is at this point in her life for quite some time, sharing pizzagate stories and her support of the president after we've seen who he is and the way that he speaks about people of color and about muslims. it's mind blowing

she's now deleted that tweet. roseanne even suggest that she was fired because of her support for president trump. in one tweet she paints both herself and the president as victims. i feel bad for potus. he goes through this every single day. as for president trump who had initially rapped himself in roseanne's rating, he has been silent about this whole thing. we thought she was saying good night but then she came back with a vengeance. >> excuses, excuses, excuses. we're seeing her trying to say she's sorry and apologize and in the next breath she's making excuses. blaming this on a liberal media double standard saying she's the real victim. here's the sense of how we got here in this head spinning 24 hours. roseanne barr making excuses for her racist tweet comparing valerie jarret to an ape. barr now blames the sleeping pill ambien and claims that she did not know that jarrett is black. despite initially apologizing, the star is now suggesting that her show was canceled due to her support for president trump. >> thank y

roseanne barr is tweeting now. i understand she tweeted something about me retweeted and then deleted it. but it's not roseanne it's not don lemon cnn. just @don lemon, but she deleted it. she said, don't feel sorry for me, guys. i just want to apologize to the hundreds of people and wonderful writers, all liberal and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet. i will be on joe rogan's podcast on friday. what do you say? own your own stuff, right? >> you know, everybody needs to own their own stuff. but roseanne also needs to understand that old rules about holes and digging universally applies. and she ought to just take a deep breath and step back from twitter for a little while. this is not going to help her. it's not going to help those folks. i think we need a national breather on this particular story because it's just a remarkable moment where we're actually arguing whether something was racist, it's the era we seem to find ourselves in. when it is, let's call it out. it doesn't be

that is the point he was making. >> following the backlash that she was ambien tweeting. roseanne said it was an explanation, not an excuse. in a later tweet, she said i am not a racist. i never was and never would be. her ex-husband, tom arnold spoke to cnn. >> she was so far gone with the conspiracy theory and hillary is a pedophile and obama wasn't born here and how crazy that was. i just knew that this would not end well. >> roseanne's on-screen husband john goodman said quote, i wasn't going to get an emmy anyway. >>> breaking overnight. russian foreign minister meets with kim jong-un in north korea. sergei lavrov on the visit to pyongyang says sanctions must be lifted if is there a solution to the north korea nuclear problem. that would pit russia against the united states. mike pompeo is set to meet with kim yong chol. he meet with pompeo yesterday at dinner to try to iron out the details of the summit with kim and donald trump. for the latest, let's bring in diplomatic editor nic robertson in seoul. a lot to cover, nic. >> reporter: dave, what we are hearing from sergei la

including the latest on abc canceling the new group of the hit show roseanne after releasing a racist tweetid, but has america become more openly racist under president trump? plus we're learning tonight that the president didn't just blast attorney jeff sessions from

tweeting is not a good idea? >> they do not mix well to be sure. guys, i don't think i slept at all last night because i was up for the last 12 hours reading roseanneuestion, is this just a person who has a racist passing new racist things, or is there a bigger cultural significance here? what does it say that she had this tv show? what does it say that she was fired so quickly after putting new comments on, and what does she say that over the last eight hours, her defense is, you know, i was on ambien, and that maybe i was fired because of might have support for president trump. that's really what's been going on the last hour or so. and i think that's a remarkable point that she's making. it will be interesting to see if it undercuts the attempted apology from her over the last few hours. the other big story today and you covered this, as well, is trey gowdy. the republican that is sent in by the intelligence committee to see things says nothing to see here when it comes to the fbi sending in the confidential source to get information about whether the russians were trying to infiltrate the trump campaign. the key republican saying the fbi did no

