"the great stephanopoulos mess."eorge stephanopoulos who has excelled at politics and journalism, appears to have failed both professions with a single transgression. as my colleague reported to date abc news this week and "good morning america" host stephanopoulos has donated 75, 000 to the clinton foundation, something he had not disclosed to viewers or employers. stephanopoulos apologized for not disclosing the gifts. abc news called the oversight a mistake. a sentiment stephanopoulos amplified and an afternoon interview. "we stand behind him," the network offered. corporate speak for we will bind george and barbed wire the minute he becomes a distraction. the donation corrodes much of the journalistic credibility stephanopoulos has labored so carefully to build since joining abc news in december 1996. stephanopoulos critics were many at the time of his appointment predicting his crackup before he completed his first assignment. "the los angeles times'" howard rosenberg prophecied that stephanopoulos would not be

is saying sorry enough for george stephanopoulos? now that we all know about his donations to the clinton foundation. >>> plus a famed investigative journalist challenges what we were told about the killing of osama bin laden. how can we know what's really true here? >>> and a war of words between president obama and fox news about the war on poverty. good morning and welcome to "reliable sources." i'm brian stelter, and we're starting with brand-new information about this ethical controversy that's really encircled abc's george stephanopoulos. this morning he apologizing again for donating to bill and hillary clinton's charitable foundation. what his colleagues and his rivals are wondering is whether that's going to be enough. let me back up and tell you the story from the beginning. stephanopoulos was one of bill clinton's closest aides in the '90s, and pretty much ever since then he has been distancing himself from those roots. he has turned into one of the biggest stars of television news cohost of america's most-watched morning

did stephanopoulos coordinate with the clintons? earlier today he said he'll not host the abc republican presidential debate in new hampshire. here with reaction the reporter who broke this story, andrew styles is with us. and let's go over some of the history here with clinton and stephanopoulos and the clin tonies and him talking about hillary and schweitzer's book. >> it's pretty clear if she decides to run based on what we know for at least a while she would be the front-runner. >>. this is a tough one. he even say there is's no evidence of any direct action taken on behalf of the donors. democrats said this is indication of your partisan reaction. how do you respond to that? >> andrew the most experienced person ever to run for president. he's such a hack. i mean how could he possibly have not known that he should reveal this? do you believe that? >> yeah i don't know. it's certainly questionable that he seems to have forgotten about it and is just coming forward now. the thing about george stephanopoulos is that i mean most pe

should they punish stephanopoulos?sh him as long as they know he's not impartial. >> any story of does for the election would be biassed. he should be pulled from all election coverage. also got one here on the jeb bush segment. not a bush fan but the media were very mean spirited and petty regarding him this week. it looked like bill cosby might finally not be silent and then this happened. >> the point is okay listen to me carefully. i'm telling you where the road is out. now, you want to go here or you want to be concerned about who's giving you the message? >> are you concerned at all that given the allegations that that may overshadow your message? >> i have been in this business 53 2 years, and -- i've never seen anything like this. and reality is the situation. and i -- i can't speak. >> one of the strangest television moments i've ever seen. as someone who grew up laughing with him, i have to say really? is that the best you can do because you owe us a an actual response to those awful allegations. that's it fo

most of the mainstream media likes george stephanopoulos all three of us on this panel like george stephanopoulos but on the other hand this is a breach and it's a pretty severe one, and if i had made some donation to you know the jeb bush education foundation somehow i feel like the outcry might be a little greater. >> let me put it this way, if he is not disqualified from being, really the face of abc news' political coverage if he's not disqualified abc has given zero indication that will happen these questions will dog him, especially because hillary clinton is undoubtedly going to be the democratic nominee. here's a small example, on his sunday political talk show this coming sunday mitch mcconnell is the scheduled guest. if stephanopoulos conducts an aggressive but fair interview with the senate majority leader how many people in the audience are going to be wondering, would he have been as tough if he wasn't a former democratic operative, all of this is going to continue to swirl around him. >> why do you think he did it geraldo? it's reckless. he said look it was public it was on the foun

