. >> charlie: we continue with a new film opening this weekend directed by armando iannucci. the floim satisfies the leader in a war to the middle east. >> i thought there was something intrinsically farce cull about the story, going out to washington, thinking they were in some way preventing george bush from going to war, and in fact by their very presence in the whitehouse, encouraging him and enabling him to go to war. now i know you pull your hair out at that or you scream or you say that's a farce, that's a total absurd sad events. >> charlie: a program note. our conversation with ross douphat, the new york sometimes columnist will be seen next week. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we begin tonight with a conversation about race in america. in the aftermath of an incident between a harvard professor and a cambridge massachusetts police officer. the controversy over the arrest of henry louis gates a prominent african american professor. added to the controversy is criticizing the cambridge p