we're joined by the femmes director, ava duvernay.ongratulations on the nomination. >> is the nomination gets me sitting here with you, than for ray. i love you and love the show. >> congratulations for the golden globe. but you did not get nominated, and a lot of people all over this country who have seen this film and are shocked that you are not nominated for best director. your thoughts on this? >> i did not expect to be. i actually knew it wasn't going to happen. i have been telling people since october and no one listen to me. i am serious. old interviews coming up now friends who said, yeah, you did say that. i just knew it wasn't going to be the case. i never took it into my heart so never really bothered me. i was more upset by david not being nominated. >> david oyelowo. >> yes, he plays dr. king. the film was chosen in some categories, best picture, best song, and it wasn't chosen and others. >> and best picture, which is nothing to sneeze at. >> you know the twitter hashtag #oscarssowhite. so many people shocked that your

thank you. ♪ >> so pleased to welcome ava duvernay back to this program.s time for the movie "selma," which she directed. the film chronicles the three-month period in 1965 leading up to the passage of the voting rights act. before we start our conversation, a look at a scene from "selma." >> as long as i am unable to exercise my constitutional right to vote, i do not have commanof my own life. i cannot determine my destiny. it is determined by people who would rather see me suffer than succeed. those that have gone before us say no more -- >> no more! >> no more -- >> no more m. >> that means protest that means march that means disturb the peace that means jail, that means risk, and that is hard. we will not wait any longer. give us the vote! >> no more! >> we're not asking. we're demanding. give us the vote! >> give us the vote! >> i want to first say congratulations. i want to start right there, congratulations. you know my regard for dr. king. i regard him personally as the greatest american we perhaps have ever produced. certainly he's -- not going to

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ava duvernay should definitely have been nominated for best director. but david oyelowo?h brother. them. so what do we as a people need to do? i wish there were a black hollywood expert who could go to bat for us. >> reverend sharpton called for an emergency meeting here in hollywood next week to discuss possible action around the academy awards. >> larry: sharpton? again? no one else can represent us? look, al, slow down. you don't have to respond to every black emergency. you're not black batman or our racial fire chief. i'm beginning to think a typical day at al sharpton's office looks like this. >> thank you. we got one! (laughter) >> larry: true. true. look at yourself, al sharpton. i appreciate your efforts, put you're literally stretching yourself thin. take a break, man. seriously. they're worried about you. how? you need to eat food. not just air time. okay. something about this just doesn't seem right. are we protesting too many things here? since it's m.l.k. day, and since he's the patron saint of non-violent protesters -- suck it, gandhi! -- we're going to tal

ava had a private screening -- ava, the director had a private screening a month or two ago and i gotthe film up close with a lot of the people involved in it. not only is it a good film it is a well thought out, well crafted film. so the fact that it was not nominated, it is a shame but it is not a surprise either. aside from the fact that it's a good film from a black female director. >> you say not surprising because of the system you describe is that perpetuates itself. >> yes. on top of that ava is not a safe black woman. >> what's that mean? >> she would be more likely to be nominated if she was more demure if she kepter with opinions to herself. she didn't make projects having to do with political racial issues. >> i'm sitting here as a white guy not wanting that to be true. you really believe that to be true. >> i've seen what's going out on the streets as far as these protests? this is our reality. when i say "our" reality, american reality. not just black people. it is interesting because people were very surprised about the indictments or lack of indictments with the eric g

you might remember ava crying. she was upset to find out that president george washington is dead. today, she and her family got to meet a plusher george washington at the gw men's basketball game. ava posed for pictures with her hero and the team. >>> the latest on the injury news. >> we were talking about this earlier. the one thing that can detail the local teams is injury. we want to talk about that. the hoya nation is holding their breath. coming up, we'll talk about highlights in basketball and injury news. we'll talk about it nex thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. see the difference for yourself. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two full years! plus, get a $300 bonus with a two-year agreement. thanks for th

