that's the very latest here in event serville. back to you. stay warm out there, girl. >> we're back after this on 5@6:30. we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. we also know that you can avoid drama by getting an annual check-up. so go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. >> former white house secretary sean spicer is writing a book about his time at the trump administration. the book is called the briefing. it will go out in july. he reportedly plan s to share details as his ten-year position as press secretary. spicer left the white house over the summer. he has been doing some fellowship work over at harvard. there you have it. what do you think the title the book is spicy? >> i'm just curious. you normally have something real quick. you have to work on one. the briefing is pretty poring. it should be something a little more spicy. >> fifty shades of spice. go. >> no. we'll find something else. >> we know it'

apu reflected how america viewed us, servile, devious, goofy. >> and joining me now.t's so nice to have you here. the simpsons was one of your favorite tv shows as a kid, and yet you were so frustrated with the character apu, why? >> very one dimensional, stereo typical. at that time, that's the only depiction south asian-americans had. we didn't have anything else. initially we were -- i think i was excited because we had something. when you have nothing, you're excited about anything. but as i got older, i realized, oh, this is all we have. and this is how my parents are depicted, and this is -- it's such a narrow way to be seen. >> was it the accents because a white actor, hank azaria, did the accent? >> the accent is definitely a part of it. it's an accent meant to elicit laughter. it's not that realistic. the fact everything he did always was connected to his indianness or what the white writers thought indianness was. i mean it was everything. and a lot of it also was just the fact there was nothing to contrast it with. we didn't have another character. we didn'

dedication of the republican leadership, especially the ryan-type leadership, their dedication to slavish servilitycorporate power and wealth is just phenomenal. i mean, read this morning's business pages. their latest step is to try to prevent exposure of complaints against banks that carry out improper activities. it is possible now, thanks to the consumer protection act, for people to criticize when they think a bank has carried out some improper activity. but we've got to keep that silent, you know, because we have to protect corporations from any exposure of criminal activities they might carry out. i mean down to that level, in fact, everywhere you look. i mean, the healthcare proposal was so shocking that, i mean, it was a proposal basically to cut taxes for the rich and to ensure that poor and middle-class people -- the people who voted for trump, in fact -- don't get medical aid. as you saw, of course, the congressional budget office estimated 24 million additional people uninsured. there was an analysis of that by steffie woolhandler and david himmelstein, two health specialists, just stu