tony brown is a bail bondsman established in sacramento he runs the tony brown bail bonds a firm which specializes in bailing out offenders before their trials. in a bond out the. bonds that we use to bail people out. in the us freedom has a price the more severe the crime the bigger the bail is in order to get out of jail before trial for example ward's animals this fifty thousand dollars use of firearms is twenty five thousand dollars attempted homicide is half a million dollars contract he has a contract the contract stipulates you understand that anybody that is for this person you know stand will be liable and we will be held accountable for the person that actually bail out. the bill ninety percent of the money needed for the release the remaining ten percent is paid for by the criminal or his relatives. a contract to cosign by the offender gives full power to the bondsman. to go to court. we have no problem but the minute he misses court and the court send me a full version no notice let me know that he is actually actually did go to court that's when my about one department tak

court that's what about one department takes over it all comes of being about a hundred look at tony brown's bail bonds to actually. we are going to follow the bounty hunters who track down petty criminals they are very popular but also controversial this week we are going to try and catch two drug dealers with rewards of thirty five thousand dollars and fifty thousand dollars on their heads. but they are not alone the united states government has its own law enforcement agency dealing with fugitive they are the well known u.s. marshals popularized by hollywood thanks to special from the justice department we were able to follow them in action marshall seek the most dangerous fugitives like to gang members wanted on murder charges and whose rewards are over a million dollars. sacramento capital of the state of california. a city of two million inhabitants stemming from the time of the gold rush. the man in the cowboy hat is leonard padilla. he is a bounty hunter. he calls himself the most famous bounty hunter in the world. i got a lot of. we're back with our two instructors. they are going o

reward on the head of this fugitive thirty five thousand dollars he's a small dealer bailed out by tony brown the. the man is far from suspecting that he's enjoying the last hours of his freedom we're getting ready to go after a bail. the morning or the evening before we go after them we've got to make sure that there are still active we can't pick up somebody if they took care of their bonds or if they were picked up on a warrant the actual bond has to be an act of forfeiture here in. authorization. after a few hours of class bounty hunter trainees. are going to do some practical work supervised by his two assistants that's all i remember. i don't know how i got so lucky to be with you know everybody in this room but i'm looking for but i think. maybe other people don't know what to do they don't know how to go about doing. all this. not as good at it as rob and his partner is see them here because. they're probably a lot younger niamh a lot more patient than i am and i just want to go out and get the job done and all that but they they tend to be better at it than i am. the stuff that i do

i he raised his hands and said he would send some of his experts s right away.y to tony brown, the vice president e said hesi wdeould contact all ot relevant suppliers and askedhe them to check their compliance.e now we are getting somewhere, he thought. he would later call the meeting the defining moment in ford'sur. turnaround.lways he believed he could save thed ford motor company. now she knew heno would. all he needed was a plan and asn plan teople know he put the plan together on a card and it was really simple. it was aggressively restructured tot profitably operate profitaby at the current demand accelerates the development of rtisan trucks that people are actually want ..how t and how they were able to use this crisis without taking it to the bailout without going and asking washington to fix their problems for them, doing it themselves their old-fashioned way and that is the american icon. so -- [applause] thank you. with that, i will take questions anybody might have. >> they are trying to become globally and his efforts in the asia-pacific and south america and europe with y

to send his quality experts right away tony brown forced vice president in charge of purchasing to conduct of the relevant suppliers and ask them to check their components. now we are getting somewhere, he thought. malawi would later call this meaning of the defining moment in the turnaround. he always believed he could save the ford motor company. now, he knew he would. all he needed was a planned and as many people know keep his plan together on a card and was really simple. it was the restructure the company to profitably to operate profitably at the demand ex of the development in the cars and trucks people actually want, finance the planned and work together as a team and the rest of the book pretty much tells the story of how they did that and how they were able to use this crisis without taking it to the bailout without going and asking washington to fix their problems for them, doing it themselves their old-fashioned way and that is the american icon. so -- [applause] thank you. with that, i will take questions anybody might have. >> they are trying to become globally and his effor

