i sat down with cuba gooding, jr., and nate parker. >> thank you for being here. this film is so important. >> it is so important on so many levels. one, we get to celebrate our heroes, black men, masculine men that are making decisions to determine the outcome of the film. >> when you say that, the cast, the director. >> yes. in the sense of the film, oftentimes we do a film about the black experience and we have other people telling the stories and you have other people that are heroes and now you have a chance to celebrate black heros and to be a part of it as actor, it's an incredible experience. >> you've had a lot of experience, obviously, in hollywood. how rare is it to have the opportunity to have black heroes in the film? >> very rare. if you look at the films that i really go after and i get excited about doing, "menf honor," dory miller in "pearl harbor" and the tuskegee and "red tail," it inspires me to get involved in films that tell a story of black history. when i was doing the first tuskegee airmen, i had finished my schooling and knew nothing abou

. >> cuba gooding jr.'s high school.ere? that is the one and only vanessa williams, and her beautiful brother, helen. and this is the book right here. oh, my goodness. >> you like it, huh? >> i loved it. it's a great read. and learned such revelations about vanessa. and her mom learned some things about her daughter, too. >> that will be interesting. >> great to have you both with us. >>> you saw the baby avenger out there. we have the big "avenger" cast out here this morning. robert downey jr., scarlett johansson. what they really needed. >>> also coming up, you guys. not only the clothing that comes off in the ballroom on "dancing with the stars." it's also the pounds. it's well-documented, right? so, now, we take you behind the scenes to meet the incredible shrinking stars. this is a preview of a special edition of "20/20," that i'm hosting alongside cameron mathison. it's called "dance floor confidential." behind the scenes of "dancing with the stars." i've covered the show since season one. i learned a lot. >> when

. >> cuba gooding jr.'s high school.out her daughter too. >> that will be interesting. >> great to have you both with us. >>> you saw the baby avenger out there. we have the big "avenger" cast out here this morn ging. robert downey jr., scarlett johansson. what they really needed. >>> also coming up you guys. not only the clothing that comes off in the ballroom on "dancing with the stars." it's also the pounds. it's well-documented, right? so, now, we take you behind the scenes to meet the incredible shrinking stars. this is a preview of a special edition of "20/20," that i'm hosting alongside cameron mathison. it's called "dance floor confidential." behind the scenes of "dancing with the stars." i've covered the show since season one. i learned a lot. >> when is the special? >> the special is on the 23rd. >> okay. i didn't mean to show you off. >>> and we're reuniting the cast of tv's classic shows. tomorrow, candice burgeon and the cast of "murphy brown." a "gma" tv reunion blowout. >> it was wonderful to see them toge

but cuba gooding jr. was on there promoting his new movie on lifetime. rough times for cuba.uts. >> what the hell i'm talking about? what am i doing up? where did captain america go? oh, there he is. >> i got it. i got it. >> captain america. >> oh, my gosh! >> i don't know cuba personally. robin roberts at one point just rips up her question cards because she realize there's no controlling him. i don't know. maybe it was a little caffeine or something else, whatever he was doing, but he was just off his rocker yesterday just yelling in the camera going nuts. kind of running back and forth in the crowd and then throwing random white children in the air. >> let me try to throw you in the air. >> way too much beer gut. >> but, cuba, take it down a level next time. >> he wasn't going to drop that little baby. he had a captain america outfit on. >> lay off the cappuccino. >>> last time lionel richie had a number one it was 26 years ago. we were 10 or 14. he is back on the charts with his new country album. take a listen. ♪ what i feeling when we're dancing ♪ [ cellphone rings ] [

baseball club from miami gets a five game downpour publicly expressing his affection for cuba's longstanding. good loveridge sure. it was easy to build the most sophisticated which on those interviews with jordan found anything to submission to teach creation and why you should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. iran is ready to make the asian buyers of its oil and offer it can't refuse to its concept wise to germany and is now aiming to attract new customers still sap effect of sanctions imposed by the u.s. and the e.u. however tehran says it's also ready to make new proposals to countries worried about its nuclear program and you're out of talks will take place in this gamble later this week but iran's chief negotiator has warned they will not respond to pressure and talk to r.t. former u.s. secretary former u.s. security adviser general james jones says while ron has the right to nuclear power it must work with the international community or become isolated or useful interview is coming up next hour here on our t.v. but with take a look. at the. should have access to peace

