now on bbc news — influential with katty kay: wendell pierce.rce is one of the most accomplished actors in america today. you probably know him from the wire, suits, his role injack ryan. we flew down to new orleans to talk to him about what it takes to become a great actor, but also his love of that city and his time there in hurricane katrina. wendell, it's so good to see you. so good to see you. welcome to new orleans. thank you. thank you for having me to your home town. last time we met was in la. i'm much happier that we're meeting here. yes, i know, it's beautiful. you suggested the world war ii museum. yeah, i suggested it because my dad fought in saipan during world war ii and it really made an impact on me, you know. he would talk about it briefly, and then he went through some things, some challenges afterwards that showed you how to deal with adversity. and so it taught me a lot. and so i like to come here as it expands. it really shows the sacrifices that people made, that the country made. it really shows you how to sturdy your cha

tell me the story, wendell, of your dad and his medals. oh, yeah.al, my medal story. my father was in saipan and when he came back from the war, he was being discharged, and his papers were behind him. and he told the discharge officer, i think we got medals, but my papers are behind me. so he'd been told that he had received a medal for his services to his country. that they got several medals for their battle in saipan. and it was a white female officer who didn't believe him "you. how could a young, black soldier..." get a medal. "..get a medal?" and he harboured a lot of anger and resentment for that. and it was years later that my mother came to me in 2010 and said that the army sent a letter saying that your father got his medals. we should really get his medals. he's in his late 80s now. i said, "yeah. bring me the letter." and she brought me this yellowed piece of paper from 1916. so the letter hadn't come in 2010? yeah, no. and it was a letter from january 1945 and he had harboured that resentment. and i said, "i'll get you those medals." a

wendell, you have been in an extraordinary number of hit reductions. suits, onstage recently in death of a salesman. yes. is there a method _ in death of a salesman. yes. is there a method to _ in death of a salesman. yes. is there a method to the - in death of a salesman. yes. is there a method to the way you choose your parts?— there a method to the way you choose your parts? good writing will sto i choose your parts? good writing will step i try — choose your parts? good writing will stop i try to _ choose your parts? good writing will stop i try to do _ will stop i try to do projects... i used to be a theatre _ projects... i used to be a theatre snob, you know, when i first_ theatre snob, you know, when i first got— theatre snob, you know, when i first got out of the conservatory. first got out of the conservato . ~ . , ., ., conservatory. what is a theatre snob? when — conservatory. what is a theatre snob? when you _ conservatory. what is a theatre snob? when you are _ conservatory. what is a theatre snob? when you are getting i conservatory. what

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wendy appears to just are not clip of course, unbelievably good actor. —— wendell pierce.als but never given him because he was black and his campaign to get black veterans recognised without the first prima ballerina of the theatre, i want to be a ballet dancer when i was young. for me that was like heaven to interview her. some people is because i was interested. i and a garden, the barefoot contest, i love to cook and i love the impact is having on young people whose follow this woman. it's always something with a bit of a twist and that's what i was looking for. do they have a common theme or a piece of advice on how to find those moments ofjoy when the world in many ways is so dark? how to find the moments of joy? dark? how to find the moments of joy? i think they are people who love what they do. who love the arts generally. i did interview a business woman out in california. again, sheila found in her business, she loved the skincare empire she is built. there are people that i think radiate in and of themselves some positivity on the screen and that's what i was lo

wendell, it's so good to see you. so good to see you.made an impact on me, you know. he would talk about it briefly, and then he went through some things, some challenges afterwards that showed you how to deal with adversity.

said the minnesota miracle refers to the early '70s under governor wendell anderson that minnesota madeion, that we were a beautiful, had all this but we had a lot of assets. we were not capitalizing. l the human capital to we may get it we were predicating our funding for our schools based on property taxes creating the haves and have-nots and they made a a big bold move, bipartisan. they made a move where the state invested to is not 70-30. car nothing on its head. lo and behold when you invest in schools and get kids out there use production and you had the economy take off. or capitalize we're home to more fortune 500 companies anyplace else in the country. what we did this and we said look, the minnesota miracle was at that. this time we're saying it's that can be a miracle. it takes hard work at a think what the world saw in minnesota, we rank in the top and so many categories and entity diss aggregate the data and then we are leading black folks behind cut into just looks bad. we came back and said this time minnesota miracle of me anybody is included con doing child tax credit,