roseanne tweets new responses as more companies drop her re-runs. >> reporter: with one single tweet, roseanne barr is banished from hollywood and taking down one of the hitest rated shows on tv with her. overnight, she seems to blame the racist tweet on ambien. outrage began after tweeting this. muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals vj referring to valerie jarrett. jarrett responded on >> i'm fine. >> reporter: barr said my joke was in bad taste. within hours abc pulled the plug. chairman and president of disney saying there was only one thing to do here, the right thing. but today president trump is firing back directly calling out the ceo for contacting jarrett about the comments but saying, quote, gee, he never called president trump to apologize for the horrible statements said and made about me on abc. >> what has happened to you? >> reporter: roseanne pushed boundaries from the beginning and the message seemed to resonate with democrats and republicans alike with more than 27 million watching the debut. >> what's up, deplorable? >> reporter: imagine if lef

a new excuse in the string of tweets from roseanne barr. the now jobless actress apologizing for her racist tweet that led to the canlation of her tv show. >> a television show that president trump has touted he even called roseanne to congratulate her after the show's premier had mega ratings. this morning, though, deafening silence from the president on roseanne's racism. what we are hearing from the target of her vicious tweets, valerie jarrett. our brian stelter has been following all of this story since it broke. good morning to you. >> good morning. some of roseanne's tweets they just affirm abc's decision to cancel her show and fire her. there's retweets portraying her as a victim. but some apologies. barr said to her fan, don't defend me. it's sweet of to you try, but losing my show is nothing compared to being labeled a racist over one tweet that i regret even more. remember, there was more than one tweet but let's move on to the next one. she also said, i did something unforgivable, don't defend me. it was 2:00 in the morning and i

valorie jarrett is speaking out on what roseanne tweeted out. said that roseanne is not the only one that deserves the blame. take a listen. >> do you feel like this president has set a tone that has made people feel increasingly empowered to say those kinds of things? >> this is what i think. i think tone does start at top and we like to look up to our president and feel he reflects the values of our country. every individual citizen has the responsibility, too. >> maria: she said some of it comes from the top, including president trump. what do social media stars diamond and silk think about that? you heard valorie jarrett. what do you think? >> of course, i don't agree with what she said about blaming our president for what someone treated. first of all, roseanne, she's not a racist. she made bad judgment when she tweeted out something that was a little off-the-cuff. she apologized for it. where is the apology from all of the other people like the joy behar, whoopi goldberg, jimmy kimmel? where are the apologies from those people that work for

this is much much bigger than roseanne's dumb racist tweets. this is about the normalization of racism across this country. this is about people who now feel free to say exactly the kind of thing roseanne said. we've all known for a long time just how roseanne feels. back in 2013 she compared former u.s. ambassador to the united nation susan rice to an ape in a tweet she later deleted. in 2009 for a photo shoot, she dressed up as hitler and baked what she called little jew cookies. claiming she was making fun of hitler and not his victims. and let's not forget her take on the national anthem. this was 20 years ago. ♪ for the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave >> and had nerve to criticize nfl players for peacefully taking a knee respectfully. we all knew what we were getting and what roseanne was like. abc knew what they were getting, yet they gave her a reboot of her show knowing full well who she is. and today she showed us exactly who she is again. and now she's facing the consequences. and what about the hundreds of people who work

. >> sean: so as you know by now, roseanne barr tweeted out some inappropriate over-the-line remarks about valorie jarrett. in response, we now that abc cancelled the reboot of "roseanne." tonight i'm going to respond to roseanne barr's tweet and the double standard in this country where conservatives are held accountable while those on the left never seem to face consequences for racism, bigotry or sexism. that's tonight's important mini monologue. we know this week roseanne barr rightly apologized for her terrible comments about valorie jarrett. she said nobody should defend her in light of what happened. she was right to apologize. but i would argue that we have to look at this moment and do better as a country. we have to respect all races, all creeds, all background. roseanne is a public figure and her comments hurt innocent people and she's facing consequences. she can say it on her own time but abc has their own decision making. we should feel bad. a lot of innocent people lost their jobs. they have families, mortgages, rent payments, car payments and other expenses. college ki