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ava. she kills me. >> jimmy: how fun is that. and you also posted a picture of your grandpa -- no.aughter ] >> jimmy: a little gene hackman. yeah. >> he's got a little gene hackman. "i'm going to beat the hell out of you." >> jimmy: how old is he? >> 95 years old. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. 95 years old. he's got this thing where every time he sees my daughter she sang "you are my sunshine" once to him and it was so sweet and now he kind of forgets that she had just sung it 42 seconds before 'cause he's older. so she'll finish it and then he'll go, "i want you to sing you are my sunshine to me." and she will just look at me with the saddest eyes and go, "daddy, i can't -- i can't do it again." [ laughter ] "i can't do it again." >> jimmy: you do what daddy did on in "book of mormon." >> daddy did eight shows a a week, ava! you can do it for an old man. [ laughter ] or daddy's going to take more pictures in between ladies' legs. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you're not getting a a capri sun if you don't do it. >> the milk's going away! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no more ba-ba. so i see gram

including oprah winfrey, the director ava duvernay, alongside stars david oyellowo and common. in an interview with our robin roberts, oprah speaks about the the timing of this film. >> i thing that all the people who are protesting now could benefit. you can't just be marching without an intention. you have to have a clear, strategic intention of what it is you want to accomplish. and you cannot be heard unless you come in peace. that was the power of that movement. >> we're not asking, we're demanding give us the vote! >> it's about a community that came together for what was right. i thing that -- it speaks so beautifully to this cultural moment that we're in. >> reporter: yet, with the national conversation focusing on race, many in hollywood claiming "selma" didn't get the recognition it deserved when it came to oscar nomination. the hashtag oscars so white now trending. though the film did land two nominations. best picture and best original song. david oyellowo's depiction of dr. martin luther king jr. was left out of the best actor category. >> i say that we live to fig

rose: we concluded with a conversation with ava duvernay a director of the film "selma". >> studying history. a leader of people, a leader of leaders, that he was one of many people, the most beautiful voice, most eloquent voice of them arguably, but he was speak speaking for people. rose: is this a film about voices? >> it's what i truly believe rose: the paris attack and a conversation about the movie "selma" when we continue. funding for >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. deadly attack in paris, twelve people died after gunmen targeted the offices of the french satirical magazine "charlie hebdo." the victims include the he haddor and cartoonits. the identity of the three gunmen were con firms earlier today. two are reportedly brothers, french citizen ins their 30s. the other is an 18-year-old. his nationality was unknown as of this t

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. >> ifill: plus, ava duvernay, the golden-globe nominated director of "selma," on her effort to bring the civil rights movement to the screen. >> this is art. this is a movie. this is a film. i'm not a historian, i'm not a documentarian, i am an artist who explored history and what i found-- the questions that i have, the ideas that i have about history, i've put into this project that i've made. >> woodruff: and, economists suggest more self-restraint as a child leads to better economic outcomes later in life. how some schools are teaching character to increase the odds of success. >> woodruff: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: while we might wire your street, also your friends and neighbors. i.d.e.w., the power professionals in your neighborhood. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.

she was fantastic. >> congratulations ava.> see the film for yourself. >> and you're on charlie rose tonight. >> i am. we open >>> hi , good morning, i'm ukee washington. an investigation is underway to a fire that destroyed a bucks county home. fire on curly mill road in new britain township happened last night. no one was hurt. it took more than two hours to get the flames under control. fire fighters say a lack of fire hydrants in the area and those sub freezing temperatures made the job, very, very hard. lets talk more about the temperatures. the here's katie, good morning. >> that is our big story at this point. that and the wind chill. that will be settling in. it is not terrible just yet, but it is cold i'll give you that but it will get worse before it can get better unfortunately. so a little bit trigger for a memory of the polar vortex from last year. storm scan three is generally quiet. you can find a few speckles of purple where we have a few flurries flying. we will not see anything that accumulates or does stick