brown. it wouldn't be perhaps fairer to say that she was close to his wife, that, in fact, she was friendly with tony blair and less well disposed to gordon brown? if i can summarize that? >> i think she was pretty friendly with all of them. i remember some strong arguments when i would be gracing the government and all the works and she would be standing up prit you vigorously for gordon brown. >> when did you sense that mrs. brooks would be disposed to sporting you and your party? approximately when? >> i can't really put a date on it. i think it was -- as i say there was growing picture of disenchantment with the government. the conservative party was, i think getting its act together. looking more like a credible government, and it was a process. he had some strong allies, as it were. i don't want to ruin his career, but i felt that he was someone who thought that labor got it wrong. thought the conservative party was getting its act together. lots of things he didn't agree with me but i always felt he was a potential ally for pointing out that some readers were moving in our direction. >> i'm su

are going the first of three tonight and we will talk about venus williams and tony parker when you hang out with crase brown -- chris brown you got to look out for drake. later in this broadcast. >>> new tonight, you may not have noticed but facebook changed your contact information. instead of the address you designated it shows a new address that ends with facebook.com. that allows you to communicate with other outside clients. they are looking to make it consistent across the site but if you don't like the change you are free to reset your information back to the way it was. >> reporter: the man accused of murdering 7 people was back in court today. in addition to the 7 murder charnels, one goh is also facing three attempted murder charnels. he is accused of shooting at oikos university last april. administrators say he was upset about a tuition dispute. he confessed to being the shooter but pleaded not guilty. >>> governor jerry brown is promoting a plan to keep college tuition costs from going up. it is contingent on voters approving a tax increase. if that happens university of california and californ

incident they did see it happen brown told reporters later when asking about the investigation and rumors about his future that he has no plans to resign and it all came about tony and allison because some sources are saying brown has met with federal investigators and has cut a deal part of that deal would be having him step down as council chairman, other sources however, are admitting that brown and the u.s. attorneys office have met and have spoken but there is no deal so certainly, it is going to be something that we are going to watch very closely here at city hall. back to you. >> all right melanie thank you very much. >>> governor of wisconsin makes history republican scott walker became the first sitting governor to survive a recall election. as doug luzader shows us it was a recall election the whole nation was watching. >> reporter: this is just the third time in u.s. history a governor faced a recall election but this time, it didn >> voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> reporter: and those voters had simply jammed many polling sites around wisconsin through the day. turn out in the neighbourhood of 65%, the kin

standing next to chris brown in a nightclub, it's foreseeable that something ignorant might happen. >> foreseeability, i don't mean to get heavy is the legal claim. i don't know tony make a claim to the nightclub it's foreseeable that rihanna's two exs in and a brawl erupts. >> yeah, pretty much. >> even following chris browns actions over the last year and a half. >> drake is the starter on this deal? >> yeah, according to sources, he slipped a note to chris boun's camp saying i'm still sleeping with the love of your life. which would set off a nonpsychco. >> you're saying that chris brown maybe isn't the most -- >> one could argue. >> tightly wound maybe. >> she's a beautiful woman. >> we have to take a short break. still ahead on "starting point", the thrill and victory and agony of defeat, a new way to watch the olympics. >>> when michele bachmann was in the gop race, she promised to end the obama care on day one of her presidency. she's not giving up that fight yet. she's joining us to talk about the pending supreme court decision on health care. here's her playlist, train, soul sister. good choice. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ?

. >>> a former prosecutor joins us, to talk about kwame brown. tony. >>> the long awaited and very debated casino, next to arundel mills mall is open for business. maryland live went live 10:00 p.m. last night. take a look at this, so many people tried to get in state police had to turn them away. look at all the carpeople lined up in the parking lot on the roadways leading into and towards the facility. some just sat and waited for parking spaces to open up. inside the casino, some nearby were initially concerned. >> i was concerned because of the location like directly in the parking lot of the mall but now i think as i got more information about it -- >> people, 50 miles one way 50 miles the other i don't think that will have any baring. >>> maryland state police are advising drivers to expect more traffic along route 100 and route 295 this weekend because of the opening. >>> major break through in the stale mate over extending metro rail to dulles the agency that over sees the project agreed to remove the piggest hurdle, -- biggest hurdle preferen

