many times. >> that's a really expensive piece of memorabilia. >> it is expensive memorabilia. it's been. >> sitting in. >> your. >> dms right now. >> it's been in the smithsonian museum, but i would love that. >> who knew? who knew? >> i'm a cook. >> i like to cook. >> yeah, i would want that too. to be honest. i want a giant chocolate bar from willy wonka and the chocolate factory. you know, i've always. as a kid, i always wanted to just take a chocolate bar and just, like, bite into it like they did. >> that was the first movie i ever saw. >> gene wilder. >> was okay. >> boy, we got 30s. have i got news for you this saturday? >> yes. >> what, are we in? >> yes, we have rep jasmine crockett on the show, so we want everybody to come and check it out. see you on max. and saturday night. >> that's going to be, um, fire. >> i'm going to ask her about ellen to see if she can say something. she can cuss at you. >> a lot of bleeping. >> yeah. you do want to tune in to that

mystery in new mexico. gene hackman and his wife found dead inside their home. tonight, the new clues emerging about what may have happened. plus, maga outrage over the release of jeffrey epstein documents. the hyped up files falling flat and now leading to a mini civil war among trump's top supporters. and what do trump voters think about all these mass layoffs? well, one woman who turned to him in 2024, only to get cut by doge is my guest tonight on laura coates live. you know, tonight it should be a moment of remembrance for hollywood legend. and believe me, for this fan it is. but gene hackman's death is also raising all kinds of questions and sparking a police investigation. here's

why. the 95 year old actor wasn't the only one found dead inside his santa fe home. hackman's body was discovered in a room near the kitchen, but his 65 year old wife, betsy arakawa, was found on the bathroom floor. scattered pills were around her body with an open prescription bottle on the countertop. one of their dogs was found dead in the bathroom closet, about 10 to 15ft away from hackman's wife. a caretaker who showed up at the house yesterday says that they saw bodies through the window. he then made a frantic call to 911. >> they appear to be awake or alert. >> no no no no no no. >> are they moving at all? >> no, they're not moving. just send somebody up here really quick. >> okay. my units are on their way. okay. >> that caretaker told authorities his last contact with hackman and his wife was two weeks ago. it appears they had been dead for a while. police say both bodies showed

signs of decomposition. the beginnings of mummification of feet and hands. police are now. they're trying to piece together what exactly happened. the sheriff says there are no obvious signs of any foul play. but he's not ruling out that it could be a possibility. we've got our reporters and analysts here to walk us through what we now know. we'll also talk about hackman's life and his legacy as a two time oscar winner, and hear from actor keith david, who costarred with him in the quick and the dead. let's begin with the investigation unfolding in santa fe, new mexico. cnn's josh campbell live outside the sheriff's office tonight. josh, the sheriff's office, they did release some preliminary information about the autopsy. can you give us the details? they revealed? >> yeah. so we got that information, laura, this evening from officials here in santa fe, the sheriff's department. and what they indicated is that they have conducted autopsies on both gene hackman as well as his

wife, betsy. and what they indicated is thus far based on that initial assessment, they found no external trauma. they did order carbon monoxide and toxicology tests to be done. that's standard practice with any type of death investigation that may have been, you know, happened under suspicious circumstances. and so we're waiting for that information to come in. but of course, this isn't just a tragedy. this is a gigantic mystery as well, because of all the factors that you just mentioned. yesterday afternoon, a911 call came in from a caretaker who said that they found these people home and they were deceased. authorities were dispatched there. interestingly, they found the door was open. it was not secure. they didn't find any evidence of any type of theft. but as you mentioned, they found betsy's body in one area near pills that were scattered. and of course, gene hackman's body in another area, a dog was found deceased as well, inside of a closet near where betsy was. so a lot of major questions here. one thing, early in the day,

