valerie jarrett -- look at the contrast here.ave a classless roseanne barr and then valerie jarrett, the consummate class act. i worked for valerie jarrett. i was in that white house. she held the standard for that entire building. people were more concerned about offending valerie jarrett than the chief-of-staff because of the way she approached the work, the dignity that you talk about with the obamas, even people who don't like the obamas say, what a dignified couple. they were the king and queen, she was the queen mother. the level of respect -- anybody that's ever worked with her, they respect her, they fear her and they love her. those are three hard things to get out of a leader and they do. when you go after her, you pick on the wrong person. i think people who have worked with valerie jarrett across the board, across corporate america said, this is just too far. >> she seems to be responding with -- >> class act. >> let's listen to how she responded last night. >> first of all, i think we have to turn it into a teaching

she referred to valerie jarrett. that was the original tweet, kevin, that started started thel rolling that abc quickly acted on. your thoughts on that particular tweet? >> i hope it's the last time we see it on tv. it's that bad. it's hard to explain. some of these people are dedicated public servants and like david and you have said, sometimes people need to put the phone down and take a second and think about their own prejudice. >> dana: let's talk for a moment about the decisions that people in power or leadership or management sometimes make and it affects a lot of other people. you worked on capitol hill for a long time and ran that as a chief of staff on the house side for the republicans. you have seen it before where a lapse in judgment by one person might mean that congressman or congresswoman has to resign. but you do have a lot of people underneath you as a leader that are supporting you, working their butts off for you. then all of a sudden they find out they don't have a job. >> from time to time, ever

this after this tweet about former obama adviser valerie jarrett.statement is abhorre abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel our show. roseanne tried to apologize soon after the tweet and called it a bad joke. but it wasn't enough. the show has received high praise and the president even called roseanne to congratulate her for the show's successful reboot. so far, the president and white house aren't responding to the news of the show's cancellation. roseanne's racist twitter rant comes the same day that starbucks all across the country have closed for racial sensitivity training. of course, that follows the incident involving two young black men who were arrested in the store for not leaving. joining me to talk about all of this, rashad robinson, executive director of color for change. mark morial and eric deggens will join us by phone. gentlemen, this conversation, i hardly know where to start. i want to start with you, marc. this so clearly crossed a line in an era where we have been dealing with tryma

i heard sister valerie jared, and she took a high road. she was quite honest when she talked about pushing the focus away from herself and trying to highlight every day people, the racism in our schools and in our civic institutions and in our universities and colleges and so forth and so on. the leader sets the tone. and trump sets the tone. but we should not be surprised, we have got to somehow keep our focus on how do we fight with moral and spiritual content. and how do we fight in such a way that the best of who we are can be accented. he is going to do what he is going to do. what are we going to do? too many americans sleep walking, lukewarm, don't want to get involved. what is at stake? the future of this society. the future of this society. don't get full of panic and hysteria. not at all. take it from a blues people. you wake up in the morning and it is the blues. the next morning is good morning heartache. how do you make that heartache both a companion. and with a sense of community, cross color, cross gender. when they talk ab

i know valerie jarrett very well. and i was -- i was looking on twitter to find out what happened but she didn't deserve that. no one deserved that, especially from that crazy perch that roseanne sits in. do that was wrong and she knew it was wrong. but, brooke, more importantly, roseanne and her reboot that just got the boot, she wanted to show all of america she has a black grandchild on that show. so what is she saying about that black grandchild and to that black grandchild? we don't need to find out anymore because the show gone. but there is a moment of victory for people who are trying to fight for morality and truth and what's right. rose answer crossed the line and i applaud abc. >> she has been crossing the line, though, she's been peddling these conspiracy theories for a long, long time. brian, my question to you is we sat on the show after the first episode aired, talking about and put a whole segment together about all these controversial tweets. if we saw it coming, surely someone at abc knew that she sp

barr compared jarrett to an ape and twittered she apologized to valerie jarrett and to all americans. her apology did not stop the fallout. scores on twitter demanding to cancel barr's show. and then wanda sykes said she would not be returning for the show's second season. all of that leading to abc's decision to ultimately shut down the show. it is just the latest in a string of public incidents that have highlight the state of race relations in america. in a recent poll, 64% of americans said that race continues to be a problem in this country. we have jonathan capehart, "washington post" opinion writer. reverend, are you still there? >> i am. >> i want to ask you a question, you were talking about what is acceptable and what is not acceptable to say anythilonger w some things have changed in the past few years, with many more of the things that were never said outloud are now in the public sphere and there are some things there are having very serious consequences, roseanne's show getting cancelled a few hours after saying this, is one example. at some point do you think this exten

