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Politically as well. these words have cost don't 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 his miss usa and miss universe pageants. macy's pulling the trump on his clothing line. >> my suit...

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 don't condone what he says. but this isn't part of it. nbc and univision, they couldn't 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 lots of entanglements that an independent network doesn't have. reelz is able to look at this page...

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 it's about the contestants. are they satisfied with this? >> somewhat. >> it's an obscure channel. >> it's 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 wouldn't be on fvtv. the message today was they are saving the sash by getting it on television at all. >> you will have more this weekend? >> we have trump's lawyer on ...

>> 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 haven't already started. >> reporter: we reached out to those companies that broke deals with trump. they wouldn't 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. >> there's a lot of money at stake. boris, thank you very much. the highest visibility hit against trump, nbc and univision refusing to broadcast the miss usa pa...

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 macy's, 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 that. new season brings a new look. a chance to try something different. this summer, challenge your p...