people were wondering, well, could this have been some type of maybe carbon monoxide poisoning or a gas leak? the fire department was dispatched, as well as the local utilities, and they determined that, no, they couldn't find any indication of that. so the investigation very much underway. >> a real mystery. josh campbell, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn chief law enforcement analyst john miller, along with frank depaolo, who is a former chief of special operations for the new york city medical examiner's office. frank, let me begin with you here. did it surprise you when police initially said no foul play was suspected? >> oh, very much so. the. circumstances of very unusual circumstances of having two individuals deceased, uh, in the same home, along with the pet, uh, and an unsecured, uh, apartment or door to a home. uh, warrants, uh, you know, concern. and i was surprised to hear that they did not believe there were

circumstances or suspicious circumstances early on. >> so, frank, what would you be looking for? had you entered the hackman's home? >> well, you know, there are two aspects to the investigation. uh, my my perspective as having overseen, uh, medical legal investigations for the city of new york for many years. uh, we would arrive as as the medical, legal investigative component of this two pronged investigation, along with working collaboratively with law enforcement upon entering the the home. uh, we, you know, would already be aware that there were decedents inside, uh, would typically occurs early on is a walkthrough of the facility. and, uh, the purposes of of that walkthrough is to get a sense as to what's happening, you know, is there clear evidence of a crime scene? uh, is there any other suspicious or untoward circumstances that need to be further investigated? uh, the fact that you've got two

individuals who are deceased, uh, is very unusual and that, as i said earlier, alone warrants a significant investigation. >> john, let me bring you in here, and i. i wonder what would the evidence that you think would be the most important in helping detectives figure out what happened here? >> well, you've got to approach this for from a number of different angles because of what you don't have. what you don't have is a clear crime scene with, um, you know, a clear assault or a clear suicide or a clear, toxic agent. um, so now you have to go backwards, which is you have to go one step at a time and prove what it's not until you eliminate it to a small thing of what it could be. so let's go through that. um, it could be that there was toxins in the air, whether it was carbon monoxide or something else. remember, just to get the cops and the crime scene people in there, they had to test that environment to make sure it was safe for them to go in. and they

found no sign. but also remember, as josh told us, these bodies have been there for maybe ten days, possibly two weeks. so that doesn't tell us what the air condition was on at the time they died. so you've got to look at the equipment in the house. what was putting out air? um, the space heater that was in the bathroom. you've really got to go over all that stuff simultaneously. you have to go into their lives and start paging through it. what were their emails saying? you've got to get search warrants for those computers and contacts. you've got to interview their friends and their physicians. was someone diagnosed with some terminal illness that could have influenced the decision? did one person fall down? gene hackman is in the mudroom, um, where it looks like he fell. his cane is over here. his sunglasses are there. and did he die from that fall, or was it something in the air? did she determine that she didn't want to go on without him and take an overdose of pills? um, so that they could go

together? none of these are things that we know. but when you go through all of the mathematical possibilities of what could be, you have to consider all of them with an open mind. including foul play. >> really? this is the beginning, the infancy of the investigation, as you both have described it. and, frank, i do wonder about some of the conditions that they do and are aware of. and police say that hackman and his wife appeared as though they had been deceased for some time. they showed signs of. mummification. so how might the state of their remains impact the autopsy? >> well, the the, uh, presence of decomposition in this case, uh, from what we're hearing, it may have been several weeks worth of decomposition, along with mummification that occurred. uh, you know, can impede the ability first at the scene, to to determine if there's any evidence of trauma.

