.-- ask me as an englishman how i am? >> stephen: how are you?right. >> stephen: you play the mandarin in this you seem to be good at playing the bad guys. you played lenin. you played gandhi, all of the serious heavies, you know. do you like playing a bad guy in this? >> what bad guy. >> stephen: the mandarin. he's a bad guy, right. he's the heavy. >> mr. colbert -- >> stephen: you can call me sir stephen. ( laughter ) >> let me give you-- you know, you're preempted. sir steven spielberg was knighted. he's an honorary knight. >> stephen: i was knighted by queen noor of jordan. >> that's wonderful. congratulations. >> stephen: thank you very much. >> and how are you referred to in jord? >> stephen: do you enjoy being a knight? >> let me go back to the previous question. >> stephen: i don't know if i'm going to let you. >> ah, well, okay. ( cheers and applause ) go back to your previous question there, benny. >> boys and girls, when you're playing a villain, the last thing you're supposed to do is play him villancously. he has to have a sense of r

.-- ask me as an englishman how i am? >> stephen: how are you?ght. >> stephen: you play the mandarin in this you seem to be good at playing the bad guys. you played lenin. you played gandhi, all of the serious heavies, you know. do you like playing a bad guy in this? >> what bad guy. >> stephen: the mandarin. he's a bad guy, right. he's the heavy. >> mr. colbert -- >> stephen: you can call me sir stephen. ( laughter ) >> let me give you-- you know, you're preempted. sir steven spielberg was knighted. he's an honorary knight. >> stephen: i was knighted by queen noor of jordan. >> that's wonderful. congratulations. >> stephen: thank you very much. >> and how are you referred to in jord? >> stephen: do you enjoy being a knight? >> let me go back to the previous question. >> stephen: i don't know if i'm going to let you. >> ah, well, okay. ( cheers and applause ) go back to your previous question there, benny. >> boys and girls, when you're playing a villain, the last thing you're supposed to do is play him villancously. he has to have a sense of rig

as an englishman, i think we should explain that where you come from from europe, where i come from, it is considered the norm. it is good corporate governance. is jamie dimon unlucky that you are coming from london with your views? >> we have an international star. we recognize that the requirements are different. and cultural history of capitalism. we are always taking into account of local regulations. >> here in the united states you have a huge number of very big names. >> let's look at what everybody else is saying. jamie dimon and his kingdom saying don't mess with that kingdom. this they are effectively insiders. >> when and how will you make your decision? >> we have a team of experts who will consider all of the relevant issues and we will be deciding over the next few days. >> do you personally have a point of view of whether it is advisable to split the roll. do you have a point of view? >> it will depend it's very, very difficult to be absolutely categorical. >> wouldn't larry think -- that's not how i intended it to be. >> no, i think that we have a very clear contractu

. >> host: "cheers, america," how an englishman loved to learn america, mr. webb, when were you in the states, and why? >> guest: i was sent to the united states in 2002. >> host: sounds like a sentence. >> guest: well, to be honest, at the time, it field like one. i didn't know anything about the united states. i was based in brussels for bbc, the bbc correspondent there, got a call, do you want to go to america? i thought, well, i don't know anything about america. i don't know anything about the politics. never had a particular interest in the place, but i do not one thing. i know this from films, it's sunny there. i'm sick of living in brussels where a friend said it's like the inside of a milk bottle. in the olden days, milk came in bottles that got clouded up, and that's what it's like to live in europe's capital. we give it a go. on the basis, frankly, of no knowledge, not a huge amount of interest, we decided to accept the offer of a job, and i say "we," my family, i had very young twins then, just born in brussels, so we went off to the u.s., and, ob

welbeck and called it a day on a twenty year career that saw him become the first englishman to win domestic titles in four different countries the thirty eight year old is also england's most capped outfield player with one hundred fifteen outings to his name and will be badly missed by the football community. into the good was the right moment to stop . views of course. not just. the football world of the last does the last. version of. last good man. while russian pole vault star you may notice him by a verse has only a third world gold would do as the thirty year old began preparations in style for the moscow world championships in august but your time in big champion won her first event of the season in shanghai before holding a coaching clinic. i don't have any particular number how high i would like to jump and mosque or first the fall i will focus for victory because it's my home it's my it's my hometown it's the russia of this world champ and to real be held the first time and they serve atletico so and of course i'm focused for the victory and for the good result for the great resu

