here's george stephanopoulos. >> we're such an odd couple. show the book and -- this is difficult for me. >> reporter: when you interview howard stern, the mic is always hot. >> this might be a shock to people. george and i are actually friends. we get together for dinner with our wives quite often at my house. and by the way, full disclosure. george is one of the best dinner guests. but you cause a little bit of a rift. and i'll tell you why. we're sitting at dinner, and alley, george's wife will say, george is an intellectual. weren't you some sort of rhoads scholar or something? weren't you a priest or something? >> this is coming to the howard stern show. >> let me take five minutes for this. but yiinevitably, ali will go, george and i have sex every night. i'm like, and george doesn't laugh. he sits there like this. you never let on. i don't know what's going on. and then after you leave, you and ali leave, i go, did you hear that? my wife, i love her. she's a wonderful woman, a beautiful woman. we have sex, you know, you know, normal cou

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> show of force. north korea fires a barrage of projectiles into the sea of japan. it's north korea's most significant military test in more than a year. what's behind kim jong-un's provocative move. >>> and as the power struggle in venezuela intensifies, did the american support of opposition leader juan guaido backfire? we asked the president's top diplomat, secretary of state mike pompeo. >>> and on the trail in iowa. >> how are you doing? i'm senator bernie sanders. >> bernie sanders is picking a fight with a new front-runner. >> joe biden says that he's the most progressive candidate in this race -- >> as he mounts his second presidential campaign. what do you say to those who say it's time for a new generation of leadership? >>> and the one issue where bernie sanders actually agrees with president trump. >> this is one area actually i do not fault trump. >> joe biden has entered the race as the early front-runner, sanders a close second. with more than 20 candidates, can a self-described democra

. >>> a lot to talk about here so let's bring in our chief anchor, george stephanopoulos, who will be hosting "this week" later this morning right here on abc. good morning, sir. >> good morning, dan. >> the president argued on twitter that part of the reason that he won in 2016 is that voters don't care about his tax returns. then he argues -- basically dares democrats to -- quote unquote -- make this a part of the 2020 election. so is he right that this is unlikely to be a political winner? >> hard to know. it is true that he won even though he broke precedent and didn't release his tax returns the last time around. that is a fact. right now we're in a slightly different situation since the last election. we've had at least two reports in "the new york times" showing that over the course of two decades the president didn't pay federal income tax for the better part of two decades. a lot of questions about whether the president faces any conflicts with foreign financing and whether his own tax bill gave him benefits. so those are all questions that are legitimate right now. if those

here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this sunday, the democratic field for 2020 appears to be set. 23 candidates now in. with montana governor steve bullock and new york de deblasio. the latest to jump in. here at "this week" we're committed to have you hear from all the candidates. ten candidates have joined to this day. three more this morning. the big question, can anyone break out and catch the front-runner? joe biden has dominated the early polls. we all know how quickly that can change. front-runners always face challenges. in something of a surprise, the former vice president has actually increased his lead since getting in. at his official kickoff in philadelphia yesterday, he ignored his democratic rivals and kept his focus on trump. >> the american people want a president to add to our division, lead with clench fist, a closed hand, a hard heart, to deem nice your opponents, to spew hatred. they don't need me. they got president donald trump. i'm running not only for our country, democrats

george stephanopoulos, thank you. >>> and a reminder, george has a big show this morning. he'll speak with three democratic presidential candidates, john hickenlooper, seth molten and tulsi gabbard. plus, martha raddatz is going to sit down with the former cia director, general david petraeus to talk about the escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran. that's all coming up on "this week" right here on abc. george, thank you again. >> thank you. >>> dan, let's go back to the weather now and rob marciano in ft. worth, texas, where he's been tracking those dangerous storms. rob, good morning once again. >> reporter: good morning again, whit. we've been talking about the water of course but part of the reason we had this severe weather outbreak is the cold air in the mountains. here's the proof. it's snowing in aspen over the weekend and we have winter storm watches posted for the colorado mountains and warnings up for the sierras. here's today's severe weather threat as this system pushes off towards the east, the low over iowa. storms are popping up over paducah and will

george stephanopoulos starts right now.arts right now. pelosi trading barbs. >> another temper tantrum. >> she's a mess. >> battling over investigations and impeachment. >> they want to do a redo of the mueller report. it's over. there is no redo. >> democratic leaders say impeachment isn't the answer, but with trump stonewalling congress, is impeachment the only way to investigate trump, and is that exactly what he wants heading into 2020? house republican conference chair liz cheney is here to respond. >>> and we're on the trail with mayor pete buttigieg. >> it's a continuing horror show right now in washington. >> the afghanistan veteran