. ♪ >> ava duvernay is here.hoose the director of the film -- she is the director of the film "selma"." it arrives with a particular relevance in america. events of the past two months remind us that remains -- race remains a big issue today. here's the trailer. >> he has supporters. detroit, new york, los angeles. fighting large-scale arrests and sympathy margins. >> i'm very aware of that. i know that -- i need to know what he is about to do next. >> dr. king is here. >> mr. president, in the south there have been thousands of racially motivated murders. we need your help. >> dr. king, this thing is going to have to wait. >> it cannot wait. >> selma it is. >> is the next great battle. >> soma is the place. >> dr. king. >> that white like can hit -- boy can hit. >> it is unacceptable. they use their power to keep us voiceless. those who have gone before us say, no more. >> they are trying to get inside of your head. >> enough is enough. >> we built the path rock by rock. >> we must march. we must stand up. >> yo

. ♪ >> ava duvernay is the director of the film, "selma." film arrives with relevance and reminds us that race remains an issue. the associated press called it a history lesson that throbs with today. here is a trailer of the film. >> he has supporters. detroit, new york, los angeles and he is inciting large scale arrests and sympathy marchers. >> i am aware of that mr. hoover. what i do know is that he is nonviolent. what i need to know is, what is martin luther king about to do next? >> mr. president, dr. king is here. >> mr. president, in the south there have been thousands of racially motivated murders. we need your help. >> dr. king, it will have to wait. >> it cannot wait. >> you have one big issue, i have 101. >> here is the next great battle. >> selma is the place. >> dr. king. >> that white boy can hit. >> we will not tolerate agitators who want to orchestrate a disturbance. >> it is unacceptable that they use that power to keep us voiceless. those that have gone before us they say no more. >> people actually say that they are going

larry, here's a question about ava duvernay. what happened? >> it's like politics.like the convention when the films come out. the space from iowa to the convention and politics and from the golden globes to the oscars is politics. it's a campaign. you have to have a ground game, you have to have a media game. you may have seen ava duvernay -- >> she was out there. >> was she talking it up to people? this is all part of what goes on. the nominations are by categories. i'm sure they were looking saying did we do enough to make this thing happen? this is not about necessarily always a good movie and meaningful topic, a wonderful, inspiring film it's about getting voters to vote for your movie. >> those voters this is an important thing to talk about, those voters are the members of the academy, the voting members, 94% white, 77% male. does that -- >> over 55% over 60. >> over 60. so in terms of having diversity of thought and ideas, could that be playing into it in your estimation? >> that could be part of it. the fact is in the best director category only four women

. >> after the video went viral ava got a special treat. george washington university invited ava and her family to a colonials basketball game. she had a courtside seat for the game against duquesne and got to hang out with george and some of the players. she still got to meet george washington. >> i think she's a future historian. a real connection. >> they offered, you want to meet president obama? she was set on george washington. >> first president. >>> a security breach at the white house. we'll explain what made its way over the fence and how. >> and hot lanes getting virginia drivers heated. >> and next, an auschwitz survivor reflects on the state of the world 70 years after the camp was liberated. >>> tomorrow marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. somewhere between 1 and 1.5 million people died at that camp. >> every year there are fewer survivors left to remember the horror. bruce leshan talked to one of them. >> when i first saw it, it had such an impact on me, because even now i still see how important it wa

now, if you couldn't tell from my interview last week we are big ava fans here in nerdland.would have been an historic first for an african-american woman director. so don't get me wrong, because yes, the snub from the academy was certainly disappointing and even frustrating. maybe even a little infuriating. but surprising? not so much. especially when you consider this. ava is the ninth woman who failed to receive a best director nomination for a film that was nominated for best picture. so for all the surprises the academy had in store in its nominations, its failure to recognize the work of this talented woman was simply par for the course. up next a new installment of our ongoing series "tv now in color." last week tina fey and amy poehler had jokes for some of hollywood's biggest names in 2014, when we come back. ls great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. [cheering] everything okay? we're here