george stephanopoulos is co-host of the morning show and today he took a big hit. last month, stephanopoulos got national attention for the tough interview of the author of the book "clinton cash." that is the blockbuster new book showing suspicious behavior of clintons taking hundreds of millions of dollars for themselves and family foundation of people with business before hillary clinton's state department. stephanopoulos landed the first interview with schweitzer and gave him a grilling. >> do you have any evidence that a crime may have been committed? >> we have done investigative work here at abc news. found no proof of any direct action. there's no evidence at all that hillary clinton got directly involved in this decision. >> her track record -- >> do you have any evidence she intervened in this issue. the democrats said this is indication of the partisan interests. they say you used to work for president bush as a speechwriter. you have funded by the koch brothers. >> what you did not hear in the interview is that as stephanopoulos grilling the author step

first, the story you haven't heard about stephanopoulos. no one would have found out about the donations at all if a startup conservative news website called the washington free beacon had not broke the news. in an age of opining, this website is doing actual reporting and joining me now is the co-founder and editor in chief, matthew continetti. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> do you believe stephanopoulos is permanently tainted by these donations and the controversy around him? >> i think it does taint him for the simple reason that he had an opportunity to disclose his donations when he interviewed the author of this very controversial book "clinton cash" and really grilled the officer, peter schweitzer. he could have taken that moment to say, i was a clinton foundation donor. he didn't and i think that's the reason that the washington free beacon pursued the story and the reason why the story has legs in other media. >> let's talk more about that in a minute but take me to the moment where you all found out about th

let's hear from stephanopoulos himself.ites in hipd sight i should have taken the extra step of personally disclosing my donations to my employer and viewers on air during the recent news stories about the foundation. i apologize. abc news is backing help saying he's apologized for the omission. we stand behind him. and the network added we accept his apology. just a few weeks ago, he sat down with jon stewart on "the daily show" where he discussed the potential conflicts of interest surrounding donations to the clinton found days without mentioning his own. >> i read the book that this is based on.days without mentioning his own. >> i read the book that this is based on. this is a tough one because when you actually look closely at it, he even says there is no evidence of any direct action taken on behalf of the donors, but everybody also knows who knows donors give that money and president clinton or someone, they get a picture with him, there a hope that that will lead to something and that's what you have to be careful

despite george stephanopoulos' apology this morning many questions remain.that goes back decades. >> very deeply rooted. by have a lot saying by george here. his role has been questioned and criticized based on deep ties to the clinton family. when did those begin? 1991 bill clinton selected him to be deputy campaign manager during his presidential campaign. after clinton's '92 victory stephanopoulos became one of his most trusted aids and served as senior advisor for the president. after clinton's re-election in 1996 stephanopoulos stating stress fatigue, depression. he then moved to new york and crossed over to journalism. he's been with abc since 1997. he's coanchor of "good morning america" and the network's chief anchor. it's been reported he gave $75,000 before the years 2012 and 2014. he says for global aids prevention and other causes. he apologizes for not disclosing to abc or his viewers. he says he views the donations as a mistake and he would have taken the extra step to disclose them. he said he thought the contributions were public record. abc

get george stephanopoulos off the debates.he not going to be replaced by george will or jonah goldberg. that is fundamentally the issue here. so let him apologize. also, you know, george stephanopoulos is a very established figure. he has been around for 20 years in public life. i find it hard to think there are a lot of people out there who give him a pass for former democratic operative helping democrats get elected drawing the line at this donation. >> donation directly connected to a story that you are doing? chuck? >> well, that was the problem. when he said this on jon stewart. he said people are giving money to the clinton foundation to buy access. that seems rather different in hindsight doesn't it. george stephanopoulos has himself raised the question like were you buying access by giving this money? i think he has a still more explaining in his future. >> he wool quickly work through our winners and losers starting with you jonah on this friday. >> my winner is the bill de blasio wing of the democratic party which ha

