we re going to turn back to our lead story about roseanne barr. we ll continue to monitor president trump speaking right now in nashville. president trump has talked for half an hour and not said anything yet. if you glance at roseanne barr s twitter. you know she posted a racist tweet about valerie jarrett, the planet of the apes and muslim brotherhood had a baby. they would be vj. she also tweeted a fake claim about chelsea clinton, and her show was cancelled and her
vj is vallerie. you have her calling an african american the offspring of an achlt she took down the tweet and issued an apology. 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.
a baby. they would be vj. lots to talk about with the panel. joining me is our panel. mckale la, were you surprised with the speed with which abc moved on this? yes and no, no because there has been sustained pressure before we all heard about it and also notably this is valerie jarrett a black woman and head of entertainment so i feel there has been pressure from social media, action from new yorker, sponsors, she a part of a trajectory happening for a while. literally between shows, got it cancelled. so i do realize a few of us are
with millions in this polarizing moment in our country. but tonight, the words she used in that tweet has left the ceo of our parent company, disney, bob iger, to say, there was only one thing to do the right thing. abc s matt gutman leading us off. reporter: it was the comeback that reflected the times. 27 million americans tuning into the premiere. but today, roseanne barr s own words sowed her show s fate. the comedian posting a since-deleted racist tweet about a former adviser to barack obama, valerie jarrett, writing if the muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals vj. barr later tweeting, forgive me, my joke was in bad taste. i m not afraid of you. give it time. reporter: but less than 12 hours after that first tweet, abc pulling the plug on roseanne. the head of abc entertainment, channing dungey saying,
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 sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. i should have known better, forgive me, my joke was in poor taste.