fidel castro for a 30 minute private talk and lo and behold for the first time in 53 years cuba will recognize good friday as a holiday. >> previously the castros had resisted encouraging christian faith because they were afraid cuban was follow christ's example and walk on water to get to miami. and folks i got to tell you, i bet his holiness didn't even break a sweat but in he did, jim. >> creative ascent to be born exclusively by pope benedict the 16. the colon reportedly exodd pontiff personality and thee logical outlook it is infused with lemon tree blossom as a smell of spring grass to remind the pontiff of his native baff ar ya, the woman who created 9 scent has also worked with sting and madonna. >> the pope is following in sting and madonna's footsteps. i can't wait for next year's super bowl halftime show. (cheers and applause) the thee logical question is does the pope need his own cologne? yahweh or no way. no way, guys put on cole own to attract the ladies and il papa is already smoldering. it's bad enough he's already got those chick magnet red shoes. besides he doesn't need it becaus

cuba. president obama raul castro must decide whether to declare good friday a holiday. there will be no political reforms. >> the catholic faith celebrated the visit to cuba. it included an open air mass infront of thousands, private talk with president raul castro and the leader fidel castro. that lasted 30 minutes. the pope called on the cuban government to loosen restrictions. distent groups were hoping for an audience with the 84-year-old pontiff. >> we are praying this visit from the holy father helped the cuban people move towards hope. >> archbishop is one of hundreds of americans that made it to cuba, just to witness the pope's visit. he traveled from miami, a cuban-american that hadn't been to the country in 50 years. >> whether they live in cuba or outside of cuba can look at the future and together see what we can do. >> this man is hanging on to hope. though the government signalled there would be no political reforms before the holy father departed wednesday. >> the pope called on the u.s. to end its 50-year trade embargo against cuba. >>> being a christian

good luck at the um summit. i hope you do well there. not sure opening up the trade with cuba but good luck. being with us. sneak peek of greta and what is come up in 18 minutes when greta van susteren goes on the record. >> greta: are we on? beckel told me when you trick him. >> sean: not on the air. >> greta: so i can swear like a sailor? now the sailors will be mad at me. >> sean: leave him alone. he has had a bad 24 hours. >> greta: oh, c'mon, i love beckel. anyway, tonight we talk about gsa and they never stop surprising us, as well as the secret service. brit hume is here to talk about what is going on in the senate. maybe a budget. don't hold your breath. but there is news. we talk about the gas prices and representative christie nome is here to tell you about the tea party. that much more. back to you. >> sean: greta coming up in 17 minutes. let not your heart be troubled. the great, great, great american panel is next. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at

never say out loud in miami, i do not know, i think you have to admit that castro has done some good for cuba. [laughter] anyway, what ever you have heard, disregard. it is a great town. we have a new attitude out there. the tourism motto is to come back to miami, we were not shooting at you. [laughter] i want to tell you quickly about my career. i have been a humor writer most of my life. i started out as a regular reporter. i worked at a little leaguer in pennsylvania called the daily local news. very small town paper. not the best edited paper. we once ran a headline that said women would be raped. [laughter] but that is where i got my start in journalism. i was not great at reporting. i was an english major and went into journalism because i wanted to write, but i learned that writing is not the key skill in journalism. talking to people is the key skill. sometimes you have to talk to people who are intimidating or hostile. good reporters are able to do that indeed there train of thought and not get flustered. i was not good at that. after i became a columnist but was still dealing with n

soil and a lot of critics out there will say that monitoring trips to cuba might be a good way for the u.s. to put a damper on americans traveling to the country we should be breaking the rules technically but this is an excuse to collect everybody's information obviously d.h.s.s. is overstepping their bounds here but canadian and british airlines have already agreed to these new rules which are being implemented this month no questions asked now thankfully some people are expressing their concerns like simon hughes he's the deputy leader. of the liberal democrats and this is what he said the concern by the u.s. for its own security is entirely understandable but it seems to me it's a whole different issue that america wishes should determine the rights and choices of people travelling between two countries neither of which is the us and i hope somebody on the other side of the pond probably questioning this but in the meantime looks like all my insecurity is taking upon themselves to monitor the skies not just in the us the homeland but all over the place so maybe it's time to change