on the other hand 40% want stephanopoulos banned from campaign coverage.e pulled out of the presidential debate but then how will he interview a candidate, including hillary clinton? >> that's exactly my point. if abc news wanted to behave ethically on this and not lose him, they should have said you're out of the 2016 campaign. we can't have you as t the face of our coverage. >> how could you do that when he's co-anchor of "good morning america"? >> then they have to shift it or put a reporter out there on the desk and let them read the nice thing things things where a lion chase the car. howie, you know that's exactly what it looks like he is. i'm angry because i gave him the benefit of the doubt for years. you know i said this guy can do it diane sawyer betweencame a fair journalist and he showed his strikes. >> he worked really hard to establish himself as a journalist and undid some of that. you've got abc chief anchor apologizing, brian williams on suspension fighting for his job, what do these and other episodes do to public confidence in television

stephanopoulos said absolutely not. i gave the donations for all the right reasons for causes i believe in. in retrospect he went on to say, i should have gone above and beyond that to avoid anything that would have even raise any possible appearance of a conflict. that's why it was a mistake and that's why i'm sorry to be our viewers and my colleagues. he's actually going to address this on air on sunday. >> obviously he covers politics intensely. how will this affect covering i don't know whether it's moderating debates. >> that was the first question this morning. can he moderate a republican presidential primary debate? behind the scenes there was immediate pressure from some candidates and campaigns saying no. we saw rand paul say that earlier today. we saw mike lee's communication director say we're not going to put mike lee on abc until stephanopoulos recuses himself from all campaign coverage. stephanopoulos told me he will not moderate abc's february presidential primary debate. he said i don't want to be a dis

stephanopoulos was tough. >> do you have any evidence a crime may have been committed?re is no evidence at all that hillary clinton was directly involved in this decision. do you have any evidence that she intervened in this issue? >> on fox news senator rand paul weighed in with this. >> he's out interviewing the guy who is exposing the clinton foundation and then not revealing that he's a donor to the clinton foundation. there is a direct conflict of interest there. >> it's also political low-hanging fruit. fair or not allegations of media bias fire up party activists, republicans and democrats. and party leaders also always try to fan the flames, as republicans are doing now. >> abc apparently thus far isn't all that concerned about making sure that it's reporters are trustworthy, making sure that it's reporters are neutral arbiters of the facts and are not partisans. >> even the apology from stephanopoulos has become political fodder. some insist that it was half hearted so they're asking for a more solemn admission knowing that a conflict between their demands and

hillary clinton and george stephanopoulos.e he contributed $75 thank you for joining us to the clinton foundation. hillary's campaign manager now was also stephanopoulos' intern at one time. he will not be moderating any republican presidential debates this winter. come on in herman cain. herman, i don't think he has any role to play in abc's election coverage 2016. you can't put this man into the election coverage. >> that's probably the only good thing that has come out of the revelations about the connection between stephanopoulos and the clintons. you've heard that old saying stuart. birds of a feather flock together, and the thing about political cronies is that you have a lot of political gypsies that are going from one cronies campaign to another cronies campaign. so this is not exactly a shocker. but the good news is he won't be in a position to ask gotcha questions of presidential candidates. >> i think he's a movement i think he's a mole for the clintonistas inside abc news who surfaces every now and again to make hi

let's go to stephanopoulos. you see all this.at he always was a liberal clinton hack. and remains one. >> this is just the icing on the cake. i was looking through that birth control question he sprang on -- >> mitt romney your buddy. >> well all the republicans. and it was unbelievable. i started laughing. i posted it on my web page by the way. you should go look at it. because it goes on and on and on. it's a ridiculous issue. thank heaven romney was the first one to get it because he laughed at stephanopoulos and said george is anyone is beyond contraception? they come in and out of democratic politics and george stephanopoulos in particular was the one passing out affidavits denying that clinton had an affair with jennifer flowers. could we get stephanopoulos on the record to tell us whether he knew clinton raped broderick? surely he was curious about it. can we get those answers? but the main point here is as i've learned from all of my book tours, you can't control what other people do but you can control what you do. and f