. >>> tony and allison, brown found himself apologizing for a physical confrontation with a reportero him about those investigations yesterday. more on that, coming up at 9:00 a.m. back to you. >> thank you so much. >> kwame brown's press conference came just after the council passed a $9.4 billion budget the new budget extends benefits for needy families for a year. extends bar hours and pays city workers their 4 furlough days back. tony. >>> wisconsin's governor wins that recall election. scott walker became the first sitting governor in history to survive a recall election. he spoke with a crowd of supporters late last night as the audience erupted into chants of thank you scott. tom bare let addressed supporters in milwaukee. >> thanks to all the people who yet again entrusted in me your vote as governor to be the 45th and continue to be our 45th governor of the state of wisconsin. >> it was up to all of us our side and their side to listen to each other and try to do what is right for everyone in the state. >> governor walker is inviting lawmakers to meet over burgers and brats

brown. we told you tony parker of nba fame was also in the club, supposedly was not involved at all.this night club called wip for $20 million because he's saying he has a corneal laceration of the left eye and other injuries that certainly don't improve his outside shot. he's blaming the club for negligence. he said they should have never allowed two rihanna rivals in the same club at the same time. of course they both dated rihanna. he's saying they were negligent in their security and supervision. chris brown and his girl friend and bodyguard were among eight injured in that fight that took place in the club. $20 million. >> i wonder if they'll settle. should we put the skin in "the skinny"? kate upton will be on the cover of gq in july and she wears a small star spangled bikini on the cover, god bless america. she said if she had one wish, she would have smaller boobs. i don't know what's up with that. >> they are quite curvaceous. >> they're large. she rolls on the grass and covers herself up with american flags and wears the unzipped denim shorts. she's certainly not shy. she s

brown. nba superstar tony parker was injured in that fight.the san antonio spurs guard suffered a scratched retina during friday night's fight at a new york nightclub. he said he's sitting out olympic basketball practice for a week but he'll be readied to play for france next month. drake and brown were reportedly fighting over pop singer rihanna. so far no one has filed charges. >>> lindsay lohan is recovering this morning after her second health scare in a week. paramedics were called to where loen was staying after she didn't come out of her room to shoot a scene. she was rested and did suffer dehydration but was not taken to the hospital. she'd been up all night shooting scenes for her movie about the life of elizabeth taylor. >>> in this week's box office, there's a musical tribute to the '80s, a raunchy adam sandler comedy. we take a look at what's hitting theater this weekend in the box office preview. >> i told you 10,000 times girls drink free, dudes pay full price. >> they are dudes. >> the '08s are back and so is the hair in "rock o

. >>> nba star tony parker filed a lawsuit against the club where kris brown and drake were involvedbrawl. parker was hit with a bottle and suffered a scratched cornea last week. the lawsuit against the wip club in new york alleges negligence for not providing adequate security. as a result of the brawl, new york city is now taking a second look at bottle service and how it's handled. >>> the danger of an engine fire is forcing general motors to recall nearly a half million chevy cruise models. gm says 30 cars caught fire pause of a problem with the plastic engine shields. it covers cars from september twenl until last month. >>> a reminder of the worst train crash in metro history now sits in northeast washington. three years ago to the day that nine people were killed, 80 injured. the fort totten station in 2009 had faulty circuit and other problems caused two trains to collide. metro implemented several changes since that crash. the city plans to build a memorial park but that location hasn't been decided yet. >> doug is back with more about our wild weather. things are starting t

brown. >> we told you that tony parker of nba fame was also in the club.y was not involved at all. actually, yes he was. he is now suing this nightclub called wip for $20 million. because he says he has a scratched retina his attorney saying a corn yaleal laceration of the left eye that does not improve his outside shot. he is blaming the club. they never should have allowed rivals. saying they were negligent. chris brown, girlfriend bodyguard were among eight injured during the fight that took place. $20 million. >> $20 million. maybe just settle. should we put the skin in the skinny. kate upton. >>awe put your glasses on. >> on the cover of gq in july. a small star spangled bikini. god bless america. she says, if she had one wish, she would have smaller boobs. i don't know what's up with that? and anyway all video behind the scenes, sexy gq. >> they're large. >> gargantuan? i don't know. >> bouncy. >> and she rolls on the grass and covers herself with american flags. and wears the unzipped denim shorts. she is not shy. she says i just love america. >> ye

