>> and as always, there's lots more on our website, aljazeera.com. plenty of news analysis and commentary is there. latest on all the news we are covering. aljazeera.com. we are joined by mel brooks, reflecting on 60 years of pushing the envelope in show bis. >> we are here and bringing your in the live feedback.

we grew up on the comedy of mel brooks and this is checking something off of your bucket list. >> i had top ten of interviews and mel brooks was on it, i saw all of his movies. produzers and blazing saddles and life stinks and we have a community that loves him. saying that... mel brooks uniting families, saying that if you don't love young frankenstein you can't be our family. my grand mother's favorite movie is history of the world... it is good to be queen.

today it is good to be host. >> it is indeed. in the past 60 years mel brooks doing his share to shake things up on the silver screen, and breaking barriers as a director, actor and writer. in his film his of the world part one putting a spin on historical and religious events like the revolution and the last supper. >> does everybody want soup? >> please, we must talk, this could be our last supper. this is my last order. are you all together or separate checks? >> his humor is known for testing the boundies of what is politically correct to expose the issues through satire and blazing saddles catching the heat for some of the scenes.

who can forget the black sheriff in the frontier town in 1874.

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>> >> good morning, you are watching al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton in new york. here is a look at the top stories we are following this hour. ukraine's interim president says russia has made a declaration of war.

it comes after russia seizes key installations in the southern region of crimea and are building up troops tonne the border. >> secretary of state john kerry will travel to kiev to meet with officials. the g7 suspended talks over the summit in sochi in protest of russia's actions. >> a challenge to the iq standard to determine mental disability in the supreme court. having an iq higher than 70 means an inmate is not mentally disabled and may be executed. the supreme court prohibited the execution of mentally disabled in 2002, but left it to the states to determine mental stattius. >> the results are in. joshua letander, best supporting actor in dals. best sporling actress to franco lupoi, in "12 years a slave." best director quarn , in

"gravity." blanch won best actress in blue where are, and jahi mcmath for best actor in dals. and best picture was "12 years a slave." >> those are the headlines. "talk to al jazeera" is coming up next. if you can. so i have a voice and i use it. >> hip hop pioneer and business mogul russell simons is a man of vision. >> you can't fail until you quit. >> music, fashion, social action, the def jam founder is a pervasive cultural influence and a strong advocate for justice. >> the war on drugs has done more to detroit the fabric of the black community than anything that we can think of. not the effects of jim crow and the effects of slavery, it's the war on drugs. >> he's also a practicing yogi, who values daily medication. it's the subjects of his latest