how about tanya acker, front page news tomorrow, tanya, clinton the hero?> i think it will be, and i think it should be, but i still just cannot get past this notion that we view this as a sign of weakness. >> this is not people we disagree with. these are people who kill millions of people. it's different. >> in the soviet union ronald reagan engaged the evil empire, and the berlin wall came down. we have done this. >> the berlin wall came down because he engaged them by building up the u.s. military, not because he spoke to them. >> and you're telling me that's it, that negotiations have nothing to do with it that, nixon and china? what about that? >> the real change in china came in the '80s. >> it's negotiation from a strong point and one thing reagan did do is rebuild our military to where the russians couldn't afford to keep up, they had to talk to us. >> no question but you all are suggesting one doesn't -- there's no one suggesting we shouldn't be strong. >> one doesn't talk to stalin to somebody who kills millions of people. >> i'm glad you're not

. >> rose:ou understand if you have been an acker. >> that is one of the thin that actor-directors have over most otherirectors who are more technicly directeds they speak actor talk. th know how to elit thingsrom an actor d make them comfoable. i mean if you work, i mean look i actlly believe very ch so that if you could make anybody comfortable enough when they're goin to peorm that anybody could be aeally good actor, it really is you can ke them comfortable. ifou could me a -- you knowif you cou make ybody your uncle ernie f you could make him comforble enough on came rack, he would give a good performance. it all about comfort. >> rose: cis fov in this film, it's like he ha createin his own mind who this character is whicis what a good acker does. and ad does that with his accent and style >> uhuh. >> rose: andhen inhabits th character. th is not some of bein, at's that about then. you know the character. and so youet iide the character. and you make him become real. >> wl, yea, in thease of actually both christoph and brad, eand, it's rit there on the page. it's right there. and th

>> he takes, i was surprised, you know, an acker that is so accomplished, he takes any direction. >>is is not to include myself in this category but i think good actors do take direction. >> rose: you should be in the category and a agree with you. >> meryl streep who you were speaking about, i have heard her say that she will do a couple of takes but then that's what she did going to do. so if you want her to do something, give her direction. he she wants it. >> it was very different to work with american actors and rush arne actors. because russian ackers are heavily trained in the strap -- method so they need an intention to open the door. >> they have to talk about it a lot. >> yeah. with paul it was easier. i think he is a little bit like a grand piano, can play any notes. >> rose: especially if you say it in a french accent. >> exactly. exactly, very sharp. i'll do anything. >> rose: say it again. >> exactly, , ll do anything. thank you, pleasure to meet you. thank you my friend, great to see you again. are you off next to see a movie with dustin hoffman. >> i am, barn yee's ve

tanya acker, and "huffington post" blogger jack, see if you can pin the senator down better than i do. i want to know if the senate and house decide, yes, they will start being covered by the health care plan they pass for the rest of america. >> under our legislation, folks, that would be required there, would be one set of rules. >> i could not improved on you act. senator, if i have a wife and three children, i've asked democrats this question for a month and nobody gives me a straight answer. if i have three or four children, why should the federal government pay for their health insurance and i should not have to? could you please answer that legislation. >> under our legislation. >> answer my question -- >> let mim answer, jack, please don't interrupt him. these senators get very testy if you interrupt them. >> i do think there ought to be personal responsibility. in that kind of instance, if you're talking about youngsters, yes, the parent should be held accountable. if the parent has no money at all, i won't see the youngster suffer not getting health care at an early ancge. i

family dinner would be getting cold and we would still be out there practicing our jives and our spin ackerer boat in night on the summer sea, i asked him, why are we always the last ones on the water? teddy, he said, you see, most of the other sailers that we race against are smarter and more talented than we are. but the reason, but the reason why we're going to win is that we will work harder than them and we will be better prepared. and he just wasn't talking about boating. my father admired perseverence. my father believed that to do a job effectively required a tremendous amount of time and effort. dad instilled in me also the importance of history and biography. he loved boston and the amazing writers and philosophers and politicians from massachusetts. he took me and my cousins to the old north church and to waleden pond and to the homes of he remember min melville and natsdz anal haw thorn and the berkshires. he thought that massachusetts was the greatest place on earth and he had letters from many of its former senators hanging on his walls. inspired by things heroic. he was a civ