brooks and her witness statement, paragraph 61, states that tony blair and his aide were convinced that gordon brown and his aides had conspired together in order to force the resignation. do you agree with that? >> i don't think that is tony blair's you. it is certain that my view. this is again, you are relying on secondhand conversations that are reported by people who are not participants in the events. so i don't take that as a serious comment about what happened. >> were your age involved in using the media to force or attempt to force mr. blair's resignation -- this is in 2006? >> i would hope not. >> but where they involve? >> i would hope not. i've got no evidence of that. >> now, mr. blair said that he did know whether you, mr. wheeldon, mr. mcbride and mr. balls were briefing against him in the media. did you authorize your aides to brief against mr. blair? >> no. >> do you think they may have done so without your explicit approval, even with your knowledge speak with obviously did so because it was without my authorization. >> at. [inaudible] only to act with your authority, would you ag

. >>> a michigan lawmaker, lisa brown, used the word vagina will read from the tony award winning playthe vagina monologues" tonight on the state capitol steps. >>> politico reporting that sarah palin tried to ridicule president obama for his admission that his stepfather once served him dog in indonesia. somehow, she still managed to make herself sound silly. she said i think it's funny the cocktail circuit gives me a hard time for eating el ng and moose. anybody here have a moose? >>> long vacations with a lightning rod. cbs's mike knoller has been keeping track. this weekend the president played his 100th round while in office. >>> that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> here is your first look at how wall street kicks off the day, the dow opens at 12,677 after jumping 115 points friday. the s&p climbed 13, nasdaq spiked 36. >>> taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo t nikkei surged 151 points. in hong kong the hang seng rose 193. >>> as we told you earlier, fears that greece would lead a your zone breakup have eased for now on the news of a slim but significant vi

her name is lisa brown, a dem, joined by tony-winner eve vanceler.quote, i'm flattered that you're also interested in my vagina but no means no. after that, republicans refused to allow her to speak about an unrelated bill the very next day. >>> premium court justice scrambling to finish up 14 cases before the end of the month. among them, the president's health care reform law. and arizona controversial crackdown on illegal immigrants. opinion days this week are scheduled for today and as for thursday. so decisions could be handed down as early as this morning. >>> in suburban san antonio, a teacher is in trouble for trying turn the tables on an alleged class bully. apparently telling the boy's kindergarten classmates to line up and hit him. >> 24 of those kids hit him, and he said most of them hit him twice. he had friends in that classroom. they didn't want to hit him, but she instructed them to hit him. >> this kind of activity, you know, just can't go on. >> the 6-year-old never told his parents. but another teacher who witnessed all of this cam

of high-level individuals speaking before the committee including former prime minister tony blair and gordon brown. here's a portion of what happened earlier today in london. [video clip] >> for the politician, this relates to the issue of the 24 hour news cycle. there is a difficulty in politics that you are fighting a permanent battle of issues being thrown at you hour by hour where sources are demanded very quickly. it can take up all your energy if you're not careful. that is hopeless. you will never reform our schools, cut our deficit, solve our economic problems and all the rest. the politicians, and particularly the prime ministers and cabinet ministers, have to get out of the 24 hour news cycle, not trying to fight every battle and focus on long-term issues and be prepared sometimes to take a hit on a story that they responded so quickly. i tried to do that. i'm not sure it has always been successful. host: david cameron testifying earlier today. is is a story in the new york times -- if you want to watch the entire hearing, the leveson inquiry today and all this week on our website, c-spa

>>gary: chris brown and drake got into it beef in a club with their entourages. tony that in his night and has a scratch to read and could miss the olympics.

held numerous senior cabinet positions in the united kingdom as a laborer and king under tony blair and gordon brown most important to us tonight, he was great britain's e.u. commissioner from 2004 to 2008, where he gained an infinite understanding of the turner political and economic workings of europe. today he is the chairman of global counsel, and international strategic advisory firm and to cap off his many talents he is a gifted writer. his autobiography, the third man, published in 2010, is a "sunday times" number one bestseller for five consecutive weeks. please welcome from london, england, lord peter mandelson. [applause] now before i call the debaters for their opening statements, i need to involved you, the audience. first i want to ask everyone to do something in this hall which is usually revoked in an auditorium such as this, which is tower up your smartphones. for the duration of tonight's debate can weigh in on the proceedings by tweeting to our hashtag, at monk europe. you can also follow the ensuing conversation at monk debate so again we want you to be involved in the debate with