the problem i think lies with george stephanopoulos and abc management.he's going to conduct the program like he does every sunday morning, he has to be a fair arbiter. he has to have credibility. and this damages his credibility in a way that i think there they should be extremely upset about it at abc. >> i want to switch gears and talk about a new poll which frankly shocked me. 60% of americans think the economy is still in a recession here. adam does this come as a surprise to you? >> not at all gerri. i think we're unfortunately moving into the age of incompetence driven mostly out of washington's inability to get things done. we're down and helpless about a lot of things. even though we have an economy that's somewhat tepid but still moving up we tend to think the bridge is still falling down. i think this is going to be a big part of the '16 campaign and the dialogue that every american has to be a part of in trying to figure out how we get back on our game again. have the feelings that things are working again. this polls shows that. gerri: i'm no

now there are reports stephanopoulos is also involved with the clinton global initiative. how?t's bring in cnn's senior military correspondent brian stelter. it just gets worse. >> for abc it's not going away. stephanopoulos thought it might go away after he apologized and apologized again but "the washington post" is outlining the events that are held a number of times, panel discussions at these events and on-stage interviews and how stephanopoulos is a panelist at these events. >> doesn't abc give him permission for this? >> yes. it wasn't an issue of disclosures. issue with donations was he didn't tell his bosses about them nor did he tell viewers. it's different when you're a panelist at the clinton event. everyone is aware you're doing it. anchors here at cnn and other television networks have been involved in the clinton foundation conferences. none of them have given money to the foundation. that's the key issue for stephanopoulos and other key issue is none of the other anchors or journalists were employed by bill clinton in the past. it's brought to the surface what's

he got stephanopoulos.ed aggressi aggressively. he was on a donor list. i'll break the story. he called up politico and opened up and said i made a mistake i donated $75,000. and didn't tell anybody. i thought i was on the donor list. clintons have a problem listing their donors. on second thought it wasn't 50 it was $75,000. >> the whole thing doesn't smell right. will this taint his legacy. former speech writer for george bush said. it sounds he's he coulding a lot of what the clintons said over the years. receiving talking points directly from them. listen. >> if you look at his interview he repeated almost every time he spoke he used some version of the phrase no evidence. no evidence that hillary clinton went directly to this decision. the clintons say you produced no evidence. i still haven't heard any direct evidence. we have no evidence of government action. no evidence, no evidence. he was echoing the clinton campaign's talking points. so i think quite frankly with his history of being a paid opera

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[laughter] we will be on this story all week up next we have the issue how abc news george stephanopouloshy he is getting a pass after failing to disclose his donations to the clinton foundation in coming up next hour. meanwhile of clinton cash was ruled by stephanopoulos before we knew about his donations that is tomorrow right here on the "varney & co.". after chris roberts said he could hack into the plane's flight system. remember what he said about packing into the entertainment system? the maddow was frustrated sitting on an airplane and know there was security risks flight communications media should not have been so blind and consequences went from there. >> i offered to sit down with them on numerous occasions. >> the fbi was there that particular day. >> he was on the flight from denver to syracuse and he said there are boxes under every seat he could get into it to provide data that could be taken to the cockpit he could make one of the engines climb higher with this sudden and ramp up in the engine gore move sideways and he treated that out now they detained him for three hour

host: if jeb bush was asked to appear with george stephanopoulos, would you advise him? guest: i would ask him to think it over. i have had a bias. i have known george four years. he is a friend of mine. he is not a bad person. i do not think he ought to be written off as an objective journalist. i think he made a mistake. my advice would be to treat him as the serious journalist we hope him to be. host: i want to get your reaction to what senator ted cruz told party activists at the south carolina freedom summit. here's a portion of the speech available on our website. >> i would encourage each of you to ask every single candidate who stands up in front of you you say you believe these principles. show me. when have used it up and fought for them, what have you bled for them, what have you accomplished? [applause] >> if you say you oppose obamacare, when have you stood up and fought to stop it? [applause] if you say you oppose president obama costs unconstitutional executive amnesty, when have you stood up and fought to stop it? [applause] if you say you support the fir