. >> on george stephanopoulos. >> seth: on george stephanopoulos. yeah. congresswoman omar had also had some death threats against her. do you think -- you know, she's obviously now stated she needs to be more careful with her language. don't you think other people who talk about her need to be a little bit more thoughtful as well, or do you stand by those comments of tying her to this -- her rhetoric to the synagogue shooting? >> i don't think i tied her to it in particular, i think that i'm calling out what i see as anti-semitic language. and when you're talking about how hypnotic -- >> seth: but even after, you called it out after she'd apologized for it. i do want to establish the time line. >> i don't -- i think that democrats are hedging on this, and i think it's very dangerous. and i think chuck schumer and i are in alignment about israel's stance in geopolitical politics, i think 's of the utmost importance. and i think she is bringing her party to the extreme -- extremism on this, and i think we have to look to europe and what's happening over th

reported that the fbi send an investigator posing as an assistant to meet with a trump aide george stephanopouloseorge papadopoulos in 2017? >> i'm not going to comment on a particular investigate of step because that's for the bureau to do. i'm not in the government any longer. the fbi doesn't spy to begin with by the fbi investigates. >> tucker: okay, jim. moments later after telling us, i'm not going to comment on current operations, comey changes his mind. says it was improper to comment specifically, but he did. why? he had to reply that spies invest getting president of campaigns is the most common thing in the world. totally normal in his words! >> sending an investigator undercover to meet with somebody who is connected to the campaign, they claimed he was later on just a coffee boy. that is an extreme step, no? >> that was the guy, papadopoulos, the subject of the information we got from the australians that he had talked to the russians. >> did you sign off on the investigation going? >> i don't remember talking about the particular step. i knew they were trying to see if they could che

here's abc's george stephanopoulos with this sneak preview. >> we have to talk about donald trump.e's a big character in the book because -- >> he's a big character on my show. >> that's what i was going to say. you say one of your best guests ever. >> donald trump, hands down, whenever you put him on the air -- now, this is before he was running for president. he was an open book. he would say anything. >> well no, question about it. do you feel that in some way you helped make him president? >> absolutely. the way i helped donald was i let him come on and be a personality. whether you liked him or not, he -- people related to him as a human being. >> the full interview tomorrow on "nightline." remember, you can always catch our full episodes on hulu. we want to thank you for watching. and good night. there are roadside attractions. and then there's famous on-road attraction. the 2019 glc. lease the glc 300 suv for just $479 a month atz deal mercedes-benz. the best or nothin man, that's a cool looking hot tub. we should check on the baby. he's so sweet. maybe o ee internet's down.

george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. pelosi trading barbs. >> another temper tantrum. >> she's a mess. >> battling over investigations and impeachment. >> they want to do a redo of the mueller report. it's over. there is no redo. >> democratic leaders say impeachment isn't the answer, but with trump stonewalling congress, is impeachment the only way to investigate trump, and is that exactly what he wants heading into 2020? house republican conference chair liz cheney is here to respond. >>> and we're on the trail with mayor pete buttigieg. >> it's a continuing horror show right now in washington. >> the afghanistan veteran weighs in on foreign policy and why he's ready for the white house. >> how do you convince people you can actually do this at your age? >> he's been the surprise of the 2020 election so far, but does buttigieg have staying power, and is the 37-year-old mayor truly prepared for the oval office? that debate and more on our powerhouse

he tells our george stephanopoulos the biggest regret of his career is how he treated robin williamsuring an interview in the 1990s. he says he tried to apologize just before williams' death. >> stern also suggests hillary clinton could have beaten donald trump in the election if she had appeared on the show. trump was a regular guest on stern's show during the election, but stern says his relationship with trump changed after he supported clinton. >> the turning point in my relationship with donald was he did ask me to speak at the convention, and i had to say no. >> were you tempted at all? >> well, since i was a hillary supporter for a minute i thought well, i'll go up and endorse hillary, which would have been a great moment. >> you wish you would have done that now? >> no, i wouldn't do that to donald. you know, it's a weird relationship. donald was at my wedding. i remember having very warm feelings for donald and i do. i mean, he was always very nice to me. i've had dinner at mar-a-lago many times, and that's why i couldn't even believe that donald really even wanted this all

asked specifically about confidential human sources, informants used to approach people like george stephanopoulosthers. he would not say or said he could not say how many of these confidential human resources were used in this russian investigation. he know helper was one of them and this woman brought to the meeting with papadopoulos was an fbi contractor and shifts. -- chiflts. christopher steele. he left open the possibility there are others. are you concerned about that fact? >> this is clearly spying and it's very shocking. i can't confirm or deny any of these reports are accurate. but it was shocking enough we voted to make all of the tripleanscripts public. public. you will see what occur and i think the american public will find it shockey. and the statements from the anti-trump administration trying to undermine the president, you get the flavor of their opinions when this investigation was starting and their opinions now. >> laura: it seems like the media can't stop obsessing over russia. this was an exchange that president trump had with the press earlier today. >> did you tell them no

