surviving first graders are now graduating high school, and several of them sat down with our george stephanopoulos. >> i know this must be so hard to talk about, but let's talk about what you do remember about that day. ella seaver, grace fisher, lily walsh were together in the same classroom that morning. matt holden and henry terrific in another. emma aarons in a third. we hid in the cubbies and our teacher read some winter stories to us, like the nutcracker and before we went to hide into the cubbies, the loudspeaker went on, and this was probably, i would say, like the most traumatizing part of the whole thing, because we heard our principal and she told us, like kids, like, go hide into your safe spots. >> and then we heard, like a popping sound, and then the phone kind of went off. >> you actually heard the gunshots? >> i knew that it had been bad because our teachers were super concerned and were keeping their voices down, but definitely like a weird situation between knowing something was wrong, but knowing. not knowing how bad it was. >> you were actually in the classroom with the shooter

and george stephanopoulos speaks with trump attorney will sharf and wes moore of maryland following trump'sviction. and george speaks with white house national security spokesman john kirby about the state of the wars in ukraine and gaza. >>> we head overseas to the war in ukraine, as u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin meets with ukrainian president zelenskyy at a security summit in singapore. we're joined from washington with more on the overnight developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this was a crucial face-to-face for the ukrainian president to meet with the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin overnight amid mounting urgency for kyiv. the pentagon telling us that austin reiterated the u.s.' unwavering support for ukraine and ensured the u.s. would provide the country what it needed to defend itself, and the two leaders pledged to further strengthen the strategic defense partnership between the two nations. the ukrainian president speaking at a major annual defense summit in asia hoping to win more international support and weaponry as they push back a major russian offe

george stephanopoulos was screaming how trump paid hush money covering up a one who may have had an affair the guy covering those up was stephanopoulos he was the head of the bimbo squad. it is the hypocrisy. they will say anything. >> there is nothing illegal about nda. congress paid out at least $17 million of taxpayer settlements and nearly 270 settlements over the last 20 years. this comes out of the office of compliance which was created in the nineties. that includes all settlements not just sexual harassment the discrimination of other cases. with those covered up for the purpose of influencing an election? we don't no who they went to win what they were for. >> there are 30 million nda abc news has paid hush money cb one —- cbs, district attorney and nbc. we need to investigate did any of them call it a legal expense? nobody has told us what else you could call it. what was he supposed to call it? >> taxpayers paying out $17 million to settle nearly 270 cases on behalf of congress? for sexual harassment and racial discrimination and more? you see the double standard? >> it is unbel

so george stephanopoulos there's not a lot of this on the internet but it did not take me long to find the meaty heads out there keep asking republicans are you going to accept the 2024 election? now they can ask about the 2000 election but by the way he was not the only one. jimmy carter, hilary clinton, a laundry list a conga line of democrats is that exactly the same thing. we all the vets to be the case but i got to thinking what are the things missing from this election is character that mediate once you to believe the problem with character goes to trump. i am going to prove to you know the character issue is a problem with joe biden. do not provide the media spin and the static we know who they are we know what they're up to we know they are no good and i will prove it to you again. join thjointly presidential debe second presidential debate right before the election, the last election. this issue came up of the hunter biden laptop. i want to remind you exactly what took place. there is so much more i want to talk about after you watch this. >> you know who i am. you know who he

george stephanopoulos is an abc news journalist.that he headed the war room for the clinton presidency or his job in part was to smear women who came forward and challenge bill clinton and exposed bill clinton for exposing himself to them. but i got to thinking it's very interesting he's telling cn and during the debate first big question should be who won the 2020 election? i have a better question, george, who won the 2000 election? i do my research here is a piece from usa today. some with the dispute over the 2000 presidential election will never end. witness vice president biden comments about predecessor al gore quote this man was elected president of the united states of america biden said at a fundraiser that gore also attended. no, no, no he was elected president of the united states of america but for the good of the nation with a bad decision in my view is made he did the right thing for the nation. so we have an election denier and his name is joe biden. so george stephanopoulos there's not a lot of this on the internet

