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george stephanopoulos speaks with new hampshire governor chris sununu ahead of donald trump's first criminal trial starting tomorrow. plus more from white house national security spokesperson john kirby as george speaks with him about the latest developments between israel and iran. >>> all right. time now to switch gears here and go to somara theodore with a look at the weather, and somara, it has been very rainy in parts of the country. >> somara: yes, and we had an extremely active last week. to, take a look at this. this is just in bodycam from louisiana where an ef-2 tornado was on the ground for nine miles. you can see these first responders rescuing a woman from a flipped car. they have surveyed the damage. structures completely brought down from this tornado we saw last week, wednesday, and the threat for severe weather persists. so, we have a line or round of storms that moves through tonight sweeping across pennsylvania from cambridge to pittsburgh, state college to scranton. you all are in that hot zone where we could see some damaging winds as well as tornadoes, and then the thre

here now, george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." until now, no american president had ever faced a criminal trial. no american president had ever faced a federal indictment for retaining and concealing classified documents. no american president had ever faced a federal indictment or a state indictment for trying to overturn an election or been named an unindicted co-conspirator in two other states for the same crime. no american president ever faced hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments for business fraud, defamation, and sexual abuse. until now, no american presidential race had been more defined by what's happening in courtrooms than what is happening on the campaign trail until now. the scale of the abnormality is so staggering, that it can actually become numbing. it's all too easy to fall into reflective habits and treat it as a normal campaign where both sides embrace the rule of law, where both sides are dedicated to a debate based on facts and the peaceful transfer of power. but that is not what's happening this elec

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that's george stephanopoulos. he was a spokesperson for bill clinton. he's now the anchor man journalist on they me see their simone sanders. she was the chief spokesperson and have them communications for the vice president of the united states. come on, harris. who else we got we got another one. yeah. nicole was, this is the woman who sold the a rack more. the lives that were the a rockport were sold to the american people by the co wallace. while she was working as the press 6 or the communications director for the george bush administration. now she's a journalist with her own show, sarah huckabee worked for the drop administration, then went to work in fox and now she's working as a governor in the state of arkansas. she goes from government to media back to government, her dad mike huckabee same thing, governor of arkansas has his own show on fox news. and we got one more. let's see. oh donna, brazil. i mean that my goodness, done a brazil who essentially works as the director of the dnc pitts. i'm really controversial stuff. they are given or qu

at issues on day-to-day issues can't go with joe biden, which is why, you saw in the george george stephanopoulos with the governor. you are broke and you can't afford things at the grocery store, how do you vote for this guy? >> for these people who have blind trump derangement be syndrome, if they let trump win in 2020, he would be gone and leaving now. but because of everything that happened, we stha /* /* they are going to have to put up with trump for another four years. >> ainsley: many are critical because of the way donald trump has acted. imagine if this were happening to you, you felt like you were innocent and as carrie said, they are changing the rules to indict and prosecute donald trump to get him behind bars, wouldn't you act the same way? he's strong, how he deals with this and plays golf or has a good day and in a positive spirit. >> brian: and stress of trying to pick a college for your son, he is a senior. >> it helps he is tall. >> brian: 6-9, unbelievable. >> ainsley: power bills have surged 30% since president biden took office. >> brian: jeff flock is in philadelphia. expla

what kaitlan collins did there, what george stephanopoulos did was really important.ke the temptation is is oh, it's a window into the trump voter. no, it isn't. you need a psychologist. it's a different story. it's not a political story. it's about debased -- trump called bill barr basically a fat toad. and then he went on tv and said i'll vote for him again. what is that? is it a political story? is it a psychological story? is it a sociological story? is it a cult story? where do you even begin to try to unpack that? >> well, i think it's all of the above, nicolle. and this is one of the biggest challenges for us covering this campaign. and it was frankly one of the i thought funniest parts of what my good friend colin jost said during his part of the dinner on saturday night, which is how do you explain the inexplicable, that this race is so close at a time when one person is on trial and one person is being president, right? and this is why i think -- why the psychology of the voter is so fascinating, because we spend a lot of our time talking to voters at the ev