i'm christine wendell. welcome. how must medicines have released more hostages? from gaza, they improved 14 is released and 3 time nationals who had been held captive in the gaza strip since the october 7 attacks by the as long as medicines has been designated a terrace group by the us and others. israel also freed bessie 9 more palestinian prison is from israeli custody. now with the forward a truce between israel and i'm us now and it's final day. they're all signs from both sides that it could be extended after more than 50 days in captivity. hostages arrived from gaza to is really hospitals for medical checks. among them, 3 time nationals greeted inside by previously released hostages. none of them needing urgent care. the undergoing magical and emotional evaluation by demet eco and psycho social team. the youngest captive to be released was 4 year old abigail, even a dual is really american citizen. both her parents were killed in the home on october 7th. the terror attacks you know, she's free and she's in israel now. and so those who are now wrapping abiga

and much random thoughts as the payoffs to demonstrate is wendel insist that calls on the firewall. others are broken into nearby businesses. police vehicles not sped, either, will have a bus stop button down as well. demonstrate as alluded level shops approaches response. how is a bi reports on line just stabbing? nobody's children was committed by an i'll, julia national over the suspect in question for fortunately, lived in orleans more than 20 years. officials commented on the stopping saying they found notes, era motive over some of the background on the a talking question of 5 people in suiting 3 children were taken to a hospital and 1st they off with the staffing occurred outside of school. in dublin . the suspect was taken into custody of that he would skate himself with a helmet being wielded by a motorcycle curia from resume islands. prime minister commented on the on rest and says he places the blame squarely on the shoulders of protests. those involved brought shame on dublin brought shame on ireland and brought shame on their families and themselves. these criminals did not do

there's a chance for competitors to get points for the british take wendell final, nesta mcgregor hasbout this event. italy, france and china. the — about this event. italy, france and china, the fourth _ about this event. italy, france and china, the fourth and _ about this event. italy, france and china, the fourth and final - about this event. italy, france and china, the fourth and final grand l china, the fourth and final grand prix of the year will be in manchester, some big names behind us, jadejones, a double olympic medallist and rising stars like kate cutting them as well. and when he comes to power athletes with matt bush, and beth rundle and two names people will be more familiar with the angle —— bianca cook, her season has been riddled with injuries and bradley ceiling, remember the disappointment when he got silver in 2020. but he knows how important a home crowd could be. the 2020. but he knows how important a home crowd could be.— 2020. but he knows how important a home crowd could be. the hunger, the bi est home crowd could be. the hunger, the biggest issues — home c

membership, including not just hughes, also chief justices john marshall and john jay and associate oliver wendell holmes. louis brandeis. thurgood marshall, to name a few. william howard taft has a stamp to, but that honors him for that other job he held. it is a fitting moment for this ceremony to 30 years ago yesterday, the supreme court held a investiture. welcoming justice ginsburg to the court. 30 years ago this week, she sat as a member of the court for the first time when it convened by law for a new term on, the first monday in october. now, as a consequence of that same law, however, i am back on the bench tomorrow morning. and so in just a moment, i will turn the program over to the postal service. but i couldn't miss this occasion. i want to recognize the presence, the justices, children, jane and jim ginsburg, who will always be part the supreme court family as chancellor. this smithsonian. i am pleased to welcome everyone here to the national portrait gallery as chief justice and on behalf of the court. i thank the postal service for honoring our late colleague and dear friend. thank

membership, including not just hughes, also chief justices john marshall and john jay and associate oliver wendell holmes. louis brandeis. thurgood marshall, to name a few. william howard taft has a stamp to, but that honors him for that other job he held. it is a fitting moment for this ceremony to 30 years ago yesterday, the supreme court held a investiture. welcoming justice ginsburg to the court. 30 years ago this week, she sat as a member of the court for the first time when it convened by law for a new term on, the first monday in october. now, as a consequence of that same law, however, i am back on the bench tomorrow morning. and so in just a moment, i will turn the program over to the postal service. but i couldn't miss this occasion. i want to recognize the presence, the justices, children, jane and jim ginsburg, who will always be part the supreme court family as chancellor. this smithsonian. i am pleased to welcome everyone here to the national portrait gallery as chief justice and on behalf of the court. i thank the postal service for honoring our late colleague and dear friend. thank

also literally swept off his feet by an improbable would be republican presidential candidate named wendell willkie, a lifelong democrat, wilsonian democrat. and an internationalist who agreed with fdr about like aid to britain, but a domestic conservative who had fallen out with fdr over things like the sale or the creation of the tva. willkie was a utilities executive, so you could understand his resentment and having government, in effect, go into and into business for itself. gerald ford the weekend that america first was releasing their national manifest, though gerald ford was didn't philadelphia part of the crowds screaming themselves hoarse. we want willkie and in the most exciting american political convention in history, they got willkie on the fifth of six ballot. and by the way, as you well know, the grand rapids connection because frank mckay, a name that to many people had forgotten in this town, even though it's on a very prominent building downtown, frank mckay was a boss. frank mckay was an old fashioned boss who ran the state of michigan several years in the thirties, and

