it has done so in line with the reforms put in place after the iraq war by sir robin butler. there was a letter that states, there is little serious dispute that the chemical attacks causing mass cavities on a large scale took place on 21 august. there is no credible intelligence or other evidence to substantiate the claim of the possession of chemical weapons by the opposition. it is not possible for the opposition to have carried out chemical weapons attack on this scale. the regime has used chemical weapons on a smaller scale on at least 14 occasions in the past. these factors make it highly likely that the syrian regime was responsible. the chairman makes this point absolutely clear. there are no plausible alternative scenarios for regime responsibility. i am not say that some piece of intelligence i have seen that the world will not see convinces me that i am right and anyone who disagrees with me is wrong. this is a judgment. we all have to reach a judgment about what happened and who is responsible. from all the evidence we have, the fact that the opposition does not h

. >> i'm the new butler. >> robin williams as dwight eisenhower. >> did you ever complete school? ackie chan as bill clinton. lee daniels' the butler in theaters now. >> all right. well, steve martin may be one of the funniest men alive, but in recent years he's been showing off his banjo skills. now he's in a rivalry with another well-known banjo extraordinary their. ♪ ♪ >> that was okay, but i think you missed a note there. >> i think that was your note. >> the last note was you. >> i haven't missed a note in three years. >> i have no idea why we showed you that, but let's go to the main event. and the or begigins to high fiv. take a look. >> high five was invented in 1977 by a couple of baseball players. we don't actually have that footage, but you can be sure they had mustaches and tighter pants than these days. let me tell you a little story. i was at a state park with my daughter when she was 4. a lady comes up and says sweetie, give me a high five. she looked at her in the he eye and said we don't call for high fives, we either do them or we don't. the key it preserving it i

made its judgment and has done so in line with reforms put in place after the iraq war by sir robin butlerhich publishing these key judgments and a letter from the chair of the joint intelligence committee the letter states to take some intervention that there is little serious dispute that chemical attacks causing mass casualties on a larger scale took place on the twenty-first of august. on syria opposition the letter states there is no credible intelligence or other evidence to substantiate the claims or the possession of chemical weapons by the opposition. the joint intelligence committee concludes it is not possible for the opposition to have carried out a chemical weapons attack on this scale. it says this. the regime has used chemical weapons on a smaller scale on 14 occasions in the past. there is some intelligence to suggest regime culpability in this attack and these factors make it highly likely the syrian regime was responsible and crucially the chairman in his letter to me makes this point absolutely clear. he says this, quote, there are no plausible alternative scenarios to r

it has done so in line with the reforms put in place after the iraq war by sir robin butler.as a letter that states, there is little serious dispute that the chemical attacks causing mass cavities on a large scale took place on 21 august. there is no credible intelligence or other evidence to substantiate the claim of the possession of chemical weapons by the opposition. it is not possible for the opposition to have carried out a chemical weapons attack on this scale. the regime has used chemical weapons on a smaller scale on at least 14 occasions in the past. these factors make it highly likely that the syrian regime was responsible. the chairman makes this point absolutely clear. there are no plausible alternative scenarios for regime responsibility. i am not say that some piece of intelligence i have seen that the world will not see convinces me that i am right and anyone who disagrees with me is wrong. this is a judgment. we all have to reach a judgment about what happened and who is responsible. from all the evidence we have, the fact that the opposition does not have ch

the real butler who served a panorama of presidents. look closely. that's robinalan rickman and jane fonda as ronald and nancy reagan. who ultimately invited him to a state dinner. >> the movie shows us that we're in this living history, this living civil rights history. >> and that there are a lot of different ways to be a warrior. >> yes. >> that you use the strength. >> in the end, that's what it's all about. i'm the daughter of a maid. my mother was a maid. my grandmother was a maid. and i'm proud of that, because had they not been who they were, i couldn't be who i am. >> but what is a noblest course for a man at a time when people are out in the streets and the freedom buses. sitting in. >> we did a screening the other night and some younger people said, did that really happen? and i want to say, yeah, it really, really happened. i don't think i would have had the kind of courage to put myself on a bus. >> you would have been on the bus. >> i believe he would have been one of those people who would have gotten on the bus. would have risked his life to get o