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> george: breaking overnig overnighovernight -- iran and its proxies attack, launching hundreds of drones and missiles towards israel. all the latest from britt clennett and martha raddatz. plus, white house national security spokesman john kirby and fareed jury selection begins monday in donald trump's manhattan election interference case, the first criminal trial of a former american president. >> the whole thing is a disgrace, and it's a disgrace to our nation. >> george: aaron katersky previews the drama ahead, and republican governor chris sununu responds. >>> upheaval. >> it's a total ban. no exceptions for rape or incest. >> george: the supreme court upholds a civil war-era abortion ban. >> women could die as a result of this decision. >> george: democrats seize the issue blaming donald trump. >> donald trump is the architect of this health care crisis. >> george: this morning, rachel scott reports on the political fallout. plus, reaction from tina smith and our powerhouse round table. >> george: good morning, and welcome

you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, right seven. a new poll shows president joe biden and the former president are in a close race for the presidency, according to the new york times and siena college, 46% of voters say they support trump, 45% support biden. it's a tighter race than the last time the two outlets conducted a poll on both candidates. biden has a 38% approval rating, and at least 64% of voters say the country is headed in the wrong direction. new details now. oj simpson's body will be cremated tuesday in las vegas. sources also say his brain will not be used for cte research after multiple requests from scientists. they wanted to study the x running backs brain to see if he suffered from the degenerative brain disease, as it is typically found in football. players who experienced concussions during their career. the late nfl star died wednesday after battling cancer. he was 76 years old. still ahead on abc seven mornings. the latest on what seems to be a never ending pothole problem for oakland. the city can't s

you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, rightpresident joe biden and the former president are in a close race for the presidency, according to the new york times and siena college, 46% of voters say they support trump, 45% support biden. it's a tighter race than the last time the two outlets conducted a poll on both candidates. biden has a 38% approval rating, and at least 64% of voters say the country is headed in the wrong direction. we have new details now. oj simpson's body will be cremated tuesday in las vegas. sources say his brain will not be used for cte research after multiple requests from scientists. they wanted to study the x running backs brain to see if he suffered from the degenerative brain disease. it is typically found in football players who experienced concussions during their career. the late nfl star died wednesday after battling cancer. he was 76. still ahead this morning, the latest on what seems to be a never ending pothole problem for oakland. the city can't seem to get ahead of an issue that's driving m

democrat, and a libertarian. [ laughter ] former president trump last week sued abc news anchor george stephanopoulosamation. so that's two more words he'll struggle to read off the teleprompter. [ laughter ] "the very bad stephonup -- ah, puhh. [ laughter ] stephapopabuh. [ light laughter ] george popovich." [ light laughter ] boeing today announced that three of its senior executives are stepping down, or, to put it in boeing terms, they were sucked out. [ laughter ] the sweet 16 round of the ncaa's march madness basketball tournament is set to begin. hey! no, you get out of here. it's a different sweet 16! [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] on saturday, the cruise ship carnival freedom caught on fire, which is good, because at this point that's the only way to sanitize them. [ laughter ] a demolition crew in south carolina recently discovered a time capsule while tearing down a mall. here's what it looks like. [ laughter ] "what did they sell, papa?" "cords! it's where you went for your cords." [ laughter ] and finally, jetblue has announced it will offer nonstop flights from dublin to bos

diane sawyer, george stephanopoulos and others and in walks barbara walters at the last minute, wearing a bright red jacket. and of course, they have saved space for her right in the middle of this picture. right. and she goes in. she her chair, she sits they take the picture. and so the picture that you see is all these others in muted. diane sawyer is wearing a white blouse, a black skirt and a red belt. and then this bright red figure in the middle who is pretty clearly the captain of the team. amazing. amazing. the at the there was no big funeral for walters. tim russert when he died was the kennedy center. peter jennings. we went to carnegie hall. was it because why you think that was? so that was a great surprise to me. and i was in the middle of finishing up the book then and i thought, what a this will be wonderful for the book. i mean, what a wonderful moment to see her memorial service. it did not it did not take place. the her remains were cremated and given to her daughter, her daughter, who is very private, did not want. my understanding is her daughter not want to have a b

