oscar winner adrien brody is here. his new series -- >> how are you? >> adrien will join us. look at the life of one of the greatest magicians of all time. adrien brody stars at harry houdini on history. take a look. >> put an ad in the paper and tell people you're going to do something crazy and a thousand people will show up. throw in a chance of me getting killed, and you have to beat them back with a stick. it was the wrong moment to start thinking. if i started to think, i might forget who i was. the great houdini. >> and adrien brody is with us. good to see you. so i was watching and multitasking. the minute that clip starts and i stopped doing everything and spent the rest of my afternoon with you watching this. it's tremendous. congratulations. >> thank you. it's exciting. >> it is exciting. what drew you to this project? you're such an intriguing person on so many levels. i wondered what was it about harry houdini that caught you? >> i had a real fascination with magic at a very young age. and he is one of the people that inspired me on a pretty profound level for a

we don't know quite the scale of what they have to respond to at this stage, adrien, because we do not know what the israel military are going to do now as a result of what has happened. and particularly the result of the fact that there's a captured soldier. what we're going to find out in the next 20 minutes or so, we'll start to find out because the israeli security cabinet is meeting at half past the hour. and they will decide what their next move is, and then i think we'll see reaction from other international players. an hour from now, we'll hear fresh word from the united nations, and we also have to hear properly in the u.s. and how they're going to respond to this. but i can tell you one piece of information, there has been a phonecall between john kerry, secretary of state and benjamin netanyahu, prime minister. and that gives you an idea of the defiant tone of benjamin netanyahu. he says that hamas and the other terrorist organizations as he describes them in the gaza strip, will bear the consequences of their actions and israel will take all necessary steps against those wh

he was nominated for his first academy award in 88 as adrien krohn hour in go"good morning vietnam." morning vietnam. >> he garnered his second and third for dead poet society and fisher king. he starred along side robert deniro in the film "awakening." it wasn't until he portrayed the psychologist in "goodwill hunting" he won for best supporting actor. >> you bound by nothing. >> dramatic and comedic his children's films should not be over looked roles like jumanji, aladdin and mrs. doubt fire. he was set to star in mrs. doubt fire 2 in 2016. merry freaking christmas and a night at the museum will premiere this winter. the golden globe and emmy winner charmed theater audiences with plays and comedy shows on and off broadway. on several occasions he openly discussed his addictions to alcohol and cocaine he claims began in the early 80's. after 20-years of soeb bright he relapsed and entered rehab in 2006. he then returned to a rehab center just last month. he leaves behind his wife susan and three children zelda, cody and zachary. >> on screen robin williams was full of life bringing

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