joining us, ted johnson. ted, do people like political speeches?i remember marlon brando receiving the award and patty's line attacking what's her name, richardson. what do they want? they want left wing arguments from celebrities or not? right wing? >> yeah, yeah, i don't think the people who tune into the oscars are tuning in to hear political speeches, they are tuning in because there might be a favorite moving being nominated or what people are wearing. they want to see the celebrities in a more intimate atmosphere. they are not watching for them to say something political. i have to say, it's almost expected now with the oscars, especially if you made a topical movie to say something, to speak out about that issue and this year, it happens to be speaking out about president trump because he has, you know, weighed in on so many issues that these movies are actually about. >> i get the sense, whoever gets first dibs are the stars repeating will be boring. if you are up front. >> i think that could be. you don't want to step on somebody or steal

see you around, giulia >>> we are back with ann hornaday of the "washington post" rand ted johnson. to give us best picture predictions for sunday. look at the top six categories, best picture, best director in the hour in main acting categories. what's the big surprise coming, ted? >> big surprise, i think denzel washington for best actor. people have been saying hey, it's going to be casey affleck, but washington won the sag award, that was a bit of a surprise for people and actors make up the biggest part of the academy branches so -- >> he's the meryl streep of the male side. he's already gotten two. >> yes, that's right. i think it may be setting some sort of a record. i'm sure there's a record in there he'll set. >> i know he got it for "training day." ann, what's the big surprise? we were talking. >> i could see a scenario where the two front-runners for best picture are "la la land" and "moonlight" and i could see a scenario where that votes splits and "hidden figures" could sneak through because it's a beloved movie. people agree with you, chris. it's the one movie that ove

ted johnson, thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> not enough time for you, we can do a whole show with you, brother. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you, ann hornay day. that's "hardball" for now. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> they are the enemy of the people. because they have no sources, they just make them up when there are none. >> it's trump against the truth as the white house lashes out at the media and blocks news organizations from briefings after being forced to admit reince priebus asked the fbi to push back trump russia stories. >> i'm not a sloppy guy. >> what we now know about white house efforts to influence the fbi. and the central question -- can the bureau be trusted to investigate the president? >>> plus, as town halls continue around the country, the president divides. >> the people that you're watching, they're not you. >> new fears from the right that the resistance is winning. >> i don't know if we're going to be able to repeal obamacare now. >>> and speaking of obama, a sighting -- [ cheers and applause ] when "all in

i'm just going to introduce the organizer of this event, ted johnson who is a fellow at new america, writing a book about this topic, behavior in the post obama era. he is currently a research manager and adjunct professor at georgetown university public policy and previously was commander in the united states navy where he was a white house fellow and speechwriter for the joint chiefs of staff. he has a phd in policy from northeastern and has written about race and politics for the atlantic, the washington post and a bunch of other publications as we have been really excited to have him as part of our community at new america and we learned a lot from him. let's introduce the rest of the panel. [applause] >> i am going to keep it brief because the folks on the stage are the folks we really want to hear from. one of the benefits of being a fellow here is people at new america help with the things you can't figure out yourself. i am a fellow this year. i left the navy wanting to do more in race relation and public policy. the racial disparity the country is facing and has faced its in

i'm just going to introduce the organizer of this event, ted johnson, who is a fellow at new america. he is a schmitt fellow writing about the topic, black behavior in the post obama era. he is currently a research manager and adjunct professor at georgetown university midcourt school of public policy, and previously he was commander in the united states navy where he was a white house fellow and speechwriter for the joint chiefs of staff. he has a phd in law and policy from northeastern and has written about race and politics thethe "atlantic", "washington post", and a bunch of other publications as we have been really excited to have him as part of our community at new america. we have all learned a lot from him and continue to learn a lot on the panel. so tom, let's introduce the rest of the panel. tom: thank you. [applause] tom: so i am going to keep it brief because the folks on this date are the folks that we really want to hear from, which is why i invited them out. one of the benefits of being a fellow here is that you get to invite smart people to new america task questions t

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ahead of the weekend in new orleans, cory johnson caught up with ted leonsis and asked about what heout the conference. >> i give the nba a lot of conference. it has become a lot of what the ted conference is. the quality of the people they are bringing in is super. cory: it is amazing the collection of talent that the nba attracts, all of the partners. you get all the major players that everybody is familiar with. >> and to have everybody concentrated in one place for one weekend is an unbeatable experience. cory: there was talk about more direct connection with fans, i am struck with that and the parallel with draft kings, which you are a part appeared in the acceptance -- part of. and the acceptance of gambling. what do you think that is about? ted: i think indoor sports, nhl, nba, and we just bought arena football league's, because you can track and monitor very clearly, because of the nature of the arena. and the more we become a big data company, the more attractive we will be to millennials, to sophisticated people who are here about wall street. we want to be a big data compa