i apologized to valerie and to all americans. i am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her look. forgive me, my joke was in bad ta taste. it happened today, nearly 63 years after rosa parks refused to move from a seat tonight president trump is speaking in nashville. well talk about the star he embraced two months ago to the day. >> look at roseanne. look at her ratings. look at her ratings. i got a call from mark burnett. he did the apprentice. he is a great guy. he said i called just to say hello and to tell you, did you see roseanne's ratings? they were unbelievable, over 18 million people, and it was about us. they haven't figured it out. the fake news hasn't quite figured it out yet. >> it was about us he said. >> what does it say about us now about where we are? in some ways we have never quite seen a moment like this one. abc pulled the plug for the network. today every single starbucks closed down so employees could receive training. when it comes to racism it looks like the marketplace is doing one t

mika said, i'm fine, but almost exactly what valerie said.'m worried about the people who don't have a voice, who don't have a platform. can you speak to that part of what valerie's trying to articulate there? >> sure. let's be clear that donald trump is just an exaggerated indication of what's happening in the country. he's the tip of the iceberg. he's not the iceberg itself. what valerie jarrett points our attention to is this, nicole. we could talk about the politics, we could talk about what's happening in the white house and folks a for a lot of bla folk in this country, iteems white people have lost their damn mind and we have to raise our children in the midst of this. those two black men in starbucks were somebody's babies. that child that a police officer hung up by his feet at the waffle house, that's somebody's child. here we are in this environment where many of nus oin our past had people strung up from trees, have had to deal with legal segregation and ongoing insult and injury and harm. we find ourselves in a historic moment ri

still with us valerie jarrett and tim wise. where you guys think of concrete policy solutions to things. what is your thinking in that vein on this set of problems? >> so i think there are a lot of things we can do, and i think we have to have the message that we can dos possible to make progress. and one of the pieces is that this moment of popular education, the fact that the country is having this conversation is so essential because the fact is the idea of the hierarchy of the human value, the idea that some groups of people are simply worth more than others is a very well marketed idea in our media, in our politics. i think things will really start to change when we put more blame on those that are selling that idea for their own gain than those who are desperate enough to buy that idea. >> let's go back to tremaine. tremaine has another person in the audience. >> i'm here with alia kabir. being black in america can be complicated. how have you experienced america? >> well, prior to the one year of the trump campaign and t

it does not make accepts if you think valerie jarrett is white. it is important that roseanne, for better or worse, created a great opportunity to talk about some of this. and i think something can be racist, insensitive, anti semitic even if the speaker does not realize the ways in which they are. at the end of the day, if you have a platform of people, valerie jarrett is one of the most prominent, successful black women in politics. comparing that person to the child of apes or a terrorist organization is, based on the history of our nation, something that is racist. and i do think this is a unique opportunity to talk about sometimes, yes, even if u d not understand something is racist or the history of it, the stat itself is racist. roseanne, the most good-faithed explanation is she doesn't completely grasp the history. even if that is the case, it doesn't make it that less racist. >> it is hard to believe she didn't know the connotations there. >> certainly. >> wes, pwraoeup, thank you so much. the roseanne show so clearly trying to tap into s

i apologize to valerie jarrett and to all americans. i am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. i should have known better. forgive me. my joke was in bad taste. that tweet sounded to me like the network was desperately trying to save its top-rated show, but i don't know channing dungey. never worked with her. it turns out she wasn't trying to save "roseanne." this afternoon, channing dungey who was not tweet said roseanne's twitter statement was abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show. at his rally tonight, this time donald trump did not say one word about roseanne. joining ours discussion now, jamil smith, the senior writer for rolling stone joining us from los angeles, and jason johnson is back with us. and jamil, this story moved faster than many in show business expected it to. i think many were waiting to watch abc get through a day or two or maybe even a week or two with. this but it turned very quickly on roseanne. >> yes. we've been exposed to t

igniting quite the firestorm in the early hours of this morning, by targeting obama aide valerie jarrett in that tweet. the television star writing, muslim brotherhood and "planet of the apes" had a baby, vj, valerie jarrett. the controversy exploded online, forcing an apology from barr hours later. she writes, in part, i apologize to valley jarrett and to all americans. i am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. i should have known better. forgive me. my joke was in bad taste. the damage at that point done. a wave of support for jarrett calls for a boycott of barr's hit sitcom. one of the producers on the show, actress wanda psychsykes, announcing she's not returning next season. barr is infamous for her offensive rendition of "the star spangled banner" back in 1990. but has she gone too far this time? is this the end of barr's show and her tv comeback? eddie gloud is an msnbc contributor. rene graham is a contributor with the "boston globe." she's written about the starbucks controversy which we'll get to. the tremain lee is an msnbc correspondent, taking