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i've always wondered who is this unusual■= george stephanopoulos?is father is the greek orthodox greek orthodox church in new york city, and his mother for years with the director of the greek orthodox archdiocese of the american national news service. so he comes by and honestly. ounts for his impressive rise in journalism? 's super smart and works crazy hard with a degree ipolitical science. summa cum laude phi beta kappa fromol broadcaster last year for the university's radio scholar, who studied both political science and theology at oxford. he worked his way from aide to chief of staff for democratic congressman ed fagan of ohio and dukakis, another greek american that led to work for -- gephardt. house majority leader, and eventually to his becoming senior advisor to president bill clinton after leaving the white house at the end of clinton's first term, he became a political analyst for abc news and rose steadily from there. okay, but whatr? the smile? perhaps it's being married for 23 years to someone who makes him laugh. author, comedian al

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george stephanopoulos? his father is the grepriest and dean emeritus of the greek his mother for years with the director of the greek orthodox archdiocese of the american national news service. so h honestly. but what accounts for his impressive rise in journalism? i think it's because he's super smart and works crazy hard with gr in political science. summa cum laude phi beta kappa from columbia, where he cut his teeth as a sports broadcaster last year for station to rhodes scholar who studied both political and theology at oxford. he worked his way from aide to chief of staff for democratic congressman ed fagan of ohio and went on to work for michael dukakis, another greek american that led to work for -- gephardt. house majority leader, and ng senior advisor to president bill clinton afterhe end of clinton's first termme a political analyst for abc news and rose steadily from accounts for? the smile? perhaps it's being married for 23 years to someone who makes laugh. actress, author, comedian ali qíwentw

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second amendment's rights just because he did a little dope and buy a little dope i don't mean george stephanopoulosso much coco scarface would've recommended rehab. is still the defense has a point so why is it unconstitutional well they argued historical intoxication statutes can't stretch far enough to justify disarming a sober a citizen based on past drug use and that i'm sorry but make sense is a constitutional for the government to remove the secondment meant rights of a person based on an the conflict let's forget about hunter the same law would borrow wounded that who uses cannabis for pain from exercising his right to self defense imagine a person in recovery who now owns guns should he go to jail never mind the ruling people from going to treatment or seeking mental health help i need it. now did hunter break the law sure but it's an unjust law you can disagree with me you are disagreeing with the second amendment it shall not be infringed but if that sounds familiar to you then you must be paying attention to our very own kat timpf rolled the flashback flashback dude. >> you can make the

. >> they have nothing to run on besides abortion in january 6 that's why you see george stephanopoulosoach the moderators in advance and ask president trump about january 6 and ask president trump about abortion and who he wants to weighted the 2020 election, those are not the type of things you would think you would be talking about and a 2024 context but they don't want to talk about the things that face americans, let's make it quite real, there are parents can potentially beginning letters and e-mail on behalf of their adult children saying you have to report for active duty soon and very soon because of the fact that the person who promised to be the return to normal president has left this world more chaotic and abandoned her ally in the israel at the time when they needed us the most and no plan in ukraine to bring that to an end in his effort to contain the war in ukraine has led us in the brink of world war iii. these are the issues on the minds of everyday americans those who family serve and impacted by the fentanyl and the complete ignorance of that mechanic party has led t

i want to pledge this back-and-forth between lowell scharf and george stephanopoulos. at least disagreed the district attorney was not politically motivated and that biden and his political allies aren't up to the next and this prosecution. >> there is no evidence of that character i will let you continue to say there is 0 evidence of that. >> matthew angelo was standing over his shoulder when he announced this verdict. >> trace: it's really hard to argue there is no evidence that this was politicized matt when you know alpine brag about to get trump and every part of this trial was politicized. >> you're right trace it is good to be with you today. i look at this and the left obviously has what they want. i think it will be overturned on appeal. there is just too much that's reversible in this case add that was not pro did -- prohibitive. whether it's stormy daniels or the sixth amendment violations. once it's reversed, well will he go to undo this interference? there is nowhere. they wanted to have him be a convicted felon but this has really done significant and lon

