[laughter] son george stephanopoulos of all people held him accountable.osit unfortunately that did not get a lot of play that of these days stephanopoulos was a democratic operative the recognize since his position as a reporter he does it evenly and throws them to the otherth side as well so that is one of the surprise is that i have that where the unfair treatment came from. and a fair and balanced coverage cameca from people so you cannot have a prejudice about who is professional. whether that eight pke o.r..net, you never know who will choose to take that role of professional journalist seriously to use that to a vance a political agenda. but as they go into the 2012 election, we can expect unfair treatment and misinformation that the information technology puts the power back into the hands of the people. we are not power less. yes we have to work harder and stay one step ahead but if we are vigilant we can defeat the power of the sound bite and a whole chapter about first of all,rom how the media and derives its power from a sound bite to and how we can disarm it. we can use tha

george stephanopoulos held him accountable. that didn't get a lot of play. there was a lesson learned. you know, obviously steph nap -- stephanopoulos was democratic operative. he recognized his position as a reporter. he will throw the tough questions, but he does it evenly. he'll throw them to the other side as well. so that's one the surprises that i had is where the untreatment came from. i was surprised where it should be who came for friendly and reportive. i was going into the interviews and you can't have a prejudices about who will, you know, -- it's who's professional. you never know who was going to choose to take the role and who's going to use the role to advance the political agenda. as we can go -- as we are going into the 2012 elections, what we can expect is that, you know, we can expect unfair treatment. we can expect misinformation, but again, information technology has put the power back into the hands of the people. so at this time, unlike ever before, we are not powerless. yes, it means we have to work harder. yes, we have to stay one st

george stephanopoulos reports from washington on "gma" tomorrow morning. from washington tomorrow night. for george, david muir and all of us at abc, good night. , david muir and all of us at abc, good night. >>> good evening, i'm john alston. we begin with breaking news, moments ago president obama announced a deal with top lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling. congress is expected to vote on it tomorrow. abc7's lilian kim joins us live from the newsroom with the latest. >> president obama spoke 20 minutes ago. he says the deal reached by him and congressional leaders will allow the country to avoid default, allow the country to pay its bills and reduce the deficit. congress members were told to be on standby. they can vote yes or no on the deal. earlier in the day, few details emerged. both sides agreed to raise the debt limit in two stages by over $2 trillion and after the 2012 elections. in

what is amazing, the media or some of it, george stephanopoulos for one kind of missed the story, the issue is not whether or not they both come from texas, but how much they dislike one another and how much their camps are at war with one another, when you have our fox contributor karl rove attacking them on, you know the guys are distinguished by the differences between them, and i'm just amazed it took a while for that story to get through. >> do you think the media is picking up on that. >> now they are, now they are, when people from the perry camp and the bush camp are kind of openly firing at one another in the political version of the okay corral, yeah. >> and it is worth noting that what passes for presidential journalism consists of picking on one word, black cloud, and like that, and the reality of the state of texas under governor perry in the the last ten years and the state, the nation under president obama the last three years, that's too complicated for them to get into about job and cover the food fight between various personalities that have nothing to do with either

political consultant matthew dowd on the ground in ames, iowa, and "gma" anchor george stephanopoulos right here with me in new york. so when they walk on that stage, when they're on that stage, who among all of them has the most muscle on the number one issue, creating jobs? >> the one who is not on the stage. rick perry, the governor of texas. he starts out with the strongest case. here is his killer stat -- he will argue in the last two years, 37% of all the jobs created in the united states were created in texas. opponents will poke holes in that but he starts out very strong. you saw in jake's piece, mitt romney will tata about his 25 yearsed in the business world. but that can be a double-edged sword because even though he created jobs, he also cut jobs. >> well, let's go to matt dowd now. matt, you've known the governor of texas for 25 years. tell me what you see ahead for m in this race. >> well, this is a guy that's the genuine texas deal. he is texan on steroids. he's a natural, really disciplined campaigner. he has that great asset going for him. the downside for him are tw

i want to bring in "good morning america" anchor george stephanopoulos, who sat down with a headline-grabbing guy, donald trump. what did he have to say about all of this? >> reporter: he wants to play a role in this race. and he actually backed up perry on those comments about ben bernanke, saying he has a right to his emotions. and it's very clear, trump talks to almost all of the republican candidates and seems most taken with perry. >> well, i think he's a very impressive guy. i've spoken to him a number of times. he's going to come and see me next week. i think he's a very impressive guy. with a very good record. so, it will be interesting to see how he does under the spotlight. it's a big spotlight. but texas is a big spotlight, also. i think he's going to do very well. >> formemecandidate weighing in there. so, we've seen two days of rick perry. what else are you hearing out there? >> reporter: well, i think the other candidates are saying, you know what, this probably hasn't hurt, rick perry, with the voters he needs most right now, the passionate primary voters. but they're looking t