the problem with george stephanopoulos is a problem for george, abc.does not really play into the clintons in terms of whether it works for hillary clinton. john: the people attacking the left they had a better day because they were able to get traction on this issue. she is here in new york doing fundraising. the first big donor fundraising day. three big events. that has been overshadowed. we will talk to al hunt about her fundraising operation. mark: one thing that is amazing, george's name was on a publicly disclosed website by the foundation. what is bad is that everyone may realize they need to go back and look at the list carefully. that will produce more journalists. john: the simpsons. harry shearer, the voice of mr. burns, ned flanders is said to be walking away from the show. cofounder james l brooks tweeted that the show is still trying to work things out with shearer. we did some googling and are astounded by the number of voices he has done on the show. here is an example. >> we must be vigilant. every home, every church. >> i grew up in

host: if jeb bush was asked to appear with george stephanopoulos would you advising?- what would you advise him? guest: i do not think he is a bad person, and i do not think he ought to be written off as an objective journalist, i think you made a mistake. my advice would be to treat him as the series journalist he hopes to be. host: i want to give direction to what senator ted cruz told party activists at the south carolina freedom summit. >> i would encourage each of you to ask every single candidate whose hands up in front of you if you believe these principles, show me. when have used it up and fought for them, what have you bled for them, what have you accomplished? if you say you oppose obamacare, when have you stood up and walked to stop it? if you say you oppose president obama o unconstitutional amnesty, what have you stood up and fought to stop it? if you say he supports the first amendment, where were you in indiana? if you say you support the segment, where were you when harry reid was coming after our gun rights? host: he took a swing. guest: i do not thi

tom: a lot of opera as i say we all know george stephanopoulos was a clinton guy.s there any surprise? as a journalist you are more concerned about the fact that it is not ethical. >> for me it was he was a clinton guy. when i went on the interview i knew he would ask tough questions. i got them from chris wallace on fox. i expect those but i assume that was the previous chapter in his life he had left the clinton fold politics was known and anchor at low and behold we realize it is not the past, it is the present. he has an ongoing relationship with the clintons that is financially and in terms of time. not a question of him in the past being a clinton guy but what he's doing now as he covers the story. >> the new distillery headline, $11 million she has made since 2014 known speeches, the$.2 million from the tech industry and eric schmidt, mark zuckerberg instrumental in getting president obama elected and now she has the same ties in silicon valley and issues with this? >> if you look at speaking fees we expect 6 politicians to hit the lecture circuit and that i

i have tremendous respect for george stephanopoulos. i enjoy watching his show and have enjoyed be interviewed by him in the past. he is very professional and very interesting to watch. he makes for compelling tv. he is however, someone who is a long-standing clinton ally. he got his start on the national stage with the clinton administration. he has donated $75,000 over the last three years to the clinton foundation. when he was interviewing peter sweitzer, he went after him, the author of "clinton cash." went after him quite aggressively almost like a prosecutor trying to build his case. that is his prerogative but it calls into question whether or not he will be objective in approaching the 2016 presidential election cycle. abc has got a lot of great reporters and there are a lot of others who could cover this cycle very well without all of -- at least the appearance of an impaired objectivity. jonathan karl, for example could cover it just fine. i think that would make sense for abc but that is abc's choice. bob: abc has not gone th

. >> clinton cash catches up to george stephanopoulos.the impact it could have on the campaign and his livelihood tom brady defends himself planning to call the nfl arbitrator as a lori: and george stephanopoulos apologizing for donating substantial amounts of cash to the clinton foundation. he admits he was wrong. >> i now realize personal donations was a mistake. even though was then jews stop the spread of aids i should have gone the extra mile to avoid the appearance of a conflict in apologize for failing to do that. lori: under fire for neglecting to error disclose his ties before his critical interview of clinton and cash interview now the author of books for a rematch. >> at least let's do another interview to talk about the con book so we can get a chance to hear what is in the book. >> abc has not committed to another interview but stephanopoulos has removed himself to hosting a presidential debates. we're just learning bill and hillary clinton together receive more than $25 billion from speeches says j. gary 2014. and collected