inside, though, de blasio talking with george stephanopoulos and here is what he said about running against president trump. >> right now the federal government is not on the side of working people because donald trump is playing every new yorker knows he's a con artist. we know his tricks. i've been watching him for decades. >> president trump is already punching back tweeting this calling did i bl calling de blasio a joke. if you like high taxes and crime, he's your man. new york city hates him. >>> a group of san francisco supervisors will vote on whether to close juvenile hall by 2021. a task force to come up with alternatives to incarceration. juvenile hall is 70% empty. it costs nearly $250,000 per year per child to keep them incarcerated. if the measure passes in committee today the full board of supervisors votes on it next week. >>> happening in the south bay the man accused of intentionally running down eight pedestrians in sunnyvale is scheduled to be arraigned. 34-year-old isaiah peoples appeared in court but didn't enter a plea. he is charged with eight counts of that peoples m

now here he is with stephanopoulos on gma having a little fun at george's expense. >> inevitably -- [ i'm like -- [laughter] and george sits there, george doesn't laugh. i never think of you as a sex fiend, but i'm like -- [laughter] i said can you picture george and allie every night? >> completely hijacked, right here. >> ali wentworth is george's wife. any sympathy -- >> look how uncomfortable he made stephanopoulos, and this book does chronicle a gradual and significant transformation, but that's not to say that the old howard stern is totally gone forever. [laughter] howard: sex comes up now and then. but people who knew only the old howard stern would be stunned because, you know, he will spend an hour, hour and a half with these celebrities, and they have these dinner party conversations. for example, i remember listening to anderson cooper with howard, very revealing talk about when he was closeted for all those the years as a television anchor, coming out, how he got out of the teenage modeling business at the age of 13 because a man had propositioned him and stuff you wouldn

. >> howard stern opening up to george stephanopoulos about how he's changed his ways.>>> plus turn around. the interview with actor robin williams that howard stern calls his worst to date. >> it was insulting to him. but all i cared about was being the man. >> the mistakes he made and apology that came too late. plus the

you can watch the full interviews on "this week with george stephanopoulos" at 8:00 here on abc 7. >>> state lawmakers just kicked off a campaign to make elections more secure. abc 7 news was on 18th street at a rally to support measure ab-1784. it would bring open source voting in california. the bill is intended to help counties update their voting systems and improve security. this follows claims of russian interference i electis. w kw wh. that isceptible to hacking. >> it would provide up to $16 million in matching funds to help counties install paper ballot voting systems rather than privately held ones. >>> a big boost for the bay area lyme foundation. the nonprofit held a fund-raiser at salesforce tower in san francisco. actor and musician jeff bridges performed at the event. people with lyme disease also shared their stories. abc 7 news reporter luz penia na has more. >> reporter: this is not one of jeff bridges' usual performances. he's doing this for a friend. a friend diagnosed with lyme disease. >> a tough disease it's often misdiagnosed. i have a dear friend, chris crist

but sitting down with george stephanopoulos, he says he was never able to open up before he went to therapys the first thing that got you in? >> i went through -- i was going through a divorce. i'm the father of three daughters. i didn't know -- i was scared out of my mind. i had been married most of my life. how am i going to have a successful relationship with any woman, or man for that matter, if i don't even know -- if i don't know what's up and what's down? and when i got into therapy, i had to start learning how to be a man. i didn't have any lessons. i didn't really have that level of communication with my own father. >> reporter: so you're learning how to become a man. when does it start to become apparent in your interviews? >> i never really had been alone in a room with a man where he heard me and listened to me. i describe in the book, the first session i went in, i'm sitting there and i'm telling him stories about my parents. i had never been to a psychiatrist. i needed a psychiatrist? i have it all together. i sit down and i'm doing some of the best radio routines i've ever do

and that man's name is george stephanopoulos. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you once slipped a a note underbut were able to straddle the line between passive aggressive and straight up rude, so they stl like you [ laughter ] >> you once took a shower on an airplane and you were not int firsass and there was no shower [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i must toast to a legend >> i have no choice but to do the same >> jmy: sergio [ claps [ laughter and applause >> please. mr. montenegro mr. gabriellemente i beg you to take the winerom this tray, for in your presence i am but a smudge of sweat on the ball sack of an elderly tennis instructor -- [ laughter ] -- as he unwinds in the sauna of the fort lauderdale marriott harbor beach resort and spa. [ laughter ] his sack, as we know, is asymmetrical and i must tell you, i reside on the droopier half when standing in the midst of such >> jimmy: sergio sergio dial it down maybe 18 to 20% [ cheers and applause ou 19! >> both: a toast to the legend [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you are the legend when you rent a car, you figure out where the windshield wipers are on t

