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>> shepard: there's breaking news. we just got word from icm partners that it is the talent agency for roseanne barr and they just fired her as a client. the question is, should action and disney have seen this coming? let's turn to david bottard, a media critic for the a.p. and live with us this afternoon. good to see you. >> good to see you. roseanne as a racist is established knowledge. >> i think they might have been blinded by what roseanne could do for them financially, especially when she came back in march and exceeded their wildest expectations. they held their breath and didn't work....

Her well-established views. done in quickly. >> shepard: thanks, david. good of you to come on. >> thanks, shep. >> shepard: ahead, a hollywood insider on abc's big gamble. we're also following important stories outside of this one. hurricane maria killed 64 people. 64 people died in hurricane maria. that is what we know from our government. but now we know our government could not have been more wrong. 64 people did? try more than 4,000. how does the government make that mistake? plus, we'll take you to ellicott city, maryland with a community is dealing with a devastating flood. you may have...

Issues that a lot of other shows never got into. particularly with president trump. i mean, she's -- barr as an actress has supported him and a character in the show and supported her. >> shepard: interesting that twitter killed her. >> yeah. it's not something that she's had a friendly relationship. >> shepard: are you seeing it, david, as a writer and critic as a sea of peril for actors and actresses across the land or do the benefit outweigh the draw backs? >> for a lot of people, they're one stupid remark away from being in a situation that she's in. most people are smart enough to avoid i...