. >> announcer: "this week with george stephanopoulos" starts right now. >> martha: outrage. >> this week's horrific attack was not the first such incident. it must be the last. >> martha: six months since october 7th, a major shift air strike kills seven aid workers in gaza. >> if there's no changes to their policy, then there's going to have to be changes to ours. >> martha: this morning the founder of the world central kitchen speaks exclusively to abc news. >> do you believe at this point that they were deliberately targeted, your aid group? >> martha: his plea topresident biden. >> you can be a friend of israel and at the same time, you can be telling your partner in the middle east, you cannot be conducting war in such a way. >> martha: and his calls for accountability. >> idf has a lot of questions to ask themselves. what exactly are they there for? >> martha: an emotional conversation with chef jose andres, plus, the white house response from spokesman john kirby. >>> and -- >> they will never forget those that fell. their sacrifice, but we can't forget about each other eithe

among the people that can't believe that is george stephanopoulos whose deranged with january 6th syndromenuary 6th, bad day. we all know it, absolutely. nobody says it was a great day. but he acts like there is no other issue in the country. and governor sununu went on there and said, yeah, i thought that donald trump did play a role in it by giving a speech. i thought it was a terrible day. and i don't like the way he acted after the election. but, still, if you look at where the country was and where it is, i'm voting for trump. he just can't handle. they has done this so many times, too on sunday on the few times he hosts his own show. listen to this clash. >> will your support for donald trump continue even if he's convicted in manhattan? >> yeah. look, this trial is not going to have major political ramifications that a lot of people, i think it may have. >> are you going to be swayed by it? you are a governor. >> no. >> you are elected official. i'm asking whether you are going to be swayed by it? >> look. nobody should be shocked that the republican governor is supporting the repub

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> martha: deepening divide.uels protests and political divisions at home. >> what will the united states do? what will president biden do? >> martha: this morning, senator chris van hollen weighs in on the administration's actions on israel while gazans face an imminent threat of famine. >> we have a realtime humanitarian catastrophe. >> martha: this as the white house authorizes a transfer of billions more dollars of bombs and war planes to israel. britt clennett reports for the region. plus, the maryland senator weighs in on the baltimore bridge collapse. when will the port be cleared? warning signs. >> isis remains a potentially potent force. >> martha: after deadly terrorist attacks in russia and iran, how much of a threat is a resurgent isis? >> al qaeda and isis have the opportunity to together strengthen in ungoverned spaces with clear desire to zack our homeland. >> reporter: general frank mckenzie who oversaw forces in the middle east joins us. and -- >> what after all, is a democrat like me doing at a

you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, rightc seven. harvey weinstein is hospitalized his return to new york city from an upstate new york prison. his attorney said he has a lot of health issues and is undergoing many tests for that. the 72 year old weinstein has been dealing with things like cardiac issues, sleep apnea and a whole host of other medical issues going on. so remember his this was he had his rape conviction overturned and that reversed the prison sentence that he was going to be facing. so a lot of developments going there that we're going to continue to track well, ever see city in america tries to get an accurate count of the number of unhoused people, but few record their deaths? alameda county has been analyzing homeless deaths since 2018. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez explains explains why recording deaths can help save lives. >> the way the unhoused congregate varies from city to city. some of oakland's encampments seem somewhat secluded away from disapproving eyes. thousands of people get in their

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> jonathan: defining moment -- >> the house will be in order. >> jonathan: after months of delay, a rare coalition approves billions in aid for america's allies. >> a bipartisan coalition of democrats and republicans has risen up. >> the house has worked its will. these are not normal times here in the house or around the world. >> jonathan: a big win for the speaker of the house, one that may cost him his job. >> mike johnson's a lame duck. he is not going to lead us into the next congress. >> jonathan: this morning, house foreign affairs committee chair, michael mccaul and congressman ro khanna join us. plus, our powerhouse round table. >>> stream warning. >> the political system seems hopelessly divided. the court seems to reflect that division. >> it's a very complex institution. >> jonathan: retired supreme court justice stephen breyer as the court once again takes center stage in a presidential election. and -- >> at the end of the day, do you feel like this is the most important thing you can do to fight cl