. >> valerie jarrett was a former senior adviser to president barack obama. also with us al sharpton and sherrilyn eiffel, the director counsel of the naacp defense and educational fund. thank you for being here. valerie, we want to give you an opportunity to respond to all that's happened today, not just the tweet but abc's response. >> we have to turn it in a teaching moment. i'm fine. we don't have a lot of people who have somebody come to their defense, people who see somebody cling to purse or want to cross the street or every black parent who has a boy that has to sit down and have a conversation, the talk, as we call it. as you say, those ordinary examples of racism that happen every, single day. and that's why i'm so glad to be here this evening talking with all of you. >> for those of you who have not heard, this morning actress roseanne barr tweeted this. muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals vj. it was only after immediate backlash that barr then tweeted this "i apologize to valerie jarrett and to all the americans. i'm truly

at one point she even blamed ambien for her valerie jarrett tweet.rug company sanofi, which makes ambien, shot back, "while all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any sanofi medication." >> she also compared susan rice to an ape. and that was in 2013. roseanne's history with these sort of remarks in regards to african-americans had already been documented, and yet the network decided to reboot her show anyway. >> thank her for her service. >> reporter: roseanne's show seemed to fill a void in the country's deep political divide, connecting with americans from the flyover states and with trump voters who felt network tv wasn't representing them. >> jackie? would you like to take a knee? >> reporter: stan zimmerman was one of the writers on the original series. >> there's something about the characters in the conners that i just felt comfortable in. i wanted to hear their points of view on different matters. and unfortunately now those voices may be cut off for good. >> reporter: it was inclusive, topical,

is valerie jarrett, adviser to president obama. >> another twitter she wrote that philanthropist george soros is a nazi who sent fellow jews to be murdered in german concentration camps. a false conspiracy theory that's been repeatedly debunked. after blow back on the web, roseanne apologized. she said she was going off twitter but reemerged last night, "don't feel sorry for me, guys. i want to apologize to the wonderful writers and actors who lost their jobs due to my stupid tweet." >> that was just the beginning. she followed with a reeseries o retweets of people defending her and apologized twice to valerie jarrett and said she was, quote, ambien tweeting. yes, that's a thing. and said she's tired of being attacked and belittled more than other comedians who have said worse. brian stelzer with more. >> reporter: hey, hollywood has never seen something quite like this. "roseanne" the sitcom was the number-one new show of the season. it was expected to come back in the fall and bring a huge amount of advertising revenue. all the sudden it's been canceled because of the off-air behavior

muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby, equals valerie jarrett. barr went on later to apologize, saying, i apologize to all americans and valerie, i am sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and look, i should have known better, my joke this was bad taste, that is just one of several things that roseanne barr had been tweeting about. there were comments about soros being a nazi and chelsea clinton mariclinmarried to one of soross when is incorrect. her talent agent, a fired her as well. liz: what a story, adam thank you. good to see you. here with reaction is william mcgern . with "wall street journal," and former speech write for president bush. >> this is bad taste, a lot of these celebrities are not known for good taste. i am roseanne doing a national an them, tasteless version. abc is saying we can't afford this part of our label. not much different from the nfl owners on the players. you are in entertainment statemy your customers are king. liz: hits show cast, now a lot of people out of work. >> that is the sad part, all others that

you worked with valerie jarrett in the obama white house.t saw that -- i'm sure you guys knew each other from chicago -- when you first read that tweet, what was your immediate reaction? >> look, i've known -- first of all, even if i didn't know valerie jarrett, my reaction would have been absolute abject disgust, despair, that was a despicable e-mail. i do know valerie, and i've known her for almost 30 years. she's lived an exemplary life. she's served her country and the city of chicago and she has been in every way a role model, and she was not disparaged but assaulted here simply because of the color of her skin. and it was -- it was breathtakingly despicable. >> yeah. the president held a rally, david, tonight in nashville. didn't talk about roseanne but attacked jay-z over a campaign appearance at a hillary rally. watch this. >> the only way she filled up an arena was to get jay-z. and his language was so filthy that it made me like the most clean-cut human being on earth. he'd stand up before those crowds and, by the way, without any

