. >> no, george stephanopolous, paul mcclellan. howie, my question is does it affect the long-term reputation of the person who is being written about and i say no. >> stephanopolous going back to the clinton years, writes in the wake of monica lewinsky and the impeachment drama bill clinton was not fit to be president. he was self-destructive >> who remembers that now? clinton is an elder statesman, head of gci. people don't remember that. george stephanopolous is the "good morning america" anchor now. it didn't really make a difference. it did at the time and maybe others can argue against that but it doesn't now. >> does this have the potential to tarnish a little bit gates' own reputation? >> oh i think so. i think as much on the question as whether he should have written the book at all at this stage as on the question of why he stayed. the question on whether he should have written the book doesn't go to veracity. the question of why he stayed goes to character with him. >> in the book he said he came close to quitting at one

despite all that, in an interview with george stephanopolous, president putin said no one had presentedn problem. >> we have not seen any big large scale instances of corruption in connection with the implementation of the sochi olympics project. >> and we heard the same thing from the mayor of sochi who gave us a 45-minute walking tour of all the improvements he says the city is making. telling us reports of corruption are just journalists' fantasies. so you don't think this is going to be a corrupt olympics? >> translator: i can say with certainty there were no corruption schemes during the construction of the olympic facilities. >> reporter: but the evidence of corruption and criminality is overwhelming right up to the president in moscow, to the officials who control construction contracts in sochi 37. >> morisov now in exile in britain after going public with his allegations said he did business with tough officials in the president's office. >> you have to pay, there is no way out. >> he says he used pieces of luggage like this to deliver tens of millions of ruble, what he called

in an exclusive interview with george stephanopolous, vladimir putin said his country's security forces are dealing with any possible threats. coming up at 6:30, we'll have new details on the new threat made to the games over the weekend. >>> happening today, the nation is marking the birthday of dr. martin luther king jr. king would have been 85 years old. celebrations of his life are taking place across the country, but here in the bay area, one long-running tradition is in jeopardy. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with details. >> reporter: yeah, eric. today would be one of the last freedom train rides in the bay area. attendance last year was down and the mlk association says this is expensive to put on. it costs $5,000 to charter the train. so they really do have to sell those seats on the train. well, this year it's looking even worse. they have only sold 300 tickets. there are 1600 seats on the train. organizers say they would do one more. next year's could be the last one, a farewell ride, which would bring to an end a 30-year-old tradition. the ride