an englishman named chris holmes quit his job by giving his boss a cake. today is my 31st birthday and having recently become a father, i now realize how precious life is, how important it is to spend time that makes and everybody else happy. i give my resignation to devote my time and energy to my family. blah, blah, blah. that's not a cake. that's a kindle. >> actually, he made it himself. he walked into his boss' office and said take this job and shove it in your mouth, because it's delicious. if someone brings you a resignation cake. don't eat it. if yo you saw the movie "the help" you know why. the good lord gifted us with another elimination night on "dancing with the stars." in the end, what got him was a complete inability to dance. he tied in last place with andy dick who entered on a zip line. andy dick on a zip line sounds like some premium cocktail menu at ruby tuesdays. but it's andy dick on a zip line. my pick, zendaya scored 29 out of 30. i have to say i have never been more proud and more ashamed at the same time, but i have money on it. th

liberalism as a political ideology finding john locke defending, obviously, the rights of the free born englishman, right to liberty, the right to freedom from certain oppression, and the right to property, property rights, being absolutely central to purview, but to defending clop yalism and dpefding slavery saying the justification for slavery is in many ways the same of justification for property, in this case, what you've done is by defeating an opposed force, you have, you had the right to kill them. you could have done so, and by sparing their life, they effectively owed their lives to you so you can dispoe of it as you will. also, obviously, the reason and the political rationale for taking control, for example, of the americas was that the natives were not disposing of the land well at all, and there was a god-given mandate to make the best use of the terrain, the territory, so taking control of this as private property and making it into private property, and, you know, applying sufficient methods ofonjust metf production, was a justification for that process. as you progress through the

he and his siblings are the product of a tender love story shared between his father, a white englishman who fell in love and married an african from ghana. the relationship was often challenged. >> my father was white and my mother was black. >> reporter: true love prevails in the light of racism. he attended boarding school in the u.k. and excelled in academics and boxing and was destined for the olympics but in the face of his father's death, he returned to ghana to finish school. he was then encouraged to apply for college in america, a land of opportunity. >> this country allows people who are willing to work hard, achieve anything they would like to achieve, by hard work. >> reporter: and the fruits of his labor are producing a wonderful life. he enjoys sharing his life with his wife, debbie. they have daughter in premed at harvard and a son attending colgate. debbie says her husband is committed to helping and mentoring young medical students and his patients to fulfill their dreams. >> i think he's contributed an idea of a person of an unselfish doctor always giving, always looki

. >> you were an englishman.t a job, and you were drafted, and you went and fought for the united states in vietnam. >> i would use the word "fought" loosely. >> served. >> i served. >> you served. but you weren't an american citizen. >> nope. >> why did you do that? >> because i'm too stubborn. i was too stubborn to go back. it was my great adventure, coming over to america with $200 in my pocket and looking for work all on my own. >> after vietnam, the work he found was here at cbs news; in the '70s, producing documentaries, in the '80s, running the cbs evening news with dan rather, which he still says was his favorite job ever. but perhaps more defining is what happened when he was promoted to president of cbs news. in 1987, he oversaw the first layoffs in the company's history. he had to fire 200 colleagues and friends. yet this is the amazing thing. i don't know anybody who blamed you. now, how did you manage that? >> by communication. i did it myself. i mean, i didn't send a memo to somebody and say, "your

spl >> >> only an englishman would ask an irishman to do that. >> rose: it would take a miracle. (laughs) and chris said use something that's complex. yefrjts, there was -- there wasn't exactly -- suck sinceness is not exactly a national characteristic, for sure. and i appreciate my friends tell me-- and you can tell me in this interview-- i can go off and it's -- in ireland we sort of -- we search for stuff by talking it through, you know? and it's not good if you're sitting in front of it sometimes and mayor bloomberg got a load of rich people together in a room for me once. he's a great supporter of what we do and at the end of it he said "you want to go out to dinner? " i said "yeah." he said "next time i get you in a room with a load of rich people, have a speech." >> rose: (laughs) >> he said that! and i said "well, i was trying to be more intimate. i was making it up when i went along." >> he said you're better when you have a speech. >> rose: he's right. you have to have a bit of messianic complex to do what you want to do. you have to believe in yourself, to believe it's

justin webb "cheers, america" how an englishman learned to love america this is booktv on booktv on c-span2 in london. .. bodies. >> guest: boy, there is, there is no word the processed food industry hates more than the a word, addiction. and i do try to use it sparingly because they can rather convincingly argue that there are some differences between food cravings and narcotic cravings, certain technical thresholds. however, when they talk about the allure of their foods, again, their language can be so revealing. they use words like craveable, snackable, moorishness. and i was rathe >>> welcome to columbia, south carolina on booktv. with the help of our local time warner cable partners, for the next hour, we'll feature the capital city and the surrounding hour visiting places like the basin to learn about its history and meet authors who help us understand the history of the state and our nation. >> the native americans in south carolina were interesting and different from others in that, yes, we had major tribes, others ran them out, and in south carolina, there were mostly extended fam

