and the story of a-- of a black catcher, negro catcher named charlie thomas who was denied accommodationsith the ohio wesleyan team, and branch rickey felt bad enough about it to yell and scream and get a cot put in his room and insist that the guy stayed in his room. but-- but he-- he-- the story he tells about charlie thomas brought low by the color of his skin, i think that had a big-- i think he was an emotional guy. i think branch rickey is an emotional guy. >> rose: he seems like a good guy as you portray him. tell me about you and deciding to do this. >> i didn't decide to do it. i had to get the job because -- >> harrison ford had to get the job. >> well, you wouldn't want harrison ford. >> rose: ahhh! >> in a movie about jackie robinson. i thought-- you know, i quite understood the-- the script isçó written by brian helgeland and i understood his resistance to seeing me. >> rose: you wanted to see him and he resisted seeing you playing the role of branch rickey. >> h he wants a character actor. and i said i want to be -- >> that's what you wanted to be. >> i saed i always wanted

as a massive and unprecedented intrusion as father of the wide awake news portal charlie mcgrath told artie's sean thomas earlier the us media is paying a price for going beyond actual sources these networks that we're talking about are not new. you need opinion yet they're not going to to step outside the line of the government press conference they should just regurgitate exactly what the government puts out but if you have somebody that says and actually doesn't journalism yes you can expect retribution and i don't know who could possibly consider that and not to work that way in their decision to be investigated jools well if there is a leak that could compromise national security doesn't the government have the right to do everything that they can to stop that leak that you read the group is obviously stepping way outside of that bounds if you're talking about reporting these information that is critical for this fruited populace yes it's going to be things that can be reported that shouldn't be leaked but you're really going after the journalist who's doing his job and not the in this sensitive dys

a fine line between the demands of media freedom and those of statehood charlie mcgraw from wide awake news told r.t. shaun thomas that journalists are paying a price for going beyond official sources if you're talking about reporting news information that is critical for it is through the pockets yet says he thinks it can be reported this shouldn't be leaked but you're going to go after the jury was to do his job and not the intersect is a dysfunctional government that had folks in the search planes now the government is investigating reporters in the hopes of finding leaks within its own ranks and you kind of touched on this just a second ago why do you think it has chosen this approach rather than looking for the source of the actually to scare the hell out of the body who dares to stand up to the party well into the agenda large and this isn't just you know build a new situation it's the previous administration it will be the next administration it is control totalitarian tyrannical government it's hubris at its worst and it's going to continue there will be freedom of the people this country. and coming up w

thomas friedman new york times middle east specialist columnist was interviewed on the charlie rose show you know the sort of intellectuals through the. rose asked what we ought to be doing in iraq. i wish i could. see the actual words to grasp it but basically what it was when he said something like this he said. american troops ought to smash in. the houses and. make people understand that we're not going with terrorism. he said suck on this we're not going to allow terrorism in our society you better understand it so these terrorized women and children the. have to be. humiliated and degraded and frightened so that because so that. the that goes i mean it's mind boggling that's the peak of the liberal intellectual culture supposedly and we have famous like richard dawkins saying that as long as long as one of the greatest threats facing humanity i mean that's a whole nother form of propaganda the liberal elites perpetuating this not of this neo con sort out of the much for. all the media i want to talk to you about that because obviously that's instrumental in manufacturing consent fo

experiences the fine line between the demands of media freedom and those of statehood charly make rather from wide awake news told thomas that journalists are paying the price for going beyond official sources. these networks that we're talking about are not new at least you need opinion yet they're not known to to step outside the light of the government press conference they should just regurgitate exactly what the government puts out because yes somebody this is actually doesn't journalism yes you can expect retribution and i don't know who could possibly consider that and not to work that way in their decision to be investigated jools well if there is a leak that could compromise national security doesn't the government have the right to do everything that they can to stop that leak but yet the group is obviously stepping way outside of that bounds you know you're talking about reporting news information that is critical for this three hundred populous yes it's going to be things that can be reported this shouldn't be leaked but you're going to go after the jury was to doing his job and not the intersect is a dysfun

thomas friedman new york times the middle east specialist columnist was interviewed on the charlie rose show you know the sort of intellectuals through the disco and he was asked what we ought to be doing in iraq. i wish it could but you gotta see the actual words to grasp it but basically what it was when he said something like this he said. american troops ought to smash in. the houses and. make people understand that we're not going with terrorism. he said suck on this we're not going to allow terrorism in our society you've got to better understand it so these terrorized women and children in the bus or a bag have to be. humiliated and degraded and frightened so that because so that. the that goes i mean it's mind boggling that's the peak of the liberal intellectual cultures it was really famous like richard dawkins saying that as long as long as one of the greatest threats facing humanity i mean that's a whole another form of propaganda the liberal elites perpetuating this not just neo con sort of out of the right of much. all the media i want to talk to you about that because obvi

charlie sheen is coming for you. >> winning. >> our spring has been a cool one with just a few hot daysay here and there. >> is that helping or hurting your veggie garden. derek thomasegetables survive this spring.s time now 9:44. we'll be right back with derek.  >> welcome back, everybody. eve we've had cool days annen seasonably chill -- and unseasonably chilly this spring. many of us wonder what is going on with our vegetable gardens. derek, full disclosure i don'tei have a vegetable garden. >> i lover how you continuously throw yourself under the bus. >> i love to see you. >> and you, allison. >> what about the veggie gardens? >> it's been a tough year with the vegetables. and what happened was a lot of f people bought tow -- tomatoes bought them early and we had that really, really cool -- a warm shot and -- and >> you told us about.b this we talked about this. >> and people went ahead and bought them anyway. people say the tomatoes look horrible. >> vegetables have specificpeci growing seasons. things like cilantro which has started. the flowers are going to turn into core idea ander -- corriander seeds. what you can do in the garden, the leaves are done. w

charlie and norah. >> good republicans are starting to and direct words like impeachment and coverup at the white house, cove but ambassador thomas pickering who oversaw the state department's own investigation the s into the attacks is standing by atta his assessment. assessme ambassador pickering defended defende his decision not to question then secretary of state hillary clinton as part of the state department's investigation into the attacks. the at >> i don't believe that it was necessary to do that.on't i don't think that there was re anything there that we didn't there t know. >> reporter: republicans say the white house did not disclose all of the facts. of the senator john mccain is pushing foe a congressional investigation. >> i would call it a coverup in the extent that there was wi willful removable of information that was obvious. >> reporter: at issue, why hy talking points went through a series of evidence, words like "ties to al qaeda" and "attack," eventually blaming it on violent demonstrations. a state accident official first gence off suggested the edits. an intelligence official tells cbs news that the cia a