you obviously i assume knew valerie jarrett well. you worked in the same obama white house together, and she was as tough as they get for officials in the white house? >> yes, yes. and she was actually my direct boss. so -- i worked for valerie in the office of public engagement, mikha mikhail -- michaela is exactly right. this is what happens when you have a culture that has been permeated by donald trump, where anything goes and there's no repercussion for it, and good for abc for taking quick action, but you know, this really comes from the american story which is that of subjugation of black people, particularly a woman of color. you're able to historically here do anything, say anything, treat black women any way, and if you're a man of color, similar. you're chattel and you're scary and you're something to be feared. so it's a part of our ingrained culture, but donald trump has really given it a public voice and where everyone feels they can do it, and i think it is good that abc took this step, because -- you can do all the tr

liz: disney chief reportedly called former obama official valerie jarrett.ics blasting president trump for not immediately denouncing roseanne but instead tweeting out bob iger of abc called valerie jarrett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those made by roseanne barr. gee, he never called president donald j. trump for horrible statements made about me on abc. maybe i did just not get the call. the stock is down 7%. kayleigh, first let's get to what white house press secretary sarah sanders said about what the media is reporting. let's watch. >> the president's pointing to the hypocrisy in the media saying the most horrible things about this president, and nobody addresses it. where was bob iger's apology calling jammel hill or anyone associated with him. for christians, calling christianity a mental illness. kathy griffin going on a profane rant on the view after it showed her holding president trump's decapitated head. and where was the apology for bob iger after hiring keith olbermann attacking the president as a nazi and expanding

valerie is a fantastic person.ushner who met a rabbi and referred to african-americans as apes and the rise of organizations supporting donald trump for president. he cannot escape the level of responsibility for all of this and now as the president doesn't denounce it and doesn't say it's unacceptable and talks about equivalency and there are good people on both sides and let me leave it at that. that's nonsense. >> if i can say quickly, we know that donald trump spoke to rural white, in, to some extent and it's important to remember that african-american communities and they're often forgotten by america, as well and if we're not talking to them as republicans and there's no reason for them to think that we've done anything, but forget them. >> doug heye, and michael nutter, thank you. >>> michael cohen is headed back to court this morning as we're learning the feds are poised to receive more than a million files that have been seized from his phone. detail ahead. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at t

that meant valerie jarrett hit back on social media. roseanne barr apologize to valerie jarrett and all- americans. she said she was sorry about making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. forgive me if my joke was in bad taste. the president of abc entertainment said roseanne's twitter statement is aborted, repugnant and inconsistent with their values and we have decided to cancel her show. the disney ceo added on his twitter page, there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. abc network breast took a gamble on roseanne after president trump's alexa win. she received a call from the president congratulating her on the shows success. political scientist, james taylor, waiting. >> they knew what they were getting. they made a risk assessment and thought they could get away with roseanne's past not being a big issue. as she continued to medal in these conspiracy theories, eventually she combined them with an insult that was directed toward an african- american woman. >> reporter: kept her 20 year absence, the

she re-tweeted people defending her and apologized again including twice to valerie jarrett. she said she was ambien tweeting and is tired of being attacked and belittled unlike other comedians who said worse. >> roseanne's co-workers reacting quickly to the decision to shut down production. actress emmy kenney who played roseanne's granddaughter tweeted se was in the process of quitting when she learned the show was canceled. and producer wanda sykes tweeted she was done with the show about 90 minutes before abc pulled the plug. >> roseanne's longtime producing partner, tom werner, whose company owns the now-canceled sitcom says he hopes roseanne seeks the help she so clearly needs. and this from alarie -- from valerie jarrett. >> first of all, i think we have to turn it into a teaching moment. i'm fine. i'm worried about people who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. the person walking down the street, minding their own, but and see someone cling to a purse or walking down the street. the ordinary examples of racism that happen ever

referred to is valerie jarrett, former adviser to president obama. barr deleted the tweet and tweeted an apology to jarret saying in part, forgive me, my joke was in bad taste. almost no one thought it was funny. within hours a's pulled the plug on the show saying roseanne's twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values and we decided to cancel her show. bob iger, ceo of parent company disney, adding there was only one thing to do here, the right thing. >> racism isn't politically correct. i don't think this is a joke. i think this is actually a racist tweet. and it needs to be dealt with as such. >> reporter: valerie jarrett, the target of rose app's tweet, said iger reached out and apologized before making the news public. she addressed the controversy tonight on msnbc's town hall on racism. >> first of all, i think we have to turn it into a teaching moment. i'm fine, i'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. >> when you first heard abou

bob iger of abc called valerie jarrett to let her know abc does not tolerate comments like those made by rosanne barr. gee, he never called president trump to apologize for the horrible statements made about