in europe. >> host: justin webb is our guest, "cheers, america" is the name of the book, how an englishmanarned to love america. you write to live in america was the greatest privilege of my life. you are now back in the u.k.. what are you doing? >> guest: i am the anchor of the morning radio show at bbc radio show and it's funny i was in america doing radio and television. i was the bbc correspondent so when i told people i was going to come back because i had a great job to do back in the u.k. they would say what's that? i said i'm going to anchor radio show and they would say okay. it was almost as though i have been fired because radio doesn't have that kind of force in the united states that it does in britain but in britain bbc radio is still a real force in the land. in des moines we have 7 million or so listening to a radio program. it absolutely knocks broadcast television out of the broad -- ballpark when it comes to numbers and also when it comes to the kind of quality of people and the people who are really concerned about what's going on in the world and still turn to radio. w

he was the englishman to win the league in four different countries. >> how ironic that sir alax and beckham both quit on the same day. sir alex who just embarrassed him in public. >> been just a slew of retirements at the end of this season. been a little bit of sequel to "cocoon" the movie. his statement was fascinating. i would like to be known as a hard-working footballer. which is what his legacy wants to be. what he does next is interesting to watch. rumors that he will become co-owner and very cozy with the gulf states. i would like to see him take over for barbara walters on the couch on "the view." >> let's talk about a couple games that mattered yesterday. arsenal, this is a team who is not owned by other fabulously wealthy people. yet they qualified again yesterday for the champion. >> it's not entirely clear who even knows he owns the team and they have a sense of fiscal responsibility that the shaeiks that all above them don't have. the roger clinton, fourth place. >> you're comparing to roger clinton? joey compares them to -- look at this

on a ship englishman and they were engaged to be married.he parents disapproved because she was going to england. she was so young. mrs. grant said, so young. in 1874.ng took place they redecorated the east room for it, leaving the basic woodwork and adding a lot more, mirrors, all sorts of things, and the nation went wild. there weren't a lot of invitations, 200, i think. were mobbed. you cannot get near the place. walt whitman -- i brought this -- walt whitman was there, and --te, bonnie bride it was carried in all the papers. it was the most wonderful thing. she married the need to huge wedding bells. -- two huge wedding bells. stewart would have a table with his name on it. there was a wedding breakfast, and then they left on their honeymoon. they lived in england where she renounced her citizenship, which he later very much regretted. she partitioned congress to get back and did get it back. guest: i think she had to renounce your citizenship i marrying somebody from england and moving over there. guest: not very happily. guest: reporte

she met alernon sartoris, an englishman, on a ship and they were engaged to be married. the parents disapproved because she was going to england. she was so young. mrs. grant said, "oh so young." the wedding took place may the 21st, 1874. they redecorated the east room for it, leaving the basic woodwork and adding a lot more, mirrors, all sorts of things, and the nation went wild. there weren't a lot of invitations, 200, i think. the streets were mobbed. you could not get near the place. walt whitman -- i brought this walt whitman was there, and wrote, "o bonnie bride! yield thy red cheeks today unto a nation's loving kiss." it was carried in all the papers. it was the most wonderful thing. she married the need two huge wedding bells. stewart would have a table with his name on it. there was a wedding breakfast, and then they left on their honeymoon. they lived in england where she renounced her citizenship, which she later very much regretted. she partitioned congress to get back and did get it back. guest: i think she had to renounce her citizenship by marrying somebod

after i'd left him, where i was interviewed by somebody, and it was headed, the greatest living englishman. a lot of young people were very irritated by it, by the feeling that henry was getting too much attention. (narrator) and the times were changing. the '60s pop artists andy warhol and roy lichtenstein shunned the previous generation's idealism to engage with popular culture, ti w and iny gh than idealism. minimalistlike danlavin developed a severe, abstract style that intrigued critics and artists. suddenly, henry moore seemed old hat. british artist bruce mclean, a student of anthony caro, created a series of photographic parodies, placing his own body in positions that mocked moore's reclining figures. there's this sense of moore the artist, moore's work, perhaps even being obscured by list upon list of commission and prize. certainly, he was very proud of that. he always claimed to be somewhat perplexed by all the attention, and he certainly did evolve into an artist celebrity. i mean it's very rare that a sculptor's face graces the cover of time magazine. (narrator) bruce nauman