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because i'm a fan of george stephanopoulos he does work. i like him in america.t believe he did it. >> right after peter schweizer who wrote the book clinton cash. and he went right after him even though stephanopoulos given $50,000 to the foundation to clinton cash the book. >> see if he goes after him tonight. that is what i want to see. >> not a prayer. not a prayer no way. but thank you for mentioning that. >> it was fun want to show. >> is the global economy like the titanic that is to be chief economist at hsbc steven king thinks and here's the quote the world economy is like an ocean liner without lifeboats. another resession hits it could be a titanic struggle for policy makers. charles payne is of the money show in las vegas, he joins us now, what do you make of that from the topic columnist. what do you make of it? >> what a name, steven king spreading fear. essentially what this guy is doing stuart is he's saying that the money, the federal reserve here, the esb in europe all of these money centers, central banks, they have no more tools so if somethin

this goes to the heart of george stephanopoulos' role as a journalist.hweizer, the book, of course, is "clinton cash." thank you very much. you can catch peter monday night 10:00 p.m. eastern on the fox news channel, special report, the tangled clinton web. liz? liz: breaking news, the national football league rejected the nfl players' union request for commissioner goodell to be recused from the tom brady deflategate hearing. they wanted him recused and not part of this. nfl says too bad, commissioner goodell will be a part of it. david: interesting. liz: will you be outside grilling this memorial day or inside on a cloudy day? fox news's rick reichmuth has answers from the weather center. >> clouds for some and sunshine for others. starting off really cold, liz. tonight, we have hard-freeze warnings in effect across a lot of interior sections of the northeast as well as parts of michigan. get ready for a very, very cold night. temperatures in the cities like buffalo and sir crews into the -- syracuse and across the coastal areas a really chili night an

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our sunday group discusses that and george stephanopoulos. ad, who was that man?'s our broker. he helps looks after all our money. kid: do you pay him? dad: of course. kid: how much? dad: i don't know exactly. kid: what if you're not happy? does he have to pay you back? dad: nope. kid: why not? dad: it doesn't work that way. kid: why not? vo: are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is managed? wealth management at charles schwab >>> knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have. so would have hillary clinton. >> yeah, i don't know what that decision would have been. that's a hypothetical. the simple fact is, mistakes were made. >> if we're all supposed to answer hypothetical questions knowing what we know now, what would you have done? i would have not engaged, i would not have gone into iraq. >> well, jeb bush's rocky week as he struggled to answer about invadeing iraq in 2003. it's time for our sunday dprup. fox news am list brit hume kirstin powers who has written a new book "the silencing: how the left is k

john: we have both known george stephanopoulos many times and have been on his show.may very well be on his show in the future. there is no doubt in my mind that the clinton cash for fans -- the clinton cash fans had a better day today. we would have heard all day long that the book had to be amended, and that it has been overshadowed by republicans braying for abc's collective head. they like nothing better than to attack the media. that is a good political position. they were on offense when they should have been on defense. mark: newspaper articles make errors and magazine articles. the errors in the book you should not just brush them away and say they are nothing, but they are not fundamentally undermining the thesis in the book. there is our problem. the problem with george stephanopoulos it's a problem with george and a problem for abc. i don't think it plays into the clintons, in terms of whether it is utter or worse for hillary. -- better or worse for hillary. john: the democrats are not going to be attacking her. they just had a better day because they were

