abby hoffman and the anti-war protesters saved lives by forcing the end of that war, but abby hoffman and other leaders of the anti-war movement were put on trial for what they did in 1968 at the democratic convention. reports from the courtroom dominated the news for months in what the news media then called the trial of the chicago 7, which is now the title of the powerful new film written and directed by oscar winner aaron sorkin with sacha barron cohen in a mesmerizing performance as abby hoffman. they will join us later in this hour. we now have peaceful relations with vietnam. there are no more american soldiers in vietnam, but there are american soldiers in washington, d.c., tonight. national guard troops are guarding the capitol and the government from a threatened attack by the most deranged people who voted for donald trump. every person who attacked the capitol on january 6th was a supporter of donald trump and now every threat being picked up about possible new attacks on the capitol are by supporters of donald trump. now, most trump voters know that the people who attacke

i was like a cockney doing abbie hoffman, doing this boston accent.fected it. the dialect coach said, use take 28, give that to spielberg. i told my assistant at the time, all right, take take 28, put on it on a cd, give to it mr. spielberg. the next day i meet with steven at his late mother's kosher restaurant on pico boulevard. he goes, sacha, i got the cd, thank you very much for doing that. he said, listen. i've got to be completely honest, the first 10 takes were not very good. [ laughter ] but by take 27, 28, you nailed it, you got the part. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he actually listened to all of those takes? >> it's unbelievable. that's why it's steven spielberg. he's just a geek. he works harder than any other director. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i mean, he listened to 28 takes for a movie he didn't even wind up making. [ laughter ] >> exactly. >> jimmy: that assistant is doing what now? >> believe it or not, she's actually producing -- >> jimmy: i had a feeling. >> -- oscar-nominated movies. >> jimmy: i had a feeling that was the case, i real

he is also nominated for an oscar for best supporting actor for his performance as abbie hoffman in ">> we carried certain ideas across state lines not machine guns or drugs or little girls ideas. when we crossed from new york to new jersey to pennsylvania to ohio to illinois, we had certain ideas. and for that, we were gassed, beaten, arrested and put on trial. >> seth: please welcome to the show sacha baron cohen how are you, sacha >> hi -- how's it going seth? >> seth: it's going very well. it's incredible to me not only how wonderful both these performances are, but the fact that you were doing them simultaneously is shocking to me because it's -- obviously they are two very different sets. one is very controlled, then, of course, you have "borat. >> yes i mean, on the set of "chicago 7," you can go to craft services and you know, you can go to a trailer. on the set of "borat," you're basically running away from the police so, you meet in between. >> seth: well, it's so funny, because of course that's what abbie hoffman goes through in real life. and it's what you put yourself thr

abbie hoffman said, the only alliance i will make with women's liberation is in bed.wrence wrote, madness whittling to accept women as an equal as a man in skirts. as an angel, a devil, a baby face, a machine. an instrument, a bosom, a womb, a pair of legs, a servant, and encyclopedia, an ideal, and obscenity. the only thing he will not accept her as, is a human being. a real human being in the female sex. women are like elephants, they are nice to look at but i would not want to own one. lyn: here today is a freelance writer, cathy, and sharon, who was in the piece. she is a senior at the university of michigan. kathy, what did you think about that piece. i was surprised it was so bad. cathy: i would be wrong to say if i enjoyed it. constantly, showing women as servants and some sort of abject to a man, actually does deprive a woman of her own individuality, the fact that she is a human being in the first place. lyn: it was in so many words that people were saying, perhaps people understood. that is maybe why it was so surprising. how did you get the idea? sharon: i

abby hoffman said the only alliance i will make with woman's liberation is in bed. d.h.rence wrote, man is willing to accept woman as an equal, as a man in skirts, as an angel, a devil, a baby face, a machine, an instrument, a bosom, a womb, a pair of legs, a servant, an encyclopedia, an ideal or an obscenity. the only thing he won't accept her as is a human being, a real human being of the female sex. women are like elephants. they're nice to look at, but i wouldn't want to own one. >>> here today to talk about this theater piece are kathy shortridge, a freelance writer and sharon lowen who was in the piece. she's a senior at the university of michigan. kathy, what did you think about that piece? i was surprised that it was so bad. >> well, it would be wrong to say that i really enjoyed it, all those unpleasant and negative images that were coming through. i thought it was very well done, of course. but constantly showing women as servants, mothers, some sort of adjunct to a man actually does deprive a woman, i think, of her own individuality, the fact she's a human bei

of war that we had on the set which was helpful for the film, was that sasha and jeremy strong, abby hoffman and andy rubin, they understood that it was their job to demonstrate that they had no respect for the proceeding at all to the judge, and they were going to do everything that they could do to bother the other side. in the meantime, i had to make sure because we are doing a courtroom drama that both sides cared if they won or lost. so we kept going back and forth on how much circus there could be in the film. but these guys have done a tremendous amount of research coming in. look, even before sasha got the part, he was -- >> aaron, i'm sorry, we are going to have to take that in to our offline discussion. we are out of time, and sasha, that's the only reason aaron sorkin got the last word, sasha baron cohen. >> you will be hearing from my publicist. i have had the last word. >> okay, sasha did get the last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >> welcome, day 44 of the president's administration, and the fight against a spread of the virus that has wiped out about 10