i mean i think ava and david deserve to be -- they're starting their careers.film. >> there was a headline, norah, in the l.a. paper. >> the award for best caucasian goes to, that was the headline. there's an uproar among others noticing this was all white. >> david was in "red tails." those kind of movies are very hard to get out there. >> thank you. >> we're excited about "strange magic." >> yes. >> we're excited to see you back in the theater. >> it comes out next week. >> on my birthday january 23rd. friday, january 23rd. >> we have a very short window here. >> "strange magic" opens january 23rd on norah's birthday one week from today. >> check out a new app that tells you when to go and when not to go to the bathroom when you're in the theater. george, you might be interested in this one. >> no going to the bathroom during this movie but you have female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. but sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event ends sunday. through sunday choose from a huge selection of tem

one of the women who talks about how important sundance has been in her life is ava. 2012, she won best director for first african-american woman to win -- >> she is on our board. >> another controversy over "selma." the film has been nominated for best film for the oscars. as for best director, she did not get it. no best actor nomination. it led to this #oscarssowhite and a survey found also for voters are 94 percent white, 76% male, and an average age of 63 years old. your thoughts about this? >> i am older than that. i don't occupy myself with what the academy is doing or what is criteria is. i am a member of the academy. but i don't really occupy my self with what it's thinking is because i don't know enough about what prompts it. i do believe in diversity. i think diversity is healthy. i think diversity and film is really healthy. >> do you think the academy needs to diversify? >> i do, i think it is only healthy. there was a while when he did not have women directors and now we do. which i think is really important. i think the future would do quite well with f

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while director ava d echltebernier will be on hand in case the film picks up best picture, she won'ta golden man of her own. neither will david owelyolo who starred in the film playing martin luther king jr. tonight the lack of diversity among nominees sparking backlash on twitter. #oscarsowhite. people behind films that were lucky enough to score nominations like "american sniper" -- >> don't pick it up. >> reporter: and "birdman" know it's the first step down a long road. leonardo dicaprio has been nominated for best actor four times. >> and the oscar goes to -- matthew mcconaughey. >> reporter: but never won. but the director of one snubbed fan favorite, "the lego movie," seems to be keeping his chin up. ♪ >> reporter: tweeting it's okay, made my own. >> now t a consolation prize. thanks for watching abc news. tune into good morning america tomorrow. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. come on, what is this health insurance? matching the doctor bills to the worksheets, who paid who what, when? this... this has to be woman's work. oh, great. well, i'll

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to toure's point as to whether or not "selma" has gotten and received enough accolade and perhaps avare still one of the most important areas for people to showcase their film. millions watch the oscars around the world. the access that's given to a film once the film is nominated and the film wins that's huge that's massive. i don't think we can necessarily underplay the significantce of the snub. >> they're in the best picture category. >> i get that. >> they will get some of that love. but the problem is not so much with the oscars but with hollywood in general. what is the other picture that you think should be nominated -- >> that's the point. no let me answer. >> the pipeline. the pipeline. >> the point is if you have no open line of people that can greenlight films, we don't know the great films that could have been there. that's the problem. the problem is the same we raised when sony e-mails came out. it reflects the context of how there's no diversity in hollywood. it wouldn't be an issue if you had diversity in hollywood. you don't. >> it doesn't reflect the audiences. movi

. >> ava tedder lives just a few miles from holman. and visits regularly. >> all right, thank you. >> you ready? >> yes. >> all right. come on. >> usually you visit every two weeks, and you can stay from 8:00 until 1:20. for a long time, it was real stressful. but then you sort of get used to it. it sort of gets like a daily routine and everything. just like everyday life. >> love you. >> love you. >> you okay? >> yeah. >> my wife comes over to visit, i feel like i'm 25 again. about three days later after she leaves, i'm back to 70 again, you know. age catches up with me. she's everything. i mean i don't know how to say it any more than that. i'm just crazy about her. now that's the smile i was waiting on. >> what are you allowed to do affection-wise? >> i can kiss her, hold her for a little bit when i first get here. and we sit here and talk and when it's time to leave i get to kiss her again. and that's it. >> not much. >> no. not much at all. >> while we were at holman the couple was also dealing with the anxiety of an upcoming paro