under tony blair and gordon brown. most important to us tonight he was great britain's e.u. commissioner from 2004 to 2008 where he gained an intimate understanding of the internal political and economic workings of europe. today he is the chairman of the global council, an international strategic advisory firm. to cap off his many talents he is a gifted writer. his autobiography, third man, published in 2010, is a sunday times number one bestseller for five consecutive weeks. please welcome from london, england, lord peter mendelssohn. plause blast >> before i call on the debaters, i need to involve you the audience. first i want to ask everyone to do something in this hall which is usually verboten in an auditorium such as this is which is power up your smart phones. for the duration of tonight's debate you can weigh in on the proceedings by tweeting to our #at munkeurope. you can also follow the ensuing conversation@munkdebate. again we want you to be involved in this debate with the audience around the world who is watching online. we also have two v.i.p. twitterers comi

. >>> a new celebrity caught up in the chris brown drake bar fight. tonya in the fight and now has to put off training with the french olympic basketball team. also new, the new york city club where the fight started has been shut down. police say eight people were injured including singer chris bro brown. witnesses told officers the fight started when drake's entourage confronted brown as he was leaving that club. >>> call it top chef. 700 applications to a space simulation have been whittled down to nine. their mission, to took footd on mars healthy and appetizing. six of the nine participants will spend four months in a martian like habitat, develop the strategy to fee a human colony on mars. i feel like they're rushing that a little bit. >> christine, thank you very much. so you have a present for me? >> i do. we have been talking so much about what culinary works and you love chocolate and bacon. >> i do individually. >> you have to try this chocolate bacon bar. >> with hick try smoke uncured bacon. mcdonald's has its own version of this. it's delicio

brown, for the failure to address this issue, the fusion of fact and comment, as you put it, as one world? between 1997 and 2010? >> tony gave evidence a few day ago, and he rightly said that a decision was made, that there would be no manifesto commitment to reform of the media. when i came in in 2007, we have no mandate in our manifesto to propose reform of the media. i did want to make a change, and i did try to move away from what i thought was the excessive dominance of what is called the lobby system. and what really has led to these allegations of spin. by the way, spin assumes that you've got success in getting your message across each if it's superficial, and i don't think anybody could accuse me in having a great deal of success in getting my message across. but i tried to move away from that. and one we moved from having a political chief of communications to having a civil servant doing the job. that was to send the message that we were not trying to politicize government information, we were trying to give the information that was necessary for

brown. [inaudible] there was a group of lawyers case for tony and sarah me stories.e would drive the car and give so many tickets please would just take it away and he never paid any bills. he was never good at paying taxes. >> i wanted to say when david calledç me up to be interviewed about the book i said, can we even remember that time period? and it was a really rare moment in the sun and hunter thompson at the theater, and i lived with marty mitchell and david talbott came in and asked if he could come and follow us. i was actually going out -- [inaudible] >> iges want to make that clear. >> i used to pass out to the prostitutes and sit with them. this is my little pink outfit, and when the prostitutes were arrested they would take them in and when they were released they would poke holes in all of the, and it was just a very very rare moment in the sun when we shared that. thank you for shedding light on that. >> thank you. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> well just briefly, you know, i think it all comes to a head. the cops were the bastion of the of ol

brown. wouldn't it be perhaps fairer to say that she was close to his wife, but, in fact, she was very friendly with tonyhe was pretty friendly with all of them. i remember some strong arguments when i would be berating the government, and she would be standing up pretty vigorously for gordon grown. brown. >> when did you sense that mrs. brooks would be disposed to supporting you and your party, approximately when? >> i can't really put a date on it. i think the as i say, there was a growing picture of disenchantment with the government. the conservative party was i think, getting its act together looking more like a credible government, and it was a process. we had some strong allies as it were. i don't want to ruin his career, but kavanaugh on "the sun," i felt he was someone, you know, who thought that labour government was getting it wrong, lots of things he didn't agree with about what i was going, but i always felt he was a potential ally for pointing out that "sun" readers were moving in our direction. >> i'm sure it's a process, not an event. in any event, if it is an event, you're not going to r