cuba has been marking easter with the public holiday on good friday. the first time in decades. this follows pope benedict's visit to the country last week, where he requested the move. our correspondent said people are taking advantage of the holiday but not necessarily for religious meetings. >> there's a huge number people off work but in terms of the number of people going to good friday services, i wouldn't say there's been a huge crowd of catholics and other christians flocking to church today. i was in the main cathedral in old havana and there were around 150 people in the congregation to hear cardinal as he led the good friday service. and despite the fact the first time in post revolutionary history in cuba, this was a public holiday. in a sense, if they wanted to bo to mass, that was their chance. but for the first time the service was carried live on state television. for the first time and hugely significant because this is a communist run state and for so many years atheist state too. big changes in terms of the relationship between church and communist state here.

i've been with several montana producers to cuba several times. one of my good friends from kansas and i can just tell you that it's cubans like and did buy during the period when cash was in advance of passage of title bought a lot of agriculture products. not now. can't. because this rule is set up over the department of treasury. it's just nuts. big outfits can transfer. they have letters of credit. average and medium sized small farmer and rancher. it's just nuts. is i'm going to push this tradition. it's the right thing to do to be able to sell more products to cuba. it's my understanding it has to be with more extreme issues. it's nuts. we should be able to sell agriculture products on a cash basis to cuba. >> i just want to associate myself with senator bacchus' remarks. i believe it's an important step in getting the trade relations back with cuba. i had the opportunity of serving with tom in the house. tom was very concerned about that. we're not consistent. we trade with a lot worse actors than cuba is. tom used to get up. i can hear him say it like ye

good friday is now a holiday in cuba.during the trip, cuba agreed to the pope's request to make good friday a holiday. that means government workers will have the day off this coming friday. >> that's the first time it is officially celebrated since the cuban revolution. >>> ucla said a mistake in the financial aid office led to thousands of students being overpaid. they were paid twice when financial aid payments were september out. the university has e-mailed all the effected students and apologized about the error. now, they are trying to get the money back. >> i had like $10,000. that's a lot of money. in all fairness it should be given back and we are in such a financial crisis. and this would only make it worse. >> the university said it will reverse the deposits for those that kept the money. it is not clear how the error occurred. >> they are the favorite to win the basketball championship. last night they beat louisville and freshman and player of the year anthony davis had 18 points and that slam dunk. they watc

goodness. [applause] >> cuba's voluminous dance pop domestic leagues and he loved just a palpable humanity andn at christmas with family installed a toll-free 800 number and it sounds so he could call hundreds of friend and say goodbye. and on friday the 13th of january 1978 hubert humphrey died peacefully at his lake, minnesota. as body lie in state and washing 1,050,000 pre-freezing cold temperatures to say goodbye c-span: 66 years old. linda johnson was 64 when he died. how sick was the? i do remember. i remember the speech. we were in business until a year later, so we didn't televise it. as i televised at the time? gusto that was a house candidate had. one of the robotic cameras this kind of rigid, but it was in the house. c-span: how sick was the? >> guest: he died two months later any account third and had this remarkable spirit. one of the things they tried to get across in the film is he didn't take anything that tylenol. he wanted to live through his dad then went through and he just kept this attitude up. he was amazing. let me tell you about this e-mail. it's interesting i couldn't

and millions of christians worldwide marked good friday. communist cubain 50 years. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: on "art beat," you can watch more with buddy guy, including a performance at his club, legends. we also focus on a henry ossawa tanner exhibition, one of the first african-american painters to gain international success. on our politics page, we have blog posts from judy, who writes about the campaigns' courting of women voters, and from gwen, who looks at potential republican vice presidential candidates. and later tonight on many pbs stations, "need to know" reports on philadelphia's plan to re-engage high school dropouts. find a link to their report, plus the newshour's coverage on the crisis on our homepage. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the often-frayed relationship between brazil and the u.s. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later thi