i find it striking that the president chose to in fact speak out about roseanne and tweet about roseanne and not tweet about the american,s the 4600 americans whose lives were lost due to hurricane maria in puerto rico. the president is more clearly about himself than anything. this could have been a moment where the white house could have got a win on this. they botched it. we are now talking about the president's inability to have compassion and empathy and condemn something that is wrong. sarah sanders chose to elaborate when they have been silent on so much more. >> michael, on twitter, you went as far to offer roseanne on a streaming platform that you launched. why do you think it is wise to be in business with her at this point. and do you think the president lost an opportunity here. >> i think the president was trying to put his two cents in why a lot of his supporters believe that roseanne barr was not given the same treatment as people on the other side of the aisle. we went through them before with ms. sanders. but i don't think he really is in a spot right now to talk about t

roseanne barr. in an exchange with chelsea clinton she referred to chelsea as chelsea soros clinton to which chelsea clinton replied and this is a tweetput it up, good morning roseanne my given middle name is victoria i imagine george suarez's nephews are lovely people. i'm grateful for the important work at open society. to have tweeted incorrect information about you please forgive me, by the way, george s oros is a nazi who turned in his fellow jews to be murdered in german concentration camps and stole their wealth? were you aware of that but we all make mistakes right, chelsea liz there's more from roseanne's meltdown this is one for the textbooks back to you. liz: it's quite unbelievable to watch just a person blow up, not only their career, but if you work in hollywood you're talking about directors you're talking about union crews, you're talking about craft services, all of the other actors, the writers, the show runners, this is epic folks, as far as the business of hollywood is trying to deal with wrapping their minds around having a hit show and then not having a hit show. abc, thank you, adam, not the only media giant wit

circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. >> and growing backlash over roseanne barr's tweets about valerie jarrett. roseanne's overnight tweet storm and what she said she was taking when she wrote the controversial tweet. >>> summer means snake season. the warning after a woman found three rattlesnakes at her front door. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> quite the way to wake up. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we want to go straight to mike inouye for an update on the tragic mess in the east bay. mike, do we have a lot of congestion going on? >> we have more congestion even though they have more lanes open as well. we have this build for the commute. even though we have a lighter volume pretty much this week and you see that in the south bay and along the east bay. towards the tri-valley, we see the congestion, southbound 680 towards al costa build into san ramon, we have all of this slowing and it let's up around dublin boulevard where pete suratos reports. there was a crash and fuel leak. there have been changes out there but i'm going to sends it out

roseanne barr. of course what barr tweeted about 24 hours ago was racist, islamophobic, and outrageous. it was the kind of thing no company was going to stand behind. it was pretty quickly decided tuesday morning that abc was going to pull the plug, essentially to boot the reboot. now there was an interesting conversation behind closed doors between barr and abc. around 2:00 p.m. eastern time, abc made it public, announced the cancelation, which came as a real shock throughout hollywood and throughout the entertainment industry. in some ways, abc was putting morals over money. now there's a sense of pride inside the network about the decision. barr had a long, controversial history on twitter including some racist comments in the past. abc executives were hoping she could tone it down and focus on the revival of the show. turns out that did not happen. the risk here did not meet the reward. abc felt it had to pull the plus, and now it's left with a big hole in its primetime schedule this fall. executives believe they've done the right thing. they've decided to be on the right side of hi

late last night, roseanne tweeted she was sorry for her tweet, but she also said quote, i am tired of being attacked and belittled more than other comedians who have said worse. ktvu's rob malcolm shows us how this all started and how a former top adviser to president obama, who was a target of her tweet, responded. >> this is our 45th anniversary. >> reporter: two months ago roseanne barr was riding high with the return of her hit to come, "roseanne". this tweet from the show's star and cocreator ended at all. muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals b.j. that racist tweet aimed at former top obama aide valerie jarrett ignited backlash on social media. roseanne barr quickly apologized tweeting, i apologize to valerie jarrett into all-americans. i am sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. i should've known better. forgive me. my joke was in bad taste. the damage was done. the president of abc entertainment said her twitter statement was the warrant, repugnant and inconsistent with their values. we have decided to cancel her show. the disney ce