so it really does require ultimately in these cases, for a thorough investigation in the form of the external and internal autopsy that will be conducted back at the the office of the medical examiner. uh, to really try to determine if there are signs of of blunt or penetrating trauma. first and foremost, uh, but it's a difficult task, right? dealing with, uh, that level of decomposition. yeah. >> john miller, frank dipaolo. thank you both so much. very illuminating tonight. i know everyone wants to know what happened. thank you. the two daughters and granddaughter of gene remembering the patriarch in a very touching statement, saying, quote, he was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career. but to us, he was always just dad and grandpa to millions of movie fans. he was the consummate everyman, playing

dozens of roles that related to all of our lives, from starring as a new york city detective in that famous car chase from the french connection to playing the super villain lex luthor, arch nemesis of superman. hackman won a slew of awards for these roles, including two oscars. some of his most iconic roles were in westerns, like the 1995 epic the quick and the dead, which produced, if you remember, this memorable scene. >> i'm confused. all i hear from you, you spineless cowards, is how poor you are, how you can't afford my taxes, my protection. and yet somehow you've all managed to find the money to hire a professional gunfighter to kill me. >> with me now, the costar of that powerful scene with hackman, actor keith david. so happy to have you a part of this

experience today, albeit for the sad reason we remember and reflect on his career. keith, what was your initial reaction to the passing of gene hackman and his wife? >> um, i'm still in shock because i didn't find out until late this afternoon. as i came, i came home from for lunch and and my wife told me and i was like, wow. i mean, the the kind of irony is, i was thinking about him last night. really? because, uh, as i was going through some pictures, i came across this picture, which is of me and woody strode. and, you know, this was woody's last movie. and, um, and i started thinking about gene. and as i thought about gene, uh. joan darling, who was one of my sort of teachers and mentors and and

a director. she also lives in santa fe. and we often spoke of gene because they were good friends. um. i. you know, in this, this time that we're living in, you know, a lot of people are going home and, um, and certainly leaving us here. and but, you know, gene. that's, um, it's meaningful to me because, you know, we had we had a few great conversations while we were working on this movie, and i just i just, uh. truly loved his work ethic. yeah, we we talked about we talked about, you know, we talked about work a lot. and, uh, and he was, you know, he was one of those guys when i grew up. i wanted to be like him. mm. >> well, what was it like to share the set with him? >> it was extraordinary. i mean, you know, one of the things that, you know, another good friend of mine, johnny c

mcginley, we always talk about, you know, acting in a scene together and how important it is to throw the ball back. you know, when somebody throws the ball back at you. and, you know, so you're really in the game and gene hackman, you know, i learned an important lesson from him because here, you know, he's a huge star. and we had the scene that we had together. you know they have my close up. they have his close up. uh they did his close up first. and, you know, he was monstrous. it was it was great. but the the most important thing is when it came time for my close up, he did exactly the same thing he did on his close up. he didn't compromise or skimp or anything. he threw the ball back at me the same way. we. we threw it back and forth on the first time. and that was, uh, i was like, wow.

because that doesn't happen every day. chauncey, you know. >> an actor's actor. >> not everyone is that. not not everyone is that generous. but he was he was that kind of generous. and it shows. it makes a difference. >> how do you think? i mean, i know the oscars are this weekend. they are expected to pay tribute to hackman. he was nominated five times. he won twice. how do you think he'll be remembered as an actor? >> he was an actor's actor. i mean, he was really i mean, he like i said, he not only throws the ball back at you, but he is in the moment. he's in the game, you know? he's not, um. he's not trying to be. liked. if the if the character isn't likable, he, you know, he plays, he plays the guy, whoever that is. you know, if he's if he's if he's if he's nice, he's nice. if he has nice moments, he's a nice

guy. and if he's not a nice guy, he's not a nice guy. and so you get to see. that kind of human being because they do exist. not everybody, not everybody is a nice guy. >> mhm. >> and he's not he was unafraid to show you that. and yet off off you know off camera he was the nicest man you could, you could you know, you want to meet. you know that. >> i love to hear that about the way you can bring the authenticity of a role to the screen and, and be unapologetic about it. and of course, keith, many could say the same about you as you described him and the authenticity of your work as well. can you tell me about some of those conversations or your fondest memory with hackman? >> um. well, you know that that was one of them. and then there was a there was another moment