you can watch the full interviews on "this week with george stephanopoulos" at 8:00 here on abc 7. >>off a campaign in san francisco to make elections more secure. abc 7 news was on 18th street at a rally to support measure ab-1784. it would bring open source voting in california. the bill is intended to help counties update their voting systems and improve security. this follows claims of russian interference in state elections. >> we know what part of the problem has been. we have proprietary software that's owned by corporations that is vulnerable. that is susceptible to hacking. >> the bill would provide up to $16 million in matching funds to help counties install open-source paper ballot voting systems rather than privately held ones. >>> a big boost for the bay area lyme foundation. the nonprofit held a fund-raiser at salesforce tower in san francisco last night. actor and musician jeff bridges performed at the event. people with lyme disease also shared their stories. abc 7 news reporter luz pena has more. >> reporter: this is not one of jeff bridges' usual performances. he's d

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> show of force. japan. it's north korea's most significant military test in more than a year. what's behind kim jong-un's provocative move. >>> and as the power struggle in venezuela intensifies, did the american support of opposition leader juan guaido backfire? we asked the president's top diplomat, secretary of state mike pompeo. >>> and on the trail in iowa. saers is picking a fight with a new front-runner. >> joe biden says that he's the

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> separation of power showdown. >> trump is goading us to impeach him. >> we are now in a constitutional crisis. >> as democrats demand more on the mueller probe, the gop closes ranks behind trump. >> the special counsel's finding is clear. case closed. >> have i been confusing on this? it's over. >> the president is stonewalling and slow walking congressional investigations, calling them pure politics. democrats fighting back with contempt charges and calls to sue. which side will prevail in the courts and the campaign trail? >>> and trump escalates a trade war with china. >> they started to renegotiate the deal. we can't have that. >> slapped sanctions on iran as north korea launches new missiles. we tackle it all with the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, senator rand paul and our powerhouse roundtable. >>> plus -- >> hello, everybody! >> can cory booker break through in 2020. >> your kind of like nice guy approach in tune with where the base of the party is right now? >> jon karl is

. >> george stephanopoulos interviewed you about your book and i just want to play something you saidhe tape. >> do you believe his denial? >> i honestly never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i don't know whether the current president of the united states was with prostitutes peeing on each other in moscow in 2013. it's possible, but i don't know. >> so the investigation is over now. nothing in the mueller report corroborated that salacious claim about the tapes and prostitutes. do you regret making those comments which some would see as sort of stoking the fires or leaving as an open question? >> no, i was trying to give an honest answer, and my answer would be the same today. >> but you could have just said those were unverified. >> i thought that's what i was saying. i don't know whether it's true or not. it's a crazy thing to have to say because any other leader i would say that's preposterous. it couldn't possibly think that is true. there is a footnote in the mueller report that possibly makes a oblique reference to these tapes where someone in russia is aler

. >> george stephanopoulos interviewed you about your book and i just want the play something you saidbout the tape. >> do you believe his denial? >> i honestly never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i don't know whether the current president of the united states was with prostitutes peeing on each other in moscow in 2013. it's possible, but i don't know. >> so the investigation is over now. nothing in the mueller report corroborated that salacious claim about the tapes and prostitutes. do you regret making those comments which some would see as sort of stoking the fires or leaving as an open question? >> no, i was trying to give an honest answer, and my answer would be the same today. >> but you could have just said those were unverified. >> i thought that's what i was saying. i don't know whether it's true or not. it's a crazy thing to have to say because any other leader i would say that's preposterous. i wouldn't possibly think that is true. there is a footnote in the mueller report that possibly makes a oblique reference to these tapes where someone in russia is

i've said this before, we raised so much hell, we republicans, when george stephanopoulos went over tobi just to talk about a press release. that was considered unthinkable at the time. donald trump has run those red lights a thousand times. do you think what richard nixon did using the fbi is different than donald trump now using his attorney general -- >> to lie for him, commit perju perjury? >> to lie for him, commit perjury, to reveal sources and methods of the cia? i don't think so. i think, in many ways, donald trump actually attacking the fbi, attacking the cia, attacking the ndi, attacking our law enforcement officers, attacking -- >> the media. >> -- the media, athtacking the military, intelligence officers, saying i agree with the ex-kgb agent over all of these people i appointed, i think that -- bu because that goes to the heart of preserving our democracy. even when kirstjen nielsen, who was saying whatever he wanted to say, admitted that american democracy was under attack and under threat, yes, i think what donald trump has done is far more serious in the long run than wh