. >> george stephanopolis, paul o'neal, they have all done this, but my point, my question to you, does it affect the long-term reputation of the person who is being written about? i say "no." >> stephanopolis was going back to the clinton years and, rice, of course, in the wake of lewinsky, that bill clinton was not fit, and he was self deinstructive. >> bill clinton is an elder statesman and george stephanopolis is the "good morning america" anchor but it didn't really make a difference. it did the at the time and maybe others canning a again that but it doesn't now. >> >> ezra: it have the potential to tarnish a little bit gates' reputation. >> i think so. as much as on the question of whether he should have written the book at all at this stage, as on the question of why he stayed. the question of whether he should have written the book doesn't go to veracity. the question of why he stays, goes to his character. the book says he came close to quitting. but he didn't. that question hangs in the air. >> naturally, the press has pounced on the stories such as hillary clinton according

. >> we will check with george stephanopolis on what coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >>ve never-before-seen footage from inside a plane that crashed in hawaii last month, astonishing video of the crash happening in real time. >>> the president of france is demanding privacy this morning after accusations that he is having an affair. french president is threatening to sue a magazine after reports high is having a secret affair with a french action treat releasing a statement saying he deplores the attacks on his right to diplomacy but did not address the affair allegations. he is not married but he has been living with a woman who is considered france's first lady. >>> there is a storm throwing material at two million miles an hour but cannot see it: it is a solar storm. it can cause big navigation and communication problems. ships may have to change course to avoid elevated levels of radiation but it will be seen further south than normal. >>> illinois couple is saying hurray for ice storms after what they found trying to protect their frozen pipes. look at this diamond

vargas after undergoing treatment for alcohol addiction the anchor of 20/20 sat down with george stephanopolis described how far she went to shield the problem from her family, co-workers and the public. she said it took a while before she came to term with her problem. >> you are an alcoholic? >> i am. i alan alcoholic it took me a long-term to admit that. it took me a long-term to admit it to my family. i am. >> you can see the entire interview on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. after the abc7 news and her return to the anchor desk tonight at 10:00 on use 7. >> we are just a little more than an hour away from the start of mavericks. >> guest: we have waves but they will increase from the current 10' waves. the winds are dominating the hills at 22 miles per hour at mount tamalpais and 22 in the oakland hills which are the fastest and everyone else is in the mid teens including los gatos at 12 miles per hour. red above a thousand feet and all of the areas under thing in flag with high fire danger until 1:00 o'clock and territory bay mountains and the low clouds along the coast far enough a

. >> we will check with george stephanopolis for a look on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> deadlysweeping the country. our team is in full force with everything you need to know about the polar vortex, the arctic expression, next on "good morning america" in 3 6 minutes. >> president obama is back in washington, dc after a two-week holiday vacation in hawaii but the first lady is still staying in hawaii. the president landed at andrews yesterday but first lady is staying behind in hawaii as a treat for her birthday. the first lady turns 50 on january 17789 it is not clear when she will return to washington but the extra time in the islands is part of her birthday gift from the president. >>> in china, the zoo introduced the measure giant panda. >> despite being confronted by a dozen people this weekend, she was active and climbed for 20 minutes before falling asleep. >> the newest bachelor is a member of the 49ers faithful. he sent out several tweets about the game against the packers and check this out "let's go 49ers." the newest bachelor that debuted last night. part two of the