developing this morning, a new firestorm from -- tweet storm from roseanne just hours after abc canceled her hit sitcom. comedian's racest tweet prompted swift backlash. kept apologizing blaming first tweet on the sleeping drug ambien. the former obama az ver who roseanne compared to an ape said we should all learn a lesson. >> i'm fine, i'm worried about all of the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. the person who's walking down the street minding their own business and they see somebody cling to their purse or run across the street or every black parent i know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation, the talk as we call it. >> and more talk is coming. roseanne says she's going to talk friday on a podcast. >> today santa clara county will talk about adding a full-time gun investigator. this is on the agenda for supervisors tonight. the goal to quickly investigate and solve shooting cases. our investigative unit reported last week that there's a high tech way to connect guns and shell casings to unsolved cr

tweet to then esid obama. abc news reporter danya bacchus has the details. >> roseanne bar is known for using romky on the rebootedoe highlight hot button. >> this is what people from i lack and taliban do. >> but a recent tweet was considered no laughing matter. abc is cancelling the hit show after barr posted on twitter muslim brotherhood and planet of

roseanne later tweeted roseanne later tweeted an apology to jarrett and to all americans ... that she is truly sorry. now she says she was "ambien tweeting." valerie jarrett responded to the racist tweet ... by saying it should be a teaching moment. <>( darya ) roseanne barr says she does ánot want her fans defending her. ( james ) in santa cruz county... three masked men break into an aptos home... and attack 3 teenagers with hammers. this happened while the teens were sleeping in the garage. one victim... a 17-year-old... is in critical condition. he was taken to a trauma center while the other two victims were treated and released. neighbors say they're shocked by the violence. <"just the brutality of it was a surprise, the fact that it happened and then when you hear the details of what happened, it's pretty scary stuff.">( james ) police say some items were stolen. neighbors say they've seen strange cars coming and going at all hours recently... and they fear this could be drug-related. ( darya )( darya ) happening tonight in the north bay... petaluma police will host a

that post was then deleted. >> president trump did not talk about roseanne's tweet specifically. ening that tweet rather from roseanne, likened obama's adviser to an ape, but he did complain that he never got an apology from abc for things that were said about him. >> didn't necessarily specify what those things were that he says abc said about him. >>> and it's been a long, winding road of questionable conduct for the comedian. david wright gives us you a look back at her body of work. >> reporter: they say what goes up must come down. >> i was not prepared for like the crazy crash of celebrity. >> reporter: roseanne barr is living proof. >> i'm one of these people, i call them my fans. people who love to hate me. >> reporter: back in the '80s and '90s, the roseanne show dominated prime time. in 1989, she was on more magazine covers than anyone else in history. but the original "roseanne" show was also widely known as hollywood's unhappiest workplace. >> roseanne has been a notorious figure in television for decades now. on the original version of her show it was a revolving door

roseanne backlash. for the first time we hear from her tv husband john goodman and her former real-life husband tom arnold on the tweet that cost roseanne her show, and the question this morning, what's next for the cast and crew? >>> those stories, plus the hollywood actress who is pregnant at age 54. >>> also the school football team demonstrating teamwork. trying to rescue a woman trapped after this crash. >>> and feathers fly during a truly wild goose chase at a major league baseball game. >>> a good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with president trump heading to texas today to meet families devastated by the sante fe school shooting. eight students and two teachers were killed in that incident. >> today's visit follows a big moment at the white house. a young reporter putting the press secretary on the spot leaving her visibly emotional, but what was the administration doing about school shootings and what are the plans? kenneth moton joins us from washington now with the response. kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. the white house says president trump is taking action to take on gun viole

about roseanne barr this morning, tweeted this.e read it to viewers. iger, the ceo of disney, where is my call of apology when you and abc have offended millions of people. how is brian ross doing, he tacked the market with an abc lie. yet no apology. double standard. what stood out to you about all of that? >> it was fact challenged when brian ross made a big mistake last year, he was suspended, reassigned, and abc did apologize. president trump is making the roseanne barr story about himself, tapping into a potent strain of grievance politics. we heard from white house aides as well. indica the white house wants it about media bias, where comedians on the liberal side get off easy compared to conservatives. it is the same idea that's heard across fox news on the president's favorite shows, and it's a powerful feeling of resentment among his base. we talked about roseanne barr, samantha b samantha bee. each case is unique. an old line applies. be soft on the people, be hard on the ideas. applies to ivanka trump, sam bee, everybody