looking rested after his recent trip to cuba he said cuban officials have agreed to his request to make good friday holiday. thousands of pilgrims from around the world attended the ceremonies >> is unbelievable actually. if you see how many people come together here to celebrate. >> is beautiful. just to be part of this is beautiful. >> in his sermon, the pope preached unity of humanity and respect for different cultures. police in kentucky are looking how to control crowds and if they win the n.c.a.a. championship marmite. thousands of rowdy fans swarmed the streets near the campus overturning cars and lighting couches on fire. police say they're pleased no one was seriously hurt. it was a gorgeous day-to-day and we will give you credit, for now >> i will take it because i will take the blame in other circumstances. it was windy enough to fly a kite at times. gusts that 25 m.p.h. in parts of the bay area now. we certainly got some rain but it is headed south and high surf is pounding the california coastline. the watches and warnings have been downgraded to advisories. we will look for tha

good afternoon. let's move forward. president fong: are there additional speakers? please come up. if you want to cuba on that side. i have read through all cards thus far. -- if you want to line up on that side. >> good afternoon. i am on a land use committee. i would like to read a letter. the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods voted on tuesday, july 19, 2011 and passed the following resolution. the coalition urges the planning commission to not approve any building permits for the expansion of any existing health facilities in san francisco until the comprehensive health plan has been completed and adopted describing the projected equipment needed to serve the health needs of the people of san francisco. the general assembly voted on tuesday, august 16, 2011 and passed the resolution. the coalition opposes the certification of the cpmc er and be resolved that the coalition endorses in-depth analysis of alternative 3a which would prieta more services at the scene looks location. the coalition was on the agreement. after much discussion, it felt the agreement was unsatisfactory and does not address the most

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a meeting with cuban president raul castro, during which the pope asked that good friday be made a national holiday in cuba. benedict also met with fidel castro, in what was described as a very cordial exchange between the two men. the former cuban leader reportedly asked the pope, what do popes do? the two discussed humanitarian concerns and castro asked about changes in the catholic liturgy. the pope's trip to latin america also included two days in mexico, where he met with local leaders and presided over an outdoor mass for more than 350,000 people. >>> in philadelphia, testimony began in the high-profile case of a catholic church official charged with failing to report clergy sex abuse. monsignor william lynn, who oversaw priests in the archdiocese from 1992 to 2004, is the first high-ranking catholic official facing criminal charges in conjunction with the sex abuse crisis. lynn claims he did report suspected priests to his superior at the time, cardinal anthony bevilacqua. bevilacqua died in january. lynn's trial is expected to last for months. >>> several religious leaders are calling for a thoroug

cuba. he asked castro to make good friday a holiday. they responded they would grant the pope's request.resident obama will hold talks with the leaders of the u.s. and canada tomorrow. the talks are expected to focus on the violence in america's drug war and will be the last for mexican president felipe calderon, who is not seeking re-election. >>> rebels in mali say they've seized control in the northern part of the country. demonstrations were held to protest the rebels. their seizure of the town is considered a major blow to rival coup leaders who oust eed mali' president last month. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says it's an urgent moment for syria. she's in turkey for a friends of syria conference. clinton warned syria will face serious consequence ifs it doesn't stop killing civilians. more than 9,000 people have been killed since the uprising began a year ago. producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conse

square this morning looking rested after his recent trip to cuba, the pope said that cuban officials have agreed to his request to make good friday holiday. thousands of pilgrims from around the world came to the vatican for ceremonies >> is unbelievable actually. if you see how many people come together here to celebrate. it is beautiful >> in his sermon, the pope preached unity of all humanity and respect for all different cultures. new video shows the heroic acts of a school bus driver on the day tornadoes ripped through indiana. nearly one month ago this is what it looked like from inside a school bus when a twister hit the town of and rebuilt. the driver quickly made the decision to head back to the school. >> everybody stayed together. right now, go. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ago go go >> all of the children made it off the best and just three minutes later the bus was blown away, slamming into a car before crashing into a restaurant. the storm that blew through the bay area's yesterday's leaving its mark in the southern portion of the state. no word on if anyone was hurt, wind gusts hit up to 55 m.p.h.. high winds

