denied. take a listen to what some had to say last night. i thought it very unusual people thought he could be independent or objective moderator when he had close ties for decades to clintons. it all adds suspicion this. it s all the more reason he ought to stay out of covering 2016 presidential election cycle. reporter: he has says he still plans to cover 2016 and abc at this point is not punishing him. just to reiterate it said he wanted to donate to the organization for work on global aids prevention and deforestation. he reportedly gives to dozens of charities every year. kristin welker, thank you. coming up in a few moments here, francis is going to be taking a deeper dive into george s unique journey from political operative
i know you know he s been very clear that i don t want to make evander mad because i won t like him when he s mad. mitt romney is going to run. evander is not really going to hit him. i was at the ear biting fight. evander hits very well. you don t want any part of that. even at his age. thank you so much. by the way the cycle comes up right after this broadcast, 3:00 eastern here at msnbc you have another hour? yeah, stick around my friend. jeb bush s horrible no good very bad week, how his fumbles over iraq seriously damaged his chances for president? we ll look at that and vote on our bing question of the day, there it is. and also look at political wonder boy turned abc news man george stephanopoulos, will that
was a pretty significant restriction on how fast you could go through that turn. the ntsb is interviewing passengers including those still in the hospital comparing their injuries to where they were seated. and they moved the damaged cars to a secure facility in delaware for further inspection. releasing the tracks back to amtrak which is now repairing the damaged rails. planning to resume service on thises about northeast corridor line between philadelphia and new york by monday morning. thanks a lot, rick. great work. now this. did you hear, abc news anchor george stephanopoulos, now been disclosed that he donated $75,000 to the clinton foundation. so has people wondering particularly when he sat down to interview the author of the clinton cash book why he so fervently defended the clinton cash problem. of it because of his past donations. this is what he said. do you have any evidence that
foundation. the clinton family s charitable organization. thursday night republicans lashed out at the man who earlier in his career served as an adviser to president bill clinton. i thought it very unusual that people thought that he could be an independent or objective moderator when he had such close ties for decades to the clintons. stephanopoulos apologized this morning. they were a matter of public record but i should have made additional disclosures on air and i now believe donating was a mistake. even though it was done to protect children in poor countries, i should have gone the extra mile to even avoid the appearance of a conflict. i apologize to all of you for failing to do that. abc is supporting stephanopoulos saying he admitted to an honest mistake and apologized. we stand behind him. revelations come after stephanopoulos s hard hitting interview with switzer which
a lot of folks dissecting that apologize by george stef nop plus this morning, the abc anchor called it a mistake to not reveal dirg interviews that among donations were those to the clinton foundation the total about $75,000 over three years. he says the donations involved charities to stop the spread of aids and help children. he says he failed to go the quote extra mile to avoid the appearance of conflict. the media reporter for the washington post. thank you so much. i want to ask you the same question i asked our last guest. is it the failure to disclose that s the problem here or is the problem the donations themselves? well, you asked a very good question it gets right to another issue yesterday george