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Politically as well. these words have cost dont trumald trump a lot of money. >> when mexico sends their people they are sending people that have lots of problems. they are bringing those problems with us. they are bringing drugs. they are bringing crime. they are rapists. and some i assume are good people. >> reporter: the billionaire entrepreneur now out of business with major companies. >> you are fired. >> reporter: nbc taking him off the apprentice. and along with univision declining to air...

Are -- have a lot of problems. no apology because what i said is right. women being raped. who is doing the raping? who is doing the raping? >> i spoke with a reporter who wrote the piece. you say that you dont condone what he says. but this isnt part of it. nbc and univision, they couldnt separate the two. why are you able to? >> well look i think those comments are completely ridiculous. i think most of america thinks the same way. i also think that when you are a giant corporation, you have l...

Four years ago, airing a mini miniseries about the kennedys that was critical. reelz aired it. they are stepping up in the middle of the fight and trying to help out miss usa. >> he said its about the contestants. are they satisfied with this? >> somewhat. >> its an obscure channel. >> its not going to get the millions of view it would have on nbc. there has to be some measure of disappointment. the 51 contestants felt they wouldnt be on fvtv. the message today was they are saving the sash by ge...

>> if he fincontinues down this path he will start to anger people in higher positions of power, people who can get him into office. they will distance themselves if they havent already started. >> reporter: we reached out to those companies that broke deals with trump. they wouldnt give us figures for what the contracts were worth. keep in mind a deal that trump signed with nbc in 2002 was worth $50 million. quite a bit of money. >> theres a lot of money at stake. boris, thank you very much. ...

They are fascinating. how they pulled it off and now what we hear from david sweat. thank you all so much. we have breaking news. the military cancels fourth of july celebrations at a u.s. air base over serious threats of a terror attack this holiday weekend. will more holiday events be shut down? plus first nbc, then may macys, now the city of new york looking to dump donald trump. ten shark attacks off the carolinas. will fear keep beachgoers home on this big holiday weekend? look at tha...

Anything to do with this. the miss usa pageant is about as non-political as anything could possibly be. its an iconic television event. our carriage of that was event should not be construed as anything political. its anything but. this is television. this is entertainment. >> but this is also -- >> we do not agree with in any way any of the comments that mr. trump has to say. >> what you hear from what nbc and univision is saying its tainted because he is so linked -- he puts his brand -- when ...

What trump has said about mexican immigrants. we know. nbc and univision calls it derogatory. macys says they are inconsistent with the stores values. why is this something you want to be associated with? >> i agree with everything that nbc and macys are saying. the comments are ridiculous. we couldnt agree -- disagree with them more. we look at this event, this pageant that has young women who have competed for this for years, they have worked hard got themselves to baton ruge who rolled out th...