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we saw valerie jarrett classy response taking the high road. the president weighing in for the first time and with an attack on abc without ever, ever commenting on what a woman he had praised publicly and bragged about her ratings and said she represents all of us. >> not exactly the high road. it was very interesting yesterday the word from the white house was the president is too busy to -- has more important things to do to comment on this. apparently that's no longer the operative thing. he has enough time to comment on this in his favorite way which is how it relates to me and i donald trump and i am the victim in this. i have to say i was relieved when he did not affirmatively bring up roseanne barr at the rally. first of all, he had time to bring up roseanne barr and talk about her ratings when they were good and when that was good for him. silence in the aftermath was better than praising her and then this tweet is so disappointing. what we want a presidential president to say is what she said was repugnant. it went too far. expecting

when the city started its two- year investigation, valerie and darren lee tried to trick it by making it look like they lived here, even staging a dining room table with old food and glasses to cover up their elaborate scheme. >> they had dirty dishes in the sinks, even had damp towels draped over the door to the bathroom. >> reporter: the legal troubles for valerie and darren lee started in 2014 when the city attorney's office says the lees evicted the tenants to turn this unit on clay street into a short-term rental. >> they settled and paid $276,000 fine to the city and pledged to never rent any of their properties. >> reporter: according to the city attorney's office, that settlement didn't stop the lees. in the following 11 months, the couple violated the law, booking more than $900,000 in short-term rentals. >> this is egregious. it would be hard to top this one. >> reporter: john brown represents the lees and wonders why his clients are being charged again when he says they've already been cleared of the exact same charges. >> again, attempting to take a second bite at the appl

roseanne's blockbuster hit gets canceled after the star's racist tweet about former obama aide valerie jarrett. response from jarrett just in. >> i think we have to turn it into a teaching moment. i'm fine. >> reaction tonight from the "roseanne" cast and across hollywood. >>> breaking news from missouri. the governor says he's resigning. the fall of a rising republican star. amid sexual misconduct and blackmail. outrage over a new video game that lets users play as a gunman opening fire on a school campus. tonight parents and students calling for it to be stopped. >>> the new panic button in your uber. it starts today and we have your first look at how it works in an emergency. >>> and the doctor is in. an nfl star balancing football with getting his medical degree. tonight he's the graduate. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester tonight. the fast and furious response to roseanne. abc today firing the star of its hit show just hours after she posted a racist tweet directed at a former adviser to president obama.

justice department now decided that the recovereds we want, interview records of president obama and valerie jarret and rod emmanuel with respect to the former governor is now in jail. they don't want to turn over the memos from the session's justice department because of most conviction relief request.

earlier she apologized to valerie jarrett and all americans for making a bad joke. vladier duthiers has more. >> reporter: roseanne barr tweeted, taking aim at valerie jarrett. muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby. equals v.j. and within minutes barr dismissed a twitter using who said her post was race iist. >> ooh, my baby. >> reporter: only a week ago abc hailed as the highest rated and one of the most watched showed of the season with 21 million users. >> it's all fun and games until you're using your diabetes needles. >> reporter: barr calls herself a trump supporter. even president trump called her to congratulation her. >> look at roseanne. i called her yesterday. over 18 million people, and it was about us. >> reporter: but for many, barr's tweet was the last straw. to a network that will cost millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs, ac canceled the show. ""entertainment tonight's"" kevin frazier. >> were you surprised by the speed at which they canceled her show? >> i was surprised it took so long. >> reporter: some on social media argue it

