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Call for a free quote today. you could save $782 when liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. >> shepard: shepard smith on the fox news desk. more on the canceling "roseanne." we also look at other controversies and ask did abc not know what they had with roseanne? of course they did. thats coming up. see you then. >> dana: a call for president trump to commute the sentence of matthew charles, a tennessee man sentenced to 35 years in prison for selling crack cocaine in 1996. behind ba...

Julie, thank you for bringing us the story and give us the whole context. now lets bring in howie kurtz, the fox news media analyst and host of "media buzz." i want your take on abc who must have done a quick cost-benefit analysis and decided we are going to cut ties. >> yeah. this is spectacular by roseanne barr after a spectacular comeback. in the old days when things didnt move at twitter speed, youd have two or three days and the executive would weigh the money and gauge a reaction and say i...

Defend her, then you go right into -- because remember, roseanne about pies -- occupies the americaiest swamp of the fever swamp -- murkiest swamp of this. >> dana: it all started this by a conspiracy theorist website. i dont know what they look like. i dont visit them. >> its gross. >> dana: but it got her in a huge amount of trouble. >> right. she trafficked in the same kookism and grossness that people like the son of the former n.s.a. -- you know who i mean. but his son and others. >> dana: ...

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President bob iger who retweeted abcs announcement and said there is only one thing to do here. the right thing. that was to cancel it. i guess abc hoping is trying to bottle it up quickly because the damage to the network could have been great if they let it drag on. >> abc gets credit for reacting instantly and doing what many people said is the decent thing. its a shame because a lot of people like the show. confronted with the racist language like this the network had no choice and did sprin...

Statements. listen, i think that this stands alone, by itself. as an action that abc took, took quickly and probably is going to be a lot of -- >> dana: and one that roseanne took. twitter is a place that is a cesspool. there are so many people that should walk away from twitter now. not only did the entire cast just lose a show but think of all the people who work under her, on the show, never seen on screen. all of a sudden. they are so excited. they have a great hit show, signed up for a seco...

>> dana: fox news alert. abc canceled derozan -- canceled "roseanne" after her comments about valerie jarrett calling them abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values. kevin katie, former campaign spokesman. and david hofpney former chief of staff. breaking news always happens at 1:58 p.m. we are switching topics. this is big news. start with you. kevin, i dont know if you knew valerie jarrett based on your experience working with the obama team but this seemed like it not only crossed...

As an ape. something that i guess abc thought we cannot stomach this. even after roseanne said she apologized and she was going to quit twitter, she finds herself now with no show. >> this is remarkable the speed to which abc moved. after i saw this tweet this morning, ill be honest. it shocked me it was out there. then the apology came soon thereafter. roseanne going after valerie jarrett. and then, you know, it didnt take just a few hours for abc to move. this is a big decision. there are some...

Kim jong un. and using the south koreans to set up that meeting. being at the table, i dont know. there may be some iterations of this that we dont, we dont yet know how it will develop over the next week. >> dana: we will keep everyone updated. a lot of meetings happening and planning for the in-case summit. im at 702% -- 70% likelihood. something i didnt anticipate. two minutes before the show started roseanne barr found out her show that is wildly popular in the rebirth this season has been c...

That got trump elected, this is over the line. and abc decided to act. >> dana: it was almost universal condemnation against the tweet. almost. there are some people that thought oh, wow, the snowflakes are being so upset. but there are just limits to what people are willing to stomach. this was not just anti-p.c. rhetoric. this was pretty aggressive. i think you are right about abc taking action pretty quickly. they didnt have to have a board meeting, right? they didnt have to have a meeting wi...