We should all be standing as Americans. He's spending money on infrastructure, spending money on making sure that we're connected, making sure that we have the workforce for the future. Were also finding out now that one of the outlets has decided that they even put things on they know to be false in order to increase their ratings. They captioned the snaps: "Paris is for lovers" and "Paris night out avec Mon Amour..". This was his way of casually teasing the news. Do you still think that when you hear something like that? President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared the first day of the war in Ukraine the longest and hardest day in Ukraines modern history. To learn more about George Stephanopouloss illness, whereabouts and wife, continue reading the article below. Your email address will not be published. BIDEN: I'll let you characterize what they would be. Whether they support you or not philosophically, you're the president; you're the governor. The news anchor hopes his fans will tune in and support his new show. We cannot have that kind of (INAUDIBLE). >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. And this is actually an example of Joe Biden rallying the global coalition to get Ukraine what it needs. It is confirmed that both the famous spouse and her husband George contracted COVID-19 during the epidemic. Ali shared a few more snaps, giving her followers an insight into their trip. Offers may be subject to change without notice. They can always take five if they want. It's also evidence of the fact that prosecutors don't get to pick your grand jurors, right? In fact, the former president used to say all the time, the only reason someone takes five is if they're guilty. The only people who cant speak about what happens in the grand jury are prosecutors. ", Another said: "George wait till they find one with you.". Services like this held almost every single day. ", And one fan noted: "I've never seen Robin with 'I'm gonna murder you in your sleep' eyes before. We do not know where he is, she said. Clearly that was for surveillance. And I think, if we look at the inflation picture today, the economy is, by most metrics, healthier than it was six months ago. We also have in-use monitoring on the weapons and barcoding systems. 2:22. Aging is inevitable for all of us. And we intend to do that. The View fans confused after spotting strange detail involving host Sara, Today fans divided over Jenna's dress as some viewers say it's 'inappropriate', Sister Wives Janelle Brown doesnt approve of Christines new romance, Inside 1000-lb Sisters stars Amy and Michael's secret fights over kids, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, George and Ali are currently on vacation in Greece, He has been absent from the show this week, sparking concern from fans, Gio Benitez has been filling in for George with Robin Roberts and Ali Robach, George has been an anchor on GMA since 2009, He usually co-anchors with Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan, who has been away for some time, unrecognizable-looking Roberts dancing and singing. Should he go now? And I was told there was a special operations team on that train to help out in case anything went wrong. From the mass graves of Bucha, to the withering assaults in the east, wounding or claiming the lives of more than 100,000 Ukrainian troops, many of them citizen volunteers. As ABC News covers the highly consequential 2022 midterm elections on Tuesday evening, its live desk will feature a notable absence: George Stephanopoulos. In the case of those three, the president received a recommendation from his senior military advisors, including the NORAD commander, to take action out of an abundance of caution. This morning, our exclusive reporting from the White House --. A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, February 26, 2023 on ABC News is below. And we are sending a clear message, as are our European allies, that this would be a real mistake because those weapons would be used to bombard cities and kill civilians, and China should want no part of that. And we expect that that will be the central focus of the Ukrainians, as well as of our support for the Ukrainians in the weeks and months ahead. BRAZILE: I think, when it comes to the president re-election, he will have an incredible case to make to the American people. BIDEN: Look, we're sending him what our seasoned military thinks he needs now. CHRISTIE: Always a mistake not to go. What can you share about what China could do? Both your supporters and your critics. RADDATZ (voice over): One year ago, Vladimir Putin thought he was poised for victory in Ukraine. But, again, this is a president who's invested in the long-term. And Letitia James, the the attorney general in in New York literally ran on a campaign promise that he should be scared of her and she will find out where hes laundering all his money. RADDATZ: I want to talk about China. We cant throw our head in the sand and ignore this. MCCAIN: Because it has to be dictated by events on the ground, not by an arbitrary date and not an arbitrary date. Neither ABC News nor Muir responded to a request for comment. Due to his frequent social media activity, some people think he is on vacation, while others believe that if he were, he would have posted some pictures. But the Germans told the president that they would not be prepared to send those Leopards into the fight -- and those Leopards are arriving now, Martha until