where, um, uh, he he stood up for me in a in the most generous way. we were, you know, in the movie set your, um, time. you know, timing is everything. you know, time is money, and you run out of time, you know? so we were running out of time to shoot a scene that we were doing. and, you know, everybody, everybody kept rushing, rushing, rushing, rushing, rushing. and, uh, and, you know, he finally stood up for me. he said, listen, we're not going to rush this scene anymore because, you know, we have to give this guy a chance to do his work. >> wow. >> and i was like, wow. you know, i mean, that was it was generous. i mean, and i think he would have done it for everybody. it wasn't it wasn't just me. it happened to be me. and i just, you know, i deeply appreciated that because not everybody stands up for you like that. you know. >> i knew i liked him and i knew

i liked you. and now we see even more of a reason why. and you have to tell me, look, i'm in journalism. i understand that everyone stands up for you. thank you. keith, i appreciate it. >> you know? you know what i'm saying? yeah. >> i do, which is why i revere the escapism and the joyfulness that you bring in your art. and thank you for sharing a little bit more about mr. hackman, too. keith. david. thank you. >> well, i will miss him. we will all miss him. yeah. >> we will. up next, attorney general pam bondi deals with her first maga crisis over this question. where exactly are those supposedly sensational jeffrey epstein files that she promised the whole thing now getting a little bit out of control, because what was released today has the president's diehard supporters outraged. >> on twitter. that's a great name, jack. >> we were the most social

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dasha burns. let me begin with you, tara. you've actually spoken to one of the alleged victims of epstein? >> two. actually, two. one reached out to me. yeah. >> what did you learn? >> they're really disappointed. uh, i talked to virginia giuffre. who was the one who accused prince andrew of raping her. and, um, you know, she just said that these are basically her court documents made public. its rehashing old material, its flight logs that we've already seen before. it's, you know, the little black book. it's a lot of information that's already been in the public domain. i have two podcasts on jeffrey epstein. i've gone through these files. there's not much new in there. she says that when she went to the fbi offices with her lawyer, sam pottinger, that she saw videos, cachet. she saw photos that she had to confirm were pictures of her. and they've never been released to the public. and she thought that at least that would be released. >> and she wanted that to be released. and why? >> because it's disappointing to them. they want this in the public domain. they want the epstein story to be told. they feel like a lot of people are out there basically skirting justice. really powerful people

who have been allowed to get away with spending time with the pedophile and molesting young women. um, so yeah, she said it's not good enough. we want the untouchables. um, but, you know, she admits it's phase one, but they felt another epstein victim, tewani. she reached out to me and she said nothing new was released. it was all a show, a circus. and i think it really upsets them because they saw the the theater that was going on, the binders that were handed out to these influencers, suggesting that this is all new information. but anyone who knew anything about the epstein trial and the case knew that this was not new information at all. and they were really hopeful, uh, you know, uh, virginia robbins. >> talked. >> to elon musk, though. yeah. virginia roberts spoke to elon musk before the election, and he promised her over x that he would release the files. and she took him to that. and he hasn't done that. and she's really disappointed about that as well.

>> why has the doj been so focused on this particular case? above all. >> i mean, to tara's point, the theater of it all, there are multiple stories like epstein, like the jfk files that the trump base has really focused on. their attention has been placed on those because there has been this sowing of distrust and sowing of distrust in the government, sowing of distrust in the institutions, the deep state idea that the government is hiding all of these materials. and look there, there certainly is more to the story, and there may be more that's released. but but there has been this fervor built up between trump and his base, because he's the guy that's going to go and show you the things that the government has been hiding from you. and this is one of those stories where they were looking for that. well. >> was the thought that it would exonerate any association with trump or that it would reveal those who were the so-called untouchables. >> well, there there are a lot of online theories about untouchables, particularly high up in the democratic party, that