. >>> this is a special edition of "good morning america" live with robin roberts and george stephanopoulos. >> again, these pictures, west chester county here in new york. and someone said earlier, it doesn't matter. a storm is a storm is a storm. whether it's a tropical stormrmf a hurricane. and the destruction for people. having to go door to door in the water rescues. >> the winds are n n as bad. this is such a big storm, moving so slowly. and the ground, saturated already in the month of august. that is why we are seeing so much flooding. here is what we know about the damage right now, more than 4.5 million businesses and homes without power. the eye of the storm is north of new york. aleast nine people have died because of the storm. and as it moves up the coast, the big concern is going to be flooding in the states of new jersey, new york. we talked to mayor nutter of philadelphia, the flooding in pennsylvania. that is the big concern right now. but a lot of people thinking this morning, boy, we e dodged a bullet. >> a lot of people are thinking that. but those people are not the ru

here's former bush strategist matthew dowd talking to george stephanopoulos earlier this month on the similarities between the two texas governors. >> now, part of his problem is he sounds a lot like george bush. he looks like the president, though, if you look at the picture. but he sounds and has similar mannerisms to george bush. i don't think that's as much of a problem in the republican primary. it could be a problem in the general election. >> is the public ready for more bush-style texas swagger? joining me are wayne slater of the dallas morning news and msnbc political analyst richard wolffe. welcome to you both. wayne, so they walk alike. they talk alike. but are george w. bush and rick perry really that much alike? >> no. they're actually very different people. that caricature of george bush that we all participated in painting about a decade ago, the swaggering, drawling cowboy, is really something of a construction. it's really what rick perry is in real life. they're really not the same. perry is more conservative. he is more -- he is shrewder. he's the kind of person who

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. >>> this is a special edition of "good morning america" live with robin roberts and george stephanopoulos. >> good morning, everyone. hurricane irene is knew just irene. winds at 65 miles an hour. >> here is what we know about the path of destruction that hurricane irene haswept in its wake. since hitting north carolina yesterday, right now, more than 4 million people are without power, up and down the east coast. in new york and new jersey new jersey and virginia. at least nine deaths attributed to the storm so far as we learn more. we are an entire abc news team all over the storm zone as the center of irene, it hits land. and now heading across long island up to massachusetts. >> and we find john berman out in montauk for us. john? >> reporter: good morning. it doesn't seem like a downgrade here. the seas that have been pounding the surf here. they have been coming up right next to me in a river up to the stairs here. we are at about high tide right now. hopefully this is the worst of it. if it gets worst than this, there could be reab problems. a storm surge could cause difficulties.

thought it would have been far more credible if the person if he went after chris matthews or george stephanopoulos, going after wallace and bret, i thought, that people liked them. but i did feel that he came across as elitist and cranky when he did that. >> juan: one last thing for you, dick. the white house says hey, wait a second, how come all these guys and lady on the stage say ten two one we wouldn't take that deal on taxes that they are out of touch with the american people? did the debate leave republicans look like they are not willing to do anything but talk to the base. >> no. there is a vast difference between how you would vote if you sat in congress and the clock was ticking and you were one minute to midnight. what they were saying was that they wanted a better deal and they would have held out for a better deal. and i think that the american people strongly support. >> all right. dick morris, thank you. >> thank you. >> the texas governor plans to jump into the presidential race for the white house. what will the impact be on the other hopefuls. then obama's popularity take as nose

. >> we'll show you more on "good morning america," sits down exclusively with george stephanopoulosin politics. >>> we're learning more details about t at fake bomb extortion plot in australia. paul douglas peters has been ordered held until an extradition hearing set for october. he was discovered hiding out louisvillnt court documents reveal peters actually had once worked for a company with ties to the victim's wealthy family. they also show that peters atatched a note demanding money to that bomb he placed around the victim's neck. >>> police in missouri have found the body of a missing 3-year-old. breeann rodriguez was discovered in a floodway drainage ditch. that's where shawn morgan, the man who admits to killing her, told them to look. morgan made his first court appearance yesterday. he confessed to suffocating breeann the day she disappeared. morgan is the father of three and lilid just a few houses from breeann's family. >>> the florida girl who gained national attention because she couldn't stop hiccupping is back in the news. you may remember the jennifer mee was arrest

thought it would have been far more credible if the person if he went after chris matthews or george stephanopoulos, going after wallace and bret, i thought, that people liked them. but i did feel that he came across as elitist and cranky when he did that. >> juan: one last thing for you, dick. the white house says hey, wait a second, how come all these guys and lady on the stage say ten two one we wouldn't take that deal on taxes that they are out of touch with the american people? did the debate leave republicans look like they are not willing to do anything but talk to the base. >> no. there is a vast difference between how you would vote if you sat in congress and the clock was ticking and you were one minute to midnight. what they were saying was that they wanted a better deal and they would have held out for a better deal. and i think that the american people strongly support. >> all right. dick morris, thank you. >> thank you. >> the texas governor plans to jump into the presidential race for the white house. what will the impact be on the other hopefuls. then obama's popularity take as nose