the president also agreed to send Abrams. I mean, so I can't think of a time when there's been a greater uncertainty, notwithstanding the fact we're created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. RADDATZ: But its possible you could approve them later? RADDATZ: And -- and Asma, NPR's poll this week showed him with the highest approval rating since March -- not super-high ASMA KHALID, NPR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Still underwater. ABC News. But it doesnt mean we disregard whats happening, this struggle for the global balance of power that were facing right now. KHALID: Yeah, you could get a sense that this was an opportunity for her. She seemed quite animated to talk about what was occurring behind closed door. I want to go back, though, for a second, to the economics question. MUIR: We know President Zelenskyy continues to say what he really needs are F-16s. SUNDAY MORNINGS - CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS Streaming here & on Hulu ABOUT February 2023 See All 46:16 I mean, let's face it. The spat revolved around the chief anchor title, which Stephanopoulos had previously held. George Stephanopoulos tried to pin down a Republican Senator who bobbed and weaved around questions about former President Donald Trump Sunday. But, you know, fact is, it's going to be a lot of focus on Kamala Harris, if they run. You look at his schedule, and -- and typically, this is not a guy who has, you know, spent a ton of time at the White House, more time in Delaware than he's spent in other places. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? We've watched him for two years. But there were also those three weather balloons shot down very quickly. BRAZILE: But do it some time this summer or this fall. Why do you think F-16s would make a difference? So, I think things are a little out of whack. It's been an unbelievably trying year for his country ever since, but also one of resolve. CHRISTIE: Well, look, everybody can say they don't, but grand jury subpoenas, having issued many of them in my life, are pretty compulsory documents. I know the administration says, "as long as it takes." The California lawmaker spoke exclusively with ABC News' Maria Elena Salinas. There are things he needs now that we're sending him to put him in a position to be able to make gains this spring and this summer going into the fall. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Today we will have a --. RADDATZ: First Lady Jill Biden speaking to "The Associated Press" in Kenya, certainly making it sound like her husband is all in to run again. "They haven't taken it off the table," the national security adviser said. Once again, the veteran journalist went absent from the morning show on Wednesday, November 29, inciting chaos among the fan base. MCCAUL: No, I dont speak for her. CNN has made a public spectacle of passing the torch to Jake Tapper from longtime election-night fixture Wolf Blitzer, who will not anchor the cable outlets election desk for the first time since 2004. I think he would stand for freedom and democracy. According to GMA, George was surprised that he'd contracted the virus because he didn't have any symptoms. Those Leopards are getting sent now. >> the americans stand with you and the world stands with you. The Chinese spy balloon, I want to go back to that. As he wrote in his 1999 memoir, All Too. BIDEN: Look. Which is exactly what he's done," an insider revealed. RADDATZ (on camera): Congressman McCaul joins us now. We're back in 60 seconds. Our latest ABC News poll shows four in 10 Americans say they're worse off than when you were elected. And, honestly, Martha, the highest priority right now is to move as rapidly as possible, to build up their capacity, to de-occupy those portions of Ukraine that are still being occupied brutally and bloodily by Russian forces. Strahan, 51, was also absent on the Monday morning show, while Roberts, 62, was missing on Friday, December 16. The couple hugged in a warm embrace while standing outside next to a gorgeous pool. It can protect the country. Is your age part of your own calculation into whether to run again? MORAN: And the shoe is going to be on the other foot. We do know their -- we have intelligence thats been reported that they are contemplating sending 100 drones into Russia. RADDATZ: OK, let's bring in our roundtable to talk about all of this, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie; former DNC Chair Donna Brazile; ABC News senior national correspondent Terry Moran; and NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid. He has a debt ceiling that is coming due. BIDEN: Ive got to call her and find out. Asked for comment on his notable absence from the ABC News election night desk, Stephanopoulos told The Daily Beast on Tuesday afternoon that he signed a new deal and thats what Im focused on. He declined to comment further when asked if his absence was at all related to Muir. Up next, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just back from a visit to Kyiv himself. RADDATZ (on camera): Air raid sirens and power outages are a part of life now here in Lviv, but structurally and physically, the city has been mostly spared. Thats going to be a bit of a game changer as well. CHRISTIE: These folks are going to be in the grand jury and they're going to testify. You watch President Biden. Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: George, President Biden has been very, very clear that American troops will not be put on the ground or in the air to escalate this war and make this an American war against the Russians. It came to stand for something big in the country. DAVID MUIR, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT: President Zelenskyy continues to say what he really needs are F-16s. Were a great nation. But it's understandable why people are just down. Is it possible youd approve them in the future? RADDATZ: OK, thanks very much for joining us this morning, Mr. Sullivan. take me up to the capitol now. How we got here is because Russia has committed repeated acts of aggression against its neighbors going back more than a decade - Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine in 2014, and now the prospect of doing that again. But you've also seen the polls. And I don't think it's going to get any better. According to CNN, after Stephanopoulos eventually gave up the title, he was angered to find out Muir also took over special reports alongside his nightly news position, effectively serving as chief anchor in all but name. But as of 2022, little information exists to persuade viewers that Wentworth is ill. Alexandra, an American actress, and comedian, debuted from 1992 to 1994 on the Fox sketch comedy program In Living Color. You said they were a threat to civil aviation. I mean, look, everybody has a moment, Martha, but we're talking about -- he wants us to watch him. RADDATZ: Today we have two ceremonies for our soldiers, the priest told me, heroes of Ukraine. The fact is, you heard with the Abrams tanks, they wont go in for another year. As President Zelenskyy rallies the Ukrainian people, President Biden shores up alliances. The pair who have been married for the last two decades recently went on a. JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think things are a little out of whack. They're all in favor of us putting not only F-16s in but longer-range artillery, to take out the Iranian drones in Crimea. We need to be there because the Ukrainian people have suffered so much, and they're standing up for all of us, for democracy, for a country that invaded them. Because, probably, for the last year leading up to the midterms, I really dug deep on inflation, and I will say I was the first person to raise my hand and say I thought that that was really going to derail Democrats in the midterms. IVANKA: I see him in our house and I feel really terrible, and I only hugs him and I remember he's very hot. STEPHANOPOULOS: But if Iraq is meeting those marks, then why not withdraw our troops step by step, as Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton call for? Her co-host Lara Spencer replied: "Guess what, you shouldn't have done that.". His post came just days after he mocked a video of his GMA co-hostRobin Roberts. Like and share. Stephanopoulos served as a deputy manager of Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992, and after Clinton's inauguration in 1993 Stephanopoulos became one of the new president's most important advisers, a position he held until his resignation in 1996. We are democracy. Later, Robin shared the clip to her Instagram page, writing: "Talk about waaaaay back Wednesday. Putin's first objective was to erase Ukraine from the map, to erase its identity, to absorb it into Russia. There were also rumors that he might have left the show for good. STEPHANOPOULOS: But if we are making progress? year two of the war in ukraine begins. Muir inherited the special coverage duties, such as helming the 2022 election night coverage. Kyiv still stands, and Ukraine has taken back roughly half of the land it has lost since the start of the war. Everything is in the negative. ABC has been much quieter about its changing of the guard. And is it too late? Your email address will not be published. I remember a woman saying to me the first day after Sandy, "You haven't forgotten us." They do not know when they will ever be able to return. I think we can do both. We know you were on that train with President Biden going in and out of Kyiv. Where Is George Stephanopoulos On This Week? You've seen him on the road. BIDEN: I think you answered the question, Putins applauding it, so how could it be any good? George has been the center of retirement rumors for months now. And we will cross the bridge of future phases of this war when they come. Explain why President Biden will not fulfill that request. And we look to presidents for leadership on that. EMILY KOHRS: It's not a short list. I mean, we saw 75 people, and there are six pages of the report cut out. And 2020, and 2022, which was essentially a referendum, he believes, I'm sure, "I've got it right. He shared an article about the Hulu series Power Trip. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. What took him so long to make his decision? And if he won't do it himself, ABC News management starting with ABC president James Goldston needs to do it for him. JAKE SULLIVAN, WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Well, first, thank you for having me, Martha. Muir inherited the special coverage duties, such as helming the 2022 election night coverage. EMILY KOHRS, GEORGIA SPECIAL GRAND JURY FOREPERSON: I will tell you it's not a short list. MCCAUL: Because it can travel the entire country with great speed. What would he do? RADDATZ: But Donald Trump also gets huge talking points out of these, out of these interviews, right? sexual assault by aGood Morning Americaproducer. The change has left some ABC News staffers baffled, with several noting to The Daily Beast how Stephanopoulos, a former Clinton White House senior adviser and longtime political pundit, is considered among the most famous political journalists on TV. There are several investigations, but in this one, with the district attorney in Atlanta, and certainly the attorney general in New York, you have prosecutors who made it a political issue to get Donald Trump, and that has been the hope of liberals and of Democrats for a long time that someone somewhere is going to find a charge that sticks. RADDATZ: The president, by the way, says that military advisers tell him they dont need those. SULLIVAN: Well, Martha, every phase of this war, the president has tried to make sure that the Ukrainian military gets what they need. He just says, "Watch me.". And I think that that reflects in terms of how President Biden is now being perceived. RADDATZ: And -- and even if they don't want them now, do you think they should start training? I know the State Department and the Pentagon now have both warned China not to offer lethal military assistance to Russia. President Zelenskyy saying it's been a year of bravery, pain, endurance, and unity. Mar 17. RADDATZ: Still underwater. Required fields are marked *. Clearly, one of the reasons President Biden went over there was to get support. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. When we give them what they -- what they can really use and ask for, they win. Look, I saw this during Sandy and a number of other things. He basically said he is ruling that out for now. George and Ali married in 2001 and they have two children together. If you're the defense, you're going to call her in and youre going to ask her to explain all the stuff she was talking about, and it's a distraction for the prosecution. MUIR: You announced another $2.5 billion in aid to Ukraine today. BRAZILE: Martha, when I I got up early that morning for whatever reason and I saw the president in Ukraine and I was like, yes, yes. George Stephanopoulos Earns More in a Year Than Most Earn in a Lifetime, George Stephanopoulos Once Worked for the Clinton Administration, Dr. Jen Ashton Is the 'Good Morning America' COVID-19 Expert, Latest Good Morning America News and Updates. CNN reported that ABC was so eager to appease Stephanopoulos that then-Disney chairman Bob Iger and fellow Disney exec Peter Rice personally flew out from Burbank to New York to offer him a lucrative contract extension and keep the peace. He departed the White House towards the end of President Clintons first term and began working as a political analyst for ABC News. And -- and your thoughts politically on President Biden's trip to Ukraine? We havent seen anything like this since my fathers generation, World War II -- largest invasion in Europe, the biggest threat to the Pacific since World War II. SULLIVAN: Abrams tanks. KOHRS: There are certainly names that you would recognize. When she's not always writing about TV topics, she creates dynamic blog posts and long-form content for SaaS and marketing companies. February 26, 2023, 6:15 AM. What we did do with the president at President Bidens direction, Martha, is put in place a set of policy parameters for when we would take lethal action against an object to shoot it down, as opposed to deal with it in other ways. With that title, and despite Muirs ever-increasing role in anchoring ABCs news coverage, Stephanopoulos led the outlets special events coverage, including the 2018 and 2020 elections, while Muir focused on hosting World News Tonight. Stephanopoulos reportedly threatened to leave for a rival network last year over tensions with Muir. And just this week, the secretary of the Army said they may not even get those tanks this year. SULLIVAN: Well, all I can say is what youve heard from the secretary of state, youve heard from other officials in the administration, and you just heard from President Biden, which is, we have, at this point, not seen them take the step of providing weapons to Russia for purposes of the war in Ukraine. It doesn't help that Geoge's Twitter and Instagram have been quiet recently, as well. REPORTER: Are these recognizable names? But what comes next? : What Happened To George Stephanopoulos? RADDATZ: And, Terry, speaking of connecting, I want to go back to the train derailment in East Palestine. This is about continuing to invest in the American people, invest in the future of America, which is what the Biden-Harris administration has been doing and what they will continue to do. However, after all that happened and both George and his wife had recovered from the coronavirus, he has made numerous TV appearances, from GMA to his Sunday series This Week with George Stephanopoulos to, more recently, Howard Stern's radio show on May 13. CNN reported that ABC was so eager to appease Stephanopoulos that then-Disney chairman Bob. Be careful or --. You heard what Jake Sullivan said. Due to his frequent social media activity, some people think he is on vacation, while others believe that if he were, he would have posted some pictures. RADDATZ: And and on just on the special counsel, youve got youve got Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump now subpoenaed. And the F-16 question is a question for later. RADDATZ: Chris, the former prosecutor, did she -- did she damage it? For now, we have no idea why George hasnt been on Good Morning America. 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