." >> let's check in our friend george stephanopoulos he has a look at what's coming up. >> reporter:ews breaking overnight, two armed men killed after opening fire at a texas art exhibit which featured a contest to draw muhammad, a very provocative event. we'll learn about the of a attackers. we have an abc exclusive carly fiarino has big news she is preparing to run for president. >>> a lotto winner scratched off a ticket and walked away $75, the problem is it was worth 75,000. star wars in time square, we'll go behindment scenes as we get ready for that big event. >> of course we say may the forest be with you george stephanopoulos. >> very impressive. >> reporter: i'll tell you the problems out on the road. look at the jam up on the schuylkill expressway. eastbound traffic heavy from industry avenue to the vine. extra heavy because of vine street expressway eastbound. we have an accident there that was blocking a lane for a while. extra heavy delays on the schuylkill expressway. new issue in the pottstown area 422 eastbound at keim street a disabled vehicle is causing a problem, w

our sunday group discusses that and george stephanopoulos when we come right back. >>> knowing whag we know now, would you have authorized the invasion. >> i would have so would hillary clinton. >> the simple fact is that mistakes were made. >> if we're all supposed to answer hypothetical questions, knowing what we know now what would you have done i would not have gone into iraq. >> well jeb bush's rocky week as he struggled to answer a question about invading iraq back in 2003. and it's time now for our sunday group. fox news senior political analyst brit hume and kirsten powers who has written a new book called "the silencing." and gop strategy karl rove and fox news political analyst juan williams. karl what did we learn about jeb bush as a presidential candidate and since you used to be in this business with his brother, how would you advice him to deal with all of the questions he's going to get about what his brother did as president? >> well look first of all, it's his turn in the barrel. you quoelt quoted the sean hannity interview on tuesday. two seconds later he was asked wo

filling in for george stephanopoulos.in cleveland over the not guilty verdict for a white police officer to the deaths of a black couple. john kasich joins us. the isis threat are they winning. key provisions of the patriot act set to expire. if the he is domestic surveillance program about to go away? all that is coming up on this week. nydia and eva back to you. >> after the i indianapolis 500, "action news" returns at 6:00 p.m. for eva pilgrim, chris sowers, have a great memorial day we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. we'll see you next weekend. >> announcer: starting right now on abc's "this week" -- isis takeover? the terrorist fighters now expanding their grip, is president obama's plan to contain the jihadist surge failing? plus, thew claim from isis this morning. >>> patriot act chaos. the dramatic 1:00 a.m. senate scramble. will the government's domestic surveillance phone program be disconnected? >>> hillary clinton e-mail mayhem. revealing new w information about benghazi and more. >>> and on th

. >> george stephanopoulos he is understand fire abc news anchor very well respected and it turns out he donated over the last several years $75,000 to the clinton foundation. do you have faith that he will ask just as tough questions of democrats, of hillary clinton? he recused himself of mitigating a gop debate? >> you are asking a conservative if a well-known liberal is going to be unbiassed? >> you have had a lot of exposure to him. >> i have known him a long time. >> do you consider him unfair? >> i think he has been far more biassed on the lifted side of things over the past, and the way he conducted the debates with republicans, i think it revealed a bias. i have no issues with george he is a nice guy, but everybody has political views. >> you went on his show? >> i went on his show plenty of times, and, look i am used to that. the way i would look at the situation is he just basically revealed that he is who he was, and you know, and is that person. most people most conservatives expect this but i think he probably should have used and exercised better judgment because he is s

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it is confirming that george stephanopoulos gave $50,000 to the clinton foundation in recent years.that is something he did not disclose before interviewing "clinton cash" author, peter schweizer. abc's chief anchor apologizing for not telling viewers about that. >>> going to extreme measures, the black market, this is so bizarre, for blue bell ice cream. listeria no the included. well, maybe. >>> giseleing up the heels just in time. there is a new kind of model down the block and flying down the round way. do you have too much money or a n too many drones? will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. melissa: second time the charm for president obama's trade agenda. it moves forward in the senate after embarrassing defeat earlier this week. peter barnes has more from d.c. pe

stephanopoulos worked for the clintons. he was part of the war room for the clinton campaign and of course he mentioned that for four months i was a speechwriter in the george w. bush white house but he certainly served to the clinton administration longer than four month us. so i thought that was a little bit of an interesting decision on the part of abc news. i don't mind having a vigorous conversation. what has been troubling is the allies of the clintons, paul and james having engaged in sort of personal vicious attacks against me. they try to misinterpret or drudge up a book that i wrote 17 years ago and they don't want to talk about this. they want to talk about everything but this. i'm very encouraged by the fact that i think a lot of media outlets outlets i share the material was early on "the new york times," "washington post," abc news investigative units have confirmed reporting this in the book and i think that it's now incumbent upon the clintons to stop this sort of sly statement that the president said about