butler. >> james marsden as john f. kennedy. robin school, cecil? >> and jackie chan as bill clinton. "lee daniels' the butler" in theaters now. >> i think it's a little more intense than -- >> too much laughing. >> did you cry? because you've been crying all week. >> yeah, so in "the butler" i started crying in the middle and just didn't stop. a lot of crying. >> i have to admit, i did not realize, robin williams plays eisenhower? i just saw that now. wow, interesting. >> all the presidents are really good. >> debuted at number one in the box office. a bit of a surprise. thanks in part to the star-studded cast. recently willie sat down with co-stars len ni kravitz and cuba gooding jr. >> yes, there's a story about family there, but how important do you think it is for people to see this, to understand that country? >> it's so funny, i travel a lot overseas. i remember when president obama was inaugurated, i was in france, and these guys came up to me and say, how is this possible, black man president of such a racist nation? you don'

robin williams place dwight eisenhower. liev schreiber is in it. eugene allen is the butler's real name.cecil gaines serves seven presidents, eight presidencies, john cusak plays president nixon you've covered the white house since president ford? >> gerald ford, yes, and i've seen a lot of staff people at the white house over those many years as well. >> i have to tell you, you could be the eugene allen of cnn. because that means you've had gerald ford, jimmy carter, ronald reagan, h.w. bush, w. bush, president obama and bill clinton, that's seven, you've been here. >> are you going to check out my next motion picture? >> i've seen you in about -- >> you've saw me in "skyfall." but this saturday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern. on our sister network. hbo, the new larry david film, "clear history" you'll see wolf blitzer in that film. >> i got my popcorn ready. >> i think you'll enjoy it. >> if you like larry david, and who doesn't. >> exactly. >> all right good. want to make sure you're watching. it was thrilling to interview oprah, wasn't it? >> it absolutely was thrilling and she was lovely

butler." oprah last week, forest whitaker tomorrow. and before she left for vacation, robing screen. lee daniels is a director/producer with a lot of firsts under his belt. first african-american producer to earn a best picture nomination. and the only african-american producer of an oscar-winning and nominated film. now, his latest film, lee daniels is bringing us the first portrayal of the civil rights movement, threw the eyes, the lens of someone who has seen it all as a butler in the white house and a father to an idealistic young man. >> something special is going on? what do you do -- >> are you leaving school? >> i'm trying to change -- >> you're breaking the law. that judge just sentenced you to 30 days in the county work house. >> i can't say that any launch counter i want, i might as well be dead. we're fighting for our right. >> give it up for lee daniels here. [ applause ] oprah winfrey. forest whitaker. robin williams. john cusack. vanessa redgrave. all of these people, these fine actors wanted to be part of the sum. partly, because it's important. >> it's not j

butler." oprah last week, forest whitaker tomorrow. and before she left for vacation, robinabout bringing this story to the big screen. lee daniels is a director/producer with a lot of firsts under his belt. first african-american producer to earn a best picture nomination. and the only african-american producer of an oscar-winning and nominated film. now, his latest film, lee daniels is bringing us the first portrayal of the civil rights movement, threw the eyes, the lens of someone who has seen it all as a butler in the white house and a father to an idealistic young man. >> something special is going on? what do you do -- >> are you leaving school? >> i'm trying to change -- >> you're breaking the law. that judge just sentenced you to 30 days in the county work house. >> i can't say that any launch counter i want, i might as well be dead. we're fighting for our right. >> give it up for lee daniels here. [ applause ] oprah winfrey. forest whitaker. robin williams. john cusack. vanessa redgrave. all of these people, these fine actors wanted to be part of the sum. partly, be