here is julie raginsky, democratic strategist, tanya acker, lawyer and "huffington post" blogger and republican strategist and ben ferguson, radio show host. guys, a couple ground rules before we begin. let's see if we can go the entire show before anyone saying let me finish and please keep your bites shorter and faster so you don't have to ask to let you finish because you're finished before anyone had a chance to interrupt you. julia, it looks like this entire health care debate is heading south on obama. >> i still believe we will get health care reform in some shape or form. you're right. obama has staked too much political capital not to see this through, so has the democratic party that runs both houses of congress. i don't know what we will get but predict we will get some meaningful health care reform before the year is out. >> i think obama is really stretching when he talked about his dead grandmother wasn't sure if she should get a hip replacement the end of her life, said he would have paid for it out of his own pocket but doesn't think this can sustain that type of thin

because russian ackers are heavil traedn e strap -- meth so theyeed an intention open the doo >> theyve to ta about it aot. yeah. with pl it was easier. i ink he is a ttle bit like a gra pio, can play any notes. >> re: especially if you say it in a french accent. >> exactly. exactly, veryharp. i'll do anything. >> rose: say it again. >> exactly, i'll do ything. ank you, pleasure to meet you. thank you my friend, gat to s you again. are youff next to see a movie with dustin hoffman. >> i am, bar yee's version. see yothen. >> yes, sir. peter levene isere, the chairman of lld's of london the world's largest and oldest insurce market it posted a .9 billion pound profit for 08. it's trd most profitable year. unke many of its u.s. and european rivals, lloyd steered ear of theomplex investment produs that nely halted the global financial stem last fall. the british marketas is exnding into asia, tin america and the gulf oil states. i'm pleased to have lloyd levene bacat this table. welcome. charlesie, good to see you. >> cha is your assessment of where we a in this global economy? >>ell, i t

. >> so when you see a happy acker are you mad at him because you're like you don't care enough, you jerk. >> rose: like they say about ceos is those guys who have low golf scores are not doing a good job at the office. >> that's right. >> rose: might you two work together again. >> of course. absolutely. >> likely. >> definitely, absolutely. >> absolutely. we had the best -- itit was great. you know what was great, we would -- you know, the subject matter of being sick, we both saw each other go through it with people we love. and just was very deep to us, this movie. and also, we both work very hard and respected each other's work and like at the end of the day when i would say good night to apatow i would tear up. i would say all right, you love you, buddy. >> are you serious. >> absolutely. because we couldn't believe that we had shall did dish couldn't believe that we know each other so long. that we're both getting to do what we wanted. we would talk late at night. he wasn't so sure what he was going to do, judd, i was sure i was like i'm going to be a movie star, that's a guar

family dinner would be getting cold and we would still be out there practicing our jives and our spin ackere night, not another boat in night on the summer sea, i asked him, why are we always the last ones on the water? teddy, he said, you see, most of the other sailers that we race against are smarter and more talented than we are. but the reason, but the reason why we're going to win is that we will work harder than them and we will be better prepared. and he just wasn't talking about boating. my father admired perseverence. my father believed that to do a job effectively required a tremendous amount of time and effort. dad instilled in me also the importance of history and biography. he loved boston and the amazing writers and philosophers and politicians from massachusetts. he took me and my cousins to the old north church and to waleden pond and to the homes of he remember min melville and natsdz anal haw thorn and the berkshires. he thought that massachusetts was the greatest place on earth and he had letters from many of its former senators hanging on his walls. inspired by things he