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Over 18 million people and it was about us. >> reporter: roseanne support for the far right went beyond the studio. with attack on gun control advocates, thats si comments about susan rice and president clintons daughter calling her she chelsea soros clinton. when she corrected her while still complimenting soros, she apologized and repeated false climb that he was a nazi. >> frequently controversial but this time really became a wildfire because of just how racist and bizarre the comments were....

Mean tweet, she quickly lost her support which i think with the right decision by the network. she did apologize and i just wonder, what i think is a good thing to do when you do something wrong, but the real question here is when these types of statements are uttered by starr is on tv shows, do we have a new standard? statements are made that are racist in nature but also based on other communities, be at cops or christians, like we recently saw on "the view." is it a death sentence they get on...

Close this evening. >> bret: thank you very much, matt. two are other top story, abc has canceled roseanne barrs tv show. that comes following a tweet from a comic which most people found not funny at all but rather of abhorrent. >> roseanne barr was on top of the world. her resurrected show was a huge check for abc. >> he talked about dogs jobs, . he shook things up. >> look at roseanne, look at her ratings. >> but hours later, she was canceled over ugly comments. comments the network called ab...

It prompted by bob iger, ceo of parent company disney to say, theres only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. abc acted with stunning swiftness to protect its brand although the show had been very lucrative. in this hyper polarized twitter era, a networks reputation can be tarnished and a top star kenda stripped destruct. >> bret: we asked her multiple times about it and she replied to these numerous questions by saying the president is focused on other things. and you can use th...

>> shannon: thank you very much. by the way, tom brokaw has canceled a commencement speech at connecticut sacred heart university. the nbc news anchor was accuseed by former fox and nbc anchor. >> telling nbc employees the network takes the allegations against brokaw seriously. he denies them. promising the network will act quickly and decisively when the facts dictate. more than 60 womens including rachel mad dow. and maria shiver are voicing support for wreck canada and taking his place will b...

Setting in which you ask such a question. i think it was a bit of an overreaction to talk about pulling credentials. it is not up to the white house but up to the white house correspondentss association. president trump tweeted today, i guess, against president jeff zucker saying you cant get a job at ratings cnn unless you state youre totally anti-trump. a former campaign aide would disagree with that. cnn saying false. the personal political beliefs are of no interest to us. i think the questi...

>> it is a support network that is -- will always react positively to everything that he does. its not journalism. it is propaganda. >> our friend, that was our friend rick stengel on this program yesterday talking about where fox news fits into the white house. former fox news contributor the network worked to silence his concerns about the trump campaign in russia. ralph pete writing in the washington post, i was increasingly blocked from speaking on the issues about which i could offer real e...

Brought you the best pictures by, for and about women. this one, timely, as march ends, baseball season begins. that means jessica mendoza is back. espns first female analyst on baseball games. shes getting ready for her third season on the networks sunday night baseball team. one of two women regularly in a broadcast booth calling major league games. jessica is hoping more women follow her lead and the networks give them the chance. she say, women that dont watch sports would want to if they fe...

>> russia today is to vladimir putin what fox news is to donald trump. >> no doubt. why is it controversial? >> it is a support network that is -- will always react positively to everything that he does. its not journalism. it is propaganda. >> our friend, that was our friend rick stengel on this program yesterday talking about where fox news fits into the white house. former fox news contributor the network worked to silence his concerns about the trump campaign in russia. ralph pete writing in...