"selma" was nominated for best picture but the director ava did you varney was shut out. some say this year's crop of nominees is the least diverse in 20 years but the reverend al sharpton went even further. he called the lack of diversity appalling and called a meeting with studio leaders next week in hollywood. > the march in selma is just one of many things dr. king is remembered. tonight the city of alexandria honored at the first christian church on king street. today would have been dr. king's 86th birthday. >>> investigators have wrapped up four days of forensic digging as they search for two young sisters who vanished nearly 40 years ago. officials say today they're pleased with their progress in the investigation but they would not say whether they found anything. the fbi and other agencies searched taylors mountain in virginia for the remains of katherine and sheila lyon. they visited while visiting a shopping center in wheaton. >>> a mother from beltsville have strong feelings on paid family leave. today president obama changed the rules for federal workers. ch

obama hosted a screening of that film last week at the bhous along with oprah winfrey and director avaou have nay. >>> there is new information on the air that -- excuse me. there's new information on the airasia flight that crashed into the java sea last month. officials say the plane pushed well beyond its limits before going down. radar data is showing it climbed above 6,000 feet per minute behaving more like a fighter jet than a passenger plane. it's unclear why the aircraft ascended so quickly. officials say more analysis is needed because bad weather at that time could have produced an inaccurate reading. >>> now we have this new twist in the baltimore murder case that has gotten the attention of millions all over the world thanks to the hid podcast "serial." if you follow it you know adnan syed was convicted of murdering his former high school girlfriend. he's now trying to appeal that case claiming ineffective counsel in part because the only person that could confirm his alibi was never asked to actually testify. the podcast features a claim from fellow student asia mclean tha

. >> ifill: plus, ava duvernay, the golden-globe nominated director of "selma," on her effort to bringhe civil rights movement to the screen. >> this is art. this is a movie. this is a film. i'm not a historian, i'm not a documentarian, i am an artist who explored history and what i

she was fantastic. >> congratulations ava.lm for yourself. >> and you're on charlie rose tonight. >> i am. we open >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> it's 8:25. time for some news headlines. another milestone for california's high-speed rail system. governor brown was among the dignitaries in fresno for yesterday's groundbreaking ceremony. the first segment. project will run 29 miles between fresno and madera, then the bay area and los angeles, and eventually to sacramento and san diego. the current price tag, $68 billion. >>> preliminary work is under way for the big construction project that will close the golden gate bridge for 52 hours. the new median will be installed to more safely separate northbound and southbound traffic. the closure is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. saturday. traffic and weather in just a moment. stay with us. bulldog: well pup, it's out with the old and in with the new during mattress discounters' year end clearance sale. pup: look! i found a red tag! bulldog: that means folks can

. >> reporter: while the civil rights movie "selma" earned best picture nomination director ava duvernay was snubbed. so was lead actor david oyelowo. visible online "oscar so white " and "the huffington post" headline. >> hollywood doesn't make enough movies for women and people of color. >> reporter: last year's best picture was "12 years a slave" and loop ito enwongo won best actress. eight movies are up for best picture this year. none of them box office blockbusters. in fact "the grand budapest hotel" is the highest grossing nominee earning $59 million total compared to the latest hunger games flick which grossed $120 million on opening weekend the rise of the biographical film. movies based on true stories earned 35 nominations. four of the five lead actor nominees played real-life characters including american sniper's bradley cooper who portrayed navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle. >> just fell in love with the guy from doing it. i have tremendous respect for what he did. >> reporter: the not-so-real lego movie is surprisingly not nominated for animated feature, but the director took to tw

there was a time maybe a month ago we might have seen two women in there with angelina jolie and ava women nominated in the director category and david oyelowo for her portrayal of martin luther king from "selma," i think that was a snub. >> thanks so much. >>> as we take a look at rundown, back to paris and live to the phillipines where pope francis has just arrived and i'll speak with republican congressman jeff denim about the house vote to de-fund the department of homeland security and overturn the president's immigration action. a handful of republicans that voted against this bill. she inspires you. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not ta