that people in maga world were hoping would be uncovered here. >> but trump was in one of the, um, was in the little black book that was revealed today. he was in the files. they used their own followers as props today. they made them look like fools and they are furious. online there is a revolt going on among the right. they are furious. they stood there in front of the white house with these binders that had nothing in them. that was new. they were props. laura loomer i know, you know, she's been very closely associated with trump. she's freaking out about this. anna, what are they? >> what is their specific problem? >> their problem is, is that you made this into some sort of dog and pony show. look at the pictures and there's nothing in there. this is this is. this isn't. this is nothing. they want. they want the goods and. >> but the who but the who they handed it to, in particular, the 15 influencers or so. i mean, what was behind that decision? was it because they knew that it was not going to be at all

thorough, anything different, and that this might have been a prop? is that why? >> well, two things. the story of this week, in part, has been the fight that the the white house has been picking with the mainstream media. right? so this was a show of, hey, we're going to include new people in this. i think that they did a disservice to some of those influencers because they they they made them think they they went out on their platforms and said, hey, we have this stuff that no one has seen, and that wasn't the case. and again, this is this is part of that narrative that we've been seeing all week long. but it didn't exactly play out to to the favor of a lot of folks in the world today. >> how about kash patel? i mean, he's been asked to provide whatever, whatever the thousand or so documents would be. what happens there? is that the goal then, to have him go to that new york office and try to get that, and that's where the documents are. >> yeah, i think this was some sort of like pr plan by pam bondi. she thought this could win her some social media clout and it failed miserably. she has egg on her face and now she's blaming the new york s.d.n.y. their office for not giving them more documents. like that's your job. you know, you're supposed to know what you're doing. um,

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ordering the office of personnel management to inform some of the affected agencies. it had no authority to even make those cuts. one of those probationary employees, 24 year old michigan native riley cooper, was just let go by the u.s. forest service and shared her heartbreaking story with the washington post. you see, riley has dreamed of becoming a mother after a doctor told her that ivf could be her only hope of having children. she turned to trump, who had promised on the campaign trail to fully cover the procedure. it ended up being the very reason she cast her ballot for president trump this past november. riley cooper joins me now. riley, welcome. thank you for sharing your story. and i wonder what was it like for you when you got the news that you were being let go? >> it was really hard. i was on the phone with my best friend kaylee at the time, and, um, we were just discussing her life

and how things were going. and i looked at my phone and i had gotten a text from our union rep, and he told me that i was going to be fired the next day. and i told her i have to go. i'm getting fired tomorrow. and my heart just sank. >> i'm so sorry this is happening. and the frustration you must be feeling. and, um, perhaps anxiety about what's next. and of course, we're hearing a lot about following the campaign and the elections, about the mandate, the mandate that people wanted to see a streamlined government, that they wanted to be able to rightsize it in some way and rid of waste and fraud. that was not the motivating reason you were voting for president trump. does that impact the way you see any of this? >> yeah, it's hard from from my

perspective, to approach the current administration with hope. um, you know, i've been dealing with infertility now for about a year. i've had multiple surgeries in my life. um, so, you know, going into the voting booth, the main thing on my mind was the same thing i'd been thinking about for the past 11 months. and it was, you know, i want to be a mom and women who have gone through that experience, that heartbreaking feeling of wanting something that you might never have. they understand how much of your time is taken up with those thoughts, and how overwhelming and lonely it can feel. so as someone who is more of a swing voter, you know, sometimes that's what it comes down to is those those single issues. because when you step into the voting booth, you know, you're thinking of

what's important to you and like the issues that are resonating with you in that moment. and for me, in that moment, like it took me a while and i made a decision that looking back, i'm not proud of. but. it's it's the reality of my situation now. >> riley, do you now regret the way you voted for trump? >> i do feel regret, and i've had a lot of tumultuous thoughts about that day in the election booth. um. you know, when when you're voting on something that affects you so personally, you know, it's really easy to get tunnel vision, especially in a voting booth when you're staring at you have two options, right? i mean, it's not like you're given an endless amount of options. um, to, to achieve your goals. and so afterwards, when i

