military personnel over the weekend to evacuate 380 u.s. citizens and officials working there on our behalf. new fallout for the massive target. millions of credit card and debit card accounts stolen are showing up on the black market giving thieves free reign to clone those parts. they are stealing pin numbers and emptying bank accounts entirely. shoppers seek millions of dollars in damages. the attorney s general in four states have taken first steps to a possible investigation. we will keep you posted on this story. the pr executive who sparked outrage with a racist sweet is now apologizing. he was fired after tweeting this going to africa, hope i don t get aids. just kidding, i am white. the post was retweeted over 1,000 times after she landed. she was fired from her high
ignited a firestorm on social media. here s what she said on friday. she said going to africa, hope i don t get aids. just kidding, i m white. this morning justine sack cois out of a job. they ve parted ways with sacco. let s bring in brian. it has she spoken out since this tweet? she hasn t. i think a lost people would like to hear from her and hear her side of whatever story she has. we ve been texting her. i tried calling her cell phone. no answer. she is in south africa for a vacation. maybe she decided to lay low, not apologize, or say anything. but not now. we haven t heard anything yet. read her tweet. here s a pr executive for a media conglomerate.
sacco. steve martin is in hot water after he stopped a twitter follower that asked, is this how you spell ed lasonia? it depends. are you in an african-american restaurant or an italian restaurant, or neighborhood, there it is. african-american neighborhood or italian restaurant. it s on your screen. later he apologized and twedele the tweet. not smart. to his credit, he quickly apologized. that s something sacco didn t do. at least steve martin got ahead of it. there are different standards for people. if you re a comedian you ll get away with more, for better or worse than if you re a pr executive. it shows the danger of impulsively tweeting.
we have breaking developments on a story that s taken the internet boy storm in recent hours. it involves a high-profile pr executive who sent out a tweet before taking off friday to a trip to cape cod cape town, rather, south africa. it was a tweet that would have very serious consequences. justin sacco an executive with iac interactive and i m quoting here going to africa, hope i don t get aids. don t kidding, i m white. the negative reaction to those words set the twitterverse on fire and it continues up through this hour. cnn s senior media correspondent brian stelter joins me by phone, what s the latest on this? iacc said she s no longer with the company and they ve parted ways. i ll read the statement to you. i think it will be on screen as well. the offensive comments do not
heart. give that up. sir, you mentioned the bible. i was responding to what scripture says. you are backing him. it s going to offend people who do not believe in it. it s okay. it s what scripture does. you want to change the scripture. you have never read the bible. you have never read the bible, then. desmond tutu didn t, either. let s move on to this other question. earlier in this newscast, we talked about a top pr executive fired for an insensitive tweet about aids in africa. in hours, she lost her job. is this a form of zero tolerance in society? what happened to forgiveness in this day and age? ben? she worked in a pr firm. yeah, i would want someone to fire someone that said that. obviously, if you can t pc yourself in your own tweets when you work in pr, why would i want