confronting. matt said he asked the question because of a i small reference that had been made in a forbes magazine interview that he referenced. he actually put the link on his facebook page. the first response that i saw when i went on his facebook page was from the author of that article from forbes who said it was a very, very, very small part of that article. i think the answer to your question is, when it s appropriate, you ask. if cheryl sandburg has just published a book as she did a couple of years ago talking about how she manages her family time and her business time, she s put it out there. mary barra didn t do that. mary barra was there for the exclusive interview with general motors approach to the very serious safety problems that have been ongoing and date back to the time when, dairy say it, a male was ceo of the company. those of us who do work on live tv, matt lauer more
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like them or not, whether you support them or not, to watch this partnership through the years. the question now, see this. she said it was sweet for her husband to come to her defense but that she can defend her own record and defend herself. she admits she s made some mistakes. has she cleaned them up? i don t know that she s cleaned them up. it would make a greater difference if she ran against a middle income candidate. everyone that runs is well off and exceedingly well connected at the least. i don t know what context she would get in that much trouble. it is interesting to see president clinton defending her. i m remembering that in 2012 many times when president clinton got in trouble was when he was defending his wife. one of the key tests of any politician is how they clean up their mistakes. it s what we call a pivot. you give one sentence and get to an issue. hillary clinton by the time she
ask. if he had stopped with the question which gave voice to the speculation about the fact that son have suggested that mary barra was put there to put a softer face as he put in the question of all of the problems in the forefront. that s a legitimate question. to go into the mommy juggle question, that is toxic territory and unfortunately he stepped into it. the reaction so many people had, certainly i had it, was would you ever see a male ceo of general motors or anywhere else asked that question about raising children. yeah. that has, you know, gone on facebook and matt s tried to defend himself and said, yes, i would ask that question. matt has been on television for a great number of years asking many important people a lot of questions and no one can find any evidence that that s a question he s ever put to a male ceo. and if that s matt s defense in
celebrated than me, we make a mistake and wish we could take it back. shouldn t he have said, you know what, i blew it, i m sorry. yeah. that s absolutely the approach. we are all humans. our feet are made of clay and live tv is fraught with peril and sometimes we goof. if matt had simply said, man, that was a dumb question. that was a boneheaded question or simply, gosh, i didn t phrase that the way i wish i had, i m sorry, i think people would have moved on. i m sorry. you almost never go wrong with i m sorry. i m sorry is a pretty good thing. spouses should remember that to say to the hubby or wife. i m sorry is a couple of good words to keep in your back pocket. thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much. we have to take a break. when we come back, a huge change at one anchor desk. what does it mean for network news now that diane sawyer is