. >> nadine strossen in the late 1910s oliver wendell holmes used the phrase you can't yell fire in a crowded theater and enforce the supreme court justice at the time. >> i'm smiling because he gives me a great opportunity to paraphrase that statement. you do what 99.99% of people do. you left out really important word and once i was a panelist who years ago with stephen breyer and he did the same thing to you are in good company and he's in good company but what he said is you may not falsely shout fire in a crowded room. that gets to the essence of the justification for restricting speech. if the theater is on fire want people too shout it. in that context the speech should be protected and that gets to the point that we to look at every restriction in the very fact specific way. what is the benefit of allowing the speech and what is the danger of allowing the speech and that crucial word makes a difference. >> should speech be more restricted during times of national. >> exactly the contrary. the hit came from a federal district court that ruled a saber blade on the aclu challenge

peter: nadine strossen, it was back in the late 1910's i believe that oliver wendell holmes used the phrase, "you cannot yell fire in a crowded theater," of course, a supreme court justice at the time. nadine: i am frowning, actually, i'm smiling because you gave me a great opportunity in paraphrasing that statement. you do what 99.99% of people do which is to mis-paraphrase it because you left out a really important word. i was on a panel a few years ago within justice stephen breyer. he did the same thing, so you are in good company. he is in good company. but what he said is you may not falsely shout fire in a crowded theater. that gets to the essence of the justification for restricting speech. if the theater is on fire, you want people to shout it. in that context, the speech is lifesaving and so it should be protected. that gets to the point we have to look at every restriction in a very fact-specific way. what is the benefit of allowing the speech? what is the danger of allowing the speech? that word makes a big difference. peter: should speech be more restricted during time o

. >> another friend, andy wendell remembers finding out in the middle of the night. >> a professor from business school called me and told me he was dead. he had been murdered. i couldn't believe what happened. >> holds it got a call from the same professor. >> and he said, adam passed away. and i still get chills and i think that up that moment it just was oh well could have just pain and everybody run to see what happened. all i could say was adam died, adam died. in winnipeg, canada. adams, parents barabara and abe learn from their daughter, becky the devastating news left them reeling. it was as if the ground had disappeared beneath our feet. we felt like we were rolling through the universe. could not even register the information. and to hear all it happened, helping close? that >> will tell you, something i wanted it resolved then and there. whoever did this was going to pay for it. and that was what i said to myself, five seconds after i heard. >> that was your mission? >> yes. >> abe anhang, you'll hear more from him later and how his love for his son would lead him on a 13 yea

. >> are you referring to wendell? >> wendell ford was from. and so it's not anymore. nationally, it is a red state. however you look, kate bedingfield made the point earlier, right. democrats if democrats have a good night tonight, does that tell you that running on issues like abortion, anti prosperity, also running on his name and his brand, the biden brand is not strong right now. the biden brand is not strong right now. but the issue but the issue template might be strong on the issue template. maybe yes, maybe. especially again. okay joe biden will come to the initiative in ohio. i'm not going to posit tonight that joe biden is going to be competitive in ohio. that's not a criticism of joe biden. donald trump won ohio by eight points. it's been trending republican for a long time. however for right now, with about a quarter of the vote in the constitutional right to abortion right, donald trump won lake county. donald trump won stark county. donald trump won a lot of these green counties that are voting in favor of abortion rights that issue is working for progre

lee: the late associate justice oliver wendell holmes jr.aid there is a point of contact in every case. he defined that point of contact as the place where the boy got his finger caught in the machinery. secretary of defense lloyd austin got his finger got in the machinery, hence, define be the point of contact in this case, in this dispute when he decided to circumvent the plain intent and effect of 10usc, 1093 plainly prohibit be the of dod funds to perform abortions. he did that with clear intent, to avoid the impact of the law while purporting to comply with it. he did so shamefully. i appreciate my colleague, senator ernst and senator sullivan for their service to our country. their service along with that of senators graham and young who are with us earlier tonight is admirable as is their service in the united states senate. the service to our country exhibited by senator tuberville is no less to be commended, no less to be admired and i frankly resent the suggestion to the extent anyone is making it that he's any less qualified to ma