it is licensed through mark burnett's united artists media group and that relationship will continue. msnbc is obviously owned by nbc universal. and a new fox news poll shows that donald trump is actually in second place among republican voters, and the most recent new hampshire poll shows him in second place. joining us now, jerry reid and cynthia littleton, and maria theresa kumar and host of changing america. cynthia, this is, first of all, a show business story. it turns out that trump actually has no ownership position whatsoever in the whole which is why if they can find somebody to host that thing, mark burnett can keep it going, and that's an interesting reveal, that all he was on apprentice was a paid actor. nothing but a salary-paid actor, and he's canceled off of that and the other shows are gone, too. >> undoubtedly he had a profit participation stake. >> he had no profit participation. we found that out today. no profit participation. he was just a hired actor by mark burnett at the start of that show. >> that is an interesting reveal. >> and so the cancellation of the be

knows reality gold. >> mark burnett has proven throughout his career he is a guy who won't take no fors, the nature, the animals of the nation. season two perhaps, "iranian idol," ayatollah khamenei but really digging deep op the casting seal of the persian fallow deer. season three, keeping up with the kims. smiling people, the haircuts. which relative will he execute next? >> vladimir putin would be reality gold. >> reporter: putin wouldn't take much producing. he already stage manages his life, the 62-year-old recently scored eight goals in a pro-am hockey match. really. now, burnett's already worked with palin, trump, stewart. next logical step, a wanna-be despot with a penchant for invading neighbors. vladimir putin, half naked and unafraid. the show kind of writes itself. "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> well, i vote nick should have his own show. >> yes. >>> "deals & steals" and arnold here live. >>> coming up, "good morning america's" "deals & steals" brought to you by bank of america. use your bankamericard cash rewards credit card for these deals a

mark burnett, the guy who produces "survivor" and "the voice" and "shark tank," pretty much every bigeality show there is. he says he's trying to get russian president vladimir putin to star in his next reality show. this is a show, the idea is the show would follow putin, not the politician but the sportsman and outdoorsman. and then at the end of every episode, one small independent nation will be eliminated. [ laughter ] can you imagine that? vladimir putin would really be perfect for a reality show. he drinks vodka, he has a huge ego, he's basically a real housewife just to start. but i don't know, should we be encouraging this? don't they already have a version of "survivor" in russia? it's called "living in russia." you know, there's big summer movies coming up. two of them come out tomorrow. more over the next few weeks. most people won't get a chance to see all of them. as a service to our viewers, we enlisted the help of our friend yehya to give us his take on which movies are worth your money. tonight yehya weighs in on "terminator: genesis." here's yehya talking about the m

celebrity apprentice is licensed from mark burnett's artist media group and that relationship will continuewas asked about nbc's decision today at an event in chicago. >> well, i think nbc frankly, i've had a great relationship with them. they didn't want me to run because they wanted to do "the apprentice." as you know they renewed "the apprentice." i cannot do it because of the fact i'm running and as long as i'm running for president, they were not happy with it. they wanted me to do "the apprentice" and now with my statements on immigration, which happen to be correct, they will take a different stance and that's okay. whatever they want to do is okay with me. i had a lot of great relationships with nbc. i think as far as ending the relationship, i have to do that because my view on immigration is much different than the people at nbc. >> in nbc's statement, the company said it ended the relationship. in mr. trump's statement, he implies he did. msnbc is part of the universal family. >>> coming up the confederate flag controversy, south carolina state senator paul therman, son of strom

. >>> as you know mark burnett behind some of the biggest reality tv shows on tv "survivor," "shark tankdimir putin is survivor the bachelor and the voice. ♪ >> reporter: all rolled into one, uber producer mark burnett knows reality gold. >> mark has proven throughout his career he is a guy who won't take no for an answer. >> reporter: apparently in a pitch for world leaders he told putin he'd ignore politics and concentrate instead on the humans the nature the animals of the nation. season two perhaps. iranian idol. ayatollah khamenei but the seal and fall low deer. season three, keeping up with the kims. smiling people the haircuts. which relative will he execute next? >> vladimir putin would be reality gold. >> reporter: putin wouldn't take much he already stage managers his life the 62-year-old recently scored eight goals in a pro-am hockey match. really. now, burn net's already worked with palin, trump, stuart next logical step a wanna-be despot with a penchant for invadeing neighbors. vladimir putin, half naked and unafraid. the show kind of writes itself. "good morning america," n

that is licensed from mark burnett's united artist media group and that relationship will continue. nbc is reacting to these comments trump made at his presidential announcement on june 16th. >> the u.s. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems. it's true. and these aren't the best and the finest. when mexico sends its people they are not sending their best. they are not sending you. they are not sending you. they are sending people that have lots of problems. and they are bringing those problems with us. they are bringing drugs. they are bringing crime. they are rapists. and some i assume are good people. >> earlier today donald trump responded to nbc's decision. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well i think nbc frankly, you know, i've had a great relationship with them. they didn't want me to run because they wanted to do the apprentice. as you know they renewed the apprentice. i told them i could not do it as long as i'm running and they were not happy with it. they wanted me to do the apprentice. and now with my statements on immigration, which happen to be okay. they want

it is licensed from mark burnett's united artists media group and the relationship will continue.e hosted the miss universe pageants in the past. i was scheduled to host the miss usa competition this summer. trump was asked about nbc and his feeling on nbc. he said i think nbc, frankly, i have had a great relationship with them but they didn't want me to run because they want me to do the apprentice. they renewed it but i told them i could not do it because of the fact i'm running and running for president they were not happy with it and wanted me to do the apprentice and with the statements on immigration which happened to be correct they're going to take a different stance and that's okay. whatever they want to do is okay with me. i've had a lot of great relationships with nbc. i think as far as ending the relationship, i have to do that because my view on immigration is much different than the people at nbc. that was donald trump. we'll be right back. connections you almost miss. and ones you never thought you'd make. we help connect where you are. to places you never thought y

maria: tv super producer mark burnett looking to push reality tv to a brand-new level.to do a show to do a show on the live of government leaders around the globe. his first target vladimir putin. he's already reached out to putin who is an outdoorsman in a former kgb officer. he wants the series to come from the eyes of leaders of countries about their country. that's an interesting reality show. >> i would rather watch the show that bravo is doing about his wife teresa have been imprisoned the real housewives. that is scraping the bottom of the barrel. i'd rather watch the dj said new jersey then putin. >> 70% of the time on the reality show? dagen: hooton definitely has a dad bought. maria: maybe they can do north korea. and then we will do iran. that should be good. new details are rising and the arrest of sean diddy columns. dagan is on this one. >> much coming from both sides of the story. there are reports that the strength and conditioning coach was on a campaign to tear down the diddy son, psychologically damaged him, that he was subject in a young man to extre

mark burnett said you're the only guy i have ever seen who didn't take a big renewal.ant to do well. but i'm not a masochist. i have always heard than a very successful person cannot run for a political office. i always tord that. maybe it's true. >> strategic advice for you. do not call people losers. say they have lack of command on the issues something like that okay? >> that takes too long. >> could you do "the apprentice" as president? >> you're not allowed to do it because of the equal time rule. >> what about as president? >> honestly as president, i wouldn't be thinking about "apprentice." if i win i will make the country great again, and believe me, there won't be time to go on vacations. there won't be time to go golfing all the time. i mean obama plays more golf than professional players in the pga tour. tiger should play as much as obama. he'd be doing much better. >> all right, donald trump, good to have you in. good to see you again. thank you very much. congratulations on officially jumping in this time. this is it. >> we'll be right back with much more