in fact, as you know, we've talked about it, air taken -- i've taken on the my misogyny of george stephanopoulosor victims of rape and incest, of those kinds of things. and, look, the left through this article and other articles they've written about women hate us because we are outspoken, we are individuals. they're the ones that want to put men in women's locker rooms. they're the ones that are subservient to hamas, right? these people are unhinged and crazy because donald trump is going to win in no. howe concern in november. howard: you've always a worked for a living. does that make you not feminine? >> right. i've been working since i was a teenager. my first job was as a waitress at a waffle house. i love and hope my daughter goes on to work her entire life as a well. i think work ethic are good values to have as women and men. i can speak for all a american, men and women alike, because there are only two genders, but you have you have that -- if you have that hard work ethic, you're going to be successful in life. howard: new york magazine casts it as almost a betrayal for women to be i

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> george: historic verdict. >> their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt. >> george: donald trump found guilty on 34 criminal counts in manhattan. the first president convicted of a felony. >> we're going to be appealing this scam. we're going to be appealing it on many different things. >> george: trump set to be sentenced just days before the gop convention. his party stands by him. the former president now campaigning as a convicted criminal. how will voters respond? >> the justice system should be respected, and we should never allow anyone to tear it down. >> the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> george: we cover the unprecedented legal and political fallout this morning with trump's lawyer, will scharf, democratic governor wes moore, plus analysis from our legal experts and powerhouse round table. >> george: good morning, and welcome to "this week." in 1774, john adams said, representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs o

george stephanopoulos says the following, "i think it's journalistic malpractice to do a live interviewh president trump on television." yeah, let's censor the former president and possibly the future president, was just censor him. everything he says has to go through a filter. come on. >> i think it's journalistic malpractice, refusing to try to understand why half of america supports donald trump, trying to understand that worldview and in some way call yourself a journalist and do some digging and understand it so that you can report fairly. i just don't get how they call themselves journalists when they are not willing to do that. >> trace: you are exactly right. that would be journalistic malpractice, to just not let him speak and filter everything but you know what that's the way it is. tudor dixon, dee sarton, thank you. now let's get to the politics of these renewed attacks on former president trump with fox news contributor's jason chaffetz and steve hilton. steve hilton kind of sitting here listening to the whole thing. so karl rove wrote the following, "mr trump's base is mo

you can watch that interview with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning right here on abc seveneasure to pay for school improvements is now on the table . but it's raising questions as to the spending practices. we'll be digging into that. and here's a live look outside from our mount tam camera looking down on san franci to improve school facilities, but it is the costliest bond ever to be voted on in the city. we're talking about $790 million. this as the school district is in the midst of a financial crisis. abc seven building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez has new information that raises some serious questions about how the school district has already spent the money. >> bonds to renovate school facilities are, and always will be a never ending cost. >> when i used to campaign for these bonds, people used to always say to us, when is enough? when are you going to stop asking for money? and i would always say never. when are you going to stop fixing your house? >> the longest serving school board commissioner, now retired, recalls the track record of some of these

. >> six students spoke with abc's george stephanopoulos before their graduation today.andy hook is one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. where 21st graders and six educators died. >> you have this connection that's never going to go away, but it's still even you know, over ten years later, just so difficult to try and dig up those memories because of how traumatic and painful it is. >> now, as they prepare to graduate high school, these young people say they will continue to advocate for change when it comes to gun laws. as future therapists, lawyers and politicians some met with vice president kamala harris at the white house last week. >> we don't want, you know, i'm sorry. and you know, this is so terrible that happened to you like it's past that, you know, it's happened too many times. your prayers honestly don't mean anything. it doesn't help me. i've had to deal with this for ten years. it'll never get easier. no matter how many times i talk about it. >> according to the k-to-12 school shooting database, more than 1600 school shootings have happen

six students spoke with abc's george stephanopoulos before their graduation today.andy hook is one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. 21st graders and six educators died. >> you have this connection that's never going to go away, but it's still even you know, over ten years later, just so difficult to try and dig up those memories because of how traumatic and painful it is. >> and now, as they prepare to graduate high school, these young people say they will continue to advocate for change when it comes to gun laws as future therapists, lawyers and politicians some met with vice president kamala harris at the white house last week. >> we don't want, you know, i'm sorry and you know, this is so terrible that happened to you like it's past that, you know, it's happened too many times. your prayers honestly don't mean anything. it doesn't help me. i've had to deal with this for ten years. it'll never get easier. no matter how many times i talk about it. >> according to the k-to-12 school shooting database, more than 1600 school shootings have happened i

