a new film, too. >> yeah. >> charlie: about howard hughes. >> and george clooney. >> charlie: clint eastwood. look at eastwood's career. >> charlie: body of work. yeah, i just never had a chance to direct -- >> charlie: they don't just give you the chance. you have to want to really want it badly. >> i decked directing on tv but i was on tv almost 15 years straight. i had a great run with my show "hart to hart." >> charlie: yeah. and "it takes a thief" and "switch" and all the movies. i went in that direction, and it was wonderful for me. i mean, put my kids through school and gave me a world-wide name. >> charlie: but you seem also to be, to me -- and what do i know -- you seem to be part of hollywood royalty and, so, that all the network executives and all the people sort of like your social company as well. yes? >> i hope so. >> charlie: it's true. you had a place there because you may have been there for a while, but you were also part of the community, and you saw them at dinner and they liked you because you were smart, attractive, had a great family, et cetera. >> i think so. i think

. >> i guess the strongest memory is clint eastwood's breath.was minty. >> kate blanchett's performance is widely seen as a lock for best act yes. jared leto ask a no doubt winner for his role. >> what he did with "gravity" is next level film making. he will win no problem. >> carter says the space epic is part of a tight three way race for the top prize. >> i can't recall a close best picture race in decades. >> like "gravity," "american hustle" has nominations overall. carter thinking they could be edged out by another film. >> for oscar nominee, tonight could become the most important night of their careers. mark bark ger, nbc news. >> great movies this year. >> going to be a tough selection. >>> before the snow gets here, check out the system in the midwest. this is the view from indianapolis where the snow is already coming down. >> streets will be coated soon enough. enoug[ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom! delicious un

. >> clint eastwood. >> look at his career. never had that chance to direct. >> they don't just give you the chance. >> i did some directing on tv. i was in tv for 15 years. i had a great run. i went in that direction. it was wonderful for me. i put my kids through school. >> you seem also to be for me, what do i know? you seem to be part of hollywood royalty. all the network executives and those people like your social company as well. yes? >> yes. >> you have had a place there because they have been there for a while, but you are part of the community, and you saw them at dinner. you were guy they like because you were smart, attractive, had a great family. >> i think so. i hope so. i think that helps. content is important. a lot of the people that are running the studios and conglomerates, they are not so interested in the material. people we were talking about. beatty, clooney, contents. clint is driven by that. >> on the cover of the book, i have had the good fortune to be here more than one day. [laughter] i have met lots

we're not hiring someone who's going to do a bad imitation of clint eastwood and say make my day. president obama is a rational, thoughtful, serious approach. he's not somebody who speaks in lambastic terms or hurls thunderbolts rhetorically. the reality is the reset with russia and i am second to none in my dislike of putin but the reality is that we would not have had an election in iran, in my judgment, without that reset with him that led to a more moderate leadership there and a chance for denuclearization. as far as the syrian situation is concerned, i don't think we would have gotten as far with their chemical weapons without putin's involvement. the reality is there is no action statement that any of these people have. they say, let me tell you, this is too much, putin's a bum and this can't stand and -- all right, what do we do? what do we do? >> a long-term strategy of isolation against russia where we're imposing sanctions, working with the europeans who are less willing than we are to take the set of actions. >> brown: these words stem from a feckless foreign policy. >

. >> i guess the strongest memory is clint eastwood's breath was surprisingly minty. >> reporter: tonight is likely to be memorable for cate blanchett. her performance in "blue jasmine" is seen as a lock for best actress. also jared letto is a no doubt winner and he seeize an fauns oe carone as best director. but the space epic is part of a very tight three-way race for the night's top prize. >> i can't recall a closer best picture race in decades. >> always take a favor over money. >> reporter: like "gravity," "american hustle" has ten nominations overall but carter thinks they both could be edged out by "12 years a slave." >> i think the voters are going to want to vote for a film that feels a little bit more, quote unquote, important. >> reporter: for oscar's nominees, tonight could become the most important night of their careers. marc barger, nbc news. >>> a new technology at a northern california movie theater now allows both blind and deaf people to experience the movies in a fuller way. this theater in eureka has closed captioning machine that displays the dialogue and for the bli

clint eastwood wasn't available? we'll grab you now. get your flannel shirts out, everyone. the gop is going back to the '90s. i bet fox and scully from the x files will be there. and beavis and butthead might show up too. >> nothing to offer you, and i know how the world works. >> i'm flying! >> and of course we'll invite jack and rose from the titanic. >> i'm the king of the world! woo-hoo! >> there's just one little problem. first-time voters who are turning 18 this year were literally babies back in 1997. the gop was up in arms about president obama's interview with the star of "the hangover" movies that he did. but at least his movies are from the right decade. do they really think this blast from the past is going to work? as if. did republicans think we wouldn't notice that this is the true story of a political party that's stopped being polite and has started getting really out of touch? nice try, but we got you. (laughs) it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, no wonder it's the only one cats ask for by

republicans, clint eastwood who did talk to a chair. a great actor, though.ns had scarlett johansson. there is this coolness factor of the republican party doesn't exactly help them win more millennials, right? >> not at all. fundamentally when you bring it down to its essence it is about numbers and demographics these numbers and trends portend. if you are a republican, the doomsday scenario really can be distilled into three sets of numbers. 45, 75, and 95. which conversely is the holy trinity if you are a democrat looking at the national elections going forward. not just 2020 but 2016. what do those numbers mean? 45% of the annual vote for the democrats. coupled with 75% of the hispanic and asian votes and 95% of the black votes means the republicans are block buster in a netflix world. they are no longer competitive and no longer exist. those are numbers, frankly, with the prospects of what looks like might be -- clinton candidacy very much attain sxabl that's what is causing so much concern, i think, on the other side. >> part of what he's getting to, if

you remember the good, the bad and the ugly, clint eastwood? in the old days i had my gun, we stood off. stared down, nobody pulled the trigger. that was the cold war. in cold war it was up versus soviets. they were scared to shoot at us, we were scared to shoot at them. that wasn't cool because it would dough try the planet but that's cool. you're in a region like the middle east where multiproliferation environment where everybody hasn't policy and nobody trusts anyone us. that is the most unstable environment. that was "open range." the hero goes into the town and there are 14 side in town. one person starts shooting and everybody starts shooting everybody else. if you have a nuclear-armed middle east that is the must dangerous situation imaginable. that is the great fear. but i can absolutely tell you that is where we're headed. nobody has a plan to get away from that. these negotiations will not only not stop the nuclear program, they will insure that the next president will have even more difficult challenge keeping iran from going nuclea

as you can see, it's like -- i feel like clint eastwood. talking to an empty chair.row. he's going to be in washington, d.c. where he will be joined by alan greenspan and it's jobs friday. hopefully we'll have other movers and shakers in d.c. ♪ i want whatever she's got >> we'll go out with the tones of this song. >> this is the one you've been singing. >>> when we return, our exclusive interview with jamie dinan -- founder and ceo of york capital. let's look at the futures ahead of jobless claims and productivity data. we're up about 25 points. we'll be right back. opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. >>> mergers, acquisitions, an exclusive interview with jamie dinan of york capital. why he thinks vodafone and at&t could be the perfect connection. >>> everyone needs to look out, especially your smartphone. meet the man helping protect your information from

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