but, despite the crude racism on display here, valerie jared took the high road took. listen to what she said on msnbc. >> i'm fine, item worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers that come right to they are defense. the person whose walk down the treat minding their own business and they see someone cling to their purse or walk across the street. or every black parent i know has a boy has to sit down and have a conversation, the talk, as we call it. and as you said, those ordinary examples of racism that happens every single day. >> every single day. valerie jared is absolutely right. this is much much bigger than rose ann's dumb racist tweets. this is about the normalization of racism across this country. this is about people who now feel free to say exactly the kind of thing roseanne said. we've all known for a long time just how roseanne feelsism back if 2013, she compared former u.s. ambassador to the united nation susan rice to an ape in a tweet she later deleted. in 2009, for a photo shoot, she dressed up as hitler a

tweet, which roseanne has since deleted, muslim brotherhood and planet brotherhood had a baby, v.j., valerie jarrett. rose ann deleted the tweet and tried to say she was sorry. she said i apologized to valorie jarrett and all americans. i'm sorry for making a bad joke

what you just heard from valerie? >> he might listen to what valerie garret has to say, but he's going to do his own thing. this president has not corrected his stances on issues of race yet. they're walking this fine line trying to deal with urban agenda and prison reform. and they're going to do prison reform without sentencing reform. they're look fraternal friends. when it comes to the issue of race this president is going to have to stop his rhetoric and stop trying to just focus in on that racist component. for example, just before the nfl said about how they are going to make the players are not allowed to kneel, the president brought that back up to the nascar group, people who are his base. white people who support him who are in middle america. this president is going to have to stop the rhetoric because there is a definite divide here. she did exactly what many of those in that base are doing. over the weekend people said the same thing to me about something fox news got wrong about me. so the bottom line i

former obama senior advisor valerie jarrett. she's speaking to msnbc right now. take a listen. >> tone does start at the top. we like to look up to our president and feel as though he reflects the values of our country. but i also think every individual citizen has a responsibility too. it's up to all of us to push back. our government is only going to be as good as we make it be. people on the inside have to push hard and people on the outside have to listen. >> people on the inside have to push hard. do you get the sense that anyone on the inside is pushing hard against this president, who we aired the reel and that really wasn't even everything of his own racist comments? >> i don't think we have anyway of knowing if they're pushing back hard. i don't want to be fair and think there's perhaps someone in the white house who's willing to tell the president that what he's saying is racist or sexist. if you feel that way, why are you still working in the white house? i remember being on air after

she said i apologize to valerie jarrett and to all americans.y sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. i should have known better. forgive me, my joke was in bad taste. she later went on and said, i am apologize. i am now leaving twitter. acb however took action as you know, they sent out a statement which was quote, roseanne's twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel her show. that was from abc's entertainment president. there were other tweets equally racist and abhorrent. she referred to george soros as quote a nazi who turned in his fellow jews to be murdered in german concentration camps. that of course, mr. soros was a child during world war ii. the other issue, in regard to chelsea clinton, chelsea clinton tweeted back at roseanne, saying, good morning, roseanne, my given middle name is victoria. i imagine george soros' nephews are lovely people. i'm not grateful to one. i'm grateful for the important work at open society, george soros foundation. have a

>> travis had just been born, and he told me i needed to watch valerie and travis very closely. my dad was not afraid of anything. >> on march 16, 1988, in l.a. just around dawn, mickey thompson is walking to his car with his wife, trudy, when two men on bicycles approach. >> they had trudy out of the car in the front of the driveway and executed her, and then they went up, and they shot mickey multiple times. mickey and trudy die on the scene. that morning, danny gets a call telling him to head to his dad's house right away. >> police were already there doing the investigation, so his dad just kind of laid in the driveway. his hero, the man that he saw as unbeatable, undefeatable, that changed everything for him that day. >> how could somebody that's invincible be gone? >> police believe michael goodwin contracted the hit in an act of revenge, but it takes more than a decade to arrest him. >> michael goodwin stood as jurors walked into the pasadena courtroom. >> goodwin is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. >> it was 18 years till they finally put the guy in jail. >>

referring to valerie jarrett.esponded on msnbc. >> i think we have to turn it into a teaching moment. i'm fine. >> reporter: the tweet causing a social media storm. the reverend al sharpton calling it inexcusable. and wanda sykes saying she wouldn't return to the show. even sara gilbert condemned the tweet saying it does not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show. >> roseanne has been a bit of a problem for abc for a while. this was just the final straw. >> reporter: barr deleted the initial tweet, apologizing after the initial comment saying she was sorry for making a bad joke about jarrett's politics and her looks and said she should have known better. but within hours of the tweets, shannon dungy with a statement. she said it is inconsistent with our values and we have decided on cancel her show. her partners have dropped her as a client and several television networks are reportedly pulling "roseanne" reruns. >> you know, roseanne was saying it's indefensible. she asked fan