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. >> again, you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning 2022 mass shooting that killed six people in sacramento, is dead this morning. investigators say the body of an inmate identified as smiley martin was found in his cell inside the sacramento county jail. martin his brother, and a third man are charged in the murders of three women killed in a gunfight outside of a group of nightclubs in april of 2022. three other people were killed and 12 more injured in that shooting. a southern california police department is facing scrutiny after security video surfaced appearing to show officers dumping an unhoused man on a sidewalk. in another jurisdiction. this video from thursday shows the two officers pulling up in front of the los angeles city council president's office in north hollywood. they get out of the car, open the back door and remove a man in handcuffs. as you can see here, police then get back into that car and drive off as the man drops to the ground without giving any aid to this person, without determining whether there was anyo

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>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> martha: the first debate. >> mr. president, how is the debate prep going? >> martha: joe biden and donald trump prepare for an historic rematch. >> i'm not underestimating him. i assume he's going to be a worthy debater. >> martha: with new rules after the chaos four years ago. >> all right. gentlemen -- no. mr. president. mr. president, as the moderator -- >> martha: this morning, what's at stake, and what to expect in this unprecedented moment. presidential historians jon meacham and doris kearns goodman, plus frank luntz breaks it down. >>> plus, policy push. >> i refuse to believe we have to walk we from being an american. >> martha: new immigration protect protections over the battle over the border continues. the latest on that and response from democratic senator elizabeth warren. plus analysis from our powerhouse round table. >>> and -- >> it's extremely hot outside. >> it's been like torture in here. >> martha: summer kicks off with record heat, floods, and deadly wildfires. is this the new normal? scie

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tapper a democrat operative t once in all ways, just likeap george stephanopoulos and danaas bash, his former husband, hu a chief of staff at the cia under barack obama. i meanat u, this is a swamp, lit literally. and so werally ande what to exp. and if they were journalists and wanted to be fai ther, they would have declined doing this debate. doin they're not. >> you know what? i don't understand, governor huckabee. .i'm member of the press. i can produce thousands of hours of straightnds of h neh on radio and tv. over the course of my career, thousands of hours of investigative reporting. russia, russia, russia. we got it right as evidenced by the horowitz report and the door reports they validated our coverage or barack obama's radical associations honest about who i am i amng for a conservative i will be voting for donald trump. i don't hide that fact when i h i when i moderated the newsroom desantis debate, i said up front. i am a conserver tive.act-base this is going to be a factstuc based debate. i stuck to the facts and. they had their debate and i think it came off very well.

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> jonathan: it's trump's party. >> i'm with them 1,000%. they're with me 1,000%. >> jonathan: republicans give trump a hero's welcome in his first visit to capitol hill since his supporters attacked the capitol building on january 6th. >> this is a unified effort by the party. we're feeling good. >> i support him. he's earned the nomination. >> jonathan: even his former gop critics are getting in line just weeks after trump became a convicted felon. >> all they care about is bending the knee to donald trump. >> jonathan: this morning, the latest on the 2024 campaign with republican senator and potential trump running mate, tim scott, and the powerhouse round table with our new campaign forecast. >>> signs of relief? >> inflation has eased substantially from a peak of 7% to 2.7%. >> jonathan: new data shows inflation cooling, but are voters feeling any better? >> we have a long way to go, but we have literally the strongest economy in the world right now. >> jonathan: our exclusive interview with treasury secretary