thought maybe this is my chance, you know, i also had to come to terms with the fact that i was likely going to be a part of, you know, taking chances away from other groups of people. and, and that's never sat well with me. >> i understand. sadly, you have been getting a lot of hate mail, a lot of negative reaction for even speaking your mind about how you feel since being fired. can you describe some of that? >> people online get very brave. uh, you know, they can very easily say terrible things to you that they would never in a million years say to anyone's face. um, i've had people tell me that, you know, they they hope that i never have a child. and i got exactly what i deserved. and as much as all of the terrible comments have been coming through, i've also received an immense amount of support. um, especially from women who have gone through ivf,

who struggle with infertility. it's unfortunately a large group of us out there who deal with this, and i hope that more light comes to the issue of infertility. it's a terrible, lonely process, and i'm really glad that some people have reached out with, you know. understanding. and they send me hope as well, which i appreciate. >> riley cooper, thank you. still ahead, doge around and find out. a judge now demanding that a member of musk's team shows up to court and explain what's happening. and under oath, by the way. plus, zelenskyy, trump and the big meeting that everyone from washington to moscow are on the edge of their seats about. >> tournament of champions with 32 of the world's best chefs put

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going on with doge, because what are the actual numbers of the money he's saying he's cutting? who is he talking to? who even works for him? remember, we had that moment this week about who the special administrator is in the white house. refused to answer, and then we figured it out. >> that may have been news to her, too. we don't know. i just don't know yet. >> um, but musk is starting to run up against some hard to dismantle guardrails in the government. namely, you said you love judges, judges and lawyers. right? eventually. and maybe it's not catching up as quickly as some people would want it to. but there are those guardrails in place, and the courts is one of those. um, but eventually congress and other, other branches of government are going to start to get involved in this and to the to the point that your, um, the young woman that you interviewed made. this is what i'm starting to hear from voters. they voted on the economy. they voted on immigration. they voted on health care. doge was not the

thing that they thought was going to be the majority of the conversation in the first 100 days. so there's a lot of frustration from some voters. why is this what's consuming my day to day? >> just the actual premise, but the vehicle by which to do everything it seems. but i also on that point, i mean the person who's running it, supposedly elon musk and the idea of conflicts of interest. we're back on terra because elon musk was saying today that upgrades to the faa's air traffic control system, they're failing, and that space x, which happens to be his company. >> right. >> needs to take over verizon's contract. and verizon says that it is not running the current system. but that aside, how do these conflicts come into play in terms of how people are judging the motivation and intent of elon musk? >> it's interesting to see what elon musk is interested in. you know what i'm saying? like he's interested in the faa, things that fly. he's interested in nasa, a place where he has billions of dollars in contracts and rents a launch pad for only a dollar a year.

um, what is elon musk looking into right now? where does he find cuts? it's in places where he can, you know, either find deregulation for himself, get rid of contracts that exist, perhaps replace them at some point with contracts with his own companies. um, he is just rife in conflicts of interest. someone who has a $800 billion. i think it is in contracts. um, is is is going to be conflicted with the government. there's no doubt about that. >> yeah. i often wonder what's in it for him. is it purely out of the goodness of his heart or something much different? we'll have to see about that. president trump and the uk prime minister, though today they held a press conference, as you saw, there was a pretty big shift. and i'm using i'm being generous with that. and trump's tone with respect to president zelenskyy. listen to this. >> i have a lot of respect for him. uh, we've given him a lot of equipment and a lot of money, but they have fought very bravely. no matter how you figure it, they have really fought. somebody has to use that