she said this, she said i apologize to valerie jarrett and to all americans. i'm truly sorry to making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. i should have known better. forgive me. my joke was in bad taste. but as you point out, abc knew what it was getting in roseanne barr. we did? checking ba some checking. in december 2013, she had a similar tweet about susan rice, president obama's national security adviser. i won't even read it, it is an awful tweet. once again making comparison to an ape. so this is something that she's been doing for a long time, but abc decided to go ahead and hire her any way, right? >> yeah, that's right. because this show, it was time for a reboot. tens of millions wanted to see it brought back. she of course plays a pro dutru character. and throughout the first season, it was a big hit. season two production is now under way. however today just a few minutes aing a one of the producers wana sykes said she was quitting. she will not return for season two. this seems to be a reaction to roseanne's tweets although sykes is not

she posted a comment about former white house adviser valerie jarrett. the tweet suggested jarrett is a product of the muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes. roseanne barr tweeted, i'm truly sorry. criticism was swift. appearing on msnbc, valerie jarrett suggested this was a teaching moment. >> i'm fine. i'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. >> after disney, which owns abc, announced the show's cancellation, disney ceo robert iger tweeted, there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. >> networks should be more careful about who they allow to top their most prestigious shows. >> hi, mom. >> reporter: the roseanne reboot had been a surprise hit for abc. the first episode attracted 25 million viewers. >> so to lose this show, they will take a huge hit in advertising revenue. but i think, you know, they also realize that to keep the show on the air, they would be dealing with an ongoing p.r. nightmare. >> on the show, barr's character is a support

appearing on msnbc, valerie jarrett suggested this was a teaching moment. >> i'm fine. i'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. >> reporter: after disney, which owns abc, announced the show's cancellation, disney's ceo robert iger tweeted there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. >> networks should be more careful about who they allow to top their most prestigious shows. >> hi, mom. >> reporter: the roseanne reboot had been a surprise hit for abc. the first episode attracted 25 million viewers. >> so to lose this show, they will take a huge hit in advertising revenue, but i think, you know, they also realize that to keep the show on the air, they would be dealing with an ongoing p.r. nightmare. >> reporter: on the show, barr plays a supporter of donald trump, and the president has suggested that support had a lot to do with the show's success. dan scheneman, nbc news. >>> after closing thousands of stores for parts of the day, starbucks has concluded what the com

she was referring to valerie jarrett. i think we have to turnit valerie jarrett.ave a circle of friends and followers who come to their defence. roseanne barr also attacked hillary clinton and her daughter chelsea and she falsely called the billionaire investor george soros, a tuition child who survived the occupation of hungary, a nazi. that tweet was shared by donald trump junior. roseanne a nazi. that tweet was shared by donald trumpjunior. roseanne barr issued a partial policy but it was not enough —— partial apology, but it was not enough for the abc. roseanne's downfall was clearly her own doing but it is likely to strengthen stereotypes in a divided america with each side accusing the other of intolerance and hatred. don't forget to let us know what your opinion is on this. given that many liberal comedians get away with a lot, is this political correctness gone too far? here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we start in the german city of paderborn where royal military police are due to hold a news conference about the british toddl

quote, muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals valerie jarrett.ized and deleted the tweet, but that wasn't enough to stop what was coming, and it took the network just over 11 hours to kill the newest and very successful incarnation of roseanne's show. the network's entertainment president issued a statement calling roseanne's comments, quote, abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values. valerie jarrett, the target of the racism, responded earlier today during a town hall meeting here on this network. >> i think we have to turn it into a teaching moment. i'm fine. i'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. the person who is walking down a street minding their own business, and they see somebody cling to their purse or want to cross the street, or every black parent i know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation, the talk as we call it. bob iger, who is the ceo of disney, called me before the announcement. he apologized. he said that he ha

we obviously have seen the latest and we've heard from valerie garrett what's going on next and we're all with a itsing president trump. a lot of people hoping he does not pour gasoline on a fire that could go ablaze any moment. that's all we have tonight. "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >>> our top story is about that gasoline and about why words matter. how casual racism can swiftly be punished in 2018 and why even in the trump era it is not always safe out here for trumpism. today began with roseanne bar who is of course in charge of top rated sit come, a reboot of getting away with or even being rewarded for her many offensive tirades. tonight something different. the day wrapping up with rows anne" writing herself back into history literally. her show is now history again. canceled for her racist attack on former obama adviser gallery jarret. her long running attempts to throw out vitriol and say it's a joke, that's history too. you can see here her original tweet likening valerie jarrett to the baby of the planet of the apes and her bad joke apology five hours later