it turns out george stephanopoulos is a folk hero back in the home country. >> really. >> more on that in the 8:00 hour. >> and with the remaining -- >> your first clue was the last name stephanopoulos. >> yes, it was. yes, it was. well done. oh, it's so good to be back. let's get to the news. >>> the former pro basketball player now under arrest this morning in a murder case. javaris crittenton was taken into custody at an airport neaea los angeles. police in atlanta say that he shot and killed a mother of four in a drive-by shooting while aiming at a man that robbed him. crittenton was suspended from the nba in 2009 for brandishing guns in his team's locker room. >>> and for the first time ever, nasa may need to abandon the international space station temporarily because russia's space fleet is grounded following a liftoff accident and with the u.s. shuttle program discontinued, there is no way to launch a new crew before the current one has to return home in november. >>> gas prices have reversed their downward trend and are back on the rise this morning. ahead of the labor day week

does george stephanopoulos say, how would regis handle this?of them are gone now. >> yeah. >> i never got barbra streisand on our show and would love to have had her on. you have had her on. >> i've been in her home. >> shows you where we are. went to barbra's home. that's exactly what i'm talking about. i got to move on so i can find barbra streisand out thehe. >> i think we're going to do something on youtube. we'll make this plea for barbra streisand -- i do have to say this, you are irreplaceable. >> well, thank you. thank you very much, robin. that's very sweet of you to say that, yeah. >> but someone has to. >> someone will replace me. no doubt about it. has george put in a bid yet? i think stephanopoulos wants it. he's tired of getting up in the morning. throw him in the mix. why not? >> as for regis, while he figures out what's next -- >> that's not it. >> reporter: one thank that is certain he's being honored on friday at disney's d23 expo. a weekend event for fans and families. regis will be named a disney legend. >> i love all of you

is an msnbc contributor and a member of the reporters roundtable on abc news this week with george stephanopoulos on the brian lehrer show her and wnyc. to his right is dr. keith williams and before joining portland state she taught at harvard kennedy school. are returned -- research and teaching covers issues of race and immigration in american politics. she is the author of mark one war civil rights in the multiracial america and numerous articles and book chapters. last but not least, jamal simmons is currently a principal of the raben group at washington d.c. consulting firm where he provides communication and counsel to corporate and nonprofit clients. during the 2010 congressional election he was a democratic political analyst for cds news and before that a fixture on cnn during the 2008 elections. please join me in welcoming our panelist today. [applause] i was going to start off by talking about the economy and we will have plenty of time to get to that. but i wanted to talk about voter turnout and voter support since that was something that was brought up in the last q&a session. 2008 wa

in a consequence but there's no respect, where he has to go after being asked about it by george stephanopoulosod morning america, hasegawa shows for certificate because a good majority of republicans don't believe he was born in this country. it's difficult to govern in that context on the one hand. on the other hand, another project i've been working on a fleet as the series of columns i've written from which it may expand into a short look at what i call the conservative crust work. for the past 40 years, a group of wealthy conservatives joined by religious conservatives cannot join the list of people with other kinds of grievances that have fallen into the movement, although not as many as the media would have us believe have launched an attack on the role that government plays for the poor and the middle class. so first they create their immediate institutions and intellectual traditions to replace with it than the previous establishment. and they went after the tax code. surmount the wealthiest 1% have more than doubled the amount of wealth that they are relative to everybody else. they w

that said what inspired a bummer to show his birth certificate was being asked about it by george stephanopoulos on good morning america the day before, two days before. the fact is the media are not only losing people, but losing self-confidence and they are unable to decide what it is they think their job is anymore. they look to this carnival marking site, but climbed back in bill o'reilly and rush limbaugh and these people know what they're doing. they have confidence, but they don't care what's true. they don't care at all. fox news shows that they want to attack. when fox news reports on the wisconsin protest, they can't find any, so they show a california protest. the palm trees in wisconsin in the wintertime on fox news. that is just one example. i could give you hundreds. ..

stephanopoulos has gone to washington. good morning, george. >> good morning, robin.gorgeous here this morning. it's h h and muggy all weekend. 100 and humid. they announced a debeb deal las night, we got breezes this morning. >>> also coming up -- we'll look at a case of a criminal legend that has stumped investigators for decades. the fbi may timely be closing in on d.b. cooper. >>> but first the latest on the search for that 11-year-old new hampshire girl who has been missing for more than a week. abc's ron claiborne is in vermont. >> reporter: good morning to you. one of the areas that they'll be searching this stretch of the connecticut river. now, lot of people have been asking why her parents haven't been speaking out. one finally is, with an emotional plea for his daughter's safe return. for the first time since she disappeared one of celina cass' parents, her biological father spoke out. >> when you're ready to come home, your dadad will be here. >> reporter: her step father and her mother haven't spoken publicly. >> i can't speak for them because i'm not the