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>> come on. have you ever been in poughkeepsie? you've been in poughkeepsie, haven't you? i want to hear it. come on. yes. >> yes, yes. >> you've been there, right? >> that's gene hackman in the 1971 film the french connection. he won an oscar for it. his character, new york detective jimmy popeye doyle. he didn't play by the rules. a lot of hackman's roles actually broke the mold, which is why he was so great at his craft. he made us laugh and question our sanity. >> are you trying to steal my woman? >> i beg your pardon? >> you heard me, coltrane. >> coltrane. what did you just call me? coltrane. >> no. >> he brought us the philosophical musings of a criminal mastermind. >> some people can read war and peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe. >> he taught us to be skeptical of the government. i mean,

before that was cool. >> who are you working for? what is. >> this. >> about me? >> am i a target here? do they know me? >> who is they? >> do they know me? >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> but most of all, he gave us inspiration. >> if you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential to be the best that you can be, i don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game. in my book, we're going to be winners. okay. >> prompting the slow clap. that's just a taste of what hackman brought to the big screen, and a small one at that. i mean, this man starred in more than 70 movies. but which one rises to the top? well, cnn's harry enten is here to run us through the hackman's greatest works. talk to us, harry. there's a lot to choose from. i mean, khuza'a is one of my absolute favorites, especially that pep talk scene. now that my son is always in a locker room playing basketball. but you looked at the critics and the

audience favorites, and hoosiers is it's not even the top three. >> it's not on either. >> list, though. hearing that. >> speech, i want to run. >> through a wall and just play for him. my goodness gracious. just hearing it back. i want to get out on the hardwood and shoot some hoops, even though i'm terrible. but let's take a look at how the critics feel and how the moviegoers also felt. so let's take a look at the rotten tomatoes scores. the top gene hackman films. what's so interesting about this list is i find movies that i never even knew that gene hackman starred in before cisco pike. he was a bad guy in that film 100%. he starred with kris kristofferson. how about i never sang for my father? he was a good guy in that, played a guy who had a very interesting relationship with his father. again, 100%. and of course, you played it in the intro, the french connection 97% on rotten tomatoes. what i will note is the french connection will live on, because his nickname in that film was popeye. and that's actually why we have popeye's chicken. it is named after his character in the

french connection. so gene hackman may be gone, but he lives on. but this is the rotten tomatoes, right? let's talk about the box office. okay, gene hackman, top grossing films, films domestically okay. the firm $158 million. of course, he was a bad guy in that with, of course, tom cruise being the good guy. then superman, i mean, lex luthor. come on, baby, $138 million. again, not such a good guy. but then what i love about gene hackman, you know, we talk about some films. he was the good guy, some films. he was the bad guy. sometimes he played a serious role. sometimes he played a comedic role. the birdcage, of course, he was the senator in that film, in which he kind of came around on gay rights. so quite a fun little film there. >> i can't believe that, like you don't have on there, unforgiven, which is, of course one of my favorites as well. mississippi burning, you got the royal. i could go on and on, but the firm, i'm with you there. i love his character there. and of course, it's one of the classic tom cruise's sprinting scenes. we all know what happens next. so i've got to ask you, harry,

because i know you just can't resist telling me what is your favorite gene hackman movie. >> you know, we we started with him being in a coach role. we'll end with him being in a coach role. my favorite gene hackman film, the replacements, only 41%. on rotten tomatoes. but i got to take a listen to this film because it's inspiration again. >> i put the game in your hands. you got scared. >> i read blitz. >> winners always want the. ball when the game's on the line. >> oh. >> winners always want the ball laura coates. that's why i want the ball. that's why i want to throw you the ball. gene hackman though. any closing thoughts? what do you think of my thought here? >> it's a good one, i agree, and rotten tomatoes is not always matched what i love. but i got to tell you there i had the hardest time trying to figure out what's my favorite thing, my favorite monologue, favorite scene. and there are so many to choose from. i guess that's why you know that he was a great one, because every

generation has one they love. and now i'm going to share with my kids some of these movies as well. the the right appropriate age ones. harry enten. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> and hey everyone, thank you all for watching. anderson cooper 360 is next. we leave you tonight with another iconic line from one gene hackman from harry's favorite, the replacements. >> i look at you and i see two men. the man. you are, the man you ought to be. someday those two will meet. >> tonight on 360. with america now siding with russia, the u.n., britain's prime minister, comes to washington trying to shore up our