. >> on to roseanne, on to we've seen a tweet from the president and we'll throw it up on the screen where he basically makes this about him and doesn't say what actually sarah sanders did say, that her comments were inappropriate but then saying it was a double standard, went through all these different attacks, bob iger and folks at abc have had and they're saying where were the apologies from bob iger. david, what did you think? >> i felt this was a classic communication strategy to redefine the conversation around this. the white house is not at all interested in talking about roseanne barr, a key supporter of the president and her racist tweet. they want to make the conversation about a double standard of the press. she came completely prepared for this moment, was reading from it and said jamelle hill, joy behar, kathy griffin, tick, particula tick, tick, tick. they're trying to shift the conversation about a racist tweet from roseanne and abc saying that goes beyond the pale to a conversation about a double standard. >> not only was shetra transparetran transpare transparently

called the tweet abhorrent and repugnant and pulled immediately. well after she apologized roseanne barr also tweeted that she would be leaving twitter and that lasted for a few hours when she returned and coined a phrase that lit up social media all day ambien tweeting ambien is a medication if you don't know to treat insomnia well the makers of those sleeping pills they were wide awake and they responded with this tweet people of all races religions and nationalities work at santa fe every day to improve the lives of people around the world while all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects racism is not a side effect of any so no free medication. or roseanne was a popular u.s. t.v. show but its demise has the entire world tuning in and for more on that i'm joined tonight from los angeles by the entertainment journalist k.j. matthews and from washington d.c. christine mba joins me she is an opinion columnist with the washington post to both of you welcome to the day k.j. let me start with you how do you explain this global interest in the canceling of an american t.v. sitcom. w

roseanne uproar. abc canceling her show. her racist tweet, and within hours, the decision to end the show. the star tweeting about a former top adviser to president obama. tonight, abc calling the tweet, quote, abhorrent. and this evening, many of her own costars now reacting. >>> also tonight, the deadly storms. the flash flooding. new images now emerging. the national guardsman swept away while trying to help a woman. tonight, the discovery. and in the middle of the country, the tornadoes, and now severe storms this evening up through minneapolis. and heavy rain headed for chicago. >>> breaking developments, moments ago. the resignation. missouri governor eric greitens, once a rising republican star, embroiled in questions about an affair and a charity donor list. tonight, resigning. and what he just revealed. >>> president trump tonight trying to save the summit. at this hour, north korea's former spy chief on his way to the u.s. and what the white house just said. >>> the terror attack. two officers, both mothers, stabbed, their guns pulled from them and used to shoot them. our foreign

including the latest on abc canceling the new group of the hit show roseanne after releasing a racist tweet. roseanne is paying the price for what he did, but has america become more openly racist under president trump? plus we're learning tonight that the president didn't just blast attorney jeff sessions from recusing himself from the russia investigation, he demanded he reverse his decision. sessions stood his ground but now robert mueller is very interested in that confrontation and what it means for the obstruction investigation. that is according to "the new york times." and in a moment i'm going to talk to one of the reporters who broke that story. so thank you so much for joining us, everyone. i want to bring in new frank bruiny of "the new york times," and also april ryan, white house correspondent for raid dio networks. they both traffic in conspiracy theory and both traffic in bigotry, that roseanne is trump's avatar? >> that is what i thought this morning. if you're talking about using twitter in this incredibly divisive, in his case borderly racist and her case overtly racist w

but we did hear from the president on the roseanne tweet. not about the fact that it was racist, not about what it said and the content of the tweet itself, the comment itself, but instead going after bob iger of disney, reasons why he hadn't been given an apology. and sarah huckabee sanders cam put and and read a list of grievances the president had of people who have not apologized to him for comments made about him. the president is on the ground in texas. he will be there the rest of the day before flying back to the white house tonight. >> we now halle have a statement from the first lady on this topic. she says, quote, the double standard is truly astounding. time and again, the trump family and members of this administration are sub to false reporting hateful rhetoric, and outrageous lies all in the name of freedom of speech or comedy. yet the mainstream media stays silent. i would note we are covering this here. joining us on the phone is jess mcintosh, the executive editor of share blue and a former clinton campaign adviser. jess, i