protests over the israel-hamas war, and you can catch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos morning. right here on abc seven. harvey weinstein is hospitalized after his return to new york city from an upstate new york prison. his attorney said. he has a lot of health issues and is undergoing a lot of tests. the 72 year old weinstein has been dealing with things like cardiac issues, diabetes, sleep apnea and eye problems. the new york court of appeals nullified his rape conviction on thursday. it erased his 23 year prison sentence and ordered a retrial. all while every city in america tries to get an accurate count of the number of unhoused people, but few record their deaths. alameda county has been analyzing homeless deaths since 2018. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez explains why recording deaths can help save lives. the way the unhoused congregate varies from city to city. >> some of oakland's encampments seem somewhat secluded away from disapproving eyes. thousands of people get in their cars to commute to work every day, not knowing that under these freeways, our

we'll show you the pointed exchange between the governor and george stephanopoulos.l be right back. the all new godaddy airo helps you get your business online in minutes with the power of ai... ...with a perfect name, a great logo, and a beautiful website. just start with a domain, a few clicks, and you're in business. make now the future at godaddy.com/airo >>> welcome back. it's half past the hour. joining us now, white house national security communications adviser and assistant to the president, retired rear admiral john kirby. thank you so much for coming on this morning. so much happened over the weekend. i'm curious if you can assess for us what the options are on the table for israel. and i know that you've already said that it's up to israel to make a decision as to what their response will be. how much influence, though, will the united states have on that being as much diplomacy as possible, given how much upheaval the region is already enduring? >> as you know, mika, the president convened the g7 lead leaders yesterday to talk about a unified, strong, di

but again, if we're keeping score at home, to tammy's point, george stephanopoulos, bill clinton's former miniature pitbull, the guybill who, as you showed, suppressed information about his boss, threatened supps reporters while he served in that administration before later moving to abc newsd the th to become its chief news anchor. >> apparently, this is the guy who'chief news ancho thes goings by telling voters how they should think h. and we're supposed to trust him on what is and isn't newsworthy when it cometrust s to joe bide donald trump. you know that dog don't hunt. maybe we can have jen psaki and james carville moderate ma..n trump debate more atse it. right. so these are the kind of self-righteous declaratio ots n lines that are nothing new by prominent media members in the p trump. what we've seen cnn and msnbc refuse to show donald trump making live remarks after primary victories this year because they sayow they don't want to allow liars on their air only to proceed to do interviewsr with,l in you know, federal inmate number 438. otherwis38e known as michael avenatti, liter

for nikki haley, he was asked but all of that this weekend and this is what he had to say to george stephanopoulos >> support him present, even he is convicted classified documents, you support him for president, even though you believe he contributed to an insurrection, you support them for present, even though you believe he's lying about the last election, you'd supported for president, even if he's convicted in the manhattan case, i just want to say the answer to that is yes, correct >> yeah. me and 51% of america >> i mean, it even if he's a convicted felon, if he is the republican nominee, does that mean you're still going to vote for him? >> look, i think right now most of america looks like they would, they would vote for him because he's winning. but what about america is right there? >> yeah. oh, i'm going to support the republican nominee. absolutely >> okay. so that was a mid-january and a george kinda just listing all of the factors that are now part of it. i mean, listen, governor scenarios, a friend on this, we just fundamentally disagree. did donald trump remains unfit to be presid

who diplomat see it, yesterday govern sununu on a very aggressive line of questioning from george stephanopoulos infiltrated or corrupted by a sfelt juror, as we talked about, is ruled by facts, governed by the lose of law. that's why do that do that has worked so hard to not end up here. >> this is a cage he can't escape from, and it is now comfortable for him. the judge is not going to look at him and think he weighs 215 pounds. the judge will not look at him and believe what his says just because he says it. it's a much, much different environment for him. he has to do it. that is so out of donald trump's frame of reference. what all he is going to have is the screeching when the court adjourns. all he will do is victim, victim, victim, deep state, rule of law is gone. that's all he'll be able to do for six to eight weeks. it is really, really going to be tough on him. i think you'll see it. physically he looks terrible day. he never looks great, but he really looked bag today. tired, haggard, and i think this will take a toll on him. he didn't didn't have to be at the other trial, but he was

