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and who will govern the islamic republic in very challenging times >> and we'll, while this country will be getting a new president, one thing that's unlikely to change is iranian foreign policy. the country's leadership having made clear that they will continue their hard line towards the united states. and of course, towards israel as well. we'll fred pleitgen in tear ron, thank you very much. >> erin burnett, outfront starts right now outright next, the breaking news, not repeating the bleep show new reporting tonight about what trump is telling confidence he will not do it. cnn's...

You know, this is a problem of abc's own making in many ways. i'm glad that they took the right step in getting rid of her. i'm glad her talent agency has taken the right step of getting rid of her, but like marc said, she has been saying these things over and over again. she made a similar remark years ago about susan rice, the national security adviser to president obama. she's made these type of comments on twitter for years. folks kind of took a gamble in whether or not people would just cast these aside as jokes, whether people would ignore them, that in this current culture of trump, tha...

Seriously they took this comment and how little tolerance they have for this kind of racism when it's expressed in the public space, even by one of their biggest stars. >> marc, i'm interested in your view of the role corporate america is going to play going forward, especially in the trump era. this is one place where obviously at some points, companies, starbucks had this terrible incident they are now trying to rectify, but it does seem as though this is one place where there is some pushback against the rhetoric coming from the white house and from the president. it's oftentimes companies ...

Joining me to talk about all of this, rashad robinson, executive director of color for change. mark morial and eric deggens will join us by phone. gentlemen, this conversation, i hardly know where to start. i want to start with you, marc. this so clearly crossed a line in an era where we have been dealing with trymaine lee said dog whistles and actual out loud whistles in this trump era. weigh in on how abc handled this and how we got here. >> this was not a dog whistle. this was a bull horn. >> yes. >> right there in your face. >> yes. >> abc put its values above its profits because this show...