roseanne tweeting quote: "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby...equals v-j" roseanne quicly she apologized tweeting in part. "i apologize to valerie jarrett and to all americans. i am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks..." but the damage was done.abc's president of the entertainment said barr's comments are "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values." jarrett said during a town jarrett said during a town hall on msnbc tuesday, this a "teaching moment." (grant)barr's talent agency, i-c-m partners, dropped her following those tweets.plus: hulu announced it would be pulling the show from its site. as viacom's cable networks that include paramount network, tv land, and cmt will be pulling "roseanne" from its respective schedules starting tomorrow. (pam) another big story we are following:l cal basketball coach lindsay gottlieb is upset ... when she tried to board a plane in denver sunday, a southwest airlines employee asked her to prove her bi-racial son was actually ... her son. the worker at the desk did not believe she was the mothe

matt gutman has more on the initial tweet and fallout. >> reporter: 27 million tuning into the premiere, but roseannen comments sealed her fate. shtweeted if the muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby, equals vj. later tweeting forgive me. my joke was in bad taste. >> i'm not afraid of you. >> give it time. >> reporter: but less than 12 hours after that first tweet, abc pulling the plug on "roseanne". the head of abc saying that the statement was abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our views. bob iger adding there was only one thing to do here and that was the right thing. >> i don't think i've ever seen a show at this height be canceled this fast because of one action, because of one person. >> reporter: the show had successfully portrayed a family divided by its political opinions. supporters of hillary clinton and donald trump sitting around the same kitchen table. >> how could you have voted for him, roseanne? >> he talked about jobs, jackie. he said he'd shake things up. >> reporter: and when the show premiered, he also talked about those ratings, but roseanne's twitter feed

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now we have hundreds of people fired, roseanne is off tweeting and joining infowars or whatever she's doing, and has anything really changed? no. >> the problem is you have the president who does take the opportunity, when "roseanne" comes out, her show is extremely successful, it finalist give middle class americans, blue collar workers a seat at the table and a voice we haven't had before, and the president takes the opportunity to call her and congratulate her and wrap his arms around her at that point. now when she steps in it and says a horrific, racist thing, he's at arm's length and went speak out. look, i support the president, i support his policies, but i don't support the horrific things he has said about many people. and if he can support her show, as paris has said, he should be able to stand back and say, i don't support these things that she's saying. for the white house to come out and saying, we're not defending what she's saying, they should be denouncing it. >> i think that's a little bit of a false choice. let's say hypothetically the president did come out and den

to two months ago roseanne barr was riding high with the return of her hit saccone, "roseanne". this tweet from the show's star and cocreator ended all. muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes equals vj. that meant valerie jarrett hit back on social media. roseanne barr apologize to valerie jarrett and all- americans. she said she was sorry about making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. forgive me if my joke was in bad taste. the president of abc entertainment said roseanne's twitter statement is aborted, repugnant and inconsistent with their values and we have decided to cancel her show. the disney ceo added on his twitter page, there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. abc network breast took a gamble on roseanne after president trump's alexa win. she received a call from the president congratulating her on the shows success. political scientist, james taylor, waiting. >> they knew what they were getting. they made a risk assessment and thought they could get away with roseanne's past not being a big issue. as she continued to medal in these conspira

now, roseanne is also re-tweeting critical and hateful messages condemning her actions. she's telling fans not to boycott abc, the network that canceled her top-rated show. >> excuse me. >> she's no stranger to catastrop controversy and now roseanne barr is out of a job. she posted a comment about former white house adviser valerie jarrett. the tweet suggested jarrett is a product of the muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes. roseanne barr tweeted, i'm truly sorry. criticism was swift. appearing on msnbc, valerie jarrett suggested this was a teaching moment. >> i'm fine. i'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. >> after disney, which owns abc, announced the show's cancellation, disney ceo robert iger tweeted, there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. >> networks should be more careful about who they allow to top their most prestigious shows. >> hi, mom. >> reporter: the roseanne reboot had been a surprise hit for abc. the first episode attracted 25 million view