. >> and good friday is officially a holiday in cuba. at least it will be this year.ader will look at the holiday. and fikel cast row banned all holidays but brought back christmas to honor john paul in his. >> shark attack. and shoppers caught in the middle of terror as we go ahead the world in 80 seconds. >> and sereese was explosion killing len people in one of the largest attacks for months. and more than 100 pime wounded when muslim extremist set off a truck bomb. and minutes later, a car parked nearby exploded and followed by a third truck bomb. >> and australia. and a feeding frenzy continuing in the southwest corner of the country with a fourth person kill would by a shark there in september. two brothers diving from a beach south of perk when a shark moved in and taking one of the brothers out. denmark. a scuffle between opposing groups of procestors and they are rallying against the puper. they were confronted for demonstrators calling for diversity. problems trying to beat each other with sticks. >> china. a reminder to look before you change lanes on the r

in cuba, iran sanctions, the path forward with egypt. there's been lots of good ground covered. and i want to associate myself with senator rubio. but i just wanted to move to the twin concerns of trade and governance and how an american values around rule of law also helps promote economic opportunity, economic state craft, as you put. . you recently commented at the first business conference how america's foreign policy can champion business abroad and drive recovery here at home. describe a little detail, the tools pursuing these objectives in africa in particular in this budget request and what we're doing around trade and investment for the united states. then go on to a question about governess nance. speaking about africa specifically, our approach combined several different tools. first trade missions to africa. assistant secretary johnny carson just took a large delegation of american energy firms to africa to meet with government officials, to meet with utility companies and businesses to talk about how the products and expertise of american energy companies could real

cuba. meanwhile a misconduct inquiry continues tonight after what several members of a secret service were accused of doing. senior white house correspondent bill plante is in cartagena tonight. >> reporter: good evening to you. not only was the president confronted with heavy opposition to the u.s. embargo on cuba, the coverage of the summit was overshadowed by a media sideshow over the prostitution scandal involving members of the secret service. in colombia, bill, thank you. >> later a memorial at sea for those lost on the titanic. 65 years later, baseball looks a lot different. and what north korea's new lead her to say in his first public speech. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for c

cuba. meanwhile a misconduct inquiry continues tonight after what several members of a secret service were accused of doing. senior white house correspondent bill plante is in cartagena tonight. >> good evening to you. not only was the president confronted with heavy opposition to the u.s. embargo on cuba, the coverage of the summit was overshadowed by a media sideshow over the prostitution scandal involving members of the secret service. >> reporter: 11 members of the secret service advance team are on administrative leave and under investigation. after some of the group got into a dispute with a prostitute over money at this hot nell cartagena last wednesday. five members of the u.s. military working on the president's visit were also disciplined in the incident. the secret service team was sent home and replaced before the president's arrival friday. members of congress are threatening to veblingt. congressman darrell issa today on "face the nation". >> the question is the whole organization in need of some soul-searching, some changes or, before the president, the vice president, members of the cabinet are in danger. >> reporter: the secret service insists its procedures ensure t

in cuba, thousands celebrated good friday yesterday for the first time in a decade. request that has been made by the pope benedict on the recent visit to the communist country. they were abolished after the brothers here came on into power. ushering in the discovery. a decision as to whether or not that move will be permanent is still in question. >>> a problem related to the religion in the military on this easter weekend, there will be a shortage of the catholic chaplains. the number of catholics have dropped 46% in the last decade down to around 200. and for a ratio of one priest for every 1,300 catholic service members. the current chaplains said that many of the soldiers are it in had dire need of receiving the holy unions and the concessions between the battles. >> these are staples of the catholic life to be denied that when you are in the service of your country, it will be a travesty. >> the worry is that the chaplain shortage might be hurting the fighting forces where there will be a police chief that the spiritually healthy soldier as if one that will be

cuba. a few others. india is probably -- >> all good things don't go together.democracy of this foreign policy. >> it's on the, the values of the state are basically with american ones, and we can live with our differences, our diplomatic ones. >> are we willing to say that, in fact, france's independence is a great thing? >> yes. france is a marvelous thing. i wish our separate prosperity. >> on that note of franco-american friendship, brett stevens, and emmanuel st. martin, and -- thank you all very much. >>> up next, what in the world? despite 50,000 drug-related killings in six years, mexico is winning its wars on the cartels. i'll explain. or ei-ther. or e-conomical. [ chuckling ] or ec-onomical. pa-tato, po-tato, huh? actually, it's to-mato, ta-mato. oh, that's right. [ laughs ] [ car door shuts ] [ male announcer ] visit your local chevy dealer today. now very well qualified lessees can get a 2012 chevy cruze ls for around $159 per month. e.p.a. estimated 36 miles per gallon highway. it's so great to see you. you, too! ahh, cloudy glasses. you didn't have