champion walk, a personal injury law call, 866, walk up law, >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> jonathan: debate disaster. >> look. if -- we finally beat medicare. >> jonathan: joe biden stumbles on the biggest political stage of the 2024 election fueling panic among democrats. >> i really don't know what he said at the end of his sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either. >> jonathan: after a debate full of falsehoods, donald trump takes a victory lap. >> biden, you are fired. get out of here. >> jonathan: this morning, all the fallout with top biden ally, senator chris coons and our powerhouse round table, including former white house press secretary jen psaki. >>> defiance. >> i'm a political prisoner. i feel great about it. >> jonathan: steve bannon set to report to prison for defying the january 6th committee. >> i'm going to have an impact in this election from behind bars. >> jonathan: what bannon is promising and threatening will come if trump returns to the white house. and -- >> every day for all of those years, i've given it everything

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> harrowing mission, heart-wrenching reunions. >> they are back home in israel. they are alive. they are well. >> israeli defense forces rescue four hostages in a major day-time raid in central gaza. >> we won't stop working until all the hostages come home and a ceasefire is reached. >> but with heavy palestinian casualties reported, how will the rescue mission impact ceasefire talks? this morning james longman reports the latest on the hostages, plus reaction from idf spokesperson peter lerner and white house national security adviser jake sullivan. >>> clamping down. >> if the united states doesn't secure our border there is no limit to the number of people who may try to come here. >> president biden enacts harsh restrictions on asylum at the southern border and faces immediate backlash. >> biden's order is not a border security plan, it's a concession to the fact that he has lost control over our border. >> our exclusive interview with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >>> plus, five months to election

i did on abc with george stephanopoulos and i'm gonna, and i set up, is going to live up to it. i'm going to do that so i can show my children that doing the right thing. it's never bad to do the right thing. >> well, michael, i really appreciate your time thank you so much for coming on tonight i know it's been it's been a six year saga, a marathon in the past 24 hours have been a sprint that it has to see right and outfront. >> next, new details about what trump did just hours after his conviction plus what the next steps are for trump before sentencing day. and republican governor kristi noem attacking the jury in trump's hush money case, a jury, trump's lawyer says the former president help pick who is trump to blame? never and ohms out front and how many people who've been convicted of the same prime as trump have actually gone to jail. we've looked through it and you'll get to see get to that's coming up accidents happen every day sweep it up the easy way would the helio air broom the lightweight, flexible broom that's sweeping the nation. watch ordinary brooms only get ha

i have a v benefit but i don't even think that even if i to transition in the way george stephanopoulosave transitioned in this day and age, given everything happening because of social meso freeing, because it wasn't like i was trying neutralize my point of view. but did have to think a lot about how do i talkt white hous? i just worked president biden, who deal. it doesn't mean i agree with everything they doj3:ó or thinge handled or decisions that are made, even policies. i have to say■ that that i have to say that because that's how you gain credibility. s really figuring out that and, you know, early on, i think it was hard from no male m people who i was working with to shift themselves, who i'd done for being like, well what is going on with this decision with like, i haven't worked there in six months. i'm not actually in said acrossn list, but what i as much as challenges, what i what i've realized andicat a e given me that has stuck with me is, you know, that the experience of working obviously for him and knowing how he thinks about things. but also in the white ho also te pr

producer adamant he never pulled the trigger, stating so in his exclusive interview with our george stephanopoulospulled the triger? >> no no no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger. never. that was a training i had. you don't point a trigger at somebody and pull the trigger. >> the film's armorer sentenced to 18 months behind bars after being found guilty for involuntary manslaughter in march. this week prosecutors requesting the court compel her to testify against baldwin. >> the way the jury may perceive all that alec baldwin has going on, with the charges being dropped, with them being reinstated, and the reality show, it's really going to fall upon the juror. do they see this as an effort to garnish support or someone continuing with their day to day life despite the circumstances that they've been with? >> so it took a jury less than three hours to find gutierrez guilty. court documents say that she would testify what her firearm training consisted of, including with alec baldwin. that is if she does testify. it will be really interesting to see if any impact it has on the