i thought valerie jarrett conducted herself with such dignity. without striking back, she said, this is a teaching moment. well, at these moments, we turn to our president. and in my lifetime, all of our presidents, republican, democrat, have risen to the occasion. when a klansman burned a cross in a maryland family's house, ronald reagan went there and had lunch with that family. he called out that racism and embodied unity. when david duke was running, george h.w. bush disavowed him. >> as did president trump. >> just a second -- >> actually, he initial lly pretended he didn't know who david duke was -- >> he gave an interview with jake tapper that he didn't -- >> three days after 9/11, george w. bush went to a mosque and told us to love and support muslims because islam is a peace. i worked for bill clinton, after rig right-wing terrorists, he called us to unity. these are the things that the modern president must do. and this was a teaching moment. and our president, instead, made it about him and his grievances. they've said -- lots of peopl

what roseanne barr said about valerie jarrett was racist.s said about ivanka trump was hateful. there's space between the two. we are talking two different things here. neither one of them should have been said, they are both inappropriate. >> i agree with that. i think it is con flating. first of all, i tweeted this, i don't think samantha bee should have said this. it's massage nist when you use this language against women. i have been critical of plenty of people all over the spectrum when they do it. i'm glad she apologized. i think there's a difference between what that and what was said about valley jarrett. by saying one of valerie jarrett's parents was an ape is playing on this idea that goes back to slavery, frankly, that black people weren't human and used to oppress black people. to put them in the same category isn't right. that doesn't mean samantha bee is off the hook, she isn't. it's wrong. the white house hasn't condemned what roseanne barr said, but what they said about him without this atrocious slur about valerie jarrett.

the apes combined to make valerie jarrett. in a wasn't the only tweet that barr posted. she also described chelsea clant as a relative of george ssoros. it went on and on early tuesday morning. and by dawn out on the west coast, disney executives knew they had a big problem. after all there is no "roseanne" show without her. she is the star. preproduction of season two was underway. by about 9:00 a.m., executives at disney and abc decided they had to pull the plug. it took a few hours to make the announcement. many of the show's producers and stars were caught off guard, but here's what abc's entertainment president said about the decision. a very short statement here. she said roseanne's twitter statement is repugnant and inconsistent with our values, so we've decided to cancel her show. >> what kind of fire storm was abc facing over the tweets? >> abc was being accused of enabling and subsidizing roseanne barr's racist behavior, because her show is one of the key parts of abc's lineup. now, roseanne has always had a controve

i apologize to valerie jarrett and all americans. i am truly sorry about making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. but the outrage mounted. actress actress wanda sykes that she would not be returning. abc must take action now. many other comedians have survived offensive jokes. stephen colbert made a crack about president trump and vladimir putin. kathy griffin is mounting a comeback after posing with a bloodied trump mask. wanda sykes herself once called rush limbaugh the 20th hijacker who failed to show up on 9/11. it prompted by bob iger, ceo of parent company disney to say, there's only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. abc acted with stunning swiftness to protect its brand although the show had been very lucrative. in this hyper polarized twitter era, a network's reputation can be tarnished and a top star kenda stripped destruct. >> bret: we asked her multiple times about it and she replied to these numerous questions by saying the president is focused on other things. and you can use the hashtag a sp

. >> reporter: -- roseanne then retweeted an image of a character from "planet of the apes" with valerie jarrett's image next to it. tonight, president trump, who celebrated roseanne before -- >> look at roseanne, i called her yesterday. look at her ratings. look at her ratings. >> reporter: -- has so far not condemned her racist words. instead, the president tweeting about disney ceo bob iger, the head of abc's parent company, after iger called jarrett personally to apologize for roseanne's racist tweet. and this morning, the president tweeting, "he never called president donald j. trump to apologize for the horrible statements made and said about me on abc. maybe i just didn't get the call?" ignoring roseanne's words completely. when pressed on this today, the white house at first complained of a double standard, before eventually saying no ones defending roseanne. >> the president is simply calling out the media bias, no one is defending what she said. >> reporter: roseanne firing off more than 200 tweets since losing her show, and vowing to leave twitter. even turning on some of her