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>> it's surprising to me when george stephanopoulos kept asking "where is the smoking gun?"ffice my job is following facts where they lead." >> it was revealed stephanopoulos contributed $75,000 to the clinton foundation. but in fact his line of questioning was echoed by clinton allies and some in the media. >> the guy that wrote the book had to admit he didn't have a shred of evidence for this. you don't have a single piece evidence she was involved in this deal? >> it's a sloppy research and attack. >> there is no smoking gun. something you've admitted yourself. >> the smoking gun is in the pattern of behavior. if this is going to be investigated by the fbi, that is when you're going to have subpoena power. if any other politician engaged in this behavior they'd be subject to a political investigation. the problem with the clintons is that we have set the bar to high that the response is there is no story here. >> for weeks, hillary clinton's main response had been to avoid speaking to the issues finally, on may 19th that changed. >> i am so proud of the foundation, proud

stephanopoulos has always been connected to the clinton's. he has bill clinton's press secretary and a close white house advisor. >>> mark zuckerberg is 31 years old today. back when he was in his early 20s, he said i want to stress the importance of being young and technical when hiring. young people are just smarter. why are most chess masters under 30. happy birthday, mark. we'll quote you again next year. >>> nick woodman the ceo of gopro promised his college roommate 10% of his new company for his hard work. it's time to pay up. the company gave neil dana and those options became due. woodman paid the company back the money it spent. a quarter billion dollars. nick will be okay. he is still worth billions. but we can say nick woodman absolutely keeps his promises. woodman is a part-time race car driver and gopro sponsors the indy car rice at sonoma. look at this crash. this is extraordinary. updade upside down, 200 miles per hours. he's going to be okay kris just a phenomenal crash. >> he must have crashed because he's so old by zuckerbe

abc news anchor george stephanopoulos apologized for donating $75,000 to the clinton foundation.ay on "good morning america." george: to stop the spread of aids help children and protect the environment in foreign country i should have gone the extra mile to avoid even the appearance of a conflict. i apologize to all of you for failing to do that. leon: this stirred up a controversy because stephanopoulos, as you may know worked on former president bill clinton's 1992 campaign and also worked for clinton in the white house. up next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- alison: "7 on your side" with ways to save money on prescription medication. a look at the biggest mistakes some customers make that c alison: of course, prescription drugs can be very expensive. but there are ways to save money and not pay top dollar. leon: consumer reporter john matarese explains so you don't waste your money. john: frustrating by the rising cost of your prescription drugs even generic that cost $5 and $10 then you want to hear a report about many of the mistakes we make. when you need to fill a prescription

former pennsylvania senator rick santorum telling our george stephanopoulos that he's in. the republican runner-up last time, tonight, waking in now on a possible faceoff with hillary clinton. >> right now, make the 30-second case for why you're the best person to take hillary clinton on in 2016. >> well number one, national security is key. the ability to go up there and debate hillary clinton with the track record not going into a debate with your experience as a briefing book but real experience is important. number two, we've taken her own, we've taken her on on everything from moral and cultural issues on the floor of the united states senate debated her on those issues. we've taken her on in her political shop. >> former senator rick santorum with our own george stephanopoulos. george's entire interview first thing tomorrow morning on "good morning america." >>> hillary clinton making head headlines of her own tonight. people have long joked about the evolving gray hair. tonight, mrs. clinton making a prediction. >> i've been coloring my hair for years. you're not go