i don't even think that even if i wanted to it would be possible to transition in the way george stephanopoulos in this day and age, i don't even know if he would have transitioned in this day and age, given everything happening because of social media. so freeing, because it wasn't like i was trying neutralize my point of view. but did have to think a lot about how do i talk about the current white house? i just worked president biden, who i like personally a great deal. it doesn't mean i agree with everything they do or things are handled or decisions that are made, even policies. i have to say that that i have to say that because that's how you gain credibility. so it was really figuring out that and, you know, early on, i think it was hard from no male intent from people who i was working with to shift themselves, who i'd done hundreds interviews with over time for being like, well what is going on with this decision with president biden's thinking? and i had to be like, i haven't worked there in six months. i'm not actually in the room. i'm your colleague. i said across this question list,

. >> you know, i had george stephanopoulos on. i said, you know, i was watted. your house and your family lives there. and we talked about doxing. there is so much that people don't surface, right? the tactics that everyone on earth one in a fact-finding position, many of the folks we have on tv, former law enforcement, former prosecutors, you ask two questions, scratch a little bit and realize that everybody is under threat, everybody who writes a story has either been doxxed or swatted or threatened to be those things. people that cover the trump story live differently than eight years ago. the story is different. trump is also different. >> i think our network has been committed. to it's a reason why there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution to these things. one of the things i tried starting -- started trying to do is i tried to read the closed-captioning auto generated transcripts of trump's speeches. i don't think we should be carrying them live. it's knowing what he is saying. and it's worth conveying that when it is something -- when it's something danger

his parents sitting down with our george stephanopoulos in march. >> he really cares. m, for keeping his story front and center. >> george: sounds like evan does everything he can to keep your spirits up. >> yes, yes. he says that he's fighting. he's fighting. >> reporter: the fighting continues. evan will have a court hearing june 30 which is expected to prolong his pretrial detention again. experts say that any hope in freeing him will have to come through a deal. guys? >> whit: thank you, lama hasan, for us. coming up a wild moment on one family's trip to the zoo. generalized myasthenia gravis made my life a lot harder. but the picture started changing when i started on vyvgart. ♪ vyvgart is for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are anti-achr antibody positive. in a clinical trial, vyvgart significantly improved most participants' ability to do daily activities when added to their current gmg treatment. ♪ most participants taking vyvgart also had less muscle weakness. and your vyvgart treatment schedule is designed just for you. in a clinical study, the m

. >>> please welcome george stephanopoulos! >> rebecca: welcome back to gma. rge, high fives all around. you were there live with kelly and mark to discuss your book "the situation room." >> george: you have to go in slow motion. >> rebecca: you don't do this here on gma, george. why not? >> george: when in rome, when in rome, rebecca. >> rebecca: we are here to high five you any time you want. >> michael: invite me back so i can high five you. [ laughter ] >> george: your old stomping grounds. following a lot of headlines. jury in hunter biden's trial on felony gun charges is set to deliberate. first time ever a sitting president's child is facing criminal charges. we could see a verdict today. port of baltimore fully operational today since the francis scott key bridge. last week workers cleared the wreckage from the bridge. >> michael: this morning we are remembering the life of reverend james lawson. he was a close adviser to dr. martin king jr. and was considered to be a pioneer of nonviolent protests, teaching people to peacefully withstand attacks during

an i think the media question is important and our friend george stephanopoulos said that the first question in playing prerogative for the cheap seats here, jake tapper and dana bash has a tough job, but the first question has to be who won the 2020 election. and then there is the question, they have a tough job doing this thing live with the mute buttons. real question is what happens after and i think there are a lot of things you could do to cover the debate. and here is the most important that the media at every level has not to do. there is no public event in politics that is more prone to false equivalencies than a debate. it is literally, we write about them and talk about them as if it is a boxing match. so you look down the chart, you're a boxing judge, well biden scored here and trump scored there and he got that jab in there and there is this moment and that moment. the media has to apply a value judgment to -- that joe biden stumble, did donald trump get in a good zinger here or there. those are irrelevant. there have -- we have to make a value judgment about not just how many l