evan's parenting sitting down with george stephanopoulos in march. >> george: what keeps you going everymism in, the game is over. there is a saying in our family, we are moving forward. >> reporter: his family holding onto hope this morning. the biden administration says that in december, russia rejected a proposed deal to free gershkovich and wheelan, but the administration and kremlin are signaling that negotiations are still on going. their families hope for a resolution soon. >> george: thank you very much. >> michael: now a boeing 737 jet losing a wheel during takeoff, forced to make an emergency landing. our transportation correspondent gio benitez is back with the latest. good morning again, gio. >> gio: michael, good morning. this was terrifying. it happened a new days ago. we are just now getting this video. the passenger and crew are all safe but it was a very dramatic landing. this morning frightening video out of south africa showing the moment a boeing 737 aircraft with nearly 200 passengers and crew makes an emergency landing after losing a tire on takeoff. ground staff se

when asked by george stephanopoulos quote he said we you have withdrawn troops like this even a president trump had not made that built the taliban president biden replied quote i would've tried to figure how to withdrawal those troops yes. our fitness today ambassador khalilzad. so i've known for many years. reconciliation of the president trump where he negotiated the doha agreement. was asked to remain on by president biden. november 23 ambassador khalilzad appeared before the committee for nearly 12 hour closed-door transcribed interview. voluntarily i might add and we thank you for that. in that interview one thing was made clear of the core problem is not the doha agreement it was a president who refused to enforce it. i want to thank our witness for being here today. ambassador khalilzad i believe you have valuable information to share with this committee. i know you have chosen to do so voluntarily. when i do's hopes to do in the same candy showed in november. i read my use, you are not forced to appear here. we could have done that. you are doing this as in a patriot and an ameri

when asked by george stephanopoulos,", he said i would have, would you have withdrawn troops like this even if president trump had not made the deal with the taliban? president biden replied, "i would've tried to figure out how to withdraw those troops, yes.". i witnessed today, mr. khalilzad, someone i have known for years, served as it you is special are presented for afghanistan, insulation under president trump, renegotiated the doha agreement and was asked to remain on by president biden. in november 2020 third he appeared before the committee for nearly 12 our closed door transcribed interview. and voluntarily, i might add. thank you. in that interview one thing was made clear. the core problem was not the doha agreement, it was a president who refused to enforce it. i want to thank our witness for being here today. ambassador mr. khalilzad, i believe you have variable information to share with the committee. i know you have chosen to do so voluntarily. i hope you do so with the same candor showed in november. i really admire you, sir. you are not forced to appear here. we could

you even saw this weekend, the governor of new hampshire said, he agreed that our friend george stephanopoulos overturn the election, but he's going to vote for him anyway, because he's a republican. that's a triumph of reflexive partisanship of a dangerous kind of partisanship, to go again as michael said, briefly back to the founders. they worried about party spirit. party spirit becoming the governing force. partisanship is fine. we've always, free societies have always been invited into different parties as jefferson said. it's when it becomes the governing force, the absolutely most important thing. and i think what the country's going to be watching going the next months not only in this case, but in other courtrooms and particularly the supreme court, is a test of whether or not the constitution is more important or donald trump is more important. >> john, are we hopelessly divided as a country? i know you're a student of history. you've gone back and you've reflected on all of the trials we've been through as a nation and there have been some seriously ugly times. are we hopelessly div

like abc, good morning, america and stuff, and apple us a lot. stephanopoulos and i have had conversations over the past. so i went on with george and i said, you know, i made a mistake, i'm sorry. and i wanted people to understand that i understood my mistake. i didn't mean i was completely guilty of everything but, but anything you do that makes people feel bad. you should understand why you made them feel bad. and that's what i was trying to do. or so this is and that's why i apologize because 14 years later, here we are in the environment that we're in. we know it's change it on multiple levels. candice owens comments actually proceed there to be a lot more would i say damn name than yours? i'm just basically calling them a call to everything and yet within the concern of all my creative, guess what? she's not being tossed. she's not being canceled. she's actually being promoted. she's been picked up multiple places. even rumors right now that x owner a on must potentially could pick her up. he is this because the online news community is a lot more accepting and open than what we consider to be the traditional broadcast med