tony blair. strong arguments. pretty vigorously for gordon brown. >> when did you sense that mrs. brooks would be disposed to supporting you? when? >> i think it was a growing picture of disenchantment. the conservative party was getting its act together. like a credible government. was a process. we have some strong allies. i felt he was someone who thought the government was getting it wrong. the government party was getting its act together. i was felt he was a potential ally for pointing out rebekah brooks "the sun -- "the sun" readers are moving in our direction. >> approximately when did you think mrs. burks was on the -- the side? about six months before this it does support? >> i do not know. go through my diary. give you a date. >> not even a sense of when it might have been? was it months of? was it weeks? was it years? to get it wrong. it was certainly not weeks. it was more than that. i cannot give you any more than that. >> were you given any surprise -- advice of importance of james murdoch that he would have this over his father? >> i think they're all important. i

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brown. would it be perhaps fair to say that she was close to his wife but, in fact, she was very funny with tonyent and all it's worth. she would be standing at pretty vigorously for gordon brown. >> when did you you sense that mrs. brooks would be disposed to supporting you and your party approximately when? >> can't really put a date on it. i think it was as they say there was a growing picture of disenchantment with the government. the conservative party was i think getting its act together. looking more like a credible government, and it was a process. we had some strong allies as it were, i mean, i don't want to ruin his career but trevor kavanagh on "the sun," i felt he was someone who thought that labour government was getting it wrong. thought the conservative party was getting its act together but lots of things he didn't agree with what what a thing but i felt he was a potential ally for pony up to "the sun" readers were moving in our direction. >> i'm sure it's process, not an event come in any event. do not remember the exact dates, but approximately when you think mrs. brooks was on

whitney lee brown did indeed grow up in washington dc, graduated from duke ellington and studied dance here she is now in the national tour of memphis the play that won the 2010 tonyest musical. right now, it has a run at the kennedy center, whitney lee brown joins us now. welcome home. >> thank you. >> thanks for coming in nice to meet you. >> you too. >> are you excited? being first of all in a show like this has got to be pretty exciting but to bring it home, and get to see family and old friends is that pretty exciting? >> amazing. i've grown up seeing so many shows at the kennedy center from a child, and to be on that stage, is pretty amazing. yeah. >> it has to be a little surreal >> it is and actually looks a lot smaller from the stage, than it does from the house. that was interesting. >> let's talk about memphis for those who don't know about the show, unfortunately i haven't seen the show yet but it won the tony award explain what it is about. >> it is a musical based on the birth of rock and roll, and how it came about, in 1950s. it is loosely based on a character, an actual dj in memphis who played a lot of racially, you know, strong music, in the 50s.

one woman said in her statement that tony blair and his aides were convinced that gordon brown and his aides had conspired for a resignation. do you agree with that? >> that is certainly not my view, and this is, again, you are relying on second-hand conversations as reported by people who are not participants in the events, so i do not take that as a serious comment. >> where your aides involved in using the media to force or attempt to force the mr. boehner resignation in 2006? >> i think not. >> but were they involved? >> i think not. >> mr. blair said he did not know whether you or the other gentleman were against him in the media. did you authorize your aides to brief against mr. blair? >> no. >> do you think they may have done so without your explicit approval or without your knowledge? >> the obviously did so. it was without my authorization. >> with your authority? >> no. i made it clear. i am trying to explain why we changed the system when i went to no. 10 and why i thought it was better to have this come up with the development from the 1970's onwards. there are advisers. an

for an exclusive interview, tony award-winning playwright of "the vagina monologues," eve ensler, and the newest star of that play, michigan state representative, lisa brownnologues" since, i believe 1996, is when it premiered? >> yes. >> you've seen it performed by some of the greatest actresses of our time. you've seen it performed by students, you've seen it performed around the world, in more countries than i think you can count. what was the this performance like for you tonight? >> you know, it was one of the most amazing performances i've seen. and i think, in some ways, "the vagina monologues" was in its truest form today, because it was not just about the art of it, it was truly about the message and the reason for it. and to see representatives, lawmakers, heads of planned parenthood and the aclu, amazing actors come together for the liberation of women, for women's rights, in front of 5,000 people in lansing, michigan, i feel reallied good. >> lisa brown, since 1996, we've come such a long way with this, that it is hard to remember that since eve's play premiered, talking about the vagina publicly, in any way, was kind of extraordinary, and the