(cheers and applause) >> stephen: but you're on broadway with the great angela bassett. >> yes. >> stephen: how does it feel to be a broadway star? >> its phenomenal. i did theatre for 19, 20 years before i got discovered. and there's nothing like the feeling of being in front of a live audience and sharing the energy. like being with these guys. (cheers and applause) >> the live, the sharing of energy between us. >> stephen: i want to see what that is like. i think these guys are the greatest audience in the world. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: that does feel fantastic. >> so what i am trying to find out though is it's not a word. i'm going to say this anyway. so-- because your mom was a freedom marcher. >> stephen: my mother was at the march on washington in 1963. >> really? all right. >> stephen: and you were inside the womb. >> stephen: yes, she was pregnant with me, you got all these nonracial viewings. >> i think that's yes don't see-- that i soak in king's dream. >> through the waffle of the placenta. >> right on, right on, right on. >> all right. >> and where was your dad. >> s

we'll chat with angela bassett, the actress on broadway in a play that is a modern day retelling of what happened on the last day of dr. king's life. >>> also, in the state of arizona, ethnic studies ban books literally locked up. one of the those books was written by a guy named william shakespeare. "starting point" begins right now. >> welcome. everybody. the cruise ship rescue mission has now been suspended in giglio, italy. the cruise ship is now slipping which we'll update you on what exactly what means in just a few moments but it sounds like that ship which has been listing on one side is now going under. italian prosecutors have ruled out at this point technical error. the ceo is apologizing. he says he believes it is human error and the captain of that ship has been arrested and charge with manslaughter and abandoning his ship. the ship hit rocks, has 160-foot gash in one of its side. many people think the other side looks the same way. 2300 tons of fuel on board. at this point there is no sign of leakage. there are 14 people missing at lea least, including 2 americans and 6 peo